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Netters swing by Title Town

Posted in Girls Tennis, tagged , , , , , on March 22, 2021| Leave a Comment »

Noelle Daigneault and her Coupeville tennis teammates are the 2021 Northwest 2B/1B League champs. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Time to hoist another tile.

The Coupeville High School girls tennis team has the most league titles of any sport played at the school, and now coach Ken Stange and Co. can add a new one.

Bouncing host Friday Harbor 5-0 Monday afternoon, the Wolves improved to 4-0 during this pandemic-shortened season, officially clinching the Northwest 2B/1B League crown.

With two matches left in their six-match rumble royal, Coupeville and Friday Harbor — the only NWL schools to play the net game — meet again March 26 and 29.

The first of those remaining matches, set for this Friday on Whidbey Island, is Senior Night for the Wolves.

Monday, the highlight came courtesy of Helen Strelow, who was making her debut as a singles player.

The CHS sophomore split the first two sets of her match, before falling behind 4-1 in the deciding frame.

At that point, Strelow made Stange’s heart soar, reaching down deep to run off five straight games en route to a 6-4 win in the third set.

Also coming up big was Coupeville’s #3 doubles duo, Noelle Daigneault and Sophie Martin, who also pulled out a three-set victory to keep the Wolves flawless on the season.

On their way to 4-0 as a team, the CHS netters have combined to go 20-0 in varsity matches.

 

Complete Monday results:

 

Varsity:

1st Singles — Abby Mulholland beat Allie Fleming 6-3, 6-4

2nd Singles — Helen Strelow beat Lucy Martin 6-4, 1-6, 6-4

1st Doubles — Jaimee Masters/Emily Fiedler beat Liliia Gamez/Emilie Mason 6-2, 6-3

2nd Doubles — Kateline McCormick/Eryn Wood beat Amelia Eltinge/Ava Martin 6-3, 6-3

3rd Doubles — Noelle Daigneault/Sophie Martin beat Lucy Marinkovich/Eleanor Rollins 6-2, 5-7, 10-7

 

JV:

4th Doubles — Lucy Tenore/Hayley Fiedler beat Trinity Cullen/Isabella VanderYacht 8-1

5th Doubles — Vivian Farris/Nozomi Hagihara beat Sonora Tate/Eva Sanabria 8-3

6th Doubles — Hayley Thomas/Gwen Crowder lost to Elanor Gislason/Sidney Herda 6-3

7th Doubles — Tenore/H. Fiedler beat Lilli Turnbow/Annabelle Mountford 6-0

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Life is sweet for league leaders

Posted in standings, tagged , , , , on March 21, 2021| Leave a Comment »

Jaimee Masters is a key part of an undefeated CHS tennis squad. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Cole White swings into action. (Morgan White photo)

Still the frontrunners.

When you tally up the three spring sports which keep win/loss records, one school in the Northwest 2B/1B League remains far out in front.

That would be Coupeville, which has as many wins (11) as the next two schools combined.

The Wolves have undefeated, first-place softball and girls tennis teams, while baseball is solidly in second-place.

That puts CHS ahead of Friday Harbor, which has six wins and holds first-place in baseball, and Darrington, with five wins.

Mount Vernon Christian (2) and Orcas Island (1) are on the board, while Concrete and La Conner are still searching for that elusive first win of spring.

The week ahead offers a bevy of games for Coupeville teams, though nothing is certain in the Age of Coronavirus.

Wolf softball is set to travel to Orcas Tuesday for a doubleheader, before a side trip to Concrete Friday and a home game against Darrington Saturday.

That last game is Senior Night for the CHS sluggers.

Meanwhile, baseball also gets a doubleheader at Orcas Tuesday, then is off for a week.

Wolf tennis plays matches four and five in its six-match death rumble with Friday Harbor, the only other NWL school to favor the net game.

Monday, the match is in Friday Harbor, while Friday the Wolf net crew is at home for its Senior Night festivities.

Rounding out the schedule is CHS track and field, which travels Thursday to Mount Vernon for a league meet.

Where things stand through March 21:

 

Northwest League baseball:

School League Overall
Friday Harbor 4-0 4-0
Coupeville 3-2 3-2
Darrington 1-1 1-1
Orcas Island 1-1 1-1
MV Christian 2-3 2-3
La Conner 0-4 0-4

 

Northwest League girls tennis:

School League Overall
Coupeville 3-0 3-0
Friday Harbor 0-3 0-3

 

Northwest League softball:

School League Overall
Coupeville 5-0 5-0
Darrington 4-1 4-1
Friday Harbor 2-3 2-3
Orcas Island 0-1 0-1
La Conner 0-2 0-2
Concrete 0-4 0-4

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Same speed, new team

Posted in Track, Wolves in college, tagged , , , , on March 20, 2021| 1 Comment »

Mallory Kortuem

She’s official.

Coupeville High School grad Mallory Kortuem made her debut as a college athlete Saturday, competing for NCAA D-II Western Washington University.

The former Wolf ran at the Doris Heritage Track Festival at West Seattle Stadium, hitting the tape in the 200 in a crisp 28.75 seconds.

With the ongoing pandemic having shut down spring sports in 2020, Saturday marked the first time in 379 days that WWU track had competed.

Kortuem, who lost her senior track season at CHS, finished her run as a Wolf as one of the most-impressive track and field athletes to wear the red and black.

She claimed four state meet medals, including a 2nd place finish in the 400 as a junior, and joins Maya Toomey-Stout as the only Wolves to appear four times on the school record board.

Kortuem currently holds CHS records in the 400 (58.02) and pole vault (8-10), as well as being part of record-setting 4 x 100 (50.54) and 4 x 200 (1:46.13) relay squads.

