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CHS coaching carousel in full motion!!

Posted in Football, Volleyball, tagged , , , , , , on May 12, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Coupeville High School volleyball coach Breanne Smedley is leaving to take a job in Vancouver. (John Fisken photos)

   Coupeville High School volleyball coach Breanne Smedley is leaving to take a job in Vancouver. (John Fisken photos)

Husband Brett will be joining her at Columbia River.

Husband Brett will be joining her at Columbia River.

This is not an April Fools.

Four months out from a new season, Coupeville High School just lost half of its roster of fall sports coaches.

Brett and Breanne Smedley have accepted coaching and teaching jobs in their hometown and are leaving Whidbey Island to return to Vancouver.

Both will teach at Columbia River High School, with Breanne taking over as head volleyball coach.

Brett will be the school’s football defensive coordinator.

Columbia River is a 3A school and plays in the Greater St. Helen’s League, along with Fort Vancouver, Kelso and Prairie.

Both Chieftains programs won league titles this school year.

“This has been an extremely difficult decision, but ultimately we were presented with an opportunity we felt we couldn’t pass up,” Breanne Smedley said. “I am saddened to leave this team and community, but I am confident the program is in a great place to be successful next year and beyond.”

She has been the head volleyball coach at CHS the past two seasons, leading the Wolves to a tie for second-place in the 1A Olympic League this past season.

The Wolves upended Seattle Christian for their first playoff win in a decade.

With her departure, the Wolf volleyball program is two coaches down, as JV coach Heidi Wyman stepped down earlier in the year to focus on family and club coaching.

Brett Smedley worked as an assistant football coach under Tony Maggio before taking over the program last year.

Working with an extremely young roster, he went 1-10, but his team played aggressively and showed considerable signs of growth under his tutelage.

While the move gives the couple a chance to return to their roots, they will treasure their time on Whidbey.

“I couldn’t have asked for a better community to start our careers and begin our lives together,” Breanne Smedley said. “As I told the players, the relationships we have made here go beyond the volleyball court and I will continue to be available as a mentor and friend for these girls.

“Thank you again for the opportunity to coach and teach these amazing young women.”

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“Glad to have that one behind us…”

Posted in Baseball, tagged , , , , on May 10, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Kory Score, seen here in an earlier game, had one of Coupeville's two hits Tuesday. (Sylvia Hurlburt photo)

   Kory Score, seen here in an earlier game, had one of Coupeville’s two hits Tuesday. (Sylvia Hurlburt photo)

You can’t say Marc Aparicio doesn’t have a positive outlook on life.

All season long, the first-year Coupeville High School baseball coach has remained on an even keel, through big wins and tough losses.

So, having watched his squad suffer through its worst game of the season Tuesday, while playing on the biggest stage yet, he stayed on message.

“Every setback is a set-up for a comeback.”

The Wolves will need a bounce-back to keep their season going, with a 13-0 loss against Cascade Christian, in a district playoff game held at Curtis High School, putting them in must-win mode.

Coupeville (10-11 on the season) heads to Charles Wright Academy in Tacoma Thursday (4 PM) to meet Seattle Christian (11-9) in a loser-out game.

Win and the Wolves return to Curtis HS Saturday (12 PM), with a chance to punch their ticket to state.

To follow the bracket, pop over to:

http://www.nisquallyathletics.com/tournament.php?tournament_id=1906&sport=6

The Wolves will be back at full strength Thursday after playing minus starting shortstop Hunter Smith against Cascade Christian.

With its lead-off hitter MIA thanks to a one-game suspension (fallout from an ejection for arguing balls and strikes in the regular season finale), Coupeville shuffled the lineup slightly Tuesday.

Sophomore Julian Welling got the nod on the mound, with staff ace CJ Smith sliding to short to cover for his brother.

Things started out halfway decent, with both teams coming up scoreless in the first.

Cascade Christian punched a single, but Welling ended the inning with a strikeout, then the Wolves put two runners on in their half of the inning.

A single from CJ Smith and a walk to Gabe Wynn seemed like a promising start, but CHS left two aboard and it would prove to be the most sustained offensive attack the Wolves would mount the entire game.

The Cougars exploded for seven runs in the top of the second, stringing together five hits and taking advantage of several Coupeville errors.

Miscues bit the Wolves in the rear all afternoon, as several more errors in the fourth led to another six runs being plated.

At the same time, Coupeville had little success at the plate, with only a Kory Score single and a pair of third-inning walks to its credit after the first inning.

Score’s base knock in the fourth was immediately followed by three straight Wolves being punched out on strikes.

One bright spot at the tail end of the game came from sophomore hurler Nick Etzell, who retired four batters on eight pitches after coming on in relief.

As he headed home, Aparicio was already looking towards the future, while perhaps ruing his choice of pregame meals.

“I think we determined our bad luck started when I ate a hot dog off the ferry,” he said. “I don’t recommend it. Not sure how long it had been sitting there.

“Glad to have that one behind us. Looking on to the next game.”

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Six swing into a new day!!

Posted in Girls Tennis, tagged , , , , on May 10, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Payton

   Wolf tennis coach Ken Stange poses with doubles champs Payton Aparicio (left) and Sage Renninger. (Photos courtesy Stange)

Olympic League singles champ Valen Trujillo poses with Wolf coach Ken Stange.

   Top of the world, ma! Valen Trujillo sailed through three matches Tuesday en route to a singles title.

If there was any doubt the 1A Olympic League tennis scene belonged to Coupeville, scratch that.

On the heels of their second straight unbeaten stroll to a league title, the Wolf netters dominated play Tuesday in Chimacum at the league’s postseason tourney.

Junior Valen Trujillo swept to a singles title, while sophomores Payton Aparicio and Sage Renninger matched her with a title in doubles play.

