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State softball bracket hits the streets

Posted in Softball, tagged , , , , on May 18, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Haylee Armstrong and Co. are headed to Yakima. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

The path is set.

The Washington Interscholastic Activities Association released brackets for state softball tournaments Sunday morning, with Coupeville tabbed as the #7 seed among 2B schools.

The Wolves, who carry an 18-1 record to the big dance in Yakima, open the double-elimination royal rumble against #10 River View, which sits at 22-3.

The opening game is slated for a 10 AM start Friday, May 23 at the Gateway Sports Complex.

Win or lose, Coupeville gets a second game later in the day against either #2 Pe Ell/Willapa Valley (19-5) or #15 Colfax (12-12).

Depending on how things play out, the Wolves could have a third game Friday.

To see the bracket, pop over to:

https://www.wpanetwork.com/wiaa/brackets/tournament.php?act=view&tournament_id=4682

This is the fourth trip to state for CHS softball, and its first in the 2B classification.

The Wolves advanced in 2002, 2014, and 2019, all as a 1A school.

The first time around, Coupeville won four of five and brought home a 3rd place trophy.

In 2014, the Wolves went 0-2, while in 2019, they finished 1-2, eliminating Deer Park.

Coupeville’s opening opponent this time around, River View, is pretty much an unknown to the Wolves.

The Panthers hail from Kennewick and finished second in the District 5 tournament, falling 11-6 to Cle Elum/Rosalyn in the championship game.

River View plays in the Eastern Washington Athletic Conference.

It lost one regular season game to Liberty Christian (Richland), which is seeded #2 in the 1B state tourney, and twice to Cle Elum in the postseason.

Ava Lucero anchors the Wolf defense at first.

Coupeville and River View both have high powered offenses and stellar pitching and defense.

The Panthers have outscored foes 400-84 across 25 games, which averages out to 16.0-3.4, while the Wolves have rung up a 276-37 advantage (14.5-1.9) in their 19 contests.

According to WIAA records, this is the ninth trip to state for River View softball, but its first in 2B, and its first since 2012.

The Panthers advanced to the big dance in 1999 as a 2A program, then made the trip the last seven times at the 1A classification, including five straight seasons between 2008-2012.

Overall, River View is 5-16 in state softball games.

As he readies his team for its jaunt to state, CHS coach Aaron Lucero has some prior knowledge of River View from watching video this season.

“Solid pitching, some good hitters,” he said. “They appear to be very scrappy and do a lot of the little things.

“It should be a good first game.”

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Hardwood heroes open playoffs at home

Posted in Basketball, tagged , , , , on February 11, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Lyla Stuurmans and friends are ready to tip off playoff action. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

The path is set, and the journey begins on their own court.

Both the Coupeville High School girls’ and boys’ basketball teams open the double-elimination District 1/2 tourney in the CHS gym this Thursday, Feb. 13.

Megan Richter’s squad of female hardcourt assassins host Auburn Adventist Academy at 7:00 PM, with Brad Sherman’s bruisers welcoming Friday Harbor to Cow Town for a 5:00 PM tipoff.

Win or lose, both Wolf teams will live to play at least one more postseason game as the tourney runs between Feb. 13-22.

Two schools advance to state from each royal rumble, with seven boys’ teams and six girls’ squads competing for the tickets.

The Wolf girls are 8-10 heading into the playoffs, with Auburn Adventist coming in at 6-7.

Coupeville’s boys sit at 7-12, and this is their third meeting with Friday Harbor (4-14) this season, having won 47-43 on the road and 50-46 at home on Senior Night.

One final run for postseason glory.

 

The brackets:

 

Girls:

https://www.wpanetwork.com/wiaa/brackets/tournament.php?act=view&tournament_id=4590

 

Boys:

https://www.wpanetwork.com/wiaa/brackets/tournament.php?act=view&tournament_id=4588

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Path to Title Town set

Posted in Volleyball, tagged , , , , on November 10, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Jada Heaton keeps her eyes on the prize. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

They’re the #5 seed, and they open on court #5.

The draw for the 16-team 2B state volleyball tournament was revealed Sunday, and now Coupeville High School knows its path to Title Town.

The Wolves (16-0), who are one of two undefeated teams along with top-seeded Adna, open play in the double-elimination tourney at 9:45 AM Wednesday, Nov. 13.

