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Road warriors make state tourney plans

Posted in Baseball, tagged baseball, bracket, CHS Wolves, state tourney, Steve Hilborn on May 14, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Cole White, and the parental units, are headed to the 2B state baseball tourney next weekend. (Morgan White photo)

The road to a state title begins with a long road trip.

Fresh off winning the District 1/2 title, thumping Friday Harbor 11-0 Saturday, Coupeville High School’s baseball squad got its marching orders for the state tourney.

The Wolves, who sit at 16-5, are seeded #10 in the 12-team 2B field, and play #7 Toledo Saturday, May 20 at Castle Rock High School.

First pitch is set for noon.

The loser is eliminated, while the winner returns to the field at 3:00 PM to face #2 Toutle Lake, which is led by junior pitcher Zach Swanson, who has committed to play college ball for Oregon State.

Toledo is 18-5, and handed Toutle Lake (20-2) its only losses, beating the Ducks 1-0 and 6-1 way back in the first two games of the season.

The winner of next Saturday’s second game advances to the state semifinals, is guaranteed to play both May 26 and 27 at Johnson-O’Brien Stadium at Ephrata High School and will bring home a trophy.

To see the bracket, pop over to:

http://www.nw1a2bathletics.com/m2/tourn.php?act=vt&tid=3930#

Coupeville’s diamond dogs, who are making the program’s first trip to state since 2014, will have a much longer trip than their rivals.

It’s 173 miles, give or take a kilometer or two, to go from Central Whidbey to Castle Rock, while Toutle Lake (10.8 miles) and Toledo (14.4) are just down the street.

Sophomore Landon Roberts, seen with sister Lindsey and mom Sherry, is part of a successful Wolf diamond team. (Morgan White photo)

This is the tenth trip to state for CHS baseball, while Toledo is making its twelfth visit to the big dance.

The Riverhawks won the 2B state title in 2016, knocking off Warden, Colfax, Asotin, and Pe Ell/Willapa Valley.

Toutle Lake, which finished second last season, falling 7-6 to Brewster in the championship game, is back for the 25th time.

The Ducks have four state baseball titles, but it’s been a bit since the last one, with title runs coming in 1977, 1978, 1990, and 1991.

Toutle Lake and Coupeville have clashed twice in the state baseball tourney, with the Wolves falling 2-0 in ’90 and 8-1 in ’77, both seasons in which the Ducks finished as champs.

The Wolves also squared off with Toutle Lake at the state volleyball tourney in 2002 and 2003, splitting those matches.

The Coupeville and Toledo baseball programs have never met in a state playoff game, though the school’s girls’ basketball teams shared the hardwood at the 1998 and 2000 state championships, with the Riverhawks winning both.

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CHS girls battle-hardened, ready for playoff glory

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged Auburn Adventist Academy, bi-districts, bracket, CHS Wolves, girls basketball, ticket prices on February 12, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Ryanne Knoblich gets a hug from momma Mariah before kickin’ butt on the hardwood. (Karen Carlson photo)

It took some extra work, but they’re in.

The Coupeville High School varsity girls’ basketball team had to go to a tiebreaker, and hold off Friday Harbor by a single point, but the Wolves are playoff bound.

CHS will be at home for their postseason rumbles, as well, hosting the bi-district tourney next week.

The four-team single-elimination tilt kicks off Monday with a doubleheader, then wraps Wednesday with one team punching its ticket to state.

Gwen Gustafson keeps her eye on the ball. (Bailey Thule photo)

What you need to know:

What:

District 1/2 girls’ basketball tourney

When:

Feb. 13, 15

Where:

Coupeville High School (501 S Main)

Admission:

Tickets can be purchased two ways – online or at the door.

No regular season passes are accepted, as playoff money goes to the districts, and not the school hosting the tourney.

Ticket sales at the door are CASH only.

To purchase online, pop over to the GoFan link at:

https://gofan.co/

You select the game and date, then bring your phone with you to the game. The ticket taker will hit redeem on the screen, stamp your hand, and you’re cleared to enter.

Prices are:

$8.00 — Adults and students w/o ASB

$6.00 — Senior citizens, military ID, students with ASB, children (6-12)

Bracket:

https://www.wpanetwork.com/wiaa/brackets/tournament.php?act=view&tournament_id=3809&school_year=2022-23&district=1&sport=12&class=2B

Team capsules:

Auburn Adventist Academy

Season record: 9-5

League: 1B/2B SeaTac

Trips to state tourney: None

RPI ranking: #27

Results vs. bi-district foes: Lost to Coupeville 42-21, beat Northwest Christian 49-23

Coach: Jesse Plecker

Seniors: Not available

Mascot: Falcons

Coupeville

Season record: 9-9

League: Northwest 2B/1B League

Trips to state tourney: 7 (Most recent: 2016)

RPI ranking: #26

Results vs. bi-district foes: Beat AAA 42-21, lost to La Conner 72-16 and 48-22

Coach: Megan Richter

Seniors: Alita Blouin, Maddie Georges, Gwen Gustafson, Carolyn Lhamon, Ryanne Knoblich

