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Lone Wolf laps the pack!!

Posted in Cross Country, tagged , , , , on September 6, 2017| Leave a Comment »

   Danny Conlisk, seen here at a Ragnar event, opened the high school cross country season Wednesday. (Dawnelle Conlisk photos)

   A splash of red against a sea of blue as Conlisk runs with his South Whidbey training mates.

Where in the world is Danny Conlisk?

The Lone Wolf came to run.

Kicking off a new cross country season by himself, Coupeville High School junior Danny Conlisk finished 18th out of 92 runners Wednesday at The River Meadows Run in Arlington.

He covered the 3,000 meter course in 11 minutes, 2.78 seconds.

That was a PR, though, to be completely honest, it’s partially because every cross country event Conlisk ran in as a sophomore was a 5,000 meter race.

Grant Van Valkenburg of Cedarcrest hit the tape first in 9:44.27.

With five of the first 10 finishers, the 2A Red Wolves strolled to the boys team title, with host Granite Falls a distant second.

The River Meadows Run featured all seven schools from the 1A/2A Cascade Conference, and one guy in a red and black uniform repping the 1A Olympic League.

That was Conlisk, who trains and travels with South Whidbey, but competes as a Wolf, since Coupeville doesn’t have its own active cross country program.

CHS is sending three runners South this year, up from two last season, but Wolf senior Henry Wynn and freshman Sam Wynn didn’t have enough practices to be eligible for the season’s first meet.

The next stop on the schedule for the Coupeville trio is the 32-team Sehome Invitational this Saturday, Sept. 9.

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Spikers serve up big opening win!!

Posted in Volleyball, tagged , , , , on September 6, 2017| Leave a Comment »

   Payton Aparicio delivered eight aces and three kills Tuesday in an opening night win. (John Fisken photo)

The Wolves aren’t afraid of any Hurricanes.

Raining down laser serves from every angle, the Coupeville High School volleyball squad blew the hinges off the Mount Vernon Christian gym Tuesday night.

By the time they were done, the Wolves had romped to a season-opening 25-10, 25-7, 25-17 non-conference win, kicking off the new year in style.

“It went well last night, as our first game of the season spent on the road, and at the tail end of an exciting first day of school,” CHS coach Cory Whitmore said. “I was pleased to see us perform up to our current potential and not let an opponent dictate the speed and consistency of the game.”

Coupeville, picking up where it left off last year, seized the advantage at the service line.

Senior Payton Aparicio lashed a team-high eight aces, while Ashley Menges dropped in six and last year’s #1 threat, Hope Lodell, whacked five.

Everyone wearing a Wolf uniform seemed to be in a groove when they stepped to the stripe, with eight different CHS players recording at least one ace.

Scout Smith (3), Kyla Briscoe (2), Allison Wenzel (2), Katrina McGranahan (1) and Maya Toomey-Stout (1) rounded out the big guns, as Coupeville racked up 28 aces on the night.

“I was happy to see our serving pick up in contrast to the jamboree,” Whitmore said. “We were tentative on Saturday, but last night we served consistent and aggressive.”

When the ball was in play, the Wolves stayed aggressive, recording a strong .258 hitting percentage on the night.

Menges and Smith combined for 16 assists, while Aparicio, McGranahan and Briscoe connected on three kills apiece.

“Happy with what I saw tonight,” Whitmore said. “We’re looking forward to practice this week to progress.”

Coupeville heads to Langley Saturday for the South Whidbey Invite, a five-team event which will pit the two Island schools against Friday Harbor, Orcas Island and Nooksack Valley.

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He shoots, you score!!

Posted in Boys Tennis, tagged , , , , , on September 5, 2017| Leave a Comment »

   Joey Lippo whispers a little prayer to the tennis gods, pre-serve. (John Fisken photos)

   CHS cheerleaders (l to r) Jesse Hester, Claire Mietus and Maggie Crimmins dropped by to root on their classmates.

   It’s still hot ‘n hazy outside, but CHS tennis coach Ken Stange knows winter is coming, so he’s keeping his beard game strong.

Jakobi Baumann goes low to rip a winner.

International superstar Mckenzie Meyer, on her way to rule the world.

The CHS tennis squad, small in numbers, big in talent.

John Fisken was a busy man Tuesday afternoon.

With multiple sporting events to hit in two towns, the intrepid photographer had little time to waste.

Get in, click, and get out, was his mantra.

Thankfully for us, before hitting the wild smorgasbord of events going down in Oak Harbor, he swung by the Coupeville High School tennis courts to catch the season opener.

The photos above are courtesy him.

Best way to repay him? Pop over to his site and purchase a glossy pic or two.

It’ll make grandma happy when she gets a photo of the grandchild, and it’ll make Fisken even more likely to return to Cow Town.

Plus, a percentage of each purchase comes back via college scholarships for CHS student/athletes, so, circle of life and all.

To see everything he shot, pop over to:

http://www.johnsphotos.net/Sports/2017-2018-Coupeville-Tennis/2017-09-05-Boys-vs-Port-Angeles/

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No quit in scrappy Wolves!!