Their first foe at the Yakima SunDome will be #12 seed Tonasket (15-7), who hails from the Central Washington B League.

The Tigers earned the last state berth out of District 5 and are returning to the big dance for the first time since 2017.

Overall, Tonasket has played in three previous state volleyball tourneys, netting one match win in 1998.

This is the seventh trip to state for the Coupeville spikers, and their second in as many seasons.

The Wolves have four state volleyball wins, with the last coming in 2004.

Coupeville and Tonasket, which sit 241 miles apart, had one foe in common this season, and that was Okanogan.

The Tigers split their season series with their league mates, winning 3-1 and losing 3-2, while the Wolves toppled the Bulldogs 3-2 in a non-conference rumble.

If Coupeville wins its state opener, it advances to play a Wednesday night quarterfinals match against the winner of #4 Mossyrock (12-6) and #13 Colfax (9-10).

Lose that opener with Tonasket, and the Wolves return to the floor mid-afternoon for a loser-out rumble with the loser from that same #4 vs. #13 contest.

Win at least one of its two matches Wednesday, and CHS will be back in action Thursday and still in contention for the first state trophy in program history.

The top eight take a trophy home with them when they return from Yakima this year.

In a side note, Coupeville will be joined at state by Northwest 2B/1B League mate La Conner (12-9), which eliminated Orcas Island Saturday in the second-place game at the District 1/2 tourney which the Wolves won.

The Braves, who have six state titles up on the wall, face a monumental task this time around, as they are seeded #16 and open against top-ranked Adna, which is 18-0.

And, in a second side note, pour one out for Kittitas and Lind-Ritzville-Sprague, which, despite being ranked #6 and #8 in RPI, respectively, failed to advance to state after being eliminated in district tournaments.

Absolute proof you never really know until the last spike hits the floor.

 

To see the bracket, pop over to:

https://www.wpanetwork.com/wiaa/brackets/tournament.php?act=view&tournament_id=4525

Yakima, here they come.

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Big road trip, big stakes

Posted in Baseball, tagged , , , , on May 13, 2024| Leave a Comment »

They’ve played together from little league to being two-time state qualifiers in high school. (Photo courtesy Jeff Porter)

A 300-mile round trip in this economy?

That’s a lot of gas, man.

But bet your bottom dollar that a pack of Coupeville High School baseball fans will still make the trek to Napavine Tuesday as the Wolves open the state tourney.

CHS is the #12 seed (in a field of 12 teams), while Napavine is #5, which is why the Tigers get to host the game.

First pitch is set for 4:00 PM at Napavine High School (404 4th Ave NE).

The stakes are simple.

Win and you advance to the state quarterfinals May 18 to face #4 River View at Pasco High School. Which would be a 550-mile round trip for the Wolves, if you’re curious.

Lose Tuesday, however, and your season is done.

To see the bracket, pop over to:

https://www.wpanetwork.com/wiaa/brackets/tournament.php?act=view&tournament_id=4338&school_year=2023-24&district=-1&sport=6&class=2B

Both teams enter on a hot streak, with Napavine having won 15 of its last 16 to get to 20-4 on the season.

The Tigers only loss in that time period was a 10-9 thriller to Adna last week in the semifinals of the District 4 tourney.

They bounced back, beating Toledo 10-6 and Ilwaco 9-6 to earn their trip to state.

Coupeville is on a winning tear of its own, with seven straight victories lifting the Wolves from 4-8 to 11-8 heading into the big dance.

And unlike Napavine, which missed out on last year’s state tourney, CHS is one of seven teams from the 2023 lineup to be making a repeat visit.

Last year the Wolves were seeded #10 and opened by blanking #7 Toledo 3-0 behind a stellar pitching performance from then-senior Scott Hilborn.

Coupeville then fell to #2 Toutle Lake, and highly touted pitcher Zach Swanson, in the quarterfinals.

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Net men “host” must-win state tourney opener

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged , , , , on February 18, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Ryan Blouin delivers a three-ball under the watchful eye of CHS coach Brad Sherman. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

Every game matters.

The Coupeville High School boys’ basketball team opens 2B state tourney play next week, but its first rumble will be a loser-out affair, requiring a win if the Wolves want to go on to the glitz of the Spokane Arena.

