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Everything’s big in Texas, including the throws

Posted in Track, Wolves in college, tagged , , , , on March 29, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Logan Martin lets it fly. (Photo courtesy Bob Martin)

Logan Martin traveled across the USA, then threw the hammer almost all the way back.

The Coupeville grad, now a sophomore at Central Washington University, earned 2nd place (out of 38 competitors) Friday at the Bobcat Invitational in San Marcos.

Operating at the Texas State Track and Field Complex, Martin chucked his implement 177 feet, three inches.

That was a season best showing for the former Wolf and left him nearly eight feet in front of the third-best thrower.

Matt Thomas of Grand Valley State won, launching the eighth-best throw (200-01) in NCAA D-II action this spring.

During his time in Cow Town, Martin was a standout soccer, tennis, and basketball player, who earned three 2nd place medals at state championship events during his senior season of track and field.

Central Washington returns to action April 5 at the John Knight Twilight meet in Monmouth, Oregon.

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Poor weather, strong performances

Posted in Track, tagged , , , , on March 28, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Wolf throwers Katie Marti (left) and Alysia Burdge share a moment in the spotlight. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

It wasn’t perfect, but it’ll do.

Coming off a string of first-place team performances, the Coupeville High School track and field squad coasted into spring break with a decent, if not spectacular outing Thursday afternoon.

Competing against 10 other teams in Mount Vernon, the Wolves claimed five wins and 40 PRs en route to finishing second in the boys’ team battle, and third in the girl’s rumble.

Host Mount Vernon Christian claimed both titles, edging the CHS boys 139-133.5 and romping past La Conner 156-105.5 on the girl’s side.

The Wolf female crew finished with 93 points.

Coupeville did sweep the pole vault trophies during one of the “colder, wetter meets” veteran CHS coach Bob Martin has experienced.

Getting warmer the higher in the air they sailed, Carly Burt and Cael Wilson soared over the bar in style.

Other wins came from Nick Guay (High Jump), Carson Field (1600) and the boys 4 x 100 relay unit.

That foursome was comprised of Marquette Cunningham, Wilson, Preston Epp, and Guay.

Surviving and thriving in the less-than-stellar weather, the Wolves held up well.

“Despite facing adverse conditions, they did amazing!” Martin said. “Their resilience and adaptability are commendable.

“We saw a lot of great performances today with many athletes setting new PR’s and selflessly participating in events outside of their comfort zone.”

Coupeville, which reached the halfway point of the regular season Thursday, is now off until April 13, when it travels to Forks for the Lions Club Invitational.

Myra McDonald glides over the hurdles.

 

Thursday’s results:

 

GIRLS:

100 — Issabel Johnson (15th) 15.2

200 — Jasmine Castellanos (8th) 30.9 *PR*; Ivy Rudat (21st) 33.5

400 — Aleera Kent (8th) 1:13.6; Reagan Callahan (9th) 1:19.7 *PR*

800 — Kent (2nd) 2:54.1; Kayla Crane (7th) 3:01.2

1600 — Crane (8th) 7:07.6; Lydia Price (9th) 7:30.0; Aleksia Jump (10th) 7:42.4; Ayden Wyman (11th) 7:49.6

3200 — Price (3rd) 15:59.6; Katie Marti (5th) 17:44.9 *PR*; Callahan (6th) 17:55.8 *PR*

100 Hurdles — Lyla Stuurmans (3rd) 21.1 *PR*; Lexis Drake (10th) 22.4 *PR*; Myra McDonald (11th) 22.8; Frankie Tenore (12th) 23.6

300 Hurdles — Drake (9th) 1:00.3; McDonald (12th) 1:03.9

4 x 100 Relay — Jump, Carly Burt, Johnson, Castellanos (4th) 59.02

4 x 200 Relay — Jump, Wyman, I. Rudat, Castellanos (7th) 2:15.9

4 x 400 Relay — Burt, I. Rudat, Castellanos, Stuurmans (2nd) 5:02.1

Shot Put — Reese Wilkinson (2nd) 30-07 *PR*; Marti (3rd) 29-03; Erica McGrath (7th) 23-00; Alysia Burdge (11th) 19-10

Discus — Wilkinson (2nd) 86-10; Marti (3rd) 79-08; McGrath (5th) 75-11; Burdge (16th) 54-03; Emma Garcia (16th) 54-03 *PR*; Callahan (21st) 37-05 *PR*

Javelin — Marti (3rd) 86-00; Burdge (10th) 61-11; Stuurmans (13th) 56-06 *PR*; Wilkinson (17th) 49-07; McGrath (18th) 48-10; Garcia (25th) 41-00 *PR*

Pole Vault — Burt (1st) 6-01

High Jump — Burt (7th) 4-00

 

Zane Oldenstadt unleashes the discus.

 

BOYS:

100 — Dayvon Donavon (9th) 12.7; Alex Merino-Martinez (13th) 12.9; Marcelo Gebhard (17th) 13.1; Matthew Ward (22nd) 13.2; Davin Houston (25th) 13.3; Ethan Walling (28th) 13.4 *PR*; Matthew Kuzma (31st) 13.5; Timothy Nitta (34th) 13.6; Dane Hadsall (38th) 13.9

200 — Nick Guay (3rd) 24.7; Marquette Cunningham (4th) 24.8; Merino-Martinez (12th) 26.9 *PR*; Ward (12th) 26.9 *PR*; Quinten Simpson-Pilgrim (15th) 27.0 *PR*; Hadsall (18th) 27.9 *PR*, Kuzma (18th) 27.9 *PR*; Nitta (23rd) 28.6 *PR*

400 — Preston Epp (4th) 55.2; Blake Burrows (10th) 59.5 *PR*; Simpson-Pilgrim (14th) 1:00.9 *PR*; Kuzma (20th) 1:04.6 *PR*; Devin Neveu (23rd) 1:12.7 *PR*

800 — Carson Field (4th) 2:21.3; George Spear (8th) 2:30.4 *PR*; Ezekiel Allen (10th) 2:31.1; Thomas Strelow (11th) 2:32.7; Solomon Rudat (12th) 2:38.2; Preston Howard (16th) 2:45.5; Neveu (20th) 2:59.6

1600 — Field (1st) 4:58.0 *PR*; Spear (7th) 5:30.9; Strelow (9th) 5:33.8; Allen (12th) 5:376; Howard (17th) 5:51.4 *PR*; Sam Richards (22nd) 7:39.3

3200 — Spear (3rd) 12:24.5; Nicholas Wasik (4th) 13:06.0

110 Hurdles — Cael Wilson (5th) 20.3

300 Hurdles — Mikey Robinett (3rd) 52.8

4 x 100 Relay — Cunningham, Wilson, Epp, Guay (1st) 48.1; Houston, Hadsall, Gebhard, Ward (6th) 50.2

4 x 400 Relay — Epp, Cunningham, Simpson-Pilgrim, Guay (2nd) 3:56.2; Kenneth Jacobsen, Strelow, Burrows, Allen (3rd) 4:07.7

Shot Put — Zac Tackett (3rd) 38-02.50 *PR*; Zane Oldenstadt (7th) 35-00 *PR*; Robinett (10th) 33-10 *PR*; Gebhard (19th) 28-11.50; Jacobsen (23rd) 26-06 *PR*; Mason Butler (25th) 26-03 *PR*; Zach Blitch (37th) 16-00 *PR*

Discus — Tackett (2nd) 118-01; Oldenstadt (5th) 106-05; Butler (12th) 83-04 *PR*; Jacob Schooley (20th) 77-02; Captain Teuscher (30th) 60-05 *PR*; Wasik (35th) 55-04 *PR*; Peerapong Prombut (38th) 49-07; Blitch (40th) 44-04 *PR*

Javelin — Robinett (8th) 102-07 *PR*; Gebhard (12th) 99-09; Schooley (20th) 78-07; Ward (24th) 74-05; Butler (29th) 67-05; Hadsall (32nd) 65-11; Nitta (36th) 59-04 *PR*; Wasik (44th) 50-03 *PR*; Prombut (50th) 43-03

Pole Vault — Wilson (1st) 9-00; Axel Marshall (4th) 7-06

High Jump — Guay (1st) 5-08; Houston (6th) 5-00; Wilson (9th) 4-10; Simpson-Pilgrim (9th) 4-10; Marshall (10th) 4-08

Long Jump — Robinett (12th) 14-09; Field (14th) 14-08; Houston (20th) 14-01; Marshall (21st) 14-00; Merino-Martinez (22nd) 13-11; Kuzma (24th) 13-08; Howard (30th) 12-07 *PR*; Teuscher (30th) 12-07 *PR*; S. Rudat (33rd) 12-05

Triple Jump — Cunningham (4th) 32-11

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Road warriors, volley queens

Posted in Girls Tennis, tagged , , , , on March 28, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Kaitlyn Leavell leads the Wolf net crew into action. (Photos by Coupeville High School Yearbook staff)

They’re out there, if you look hard enough.

With their home stomping grounds out of service this spring as new courts are built, Coupeville High School netters are on a season-long road trip.

But enterprising yearbook photographers tracked down their fellow Wolves playing at South Whidbey, and the pics above and below come to us courtesy them.

Kauri Hamilton flicks a winner.

Small in numbers, big in talent.

Skylar Parker prepares to beat the stuffing out of the ball.

Moving in for the kill.

Brynn Parker contemplates her place in the universe.

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(Bad) Wolves beat (good) Wolves

Posted in Baseball, tagged , , , , on March 27, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Landon Roberts played strongly while patrolling the outfield Wednesday. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Welcome to Willie Smith Day, sort of.

The Coupeville High School Athletic Director was a busy bee buzzing around the prairie Wednesday afternoon.

First, he brought me both candy and a sizzlin’ batch of donated DVDs — “Dick Tracy vs. Cueball” to “True Grit” to “Willy Wonka” and much more!

Then, he watched his old-old team (Sequim) beat his old team (Coupeville) 10-0 in a baseball battle played out in front of former CHS greats like Bill Jarrell and Sandy Roberts.

With two packs of Wolves scrapping, it created some confusion for fans as they hollered support.

Even more reason Coupeville should mix it up and find a hip new mascot like the Mighty Mussels or Mosquitos or Geoducks and sell a ton of merch to hipsters across America.

Create a cartoon character featuring a Penn Cove mussel, flexing its muscles, and slap that sucker on t-shirts, mugs, and hoodies and sell ’em from Bangor to Bangladesh.

Rake in that sweet, sweet Mighty Mussels moola, and there’s your balanced budget right there, baby!

But anyway, back in reality — where I scored DVDs featuring both Clint Eastwood and One Direction — Wednesday’s non-conference tilt was a fairly one-sided one.

Sequim, reppin’ a 2A school, outhit the 2B Wolves from Cow Town 9-3, earned a 9-1 advantage in walks, and played perfect defense while Coupeville committed five errors.

The visitors, who packed the bleachers with fans, opened the game with a quick one-two shot, pushing across a pair of runs in the top of the first to seize an early advantage.

Meanwhile the hometown Wolves had a little trouble getting their own offense kick-started.

The first trip through the lineup produced just one baserunner from nine at-bats, and it only happened because of a great deal of pain.

CHS shortstop Cole White got blasted by a wayward pitch, the ball burrowing nice and deep into his Gonzaga-bound flesh.

As he hobbled down to first, waves of pain rolling out of every pore on his body, even his mom, Morgan, averted her eyes and grimaced.

Her pale prairie prince survived — he’s a tough kid as shown by the 1,371 times he bled during basketball season — but Cole will likely have a deeply impressive bruise to show off in the morning.

“You wore the pitch. Respect.” (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Unable to bring White home, Coupeville at least held the line on defense, thwarting a potential steal of home in the top of the second.

With the bags juiced, a Sequim runner tried to catch CHS pitcher Aiden O’Neill napping, but the sophomore hurler pegged the ball to catcher Peyton Caveness in time.

Trying to avoid the tag, the incoming player awkwardly went airborne at the last moment, then realized too late that, unlike disgraced singer R. Kelly, he really didn’t believe he could fly.

Coupeville third baseman Yohannon Sandles made a nice play on a hot grounder to end the inning, and the good version of the Wolves stayed close for a bit.

Sequim tacked on a run in the third to make it 3-0, then made its move with a three-run fourth and a four-run fifth.

CHS finally got its bats clicking, at least a bit, but couldn’t put enough base knocks together to mount a rally.

Caveness thumped a double but was stranded when Sequim tracked down a long fly ball off the bat of Landon Roberts to end the third.

Jack Porter lashed one of Coupeville’s three hits, while also making a strong defensive play on a long fly to left. (Ember Light photo)

Then, in the fourth, after Sandles and Jack Porter delivered back-to-back one-out singles, Sequim dodged a bullet by pulling off superb defensive stops on hard-hit balls from Coop Cooper and Camden Glover.

O’Neill and senior Seth Woollet got their first major pitching work of the season, while Sequim countered with Ayden Holland, who had himself a day.

The 12th grade chucker held Coupeville largely in check while throwing the shutout, and also reached base four times with two hits and two walks while operating as a batter.

The Cow Town hardball squad, which sits at 2-5 after the loss, continues a busy week with a trip Friday to Concrete for a league clash.

After that, Coupeville’s nine are back on their home field Saturday for an Island rumble with South Whidbey.

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Milestone win for mashers

Posted in Softball, tagged , , , , , , on March 26, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Taylor Brotemarkle (left) and Mia Farris dig the longball. (Kim Brotemarkle photo)

Three digits for the ol’ ball coach.

A pandemic slowed his roll just a bit, but Coupeville High School varsity softball coach Kevin McGranahan hung around long enough to collect win #100 while reppin’ the red and black.

The milestone victory came Tuesday on Orcas Island, as the hit-happy Wolves mashed an overwhelmed Vikings squad 21-0 in a game called after three innings due to the mercy rule.

Along with bumping McGranahan to 100-44 at the helm of the CHS diamond program, the win lifts Coupeville to 2-0 in Northwest 2B/1B League play this season, 3-0 overall.

Up next is a road trip to Concrete Friday, then a home doubleheader against Onalaska Saturday, when the Wolves will hold their annual “Strike Out Cancer” gift basket fundraiser.

Tuesday’s titanic rout featured back-to-back fence-clearing home runs from Wolf mad mashers Mia Farris and Taylor Brotemarkle and could have been much more lopsided if McGranahan hadn’t taken the pedal off the medal at times.

“More runs! More wins!! It pleases me!!!” (Ryan Blouin photo)

Coupeville’s diamond queens came off the bus swinging hot, dropping 11 runs on the scoreboard in the top of the first inning.

Well, OK, it wasn’t right off the bus, as the Wolves left Cow Town at a hair past 9 AM and arrived on Orcas a solid four hours before the first pitch.

Ferry life, bouncing island to island…

But anyways, once the Orcas players finished with their own classroom work and ambled out to the diamond, Coupeville was lying in wait, bats at the ready.

The first seven Wolves to step to the plate reached base successfully, then after Chelsi Stevens knocked in a run with a well-placed groundout, the next four also got on board.

Madison McMillan, who paced CHS with four hits, all of the extra-base variety, cracked the first of her team’s three home runs, and the rout was on.

Now, the Wolves actually didn’t score in the second inning, getting just a walk from Mary Western, before going off on another tear in the top of the third to effectively end things.

McMillan, bringing both the thunder and the lightning on a balmy day made for “suns out, guns out,” crunched a two-run triple, while recent birthday girl Jada Heaton stroked a two-run single.

But the big blows came from Farris and Brotemarkle, who launched lasers which ended up somewhere offshore by the time they came back down to Earth.

“Mia the Magnificent” let loose with a mammoth grand slam, then, before the Orcas pitcher could catch her breath, “Taylor the Terrific” smoked a shot which flew into the heavens, high-fived the sun, then kept on going.

The back-to-back moonballs kept the Wolves busy, as they stormed off the bench to congratulate their bicep-flexin’ bomber girls.

Junior sluggers (l to r) Madison McMillan, Farris, Jada Heaton, Brotemarkle, and Bailey Thule rule the prairie. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

From there, Coupeville did its best not to embarrass Orcas, ending things by taking an out by having a runner leave the bag early.

The Wolves made such quick work of the Vikings, they hung around and played two more practice innings while waiting for the CHS baseball team to finish up its own game.

That allowed all 14 eligible players to get at least two at-bats on the day, crucial field time for a young squad which has several 8th graders and absolutely no seniors on the roster.

McMillan led the hit parade, peppering the Orcas pitchers for a double, a pair of triples, and a homer.

Hot on her heels were Brotemarkle (1B, 1B, HR), Farris (1B, HR), Haylee Armstrong (1B, 2B), Teagan Calkins (1B), and Heaton (1B).

Armstrong and Western each walked twice, while Capri Anter, Ava Lucero, Bailey Thule, Calkins, and Farris also got aboard by keeping a hawk-like eye on balls and strikes.

Orcas, by contrast, scratched out just three hits and no walks while striking out six times while trying to catch up to fast balls flung their way by Wolf hurlers Adeline Maynes and Anter.

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