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Fab four among state’s best

Posted in Track, tagged , , , , on April 1, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Reese Wilkinson, here throwing the shot put, is among the best discus chuckers among girls from 2B schools. (Jackie Saia photo)

The margin is incredibly thin.

As the high school track and field season plays out, the best performance in each event constantly fluctuates. If you didn’t deliver this week, you might not be around next week.

That’s true for Coupeville, which had eight athletes appearing in the Top 10 lists for 2B schools last Monday, but only claims four berths this time around.

Wolf junior Lyla Stuurmans is still the gold standard in Cow Town, but she took the hardest hit, going from four appearances (800, 1600, 3200, 300 hurdles) to none.

Also dropping out, for the moment at least, are Carson Field (800), Issabel Johnson (Pole Vault), and Preston Epp (400).

With spring break upon us, Coupeville has no meets until April 13, but then has the stretch run with five rumbles during the second half of the month.

As we twiddle our thumbs until then, a look at the Wolves currently holding down a spot in the Top 10:

 

GIRLS:

Discus — Reese Wilkinson (5th) 104-04.50

Pole Vault — Carly Burt (7th-tie) 7-00

 

BOYS:

High Jump — Nick Guay (2nd-tie) 6-00

Pole Vault — Cael Wilson (4th-tie) 11-00

 

Bob Martin has two words for you – “Work harder!” (Ember Light photo)

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Home honor, defended

Posted in Track, tagged , , , , , on March 20, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Cael Wilson touches the heavens as he finishes first in the pole vault. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

Welcoming six other schools to Cow Town Wednesday, the Coupeville High School track and field team put on a show, picking up eight wins and 55 PR’s.

That carried the Wolves to a pair of team titles, as well, with the boys rolling and the girls pulling out a thriller.

Coupeville’s male athletes finished with 144.6 points, well ahead of runner-up Mount Vernon Christian, which tallied 117.5.

La Conner (115.2) closed out the top three, with Orcas Island, Friday Harbor, Lopez Island, and Concrete rounding out the remainder of the team title chase.

On the girls’ side of things, individual wins from Reese Wilkinson (Discus), Lyla Stuurmans (1600), and Carly Burt (Pole Vault) propelled the Wolves to a 137-135 win over MVC.

La Conner tallied 127 points, with Lopez, Friday Harbor, and Orcas well back.

Reese Wilkinson lets it rip in the discus, an event she won.

Coupeville senior Nick Guay paced the boys’ squad, winning the high jump and running a leg on triumphant 4 x 100 and 4 x 400 relay units.

Other winners included Carson Field (3200) and Cael Wilson (Pole Vault).

Preston Epp joined Guay in running on both victorious relay teams, with Hank Milnes, Quinten Simpson-Pilgrim, Wilson, and Marquette Cunningham each appearing once.

While the Wolves excelled in the spotlight, CHS coach Bob Martin also paid tribute to the many people who stepped up to help the school pull off a successful home meet.

“The day was not solely about the athletes competing on the track today,” he said. “It was equally about the volunteers from our community and the competing teams who came together; we were impressed!”

Keeping an eagle eye on things.

Martin also praised athletes and coaches from Coupeville’s rival schools.

“The day presented its fair share of challenges,” he said.

“Despite encountering some delays due to technical issues with our camera system, we were impressed by the patience and support demonstrated by the teams in attendance.”

Coupeville’s younger athletes will get back at it this Saturday, Mar. 23, when they compete at the Stanwood Frosh/Soph Invitational.

The full Wolf roster returns to action Mar. 28 with a Northwest 2B/1B League meet in Mount Vernon.

 

Wednesday’s results:

**Times and places in girls 100, 300 Hurdles, and 4 x 100, and boys 200 in flux**

 

GIRLS:

100 — Issabel Johnson (6th) 14.52; Tirsit Cannon (7th) 14.56

200 — Ivy Rudat (12th) 33.59; Reagan Callahan (14th) 35.08 *PR*

400 — Callahan (5th) 1:23.38 *PR*; Frankie Tenore (7th) 1:2403 *PR*

800 — Kayla Crane (2nd) 2:56.25; Callahan (7th) 3:33.11 *PR*

1600 — Lyla Stuurmans (1st) 6:18.06; Crane (2nd) 6:33.0; Lydia Price (7th) 7:21.38 *PR*; Ayden Wyman (9th) 7:29.20

