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Can’t be stopped! Won’t be stopped!!

Posted in Boys Basketball, Middle School, tagged , , , , on December 17, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Jake Mitten poured in 28 points Thursday, most by any Coupeville basketball player, high school or middle school, this season. (John Fisken photo)

   Jake Mitten poured in 28 points Thursday, most by any Coupeville basketball player, high school or middle school, this season. (John Fisken photo)

We have a new leader atop the board.

No one involved in Coupeville basketball this season, high school or middle school, has done what CMS 7th grader Jake Mitten accomplished Thursday.

Playing in his first game after turning 13, the nephew of former CHS hoops star Jason McFadyen torched host Chimacum for 28 points, almost outscoring the Cowboys by himself.

Led by Mitten’s offensive explosion — he also racked up 13 rebounds, three steals and two assists — the Wolves destroyed Chimacum 54-32.

Half of his points came in the third quarter, one of two periods in which CMS racked up 20 points over eight minutes of play.

And, while Mitten was unstoppable, he wasn’t the only Wolf who had a strong day.

Daniel Olson dropped in 12, including a pair of three-point bombs, while Matthew Kelley popped for eight, Sage Downes banked in four and Michael Laska swished a bucket.

Kelley snatched 10 boards, while Olson collected seven and both Downes and Ben Smith corralled three caroms apiece.

Coupeville was quick with the hands all day, as Kelley pilfered six steals, Olson made off with five and Downes grabbed four.

Kelley added a team-high seven assists.

Gage Powers and Alex Jimenez also saw playing time for the Wolves.

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On to Vashon!!

Posted in Football, tagged , , , , on November 3, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Wolf QB Gabe Eck scored his first career touchdown Tuesday night. (John Fisken photo)

   Wolf QB Gabe Eck scored his first high school touchdown Tuesday night. (John Fisken photo)

From 18 straight losses to the playoffs, in a matter of weeks.

Give Chimacum some credit — even if the Cowboys are going to get creamed in three days — it made a remarkable turnaround and deserves to enjoy this moment.

Capping a resurgence which included late-season wins over Coupeville and Vashon Island, Chimacum officially clinched the 1A Olympic League’s third and final berth to the football postseason with a 20-8 beat-down of the Wolves Tuesday night.

The tiebreaker was a half game played on a neutral field in Sequim.

With the win, the Cowboys (2-7) advance to play defending 1A state champs Cascade Christian in their playoff opener, which (barring a miracle) will also be their closer.

Still, it’s a big turn-around for a school that lost the last two games of 2013, all 10 games in 2014 and the first six of 2015.

The Cowboys broke that streak with a 14-9 win at Coupeville Oct. 16.

When both teams finished 1-5 in league play, the tiebreaker was necessitated.

The Wolves (1-8) will travel to Vashon Island Friday to close their season with a non-conference crossover game.

The Pirates (3-6) also missed the playoffs.

Tuesday’s tiebreaker was a scoreless affair for nearly 15 minutes.

Chimacum put together a solid drive to open things, but missed on a 31-yard field goal, while the Wolves, who were playing without leading rusher Wiley Hesselgrave, had trouble getting untracked on offense.

The Cowboys finally broke through with a four-yard touchdown run with 8:58 left to play.

Coupeville drove downfield and looked like it would punch in the tying score, only to stall out after having a first-and-ten from the Chimacum 11-yard line.

A Cowboy sack hurt badly, and the Wolves misfired on a fourth-down pass play.

Still, Coupeville remained within a touchdown until late in the game, when Chimacum punched in two scores.

The first came with 3:21 to play, then the Cowboys added another touchdown run two minutes later.

With nothing but pride left to play for, the Wolves prevented the shutout when Gabe Eck scored on a quarterback sneak with four ticks left in the tiebreaker.

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One win and playoff bound? Possibly!!

Posted in Football, tagged , , , , on October 28, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Lathom Kelley and the other Coupeville seniors will get an extra half of (John Fisken photo)

   Lathom Kelley and the other Coupeville seniors will get an extra half of action (and a bus ride to Sequim) next Tuesday. (John Fisken photo)

“Playoffs? We’re talking about the playoffs?!?!”

Yeah, we’re talking about the reality that we could have a 1-8 football team in the playoffs.

Don’t like it? Not gonna change reality.

The 1A Olympic League gets three playoff spots this year, up a spot from last year when Coupeville went 5-5 overall, 3-3 in league play and was denied a postseason run.

With the extra berth this year, either the Wolves or Chimacum, who both sit at 1-7 today, will travel to Puyallup Saturday, Nov. 7 to face the defending 1A state champs from Cascade Christian in a game in which they will be a billion-to-less-than-one long-shots.

But, first, they have to decide which (current) one-win team is slightly more deserving.

After the two schools wrap regular season play this Friday with non-conference games (Coupeville hosts Concrete for Senior Night at 7 PM, while Chimacum hosts Vashon Island), they will have a very short turn-around.

Both squads will head to a neutral field at Sequim High School Tuesday, Nov. 3, where they will play half a game. Kickoff is set for 5 PM according to a report today by the Peninsula Daily News.

That could put the game directly opposite a home playoff game for Coupeville’s volleyball squad, which would play the same day if they are the #3 seed.

