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Wear it, with pride

Posted in Softball, tagged , , , , on May 1, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Melanie Wolfe can sense where this is going. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

“We love free bases!!”

That chant emerges like clockwork from high school softball dugouts when a batter earns a walk.

But when the hitter gets that free pass by taking a wayward pitch off a body part, there’s an added bit of noise from her fellow players.

Wear the pitch, earn the respect.

And she was right.

Taking one for the team.

“Proud mom moment right here!”

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“The team did amazing!”

Posted in Middle School, Track, tagged , , , , on April 26, 2023| Leave a Comment »

6th grader Tamsin Ward won two events at her first middle school track meet. (Jon Gabelein photo)

Edmund Kunz sends the shot put flying far away. (Jon Gabelein photo)

It didn’t take Tamsin Ward long to catch people’s attention.

Competing in her first middle school track meet Wednesday, the Coupeville 6th grader captured wins in both the 100 and shot put.

Besting fields of 38 and 14 athletes, respectively, Ward helped spark the CMS 6th/7th grade girls to a team win as well.

The young Wolves finished with 90 points to host South Whidbey’s 77, while Granite Falls and Northshore Christian Academy brought up the rear.

Coupeville finished 2nd in the boys 6th/7th grade team rumble, led by wins from 7th grader Nick Laska in the shot put and discus.

The Wolf 8th grade girls finished 3rd, while the CMS 8th grade boys were 4th in their battle.

Ward and Laska’s double victories led the way as Coupeville won nine events.

7th graders Marin Winger (400), Lillian Ketterling (discus), Shiloh Sandlin (800), and Roger Merino-Martinez (200) also captured the top rung on the ladder, while a girls 4 x 200 squad made up of 7th graders Niella Bryan, Denali Kalwies, Amelia Crowder, and Lisette Bentabou hit the tape first.

With the first meet of the season in the books, CMS coaches were flying high afterwards.

“The team did amazing!” Amber Wyman said. “There were some tears, scrapes and lots of nerves, but these athletes came to compete!

“I am so proud of all they accomplished.”

That was a feeling shared by Jon Gabelein.

“It was a great first meet with lots of top-notch performances!” he said.

“While some athletes may have been nervous about getting out there on week one, they can now take their first PR and generate improvements throughout the season.”

CMS hosts its next two meets, which are set for May 4 and 10.

Kennedy O’Neill (far right) prepares to leave her foes choking on her dust. (Amber Wyman photo)

 

Wednesday’s results:

 

GIRLS:

 

8th grade:

100 — Tirsit Cannon (3rd) 15.34; Natalie Perera (11th) 17.42

200 — Kayla Crane (3rd) 37.01

100 Hurdles — Lexis Drake (5th) 23.54

4 x 100 Relay — Cannon, Drake, Crane, Lydia Price (3rd) 1:07.68

Long Jump — Drake (9th) 10-00; Perera (14th) 7-11

 

6th/7th grade:

100 — Tamsin Ward (1st) 14.11; Willow Leedy-Bonifas (4th) 15.08; Laken Simpson (5th) 15.16; Isabella De Souza Oliveira Mc Fetridge (7th) 15.37; Amayia Curry (9th) 16.11; Niella Bryan (21st) 17.53; Lisette Bentabou (26th) 18.09; Denali Kalwies (27th) 18.10; Maci Wofford (33rd) 19.10; Kaleah Matros (34th) 19.47

200 — Hyley Farrell (2nd) 31.82; Olivia Hall (4th) 34.45; Anmarie Solis (5th) 34.91; Sage Stavros (10th) 36.50; Savannah Niewald (16th) 38.70; Camilla Wolfe (17th) 40.00

400 — Marin Winger (1st) 1:21.41; S. Niewald (4th) 1:35.29; Lily Fisher (5th) 1:42.15

800 — Lillian Ketterling (2nd) 3:07.40; Devon Wyman (7th) 3:47.24

1600 — Tenley Stuurmans (2nd) 6:44.30; Mikayla Wagner (3rd) 6:55.05; Rebekah Dangerfield (5th) 7:25.06

100 Hurdles — Stuurmans (3rd) 20.18; Elizabeth Marshall (9th) 21.80; Kennedy O’Neill (10th) 21.80; Amelia Crowder (16th) 24.72; Arianna Cunningham (19th) 26.36; Wyman (24th) 30.84; Fisher (25th) 32.82

4 x 100 Relay — Hall, Wagner, Winger, Simpson (2nd) 1:03.93; Cunningham, Leedy-Bonifas, Curry, Taylor Marrs (3rd) 1:04.67

4 x 200 Relay — Bryan, Kalwies, Cunningham, Bentabou (1st) 2:29.37; Farrell, O’Neill, E. Marshall, Stavros (2nd) 2:33.61

Shot Put — Ward (1st) 24-08.50; Marrs (2nd) 22-00.50; Bentabou (3rd) 20-07; Winger (4th) 20-02.50; Simpson (5th) 19-07.25; Matros (10th) 15-03.50; Wofford (10th) 15-03.50; E. Marshall (12th) 14-11

Discus — Ketterling (1st) 50-05; Cunningham (2nd) 46-00; Marrs (3rd) 43-09; Matros (10th) 30-04; Wofford (12th) 27-01; Kalwies (13th) 26-03

Long Jump — Leedy-Bonifas (2nd) 12-06; Ward (4th) 12-02; Stuurmans (5th) 12-02; Mc Fetridge (7th) 12-01; Farrell (8th) 12-00; Cunningham (14th) 10-08; O’Neill (15th) 10-07.50; Wagner (19th) 9-11; Ketterling (23rd) 9-04.50; S. Niewald (27th) 8-11; Wyman (27th) 8-11; Stavros (30th) 8-08; Solis (35th) 7-11; Dangerfield (35th) 7-11; Wolfe (41st) 6-09

The Wolf boys, ready to rumble on the oval. (Amber Wyman photo)

 

BOYS:

 

8th grade:

100 — Davin Houston (7th) 12.97; Kenneth Jacobsen (12th) 13.45; Captain Teuscher (25th) 15.47; Ethan Walling (26th) 15.66; Zach Blitch (29th) 17.64

1600 — K. Jacobsen (2nd) 5:42.04

110 Hurdles — Axel Marshall (5th) 21.16

Shot Put — K. Jacobsen (3rd) 26-08.75; Teuscher (9th) 19-08; Blitch (10th) 17-06

Discus — Blitch (12th) 57-01; A. Marshall (14th) 51-00

Long Jump — Houston (2nd) 16-08; Teuscher (13th) 11-09

 

6th/7th grade:

100 — Carson Grove (2nd) 14.54; Jonathan Jacobsen (13th) 15.74; Collin Mirabile (17th) 16.11; Benji Wertz (21st) 16.74; Ossian Merkel (28th) 17.37

200 — Roger Merino-Martinez (1st) 28.87; Beckett Green (4th) 30.57

800 — Shilo Sandlin (1st) 2:38.22

1600 — Nathan Niewald (4th) 6:20.71; Brantley Campbell (8th) 6:52.19; Edmund Kunz (10th) 7:11.73; Diego Gonzalez (12th) 7:45.65

100 Hurdles — Campbell (6th) 21.97

Shot Put — Nick Laska (1st) 28-01; Green (5th) 23-10; Mirabile (7th) 22-06.50; Sandlin (9th) 20-04.75; Wertz (16th) 14-09.50; Kunz (17th) 13-00.50

Discus — Laska (1st) 79-00; Grove (3rd) 70-01; Gonzalez (22nd) 33-03

High Jump — J. Jacobsen (2nd) 4-02; Wyatt Fitch-Marron (4th) 3-08

Long Jump — Merino-Martinez (2nd) 14-04; N. Niewald (3rd) 13-05; Campbell (6th) 12-08; Grove (7th) 12-07; Sandlin (9th) 12-03; Kunz (17th) 10-09; Merkel (30th) 7-10; Gonzalez (33rd) 6-04

Is every kid at CMS on the track team? Possibly. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

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Wolves welcome new coaches

Posted in Girls Soccer, Middle School, Track, tagged , , , , , , on March 29, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Kim Kisch, Wolf player turned Wolf coach. 

Amber Wyman (right) has accepted a bigger role in helping guide young Coupeville athletes. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

No more open jobs.

For the moment, at least.

Coupeville High School/Middle School Athletic Director Willie Smith has filled coaching positions for CHS girls’ soccer and CMS track and field.

Kim Kisch, one of the first booters to play for the Wolf program when it launched in 2004, is coming back around to call the shots as head coach starting next fall.

She replaces Kyle Nelson, who retired at the end of the most-recent season.

Meanwhile, Amber Wyman, already hired to coach middle school cross country, will also pick up coaching duties with the CMS track and field program.

Returning coach Jon Gabelein and Wyman welcome a new squad to the first day of practice Apr. 10, with a six-meet schedule running Apr. 26-May 31.

Before becoming a head coach, Wyman was an assistant helping middle school (now high school) running guru Elizabeth Bitting.

Both hires will be official once approved by the school board.

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It’s a hardwood dance party

Posted in Girls Basketball, Middle School, tagged , , , , on March 10, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Haylee Armstrong rains down three-balls, then dances away into the night. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

The games are done, but the photos remain.

Coupeville Middle School girls’ basketball put a cap on an eight-game season Thursday, moving to the big gym to square off with visiting South Whidbey.

As the teams battled for hardwood supremacy, wanderin’ photo clicker John Fisken fired up his cameras, and the pics above and below are courtesy him.

To see everything he shot, and ponder the possibility of making some early Christmas purchases for the grandparents down in Grand Rapids, pop over to:

 

Coupeville:

https://www.johnsphotos.net/Sports/Coupeville-Basketball-2022-2023/MSGBB-2023-03-09-vs-South-Whidbey/

 

South Whidbey:

https://www.johnsphotos.net/Sports/South-Whidbey-HS/MSGBB-2023-03-09-at-Coupeville/

Wolf hoops stars cheer on their teammates.

“Let the bodies hit the floor!”

Putting a cap on a successful season.

CMS coach Bennett Richter ponders what’s louder — Navy jets ripping over OLF or 10,000 screaming preteens in a gym?

It doesn’t count unless the score table says it counts.

Armstrong airborne? Awesome!

Adeline Maynes (hand under chin) and Chelsi Stevens enjoy a moment.

Does the mug match the shoes? Debate.

A win in the books, a celebration on the floor.

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Fierce finale, sweet success

Posted in Girls Basketball, Middle School, tagged , , , , , on March 9, 2023| 1 Comment »

Coupeville 6th grader Tamsin Ward has a bright hardwood future. (Photo courtesy Jandellyn Ward)

“What a cap to the season.”

The Coupeville Middle School girls’ basketball squads brought an end to the campaign Thursday, netting a huge win and a narrow loss to archrival South Whidbey.

The Wolves #1 team pulled out its first victory of the season on their home floor, holding on for a 35-30 triumph, while the second unit lost a heartbreaker 10-9 at the buzzer.

How the day played out:

 

Level 1:

Big shots from behind the arc sparked Coupeville in a tense, physical conflict between two fairly evenly matched squads.

Wolf 8th grader Haylee Armstrong departed middle school hoops by splashing home a trio of three-balls in the third quarter, while 6th grader Tamsin Ward buried a huge trey in the game’s final minutes.

“The 1’s came out and played the most physical game of the year,” said Coupeville coach Bennett Richter. “They battled through bumps and bruises to pull out the win!

“These girls steadily improved and continued to work hard throughout the season and got their revenge on a very physical South Whidbey team.”

Coupeville jumped out to an early lead, heading to the first break up 8-4, before South Whidbey closed the gap back to 15-14 by halftime.

The third quarter was vintage Hayley Time, as the fast-dribbling, sweet-shooting Armstrong rattled the rims for all of her team’s points during a game-busting 11-4 run.

That gave the Wolves a lead they wouldn’t relinquish, though the visitors made things interesting at the end.

Armstrong, who now moves to high school softball to cap her 8th grade year, finished with a team-best 16 points, while Ward knocked down five in support.

Tenley Stuurmans, Lexis Drake, and Rhylin Price added four points apiece, with Capri Anter banking in a bucket to round out the scoring effort.

Chelsi Stevens and Adeline Maynes also saw floor time for the Wolves, providing scrappy defense.

 

Level 2:

South Whidbey bounced back from being blanked in the first quarter to pull out the win, with the game-deciding bucket falling through the net with mere ticks left on the clock.

In a game where scoring was at a premium, Coupeville led 2-0 at the first break thanks to an Ava Lucero bucket, and 3-2 at the half after Lina Shelly slipped a free-throw through the net.

The Wolves put up four points in the third quarter, with Kennedy O’Neill and Ari Cunningham both scoring, and carried a 7-4 advantage into the final frame.

Cunningham notched another bucket in the fourth, but South Whidbey managed to pull out the victory on the game’s final play.

Win or lose, first-year Coupeville hoops coaches Richter and Mia Littlejohn came away satisfied with the growth and effort of their players.

“It was a very intense final couple of minutes,” Richter said. “They played so incredibly hard.”

Izzy Bowder, Melanie Wolfe, Taylor Marrs, Amaiya Curry, Lillie Ketterling, and Isa De Souza Oliveira Mc Fetridge also saw action in the finale.

While South Whidbey only has two teams, Coupeville’s numbers were booming this season, with the Wolves fielding three squads most days.

All three CMS units enjoyed the taste of victory, heralding a bright future for Wolf girls’ basketball.

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