Feeds:
Posts
Comments

Posts Tagged ‘CHS Wolves’

Freshman netter delivers big hits, big laughs!!

Posted in Boys Tennis, tagged , , , , on September 16, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Nile Lockwood fires up a service during practice. (Ken Stange photo)

   Nile Lockwood fires up a serve Wednesday afternoon during practice. (Ken Stange photo)

Nile Lockwood has made a fast impression.

“He’s a wild one, but he’s also very kind and funny,” said Coupeville High School tennis coach Ken Stange.

“And sometimes inappropriate,” he added with a huge laugh.

Since Stange is an easy-going free spirit with a wild sense of humor himself, it’s a player/coach match made to order.

Lockwood, a Wolf freshman who started playing tennis six month ago, made his regular-season debut Monday in Sequim, teaming with Aiden Crimmins to play doubles.

It’s just the start of a journey Lockwood hopes will go on for some time.

“I started because it was a lot of fun to play and everyone was super friendly,” Lockwood said. “My goal is to have a great season and win most of my games and make varsity next year.”

Like most younger players, he’s beginning to learn what parts of his game are already set, and what needs to be tweaked.

“One of my strengths is my power,” Lockwood said. “I would like to work on my backhands, because they’re not as strong as my forehand.”

Away from the court he has hopes to “get through high school with good grades and go to college” and he has come to deeply appreciate the help offered by family, his coach and some of the Wolf veterans.

“The people that have helped me out the most are (fellow Wolf player) John McClarin, Ken Stange and my mom for getting me to all the practices and lessons I’ve taken,” Lockwood said. “And just about everyone on the team.”

Read Full Post »

You mad bro? Should be!!

Posted in Football, Ranting and Raving, tagged , , , , on September 16, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Lincoln Kelley (John Fisken photo)

   Win for Lincoln Kelley or he’ll have to go rip the computer’s heart out with his bare hands. (John Fisken photo)

Dear Coupeville High School football players,

The computers think you stink.

There’s really no other way to look at it, since that’s what “Debbie,” the diabolical and vehemently anti-Whidbey computer at the heart of ScoreCzar.org is burping out right now.

In her latest rankings, she has the Wolves ranked #52 … out of 53 schools playing 1A football.

That’s right. Debbie thinks you could beat Stevenson, a school that has been outscored 91-7 in its first two games, but just about no one else.

Granted, you are 0-2 on the young season, but you were within two points with six minutes to play in your opening game, and lost to a 2A school that had a line comprised almost entirely of 300-pound beasts last week.

So, I think Debbie is underestimating you here, by a lot.

But this? This is what should really sting.

Coupeville’s opponent this Friday, Chimacum, is also 0-2. Oh, but wait, the Cowboys have actually lost 14 consecutive games covering nearly a two-year period.

And yet, Debbie has them ranked 12 slots higher than you at #40.

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa?

I know. I know.

Debbie’s handlers can, and will, reel off a list of smooth computery talk about ratios this and slide rules that and it’ll sound almost convincing, but don’t listen.

Just stop and realize the computers say a team that hasn’t won since 2013 is somehow 12 slots better than you.

Then go out and drop-kick Chimacum Friday night.

Do it for yourself. Do it for your teammates. Do it for your town.

Tell our computer overlords that Wolves do not go quietly into that good night. Instead, they live to make Debbie cry sweet, sweet tears of regret.

 

To see the complete rankings, which feature Coupeville’s 1A Olympic League mate Port Townsend at #2, pop over to:

http://www.scoreczar.org/classifications/4-high-school-football-wa1a

Read Full Post »

Are we all confused, or is it just me?!?!

Posted in Girls Soccer, Volleyball, tagged , , , , on September 16, 2015| Leave a Comment »

"League? Non-league? Now you're just hurting my brain." (Sylvia Hurlburt photo)

   Kalia Littlejohn: “League game? Non-league game? I’ll just score in all of them and you can figure out the rest later.” (Sylvia Hurlburt photo)

Some games matter more than others.

And this is where it’s going to get kind of confusing.

Coupeville High School, which has only three foes in the 1A Olympic League (Port Townsend, Klahowya, Chimacum), has been looking to pad out the schedule for both its girls’ soccer and volleyball squads.

Mission accomplished.

The Wolves have added two more home volleyball matches and one road trip for the booters, bringing those teams totals to 14 (with seven at home) and 15, respectively.

Now we get wacky.

The Wolf spikers have added Chimacum (Oct. 1) and Port Townsend (Oct. 8) while the soccer squad has picked up Port Townsend (Sept. 29), but — now, pay attention — even though those schools are league foes, the matches WON’T count in the league standings.

So, while you certainly want to win, doing so won’t help Coupeville’s chances of earning playoff berths, just as losses wouldn’t derail any hopes.

For both squads only the originally scheduled six matches against those schools (and Klahowya) will matter when figuring out which three teams earn postseason berths in each sport.