3200 — Price (2nd) 15:13.47 *PR*; Aleksia Jump (4th) 15:35.79 *PR*

100 Hurdles — Lexis Drake (9th) 22.71 *PR*; Tenore (10th) 23.64 *PR*

300 Hurdles — Stuurmans (2nd) 53.35 *PR*; Drake (5th) 54.11; Myra McDonald (9th) 56.01

4 x 100 Relay — Johnson, Drake, McDonald, Cannon (4th) 1:02.00

4 x 200 Relay — Carly Burt, Wyman, I. Rudat, McDonald (7th) 2:18.47

4 x 400 Relay — Burt, I. Rudat, Wyman, Stuurmans (3rd) 5:15.75

Shot Put — Reese Wilkinson (2nd) 28-06; Katie Marti (3rd) 28-03.25; Erica McGrath (5th) 23-08.50 *PR*; Alysia Burdge (6th) 21-07.75 *PR*

Discus — Wilkinson (1st) 104-04.50 *PR*; Marti (3rd) 83-06.50; McGrath (4th) 81-06.50; Burdge (8th) 56-06 *PR*

Javelin — Marti (2nd) 91-10; Burdge (8th) 64-09; McGrath (10th) 56-03; Wilkinson (11th) 53-00

Pole Vault — Burt (1st) 6-06; Johnson (2nd) 6-06 *PR*; Jump (4th) 6-00

High Jump — Burt (8th) 4-00 *PR*

Long Jump — Stuurmans (7th) 12-10 *PR*; I. Rudat (12th) 11-0.25; Tenore (15th) 10-07

 

BOYS:

100 — Dayvon Donavon (7th) 12.52; Marcelo Gebhard (10th) 13.10 *PR*; Matthew Ward (11th) 13.13; Alex Merino-Martinez (15th) 13.21; Dane Hadsall (18th) 13.42; Timothy Nitta (19th) 13.44; Matthew Kuzma (21st) 13.48; Ethan Walling (27th) 14.06

200 — Nick Guay (2nd) 25.10; Marquette Cunningham (7th) 26.47; Quinten Simpson-Pilgrim (8th) 27.56 *PR*; Ward (13th) 28.10; Merino-Martinez (18th) 29.20; Kuzma 31.10 (21st) *PR*, Hadsall (23rd) 31.13; Nitta (24th) 31.20

400 — Preston Epp (2nd) 55.41; Simpson-Pilgrim (8th) 1:02.12; Hank Milnes (9th) 1:02.22; Solomon Rudat (13th) 1:05.24 *PR*

800 — Carson Field (2nd) 2:16.15 *PR*; Thomas Strelow (8th) 2:33.08; S. Rudat (10th) 2:33.41 *PR*; Santiago Ojeda Fernandez (11th) 2:34.19 *PR*; Preston Howard (15th) 2:41.97 *PR*; Devin Neveu (17th) 2:57.12 *PR*; Sam Richards (18th) 3:08.41 *PR*

1600 — Field (2nd) 5:04.21; Kenneth Jacobsen (8th) 5:28.01; Strelow (9th) 5:28.64; Howard (18th) 6:18.73 *PR*; S. Rudat (19th) 7:15.03 *PR*; Damiano Giacobbe (20th) 7:23.94 *PR*

3200 — Field (1st) 11:30.36 *PR*; George Spear (2nd) 12:59.02

110 Hurdles — Cael Wilson (3rd) 19.09

300 Hurdles — Mikey Robinett (5th) 49.07 *PR*

4 x 100 Relay — Cunningham, Wilson, Epp, Guay (1st) 47.92; Hadsall, Walling, Nitta, Ward (4th) 52.26

4 x 400 Relay — Epp, Simpson-Pilgrim, Milnes, Guay (1st) 3:54.66; Jacobsen, Blake Burrows, Strelow, Cunningham (4th) 4:14.92

Shot Put — Zac Tackett (2nd) 37-01 *PR*; Zane Oldenstadt (8th) 31-09; Gebhard (11th) 29-08.50; Robinett (15th) 26-10.25; Zachary Saho (18th) 24-08.75 *PR*; Jacobsen (24th) 22-10.75 *PR*; Mason Butler (27th) 22-03.50; Giacobbe (32nd) 19-03.75 *PR*

