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JV spikers ace Concrete

Posted in Volleyball, tagged , , , , on October 5, 2021| Leave a Comment »

Madison McMillan had a stellar match Tuesday, sparking the Wolf JV to a straight-sets win. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

Madison McMillan had the magic touch.

Firing off 19 service aces Tuesday — most by any Coupeville High School spiker this season — the Wolf freshman sparked the JV volleyball team as it crushed visiting Concrete.

The CHS young guns combined to pepper the Lions with 33 aces overall during a 25-10, 25-11, 25-20 romp.

The win lifts Coupeville to 6-0 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 7-1 overall.

For half a second it looked like Tuesday’s match might be a close one, with Concrete jumping out to a 3-1 lead in the opening set.

Don’t believe first impressions.

Grey Peabody broke the brief spell, winning a tip war at the net to reclaim serve for the Wolves, and then McMillan went nuclear.

The fab frosh won 13 straight points on her serve, spinning aces left, right, deep, and just over the net – with one laser shot exploding upward off a Concrete player’s arm to tattoo the unlucky Lion in the face.

Turning a 3-2 deficit into a 14-3 lead, McMillan cracked things wide open, and the Wolves ran free after that.

Mia Farris and Jada Heaton had shorter, but still very-successful runs at the line in the first set, while McMillan smashed one especially-nasty kill at the net, then flexed for a brief second as her teammates went wild.

By the time Taylor Brotemarkle zinged a nasty ace to cap the set, all the momentum was on Coupeville’s side of the court.

And it stayed that way throughout the second set, with Peabody controlling the net, while Gwen Gustafson started dropping bombs from all angles.

Gwen Gustafson brings the heat.

Heaton ran off four straight points on her serve to set the table, but it was McMillan (who else?) who closed the set with a run of nine consecutive points from the stripe.

With the match already decided, the two squads played a third set for practice, and, other than a brief burp late, it was much like everything else which had come before.

Brotemarkle, McMillan, Issabel Johnson, and Katie Marti delivered dagger after dagger on their serve as CHS built a 20-9 lead, but Concrete had one last rally in its back pocket.

The Lions, playing their best ball of the night, actually got all the way back within 22-19 before Coupeville slammed the door shut.

McMillan and Marti, the mighty mashers, both delivered withering kills to finally seal the three-set sweep, earning a nod of approval from coach Asley Menges.

Tuesday stats:

Taylor Brotemarkle — 5 aces
Mia Farris — 1 kill, 2 aces
Gwen Gustafson — 3 kills, 2 digs
Jada Heaton — 2 kills, 1 dig, 3 aces
Issabel Johnson — 1 kill, 1 assist, 2 aces
Katie Marti — 2 kills, 1 dig, 5 assists, 2 aces
Madison McMillan — 2 kills, 19 aces
Grey Peabody — 2 kills, 1 solo block

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Wolf spikers host Dig Pink Night Oct. 5

Posted in Fundraisers, Volleyball, tagged , , , , on September 29, 2021| Leave a Comment »

A great team playing for a great cause.

When the Coupeville High School volleyball squads return to action Tuesday, Oct. 5, the Wolves will be playing for more than just themselves.

Coupeville’s opponent will be Concrete, with JV set to tip at 5:00 PM, varsity at 6:30.

But the home games are also tagged as Dig Pink Night, with the Wolves and Lions raising funds to fight breast cancer.

All proceeds go to pay for mammography’s through WhidbeyHealth.

If you’re there in person, you’ll be able to participate in a raffle and win prizes.

But, if you can’t make it and want to still help, donations can be made by popping over here, and choosing “Mammography-Dig Pink” as the Fund Designation:

 

https://interland3.donorperfect.net/weblink/weblink.aspx?name=E113978&id=1

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“I’m really proud of this group”

Posted in Volleyball, tagged , , , , on September 9, 2021| Leave a Comment »

Lucy Tenore smashed 16 kills Thursday as Coupeville’s varsity volleyball team won its season opener on the road. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

You find a way.

Opening the season on the road, in a conference clash, missing four players, the Coupeville High School varsity volleyball squad proved incredibly resilient.

Getting big contributions from all seven players in uniform Thursday night, the Wolves found their groove, knocking off host Concrete 27-25, 25-12, 25-27, 25-19.

“It wasn’t always pretty, but we played just well enough to come out on the road with a win,” said CHS coach Cory Whitmore.

“It’s tough to go on the road for your first match and have it be league competition, but it’s made especially difficult being down a few starters,” he added.

“I’m really proud of how this group responded to direction, and we just relied on a full group effort.”

Concrete came out on fire, jumping ahead 18-8 in the first set, then Coupeville found its missing spark.

“Our first set was quickly slipping away from us, and so we changed our serving strategy to be more aggressive,” Whitmore said. “And Taygin Jump got that going.

“We climbed out by serving tough and swinging away on the attack,” he added. “Taygin did a great job of changing that mentality by pushing her serve tougher and tougher.”

After cruising through the second set, the Wolves let up a bit in the third frame, and paid for it.

But Coupeville responded to the momentary setback, earning a nod of approval from their coach, who kicked off his sixth season at CHS in style.

Now boasting a 56-24 mark in his time on the Wolf bench, Whitmore brought his winning percentage to a sizzlin’ .700.

“Sometimes it’s a win, sometimes it’s a lesson. And on lucky occasions, it’s both,” he said. “I’m excited for these girls and the experience we gained. Good way to start the season.”

Coupeville’s seven active players combined to rack up some impressive numbers, with freshman Katie Marti leading the way.

Subbing for team captain Maddie Georges at setter, Marti doled out 28 assists to go with nine digs, four aces, and three kills.

Freshman Katie Marti played like a veteran in her varsity debut.

Coupeville’s big hitters combined for 36 kills, with Lucy Tenore pounding home 16, while Grey Peabody smashed 11 in her varsity debut, and Jill Prince collected nine.

“Grey did such a great job, being pulled up from JV as needed and looked very comfortable out there,” Whitmore said. “Very happy for her.

“Lucy was phenomenal in this opener with just three errors on 28 swings on the right side, hitting .464. She played with control AND aggression.”

Olivia Schaffeld, who joined Peabody, Jump, and Marti in making their varsity debuts, went low for 10 digs and drew praise from Whitmore.

“Very proud of Olivia adjusting her position to play outside, a difficult move,” he said.

Jump chipped in with 13 digs and six aces, tying her for top team honors with Alita Blouin, who “really stepped up as a leader” and was hyper-efficient with 20 digs, four assists, and six aces.

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Former Wolf coach now a rival

Posted in Cross Country, tagged , , , , on August 27, 2021| Leave a Comment »

Stephanie Henning (right), seen with Coupeville’s Nicole Laxton, will coach a new Concrete High School cross country team. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Reunited, with a bit of a twist.

Coupeville High School has picked up a new cross country rival, and it’s a team which will be led by a former Wolf coach.

Stephanie Henning, who spent time as a CHS junior varsity softball coach, is heading up Concrete’s brand-new harrier program.

The addition of cross country was just approved by the Concrete School Board.

Now the Lions will spring into action, joining Coupeville, Mount Vernon Christian, and Orcas Island as Northwest 2B/1B League teams which run the trails.

Henning is an elementary school teacher in Concrete, and has teamed with district employee Anna Frank to build interest in the addition of cross country.

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Night of triumph, year of success

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged , , , , on June 11, 2021| Leave a Comment »

Grady Rickner tossed in a team-high 12 points Thursday as Coupeville clobbered Concrete, clinching its first winning boys basketball season in more than a decade. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

One part of the mission, accomplished.

Laying waste to winless Concrete on the road Thursday, the Coupeville High School varsity boys basketball squad clinched its first winning season in more than a decade.

With the 64-14 rout of the Lions, the Wolves improve to 7-4 and head home for their season finale next Tuesday, June 15 against Darrington.

That night, they’ll honor seniors Daniel Olson, TJ Rickner, and Sage Downes, then try to close a pandemic-altered season with one final big win.

The last time the CHS varsity boys hoops program posted a winning record was the 2009-2010 season, when the Wolves went 16-5 in the next-to-last season of Randy King’s 20-year run as head coach.

Thursday’s tilt was a gut-check for Coupeville, coming off a heartbreaking one-point loss in overtime to Friday Harbor Tuesday, a defeat which ended Wolf hopes of winning the Northwest 2B/1B League title.

How would CHS respond, facing a rebuilding Concrete squad which went into its finale carrying an 0-11 record?

The answer? Pretty dang well.

CHS coach Brad Sherman, the #2 scorer on the last Wolf boys team to win a league title in 2002, got floor time for all 12 guys in uniform Thursday, with 10 of them scoring.

The lone Wolf not to see action was sophomore sparkplug Alex Murdy, out with an injury.

Much like the first time these two squads faced off, Coupeville jumped on the Lions quickly, built a substantial lead by halftime, then gave its bench a chance to rack up major minutes after the break.

Up 24-4 after one quarter, with Hawthorne Wolfe, Logan Downes, and Grady Rickner each tossing in six points, CHS pushed the margin to 48-8 with an almost mirror-image second frame.

From there, a running clock ended things quickly, with all of the scoring coming from the Wolf bench.

Sage Downes was a force on both ends of the floor.

Junior captain Grady Rickner finished with a game-high 12 points, while Coupeville’s top two scorers this season — Wolfe and Xavier Murdy — did more passing than shooting en route to a combined 10 points.

Seven of those came from Hawk, and all in the very early going, as he eased into another milestone in his journey up the CHS boys career scoring chart.

Wolfe’s last point of the night, coming off of a free throw in the second quarter, gives him 650 points and counting.

He’s #27 all-time heading into the finale of his shortened junior season, a mere 10 points away from hurdling Jason McFadyen (654), Wade Ellsworth (659), and Pat Bennett (659) on a list which covers 104 seasons.

Two current sharpshooters — Sage Downes and Jonathan Valenzuela — popped for eight points apiece Thursday, with Olson and Wolfe banking in seven each.

Freshman Logan Downes lets it fly.

Logan Downes (5), Cody Roberts (4), TJ Rickner (4), Miles Davidson (4), Xavier Murdy (3), and Logan Martin (2) also scored, with Cole White contributing on defense.

Davidson, who has been sidelined by a football injury for much of the season, made his debut, while becoming the 401st CHS boy I’ve been able to document scoring in a varsity hoops game.

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