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It’s a swing and a smile!!

Posted in Girls Tennis, tagged , , , , on April 26, 2017| Leave a Comment »

Kameryn St Onge prepares to drop thunder from above. (John Fisken photos)

Bree Daigneault charges into battle.

“I want candy … but an apple a day keeps the double faults away.”

Zoe Trujillo scrapes the heavens.

   One of about a billion shots Fanny Deprelle hit Tuesday during an epic three-set match.

Tennis agrees with Jillian Mayne.

The run had to end.

After playing back-to-back days Monday and Tuesday, rain finally caught up with the Coupeville High School girls tennis squad Wednesday, as a trip to Langley was waved off at the last second.

To make sure you don’t go into sugar shock at not having a sweet tennis story for the third consecutive day, I offer up some snazzy John Fisken pics from Tuesday’s tilt with Chimacum.

To see everything he shot (purchases fund college scholarships for CHS student/athletes), pop over to:

http://www.johnsphotos.net/Sports/20162017-Coupeville-Tennis/GT-20170425-vs-Chimacum/

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Young guns take center stage!!

Posted in Softball, tagged , , , , on April 26, 2017| Leave a Comment »

   Melia Welling whacked a two-run single Wednesday, collecting her first varsity RBIs in an 11-0 win. (John Fisken photos)

Scout Smith guns down another hitter.

Emma Mathusek (left) and Sarah Wright have a mid-game chat.

It’s a tricky dance.

The Coupeville High School softball squad is rolling like it hasn’t since the glory days of 2002, and Port Townsend hasn’t won a game in three seasons.

Showing compassion, while also making sure to get the win, Wolf coach Kevin McGranahan leaned heavily on his JV players Wednesday, and they responded, drilling the RedHawks 11-0 in a game called after five innings.

The win lifts Coupeville to 4-1 in Olympic League play, 13-1 overall headed into a Friday showdown at Chimacum.

The Cowboys (4-1, 6-3), the only team to beat the Wolves this season, were upset 8-4 by Klahowya Wednesday, dropping them into a first-place tie with CHS.

The last time Port Townsend won a varsity softball game was April 28, 2014, with Wednesday’s defeat the 47th straight the program has endured.

Coupeville opened with just three regular varsity starters on the field, to give its younger players a guiding hand, and pulled the trio by the third inning.

While starting pitcher Katrina McGranahan set Port Townsend down quickly in the first two innings, whiffing four, freshman Scout Smith soon took over and was just as dominating.

She struck out five, while getting strong backup from first-baseman Kyla Briscoe.

Working smoothly in the field, Briscoe twice pulled off unassisted force outs at first off of tricky ground balls, while also alertly ignoring her coach on another play and spinning to nail the lead runner going into second.

As the ball smacked into Mikayla Elfrank’s glove, Kevin McGranahan, who was calling for Briscoe to take the sure out at first, sat back down, grin on his face and nodded.

“OK, works for me.”

When she wasn’t making use of her glove, Briscoe swung a big bat, closing the game with a two-run double.

The Wolves chipped away at the RedHawks, scoring in every inning while not running up the score.

CHS plated one in the first, then added two runs each in the second, third and fourth before finishing the afternoon with four runs in the fifth.

Along with Briscoe’s blast, the other big hit came off of the bat of freshman Melia Welling, who golfed a two-run single into straight away center to stake Coupeville to a 3-0 lead.

Many of the Wolf runs came off of wild pitches and passed balls, but CHS picked up three of its four hits in the final inning.

After Tamika Nastali was plunked on the ankle, Emma Mathusek and Smith delivered crisp singles to set up Briscoe’s final blow.

Nicole Lester and Mackenzie Davis also started, with Davis bouncing from the outfield to catcher after Sarah Wright departed early.

 

To see more photos from this game, pop over to:

http://www.johnsphotos.net/Sports/2017-Coupeville-Softball/20170426-vs-Pt-Townsend/

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One bad break!!

Posted in Boys Soccer, tagged , , , , , on April 26, 2017| Leave a Comment »

   Brandon Jansen (5) fights for control of the ball Tuesday against Klahowya. (John Fisken photos)

Team captain Uriel Liquidano leads off our Senior Night portraits.

