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Break on through (to the other side)!!

Posted in Boys Soccer, tagged , , , , on May 5, 2018| Leave a Comment »

   Senior captain William Nelson scored Saturday as Coupeville soccer shocked Bellevue Christian 3-0, nabbing its first playoff win in six years. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

The last time the Coupeville High School boys soccer team won a playoff game, Sam Wynn was in third grade.

Jump forward six years, almost to the day, and the Wolves, with a big boost from their fab frosh, have tasted postseason glory once again.

Wynn banged home the first goal, the only one which truly mattered, then William Nelson and Aram Leyva added insurance scores, and Coupeville bushwhacked Bellevue Christian 3-0 Saturday at Oak Harbor’s Wildcat Memorial Stadium.

The playoff win, the first for the Wolves since a 1-0 win over Meridian way back on May 2, 2012, lifts CHS to 7-7-2 on the season.

More importantly, it propels them into the double-elimination portion of districts, two wins away from a trip to the state tourney.

Coupeville travels to Mt. Tahoma High School in Tacoma Tuesday, May 8 to face Nisqually League champ Vashon Island (12-1-3). Kickoff is 6 PM.

Win or lose, they play again May 10 at Orting High School.

That game will pit the Wolves against either Charles Wright Academy (8-1-1) or their Olympic League nemesis, Klahowya (13-2-1).

To check out the bracket, pop over to:

http://www.olympicleague.com/tournament.php?tournament_id=2658&sport=9

Saturday, Coupeville faced two obstacles, one physical, one mental.

Bellevue Christian came in at 9-5 and carried the legacy of a program which has won five state titles.

The bigger stumbling block was Coupeville’s own postseason troubles.

Five straight playoff losses, four in which they didn’t score. The worst of them came just a year ago, a 5-0 loss to none other than BC.

None of that mattered Saturday, however, as the Wolves dictated play, frustrating the Vikings so badly their coach was tagged with a yellow card at the end.

Wynn rattled home his fifth goal to open the scoring, before Nelson punched in his eighth to stretch the lead out.

Wolf goalie Dewitt Cole played his heart out in the net, with the highlight being “an awesome save to keep the game at 2-0,” according to CHS coach Kyle Nelson.

Wolf sophomore Aram Leyva beat the Viking netminder, his 12th goal of the season and 18th of his career, to round out the scoring, while cousin Derek Leyva collected two assists with a pair of pretty passes.

The three-goal assault gives Coupeville 62 on the season, the most any Wolf boys soccer team has scored in a single season.

As he marinated in the moment, Kyle Nelson was a happy man.

“Finally made that breakthrough in the playoffs,” he said. “Great team game. Everyone did their part for the victory.

“Onward into districts!”

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High, hard cheese to the end!!

Posted in Baseball, Wolves in college, tagged , , , , , on May 5, 2018| Leave a Comment »

   Coupeville grad Ben Etzell (sportin’ the goatee) tossed three no-hit innings Saturday to nab his 10th win as a college pitcher. (Libby Auger photo)

Double digits, baby.

Coupeville grad Ben Etzell tossed three innings of scoreless, no-hit relief Saturday, picking up his 10th win as a college pitcher.

With the former Wolf keeping his squad afloat in a scoreless game, Saint John’s University rallied to win its 13th straight baseball game, knocking off St. Olaf 3-0 on a walk-off home run from center-fielder Max Jackson.

And while the Johnnies had their streak snapped in the nightcap to a doubleheader (they fell 10-3), SJU sits at 29-6 heading into the final day of the regular season.

Saint John’s, which is 14-4 in the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, plays another doubleheader Sunday, this one against St. Thomas.

Win one of the two games and the Johnnies clinch a share of their first regular-season title since 1998 and earn a bye in next week’s league tourney.

Etzell, who will be honored during Senior Day Sunday, came on in relief of starter Joey Stock with the game scoreless after six.