If the Wolf spikers win their final match and triumph in a tiebreaker of their own, though, they would be the #2 seed and not play at home until Thursday, Nov. 5.

The winner of the football mini-playoff gets to go face a juggernaut four days later, while the loser will get a season-ending crossover game on the road with another non-playoff team Nov. 6 or 7.

We’re in this situation because Coupeville surrendered a touchdown with 1.6 seconds to go at Homecoming, allowing Chimacum to escape with a 14-9 win that snapped an 18-game losing streak.

The Wolves had won the first meeting, 28-26, on the road.

Both teams finished 1-5 in league play, while Port Townsend (6-0) and Klahowya (4-2) grabbed the top two slots.

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Just win, baby (or else)!!

Posted in Football, tagged , , , , , , on October 21, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Wiley

  Wiley Hesselgrave (10) caught a TD pass in a playoff game as a freshman. If Coupeville wins Friday, he can make it back to the postseason as a senior. (John Fisken photo)

There’s no two ways about it.

Seriously. There are four options, and only one works.

What we’re talking about is getting the Coupeville High School football team into the playoffs, and, while it’s become more of a long shot in the last week, it’s still possible.

Long story short, if the Wolf defense had not surrendered a touchdown with 1.6 seconds to play last Friday, losing 14-9 to Chimacum, we would not be having this conversation.

A Homecoming win and Coupeville would have punched its ticket to the postseason.

But, it didn’t happen and the Wolves and Cowboys now sit in a third-place tie at 1-4 in 1A Olympic League play, with one conference game left to play.

League champ Port Townsend and Klahowya are in, and the league’s final berth goes to whichever school claims third.

And, while the advantage was firmly Coupeville’s last week, that’s no longer the case.

If the two teams finish in a tie, the tiebreaker, which is point differential in head-to-head games, goes to Chimacum.

The Wolves won the first meeting 28-26, but their five-point loss Friday means they lose that tiebreaker by three points.

So, heading into Friday — Coupeville at Klahowya and Port Townsend at Chimacum — there are four possible finishes:

Option 1: Coupeville and Chimacum both win.

Option 2: Coupeville and Chimacum both lose.

Option 3: Chimacum wins, Coupeville loses.

Option 4: Coupeville wins, Chimacum loses.

In the first three scenarios, Chimacum goes to the playoffs and Coupeville, after a non-conference game against Concrete Oct. 30, will get a season-ending crossover game against another non-playoff team.

Or, option four hits and the Wolves are playoff bound Nov. 6 or 7 and will travel to face Cascade Christian.

Let’s face it, option 1 and 3 aren’t going to happen, because there is no way possible the Cowboys beat a Port Townsend team that is 7-0 and has outscored its opponents 342-12.

Even with big-time weapons Wesley Wheeler and Ezra Easley out with injuries, the RedHawks are going to roll. Bet the farm on that.

So, the ball is firmly back in Coupeville’s court.

Do what they could not do last year — beat Klahowya in a season finale with a postseason berth on the line — and the Wolves are a playoff team.

In the words of legendary former Raiders owner Al Davis … just win, baby.

Cause that’s your only option.

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“Sweep! Sweep! Sweep!!”

Posted in Volleyball, tagged , , , , on October 15, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Ashley Menges (John Fisken photo)

   Ashley Menges had four kills, four service aces and 22 assists to power the Wolves to a straight-sets victory. (John Fisken photo)

Ashley Menges does not know the meaning of mercy.

Neither do her teammates on the Coupeville High School JV volleyball squad, apparently.

Riding a scorching performance from their freshman phenom, who was everywhere and nowhere at once, the Wolves trounced host Chimacum Thursday 25-16, 25-17, 25-17.

“Sweep, sweep, sweep!,” said an elated CHS coach Heidi Wyman. “Chimacum played us really tough tonight, but these young Wolves stayed focused, played together and were dominating at the net!”

“It’s awesome to see how far they have come,” she added. “Even more amazing is where they will be two years from now; very proud of all of them!”

The win, the fifth in their last seven matches, lifted the young Wolves to 5-4 overall, 2-0 in Olympic League play.

The five wins ties the JV spikers with Coupeville’s varsity boys’ tennis squad for the most wins by any Wolf team this fall.

While the netters have likely wrapped up regular season play, unless two postponed matches get rescheduled before postseason play (doubtful), Wyman’s squad has between 2-4 matches left this season.

Coupeville has one more match against both Klahowya and Chimacum and two against Port Townsend.

The RedHawks didn’t have a JV the first time around, so it’s likely the younger Wolves will only get to take the court in half the remaining regular season matches.

They continue to take full advantage of whatever floor time they see, however.

Facing off with Chimacum, who they also beat in a “non-conference” match earlier this season, they dominated, collecting 24 kills (“they were vicious at the net!”) and 19 service aces while averaging 87% from the line.

Menges collected player of the night honors with a stellar performance.

She netted 22 assists, served 93% from the stripe (with four aces) and had “four awesome tips for kills.”

Kenzi LaRue was perfect on serve, while Sarah Wright dropped in six aces.

Allison Wenzel, Kameryn St Onge and LaRue shared the hitting duties, as each player tallied five kills.

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