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Happy birthday, serene warrior!!

Posted in Girls Basketball, Happy birthday, tagged Basketball, Brisa Herrera, CHS Wolves, Happy birthday on May 14, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Birthday girl Brisa Herrera. (John Fisken photos)

Herrera locks out her rival as she eyes a rebound.

Brisa Herrera is deceptive.

Off the basketball court, the Coupeville High School sophomore comes across as serene, low-key and friendly.

Her quiet smile arrives before she does, and she projects a positive glow whenever she’s around.

On the court, though, she’s become a wild woman (and we love it), ripping balls away from foes and hip-checking her rivals into the stands with glee.

In the two years I’ve watched Herrera play for Amy King, I’ve seen her confidence soar and it’s been fun to watch.

A true scrapper who plays for the good of her team, often sacrificing for her teammates, Brisa is an easy athlete to root for, and an even better person, it would seem.

As she celebrates her birthday today, we, her many fans and supporters, want to wish her a great cake day.

And a great day every day after that, as well.

We look forward to seeing her game continue to soar in the next two years as she and her teammates continue to grow as athletes and determined young women.

Happy birthday, Brisa. Keep on kicking fanny and taking names.

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Wolves keep swinging until the end!!

Posted in Baseball, tagged baseball, CHS Wolves, Clay Reilly, playoffs, Seattle Christian on May 13, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Staff ace CJ Smith is one of three seniors who the Wolves will lose to graduation. (Sylvia Hurlburt photo)

Junior left fielder Gabe Wynn is one of seven starters who could return next season. (John Fisken photo)

Better than Klahowya.

The Coupeville High School baseball squad bowed 6-1 to Seattle Christian Thursday, ending its playoff run, but they didn’t get shellacked like their Olympic League rivals.

The Eagles were drilled 10-1 when they faced the Warriors in the opening round of the district playoffs and were one and done.

The Wolves, as league champs, got two tries, but a loss to Cascade Christian Tuesday put them in a precarious spot, and Seattle Christian finished the job behind stellar pitching.

Coupeville finished its first year under Marc Aparicio at 10-12.

“Great season. Wish it would have lasted a bit longer,” said the hardball guru.

With the win, Seattle Christian gets a chance to play for a berth in the state playoffs Saturday.

Their foe will be Vashon Island, the Nisqually League’s #1 seed, which was upset 4-2 Thursday in the district championship game by Cascade Christian.

The Warriors blitzed Coupeville behind a superb performance by hurler Alex Evenson, who took a perfect game into the sixth inning.

The Wolves refused to go down easily, however, breaking up the no-no on a sharply-hit single by junior Clay Reilly.

While he was gunned down by half a step on a subsequent steal attempt, CHS then put together three consecutive singles to plate its only run of the afternoon.

The base knocks came off of the bats of Ethan Marx, Matt Hilborn and Hunter Smith.

Coupeville added a fifth hit in the seventh, when Kory Score laced a single, but that was it for the late-game revival at the plate.

Seattle Christian scored early, putting two across in the first, plating three in the second and tacking on a final run in the third, then coasted home.

While the loss ended Coupeville’s season, the Wolves, a very young team, can look back in pride on being the first CHS baseball squad to win a league title since 1991.

They lose just three seniors, with staff ace CJ Smith, rock-solid catcher Cole Payne and utility man Brenden Gilbert bidding farewell to the program.

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Second time, not a charm!!

Posted in Softball, tagged Bellevue Christian, CHS Wolves, Katrina McGranahan, Lauren Rose, Softball on May 12, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Heather Nastali and the Wolves have one game left before starting the playoffs. (John Fisken photo)

Everything was different this time around.

Different weather conditions. Different field conditions. And, unfortunately, a different outcome on the scoreboard.

Facing off with non-conference foe Bellevue Christian for a second time Thursday, the Coupeville High School softball squad “came out a bit flat and never really recovered,” falling 8-1.

The loss dropped the Wolves to 8-10 and gave them a season split with the Vikings, who they will see again in a week.

As the #3 team out of the Olympic League, Coupeville opens the playoffs May 20 at Sprinker Fields in Spanaway in a loser-out game against the #2 squad from the Nisqually League.

And guess what? That’s BC, which sits at 10-6.

When they play that rubber game, the Wolves will be looking to recreate their success from the first time around, when they triumphed 17-16 in a wild, wind-torn game on their home field.

Thursday, it was considerably hotter, less windy and the two teams played on turf and not grass.