The Coupeville Sports Hall o’ Famer, who was also a standout soccer player during her Coupeville days, is studying kinesiology at WWU.

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They run this joint

Posted in Softball, tagged , , , , , on March 19, 2021| Leave a Comment »

Coupeville’s softball bats have thumped a merry tune this season, with the Wolves outscoring foes 42-13. (Jackie Saia photo)

The path to a league title comes through Coupeville.

Winning at home, winning on the road, winning blowouts and close games, the Wolf softball sluggers are shaking up their new home.

After thunking host Friday Harbor 8-3 on a blustery afternoon Friday, CHS is a spotless 5-0 in its first season back in the Northwest 2B/1B League.

The Wolves have the most-imposing pitcher in the conference in flame-throwing junior Izzy Wells, big bats, and slick defenders.

While there are still nine games left in this pandemic-shortened season — if La Conner is able to return from a COVID-related hiatus — Coupeville is setting the pace, and doing it with conviction.

Kevin McGranahan’s squad, which hosts Concrete (0-2) at 1 PM Saturday, has outscored its foes 42-13.

Facing off with the defending league champs on their home turf Friday, the Wolves handed Friday Harbor its third loss, all of which have come in games against Coupeville.

This time around, the CHS sluggers survived the struggles of island-hopping, their arrival delayed by bus reservation issues which forced both them and Coupeville’s baseball squad to walk on the ferry at the last second.

Once on Friday Harbor the Wolves came out swinging hot, with senior catcher Mollie Bailey having herself an afternoon.

She reached base four times in five trips to the plate, bashing three doubles and racking up five RBI.

Bailey wasn’t the only one cranking out the hits, as Chelsea Prescott scorched a single and double, and Audrianna Shaw pasted a two-bagger of her own.

Kylie Van Velkinburgh and Jill Prince added singles, Wells (3) and Gwen Gustafson (2) combined for five walks, and Bella Whalen picked up an RBI on a fielder’s choice.

Coupeville got on the board in the first inning, with Prescott doubling home Shaw, who led off the game with a walk, before Whalen sent Prescott scooting for home.

After that Bailey brought out the big lumber, connecting on two-run doubles in the second and fourth, before topping things with an old-fashioned RBI double in the seventh.

In between, Coupeville put up a run in the third thanks to a walk from Coral Caveness, a single from Van Velkinburgh, and some smart base-running.

While her offense was clicking, Wells was making Bailey’s mitt pop, peppering Friday Harbor for eight strikeouts while scattering just three hits.

As he contemplated a long trip home, McGranahan marinated in the win. At least for the moment.

“Izzy pitched her normal game and we hit the ball hard all day,” he said. “We have some stuff to work on, but all in all, we are playing good ball and will only get better.”

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Frustration in Friday Harbor

Posted in Baseball, tagged , , , , , on March 19, 2021| Leave a Comment »

Hawthorne Wolfe socked a double, one of Coupeville’s four hits Friday afternoon. (Morgan White photo)

They’re still the gold standard.

Friday Harbor High School is the big dog of Northwest 2B/1B League baseball, a point driven home by the Wolverines ten-running visiting Coupeville Friday afternoon.

Scoring in every inning, with nearly half their runs coming with two outs, the hosts waxed the Wolves 11-1 in a game mercy-ruled in the fifth inning.

With the win, Friday Harbor improves to 4-0, while second-place Coupeville slips to 3-2, with both losses having come against the league leaders.

CHS will get right back at it, with a road doubleheader at Orcas Island next Tuesday, and it still has two more games scheduled against the Wolverines late in this pandemic-shortened season.

Playing on a gusty early-spring afternoon, with a few rain drops streaking the cameras Friday Harbor used to stream the contest, Coupeville didn’t look all that bad.

But Friday Harbor took advantage of every small miscue, while playing fairly-flawless defense behind solid pitching.

An RBI double into the gap and a long sac fly in the bottom of the first staked the Wolverines to an early 2-0 lead, and they steadily extended the margin.

Friday Harbor tacked on just a solitary run in the second, as Wolf hurler Cody Roberts escaped danger with a couple of big strikeouts, but a breakdown in the third was fatal.

With two on and two out, Roberts pumped a third strike past a flailing Wolverine slugger, but the wind caught the ball at the last second and sent it skittering far away from catcher Sage Sharp’s glove.

Given second life, Friday Harbor took advantage, plating three runners after the weather-related mishap and effectively busting the game open.

Coupeville snagged its lone run in the top of the fourth, thanks to Jonathan Valenzuela and Daniel Olson connecting on back-to-back base-knocks around a couple of steals from the former.

Friday Harbor’s announcing crew on the stream struggled mightily with Peyton Caveness and Hawthorne Wolfe’s names — calling the latter “Hank” at one point, but reserved their mightiest tongue twisting for Valenzuela.

Which is just sad.

He has the EXACT SAME LAST NAME as one of the most famous modern-era Major League Baseball players.

A man who played 17 years, went to six All-Star games, won a World Series, and is the only player to ever win Cy Young and Rookie of the Year honors in the same season.

You might have heard of him — Fernando Valenzuela was, and still is, a beloved legend in two countries.

And that last name ain’t that hard to pronounce.

Anyways, back on the blustery diamond, Friday Harbor escaped in the fourth thanks to a double play, before tacking on a solo run in their half of the inning, then four more in the fifth to end things.

Roberts and Olson, who came on in relief in the third, combined to fan five Wolverine hitters, while Wolfe, Xavier Murdy, Valenzuela, and Olson each had a hit for the CHS offense.

The big bop was a two-out double to left-center in the third from Wolfe, but unfortunately, Coupeville’s speedy leadoff hitter was left stranded.

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