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Not their day!!

Posted in Boys Soccer, tagged , , , , on March 31, 2017| Leave a Comment »

  Wolf captain Uriel Liquidano sacrifices his head for the team. (John Fisken photo)

There was one truly electrifying play in Friday afternoon’s Coupeville vs. Port Townsend soccer showdown.

Unfortunately, it was pulled off by the visiting RedHawks, and not the Wolves.

Just about six minutes into the Olympic League clash, the guys in red took control of the ball right in front of their own net.

Then, bing-bang-boom, they pulled off a rare coast-to-coast run, using a string of slick passes to pierce the Wolf defense on a run straight up the gut, finishing their jaunt with the ball landing with a plop in the right corner of the net.

In a sport where the ball usually shoots off in a new direction every 0.2 seconds, as it skips off of knees, elbows or groins, pulling off the equivalent of a straight-ahead basketball fast break is fairly rare.

But, like I said, wrong team, wrong result, and it set up a 3-0 win for Port Townsend, which left the home fans a little crestfallen.

It was the second straight game Coupeville has failed to score, and the loss drops the Wolves to 1-2 in league play, 2-4-1 overall.

They sit in third place, trailing Klahowya (3-0) and Port Townsend (2-1), but still a game up on Chimacum (0-3).

CHS plays six of its final eight regular season games against league foes, but first gets a non-conference game Monday at Vashon Island.

After its Sports Center goal, Port Townsend added two far more ordinary scores to pad its lead.

The RedHawks hit a shot from the right side with 15 minutes left before the break, then got lucky early in the second half.

Coupeville was called for an inadvertent handball in the box, giving Port Townsend a gift-wrapped penalty kick which it converted.

The Wolves struggled to get their offense going, though did have a couple of near-misses from Zack Nall and William Nelson.

After watching his team play lethargically at times (having a half day at school leading into Spring Break seemed to sap a lot of energy early on), CHS coach Kyle Nelson was able to find a bright spot.

It came from the continued emergence of his defenders, many of whom are young, fairly inexperienced or both.

“We’re continuing to build a solid back four and they’re coming together,” Kyle Nelson said. “We saw some really good plays from them, especially in the second half.

“They’re gaining experience and confidence, and we’re happy to see that.”

 

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/20170331-vs-Pt-Townsend/

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If you build it, they will win!!

Posted in Track, tagged , , , , on March 31, 2017| Leave a Comment »

   Coupeville’s winning 4 x 100 relay squad is l to r, Lauren Grove, Maya Toomey-Stout, Mallory Kortuem and Lindsey Roberts. (Sherry Roberts photo)

   Port Townsend’s Seren Dances and Coupeville’s Jacob Smith chat. (Deb Smith photos)

Naika Hallam (left) and Abby Parker hang out between events.

Wins all around.

Taking advantage of the first gloriously sunny afternoon of the spring, the Coupeville High School track and field team officially debuted its new facilities Thursday in style.

Then the Wolves went out and whupped up on some folks.

Led by double-event winner Danny Conlisk, the CHS boys finished first in the five-team meet, while the Wolf girls were a close second to traditional power Mount Vernon Christian.

On the guys side things played out to the following tune:

Coupeville 93
Port Townsend 86
Mt. Vernon Christian 75.99
Klahowya 56
Chimacum 27

Meanwhile, on the girls side:

Mt. Vernon Christian 112.75
Coupeville 101
Klahowya 64.25
Port Townsend 49
Chimacum 21

Conlisk ran to wins in the 400 and 800, while Jacob Smith (100), Chris Battaglia (discus), Skyler Lawrence (shot put), Cassidy Moody (high jump) and the girls 4 x 100 also finished at the top of the heap.

The relay squad was composed of freshmen Maya Toomey-Stout and Mallory Kortuem, sophomore Lindsey Roberts and senior Lauren Grove.

Overall, Coupeville athletes recorded 43 PRs in the debut of their new home track.