Bellevue jumped out to an early lead, scoring four in the first and two more in the second.

Coupeville finally scraped together a run in the fourth, plating Katrina McGranahan, but the rally fizzled too quickly.

Sarah Wright was nailed at third trying to advance on an error, and back-to-back strikeouts (two of 12 on the day for the Wolves) slammed the brakes on any momentum.

McGranahan, who has been limited of late in the pitcher’s circle as she fought back from an injury, went the distance, whiffing nine.

She also reached base three times, collecting half of Coupeville’s four hits.

Veronica Crownover and Lauren Rose added singles, with Rose punctuating her birthday by pulling off an unassisted double play at third.

The smooth-fielding sophomore snagged a liner, then pounced on a runner straying off the bag in the day’s best pro-Wolf moment.

Before it heads to the postseason, Coupeville has one more non-league game, traveling to La Conner Monday. First pitch is set for 4 PM.

“Would really like to rally the fans to come out and root us on in our last regular season game,” said CHS coach Kevin McGranahan.

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“I can not thank Coupeville enough!!”

Posted in Football, tagged alama mater, Brett Smedley, CHS Wolves, farewells, football on May 12, 2016| Leave a Comment »

After four years teaching and coaching at CHS, Brett Smedley is returning to work at his alma mater, Columbia River. (John Fisken photo)

Coupeville was rocked Thursday morning by news popular coaches Brett and Breanne Smedley were leaving and heading home to Vancouver.

The pair will teach and coach at Columbia River High School.

Breanne will take over as head coach for a volleyball program which finished second at state in 3A, while Brett will be the defensive coordinator for a Chieftains squad which won a league title in 2015.

Taking a moment out from his work in the classroom, Brett issued the following thank-you to the community.

As you have heard Breanne and I are taking teaching and coaching jobs at Columbia River High School in Vancouver, WA.

This was a very hard decision to make, but one we felt we couldn’t pass up.

It is also an opportunity for me to coach and teach at my alma mater and give back to the community that helped to raise me.

The Coupeville community has been amazing at welcoming Breanne and I into the community and making us feel as though we were part of the family.

For this I can not thank Coupeville enough.

I would also like to thank the students, staff, and athletes at Coupeville that I have had a chance to work with.

It has been a lot of fun and a great learning experience for me.

They have been extremely influential in my development as a teacher/coach/person. For that I am extremely thankful.

Lastly, I would like to thank Ron Bagby and Willie Smith for an amazing four years.

They have been huge mentors in my life and Breanne and I are extremely thankful for all they have done for us, and the friendships that have been created.

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Roses bloom into pride of prairie!!

Posted in Happy birthday, tagged CHS Wolves, Happy birthday, Kayla Rose, Keebler Elves, kindness, Lauren Rose, volleyball on May 12, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Birthday buddies Lauren (top, left) and Kayla Rose.

Kindness is underrated.

There are two prairie Roses celebrating a birthday today, and, as they continue to bloom into huge successes as athletes, it’s important not to forget that they are so much more.

Yes, Lauren and Kayla Rose, twin sisters and CHS sophomores, play huge roles in the world of Wolf sports.

But the reason we as a community are so proud of them, so fond of them, is because they are, at their core, amazing young women, on and off the field.

They exude a genuine sweetness and show such love and kindness to those around them, especially their family and friends, that you can’t help but be impressed.

They never seem to do it for mere show or to win points.

They do it because that’s who they are, and they do it equally in the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat.

Kayla and Lauren have benefited greatly from having an extremely strong support crew, through their family and church, but their light would shine through no matter what.

Covering sports, you meet nice people and mean people, those who think of others and those who focus intently on themselves.

You can be a super-nice person and be a dud as an athlete, and you can be a jerk and soar (at least in terms of wins and losses).

Once in awhile, though, you get to see the great people rewarded and that makes things sweeter.

The Roses achieve that perfect nirvana of talent, success and a spirit which makes others grateful for that success.

As the duo live out their school sports days here on the prairie, we are really, truly blessed, as fans and onlookers, to be a small part of that.

We smile a little bigger, cheer a little harder, for Lauren and Kayla and their friends, because they earn it, every day, with the class and grace of true stars.

In the end, none of the scores really matter all that much.

When we look back at past CHS athletes, what is remembered more than accomplishments, is who they were as people.

We’ve still got a nice, long run ahead of us with the Rose sisters, but I already know, when we look back at them later, we will do so with great pride.

Happy birthday, Keebler Elves. From all of us.

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