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Fab four among best of the best

Posted in Track, tagged , , , , on April 13, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Tamsin Ward waits for the action to start. (Marquette Cunningham photos)

It’s hard to hold on to glory when you’re sitting.

Thanks to Spring Break, the Coupeville High School track and field team hasn’t competed since April 1 but returns to action this coming week with a pair of meets.

Being back in the mix will give the Wolves a chance to shore up, or better yet, move up, in the battle to have the best times and distances among 2B athletes across the state.

With no action this past week, CHS dipped from five top marks to four, as freshman Cyrus Sparacio saw his best time in the 3200 get edged by an active runner, dropping him from #10 to #11.

But fresh competition looms, starting with a home meet Wednesday, and the chase begins again.

As the Wolves prep to come off of a two-week shutdown, here’s where they currently land among the best in 2B through April 13:

 

GIRLS:

Shot Put — Tamsin Ward (6th) 30-10

 

BOYS:

1600 — Cyrus Sparacio (8th) 4:46.29

High Jump — Wyatt Fitch-Marron (3rd-tie) 5-10; Davin Houston (10th-tie) 5-08

Davin Houston, ready to soar.

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Wolves answer call to duty

Posted in Baseball, Girls Tennis, Softball, tagged , , , , , on April 12, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Teagan Calkins gets strapped in and ready to rock. (Jackie Saia photo)

We’re back in action. Probably.

After a sun-drenched Spring Break which featured no Coupeville High School athletic contests, the Wolves rev back up this coming week, with all four of their teams in action.

Cue the wind and rain, likely. Mother Nature is a fickle mistress…

For now, CHS girls’ tennis is slated to travel to South Whidbey Monday, before hopping over to Friday Harbor four days later for a league clash.

Meanwhile, Wolf track and field hosts a home meet Wednesday before getting up at the crack o’ dawn Saturday to venture off to Forks for an invitational.

On the diamond, Coupeville baseball and softball both have busy weeks.

The diamond men travel to South Whidbey Monday, host La Conner Tuesday, then hit the road Thursday (La Conner) and Saturday (Forks).

Finally, the undefeated softball sluggers have two against La Conner — home on Tuesday, away on Thursday — before pulling doubleheader duty in Forks Saturday afternoon.

As we … spring … back into action, here’s where things stand through Apr. 12:

 

Northwest League baseball:

School League Overall
MV Christian 6-0 10-1
Coupeville 4-0 6-2
Friday Harbor 2-2 3-5
Orcas Island 2-4 3-7
La Conner 1-2 2-5
Concrete 0-3 0-3
Darrington 0-4 0-8

 

Northwest League girls’ tennis:

School League Overall
Coupeville 1-0 2-2
Friday Harbor 0-1 0-2

 

Northwest League softball:

School League Overall
Coupeville 4-0 8-0
La Conner 2-0 3-1
Orcas Island 3-2 4-4
Friday Harbor 2-2 4-6
Darrington 0-3 1-3
Concrete 0-4 0-4

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Jump sizzles in the Big Apple

Posted in Track, Wolves in college, tagged , , , , on April 11, 2026| Leave a Comment »

CHS grad Taygin Jump is in her third year as a college track star. (Photo courtesy Christina Jump)

The track and field spotlight was on her Friday night.

Coupeville grad Taygin Jump was back in action in Troy, New York, competing at the RPI Under the Lights Invitational hosted by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

The Plattsburgh State junior earned 3rd place in the javelin, chucking her spear 101 feet, eight inches to beat out 21 other competitors.

Jump also set a PR in the discus, flinging it 93-07 to finish 20th out of 41 athletes. That was a solid three feet better than her previous top mark.

The former Wolf, who played volleyball and competed in track during her CHS days, is an honor roll student studying Environmental Planning and Management at Plattsburgh.

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Wolf grad impresses on college diamond

Posted in Softball, Wolves in college, tagged , , , , on April 9, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Madison McMillan

When she sees the field, she has a big impact.

Playing for a very-deep Edmonds College softball squad, Coupeville grad Madison McMillan has had to be patient during her freshman campaign, sharing duties at third base.

But when the former Wolf is in the lineup, she rakes.

Wednesday night was another example, as McMillan started in the first game of a doubleheader sweep against host Skagit Valley College, collecting two walks, a hit, a run, and an RBI in a 19-4 win mercy-ruled after five innings.

The nightcap went even faster, with the Tritons bouncing SVC 15-3 in just three innings as Coupeville’s progeny cheered on her teammates from the bench.

The sweep pushes Edmonds winning streak to 20 games, with the squad sitting at 20-1.

On the season, McMillan has played in 15 of 21 games, starting nine.

She’s hitting at a .429 clip — fifth-best on the team — with 11 runs, 12 hits, three doubles, two home runs, 15 RBI, and six walks.

McMillan’s stellar play at Edmonds follows on the heels of a superb four-year run at CHS, where she was a key player for Wolf volleyball, basketball, and softball teams, helping both the spikers and diamond women advance to the state tourney.

 

UPDATE:

McMillan actually smashed her third home run of the season, only to be officially denied by an extra-picky ump.

Flexing her muscles, she sent a shot which one fan noted was “to deep, deep center field … one of the longer home runs I’ve seen her hit.”

But…

After a 10-15 minute discussion between the umps, it was ruled McMillan “touched the orange safety bag, NOT the white first base bag when rounding to second,” which is an automatic out under Northwest Athletic Conference rules.

In the postgame shuffle, the home plate ump remarked it was “the farthest jack he has seen this year,” and Instagram gave her some props, even if the home run will never exist in the “official” stats.

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RPI rankings favor Wolves

Posted in Baseball, Softball, tagged , , , , on April 8, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Adeline Maynes is the point of the spear for an 8-0 Wolf softball squad. (Jackie Saia photo)

The WIAA has entered the chat.

Wednesday marked the first time the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association has released Rating Percentage Index (RPI) numbers for spring sports.

And as soon as they did, Coupeville High School made a nice splash, with its undefeated softball squad landing #7 in the 2B rankings.

Meanwhile, the Wolf baseball squad shows up at #19 (out of 47 schools), with the WIAA crediting Steve Hilborn’s team with being 5-2, even though they’re really 6-2.

That’s not an error, but a quirk, as Coupeville’s season-opening victory against 3A Oak Harbor technically came against the Wildcats JV and the RPI rankings don’t count varsity teams beating JV teams, regardless of classification.

Aaron Lucero’s softball sluggers have no quirks on their own schedule, as they beat Oak Harbor’s varsity and sit at 8-0 as Spring Break unfolds.

The Smash Sisters have won six of those eight by 10+ runs and are one of just two 2B softball teams to still have a spotless record, joining #3 Liberty (Spangle), which is 11-0.

And actually, now there is a second quirk, as when the RPI rankings were first revealed Wednesday, Colfax was also undefeated and ranked #4 as shown in this photo.

Then the Bulldogs fell 8-4 to 2A Pullman in an early afternoon game, and slid from #4 to #8, while Adna, River View, Toutle Lake, and Coupeville all jumped a spot.

In the end, how important is RPI? Depends on who you ask.

The rankings are “one tool utilized by the seeding committees to determine first round bracket pairings into the state tournaments.”

So, there’s that, though first you have to punch your ticket to the dance for it to really matter.

Until then, it’s all about bragging rights.

So, yeah, it’s kinda a big deal for the easily hyped-up such as myself.

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