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Wolf spikers killin’ it

Posted in Volleyball, tagged , , , , , on October 4, 2019| Leave a Comment »

Chelsea Prescott and the high-flying Coupeville High School varsity volleyball squad are off to a 6-0 start after sweeping Granite Falls. (Brian Vick photo)

Is it possible to feel terrible and wonderful at the same time?

Coupeville High School volleyball coach Cory Whitmore, battling illness while enduring a long bus trip to Granite Falls, was ready to hit the hay when he got back to Whidbey Thursday night.

But while he physically felt pretty punk, spiritually he was flying sky-high.

Whitmore’s Wolves cruised to a 25-16, 25-10, 25-15 win on the road, improving to a flawless 3-0 in North Sound Conference play, 6-0 overall.

It’s the best start to a season for a CHS volleyball team since at least 2004, and maybe forever.

Coupeville Sports Hall o’ Famer Toni Crebbin, who was the Wolf coach back in those days, knows that squad finished with just one league loss, but couldn’t immediately remember Thursday at what point in the season that lone defeat occurred.

Until someone goes through old newspaper clippings (yes, yes, I’m on it), we can safely say this year’s 6-0 start eclipses last year’s CHS squad, which started 5-0.

With a trip Saturday to Orcas Island to play a 1-5 non-conference foe, Coupeville is primed to carry a 7-0 mark into next Monday’s titanic league showdown with King’s (3-0, 6-0).

That match will play out in the CHS gym, with tip-off set for 7 PM.

For the moment, the Wolves can bask in the afterglow from a prime-time hit job, one in which they whacked the Tigers thanks to strong performances across the board.

“I’m excited about the win,” Whitmore said. “We came back with a commanding message to another league match-up and it was a big team effort.”

The Wolves sent nine players onto the floor Thursday, and all returned to the bench having scratched their names on the stat sheet.

Coupeville’s spikers combined for five blocks, 18 aces, 33 digs, 37 assists, and 39 kills, stifling Granite Falls at the net, while often never giving their hosts a chance to really get going.

The stat-line:

Hannah Davidson (2 kills, 2 aces, 2 digs)
Emma Mathusek (9 digs, 2 assists)
Chelsea Prescott (9 kills, 4 aces, 5 digs, 1 assist)
Lucy Sandahl (1 ace, 2 digs, 1 assist)
Scout Smith (4 kills, 6 aces, 4 digs, 28 assists)
Maya Toomey-Stout (10 kills, 2 aces, 10 digs, 4 assists, 2 blocks)
Zoe Trujillo (9 kills, 1 assist, 1 block)
Raven Vick (3 aces)
Maddie Vondrak (5 kills, 1 dig, 2 blocks)

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Fab frosh serve up another win

Posted in Volleyball, tagged , , , , on October 3, 2019| Leave a Comment »

Maya Lucero and Coupeville’s C-Team volleyball squad are 4-0 after a win Thursday in Granite Falls. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

The freshmen are on fire.

Sparked by their usual strong service game, the Coupeville High School C-Team volleyball squad continues to carve up opponents.

The victim Thursday was Granite Falls, which fell with a thud, losing 25-11, 25-15, 25-11 on its home court, savaged by the rampaging Wolves.

The win lifts CHS to 3-0 in North Sound Conference play, 4-0 overall.

Coupeville dominated play in all aspects of the game, but was especially hot when their servers were twirling the volleyball in their hands.

“Again, we played to our strengths and served a solid game,” Wolf coach Krimson Rector said. “As a team, we ended with over 20 aces to help bring us to another win.”

Ryanne Knoblich, Allie Lucero, and Vivian Farris paced the Wolves, firing up five aces apiece.

Adding to the team-wide effort at the stripe were Maya Lucero (three aces), and Gwen Gustafson and Jordyn Rogers, who recorded two each.

Gustafson added seven digs and two kills, while Knoblich (5), Jill Prince (5), Rogers (4), Maya Lucero (2), and Mercedes Kalwies-Anderson (1) sprayed kills left and right.

“I was proud of the girls for setting specific goals both personally and as a team before the game, and really working hard throughout the night to stay focused on those,” Rector said.

“I felt confident in the players that stepped on to the court tonight, and continually saw them working hard and striving to stay on top.”

While her team is flying high, there is still a large chunk of the season left to play, and Rector continues to preach improvement and growth.

“While I am proud of tonight’s play, I am excited to push them to dig even deeper,” she said. “These girls are full of potential and it’s exciting to see them get better with each game.

“We plan to continue in this positive direction.”

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JV spikers crack Granite

Posted in Volleyball, tagged , , , , on October 3, 2019| Leave a Comment »

Ivy Leedy nailed seven kills Thursday night as the Coupeville High School JV volleyball squad swept Granite Falls in straight sets. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Zing them with aces, then smash them with kills.

Controlling play both at the service stripe and the net, the Coupeville High School JV volleyball squad pounded host Granite Falls Thursday night.

Rolling to a 25-22, 25-21, 25-19 win, the Wolves lift their record to 3-0 in North Sound Conference play, 4-1 overall.

Coupeville struck from every direction, rolling up 15 service aces, with Alita Blouin and Abby Mulholland registering four apiece, while also piling up 30 kills.

