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Spiker program keeps it in the family

Posted in Volleyball, tagged , , , , on May 9, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Scout Smith (center) was an assistant coach for a CHS volleyball team which had the best season in program history in 2024. (Sarah Stuurmans photo)

They know her name and her game.

Scout Smith, a 2020 Coupeville High School grad who led the Wolves to the state tournament as a player, will be the next varsity head coach of the spiker program.

The hire, which was confirmed by CHS Athletic Director Brad Sherman, will be official once approved by the school board.

Smith sets a teammate up for a kill. (Brian Vick photo)

Smith, a record-setting setter in her playing days, replaces the man who coached her, Cory Whitmore, who stepped down in April after nine seasons at the helm.

Under his leadership the Wolves won 106 matches (even with one season reduced in half by the pandemic) and went to state three times, earning a 4th place trophy this past fall.

Smith was a sophomore on Whitmore’s first state team in 2017 and also played basketball and softball for the Wolves.

Coming off of two stellar seasons of middle school sports, Smith had an immediate impact in her very first high school contest.

Taking the court as a volleyball player, she burnt Mount Vernon Christian to a crisp, reeling off 27 points on her serve, including 18 straight winners at one point.

The American Badass gave herself a black eye during one playoff match but stayed on the court until the final point. (Charlotte Young photo)

Smith eventually made it to state in two of her three sports, was a captain in all of them, captured several All-League honors and was voted a CHS Athlete of the Year winner as a senior.

After high school, she earned degrees from the University of Washington and Gonzaga and has been working as a substitute teacher in Coupeville.

Smith, whose dad Chris and brothers CJ and Hunter have all coached at CHS, was a volunteer assistant with the Wolf volleyball program and is the current girls’ basketball JV coach.

As she prepares for her debut as the varsity volleyball coach, the school will need to build her a staff, as Whitmore, high school JV coach Ashley Menges, and middle school spiker gurus Cris Matochi and Kristina Hooks all recently stepped down.

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Busy day, bountiful day

Posted in Track, Wolves in college, tagged , , , , on May 9, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Tate Wyman showed up and showed out Friday in Oregon. (Photo courtesy Amber Wyman)

He’ll rest tomorrow.

Coupeville grad Tate Wyman had a busy, and productive Friday, competing in three track and field events almost at the same time at the Cascade Collegiate Conference Outdoor Championships.

Wyman, now a sophomore at Oregon Tech, bounced between the 4 x 100 relay, the long jump, and the 110 hurdles while vying at Southern Oregon University in Ashland.

Literally.

The former Wolf ran in the relay, zipped over and did two jumps, rambled off to run the hurdles, then returned to finish his field event.

And how did he do while ping-ponging around?

Pretty dang good, as Wyman nabbed three top five finishes and two PRs before he was done.

Ayden and Devon’s big bro finished 3rd in the long jump, sailing 22 feet, 5.75 inches, beating his previous collegiate best.

He also set a PR in the hurdles, claiming 4th in 15.75 seconds, while running a leg on a relay team which earned 5th in 42.31.

The oldest of the Wyman siblings is continuing a run of excellence, as he was a top cross country runner and track athlete before graduating in 2023 from Coupeville High School.

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Former Wolf shines big in Sunshine State

Posted in Track, tagged , , , , , on May 9, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Savina Wells, a star in any town. (Photo property FBHS Pirate Athletics)

She finished at the highest level.

Former Coupeville superstar Savina Wells capped her high school sports career Friday, competing in two events at the FHSAA Class 2A State Track and Field Championships in Jacksonville, Florida.

The younger sister of CHS grads Ulrik and Izzy is a senior at Fernandina Beach High School.

Coming off of a pair of third place finishes at regionals May 2 in Pensacola, Savina was in the mix for javelin and high jump glory at the state meet.

She opened Friday by chucking her javelin 94 feet, one inch.

Wells, who earned an 8th place medal at state in the high jump as a junior, wasn’t able to repeat as a senior, but exits holding Fernandina’s school record.

She cleared the bar at five feet, three inches in March.

Before moving to Florida with her family after her freshman year, Lyle and Katy’s daughter was a vibrant part of a tight-knit, talented group of young women who played multiple sports in Coupeville.

She was a standout from preschool on, eventually playing two years of varsity basketball for CHS, including being a starter as just an 8th grader.

On the softball diamond, Savina was a catcher for the varsity team as a freshman, hauling in pitches from her big sis.

During her time at Fernandina, she has played volleyball, basketball, and track and field.

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Diamond vets get their props

Posted in Baseball, tagged , , , , on May 8, 2025| Leave a Comment »

CHS seniors Landon Roberts (left) and Jesus Madrigal take one final bow. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

The dynamic duo called it a career.

Coupeville High School baseball honored seniors Jesus Madrigal and Landon Roberts Thursday before the Wolves played their season finale on the prairie.

Along for the ride was semi-retired photo whiz kid John Fisken, who snapped the pics seen above and below.

“Who’s gonna cry more, mom or dad?”

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Wolves endure, build for future

Posted in Baseball, tagged , , , , on May 8, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Coop Cooper got aboard twice Thursday in Coupeville’s finale. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

They endured until the end.

Coming off back-to-back trips to the state tourney, the 2025 season didn’t go as planned for the Coupeville High School baseball squad.

The Wolves lost players to graduation, others to family moves or injury rehabs, and still more to a simple failure to turn out.

That left Steve Hilborn’s crew scrambling to field a roster, but they did, making do with 11 players, some of whom had never played before.

And, after a rough start, the Wolves showed promise, winning six of eight in the middle part of the campaign.

The end came Thursday, with the CHS diamond squad falling 12-0 to Northwest 2B/1B League champ Mount Vernon Christian, capping a 6-13 season.

But, in their play Thursday, where they stretched the Hurricanes out to the full seven innings on Senior Night, and in their resilience all spring, the Wolves are not defined entirely by their record.

They endured, and they continued to build for the future.

Seniors Landon Roberts, who played all four years, and Jesus Madrigal will depart, but the core of the squad can return next spring.

Hopefully with more reinforcements.

Thursday, after honoring their veterans, the Wolves handed the ball one last time to Roberts, and he gave them four innings on the mound, whiffing seven.

His final moment as a CHS pitcher was a called third strike, as Lindsey’s lil’ bro painted the corner one final time.

MVC pushed two runs across in the first, another in the second, and a game-busting five in the top of the third, taking advantage of a couple of errors.

Carson Grove has three more seasons to chuck heat.

After that, Roberts and freshman Carson Grove, who came on in relief in the fifth, shut down the ‘Canes, tossing three consecutive scoreless innings.

While Mount Vernon tossed four runs on the board in the seventh to stretch out the final margin, the game felt closer than the score.

Coupeville had its chances, getting runners aboard in five of the seven frames, but came up just short of that one big base knock that would of have potentially launched a comeback.

Twice the Wolves had two runners on the basepath at the same time, but both times MVC escaped unscathed thanks to solid work on defense.

With the win, the Hurricanes will carry the top seed into the District 1 tourney next week and are a win away from punching their ticket to state.

Coupeville is done for this season, but at 5-7 in league play, finish fourth in the seven-team NWL.

Better yet, the Wolves endured, and the future of the program is brighter for that.

Camden Glover (17) and Cooper should be back on the diamond next spring.

 

Thursday stats:

Coop Cooper — One single, one walk
Riley Lawless — One single
Landon Roberts — One walk
Leo Rodriguez — One walk
Trent Thule — One single

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