Posted in Softball, tagged Adeline Maynes, Capri Anter, fundraiser, Island Vipers, MOD Pizza, Softball on March 8, 2025| Leave a Comment »
A modern-day murderer’s row.
Your appetite can help fuel their success.
The Island Vipers 14U and 16U softball squads, which draw players from Coupeville, Oak Harbor, and South Whidbey, are teaming up with MOD Pizza Sunday for a tasty fundraiser.
The pertinent info can be found in the photo below.
Participate and you’ll have a warm glow in your chest every time Whidbey’s diamond queens crush another foe this summer.
Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged Capri Anter, CHS Wolves, girls basketball, JV, Mount Vernon Christian on January 29, 2025| Leave a Comment »
Capri Anter shows off a steely focus. (Bailey Thule photo)
Growth matters most.
As her squad battles through its season, Coupeville High School JV girls’ basketball coach Scout Smith is looking for steady improvement from young players building for their future.
And she’s seeing it, even in tough losses like the one the Wolves endured on their home floor Tuesday night.
Facing off with “a well-coached, well-organized (team) that were clinical finishers,” Coupeville fell 54-25 to brutally efficient Mount Vernon Christian.
The loss drops CHS to 4-3 in Northwest 2B/1B League action, 5-6 overall, with two games left on the 2024-2025 schedule.
With contests still ahead against La Conner and Friday Harbor, the Wolves want to finish strong, and Smith came away from Tuesday’s loss believing they will.
“The team fought hard for much of the game, and I am proud of how we never backed away from a tough opponent,” she said.
“A lot of credit to our team for being flexible and continuing to adapt and grow throughout the season. We will learn from this loss and turn all focus to La Conner.”
MVC bolted out to a 17-7 lead after one quarter of play Tuesday, before stretching the halftime lead to 31-10.
Coupeville played its best ball in the second half, fighting hard while coming up just short in 15-12 and 8-3 frames.
Haylee Armstrong paced the Wolves with a team-high eight points, with Lexis Drake, Adeline Maynes, and Ava Lucero each going off for five in support.
Capri Anter and Marin Winger rounded out the scoring, each slipping a free throw through the net, with Jeann Nitta, Amelia Crowder, Chelsi Stevens, and Sydney Van Dyke also seeing floor time.
Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged Capri Anter, CHS Wolves, girls basketball, JV, La Conner on January 11, 2025| Leave a Comment »
Capri Anter makes it rain. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)
They fought the good fight against a top-notch team.
While the Coupeville High School JV girls’ basketball squad ultimately fell 51-27 to visiting La Conner Friday, Wolf coach Scout Smith liked the effort and grit she saw from her players.
“We faced up against a well-organized and disciplined La Conner JV that ran the floor well,” she said.
“At times we were able to test our opponent and shift the game back in our favor, but ultimately La Conner played a strong 32 minutes of basketball.”
The loss drops Coupeville to 2-2 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 3-5 overall, with the JV’s next game set for Tuesday, Jan. 21 against Concrete.
“Overall, we continue to learn from every game we play and will look to implement changes in a week of practices before our next game,” Smith said.
Swing player Haylee Armstrong, limited to two quarters of JV action, poured in 15 points in her time on the floor to pace the Wolves.
Adeline Maynes (8), Ava Lucero (2), and Capri Anter (2) rounded out the scorers, with Marin Winger, Lexis Drake, Sydney Van Dyke, Jeann Nitta, Amelia Crowder, and Chelsi Stevens also seeing floor time.
Smith praised the effort of all her players, while giving a special shout-out to one defensive dynamo.
“Amelia did a great job locking up the middle of the paint defensively and really stepped up when she was called upon to help the team,” Smith said.
Posted in Volleyball, tagged Capri Anter, CHS Wolves, JV, Mount Vernon Christian, volleyball on September 19, 2024| Leave a Comment »
Haylee Armstrong (left) and Ari Cunningham discuss strategy. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)
They won the battle and lost the war.
Playing from behind in every set Thursday, the Coupeville High School JV volleyball squad held off four match points and actually won one more point than visiting Mount Vernon Christian.
But the game of spikes and digs is decided by capturing sets, and not total points, so a 62-61 advantage couldn’t net the Wolves a win, as they fell 20-25, 26-24, 15-13.
