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Booters head home to fight for playoff lives

Posted in Girls Soccer, tagged , , , , on October 11, 2019| Leave a Comment »

After a loss to Port Townsend, Mary Milnes and the CHS girls soccer squad turn their attention to a must-win game at home against Sultan next Tuesday. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Something had to give.

Two win-less girls soccer teams that have struggled to score this season clashed Thursday in Port Townsend, but only one came away happy.

Unfortunately for Coupeville players and fans, it was the host RedHawks who survived a rough-and-tumble affair to escape with a 2-0 win.

The non-conference loss drops the Wolves to 0-9-2 on the season, while Port Townsend improves to 1-8.

Coupeville, which is still in contention for one of the five playoff spots awarded in the six-team North Sound Conference, face its biggest game of the season early next week.

The Wolves, who are 0-6 in league play, host Sultan (1-5, 1-8-2) Tuesday night in a 6 PM game.

A win would allow CHS to move up into a tie with the Turks for the league’s final playoff berth, while a loss would all but eliminate them.

If Coupeville and the Turks are tied at the end of the season, they would meet in Sultan Oct. 24 for a tie-breaker game.

The #5 seed from the North Sound Conference opens postseason play Oct. 26 at home, hosting the #4 seed from the Northwest Conference (currently Mount Baker, which is 0-12) in a loser-out game.

With Coupeville’s final three regular-season games against Cedar Park Christian (3-3, 6-4), South Whidbey (6-0, 10-0-1), and Granite Falls (3-3, 6-5), making up a two-game deficit would be a hard task.

The Wolves have struggled with injuries to key players all year.

Leading scorer Genna Wright went down in the season opener, and never returned, while starters Mollie Bailey, Natalie Hollrigel, Mallory Kortuem and more have missed games.

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Big spikes, big hearts

Posted in Volleyball, tagged , , , , on October 11, 2019| Leave a Comment »

Emma Mathusek is dressed to honor the battle against breast cancer. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

Vivian Farris keeps the Coupeville offense flowing.

Wolf mom Maria Reyes models some catchy eye-wear.

Maya Toomey-Stout (left) and Maddie Vondrak (pink glove) turn wanderin’ paparazzi John Fisken pink to honor the memory of his late sister Mary.

Hannah Davidson gets artful at the net.

CHS soccer star Tia Wurzrainer gets an A+ for her artwork.

Taygin Jump with the bump.

9-1 on the season, with killer grades and a great sense of community spirit.

The Mad Masher gets dramatic, as Maddie Vondrak brings the heat.

It was a special night for Coupeville High School volleyball.

All three Wolf spiker squads won their home matches against Sultan Wednesday, but there was more going on then just a sports contest.

CHS joined hundreds of other schools in hosting a Dig Pink Night, raising money and awareness for the ongoing battle against breast cancer.

Photographer John Fisken, who lost his sister Mary to the disease, took a moment to put the camera down and honor her memory by turning his silky, silvery locks and beard a bright shade of pink.

Before and after, he hefted his cameras and caught a mix of on and off court action, some of which you can see above.

To see more of his work, and possibly buy some glossies for grandma, pop over to:

https://www.johnsphotos.net/Sports/Coupeville-Volleyball/VB-2019-10-09-vs-Sultan/

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Best team in town

Posted in Volleyball, tagged , , , , on October 10, 2019| Leave a Comment »

Hard-hitting Maddie Vondrak prepares to abuse the volleyball. (Brian Vick photos)

Willow Vick is part of a CHS varsity volleyball squad off to a 9-1 start.

Call it a palate cleanser before the main meal.

Having reached the halfway point of the league season a night before, the Coupeville High School varsity volleyball squad spent Thursday relaxing.

Sort of.

The Wolves were back on the floor less than 24 hours after beating Sultan, and this time they had to leave behind their home gym and travel across the waters to Port Townsend.

But it was also sort of relaxing, as the high-flying Coupeville spikers rolled to a quick ‘n easy non-conference win over the RedHawks, coming out on top 25-8, 25-4, 25-10.