Posted in Boys Tennis, tagged , , , , on September 5, 2017| Leave a Comment »

   Joey Lippo fires up a serve against hazy skies as he and William Nelson roll to a season-opening win. (Joe Lippo photos)

   The stands were crammed as Wolf soccer players and cheerleaders dropped by the match before their practices started.

The fans who stayed to the end got a show.

Playing under hazy skies, the Coupeville High School boys tennis squad opened a new season Tuesday with a narrow 4-3 non-conference loss to big 2A school Port Angeles.

But while the Wolves represent a tiny 1A school with barely a quarter of the student population the Roughriders draw from (PA wins that battle 876-227), the CHS netters are a scrappy bunch.

Case in point, the day’s final match.

With play on all other courts finished, the score cards pulled and Port Angeles one step away from jumping on the bus and hauling tail for the ferry, Zach Ginnings and Drake Borden still had one final message to deliver to the big city folks.

The Wolf duo, a sophomore and freshman, respectively, battled blow for blow with their rivals, storming back to win in the #4 doubles slot with canny shot-making.

In a match full of long rallies and points pulled out with last-second miracle shots, Ginnings and Borden displayed a sweet touch on their volleys which earned an appreciative nod and smile from veteran Wolf coach Ken Stange.

His young guns ability to create was one of the true bright spots on a day when the sun was camped behind a thick layer of Canadian fire-driven smog.

Equally on point were seniors William Nelson and Joey Lippo, who romped to a quick win at #1 doubles, and sophomore Mason Grove, who cruised to a forceful victory in straight sets at #3 singles.

Nelson and Lippo, who came within a step of advancing to state a season ago, picked right back up, mashing big overheads and fooling the Roughriders with a variety of slick serves.

At one point Lippo cranked several winners in a row, sending the ball slamming off the court with enough kick to then cause it to shoot up and over the fence and land in a nearby housing development.

While the crowd argued over whether a tennis player could accurately be described as “hammering the ball” (I vote yes and the hapless tennis ball surely agrees with me), the serene Wolf duo remained low-key from opening warmup to final ace.

If they make it to state, Nelson and Lippo, a tandem not exactly prone to huge on-court celebrations, might go as far as tapping racquets.

Might.

On this day, the slightest of nods as they walked off the court, step one completed successfully on their final tennis journey.

 

Complete Tuesday results:

Varsity:

1st Singles — Nick Etzell lost to Kenny Soule 6-1, 6-2

2nd Singles — Jakobi Baumann lost to Hayden Woods 6-3, 6-1

3rd Singles — Mason Grove beat Henry Shaw 6-4, 6-0

1st Doubles — William Nelson/Joey Lippo beat Lucas Jarnigan/Milo Whitman 6-1, 6-2

2nd Doubles — Pedro Gamarra/Nile Lockwood lost to Hunter Dougherty/Jaden Seibiel 6-4, 6-3

3rd Doubles — Jaschon Baumann/Tiger Johnson lost to Brady Nickerson/Kyler Tourbin 6-1, 6-1

4th Doubles — Zach Ginnings/Drake Borden beat Wyatt Hall/Tanner Price 7-5

JV:

5th Doubles — Harris Sinclair/Thane Peterson lost to Dan Clark/Caleb Flodstrum 8-1

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My kingdom for a lawn chair!!

Posted in Fashionable Fans, Football, tagged , , , , on September 4, 2017| Leave a Comment »

   While we wait for a new grandstand to arrive, CHS football fans should expect to sit as close together as the Wolves are in this pic. (John Fisken photo)

Patience is a virtue.

While it’s true Coupeville High School will have a new football grandstand at some point in the near future, it won’t be in place for the home opener against La Conner this Friday.

And that means fans are going to be cozy for a bit.

Once in place, the new grandstand will sit in front of the apartments on what was previously the visitors side of the field.

The ground has been prepared, concrete supports have been laid, but thanks to delays by the grandstand manufacturer, the local guys are left twiddling their thumbs.

With everything in mid-construction, that side of the field will be roped off Friday and all fans, Coupeville and non-Coupeville, get to congregate together on the far side of the field.

If you attended a game last year, you know seating on that side of the field is limited.

When the old grandstand and (bee-infested, but deeply-missed) press box were ripped out prior to the 2016 football season, two smaller sections of bleachers were moved in to form what will one day officially be the visitors stands.

For now, those bleachers and the surrounding grass and track will provide one dumping ground for home and road fans alike.

So, either arrive early (kickoff is 7 PM), bring a lawn chair or get used to standing.

One thing that could help is Coupeville’s gridiron schedule begins with four of the first six games on the road.

After facing La Conner, the Wolves welcome Charles Wright Academy to town Sept. 22, then don’t play at home again until mid-Oct.

If we’re lucky, that shiny new grandstand will be in place in time for Coupeville’s late-season three-game home-stand (Oct. 13 vs Bellevue Christian, Oct. 20 vs. Klahowya, Oct. 27 vs. Chimacum).

Hey, miracles can happen.

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