Complete CHS results: 

Girls:

100 — Maya Toomey-Stout (3rd) 13.49 *PR*; Mallory Kortuem (5th) 14.16; Ja’Tarya Hoskins (8th) 14.41; Ashlie Shank (10th) 14.86; Natalie Hollrigel (15th) 15.65

200 — Lauren Grove (3rd) 28.15; Shank (8th) 30.49

400 — Madison Rixe (6th) 1:19.12

800 — Lauren Bayne (6th) 2:50.90 *PR*; Abby Parker (10th) 3:01.19

1600 — Lucy Sandahl (9th) 6:31.97; Raven Vick (10th) 7:04.27 *PR*

3200 — Sandahl (4th) 13:48.88 *PR*

300 Hurdles — Kortuem (2nd) 51.37 *PR*; Lindsey Roberts (4th) 53.15 *PR*; Mckenzie Meyer (6th) 56.04

4 x 100 Relay — Roberts, Kortuem, M. Toomey-Stout, Grove (1st) 52.69

4 x 200 Relay — Grove, M. Toomey-Stout, Kortuem, Roberts (2nd) 1:51.51; Shank, Cassidy Moody, Hollrigel, Hoskins (4th) 2:04.74

4 x 400 Relay — Meyer, Bayne, Rixe, Aurora Zanardi (2nd) 4:58.97

Shot put — Skyler Lawrence (1st) 30-10.50; Emma Smith (2nd) 27-11.50 *PR*; Naika Hallam (4th) 25-06 *PR*; Charlotte Langille (5th) 25-05 *PR*; Alexxis Otto (7th) 24-03.75

Discus — Lawrence (2nd) 78-00; Langille (4th) 72-10.50 *PR*; Otto (5th) 72-02; Allison Wenzel (6th) 66-10;  E. Smith (7th) 64-09

Javelin — Wenzel (2nd) 83-06; Bayne (3rd) 82-06; Vick (4th) 80-00 *PR*; Parker (6th) 77-07; Hallam (9th) 68-02; Jamine Nastali (10th) 68-01 *PR*; Kiara Burdge (12th) 57-01 *PR*

High Jump — Moody (1st) 5-00 *PR*; Hoskins (5th) 4-04 *PR*; Bayne (5th) 4-04

Pole Vault — Meyer (4th) 5-00 *PR*

Long Jump — M. Toomey-Stout (3rd) 14-07; Zanardi (3rd) 13-08 *PR*; Nastali (9th) 12-09.75; Hallam (11th) 12-02 *PR*

Triple Jump — Grove (2nd) 30-03.50 *PR*; Zanardi (4th) 28-04.50 *PR*

Boys:

100 — Jacob Smith (1st) 11.59, Kyle Burnett (13th) 13.67; Greg Villareal (17th) 13.84; Andrew Martin (20th) 14.28 *PR*

200 — Smith (2nd) 23.12; Mitchell Carroll (3rd) 25.00 *PR*; Burnett (8th) 27.76; Villareal (10th) 28.50 *PR*

400 — Danny Conlisk (1st) 53.54 *PR*

800 — Conlisk (1st) 2:09.99

1600 — Jakobi Baumann (13th) 5:46.78 *PR*; Gabe Carlson (14th) 5:47.26 *PR*

3200 — Baumann (10th) 13:21.81

300 Hurdles — Grey Rische (3rd) 53.66 *PR*

4 x 100 Relay — Jacob Martin, Cameron Toomey-Stout, Burnett, Connor Thompson (2nd) 48.77

4 x 400 Relay — J. Smith, Ariah Bepler, C. Toomey-Stout, Conlisk (2nd) 3:46.38

Shot Put — Ryan Labrador (3rd) 35-13.25; Chris Battaglia (5th) 34-04 *PR*; Thompson (6th) 34-00.50; Keahi Sorrows (10th) 31-06.50 *PR*; Rische (12th) 30-04; Trevor Bell (22nd) 25-09.50 *PR*

Discus — Battaglia (1st) 105-04.50 *PR*; Rische (7th) 86-02.50 *PR*; Labrador (12th) 80-03; Thane Peterson (14th) 77-08.25; Sorrows (18th) 72-01.25; Bell (29th) 59-00 *PR*

Javelin — J. Martin (3rd) 135-08 *PR*; Rische (7th) 120-05; Battaglia (11th) 113-08; A. Martin (20th) 80-02; Peterson (23rd) 74-03 *PR*; Koby Schreiber (30th) 45-05 *PR*

High Jump — C. Toomey-Stout (2nd) 5-04 *PR*; Thompson (3rd) 5-02

Pole Vault — Carroll (2nd) 8-06 *PR*

Long Jump — Carroll (4th) 19-04.50 *PR*; J. Martin (5th) 19-01; C. Toomey-Stout (6th) 17-09.75 *PR*; Burnett (8th) 16-01 *PR*; Baumann (9th) 15-04 *PR*; A. Martin (16th) 11-07 *PR*

Triple Jump — Carroll (2nd) 39-11; Thompson (4th) 37-00

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Jump right in!!

Posted in Track, tagged , , , , on March 31, 2017| Leave a Comment »

Eileen Stone is the final word on measurements. (John Fisken photos)

Mckenzie Meyer flies the friendly skies during the pole vault competition.

Finding a new gear, Kyle Burnett surges down the backstretch.

   “I said I had it measured right the first time…” Lincoln Kelley (right) carefully monitors the proceedings.

Mitchell Carroll builds up a head of steam.

Jacob Martin keeps a laser focus as he prepares to unleash javelin thunder.

   Former CHS track supernova Sylvia Hurlburt reacts to the news she graduated a year too early and won’t get to compete on the brand new track.

Ja’Tarya Hoskins flips to success in the high jump.

It’s official.

The new Coupeville High School track and field facilities saw its first multi-team meet action Thursday, as the Wolves welcomed four other schools to town.

While results haven’t been posted yet, we have some photos to take your mind off that matter.

They come to us courtesy John Fisken, who ambled down to Cow Town before heading off to vacation.

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

http://www.johnsphotos.net/Sports/2017-Coupeville-Track/20170330-at-CHS/

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Am-Bush-ed!!

Posted in Baseball, tagged , , , , on March 30, 2017| Leave a Comment »

   Matt Hilborn, seen here in an earlier game, was a vacuum at short Thursday afternoon. (John Fisken photo)

They held their own.

Playing against a varsity squad Thursday, the Coupeville High School JV baseball team strung together five-plus really solid innings, but fell 6-1 to visiting Bush on the first truly sunny day of the spring sports season.

What stung the Wolves was a brief bit of sustained trouble in the first inning, and a momentary burp at the very end of the game.

Otherwise, take the second through the sixth inning and it was a 1-1 deadlock.

The loss drops the CHS young guns to 1-3 on the season, while Bush, a private school out of Seattle, improves to 4-1.

The game was set up because the Blazers first-year head coach, Greg Conley, played baseball at Sequim High School for Coupeville Athletic Director Willie Smith.

“One of the best players I ever coached,” Smith said. “Great kid, good baseball guy.”

After high school, Conley went on play at Oregon State and was drafted in 1995 by the Los Angeles Dodgers.

While he’s only been in his current job for a short time, you can see the Bush players are learning quickly from their new mentor, and they played with poise and polish.

Or, basically, played a lot like Willie Smith’s own hardball teams, at Sequim and Coupeville, always did.

Conley’s counterpart at CHS, Chris Smith, salted his JV lineup at the top with three varsity players, Matt Hilborn, Joey Lippo and Julian Welling, and that trio combined to collect all five of Coupeville’s hits.

But the Wolves also treated the game as an effective way to give their true JV players solid innings against strong competition, with Chris Smith getting at-bats for 12 different players.

The top of the first was the only poor frame for Coupeville, as Bush used three solid hits and a couple of Wolf miscues on attempted pick-offs to build an early 3-0 lead.

After that, Wolf hurler Jonathan Thurston locked in and was deadly effective for the remainder of his five-inning stint.

He retired 13 of the final 17 hitters he faced, whiffing four and not surrendering a hit after the first inning.

“Once Johnny was able to dial it in, he pitched us a gem,” Chris Smith said. “He really threw a beautiful game.”

Coupeville had a golden opportunity to get right back in the game after Lippo laced a one-out double over the head of a Blazer outfielder in the bottom of the first.

