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To gaze, or not to gaze? To gaze!

Posted in Track, tagged , , , , , on March 21, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Things were never the same after they had to put Old Yeller down. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

People staring thoughtfully into the mid-distance.

It’s the bread and butter for photographers, as these pics demonstrate.

Captured at Wednesday’s home Coupeville High School track and field meet, the photos seen above and below come to us courtesy John Fisken.

What’s everyone staring at? That’s the eternal question.

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Home honor, defended

Posted in Track, tagged , , , , , on March 20, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Cael Wilson touches the heavens as he finishes first in the pole vault. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

Welcoming six other schools to Cow Town Wednesday, the Coupeville High School track and field team put on a show, picking up eight wins and 55 PR’s.

That carried the Wolves to a pair of team titles, as well, with the boys rolling and the girls pulling out a thriller.

Coupeville’s male athletes finished with 144.6 points, well ahead of runner-up Mount Vernon Christian, which tallied 117.5.

La Conner (115.2) closed out the top three, with Orcas Island, Friday Harbor, Lopez Island, and Concrete rounding out the remainder of the team title chase.

On the girls’ side of things, individual wins from Reese Wilkinson (Discus), Lyla Stuurmans (1600), and Carly Burt (Pole Vault) propelled the Wolves to a 137-135 win over MVC.

La Conner tallied 127 points, with Lopez, Friday Harbor, and Orcas well back.

Reese Wilkinson lets it rip in the discus, an event she won.

Coupeville senior Nick Guay paced the boys’ squad, winning the high jump and running a leg on triumphant 4 x 100 and 4 x 400 relay units.

Other winners included Carson Field (3200) and Cael Wilson (Pole Vault).

Preston Epp joined Guay in running on both victorious relay teams, with Hank Milnes, Quinten Simpson-Pilgrim, Wilson, and Marquette Cunningham each appearing once.

While the Wolves excelled in the spotlight, CHS coach Bob Martin also paid tribute to the many people who stepped up to help the school pull off a successful home meet.

“The day was not solely about the athletes competing on the track today,” he said. “It was equally about the volunteers from our community and the competing teams who came together; we were impressed!”

Keeping an eagle eye on things.

Martin also praised athletes and coaches from Coupeville’s rival schools.

“The day presented its fair share of challenges,” he said.

“Despite encountering some delays due to technical issues with our camera system, we were impressed by the patience and support demonstrated by the teams in attendance.”

Coupeville’s younger athletes will get back at it this Saturday, Mar. 23, when they compete at the Stanwood Frosh/Soph Invitational.

The full Wolf roster returns to action Mar. 28 with a Northwest 2B/1B League meet in Mount Vernon.

 

Wednesday’s results:

**Times and places in girls 100, 300 Hurdles, and 4 x 100, and boys 200 in flux**

 

GIRLS:

100 — Issabel Johnson (6th) 14.52; Tirsit Cannon (7th) 14.56

200 — Ivy Rudat (12th) 33.59; Reagan Callahan (14th) 35.08 *PR*

400 — Callahan (5th) 1:23.38 *PR*; Frankie Tenore (7th) 1:2403 *PR*

800 — Kayla Crane (2nd) 2:56.25; Callahan (7th) 3:33.11 *PR*

1600 — Lyla Stuurmans (1st) 6:18.06; Crane (2nd) 6:33.0; Lydia Price (7th) 7:21.38 *PR*; Ayden Wyman (9th) 7:29.20

3200 — Price (2nd) 15:13.47 *PR*; Aleksia Jump (4th) 15:35.79 *PR*

100 Hurdles — Lexis Drake (9th) 22.71 *PR*; Tenore (10th) 23.64 *PR*

300 Hurdles — Stuurmans (2nd) 53.35 *PR*; Drake (5th) 54.11; Myra McDonald (9th) 56.01

4 x 100 Relay — Johnson, Drake, McDonald, Cannon (4th) 1:02.00

4 x 200 Relay — Carly Burt, Wyman, I. Rudat, McDonald (7th) 2:18.47

4 x 400 Relay — Burt, I. Rudat, Wyman, Stuurmans (3rd) 5:15.75

Shot Put — Reese Wilkinson (2nd) 28-06; Katie Marti (3rd) 28-03.25; Erica McGrath (5th) 23-08.50 *PR*; Alysia Burdge (6th) 21-07.75 *PR*

Discus — Wilkinson (1st) 104-04.50 *PR*; Marti (3rd) 83-06.50; McGrath (4th) 81-06.50; Burdge (8th) 56-06 *PR*

