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Survive and thrive!!

Posted in Girls Tennis, tagged 1A vs. 2A, CHS Wolves, Genna Wright, girls tennis, Kingston on March 20, 2018| Leave a Comment »

Sage Renninger and doubles partner Payton Aparicio fought down to the wire Tuesday in a tough three-set loss. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

The trial by fire continues.

Coupeville High School, among the very smallest of all 1A schools in Washington state, is opening its season with a run of non-conference tilts against large 2A schools.

Tuesday afternoon it was undefeated Kingston, which boasts a student body two-and-a-half times that of CHS, visiting Whidbey.

Somewhat predictably, the Buccaneers left town with a 6-1 non-conference win, running their record to 4-0 and dropping the Wolves to 0-4.

But all of this has been prep for Coupeville facing off with its own 1A Olympic League foes, and the pursuit of a fourth-straight league title.

The Wolves, who are 15-0 in the three-year history of the league, get their first taste of conference play Thursday, when they welcome Klahowya (0-3) to town.

When the Eagles show up, Coupeville’s doubles duos will be the featured attraction.

Sophomores Tia Wurzrainer and Avalon Renninger romped to a straight-sets win at #2 doubles Tuesday, while seniors Sage Renninger and Payton Aparicio pushed their Kingston rivals to a third-set tiebreaker in a very close match.

Complete Tuesday results:

Varsity:

1st Singles — Claire Mietus lost to Montana Thoroughman 6-1, 6-0

2nd Singles — Genna Wright lost to Emily Ramirez 6-2, 6-2

3rd Singles — Heather Nastali lost to Sanni Wilder 6-2, 6-3

1st Doubles — Payton Aparicio/Sage Renninger lost to Emily Shaleen/Lily Beaulieu 6-4, 3-6, 10-4

2nd Doubles — Avalon Renninger/Tia Wurzrainer beat Elizabeth Ramirez/Sam Young 6-2, 6-3

3rd Doubles — Kameryn St Onge/Maggie Crimmins lost to Ana Horne/Taylor Sanville 6-3, 6-2

4th Doubles — Jillian Mayne/Zara Bradley lost to Cierra Franklin/Rachael Winn 6-0, 6-3

JV:

5th Doubles — Nanci Melendrez/Megan Behan lost 6-1

6th Doubles — Jaimee Masters/Emily Fiedler trailed 4-3 (ferry)

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Big Ben brings the heat!!

Posted in Baseball, tagged Arizona, baseball, Ben Etzell, CHS Wolves, Johnnies, Saint John's University on March 20, 2018| Leave a Comment »

Ben Etzell (right) is making dad Mike (left) proud by ringing up hitters while pitching for his papa’s alma mater, Saint John’s. (Kristi Etzell photo)

Etzell brings the heat. (Photo by Libby Auger)

The weather was warm, but the pitching was hotter.

Sparked by Coupeville grad Ben Etzell, the Saint John’s University baseball squad successfully capped a four-day trip to Tucson, Arizona, and now head back to Minnesota boasting a red-hot 14-2 record.

The Johnnies went 6-1 on their Arizona trip, including a 16-7 win Tuesday over Buena Vista (Iowa).

Etzell, a senior, came on to pitch a 1-2-3 ninth inning to put a final, definitive stamp on Saint John’s warm weather jaunts.

As they wait for things to un-thaw back home, the Johnnies kicked off the season with a nine-game stand in Florida, then hit Arizona.

They’ll play for the first time in their home state Mar. 30, when the league season begins.

While SJU has been beatin’ the crud out of the ball, it has also been getting solid work from a deep pitching staff.

As he heads down the stretch run of his collegiate career, Etzell currently sits at 1-1 with a 1.93 ERA in four games this season.

That ties him for the team lead in appearances among pitchers.

He’s tossed 4.2 innings, surrendered just one hit and struck out six.

For his career, Etzell is 9-3 with seven saves over 41 appearances, which includes nine starts before the Johnnies made him their bullpen closer.

In 97.2 collegiate innings the former Cascade Conference MVP has struck out 82 hitters.

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Nipped on the road!!

Posted in Baseball, tagged 1A vs. 2A, baseball, Bremerton, CHS Wolves, Jake Pease on March 20, 2018| Leave a Comment »

Coupeville senior Joey Lippo had two hits Monday, including a two-run single during a seven-run rally. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Two different types of foes, two different kinds of results.