Discus — Tackett (2nd) 117-02.25; Oldenstadt (5th) 109-0.25; Butler (11th) 83-00 *PR*; Jacob Schooley (13th) 80-00 *PR*; Gebhard (20th) 65-08.25; Saho (21st) 62-09 *PR*; Peerapong Prombut (26th) 53-02.25 *PR*; Giacobbe (30th) 40-08.25 *PR*

Javelin — Gebhard (7th) 107-09 *PR*; Robinett (13th) 92-01 *PR*; Ward (17th) 85-09 *PR*; Butler (21st) 82-06; Schooley (22nd) 77-03; Ojeda Fernandez (28th) 67-10 *PR*; Hadsall (29th) 66-04 *PR*; Giacobbe (39th) 46-10 *PR*; Prombut (40th) 44-11 *PR*

Pole Vault — Wilson (1st) 10-06; Axel Marshall (3rd) 8-00 *PR*

High Jump — Guay (1st) 5-10; Davin Houston (2nd) 5-04; Marshall (7th) 5-00 *PR* Simpson-Pilgrim (7th) 5-00; Wilson (7th) 5-00

Long Jump — Robinett (6th) 16-08 *PR*; Marshall (9th) 15-08.25 *PR*; Ojeda Fernandez (11th) 15-06 *PR*; Merino-Martinez (12th) 15-03.75; Walling (13th) 14-08.50; Kuzma (15th) 14-04 *PR*; Field (17th) 14-03; S. Rudat (18th) 13-11 *PR*

Triple Jump — Cunningham (4th) 34-00; Milnes (5th) 33-10

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Split decision on Lopez pitch

Posted in soccer, tagged , , , , , on October 18, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Wolf junior Cael Wilson has scored for Coupeville High School soccer in all four seasons he’s played. (Nick Guay photo)

Long day, all the feelings.

The Coupeville High School soccer squad jumped island to island Wednesday, alighting on Lopez, where the Wolves played two games before making the long return trip to Whidbey.

The journey home was made with mixed emotions, as the JV team basked in the afterglow of its first victory, while the varsity squad dealt with a loss which erases much of its playoff hopes.

How the day played out:

 

Varsity:

“Kids are broken. Me too…”

So spoke Wolf coach Robert Wood after an emotional last-second defeat.

At one point this season, the Coupeville varsity was ranked as high as #4 in the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association RPI rankings.

But a recent three-game skid in conference action, made worse by a 3-2 loss in overtime to Lopez, will make it exceedingly difficult for the Wolves to advance to the playoffs.

Postseason hopes are not completely dead, but they are on serious life support.

The loss drops CHS to 2-4 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 5-5 overall, and pins them in 6th place in a nine-team league from which the top four teams advance to the district tourney.

Defending state champ Friday Harbor (6-0 in league), Providence Classical Christian (5-1), and Mount Vernon Christian (4-1) are close to locking down the top three slots.

After that, Lopez (3-2) and Orcas Island (3-2) sit a game-and-a-half up on Coupeville in the battle for the final playoff berth, while Grace Academy (1-5), La Conner (1-5), and Cedar Park Christian-Bothell (0-5) are all but eliminated.

The Wolves host La Conner Friday for Senior Night, then close the regular season on the road Oct. 24 with a game on Orcas Island.

Wednesday’s game came within a few seconds of being decided in a penalty kick shootout, but Lopez broke through to score the winner in stoppage time at the tail end of the last overtime.

Coupeville’s goals came off the feet of sophomore Ezra Boilek and junior Cael Wilson.

Boilek, in his first year as a CHS booter, tallied his team-high seventh goal of the season, while Wilson punched in his second.

Now in his fourth season as a Wolf after making his varsity debut as an 8th grader, the latter has recorded six career goals.

 

Josh Lujan notched his first high school goal Wednesday on Lopez Island. (Jackie Saia photo)

 

JV:

They saved their best for last.

The Wolf JV, a co-ed team playing in a boys’ league, blanked Lopez 2-0 behind goals from Josh Lujan and Solomon Rudat.

It was the first time this season both players had scored, and the victory lifts the second unit’s final record to 1-3-1.

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Booters rumble with state champs

Posted in soccer, tagged , , , , on October 10, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Coupeville soccer coaches Kimberly Kisch and Robert Wood, deep in thought. (Carly Burt photo)

Closer, but not close enough.