He whiffed a pair of batters while refusing to give up a hit, and the win evened his season mark at 2-2, while dropping his ERA to a sizzlin’ 1.88.

For his career, Etzell, who began college as a starter before morphing into a relief ace, is 10-4 with eight saves in 49 games.

During his time in Coupeville, he was a three-sport star, going to state as a tennis player and being named the 1A/2A Cascade Conference MVP in baseball after his senior campaign.

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You blew it, Klahowya! You blew it!!

Posted in Baseball, Boys Soccer, Girls Tennis, Softball, tagged , , , , , , on May 5, 2018| Leave a Comment »

In the end, they all bow down to Cow Town. (Photo by Shelli Trumbull)

I could be nice and sugar-coat things, but facts are facts.

The 1A Olympic League has come to a close after a four-year run, and the smallest school emerges as the top dog.

Sparked by an extremely strong final spring, in which it won conference crowns in softball, girls track, baseball, girls tennis and boys track, Coupeville High School has stared down Port Townsend, Chimacum, and, especially, Klahowya.

CHS had 227 students in grades 9-11 when the WIAA last did classification counts in 2016, which made it the sixth-smallest 1A school in the state.

That figure has since dropped to 208, which caused Coupeville officials to make a recent plea to drop to 2B which fell on deaf ears.

Klahowya boasted 445.07 students in ’16, making it the second-biggest 1A school in the state.

So, you take what is essentially a 2A school and pit it against what is essentially a 2B school, and what happens?

The lil’ school that could, did.

For the past four years, I have tracked 10 of the 11 varsity sports that the Wolves play.

In this scenario, we ignore track, since trying to figure out team win/loss records when 30 teams show up for a meet is a futile, and brain-injury-causing, endeavor.

So, we take volleyball, football, girls and boys basketball, soccer and tennis, softball and baseball and we watch.

And, in the course of four school years, we see a 24-game swing as one (small) school rises and another (big) school falls.

Varsity win totals:

2014-2015:

Klahowya 51
COUPEVILLE 40
Chimacum 23
Port Townsend 20

2015-2016:

Klahowya 45
COUPEVILLE 42
Chimacum 26
Port Townsend 22

2016-2017:

COUPEVILLE 51
Klahowya 48
Port Townsend 28
Chimacum 25

2017-2018:

COUPEVILLE 52
Klahowya 39
Port Townsend 26
Chimacum 20

Add together the four years and Coupeville beats Klahowya 185-183.

CHS was the only school to post 40 or more varsity wins in each school year, and the only school to post 50 or more wins twice.

To those who say, well, it’s only two games, let’s go back to the first numbers, the student body size — 445.07 vs 227 that became 208.

Klahowya should have dominated, pure and simple, and it didn’t.

In the early days of the league, KSS was the straw which stirred the drink, though the whirlpool created wasn’t anywhere as large as you would have expected.

And give the Eagles soccer teams credit.

The only Olympic League programs to go unbeaten in league play from 2014-2018, their combined 59 wins account for nearly a third of Klahowya’s varsity win total.

But, ultimately, the smallest, scrappiest school took over and made the Olympic League its own.

Coupeville finished with the best league record in four sports, the most of any school — girls tennis, baseball, girls basketball and boys tennis — with girls hoops winning 33 games, most of any program, in any sport.

Better still, CHS was the ONLY school to not finish as the worst in any sport.

Klahowya, by contrast, accrued the top all-time mark in three sports, but finished dead last in three others.

What’s this all mean in the end?

As Coupeville departs for new pastures and new challenges next year in the six-team North Sound Conference, its current rivals can take solace in two facts.

One, you won’t have to listen to me natter on as often (if ever).

And two, you won’t have to lose as often to the Wolves.

So, win-win … sorta.

 

Spring sports standings:

 

Olympic League baseball:

School League Overall
COUPEVILLE 8-1 14-4
Chimacum 7-2 10-8
Klahowya 2-7 3-14
Port Townsend 1-8 1-14

Olympic League boys soccer:

School League Overall
Klahowya 9-0 13-2-1
COUPEVILLE 5-4 7-7-2
Port Townsend 4-5 4-9-0
Chimacum 0-9 0-14-0

Olympic League girls tennis:

School League Overall
COUPEVILLE 5-1 7-8
Chimacum 4-2 5-7
Klahowya 0-6 1-14

Olympic League softball:

School League Overall
COUPEVILLE 3-0 11-5
Klahowya 0-3 9-4

 

And, complete Olympic League records from 2014-2018:

 

Volleyball:

School League
Klahowya 23-7
COUPEVILLE 21-9
Chimacum 10-20
Port Townsend 6-24

Football:

School League
Port Townsend 20-6
Klahowya 16-10
COUPEVILLE 7-19
Chimacum 3-23

Boys Tennis:

School League
COUPEVILLE 15-4
Klahowya 14-6
Chimacum 0-19

Girls Soccer:

School League
Klahowya 29-0
COUPEVILLE 19-11
Port Townsend 6-24
Chimacum 5-24

Girls Basketball:

School League
COUPEVILLE 33-3
Port Townsend 18-18
Chimacum 12-24
Klahowya 9-27

Boys Basketball:

School League
Port Townsend 26-10
Chimacum 17-19
COUPEVILLE 15-21
Klahowya 14-22

Softball:

School League
Chimacum 23-4
COUPEVILLE 17-13
Klahowya 17-13
Port Townsend 0-27

Girls tennis:

School League
COUPEVILLE 20-1
Chimacum 6-15
Klahowya 6-16

Baseball:

School League
COUPEVILLE 26-10
Klahowya 25-10
Chimacum 18-17
Port Townsend 2-34

Boys soccer:

School League
Klahowya 30-0
Port Townsend 18-12
COUPEVILLE 12-18
Chimacum 0-30

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Beat us on our track? Never!!

Posted in Track, tagged , , , , on May 4, 2018| Leave a Comment »

   Wolf freshman Catherine Lhamon is headed to districts after a strong showing Friday at the 1A Olympic League track and field finals. (Photo by Helen Lhamon)

   Wolves (l to r) Lauren Bayne, Danny Conlisk and Abby Parker celebrate CHS winning two team league titles. (Dawnelle Conlisk photo)

   Jacob Smith nailed down four first-place finishes Friday, and also shattered the school record in the 100, which had stood since 1987. (Deb Smith photo)

   Ariah Bepler won three events Friday, and set PRs in all of them. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

It ended the only way it could, with the Wolves atop the podium.

Whether individually, in relay groups, or finally, as complete teams, Coupeville High School thoroughly dominated the 1A Olympic League track and field finals.

Competing at home Friday, the Wolves bested Port Townsend, Chimacum and Klahowya, sweeping both the girls and boys team titles.

Toss in two school records, 17 wins and 33 PRs, plus the fact they advanced 24 athletes (at least) to districts and the weather wasn’t the only thing sizzling.

Plus, CHS Athletic Director Willie Smith didn’t end up in the hospital when a wayward discus soared over his head and clanked to the ground mere inches away, so … bonus.

The league tourney, which sends its top three in each event on to districts May 18-19, took place under sunny skies, with a few wispy clouds trailing the runners and throwers as they warmed up.

Longtime CHS track coach Randy King, brandishing twin starters pistols and wearing the look of a man about to storm a high-rise, Die Hard-style, was mildly optimistic at the beginning.

“It’s … going. It’s been … going … since 9 AM… We’re … getting … (deep sigh) … there.”

Five hours later, King was all smiles, as his teams romped and the meet went off almost without incident — though watching two high jumpers play Rock, Paper, Scissors to break a second-place tie was slightly unusual.

The Wolf boys ran away with 11 victories, led by senior Ariah Bepler, who set PRs in all three of his wins.

Jacob Smith and Sean Toomey-Stout popped on top of the podium four times apiece, twice as individuals and twice as relay team members, while Smith delivered the biggest bang of the afternoon.

Already the school record-holder in the 200, he busted the mark in the 100 Friday, toppling a record which had stood since 1987.

Bill Carstensen ran a 10.90 back in the hand-timed days, which translates to 11.14 now. Smith went under that by the length of his nose, hitting the tape at 11.12.

He was joined in busting a school record by sophomore Mallory Kortuem, though the length of time the pole vault mark she toppled had stood was a lot more modest.

The splendid sophomore soared seven feet, six inches, going half a foot better than the previous record … set by Kortuem herself earlier this season.

The Wolf girls nabbed six wins as they edged Klahowya 98-85 for the team title.

Port Townsend (68) and Chimacum (19) rounded out the score sheet.

On the boys side, the battle was close for much of the day until the Wolves pulled away in the latter stages for a 119-75.5 triumph over Klahowya.

PT (50.5) and Chimacum (16) were well back.

Coupeville now goes into a wait-and-watch-and-train mode.

Districts pits the Olympic League against the Nisqually League, with the top two in each event heading to Cheney for the state meet.

If you finished in the top three Friday, you know you’re going to districts. But, if you finished #4, you have to wait a week to find out your fate.

The Nisqually League doesn’t hold its meet until next weekend.

When it does, the top four finishers there advance, while their #5 will be compared to the OL #4, with the better time or distance getting the final slot at districts.

 

Complete Friday results:

 

GIRLS:

100 — Maya Toomey-Stout (3rd) 13.31

200 — Lindsey Roberts (1st) 27.51 *PR*

400 — Mallory Kortuem (1st) 1:01.73 *PR*; M. Toomey-Stout (4th) 1:02.46 *PR*

800 — Lucy Sandahl (6th) 2:46.81; Natalie Hollrigel (7th) 2:47.38 *PR*

1600 — Sandahl (4th) 5:46.30 *PR*; Catherine Lhamon (6th) 6:04.88 *PR*

3200 — Lhamon (2nd) 13:03.15

100 Hurdles — Roberts (2nd) 15.95; Ja’Tarya Hoskins (3rd) 18.12 *PR*

300 Hurdles — Hoskins (2nd) 54.83 *PR*

4 x 100 Relay — Kortuem, Ashlie Shank, M. Toomey-Stout, Roberts (1st) 52.44

4 x 200 Relay — Kortuem, Shank, M. Toomey-Stout, Roberts (1st) 1:50.18

4 x 400 Relay — Shank, Hollrigel, Sandahl, Lhamon (2nd) 5:01.71

Shot put — Emma Smith (2nd) 32-02 *PR*; Kylie Chernikoff (4th) 27-05.25; Shank (8th) 23-07.25

Discus — Allison Wenzel (1st) 96-08 *PR*; E. Smith (3rd) 90-02 *PR*; Hannah Davidson (4th) 81-09 *PR*; Chernikoff (6th) 77-03

Javelin — Lauren Bayne (2nd) 106-10 *PR*; Wenzel (4th) 98-10; Davidson (5th) 92-06 *PR*; Raven Vick (6th) 89-04 *PR*; Abby Parker (8th) 73-06

High Jump — Bayne (2nd) 4-06; Hoskins (4th) 4-04; Cassidy Moody (5th) 4-02

Pole Vault — Kortuem (2nd) 7-06 *PR* *SCHOOL RECORD*

Long Jump — Moody (1st) 13-11.50; Hoskins (2nd) 13-07.25 *PR*

Triple Jump — Bayne (3rd) 30-11.50 *PR*

 

BOYS:

100 — Jacob Smith (1st) 11.12 *PR* *SCHOOL RECORD*; Jean Lund-Olsen (3rd) 11.72 *PR*; Henry Wynn (4th) 11.79 *PR*

