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Senior spirit leaders soar

Posted in Cheer, tagged , , , , on October 29, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Abbigail Bond kicks off a run of CHS senior cheerleaders. (Julie Wheat photos)

“All of high school this team has been a place for me to go to, to feel loved and accepted.”

Abbigail Bond was speaking for herself, but it’s a sentiment shared by the other four seniors on the Coupeville High School cheer squad.

“I love you all so much, and I wouldn’t be here without you,” added Miles Gerber, while Avery Williams-Buchanan offered “I have felt incredibly supported by my whole team, family and friends.”

One team, one dream — a loud ‘n proud squad keeping spirits flying high in Wolf Nation.

Avery Williams-Buchanan

Hayden Smith

Miles Gerber

Jacob Schooley

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Runners look back in joy

Posted in Cross Country, tagged , , , , on October 29, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Reagan Callahan and family launch Senior Night festivities. (Julie Wheat photos)

Every step of the way has been a building block.

Through rain, frequent ferry rides, a bee sting here or there, injuries, and countless hill runs, the seniors on the Coupeville High School cross country team have been crucial in the rebuild of their school’s harrier program.

And they’ll remember their time with CHS coach Elizabeth Bitting fondly.

“I am so glad I participated,” Noelle Western said. “I’ll look back at the memories I have from it for the rest of my life.”

That’s a sentiment shared by Aleksia Jump.

“Every mile I’ve covered has been a step towards achieving my goals, and I’m incredibly grateful to be here.”

Ezekiel Allen

Jeann Nitta

Zachary Saho

Noelle Western

George Spear

Aleksia Jump

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Blustery day, tough loss

Posted in Boys Soccer, tagged , , , , on October 29, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Aiden Wheat and Co. have one regular season game left to play. (Julie Wheat photo)

It was a blustery, unpleasant day.

Playing on the wind-ravaged pitch on Lopez Island Tuesday, the Coupeville High School boys’ soccer team took a hit to its playoff hopes.

Falling 4-0 to the host Lobos, the Wolves slide to 2-5 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 4-9 overall, with a home game Thursday against La Conner the only remaining regular-season game on the schedule.

Coupeville sits a game out of the fifth, and final district playoff slot, trailing Providence Classical Christian, which is 3-4.

Defending state champs Orcas Island (7-0), Mount Vernon Christian (7-1), Friday Harbor (6-2), and Lopez (5-3) hold the top four postseason berths.

La Conner, Grace Academy, and Cedar Park Christian-Lynnwood bring up the rear of the nine-school league, each carrying a 1-6 record into their finales.

While the Wolves close out with a clash against the Braves, PCC faces Grace Academy Thursday afternoon.

The showdown with Lopez made for “an especially disappointing game,” said CHS coach Jim Kunz.

“Sizing up their style and ability we definitely have a team that should have beat them.”

The Wolves were stretched thin, however, only able to field the minimum 11 players due to illness and injury.

Add in a non-stop wind (but no rain!), and it was hard to move the ball, especially in the second half, when Coupeville had to play into the brunt of the storm.

Thursday’s home finale with La Conner is slated to kick off at 6:00 PM at Mickey Clark Field, and admission is free.

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“I’m very proud of the fight I saw”

Posted in Volleyball, tagged , , , , on October 28, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Ari Cunningham launches a serve. (Marquette Cunningham photo)

It was a back-and-forth brawl.

Two closely matched varsity volleyball squads went spike for spike Tuesday on Orcas Island, with the host Vikings eking out a five-set thriller against visiting Coupeville.

The Wolves had to rally from a nine-point deficit in the fourth set to even keep things alive, and did, before running out of steam at the end of a 22-25, 25-21, 25-22, 24-26, 15-10 rumble.

“It was a really hard-fought battle,” said CHS coach Scout Smith. “The girls showed lot of grit and determination.

“Lots of props to Orcas Island – they are well-coached and today they got the best of us.”

While the loss drops her young squad to 2-8 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 4-9-1 overall, Smith prizes the growth she sees, which speaks well for the future as the Wolves rebuild and reload.

“I’m very proud of the fight I saw from our team today,” Smith said.

Coupeville has one regular season match left on the schedule — a non-conference road trip to Sultan next Monday, Nov. 3.

 

Tuesday stats:

Haylee Armstrong — 13 kills, 13 digs, 1 assist, 2 solo blocks
Teagan Calkins — 18 kills, 39 digs, 2 assists, 2 aces
Ari Cunningham — 5 kills, 3 digs, 3 block assists, 2 aces
Lexis Drake — 3 kills, 3 digs, 2 assists, 2 block assists
Adeline Maynes — 11 digs, 4 assists, 4 aces
Dakota Strong — 2 digs
Tenley Stuurmans — 7 kills, 11 digs, 33 assists, 1 block assist, 1 ace
Sydney Van Dyke — 1 dig

Sydney Van Dyke prepares to inflict damage. (Julie Wheat photo)

 

JV:

Time ran out on the Wolves.

With the varsity playing first, and going a full five sets, the JV spikers only had time for one set before having to leg it back to the ferry.

Orcas captured that frame 25-12, but as the “official” recorder of CHS athletics, I’m not counting it as a loss, as we all know the Wolves would have come roaring back to take sets #2 and #3 and net a season sweep against the Vikings.

Don’t like my ruling? Start your own blog, Orcas.

 

Tuesday (limited) stats:

Willow Leedy-Bonifas — 1 kill, 1 dig
Emma Leavitt — 1 assist, 1 ace
Kennedy O’Neill — 1 assist, 1 ace
Chelsi Stevens — 1 kill, 2 digs

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Wolf harriers get hyped

Posted in Cross Country, tagged , , , , on October 28, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Coupeville cross country gets its props.

The PR people like the Wolves.

Coupeville High School has one of three runners featured on the advertising for this fall’s state cross country meet.

Seen in action from last year, when he was a sophomore, Ethan Walling motors along between a Lakeside girl and a wheelchair participant from Cheney.

Walling, who jumped sports and is playing football for CHS this season, was part of a Wolf boys’ squad which finished 9th in the 2B team standings last year in Pasco.

Getting a nice lil’ pop of hype for her program is always a win for Coupeville running guru Elizabeth Bitting.

“This is kind of cool,” she said. “Out of thousands, one of Coupeville’s was chosen! That doesn’t happen every day!”

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