The loss, coming in Coupeville’s home opener, drops the JV spikers to 1-1 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 2-1 overall.
The young Wolves proved to be a scrappy bunch but did most of their best work Thursday after digging a big hole for themselves.
CHS trailed 12-4 in the opening set, before sophomore Dakota Strong lashed a winner at the net to key the turnaround.
Bit by bit the Wolves got back into the match, picking up points on serves from Tenley Stuurmans, Ari Cunningham, and Haylee Armstrong, but were still down 18-14 when Capri Anter stepped to the line.
Dropping bombs on the Hurricanes, and getting some help from Stuurmans, who netted a sweet runner that dropped over the heads of a pack of defenders, Anter shoved Coupeville back into the lead.
Six straight points on serve gave the Wolves a lead they wouldn’t relinquish, with Cunningham and Stuurmans coming up big at crunch time.
The set-winning point was a note-perfect shot from fab frosh Stuurmans, who drew the defense in, flicked a winner between Hurricane players, then calmly strolled away, small smile on her face.
Tenley Stuurmans is here to deliver winners.
Unfortunately for Coupeville, as soon as it had the advantage, it gave it right back to MVC.
A couple of slow stretches offensively left the Wolves in another hole, this time at 13-7, before the hometown hitters once again rallied.
Adeline Maynes cranked back-to-back aces, coming right after Lexis Drake stuffed the visitors on a play set up by a great dive from Cunningham to keep the action alive.
Coupeville finally reclaimed the lead at 23-22, courtesy a strong run at the service stripe from Armstrong, only for MVC to escape and knot things up at a set apiece.
There were two ties in the final set, at 1-1 and 4-4, before the ‘Canes pulled away seemingly for good.
With things going to 15, and not 25, Mount Vernon staked itself to a 14-9 lead, only to see the Wolves mount a comeback that almost made it all the way.
With Anter peppering the visitors from the line, Coupeville held off four match points and had a chance to force a tie at 14-14, only to be denied by a ball which missed the endline by a whisker.
While the loss stings, the Wolf JV spikers, who celebrated Isa Mc Fetridge’s birthday Thursday, will get back at it.
Next up is a road trip to La Conner Tuesday, Sept. 24, then a home tilt with Darrington two days later.
Thursday stats:
Capri Anter — 4 kills, 8 digs, 5 aces
Haylee Armstrong — 8 digs, 1 ace
Ari Cunningham — 3 kills, 1 dig, 1 ace
Lexis Drake — 1 solo block, 2 aces
Adeline Maynes — 5 digs, 4 assists, 3 aces
Dakota Strong — 2 kills
Tenley Stuurmans — 6 kills, 1 dig, 5 assists, 2 aces
Posted in Volleyball, tagged Capri Anter, CHS Wolves, Island rivalry win, JV, SWHS Falcons, Tenley Stuurmans, volleyball on September 10, 2024| Leave a Comment »
Tenley Stuurmans and her Wolf JV teammates won an island rivalry match on opening night. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)
“It was a great night and a great start to the season.”
The match was moved because of a flood that devastated the South Whidbey High School gym in August, but no matter the location, the Coupeville JV volleyball squad was on point in its season opener Tuesday night.
Playing at the local community center in Langley, the Wolves fired up coach Ashley Menges, fighting back to win in three intense sets.
The 25-14, 22-25, 25-8 victory launches a new season, and showcased strong work from the CHS veterans.
“My sophomores did a really great job with leading the court tonight,” Menges said. “Capri (Anter) had a great night.”
Anter paced the Wolves with a team-best nine kills, while seven of her teammates also picked up at least one winner.
“Consistency and aggression were great out the gate and lots of players had really great moments,” Menges said.
“We do of course have much more to work on, one being focus throughout the set,” she added. “But it was really fun to watch and saw a lot of really great things.”
Stats:
Capri Anter — 9 kills, 5 digs, 4 aces
Haylee Armstrong — 1 kill, 4 digs, 3 assists, 4 aces
Ari Cunningham — 5 kills, 3 digs, 1 assist
Lexis Drake — 2 kills, 3 digs, 3 aces
Adeline Maynes — 1 kill, 2 digs, 11 assists, 7 aces
Dakota Strong — 1 kill
Tenley Stuurmans — 3 kills, 5 digs, 7 assists, 1 ace
Sydney Van Dyke — 2 kills
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