Kylie Chernikoff, who has been brutalizing foes of late, paced CHS with 14 kills, with Ivy Leedy chipping in with seven put-aways of her own.

The rest of the kills were spread out across the roster, with Lucy Tenore (2), Taygin Jump (2), Heidi Meyers (2), Mulholland (2), and Anya Leavell (1) also connecting.

Maddie Georges ran the Wolf offense, doling out a team-high 10 assists, while Jump (12), Blouin (11), Chernikoff (10), and Meyers (6) all rang up big numbers on digs.

The Wolf young guns, who have won three in a row, have a fairly quick turnaround, as they return to action Saturday, when they travel to Orcas Island for a non-conference tilt.

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Tasty treats top tense tussle

Posted in Boys Tennis, tagged , , , , on October 3, 2019| Leave a Comment »

First-year Coupeville netters Logan Martin (left) and Miles Davidson pushed their rivals from state power University Prep to a third set Thursday afternoon. (Charlotte Young photo)

Flaky dough. Delicate pears. The perfect touch of sweetness, without being cloying.

What? Yes, of course they played tennis Thursday afternoon in Coupeville, and yes, I’ll tell you about it.

But first, a big shout-out to University Prep coaches, who handed out complimentary, crafted-in-Seattle pastries after the match was done.

You sirs, are the real heroes, and the “working press” thanks you.

I may even have to reconsider the whole “bitchin’ and whining about private schools” stance I so love to traffic in.

Maybe. Possibly. We’ll see.

It may take me a while to warm up to schools like King’s and Archbishop Murphy, but U Prep, you had me at “free, delicious pastry.”

Oh, and the tennis match which preceded my sultry taste-bud tango with my unexpected delish dessert? It went about as expected.

U Prep, which is almost always in play for glory at the state tourney, won 5-0 to stay atop the battle for Emerald City League supremacy.

But public school Coupeville, which sits at 1-8 headed into a Friday home match with The Bush School, a team the Wolves beat earlier this season, put up some nice resistance.

Most of it came in two matches – #1 singles and #3 doubles.

U Prep’s top gun, Tyler Wurzer, finished third at the state tourney as a sophomore, and, if anything, his game has just gotten more impressive during his junior campaign.

The Puma pounder slapped winners from every direction, combining big power with uncanny touch, and yet Coupeville’s Drake Borden didn’t go down without delivering some impressive shots of his own.

One point in particular was a big fan-pleaser, as the duo exchanged knockout punches from the baseline.

With Wurzer drifting ever so slightly to his left, Borden lashed a long shot to the deepest, darkest corner in the right, and the ball clipped the last little bit of open space, biting the line, then spinning away into the fence for a winner.

It earned a quick acknowledgement from Wurzer, who smiled ever so slightly, and a big roar from Borden’s loyal rooting section, led by CHS coach Ken Stange, who jumped up and punched the air.

The closest match came at #3 doubles, where first-year players Miles Davidson and Logan Martin, who are still in the trial-run part of their tennis careers, fought back to take the second set and force a match-deciding tiebreaker.

While the young Wolves eventually fell to their more-experienced foes, they did so only after putting in their best performances of the season, with both coming up with sweet work at the net.

 

Complete Thursday results:

Varsity:

1st Singles — Drake Borden lost to Tyler Wurzer 6-0, 6-2

2nd Singles — Mason Grove lost to Mattias Keaunui 6-2, 6-3

1st Doubles — James Wood/Zach Ginnings lost to Nicholas Arron/Jackson Wurzer 6-0, 6-0

2nd Doubles — Thane Peterson/Andrew Aparicio lost to Axel Andrews/Eli Pruzan 6-0, 6-0

3rd Doubles — Miles Davidson/Logan Martin lost to Mitchell Zell/Trevor Zell 6-1, 6-7(5-7), 10-4

Exhibition:

3rd Singles — Koby Schreiber lost to Will Cast 6-2, 6-0

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Sweet volleyball dreams (are made of this)

Posted in Volleyball, tagged , , , , on October 2, 2019| Leave a Comment »

Zoe Trujillo (front) and Maddie Vondrak get down with their bad selves. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

Smashing kills at the net or directing traffic from the back, Kylie Chernikoff is putting together a stellar season.

Vivian Farris is part of a talented group of CHS freshmen athletes who are already making an impact.

Maya Toomey-Stout, crushing dreams of rival players every day, in every way.

Sean Toomey-Stout (left) and Jacobi Pilgrim approve.

Taygin Jump unleashes a smokin’ hot serve.

Jordyn Rogers launches the attack.

Undefeated and it feels so good.

It’s the hottest sports program in town.

Coupeville High School volleyball is nearly perfect this fall, with varsity (5-0), JV (3-1), and C-Team (3-0) combining for a sizzlin’ 11-1 record.

Three of those wins came Tuesday night, as the Wolves defended the honor of their home courts, swatting arch-rival South Whidbey.

As the wins played out, wanderin’ paparazzi John Fisken bounced between the CHS and CMS gym to capture a collection of pics, showcasing both on-court action and fan reaction.

To see everything he shot, pop over to:

https://www.johnsphotos.net/Sports/Coupeville-Volleyball/VB-2019-10-01-vs-South-Whidbey/

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