CHS, seeded #11 in the 16-team field, plays #14 Tonasket Saturday, Feb. 24 at Arlington High School.

Tipoff is 4:00 PM and the Wolves will be the host team.

That’s a “short” 60-mile trip for Coupeville, and a 211-mile slog for Tonasket.

While there are 16 teams in the state tourney field, the penny pinchers at the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association only have 12 advance to Spokane, where tourney action plays out Feb. 28-Mar. 2.

Teams seeded #1-#8 are guaranteed at least two games, while teams #9-#16 have to win their opening bout to advance.

If Coupeville, which sits at 17-5 on the season, beats Tonasket (14-10), it will face either #3 Colfax (25-0) or #6 Toutle Lake (20-5) Feb. 28 in Spokane.

To see the bracket, pop over to:

https://www.wpanetwork.com/wiaa/brackets/tournament.php?act=view&tournament_id=4186&school_year=2023-24&district=0&sport=3&class=0

Coupeville advanced to state by winning the District 1/2 title, beating Auburn Adventist Academy 64-50 and La Conner 60-44.

The Braves (16-7) rebounded to knock off AAA 68-57 to claim their own state ticket and are seeded #15.

La Conner opens state against #10 Adna in a loser-out game of its own, with that contest slated to go down at W.F. West High School in Chehalis.

The Wolves celebrate a Bi-District title with defensive guru Randy Bottorff.

And what of Coupeville’s first round foe?

Tonasket, which sits 240 miles away from Cow Town, plays in the Central Washington B League, which is comprised of 18 schools.

Featuring a mix of 1B and 2B institutions, the league includes traditional powers like Lake Roosevelt (seeded #4 in this year’s boys’ state tourney), Okanogan, and Brewster.

Tonasket finished second in the District 6 tourney, then held off Kettle Falls 63-55 in a District 6/7 crossover game to advance to state.

The Tigers were ranked #20 in the WIAA’s RPI, while Coupeville was #9.

A roster on MaxPreps lists eight players, with three seniors.

Half of Tonasket’s roster is recorded at being 5-foot-8 or shorter, with just two Tigers topping six-foot.

That duo is 6-4 junior Bradon Prock and 6-3 junior Kristian Jones, who both reportedly push the scale to just 160 pounds.

Jones averages 13.6 points and seven rebounds a night, while senior Jade Ramon leads Tonasket with 13.9 points per game.

Sophomore Tanner Tompkins (11.2) and Prock (10.8) give the Tigers four players averaging double figures, though none comes close to Coupeville’s leading marksman, Logan Downes.

Depending on whether we count the Chief Leschi game, where he played just two minutes before leaving with an injury, the Wolf senior is averaging either 24.0 or 22.9 per appearance.

Logan Downes has a scoring quota to fill.

Sophomore Chase Anderson (8.9) and senior Cole White (8.8) sit #2 and #3 for Coupeville this season.

This marks Tonasket’s eleventh trip to the state tourney, but its first since 2017.

The Tigers best finish came in 1981-1982, when they placed 3rd while playing in the 1A classification.

Coupeville is making its seventh appearance, and its second in the past three seasons after playing Kalama and Lake Roosevelt in 2022.

And some quick-hitting non-basketball facts about Tonasket to round out your Sunday?

According to the whiz kids at Wikipedia, the town, located along the eastern bank of the Okanogan River, was officially incorporated Dec. 16, 1927, and is named after Chief Tonasket.

He was a local leader who “assumed the status of grand chief of the American Okanogan after the drawing of the Canada-United States border by the Oregon Treaty of 1846.”

The area is “a hub for agricultural and forestry industries” and “the location of three major fruit storage and processing facilities.”

Plus, Walter H. Brattain, son of a pioneer family, shared the 1956 Nobel Prize for Physics for the invention of the transistor.

Other memorable folks to spring from Tonasket include Wendy J. Fox, author of “The Seven Stages of Anger and Other Stories,” three-time Olympic biathlete Jeremy Teela, and former Nevada state senator Dean Rhoads, hailed as a “consummate rural lawmaker.”

You came for the basketball, you left with obscure trivia.

We call that a win-win in the blogging biz.

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