It wasn’t to be, however, as Bush fielders made two nice plays back-to-back to deny Welling and Jake Pease base-knocks.

Down 4-0 after the Blazers added an unearned run in the fourth, the Wolves broke through in the bottom half of the inning.

Hilborn and Lippo started the inning off with consecutive singles, then teamed up on a double steal, largely thanks to nimble base-running by Lippo.

Skidding to a stop halfway to second, he drew the throw to him, giving Hilborn a chance to streak home while he then danced out of the pickle and landed safely at second.

After an infield single from Welling on which he couldn’t move up because of where the ball was hit, Lippo successfully stole third, dipping at the last second to slide under the tag.

Except…

Every single person in the park, including the Bush third-baseman, who slapped his thigh in frustration, saw it that way.

Just not the ump, who caught everyone by surprise by signalling an out.

That took a bit of the wind out of Coupeville’s sails, and the Wolves couldn’t get a sustained rally going again after that.

Bush scraped out a pair of runs in the sixth to pad the final margin.

Other than their first-inning misfires, the Wolves were fairly solid on defense.

Ulrik Wells pulled down a skyscraper of a popup at second, Hilborn was a vacuum at short, Lippo ran down a pair of deep shots to center and Thurston and Welling made nice plays on come-backers to the mound.

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Sister power fuels Wolf win!!

Posted in Girls Tennis, tagged , , , , on March 30, 2017| Leave a Comment »

   Sage (left) and Avalon Renninger played together for the first time Thursday, winning at first doubles. (Photo courtesy Mrs. Anonymous)

   Foreign exchange student Fanny Deprelle battled for more than two-and-a-half-hours to capture her first win on American soil. (John Fisken photo)

It was the perfect way to swing into spring break.

Sweeping all three singles matches Thursday, including one which went almost three hours, and getting a unique win at first doubles, the Coupeville High School netters were in top form.

By the time the Wolves climbed back on the bus for the trip back to Whidbey, they carried the scalp of a large 2A school with them, having pasted Port Angeles 5-2.

The non-conference win lifts CHS to 1-3 on the season and was sweet payback after it fell 4-3 to 2A schools in both its last two matches.

Coupeville is off now until April 10, when it faces, yep, another large 2A school, this time North Kitsap.

The Wolves don’t play their first 1A Olympic League match until April 13.

Thursday, the highlights came at first doubles and second singles.

With normal partner Payton Aparicio not available, Sage Renninger paired up with little sister Avalon instead at first doubles, and the family connection paid off with a sweet straight-sets win.

Sage, a junior, is now 4-0 on the season, best of any Wolf player.

The longest, and most thrilling win, came from the Renninger’s housemate, foreign exchange student Fanny Deprelle, who waged a back-and-forth war before pulling out a three-set thriller.

“Fanny’s match was a doozy,” said Coupeville coach Ken Stange. “She played her equal — someone who can run all day, and return almost every ball.”

Emphasis on “almost,” as Deprelle battled from a set down, forced a third-set tiebreaker and made her housemates, coach and large fan club jump with joy.

Complete results:

Varsity:

1st singles — Valen Trujillo beat Summer Olsen 6-0, 6-2

2nd singles — Fanny Deprelle beat Hailey Horton 6-7(5-7), 6-2, 10-7

3rd singles — Bree Daigneault beat Kailey Droz 6-3, 6-0

1st doubles — Sage Renninger/Avalon Renninger beat Audrey Little/Emily Traughber 6-2, 7-5

2nd doubles — Zoe Trujillo/Tia Wurzrainer lost to Hanna Brown/Saig Hefton 6-2, 6-4

3rd doubles — Maggie Crimmins/Kameryn St Onge beat Emily Metzler/Camryn Mason 6-2, 6-3

4th doubles — Claire Mietus/Sophie Furtjes lost to Brielle Halberg/Shanzi Cosgrove 6-2, 6-0

JV:

5th doubles — Heather Nastali/Julie Bucio lost to Preetha/Madison 6-0

6th doubles — Zara Bradley/Nanci Melendrez lost to Casandra/Chloe 6-1

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