Mascot: Wolves

La Conner

Season record: 17-4

League: Northwest 2B/1B League

Trips to state tourney: 14 (Most recent: 2022)

RPI ranking: #6

Results vs. bi-district foes: Beat Coupeville 72-16 and 48-22

Coach: Joe Harper

Seniors: Josie Harper, Makayla Herrera, Ellie Marble, Kennedy Miller

Mascot: Braves

Northwest Christian (Lacey)

Season record: 7-7

League: 1B/2B SeaTac

Trips to state tourney: 1 (2010)

RPI ranking: #38

Results vs. bi-district foes: Lost to AAA 49-23

Coach: Not available

Seniors: Not available

Mascot: Wolverines

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Wolf boys aim for state tourney invite

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged bi-districts, Boys Basketball, bracket, CHS Wolves, La Conner, ticket prices on February 12, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Coupeville’s Dominic Coffman and La Conner’s Isaiah Price may tangle again in the playoffs. (Chloe Marzocca photo)

It took them 34 years to get back to state. Now they’re looking to go back-to-back.

The Coupeville High School boys’ basketball squad rolls into next week’s bi-district tourney as the #1 seed from District 1, intent on punching a return ticket to the big dance.

This year’s boy’s tourney is a four-team, double-elimination affair, and the Wolves need two wins to be one of two teams to advance.

Wolf coaches plot a winning strategy. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

What you need to know:

What:

District 1/2 boys’ basketball tourney

When:

Feb. 14, 16, 18

Where:

Coupeville High School (501 S Main)

Admission:

Tickets can be purchased two ways – online or at the door.

No regular season passes are accepted, as playoff money goes to the districts, and not the school hosting the tourney.

Ticket sales at the door are CASH only.

To purchase online, pop over to the GoFan link at:

https://gofan.co/

You select the game and date, then bring your phone with you to the game. The ticket taker will hit redeem on the screen, stamp your hand, and you’re cleared to enter.

Prices are:

$8.00 — Adults and students w/o ASB

$6.00 — Senior citizens, military ID, students with ASB, children (6-12)

Bracket:

https://www.wpanetwork.com/wiaa/brackets/tournament.php?act=view&tournament_id=3810&view_edits=1

Team capsules:

Auburn Adventist Academy

Season record: 16-3

League: 1B/2B SeaTac

Trips to state tourney: None

RPI ranking: #11

Results vs. bi-district foes: Lost to Coupeville 59-52, beat La Conner 62-50, beat Northwest Christian 55-28

Coach: Hector Brito

Seniors: Not available

Mascot: Falcons

Coupeville

Season record: 13-7

League: Northwest 2B/1B League

Trips to state tourney: 6 (Most recent: 2022)

RPI ranking: #22

Results vs. bi-district foes: Beat AAA 59-52, beat La Conner 57-56 and 60-47

Coach: Brad Sherman

Seniors: Dominic Coffman, Jermiah Copeland, Alex Murdy, Jonathan Valenzuela

Mascot: Wolves

La Conner

Season record: 9-12

League: Northwest 2B/1B League

Trips to state tourney: 42 (Most recent: 2019)

RPI ranking: #37

Results vs. bi-district foes: Lost to AAA 62-50, lost to Coupeville 57-56 and 60-47

Coach: CJ Woods

Seniors: Isa Gonzalez-Rojas, Finn Hakenson, Cole Medeiros, Jacob Pommels, Isaiah Price, Braden Thomas

Mascot: Braves

Northwest Christian (Lacey)

Season record: 9-9

League: 1B/2B SeaTac

Trips to state tourney: 1 (2013)

RPI ranking: #33

Results vs. bi-district foes: Lost to AAA 55-28

Coach: Not available

Seniors: Musie Dunning, Avery Freese, Levi Mavaega

Mascot: Wolverines

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Bow to our league, one and all

Posted in Football, soccer, Volleyball, tagged bracket, CHS Wolves, La Conner, Northwest League, state tournament on November 8, 2022| Leave a Comment »

Coupeville football is one of nine NWL fall sports teams still chasing state title dreams. (Bailey Thule photo)

Support your school, but also support your league.

While most of the readers of this blog want Coupeville High School sports teams to whomp on their rivals, there is some small satisfaction in seeing fellow Northwest 2B/1B League schools do well when they play outsiders.

Listen, all the titles should be hanging in the CHS gym, end of story.

But, if they can’t, when La Conner wins a state volleyball crown, or Orcas Island captures a boys soccer title, or Mount Vernon Christian girls’ basketball rules the hardwood, it helps builds a rep for the NWL.

We want people from far-flung locales to stop chattering about their own leagues and realize, “Hey, maybe we should learn some facts about the upper left corner of the state, cause those teams are kickin’ our sweet fannies.”

Coupeville comes first, but every time a fan from say, Kalama or Liberty (Spangle) goes quiet as their team loses to someone from our league, it’s a win for all of us in this region.

With that in mind, there are nine teams from six NWL schools still in there swinging for a state title.

Mount Vernon Christian (girls’ soccer, volleyball, boys’ soccer) tops the list, while Concrete is the lone league school with no shot left at hanging a new banner this fall.

