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Scrappy Wolves nip at the big dogs!!

Posted in Girls Tennis, tagged , , , , on March 27, 2017| Leave a Comment »

   Bree Daigneault beat Beyonce Monday. Seriously. OK, maybe not THAT Beyonce, but certainly a Beyonce. (John Fisken photo)

Dangerously close.

For the second time this season the Coupeville High School girls tennis team faced a 2A school, and for the second time the scrappy Wolves came within a single match of upending their big school rivals.

In the end, however, Olympic, like Sequim before it, escaped Whidbey with a narrow 4-3 non-conference win.

The loss, coming in Coupeville’s first match in 11 days, drops the Wolves to 0-3 on the season.

After having a big gap between live opponents, the Wolves are hoping to get in a lot of competitive tennis this week.

CHS is scheduled to hit the road twice, with trips Tuesday to Granite Falls and Thursday to Port Angeles.

The two-time 1A Olympic League champs don’t open defense of their most recent title until April 13-14, when they play Klahowya and Chimacum back-to-back.

By then, if the schedule holds, the Wolves should be battle-hardened, having played six of their first seven matches against 2A opponents.

Monday, CHS got wins at first and third doubles and third singles.

Coupeville’s top doubles duo, juniors Payton Aparicio and Sage Renninger, remain flawless at 3-0 this season.

Complete results:

Varsity:

1st singles — Valen Trujillo lost to Chiarra Droell 6-0, 6-2

2nd singles — Fanny Deprelle lost to Marissa Nemeth 6-0, 6-3

3rd singles — Bree Daigneault beat Beyonce Oresceko 6-1, 6-1

1st doubles — Payton Aparicio/Sage Renninger beat Karli Taylor/Sydney Troy 6-3, 6-4

2nd doubles — Zoe Trujillo/Avalon Renninger lost to Sarah Polsin/Brooklyn Horo 6-1, 6-0

3rd doubles — Maggie Crimmins/Kameryn St Onge beat Gimalaine Estepa/Jemina Estepa 6-3, 6-0

4th doubles — Tia Wurzrainer/Jillian Mayne lost to Maddie Tofts/Maddie Bonk 7-5, 6-2

JV:

5th doubles — Sophie Furtjes/Julie Bucio lost 6-0

6th doubles — Claire Mietus/Heather Nastali lost 6-2

7th doubles — Nanci Melendrez/Rubi Melendrez tied 4-4 (match called for ferry)

8th doubles — Zara Bradley/Julie Bucio lost 6-0

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The bats were blazin’!!

Posted in Baseball, tagged , , , , , on March 27, 2017| Leave a Comment »

   Kory Score lashed a three-run double Monday, sparking a 12-4 Wolf win. (John Fisken photo)

It’s a good thing they don’t use wood bats in high school baseball.

With the red-hot swings Coupeville High School hitters were laying down Monday, the Wolves would have burnt holes through some old-fashioned ash, hickory or maple.

Seven different CHS sluggers recorded at least one base-knock, including a bases-clearing double from Kory Score, en route to smashing 13 hits in a 12-4 romp over visiting Sultan.

The non-league victory, coming against a former longtime Cascade Conference rival, stretched Coupeville’s win streak to four and brings it to 4-2 on the season.

Riding high, the Wolves kick off defense of their Olympic League crown with a home game against Klahowya Wednesday and a road trip Friday to Port Townsend.

When they do, they’ll still be carrying good memories from smashing the Turks.

Coupeville came out loaded for bear, erupting for 11 runs in the first three innings to quickly derail any Sultan hopes.

After loading the bags in the first on singles by Joey Lippo and Clay Reilly and a walk to Dane Lucero, the Wolves got ruthless.

Ethan Marx eked out a walk to force in the game’s first run, but that was just the prelude.

Score, Coupeville’s lanky first-baseman, who comes equipped with a die-hard fan section led by girlfriend Amanda Neitzel, promptly messed up the Turk pitcher’s day by ripping a resounding double to plate Reilly, pinch-runner Jonathan Thurston and Marx.

Once the runs started coming, they didn’t stop, as CHS piled together four more hits in the second and amassed another three runs.

Hunter Smith started things off with a double, while Jake Hoagland capped things with a two-run single.

Determined to ten-run the Turks, Coupeville ran the score to 11-0 in the bottom of the third, despite starting the inning with two outs and nobody on base.

Smith and Lippo rapped out singles, Reilly walked, Lucero plated two more, and, finally, Hoagland delivered again, this time with an RBI single.

While the offense was wailing away, Lucero was shutting Sultan down in style on the mound.

The sophomore hurler, putting together a second consecutive strong outing, retired the first eight batters and carried a no-hitter into the top of the fourth.

While Lucero hit a brief speed bump in that inning — as Sultan used a pair of singles, two walks and an error to score all four of its runs — he got out of the inning and was virtually untouched after that.