Three seniors — doubles duo Jazmine Franklin and McKenzie Bailey and singles player Sydney Autio — finished fourth at the league tourney and also advance to districts.

That will be Thursday, May 19 in Spanaway.

After winning her opening match Tuesday, Autio was leading late in her semifinal and on her way to facing off with Trujillo, when she suffered an injury.

She gutted it out and remained on the court to finish a three-set duel, then defaulted her next match and went home to heal.

“I bet she’ll be OK next week,” said a confident CHS coach Ken Stange.

Complete CHS results:

Singles:

Valen Trujillo (1st)

Beat Gladys Hitt (Chimacum) 8-3
Beat Sydney Jackson (Klahowya) 7-5, 6-2
Beat Sophia Thurston (Chimacum) 6-4, 6-3

Sydney Autio (4th)

Beat Amelia Breithaupt (Port Townsend) 8-2
Lost to Thurston (Chim) 3-6, 6-1, 7-5
Defaulted (injury) to Jackson (K)

Bree Dagineault

Lost to Jackson (K) 8-4

Doubles:

Payton Aparicio/Sage Renninger (1st)

Beat Emily Calkins/Marley Music (Chim) 8-0
Beat Renee Woods/Emma Craighead (Chim) 7-5, 6-2
Beat Shania Rose/Hailey Sargent (K) 6-3, 6-2

Jazmine Franklin/McKenzie Bailey (4th)

Beat Dominique Sutton/Taylor Bruce (K) 8-6
Lost to Rose/Sargent (K) 7-5, 6-1
Lost to Woods/Craighead (Chim) 4-6, 6-0, 6-1

Maggie Crimmins/Kameryn St Onge

Lost to Rose/Sargent (K) 8-0

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I’m just ’bout those PRs, boss!!

Posted in Track, tagged , , , , , on May 9, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Emma Smith, seen here earlier this season, shattered her PR in the shot put Monday. (John Fisken photo)

   Wolf frosh Emma Smith, seen here earlier this season, shattered her PR in the shot put by 16 inches Monday. (John Fisken photo)

Some Wolves saved their best for last.

Competing Monday in Silverdale at the Olympic League JV Championships, four Coupeville High School track stars set a pair of personal bests.

Emma Smith, Ashlie Shank, Dominic Dausey and Ariah Bepler recorded two PRs apiece, part of a team-wide run of 10 on the day, at an event known as the “last chance qualifier.”

With all 11 Olympic League teams (seven 2A and four 1A schools) in attendance, athletes had a final chance to nail a time or throw which would qualify them for next weekend’s sub-district meet at Bremerton.

To gain entry to that event you have to be in the top eight for your event among all 1A athletes in the league.

From there, athletes have the chance to advance on to districts and state.

While Monday’s meet was mostly about individual achievement, team scores were kept, with Klahowya taking the boys title and the Eagles tying with Port Townsend for the girls title.

Coupeville, which had one of the smallest rosters in attendance, still did well, claiming fifth of 11 teams in the boys battle and 7th for the girls.

The Wolves were led by three second-place finishes, with Alexxis Otto (shot put), Jakobi Baumann (3200) and Bepler (long jump) besting most of the field.

Complete CHS results:

GIRLS:

100 — Ashlie Shank (8th) 14.63 *PR*; Madison Rixe (11th) 14.90

200 — Shank (4th) 30.81; Rixe (14th) 33.37

400 — Rixe (9th) 1:19.31

Shot put — Alexxis Otto (2nd) 25-05.50; Emma Smith (3rd) 23-10 *PR*

Discus — Otto (4th) 72-04; Smith (8th) 69-11 *PR*

Long Jump — Shank (4th) 11-11.75 *PR*

BOYS:

100 — Kyle Burnett (25th) 14.01; Hunter Downes (26th) 14.03

200 — Burnett (24th) 29.68

3200 — Jakobi Baumann (2nd) 13:01.20

300 Hurdles — Ariah Bepler (3rd) 50.51 *PR*

4×100 — Dominic Dausey, Burnett, Downes, Ryan Labrador (6th) 57.41

Shot Put — Labrador (3rd) 34-01; Dausey (4th) 33-10 *PR*

Discus — Dausey (3rd) 93-04 *PR*; Labrador (13th) 75-09

Javelin — Dausey (4th) 109-05; Bepler (10th) 99-03; Labrador (21st) 81-09 *PR*

Long Jump — Bepler (2nd) 16-08.75 *PR*; Downes (6th) 15-10 *PR*

Triple Jump — Bepler (3rd) 32-01.25

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Tackle the future!!

Posted in Boys and Girls Club, Football, tagged , , , , , on May 9, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Wolf players showed up Friday to hold a flag football clinic for kids from the Boys and Girls Club. (Photo courtesy Jacob Martin)

   Wolf players showed up Friday to hold a flag football clinic for kids from the Boys and Girls Club. (Photo courtesy Jacob Martin)

The strength of the Wolf is the pack.

Proving that to be true, 20 Coupeville High School football players showed up Friday — on a day when there was no school — to help their coaches run a flag football clinic for local children.

The event, put on through the Coupeville Boys and Girls Club, drew 28 participants, said CHS head football coach Brett Smedley.

“We had a great turn out and they had a great time!” he said.

Drawing in both girls and boys on a sunny afternoon, the clinic featured a mix of lessons and fun.

As he continues to build his own program at the high school, Smedley is also reaching out to the sport at other levels.

Getting assistance from a wide range of helpers was invaluable, he said.

“I’d like to thank the Boys and Girls Club, Coupeville Elementary, the CHS Football Team, Coach (Bob) Martin, and Coach (Ryan) King for putting this on!”

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