Javelin — Marti (2nd) 91-10; Burdge (8th) 64-09; McGrath (10th) 56-03; Wilkinson (11th) 53-00

Pole Vault — Burt (1st) 6-06; Johnson (2nd) 6-06 *PR*; Jump (4th) 6-00

High Jump — Burt (8th) 4-00 *PR*

Long Jump — Stuurmans (7th) 12-10 *PR*; I. Rudat (12th) 11-0.25; Tenore (15th) 10-07

 

BOYS:

100 — Dayvon Donavon (7th) 12.52; Marcelo Gebhard (10th) 13.10 *PR*; Matthew Ward (11th) 13.13; Alex Merino-Martinez (15th) 13.21; Dane Hadsall (18th) 13.42; Timothy Nitta (19th) 13.44; Matthew Kuzma (21st) 13.48; Ethan Walling (27th) 14.06

200 — Nick Guay (2nd) 25.10; Marquette Cunningham (7th) 26.47; Quinten Simpson-Pilgrim (8th) 27.56 *PR*; Ward (13th) 28.10; Merino-Martinez (18th) 29.20; Kuzma 31.10 (21st) *PR*, Hadsall (23rd) 31.13; Nitta (24th) 31.20

400 — Preston Epp (2nd) 55.41; Simpson-Pilgrim (8th) 1:02.12; Hank Milnes (9th) 1:02.22; Solomon Rudat (13th) 1:05.24 *PR*

800 — Carson Field (2nd) 2:16.15 *PR*; Thomas Strelow (8th) 2:33.08; S. Rudat (10th) 2:33.41 *PR*; Santiago Ojeda Fernandez (11th) 2:34.19 *PR*; Preston Howard (15th) 2:41.97 *PR*; Devin Neveu (17th) 2:57.12 *PR*; Sam Richards (18th) 3:08.41 *PR*

1600 — Field (2nd) 5:04.21; Kenneth Jacobsen (8th) 5:28.01; Strelow (9th) 5:28.64; Howard (18th) 6:18.73 *PR*; S. Rudat (19th) 7:15.03 *PR*; Damiano Giacobbe (20th) 7:23.94 *PR*

3200 — Field (1st) 11:30.36 *PR*; George Spear (2nd) 12:59.02

110 Hurdles — Cael Wilson (3rd) 19.09

300 Hurdles — Mikey Robinett (5th) 49.07 *PR*

4 x 100 Relay — Cunningham, Wilson, Epp, Guay (1st) 47.92; Hadsall, Walling, Nitta, Ward (4th) 52.26

4 x 400 Relay — Epp, Simpson-Pilgrim, Milnes, Guay (1st) 3:54.66; Jacobsen, Blake Burrows, Strelow, Cunningham (4th) 4:14.92

Shot Put — Zac Tackett (2nd) 37-01 *PR*; Zane Oldenstadt (8th) 31-09; Gebhard (11th) 29-08.50; Robinett (15th) 26-10.25; Zachary Saho (18th) 24-08.75 *PR*; Jacobsen (24th) 22-10.75 *PR*; Mason Butler (27th) 22-03.50; Giacobbe (32nd) 19-03.75 *PR*

Discus — Tackett (2nd) 117-02.25; Oldenstadt (5th) 109-0.25; Butler (11th) 83-00 *PR*; Jacob Schooley (13th) 80-00 *PR*; Gebhard (20th) 65-08.25; Saho (21st) 62-09 *PR*; Peerapong Prombut (26th) 53-02.25 *PR*; Giacobbe (30th) 40-08.25 *PR*

Javelin — Gebhard (7th) 107-09 *PR*; Robinett (13th) 92-01 *PR*; Ward (17th) 85-09 *PR*; Butler (21st) 82-06; Schooley (22nd) 77-03; Ojeda Fernandez (28th) 67-10 *PR*; Hadsall (29th) 66-04 *PR*; Giacobbe (39th) 46-10 *PR*; Prombut (40th) 44-11 *PR*

Pole Vault — Wilson (1st) 10-06; Axel Marshall (3rd) 8-00 *PR*

High Jump — Guay (1st) 5-10; Davin Houston (2nd) 5-04; Marshall (7th) 5-00 *PR* Simpson-Pilgrim (7th) 5-00; Wilson (7th) 5-00

Long Jump — Robinett (6th) 16-08 *PR*; Marshall (9th) 15-08.25 *PR*; Ojeda Fernandez (11th) 15-06 *PR*; Merino-Martinez (12th) 15-03.75; Walling (13th) 14-08.50; Kuzma (15th) 14-04 *PR*; Field (17th) 14-03; S. Rudat (18th) 13-11 *PR*

Triple Jump — Cunningham (4th) 34-00; Milnes (5th) 33-10

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Lions Club honors top trio

Posted in Not sports? Tough!, tagged , , , , , on March 20, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Reina Reed is one of three Coupeville High School Students of the Quarter. (Photos courtesy Robin Bernardy)

Three for three.