200 — J. Smith (1st) 22.87; Danny Conlisk (3rd) 23.56 *PR*; Wynn (4th) 23.86 *PR*

400 — Conlisk (1st) 52.46; Wynn (2nd) 54.97

110 Hurdles — Jakobi Baumann (1st) 19.69 *PR*

300 Hurdles — Baumann (3rd) 48.32 *PR*

4 x 100 Relay — Cameron Toomey-Stout, J. Smith, Sean Toomey-Stout, Lund-Olsen (1st) 45.29

4 x 400 Relay — J. Smith, Wynn, S. Toomey-Stout, Conlisk (1st) 3:39.69

Shot Put — Ryan Labrador (2nd) 39-02; Keahi Sorrows (3rd) 38-11; Chris Battaglia (4th) 36-10; Andrew Martin (8th) 30-07 *PR*

Discus — Ariah Bepler (1st) 110-01 *PR*; Thane Peterson (2nd) 103-10 *PR*; Battaglia (3rd) 103-07; Labrador (6th) 95-09 *PR*; Sorrows (8th) 91-05

Javelin — S. Toomey-Stout (1st) 131-06 *PR*; Battaglia (2nd) 126-11; Bepler (5th) 117-09; Martin (7th) 110-06; Luke Carlson (8th) 109-09

High Jump — Bepler (1st) 6-02 *PR*; Battaglia (4th) 5-00

Pole Vault — Peterson (2nd) 9-00 *PR*; Kyle Burnett (6th) 8-00

Long Jump — S. Toomey-Stout (1st) 18-11.50; C. Toomey-Stout (2nd) 18-10.75

Triple Jump — Bepler (1st) 38-07 *PR*; C. Toomey-Stout (2nd) 37-05.25; Baumann (5th) 34-01.50

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Shake it off, move on!!

Posted in Softball, tagged , , , , on May 4, 2018| Leave a Comment »

   Freshman Mollie Bailey had two hits Friday against 2A Lakewood. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

“We stepped out of our weight class tonight and we learned some valuable lessons.”

Coupeville High School softball coach Kevin McGranahan was philosophical after watching his squad get clubbed 20-5 Friday by visiting Lakewood.

While the non-conference loss to a large 2A school drops the Wolves to 11-5 on the season, it could actually benefit Coupeville in the long run.

As CHS preps for the district tourney, getting the chance to face off with dynamic, successful teams like Lakewood (which is 13-4) will harden them for the job ahead.

“We played a good team that is offensively sound,” McGranahan said. “We didn’t play our best defense, but, in our defense, they did hit the ball hard.

“They were a good team and we may have lost even if we played error-free, but, if you give a good team a few cracks they will exploit it,” he added. “The bright spot, and it is what I hope the team takes away from this game, is how we kept trying to battle back.”

Trailing 10-0 headed to the bottom of the third, Coupeville rallied to score four in the frame, then came back to get a final run in the fifth.

Both successes were set up by strong play from freshmen like Chelsea Prescott, Mollie Bailey and Coral Caveness, which bodes extremely well for the future.

“A lopsided loss like this hurts,” McGranahan admitted. “But I hope we can bounce back and realize that this loss, though it hurts, will make us a better team for districts.”

Coupeville has two more regular-season games to go, at home May 9 against 2A Sequim and on the road May 11 at 2A Port Angeles.

After that, the Olympic League champs head to Lacey May 18-19 for the West Central District 3 tourney, from which two of four teams advance to state.

While the Wolves couldn’t keep up with the booming bats of Lakewood Friday, the Wolves did chip away for nine hits.

Bailey (1B, 2B) led the way, while Scout Smith also whacked a double.

Caveness, Lauren Rose, Katrina McGranahan, Chelsea Prescott, Veronica Crownover and Hope Lodell added singles.

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