He’s joined by Nick Dion.

Zack Nall swings by for an appearance.

Jansen, in a moment of rest.

Liquidano’s niece is so adorable, she needs a close-up.

The seniors hang out with coaches Gary Manker (left) and Kyle Nelson.

Liquidano gets some love from teammate Hunter Downes.

They lost more than a game.

While the Coupeville High School boys soccer squad fell 4-1 to visiting Klahowya Tuesday, it was a mid-game injury which hurts the most.

Junior sharpshooter Ethan Spark, who is tied for the team scoring lead with six goals, broke his big toe doing a slide tackle.

He’s expected to be sidelined from any sporting activity for 4-6 weeks said mom Kali Barrio, which means the Wolves will be missing one of their primary weapons when they open the playoffs next week.

After absorbing its seventh straight loss to Klahowya, Coupeville sits at 3-5 in Olympic League play, 4-9-1 overall.

With one regular season game left, Friday at Port Townsend, the Wolves are locked in as the league’s #3 seed, and will host the Nisqually League’s #4 team in a loser-out playoff game Thursday, May 4 at Oak Harbor Stadium.

To see the playoff bracket — http://www.olympicleague.com/tournament.php?tournament_id=2267&sport=9

With the win Tuesday,  Klahowya (7-0, 10-2-1) clinched its third consecutive league title.

One bright spot on Senior Night came courtesy junior William Nelson, who banged home his fourth goal of the season.

It came just eight minutes into the game, when he intercepted a pass and promptly smashed the ball into the upper corner of the net.

It was only the second time Coupeville has scored on Klahowya in seven match-ups, and was only the 10th goal surrendered this season by the very-stingy Eagle defense.

Klahowya tied the game right before the break, and the two teams remained deadlocked until deep in the second half.

The Eagles slipped two more scores into the net late in the game, but the final margin was a bit deceiving.

“Looking at the results over the season against Klahowya shows the tremendous growth the boys have made,” said CHS coach Kyle Nelson.

 

To see more photos from this game (purchases fund college scholarships for CHS student/athletes), pop over to:

http://www.johnsphotos.net/Sports/2017-Coupeville-Boys-Soccer/20170425-vs-Klahowya/

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They’re rollin’ now!!

Posted in Girls Tennis, tagged , , , , on April 25, 2017| Leave a Comment »

   Hitting a variety of sweet winners Tuesday, Kameryn St Onge teamed with Maggie Crimmins to sweep to a 6-0, 6-0 win. (John Fisken photo)

   Wolf seniors (l to r) Rubi Melendrez, Fanny Deprelle, Bree Daigneault and Valen Trujillo celebrated their last home match. (Craig Trujillo photo)

Daigneault goes out swinging. (Ken Stange photo)

The sun departed, but the winning remained.

After playing under blue skies Monday, the Coupeville High School netters bundled up again Tuesday, as a more typical cold, overcast “spring sports” kind of weather descended on Cow Town.

But, not a single rain drop was anywhere to be seen, giving the Wolves a chance to pull off that rarest of rarities this season — complete matches on consecutive days.

And, just like Monday, Coupeville rolled, this time bouncing visiting Chimacum 6-1 on Senior Night.

The win lifts CHS to 2-0 in Olympic League play, 4-3 overall.

Winners of four straight matches, the Wolves hit the road (weather permitting) the next two days, heading to South Whidbey and Klahowya.

Facing Chimacum for the first time this season — an earlier match was postponed by rain — Coupeville moved with precision and put the Cowboys away quickly.

Sage Renninger and Payton Aparicio remained perfect at first doubles, winning so fast at least one Wolf grandmother had barely settled into her court-side seat when the final winner was hit.

Several Wolves had especially strong days, but maybe none more so than Avalon Renninger.

The fab frosh used her wicked left-hand shot to drop winner after winner over her befuddled foes head’s, then bounced enthusiastically over to high-five doubles partner Zoe Trujillo each time.

The day’s most back-and-forth match came at second singles, where Port Townsend gunslinger Amelia Breithaupt pulled out a three-set stunner over Fanny Deprelle.

PTHS doesn’t have a tennis program, so a few Redhawks latch on with Chimacum each season, and the ever-affable Breithaupt has been a regular presence on the court.

On this day, she pulled out a tough tiebreaker in the opening set, got rocked hard by Deprelle (to the tune of 6-0) in set two, then rallied for the victory in a match where the two combatants played the day’s longest match.

Chimacum gives the Coupeville girls a run for its money in being the most polite tennis team in all the land, and that was evident all afternoon.

At first singles, Cowboy Renee Woods and Wolf Valen Trujillo had a love-fest, repeatedly praising each other’s shots.

That tone carried from court to court, with the topper, of course, being CHS singles player Bree Daigneault, who was born to gush sunshine.

After dismantling her rival, she spent the walk back to their respective coaches praising the Chimacum player’s service game and left her with a smile on her face, even in defeat.

With the match being Senior Night for Coupeville — the Wolves have a string of road matches still left on the schedule — it was the final chance for Daigneault, Trujillo, Deprelle and Rubi Melendrez to rep their school on their home court.

How appropriate that, in the final moments of her final home match, Daigneault was doing what she does best — showing a genuine love and respect for the game, and people who play it with her, regardless of what uniform they wear.

Complete Tuesday results:

Varsity:

1st singles — Valen Trujillo beat Renee Woods 6-2, 6-1

2nd singles — Fanny Deprelle lost to Amelia Breithaupt 7-6(7-4), 0-6, 10-6

3rd singles — Bree Daigneault beat Gladys Hitt 7-6(7-2), 6-3

1st doubles — Sage Renninger/Payton Aparicio beat Amy Plastow/Christina Bell 6-0, 6-0

2nd doubles — Avalon Renninger/Zoe Trujillo beat Jordyn Johnson/Marley Music 6-1, 6-1

3rd doubles — Maggie Crimmins/Kameryn St Onge beat Marianne Eastwood/Claire Jorgensen 6-0, 6-0

4th doubles — Tia Wurzrainer/Claire Mietus won by forfeit

JV:

5th doubles — Jillian Mayne/Zara Bradley lost to Christina Bell/Amelia Breithaupt 6-0

5th doubles — Heather Nastali/Sophie Furtjes trailed Marley Music/Jordyn Johnson 4-2 (match called for ferry)

7th doubles — Rubi Melendrez/Nanci Melendrez lost to Marianne Eastwood/Claire Jorgensen 6-0

8th doubles — Tia Wurzrainer/Claire Mietus lost to Renee Woods/Amy Plastow 6-1

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Click some quick pics!!

Posted in Fashionable Fans, Track, tagged , , , , , on April 25, 2017| Leave a Comment »

   Maya Toomey-Stout is so happy to see rare blue skies, she soars up and touches them. (John Fisken photos)

   Irrepressible track mom Dawnelle Conlisk hangs out with two of her favorites, son Danny (middle) and Kyle Burnett.

Piling up that Senior Trip cash, one hot dog sale at a time.

   Speedy Lauren Grove slows down long enough to catch a moment with the parental units.

   Having won their tennis matches, Wolf netters (l to r) Fanny Deprelle, Payton Aparicio and Sage Renninger stop by to cheer on their classmates.

Jacob Martin gets a little help with his prom proposal.

   Ema Smith has never turned down a photo request. Ever. That’s why she’s the best.

   The Lindsey Roberts Fan Club is on scene. Much raucous cheering, mainly from mom Sherry (left) soon ensued.

   Toomey-Stout returns to Earth and leans in for a group pic with (l to r) Mckenzie Meyer, Lindsey Roberts and Lauren Bayne.

The sun was shinin’, the PRs were poppin’ and the cameras were clickin’.

Monday brought the season’s second official home track meet to Cow Town, and all the noise and activity lured in the paparazzi as well.

John Fisken was on hand to snag action pics, but also swung his camera around to capture some behind-the-scenes moments as well.

If you like what you see, pop over to his site — http://www.johnsphotos.net/ — and support his work.

When you do, money gets kicked back to provide college scholarships to CHS student/athletes. So, win-win.

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