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Harriers lap the competition

Posted in Cross Country, tagged Bellingham, CHS Wolves, cross country, Devon Wyman, Ezekiel Allen, Lake Lap on October 16, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Ready to blaze a trail. (Elizabeth Bitting photos)

“What an amazing afternoon!!!”

Coupeville High School cross country coach Elizabeth Bitting was sky-high as she and her runners returned from Bellingham Thursday after competing in the Lake Lap Invite.

The event drew 15 schools to Lake Padden and offered them a 2.6-mile course to test their running chops on, and the small-school Wolves held up well against top-level rivals.

Overall, the CHS girls earned fourth place in the team standings, besting marquee programs such as Sehome, Bellingham, and Squalicum.

Meanwhile their male counterparts finished sixth in the varsity race and seventh in the JV rumble.

With the season entering the stretch run, the stellar team-wide showing greatly pleased Bitting.

“Some of these runners are truly starting to look like their old selves,” she said. “So many powerful finishes!

“I cannot believe we only have one more race as a whole team.

“These athletes bring me so much joy. I am so proud of each of them.”

Up next for Bitting’s crew is an appearance at the Northwest 2B/1B League Championships next Thursday, Oct. 23 in Mount Vernon.

The Wolves are ready to pounce.

Thursday results:

GIRLS:

Mikayla Wagner (14th) 18:18.75
Aleksia Jump (27th) 19:15.74
Devon Wyman (32nd) 19:27.67
Ivy Rudat (33rd) 19:28.62
Allie Powers (41st) 20:39.40
Reagan Callahan (62nd) 23:08.81
Ava Lucero (68th) 24:31.89

BOYS:

Varsity:

George Spear (19th) 14:57.84
Ezekiel Allen (25th) 15:18.43
Kenneth Jacobsen (34th) 15:30.87
Cyrus Sparacio (45th) 15:39.83
Beckett Green (64th) 16:28.64
Ossian Merkel (67th) 16:36.56
Isaiah Allen (79th) 17:07.48

JV:

Johnathan Jacobsen (17th) 17:37.44
Hunter Atteberry (43rd) 18:57.49
Nolan Hunt (59th) 22:06.90
Donovan Fox (60th) 22:09.58
Zach Blitch (62nd) 22:29.84
Zachary Saho (71st) 31:54.96

They’re coming for all the top times.

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One path complete, another opens

Posted in Cross Country, tagged Aleera Kent, Bellingham, CHS Wolves, cross country, Lake Lap on October 17, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Jeann Nitta and CHS cross country are headed down the backstretch of the season. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

It was a nice little tune-up.

With the start of the postseason just around the corner, the Coupeville High School cross country squad ambled off to Bellingham Thursday for the Lake Lap Invite.

The 2.6-mile course at Lake Padden attracted 295 runners overall, with 23 of them wearing the red and black.

Coupeville held up well against a large number of foes, claiming 5th in the team standings for the boys’ JV race, 6th in the varsity boys’, and 7th in the girls’ race, which combined varsity and JV.

Meridian, perhaps benefitting from a hometown advantage, swept all three team titles.

With the Northwest 2B/1B League Championships set for next Thursday, Oct. 24 in Mount Vernon, the Wolves will kick off their postseason journey.

After league comes Tri-Districts at Ft. Steilacoom Oct. 30 and (hopefully) the state meet Nov. 9 in Pasco.

As her harriers make the turn and head down the back stretch, CHS coach Elizabeth Bitting hailed them for their efforts.

“They’ve all worked so hard this past season,” she said. “I am so proud of them all.”

Mikayla Wagner zooms for the finish line. (Laura Callahan photo)

Thursday results:

GIRLS:

Mikayla Wagner (22nd) 18:56.40
Devon Wyman (28th) 19:31.56
Aleksia Jump (34th) 19:47.72
Aleera Kent (42nd) 20:13.60
Ivy Rudat (46th) 20:26.10
Ari Armstrong (58th) 21:02.58
Reagan Callahan (66th) 22:04.69
Jeann Nitta (74th) 22:45.42
Ava Lucero (81st) 23:38.92
Dahlia Miller (87th) 26:25.61
Mary Western (91st) 27:25.68

BOYS:

Varsity:

Kenneth Jacobsen (28th) 14:51.28
Ezekiel Allen (33rd) 15:00.96
Landon Roberts (36th) 15:07.80
Carson Field (40th) 15:14.80
Thomas Strelow (52nd) 15:38.70
George Spear (70th) 16:06.56

JV:

Isaiah Allen (4th) 16:01.24
Ethan Walling (13th) 16:31.39
Beckett Green (14th) 16:32.79
Johnathan Jacobsen (88th) 19:48.53
Will Tierney (95th) 20:23.03
Zach Blitch (106th) 24:53.64

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Big team, bold results

Posted in Cross Country, tagged Bellingham, CHS Wolves, cross country, Gear Up Sports, Kenneth Jacobsen, Noelle Western on September 14, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Kenneth Jacobsen brought home a top 10 medal Saturday. (Photos courtesy Elizabeth Bitting, Amber Wyman, and Sarah Stuurmans)

She sent a whole pack to the start line.

Coupeville High School cross country coach Elizabeth Bitting had 25 runners compete Saturday at Civic Stadium in Bellingham, solid proof of how much the Wolf harrier program has grown.

The event was the 14th annual Gear Up Northwest XC Preview, hosted by Sehome High School, with 49 teams sending runners careening across the two-mile course.

Keeping things unique, the meet has runners largely compete against athletes from their own class — freshmen vs. freshmen, seniors vs. seniors, and so on.

Seniors (l to r) Landon Roberts, Thomas Strelow, and Carson Field are ready to go.

With so many runners, some of the Wolves were first timers, while always were returning to the site of past glory.

“What a great day!” Bitting said. “So many amazing PR’s!!!!”

Eight of the 11 Coupeville runners who had previously competed at the meet smashed their top times this time around.

“The most impressive PR was Reagan (Callahan). She went from a 20:41 last season to a 17:55 unofficial time this season,” Bitting said.

The Wolfpack invades Bellingham.

CHS senior Thomas Strelow knocked off almost a minute from last year, dropping from 13:34 to a hair under 12:44, while Kenneth Jacobsen nabbed Coupeville’s lone top 10 individual finish.

“Today’s race helped me a lot in seeing where each runner is and how they should be training,” Bitting said. “So many fun firsts for so many, (and a) shout out to Coach (Amber) Wyman for joining us.

“She is always so helpful!”

Wolf coaches Elizabeth Bitting (left) and Amber Wyman find a new friend.

Coupeville returns to action next Saturday, Sept. 21, but the bus trip will be a far shorter one.

The Wolves stay on Whidbey, heading south to Langley for the 45th annual Carl Westling Invitational.

Ava Lucero runs this joint, and she has the starter’s pistol to prove it.

Saturday results:

GIRLS:

Seniors:

Ari Armstrong (100th) 17:00.66

Juniors:

Aleera Kent (52nd) 14:51.96
Noelle Western (93rd) 16:02.41
Aleksia Jump (118th) 17:13.25
Reagan Callahan (132nd) 17:59.58
Dahlia Miller (138th) 18:44.23
Jeann Nitta (139th) 18:44.75

Sophomores:

Kayla Crane (63rd) 15:12.42
Ivy Rudat (84th) 16:04.30
Lydia Price (89th) 16:11.05

Freshmen:

Mikayla Wagner (57th) 15:22.00
Devon Wyman (126th) 17:32.83
Ava Lucero (160th) 20:19.00
Mary Western (167th) 22:14.00

BOYS:

Seniors:

Landon Roberts (82nd) 11:50.81
Carson Field (106th) 12:37.23
Thomas Strelow (110th) 12:43.89

Juniors:

Ezekiel Allen (49th) 11:50.99
George Spear (59th) 12:05.09

Sophomores:

Ethan Walling (132nd) 13:19.53

JV:

Kenneth Jacobsen (8th) 12:03.72
Isaiah Allen (43rd) 13:13.01
Johnathan Jacobsen (83rd) 15:14.12
Beckett Green (86th) 14:07.92
Zach Blitch (136th) 19:31.95

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Big-play Bayhawks bash Wolves

Posted in Football, tagged Bellingham, CHS Wolves, Davin Houston, football, Marcelo Gebhard on October 6, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Chase Anderson is a two-way warrior for Coupeville. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

A lot has changed in a year.

Jump back to fall 2022 and 2B Coupeville pounded the crud out of 2A Bellingham to the tune of 48-6, part of a 7-2 season for the Wolves.