He threw a complete game, scattering four hits and striking out two on 85 pitches.

Coupeville added a final run in the sixth, with Marx reaching on an error, moving up on a single from Nick Etzell, then scoring on a fielder’s choice off the bat of Matt Hilborn.

Lippo led the Wolf hit attack with three singles, while Smith, Reilly, Lucero and Hoagland all chipped in with two base-knocks apiece.

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Elite Eight dazzle!!

Posted in Track, tagged , , , , on March 27, 2017| Leave a Comment »

   Mallory Kortuem, seen here during soccer season, is part of the 6th fastest 4 x 100 relay squad in 1A. (John Fisken photo)

They’ve doubled their numbers.

With a second meet in the books, the Coupeville High School track and field team now has eight Wolves sitting somewhere in the top 10 for performances by all 1A athletes.

That’s up from four after the first round of competition.

Showing remarkable balance, the elite eight are split between four girls and four boys, with every class represented.

Seniors Jacob Martin, Lauren Grove and Mitchell Carroll are joined by junior Jacob Smith, sophomores Lindsey Roberts and Danny Conlisk and freshmen Maya Toomey-Stout and Mallory Kortuem.

Coupeville’s top 10 performances as of Monday morning:

Girls:

100 Hurdles — Lindsey Roberts (2nd) 16.30

4 x 100 — Lauren Grove, Maya Toomey-Stout, Mallory Kortuem, Roberts (6th) 53.33

Boys:

200 — Jacob Smith (6th) 23.61

800 — Danny Conlisk (10th) 2:10.96

Long Jump — Jacob Martin (4th) 20-07

Triple Jump — Mitchell Carroll (9th) 39-11

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Brains over brawn!!

Posted in Boys Soccer, tagged , , , , on March 27, 2017| Leave a Comment »

   Coupeville High School freshman James Wood scored the tying goal and set up the go-ahead score in his first Olympic League game. (John Fisken photo)

James Wood plays to his strengths.

The Coupeville High School freshman may not be the biggest player on the soccer pitch, but that hasn’t stopped him from being successful.

“My strengths are probably knowing the game and how to outsmart other people,” Wood said. “Something to work on would be my size, because all my life I have been the lighter and weaker kid.”

Wood has grown up in the sport — dad Robert is the president of the Central Whidbey Soccer Club — first taking the pitch at age four.

“I started doing the sport because it was something to do,” Wood said.”I don’t play football since I’ve been smaller than most kids.”

Having devoted much of his time to soccer, he’s made huge strides and is one of two freshmen, with Aram Leyva, who have already scored for the CHS varsity squad this season.

Wood scored the tying goal in Coupeville’s league opener with Chimacum Mar. 14, then set Leyva up for the go-ahead goal in an eventual 4-3 win.

Having that sort of impact right out of the gate in his first season was all part of his plan.

“I enjoy scoring and team plays the most,” Wood said. “Like knowing I helped score that goal.”

Away from the field, he enjoys his English and science classes.

On the pitch, he credits team captain William Nelson as an inspiration.

“A main person that I look up to is Will, because he is a great player and a good friend.”

As he goes forward, looking to be a big part of a Wolf squad which currently sits at 2-2-1 overall, 1-0 in Olympic League play, Wood just wants to do whatever he can to contribute to the cause.

“My goals are to be a key player on the field and to be a skilled player.”

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Big catches, bigger pics!!

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

   Robin Cedillo (left) goes high, Jae LeVine goes low and everything works out beautifully as the Wolves snuff out a Vashon rally. (John Fisken photos)

Creepin’ and a crawlin’, Jake Hoagland sneaks back onto the base.

A few rain drops can’t disrupt super fan Sylvia Arnold’s good mood.

Dodging the liquid sunshine, Ethan Marx hauls in a catch.

Katrina McGranahan gets medieval on a sneaky softball.

Twice Saturday, Hunter Smith lashed a two-RBI hit. This is one of those.

   “I am … the law!!” Darren Crownover pretends to watch daughter Veronica crush home runs, but in his mind, he’s doing a Sylvester Stallone as Judge Dredd impression.

No softball escapes Hope Lodell. Ever.

The rain was fallin’ and the camera was clickin’.

Despite fairly miserable Whidbey weather Saturday, Coupeville High School managed to get in both softball and baseball games, sweeping visiting Vashon Island.

Along for the ride, and working both sides of the street, was damp yet plucky paparazzi John Fisken, who was nice enough to kick these pics our way.

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

Softball — http://www.johnsphotos.net/Sports/2017-Coupeville-Softball/20170325-vs-Vashon/

Baseball — http://www.johnsphotos.net/Sports/2017-Coupeville-Baseball/20170325-vs-Vashon/

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