The victory lifts the Wolves to a sparkling 9-1 on the season, and now they’ll have a couple days off to mentally and physically prepare for the second half of the conference schedule.

CHS, which is 4-1 in North Sound Conference action, a game off of first-place King’s (5-0) in the six-team league, travels twice next week.

The Wolves invade gyms at Cedar Park Christian Tuesday and South Whidbey Thursday.

The trip to Port Townsend gave CHS coach Cory Whitmore a chance to use every available player, with 11 of 12 varsity athletes hitting the floor.

Only Chelsea Prescott, who is recovering from an ankle injury, sat out the contest.

“It was a good outing tonight with a total team effort,” Whitmore said. “Good to follow up Sultan with a commanding win at Port Townsend.”

Coupeville’s stat line in the straight-sets demolition derby:

Kylie Chernikoff — three kills, one ace, one dig
Hannah Davidson — six kills
Emma Mathusek — three digs
Lucy Sandahl — three aces, three digs, one assist
Scout Smith — two kills, three aces, two digs, 22 assists
Lucy Tenore — one kill
Maya Toomey-Stout — eight kills, six aces, three digs, one assist
Zoe Trujillo — three kills, six aces, one dig
Raven Vick — five aces
Willow Vick — one kill, one ace
Maddie Vondrak — four kills

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We’re strollin’, we’re rollin’

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Jaimee Masters had three service aces Thursday, as Coupeville’s JV volleyball squad thrashed Port Townsend. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

Ivy Leedy and Co. are now 7-2 on the season.

Quick turnaround, quicker win.

Less than 24 hours after dismantling Sultan at home, the Coupeville High School JV volleyball squad was back at it Thursday night, thrashing Port Townsend on the road.

The ferry ride probably took longer than the match, as the Wolves cruised in with a 25-5, 25-8, 25-8 win over the RedHawks.

With the non-conference victory, Coupeville’s young guns send their record soaring to a pretty dang good 7-2 on the season.

CHS coach Chris Smith kept his bench hoppin’ Thursday, rotating in 11 players, with all of them having an impact on play.

Freshman setter Maddie Georges kept the offense clicking, doling out 14 assists to go with seven service aces and two kills.

Also coming up big were Abby Mulholland and Taygin Jump, who each pounded six aces, while Kylie Chernikoff crushed her enemies, saw them driven before her, and enjoyed the lamentation of the women as she sprayed seven kills.

The rest of Coupeville’s stat line on the night:

Alita Blouin — one kill
Chernikoff — three aces, one dig
Jump — two kills
Ryanne Knoblich — two kills, one ace, one dig
Anya Leavell — three kills
Jaimee Masters — three aces, two digs
Heidi Meyers — four aces
Mulholland — two kills

Jill Prince and Ivy Leedy also saw floor time for Coupeville, which gets back to North Sound Conference action next week, traveling Tuesday to Cedar Park Christian and Thursday to South Whidbey.

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A ray of sunshine for Wolf booters

Posted in Girls Soccer, tagged , , , , on October 10, 2019| Leave a Comment »

Lily Leedy scored twice Thursday as the Coupeville JV girls soccer squad beat Port Townsend, winning for the first time this season. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Lily Leedy led them to the promised land.

The sophomore rattled the net for two goals Thursday, propelling the Coupeville High School JV girls soccer squad to a 5-2 win at Port Townsend.

The non-conference victory is the first W the Wolf booters, varsity or JV, have put up on the board this fall.

Technically, since the RedHawks loaned Coupeville some of their players to make for even sides, with one of the Port Townsend players netting a goal for her “new” team, the match is probably considered as a friendly.

To which I say, tough nuts, a win is a win and we’re calling it an official win.

It’s been a rough season for CHS soccer, at both levels, with the Wolf booters suffering more than their fair share of injuries and close losses.

They need this. They get this.

Leedy was backed up by teammates Samantha Streitler and Katelin McCormick, who each banged home a goal, and the RedHawk who will have to live down scoring against her own school.

Will the mystery Port Townsend player who tallied a goal be invited to the Coupeville banquet and installed as an honorary Wolf?

You never know, but my vote is a yes.

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