So, for volleyball that’s:

10/13 Klahowya
10/15 @ Chimacum
10/20 @ Port Townsend
10/22 Chimacum
10/26 @ Klahowya
10/29 Port Townsend

And the “counters” for soccer:

10/15 @ Chimacum
10/17 Klahowya
10/20 @ Port Townsend
10/22 Chimacum
10/26 @ Klahowya
10/29 Port Townsend

Six league games is the magic number for fall, as Wolf football and boys’ tennis each have that number on their schedule as well, and all of those WILL count in the conference standings.

And, in slightly less confusing scheduling news, the Wolf JV football team has picked up a home game to fill an open slot on Monday, Sept. 21.

The Wolves will now tee it up with 2A Anacortes at 5 PM that night.

Read Full Post »

Hurricane busters!!

Posted in Volleyball, tagged , , , , on September 15, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Allison Wenzel (John Fisken photo)

   With moves like this, Allison Wenzel earned Player of the Match honors in her team’s first win. (John Fisken photo)

(Jennifer Menges photo)

Winner, winner, we want our photo taken! (Jennifer Menges photo)

A good old-fashioned beat-down.

That’s what the Coupeville High School JV volleyball squad dropped on host Mount Vernon Christian Tuesday night, routing the Hurricanes in straight sets.

Rolling all night long, the Wolves (now 1-2) savaged MVC 25-14, 25-18, 25-9 to give new coach Heidi Wyman her first win at CHS.

“The girls were mentally tough all night, served strong, stayed together and never looked back,” Wyman said. “It’s easy to lose focus in the middle of a long match, allowing an opponent to sneak back in. But not on these Wolves.

“They did not allow MVC to score more than three points in a row the entire match,” she added. “That is impressive.”

Not that the Hurricanes had much of a chance to string together any runs, as Coupeville crushed it at the service stripe, ripping off 31 aces.

And, if the ball did get in play, the Wolves put it down quickly, racking up 14 kills.

“They dominated from start to finish,” Wyman said. “Our offense is starting to roll.

“We get better every practice and the hard work is beginning to shine through in the games.”

Allison Wenzel earned Player of the Match honors for her stellar play across the board.

“She had a .417 hitting average, added the first block of the season, was a passing machine and served a perfect first set!,” Wyman said.

Also earning kudos were Kenzie LaRue and Ashley Menges.

LaRue was flawless at the net, converting all four of her hitting opportunities into kills, then topped her night with five service aces.

Her freshman teammate was equally as impressive when firing up serves, a trait their coach likes to exploit.

“We start almost every game with Ashley serving for a reason,” Wyman said. “Tonight she unleashed six aces in 14 attempts, finishing the night with two of her games perfect at the line.”

Read Full Post »

“They battled!!”

Posted in Volleyball, tagged , , , , on September 15, 2015| Leave a Comment »

McKenzie Bailey and Co. put up a strong fight Tuesday. (John Fisken photo)

McKenzie Bailey and Co. put up a strong fight Tuesday. (John Fisken photo)

They’re getting there.

Looking sharper and more aggressive with each match, a very young Coupeville High School volleyball squad is gunning for its first win of the season.

And, while it didn’t come Tuesday, with the Wolves falling in four sets at Mount Vernon Christian, they did make their best stand yet.

“They battled! I’m really proud of the progress that they’re making on the court,” said CHS coach Breanne Smedley. “The girls are playing together, taking care of their jobs, and doing a better job of siding-out without letting strings of points go by.

“What I was most impressed with was our aggressiveness,” she added. “We were swinging on game point rather than tipping or setting the ball over. We are working on this in practice and it is showing on the court.”

Coupeville fell 25-10, 26-28, 25-20, 25-18, with the non-conference loss dropping it to 0-3 on the still-young season.

The Wolves now have a long gap between matches, not returning to action until Friday, Sept. 25, when they host Orcas Island.

They have picked up two more home matches later in the season, however, which will expand their schedule to 14 matches, while giving them seven on their home floor.

In a move that may confuse some (me for sure), the new matches (Oct. 1 vs Chimacum and Oct. 8 vs. Port Townsend) are against 1A Olympic League rivals, but will be considered non-league matches.

When it comes time to decide playoff teams, seeding and tiebreakers, only the final six matches of the season — when Coupeville plays Klahowya, Port Townsend and Chimacum home-and-away — will count in the conference race.

And yes, there will be a test on that later.

Tuesday, playing a true non-league match against a true non-league team, the Wolves got major contributions across the board.

Sophomore Payton Aparicio delivered a breakout performance, tallying five kills, four digs, a block and a strong 2.09 passing average, while also going a crisp 10/10 at the service line.

Valen Trujillo added 10 digs, a 2.19 passing average and three service aces, while Tiffany Briscoe (five kills), Emma Smith (four kills, one solo block, one block assist) and Katrina McGranahan (four kills, four service aces, one block) all chipped in.

Lauren Rose paced Coupeville on serve, going a flawless 13/13.

Read Full Post »

« Newer Posts - Older Posts »