Where NWL teams stand heading into this weekend:

BOYS SOCCER:

The NWL has three of the eight teams in the 2B/1B state tourney, with Friday Harbor seeded #1, defending state champ Orcas at #3, and Mount Vernon Christian at #7.

Orcas won the regular-season league crown, but Friday Harbor toppled the Vikings 2-1 in the bi-district championship game to claim front-runner status.

Fun fact – the top-seeded Wolverines have lost twice this season, and one of those was a 3-1 defeat while visiting Coupeville in late September.

Our seven-team league expands to nine schools for boys’ soccer, with Concrete and Darrington avoiding the pitch, while Grace Academy, Providence Classical Christian, Lopez Island, and Cedar Park Christian-Lynnwood join the party.

Grace almost gave the NWL a fourth team at the season-ending tourney, but the Eagles were nipped 2-1 by Puget Sound Adventist in a loser-out, winner-to-state clash.

FOOTBALL:

Coupeville stands alone, the league champs and seeded #7 in the 12-team 2B tourney.

The Wolves first state playoff game in 32 years is Saturday against Onalaska at Oak Harbor’s Wildcat Memorial Stadium.

Darrington fell a game short of the big dance on the 1B side, blown out by Mossyrock in a loser-out, winner-to-state game.

GIRLS SOCCER:

The 2B/1B state tourney has 12 teams in the draw, with NWL champ Mount Vernon Christian seeded #2, behind just top-ranked Kalama.

Friday Harbor had a shot at joining the Hurricanes, but came up a win short, KO’d by Crosspoint Academy at bi-districts.

VOLLEYBALL:

Three-time defending 2B state champ La Conner heads back to Yakima, ranked #3 in a 16-team field after beating Coupeville in the bi-district final.

While there was just one ticket to state available for 2B teams in this region, it’s a far different tale over on the 1B side of things.

With a 20-team(!) state tourney, three NWL schools which were all handily beaten by Coupeville during the regular season advance to the SunDome.

MVC (#6), Orcas Island (#16), and Darrington (#19) are still alive, though the latter two teams do have to open with a loser-out match.

Win those rumbles, and the Vikings and Loggers join the double-elimination portion of the state tourney like the Hurricanes and La Conner.

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Softball sluggers have date with destiny

Posted in Softball, tagged bracket, CHS Wolves, Montesano, Softball, state championships on May 20, 2019| Leave a Comment »

Coupeville’s sluggin’ sophomore shortstop Chelsea Prescott is heading to Eastern Washington for the 1A softball state championships. (Karen Carlson photo)

This is going to be a new experience.

The bracket for the state softball tournament was released Sunday, and Coupeville High School gets to face teams it has no prior history with.

The Wolves, who are headed back to the big dance for the first time since 2014, and the third time in the CHS softball program’s 41-year existence, get a blockbuster game to kick things off.

Coupeville, the #2 seed from District 1, opens against Montesano, the #2 seed from District 4.

The Bulldogs, who hail from the Evergreen League, have won four state softball titles (2008, 2009, 2015, 2017), the most of any 1A school during the fast-pitch era, which kicked off in 2002.

The opening game goes down at 10 AM Friday, Mar. 24 in Richland.

Win or lose, Coupeville plays a second time the same day, against either Deer Park, the #1 seed from District 6/7, or College Place, the #4 seed from District 5.

If the Wolves beat Montesano, its second game is at 4 PM. Lose to the Bulldogs and they return to the field at 2 PM.

Win both games and Coupeville is in the state semifinals; lose both games and the season is done.

Split the two games, and the Wolves get a third game Friday at 6 PM.

Win twice Friday, while moving in either direction in the bracket, and CHS plays anywhere from 1-3 games Saturday.

To see the bracket, pop over to:

http://www.nscathletics.com/tournament.php?tournament_id=2997&sport=15

This year’s tourney features nine teams returning from 2018’s throw-down, including defending state champ Lakeside (Nine Mile Falls).

Along with the champs, Lynden Christian, Mount Baker, Montesano, Castle Rock, Warden, Cle Elum, Deer Park, and Elma — last year’s runner-up — are back.

Busting through in 2019 are Coupeville, Seattle Christian, Forks, Royal, College Place, Freeman, and Colville.

That group replaces Chewelah, Kiona-Benton, South Whidbey, Connell, Cascade, Bellevue Christian, and Klahowya, who couldn’t replicate their 2018 magic.

This year’s 16-team bracket qualified thusly:

District 1:

Lynden Christian (12-11)
Coupeville (14-8)
Mount Baker (17-7)

District 3:

Seattle Christian (15-2)

District 4:

Castle Rock (17-5)
Montesano (17-5)
Elma (21-2)
Forks (11-10)

District 5:

Warden (21-2)
Royal (7-12)
Cle Elum (10-7)
College Place (16-7)

Districts 6/7:

Deer Park (15-7)
Lakeside (9 Mile Falls) (15-5)
Colville (15-6)
Freeman (15-7)

Coupeville softball’s previous state history: