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Ward wows, Wolves rumble

Posted in Track, tagged , , , , on March 18, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Tamsin Ward (left) and Lillian Ketterling, seen during soccer season, both delivered strong performances in the first track meet. (Jandellyn Ward photo)

She’s a winner, at every level.

During her middle school track and field days, Tamsin Ward set a Coupeville record, earning 39 victories across three seasons, most for any CMS athlete ever, girl or boy.

Jump forward to 2026, and the supernova, now a high school freshman, isn’t missing a beat.

Opening the season in La Conner Wednesday, Ward claimed titles in both the shot put and high jump, slapping an exclamation point on Coupeville’s performance at a 12-team meet.

She was joined atop the victory podium by sophomore Wyatt Fitch-Marron, who soared to his own win in the high jump a year after finishing 7th at the 2B state meet in the same event.

Rounding out Coupeville’s winners were the quartet of Cyrus Sparacio, Brian Thompson, Malachi Somes, and Beckett Green, who hit the tape first in the day’s final event, the 4 x 400 relay.

That late win flipped the Wolf boys ahead of Friday Harbor in the team standings, with CHS nipping the Wolverines 90-88 to finish second behind La Conner (117).

On the girl’s side of things, Mount Vernon Christian (142.5) finished atop the heap, with La Conner (134), Providence Classical Christian (102), and Coupeville (75.5) rounding out the top four.

The meet consisted of all six Northwest 2B/1B League schools who compete in track — Coupeville, MVC, Concrete, Orcas Island, Friday Harbor, and La Conner — as well as Shoreline Christian, Lopez Island, Cedar Park Christian-Lynnwood, Grace Academy, Evangel Christian, and Providence Classical Christian.

“A great start to the season with a lot of new faces and a younger team than we’ve seen in the past, but just as competitive,” said Coupeville coaches Bob Martin and Elizabeth Bitting.

“Despite windy and muddy conditions, the team showed a lot of grit and teamwork.

“We’re excited to see how much they grow and develop throughout the season!”

It’s a busy first week of competition for the Wolves, who claimed 41 PR’s Wednesday.

After two days of practice, CHS returns to action Saturday with a trip to the Rainier Icebreaker.

 

Wednesday’s results:

 

GIRLS:

100 — Tamsin Ward (10th) 14.69 *PR*; Isa Mc Fetridge (12th) 15.15

200 — Mc Fetridge (8th) 31.31; Taylor Marrs (15th) 34.98 *PR*

400 — Olivia Hall (2nd) 1:10.19; Marrs (7th) 1:16.75 *PR*

1600 — Mikayla Wagner (8th) 6:55.10; Devon Wyman (10th) 6:59.00 *PR*

3200 — Wagner (5th) 14:24.97; Wyman (7th) 14:39.25 *PR*

100 Hurdles — Lexis Drake (11th) 22.57; Myra McDonald (13th) 23.79; Frankie Tenore (14th) 24.64

300 Hurdles — Kennedy O’Neill (8th) 1:03.13 *PR*; Tenore (10th) 1:12.24; McDonald (11th) 1:13.04

4 x 100 Relay — Mc Fetridge, Arianna Cunningham, Willow Leedy-Bonifas, O’Neill (5th) 1:00.38

4 x 200 Relay — O’Neill, Drake, A. Cunningham, Ward (3rd) 2:07.25

4 x 400 Relay — Hall, Lillian Ketterling, Marrs, Drake (4th) 5:12.82

Shot Put — Ward (1st) 30-07 *PR*

Discus — Ketterling (4th) 66-03; Marrs (13th) 52-04 *PR*

High Jump — Ward (1st) 4-06 *PR*; Tenore (5th) 4-00

Pole Vault — Ketterling (4th) 6-00

Long Jump — A. Cunningham (10th) 11-05.75; O’Neill (13th) 10-04.25 *PR*; McDonald (16th) 10-01; Leedy-Bonifas (17th) 10-0.75

Triple Jump — A. Cunningham (4th) 27-01 *PR*; Leedy-Bonifas (6th) 25-05

 

BOYS:

100 — Chase Anderson (5th) 12.42; Davin Houston (7th) 12.59; Marquette Cunningham (10th) 12.72; Liam Blas (14th) 12.90; Wyatt Fitch-Marron (16th) 13.00 *PR*; Nathan Coxsey (17th) 13.01; Beckett Green (20th) 13.10; Richmond Bandong (33rd) 13.71; Edmund Kunz (35th) 13.79 *PR*; Sage Arends (39th) 14.09 *PR*; Shiloh Sandlin (47th) 14.70 *PR*; Jaxen Curry (57th) 17.10 *PR*

200 — Houston (4th) 25.38; Bandong (15th) 28.36; Sandlin (25th) 30.03 *PR*

400 — Green (5th) 1:02.05 *PR*; Coxsey (6th) 1:03.61 *PR*; Bandong (10th) 1:05.83 *PR*

800 — Ossian Merkel (10th) 2:37.34 *PR*; Johnathan Jacobsen (12th) 2:44.45; Hunter Atteberry (15th) 3:02.07 *PR*; Zach Blitch (16th) 3:19.12 *PR*; Zachary Saho (18th) 4:16.39 *PR*

1600 — Cyrus Sparacio (2nd) 4:58.72 *PR*; Malachi Somes (4th) 5:03.67; Kenneth Jacobsen (10th) 5:27.78; Merkel (14th) 5:44.38 *PR*; Will Tierney (20th) 6:08.81 *PR*; Atteberry (26th) 7:02.20 *PR*; Nolan Hunt (28th) 7:29.84 *PR*; Blitch (29th) 7:44.58 *PR*; Saho (31st) 10:32.89 *PR*

3200 — K. Jacobsen (6th) 12:00.97; Kunz (7th) 12:49.08; Atteberry (11th) 15:38.40 *PR*

4 x 100 Relay — Blas, Green, Thompson, Edmund Wilson (3rd) 49.09

4 x 400 Relay — Sparacio, Thompson, Somes, Green (1st) 4:03.99; Blas, Arends, Coxsey, Wilson (4th) 4:14.89

Shot Put — Saho (8th) 32-09; Khanor Jump (19th) 26-01.50; Blitch (27th) 22-02

Discus — Jump (7th) 105-04 *PR*; Blas (10th) 89-00; Saho (20th) 66-06; Tierney (26th) 57-04 *PR*; Sandlin (28th) 54-01 *PR*; Blitch (35th) 48-08; J. Jacobsen (36th) 48-01

Javelin — Jump (14th) 80-03 *PR*; Bandong (18th) 77-03 *PR*; J. Jacobsen (20th) 76-00 *PR*

High Jump — Fitch-Marron (1st) 5-04; Houston (2nd) 5-02; J. Jacobsen (4th) 5-02; Tierney (6th) 5-00 *PR*

Long Jump — Arends (4th) 17-08 *PR*; Thompson (8th) 16-08 *PR*; Wilson (14th) 15-06

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Mother Nature swats Wolves

Posted in Girls Tennis, tagged , , , , on March 17, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Hazel Goldman and Co. will walk on by the bus Tuesday. (Julie Wheat photo)

Rain, rain, go away, we’ll play another day.

Mother Nature has been gunning for the Wolves since the start of “spring” sports and finally got ’em Tuesday.

The Coupeville High School girls’ tennis squad was slated to travel to Granite Falls for a non-conference rumble, but never made it on the bus, as liquid sunshine washed away a day’s worth of athletics.

Also getting knocked off the schedule were softball and baseball games which would have featured Orcas Island joining CHS in traveling to the city known as “The Big Burn.”

Seriously, that’s what Wikipedia says about Granite. Look it up.

Coupeville’s tennis match has been rescheduled for Apr. 20, which should give the wet weather time to improve.

Should…

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Net crew opens season strongly

Posted in Girls Tennis, tagged , , , , on March 16, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Dahlia Miller launches an ace. (Julie Wheat photos)

Decent weather, bright future.

A new season of Coupeville High School girls’ tennis kicked off Monday under partially sunny prairie skies, with not a drop of rain to be found in the vicinity.

That allowed the Wolves, who will boast an expanded roster of 20+ netters when everyone is eligible, to square off with East Jefferson across eight pro set matches while still allowing the visiting Rivals to catch the early ferry back home.

Coupeville’s foe, which is a mashup of players from two schools — Chimacum and Port Townsend — made off with a razor-thin 3-2 victory in the varsity part of the competition, while the Wolves won two of three JV rumbles.

The afternoon’s most tense tussle came at first varsity doubles, where new partners Dahlia Miller and Aleksia Jump teamed up to pull out a victory in a tiebreak in a match which went back-and-forth.

The Wolves were rolling in the early going, East Jefferson rallied late to force the tiebreaker, then the CHS duo excelled in the white-hot spotlight as players from both teams crowded around the fence.

Miller, a superb singles player last season, sprayed several impressive winners into the alleyways, while Jump, who moved to tennis from track and field, sealed the win with an emphatic put away at the net on match point.

Coupeville won three doubles matches on the day, while #1 singles player Tenley Stuurmans methodically picked apart her foe, mixing artful drop shots with overpowering deep hits, keeping her counterpart flustered for much of the match.

If the road weather matches the home weather, the Wolves will get right back at it Tuesday, with a planned trip to Granite Falls for another non-conference tilt.

On her way to deliver another winner.

 

Monday’s results:

 

Varsity:

1st Singles — Tenley Stuurmans beat Gracie W. 8-2

2nd Singles — Savannah Coxsey lost to Autumn C. 8-0

1st Doubles — Dahlia Miller/Aleksia Jump beat Lucia F./Halsey E. 9-8(10-8)

2nd Doubles — Kauri Hamilton/Jovanah Villagomez lost to Zinnia B./Ursula S. 8-3

3rd Doubles — Rowan Stoner/Jade Peabody lost to Fern F./Livia L. 7-3

 

JV:

4th Doubles — Hailey Goldman/Hazel Goldman lost to Freya D./Elan N. 7-3

5th Doubles — Lakshmi Erickson/Kauri Hamilton beat Margot M./Zadie C. 5-1

6th Doubles — Miles Gerber/Savannah Coxsey beat Amelia H./Aubrie T. 8-0

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Cold temps, torrid performances

Posted in standings, tagged , , , , , on March 14, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Wicked weather, happy fans, as CHS spring sports teams are off to a 3-0 start. (Julie Wheat photo)

Nothing but wins.

While we’re only a week into “spring” sports action and still waiting for our first beam of sunlight on the cold, windswept prairie, the weather hasn’t slowed down Coupeville High School teams.

Wolf softball and baseball have combined to go 3-0 so far, with track and girls’ tennis slated to kick off their campaigns this coming week.

The netters are first up (weather permitting), with matches against East Jefferson and Granite Falls set for this coming Monday and Tuesday.

The first is as home, the second on the road.

Track travels to La Conner Wednesday for a Northwest 2B/1B League meet, before trekking further down the road Saturday for the Rainier Icebreaker meet.

And those winning diamond squads?

Both return to action Saturday with a trip to Bellingham to square off with Meridian.

We still have a long way to go, but here’s where things sit through Mar. 14:

 

Northwest League baseball:

School League Overall
Concrete 0-0 0-0
Coupeville 0-0 1-0
Darrington 0-0 0-0
Friday Harbor 0-0 1-0
La Conner 0-0 0-1
MV Christian 0-0 0-0
Orcas Island 0-0 1-0

 

Northwest League girls’ tennis:

School League Overall
Coupeville 0-0 0-0
Friday Harbor 0-0 0-0

 

Northwest League softball:

School League Overall
Concrete 0-0 0-0
Coupeville 0-0 2-0
Darrington 0-0 0-0
Friday Harbor 0-0 1-0
La Conner 0-0 0-0
Orcas Island 0-0 0-0

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Smash Sisters blister big school rivals

Posted in Softball, tagged , , , , on March 12, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Adeline Maynes and friends are off to a 2-0 start on the softball season. (Julie Wheat photos)

Patience and power.

Playing on the cold, rain-splattered turf at Lakewood Thursday, the Coupeville High School softball squad mixed a ton of walks with some timely hits to make it two wins against big school rivals.

A day after storming from behind on their home prairie to knock out 3A Oak Harbor in extra innings, the Wolves unloaded on the 2A Cougars, ending things early in a 21-3 game called after five innings due to the mercy rule.

Now 2-0 on the young season, Aaron Lucero’s squad, which reps a 2B-sized school, is off until a road trip Mar. 21 to Bellingham to square off with 1A Meridian.

That’ll give the young Wolves time to fine-tune things and defrost, in some order.

“The game was getting rough, players turning into popsicles and we wanted to get done,” Lucero said.

“Proud of the team for fighting through horrendous conditions, maintaining composure, and getting the job done.”

A day after facing a flame thrower in Oak Harbor ace Reese Wasinger, Coupeville had to adjust to slower speeds from a group of Lakewood pitchers who struggled with chucking a slick ball which was looking to shoot off in random directions.

The Wolves happily accepted all 22 walks offered up by their rivals.

But they also connected on 10 base hits, keeping the runners churning around the basepaths until Lucero took his foot off the gas pedal late, giving up some free outs by having players leave base early.

The tone of the game was set early, as CHS sent 11 batters to the plate in the top of the first, scoring six of them.

Haylee Armstrong started things off with a sharply hit single, Sydney Van Dyke scampered to first on a dropped third strike, and Teagan Calkins walked, priming the well for cleanup hitter Chelsi Stevens, who immediately smacked a two-run double to left field.

Chelsi Stevens, master of the bunt, or the thunderous base hit.

Tack on a sac fly from Adeline Maynes and a two-run single to right from 8th grader Cami Van Dyke, and the floodgates were open.

Coupeville kept delivering rib shots to the Lakewood pitchers, or, in the case of Haylee “The Ankle Breaker” Armstrong, just whacked low, wicked liners which tore chunks of flesh off the leg of any Cougar hurler unable to dodge in 0.3 seconds.

It was one of two painful moments for the hosts, as later a batter in pursuit of a hit took a spectacular fall midway down the line to first, then kissed sweet, sweet wet turf as Wolf first baseman Ava Lucero calmly tracked down the wayward ball and recorded the out.

There was a moment when it looked like the Lakewood player might have to be taken out behind the barn and put out of her misery, “Of Mice and Men”-style (read a book!), but her body survived — if her dignity maybe didn’t.

The Wolves pushed eight more runs across in the second inning, with Stevens and Armstrong spraying RBI-rich hits — the latter cleared the bases with a long single — before getting five consecutive walks to end the frame.

The third inning was the one bright spot for Lakewood, with Coupeville held scoreless (the horror! the horror!), while the Cougars eked out their only runs of the afternoon.

But once the teams rolled into the fourth, things clicked back into place, with CHS tacking on seven more runs across the final two innings, while its outfielders twice threw out Lakewood runners trying to pick up an extra base.

Ava Lucero, defensive dynamo.

Coupeville’s final four runs came courtesy of a two-run single off the bat of Capri Anter and a two-run double from Ava Lucero, one of the few players with pep to spare as the cold and rain sapped the will of everyone involved.

Still joyfully bouncing around and whipping balls back to Wolf hurler Adeline Maynes with undisguised glee, the coach’s daughter put a punctuation mark on the win with a display of defensive prowess in the bottom of the fifth.

First, she backpedaled through the raindrops to snare a high pop fly, before stepping forward and calmly snagging a liner to mark the game’s final out.

Along with beating a big school rival, Coupeville did it by getting something from everyone on the active roster.

Aaron Lucero was able to play all 13 players in uniform, with 11 Wolves getting aboard thanks to a hit or walk.

Seven different sluggers recorded an RBI as well, with Stevens, Armstrong, and Anter leading the way with four apiece.

The game featured the season debut of Emma Leavitt and the CHS softball debut for Zariyah Allen and Marina Jadwin, who are both new to the sport.

Plus, the Lakewood coach provided pizza for the Wolves. So, winner, winner, pepperoni dinner.

 

Thursday stats:

Zariyah Allen — One walk
Capri Anter — One single, three walks
Haylee Armstrong — Three singles, one walk
Teagan Calkins — Five walks
Emma Cushman — Two walks
Ava Lucero — One double, one walk
Adeline Maynes — One single, three walks
Olivia Martin — One walk
Chelsi Stevens — One single, one double, three walks
Cami Van Dyke — One single
Sydney Van Dyke — One single, two walks

Hot-hitting cousins Capri Anter (left) and Haylee Armstrong dress for success. (Photo courtesy Michelle Armstrong)

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