Now, return to 2023 and the tide has turned, as the Bayhawks answered back Friday on their home field, shredding CHS for seven touchdowns — all on plays of 30+ yards — en route to a 50-7 victory.

The non-conference loss drops the Wolves, who were missing five starters, to 1-5 on the season heading into a Homecoming showdown with Forks, which is 4-1 with a Saturday clash with Friday Harbor on their schedule.

Coupeville had the game’s first highlight play Friday, with Marcelo Gebhard recovering a Bellingham fumble.

After that, positive plays were few and far between for the Wolves.

The Bayhawks defense stiffened and got the ball back, then quarterback Josh Leonard went to work.

A 6-foot-3 senior who transferred from Squalicum to join his dad Adam, the head coach at Bellingham, he tossed four touchdown passes in the first quarter, breaking off 49, 40, 58, and 42-yard scoring bombs.

Toss in a 38-yard scoring run by Christian Olberg and the home team was up 36-0 at the first break.

Bellingham added a pair of rushing touchdowns, covering 30 and 37 yards, to coast into halftime with a 50-0 lead and a running clock on the horizon.

In the midst of all that scoring, Coupeville did force another turnover, with freshman Davin Houston snaring a fumble to join Gebhard in the ball retrieval business.

With the clock rolling relentlessly, neither team scored in the third quarter, then Coupeville finally cracked the end zone on its own long-distance play.

Logan Downes limbers up his arm. (Bailey Thule photo)

Senior QB Logan Downes connected on a 49-yard scoring strike with sophomore Chase Anderson midway through the fourth quarter, with Anderson tacking on the PAT.

It was the fourth touchdown of the season for the young gun, pulling him closer to fellow sophomore Aiden O’Neill, who leads the Wolves with five scores.

For Downes, the pass was historical.

His 13th touchdown bomb of the season, it gives him 33 for his career, tying him with current CHS boys’ basketball coach Brad Sherman for #2 all-time in program history.

Logan Downes needs two TD passes to tie older brother Hunter for the top spot, and three to stand alone on top of gunslinger hill.

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Murdy magnificent, Wolves impress

Posted in Track, tagged Alex Murdy, Bellingham, CHS Wolves, Ryanne Knoblich, track and field on April 8, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Wolf senior Alex Murdy, who celebrated a birthday last month, was electric Saturday competing in the long jump at a 54-school meet. (Photo courtesy Sandi Murdy)

Welcome to the big show.

The Coupeville High School track and field team traveled to Bellingham Saturday to wage war with much larger schools during the 13th Annual Birger Solberg Track & Field Invitational.

The event drew 54 schools, covering every classification in Washington state (4A-1B), while also hauling in teams from Alaska and British Columbia.

Shorewood, a 3A school, won the team titles, with their girl’s squad holding off 2A Anacortes 76.5-65, and their boys nipping 4A Kamiak 71-68.

Coupeville, repping a 2B institution, scored above its weight class, claiming 20th (girls) and 26th (boys).

Wolf senior Alex Murdy delivered the day’s best performance, finishing 2nd out of 42 competitors in the long jump.

Senior Ryanne Knoblich was 3rd in the high jump while vying with 28 other athletes, while sophomore Lyla Stuurmans — already the fastest female 400 runner in 2B — set a PR in her event.

Coupeville is off for two weeks, at least in terms of competitions, returning to action Saturday, Apr. 22 at the GearUp Eason Invitational in Snohomish.

Saturday’s results:

GIRLS:

100 — Monroe Myles (41st) 14.35

400 — Lyla Stuurmans (8th) 1:03.83 *PR*

800 — Aleera Kent (27th) 2:45.84

100 Hurdles — Claire Mayne (12th) 18.78

300 Hurdles — Mayne (27th) 56.20 *PR*

4 x 100 Relay — Myles, Mayne, Carly Burt, Ryanne Knoblich (15th) 55.96

4 x 200 Relay — Burt, Knoblich, Issabel Johnson, Stuurmans (19th) 2:06.37

4 x 400 Relay — Mayne, Burt, Kent, Gwen Crowder (16th) 4:53.52

Shot Put — Carolyn Lhamon (5th) 31-06.50; Katie Marti (14th) 26-11.25

Discus — Lhamon (18th) 80-03