When the Coupeville Lions Club honored its CHS Students of the Quarter Wednesday, there were three teenagers on hand instead of the normal two.

A rare tie in the voting process capped the third quarter of the 2023-2024 school year, so the more, the merrier.

The Lions honored Reina Reed, Andrew Williams, and Logan Downes.

CHS seniors are eligible for the award, with staff and teachers voting on the recipients.

Things taken into consideration include attitude, leadership, scholarship, community service, sportsmanship, inspiration, contributions to school, and congeniality.

The Coupeville Lions have a long, proud tradition of honoring local students, having done so for more than 80 years.

Last year, the service group awarded $50,000 in scholarships to Wolf grads.

As each school year progresses, the Lions honor two (or sometimes three) students each quarter, with two of those honorees later being hailed as the Students of the Year.

For quarter three, the winners are:

 

Logan Downes:

The all-time leading scorer in CHS boys’ basketball history was also a First-Team All-League pick as a record-setting quarterback during football season.

A member of the Captain’s Club who enjoys his Advanced Placement Government and Physics Class, Downes put in community service as a ref with Coupeville Youth Basketball and as a frequent volunteer.

He worked at the elementary school, in the concession stand at sports events, and at the Penn Cove Mussel Fest.

The youngest of Ralph and Angie’s three sons, Logan is an avid outdoorsman who plans to attend a four-year college and pursue a career as a Fish and Wildlife Officer.

Logan Downes

 

Reina Reed:

A former baseball player and cheerleader, Reed is a member of the Lions Club Leos and enjoys studying coding and chemistry.

The daughter of Christopher and Jessica, she works as a student assistant in the CHS office and plans to study science at Western Washington University.

As a member of the Wolf cheer squad, Reina has been active in both sideline and competition cheer.

 

Andrew Williams:

A prolific athlete (soccer, basketball, baseball) and member of the jazz band, he rocks a 4.0 GPA and is in the National Honor Society.

Zaneita and Matthew’s son is a Dairy Queen manager and enjoys working out and playing multiple musical instruments.

A volunteer at the elementary school, he also has helped with Race the Reserve, Ragnar, and Mussel Fest.

Andrew, who enjoys studying science and doing woodworking, plans to major in Engineering.

Andrew Williams

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Sunny skies, snappy pics

Posted in Baseball, Softball, tagged , , , , on March 20, 2024| Leave a Comment »

International superstars Taylor Brotemarkle (top) and Katie Marti bask in a rare sunny day on the prairie. (Ember Light photo)

Plenty of things rained down Tuesday afternoon on the prairie. Just no actual rain.

There were tons o’ runs, a big softball win, enough sunshine for everyone, and glossy pics by the dozens.

Some of those photos, which come to us courtesy Ember Light, Ryan Blouin, and Jackie Saia, can be seen above and below.

“I am the style queen of this here Cow Town, son!” (Ryan Blouin photo)

“Bump me, baby, before I go blow up some more fools!” (Jackie Saia photo)

In their offseason, Logan Downes (left) and Mikey Robinett are available for fashion model work. (Ember Light photo)

“Sorry, slick, you’re too slow to catch me.” (Ryan Blouin photo)

Having earned the Hat o’ Power, Mia Farris makes her own bid for Prairie Style Queen. (Jackie Saia photo)

“You want to take my photo? Well … OK.” (Ember Light photo)

“Yeah, you better run away!!” (Jackie Saia photo)

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It’s our league, and don’t forget it!

Posted in Softball, tagged , , , , on March 19, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Adeline Maynes charges into battle. (Jackie Saia photo)

We’re back in charge.

Last season a pair of one-run losses to Friday Harbor denied the Coupeville High School varsity softball team a Northwest 2B/1B League title.

If the first meeting between the schools this spring is any indication, the Wolves are solidly back as the #1 team in the conference.

Paced by an electrifying debut pitching performance from 8th grader Adeline Maynes, and sizzling bats from everyone in the lineup, CHS demolished Friday Harbor 13-0 Tuesday afternoon.

With the action going down under, dare I say it, mid-summer Whidbey weather, the win lifts Coupeville to a pristine 2-0 on the season, 1-0 in conference action.

Now, the young Wolves, who had three 8th graders and two freshmen in the starting lineup for their home opener, are off on a road trip.

Treks to Blaine, Orcas Island, and Concrete will test Coupeville, with their return to the prairie set for Mar. 30, when they host a doubleheader with Onalaska.

But while there’s still a ton of games left to play, along with many twists and turns likely to come, right now, in this moment, this looks like a really good softball squad.

Maynes, following on the heels of fab frosh Haylee Armstrong, who slung fastballs in a season-opening rout of South Whidbey, looked like a veteran from the first pitch to the last.

Recalling former wise-beyond-their-years hurlers like Katrina McGranahan and Izzy Wells, “Adeline the Annihilator” was calm, composed, and artful with her pitches.

She struck out seven across her five innings of work — the game was mercy-ruled with CHS up by 10+ runs — while surrendering just a single hit.

Maynes also showed composure under duress, ending the second inning with a snappy defensive play.

A Friday Harbor slugger lashed a liner off of the Wolf pitcher’s body, but instead of falling to the ground and wailing, she alertly whirled, tracked down the ball, and pegged it to Armstrong at first.

It was the kind of play which would garner applause for a senior, which Coupeville has none of on this roster, but especially noteworthy for a young woman who isn’t actually even in high school yet.

Maynes got some help from her older teammates, with shortstop Taylor Brotemarkle and third baseman Madison McMillan makin’ with the highlight reel-worthy plays.

Brotemarkle snagged a one-hopper and launched a deadeye throw which broke the sound barrier, while McMillan, crashing hard on a bunt, ripped the ball off the dirt and launched a laser in one fluid move.

Both throws landed with happy little sighs in Armstrong’s waiting glove, as the incoming runners silently screamed in agony as their dreams died two steps short of paydirt.

Teagan Calkins makes the ball go far, far away. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

But while defense and pitching wins titles, chicks dig the long ball — especially if they’re the ones cranking the home runs.

Enter Teagan Calkins and Mia Farris, and exit the ball, though Coupeville’s low-rent fence denied the latter from “officially” recording a roundtripper.

There was no doubt with the former, as the Wolf catcher launched a three-run moon ball to left field, then outsprinted any potential throw as she careened around the basepaths.

For Farris, what should have been her own three-run tater became an RBI ground rule double when the ball, which had cleared the center fielder’s head by a sizable margin, squirted under the fence.

CHS softball sluggers have been (very patiently) waiting for a more-permanent enclosure to arrive.

With it in place, the mammoth blast would have hit the more-solid wall and skidded away while Farris twirled from bag to bag.

Instead, the ball skittered under the bottom of the current flimsy fence, giving Friday Harbor a temporary reprieve.

Not that it mattered, as “Mia the Magnificent” torched the Wolverines, collecting three of Coupeville’s 12 hits on the day and earning big praise from CHS coach Kevin McGranahan, who collected his 99th win at the school.

Farris and her comrades scored early and often, pushing three runs across in the first inning, then tacking on five more in both the second and third.

Armstrong eked out a walk to start things, followed by run-scoring hits from Farris, McMillan, and Calkins.

The only thing (briefly) saving Friday Harbor was a superb defensive play in which an infielder snagged a ball over her shoulder while flying backwards, denying Sydney Van Dyke a hit.

Coupeville kept the pressure on in the second inning, as Capri Anter crunched a double, then just kept running, forcing an error and a wild throw back in as she slid under the tag at third.

Nailing Friday Harbor with the ol’ cousin one-two punch, Armstrong laced an RBI single to left to plate her relative, and the rout was on.

Another base-knock from Farris and Calkins monster mash made it 8-0, before Coupeville got crafty in the third inning.

Right after Farris delivered her could-have-been, should-have-been home run, Brotemarkle chopped a little squibber into the infield dirt and all havoc broke loose.

Anter, coming down from third, got trapped in a pickle, but bobbed and weaved her way to success, causing the Friday Harbor catcher to panic and airmail a throw past third base.

Farris then promptly danced home on a wild pitch, before McMillan and Van Dyke closed out things with RBI singles.

That run-scoring hit gives Van Dyke five RBI across her first two high school varsity games.

Sydney Van Dyke is one of three 8th graders already starting for an undefeated high school team. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

The base-knocks came from everywhere Tuesday, with Calkins and Farris each ripping three and Anter recording two.

Armstrong, Van Dyke, Brotemarkle, and McMillan also recorded hits, while Joltin’ Jada Heaton and 8th grader Ava Lucero rounded out the red-hot Wolf roster.

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