Playing defending state champ Friday Harbor for the second time this season, the Coupeville High School soccer squad shaved three goals off their margin of defeat.

But the Wolves still took the loss Tuesday, falling 4-1 on the road, and this time around it counts as a conference game.

The defeat drops CHS to 2-2 in Northwest 2B/1B League action, 5-3 overall.

For the moment, that pushes Coupeville from 2nd place in the nine-team league to 5th, but the Wolves get a quick turnaround.

The co-ed squad hits the road again Thursday, traveling to Marysville to play Providence Classical Christian (2-1, 6-3).

While the break between games is short, the Wolves will focus on their inner strength between now and Thursday.

“Improvement from our first game against them,” said CHS coach Robert Wood. “But overall, poor play and laziness most of the night by many players.

“Much work and meditation to internalize before Providence … or else.”

Tuesday’s tilt featured two of the top four teams in the current Washington Interscholastic Activities Association RPI rankings, as Friday Harbor sits at #1 and Coupeville slots in at #4.

The Wolves only losses this season have come to the Wolverines — one considered a league game; one considered a non-league rumble — and a one-goal nailbiter against #3 Mount Vernon Christian.

Cael Wilson waits for his moment. (Mia Farris photo)

Junior forward Cael Wilson cracked a shot from 25 yards out to account for Coupeville’s lone score this time around.

It was his first goal of the season, and fifth of his career.

Wilson, who is the sixth Wolf to score a varsity goal this campaign, has now scored in four consecutive seasons, as he debuted for the Wolves as an 8th grader.

 

JV holds its own:

Coupeville’s second squad fought Friday Harbor to a 1-1 tie, lifting its record to 0-2-1 on the season.

Dane Hadsall scored for the Wolves, notching his first goal, redirecting a through-ball delivered his way by Sage Arends.

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One team, one (running) dream

Posted in Running, tagged , , , , on July 16, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Wolves (left to right) Allie Powers, Hank Milnes, and Cael Wilson spent their weekend running from one country to another. (Photo courtesy Kelly Powers)

It’s 200 miles, two countries (or close to it), and a million memories.

Three young Coupeville athletes joined up with a pack of Wolf Moms (and dads) to complete this weekend’s Ragnar Road Northwest Passage running event.

High school aces Cael Wilson and Hank Milnes were joined by middle schooler Allie Powers, fresh off a run to the state tourney with her Central Whidbey Little League softball squad.

The trio all put in more than their fair share of the miles, with Milnes topping the team at 24.2 miles as the event played out Friday and Saturday.

Wilson, who was a last-second addition to the team, piled up 19.2 miles on the backroads of America, while Powers finished with 18.3 miles.

The CMS cross country supernova barely made the cut for Ragnar, competing as a 12-year-old, which is the minimum age for runners.

“I just was so impressed with these kids this weekend!” said team captain Kelly Powers.

“They all just showed real persistence and dedication making things happen.

“Each had their own struggles or setbacks but never gave up.”

The parents are ready to rumble. (Photo courtesy Helene Lhamon)

The young trio were joined by vets Helene Lhamon, Claire Milnes, Stephen Smith, Lark Gustafson, Kelly Powers, Stig Carlson, Scott Milnes, James Kunz, and Rebecca Albright.

Ragnar is a true team event, with runners alternating legs over the course of the race, which starts in Blaine and ends at the southern tip of Whidbey Island in Clinton.

“No land speed records were broken, but friends were made, tacos devoured and unforgettable moments of perseverance abounded,” Kelly Powers said.

As the hours (and miles) tick away, individual runners merge into a unique group.

“It’s odd, putting six random people in a van turns them into a team,” Kelly Powers said.

“A camaraderie formed, and they figured out how to support each other through challenges of heat, cold, dehydration, cramps, low blood sugar and ultimately the management of all the snacks!

“No one was left out or behind … especially as we moved from checkpoint to checkpoint.”

The team started in the heat of the day Friday, took a brief pit stop in La Conner, ran through the night and into sunset.

Picking back up Saturday after a brief siesta, it was on to Whidbey, wrapping things up in late afternoon.

Now, it’s time to ice any balky legs and look towards a reunion.

“We all can’t wait for next year!” Kelly Powers said.

The power of the shoe compels you. (Photo courtesy Helene Lhamon)

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