When Coupeville has faced fellow 1A teams this season, they’ve blasted them.

And, when the team in the other dugout has hailed from a large 2A school, the Wolves have fought until the final batter, but taken the narrowest of defeats.

Monday it was a big-school rival, Bremerton, and Coupeville couldn’t hold on to a five-run lead, falling 9-8 on the road.

“Another tough loss in a one-run game. Again another opportunity to work on mental toughness and our resilience as a team,” said Coupeville coach Chris Smith. “We are not defined by our losses but in the manner in which we played and what we learned from it.

“We played well as a team and fairly error free,” he added. “Unfortunately, we just stranded more runners on the bases then they did.”

The non-conference loss drops the Wolves to 2-2 on the season, heading into another match-up with a 2A school, North Mason, this Friday at home.

Five of Coupeville’s 20 regular-season games will be against 2A schools, and while that may put a ding in its win-loss record, playing against bigger schools could help the Wolves grow as a team.

CHS has shown resiliency against their big-school rivals, and Monday was a prime example of that.

Trailing 2-0 headed to the top of the fourth, the Wolves must have found the magic elixir to rub on their bats, because they started smoking.

Raking eight hits in the inning, including a pair of singles from Jake Pease, Coupeville exploded for seven runs, forcing Bremerton to call on its bullpen.

The big blows were an RBI double from Kyle Rockwell and a two-run single off the bat of Joey Lippo, but everyone in the lineup was dialed in.

Jake Hoagland started things with a base-knock, with Gavin Knoblich, Matt Hilborn and Dane Lucero also connecting for a hit in the inning.

The share-and-share alike philosophy carried over to the bench as well, with Jacob Zettle coming in to pinch-run and promptly scoring.

Bremerton wasn’t going away though, chipping away for three runs of its own in the bottom half of the inning to cut the lead back down to 7-5.

While the Wolves added a solitary run in the fifth, with Nick Etzell walking and coming around to score on a grounder by Hilborn, BHS was now in full come-back mode.

Four runs in the bottom of the fifth reclaimed the lead for the host team, and, after that, Bremerton’s bullpen closed out the game strongly.

Coupeville swung the bats well in the loss, with all nine starters recording a hit.

Pease led the way with three singles, Lippo added two base-knocks, and Hilborn, Hunter Smith, Hoagland, Rockwell, Knoblich, Etzell and Lucero joined the hit parade.

Smith was a force on defense as well, robbing a Bremerton hitter with a nice diving catch on a liner back up the middle.

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Forward we go!!

Posted in Baseball, Boys Soccer, Girls Tennis, Softball, tagged 1A Olympic League, baseball, CHS Wolves, Soccer, Softball, tennis on March 18, 2018| Leave a Comment »

Coupeville High School baseball coach Chris Smith checks to see if any raindrops are falling. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

And we’re off.

The first days of spring sports played out this past week, at least when the rain drops weren’t putting a damper on things.

Three of the four spring Coupeville High School varsity teams to keep track of a win-loss record are sitting with winning records as you read this, which is always a nice start.

Very few Olympic League contests have been played so far, with one of the big rain-outs preempting Coupeville and Chimacum from meeting on the baseball diamond.

But, the few that have made it into the books have gone exactly the way expected, with Coupeville and Klahowya coming out on top.

The two schools have fought for the varsity wins crown the past four years, with the Eagles coming out on top in years #1 and #2 and the Wolves claiming top dog status in year #3.

This year, in the final go-round for the four-team league (Coupeville is hopping conferences in the fall), CHS is out in front once again.

The Wolves exited winter with a 31-28 lead, based on girls soccer, football, volleyball, boys tennis and girls and boys basketball.

With a pair of early wins over Port Townsend in baseball and soccer, Klahowya has narrowed the gap to 32-30, ensuring what should be a fairly thrilling stretch run.

The week ahead, while chock full of games, won’t have much of an impact on the wins race.

Most of Coupeville’s games between Mar. 19-24 are non-conference tilts, though the two which are Olympic League clashes are both head-to-head with Klahowya.

The two teams are scheduled to meet on the tennis court Mar. 22 and the soccer pitch Mar. 24, with both contests on Whidbey.

Standings through Mar. 18:

Olympic League baseball: