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Cassandra Powers and Co. crack Concrete

Posted in Volleyball, tagged , , , , , on October 23, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Cassandra Powers (10) launched seven service aces in a wild win. (Marquette Cunningham photo)

Concrete had no answer for Cassandra Powers.

The Coupeville High School freshman came up huge in crunch time Thursday, ripping off a run of eight straight points on her serve in the deciding set, sparking the Wolf JV volleyball squad to a come-from-behind three-set victory.

The win lifts Tianna Carlson’s team to 6-2 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 8-3 overall.

But it didn’t come easy.

After Coupeville romped to a 25-15 win in set #1, the visiting Lions rallied to take the next frame 25-21, then snatched a 5-2 lead in set #3.

Shortly after that, however, Powers, firing off bombs and taking names, proved to be the difference as CHS pulled even, then pulled away, clinching things at 15-10.

Coupeville’s first three servers in the final set only combined to win a single point, but a kill from Willow Leedy-Bonifas and a couple of Concrete errors got the Wolves to within 6-5.

Powers opened her final run at the service stripe with a particularly nasty ace — one of seven she had in the match — and by the time she was done, CHS was back in front 13-6 and the mood in the gym had brightened considerably.

Concrete still fought off three match points before surrendering, but the damage had been done.

The Wolves had opened the match by falling behind 8-2, before closing the first set with a torrid 23-7 tear.

Kicking that run off?

Powers and Kennedy O’Neill, who each had solid service runs, and Chelsi Stevens, who scored off of a tricky lil’ flip.

Chelsi Stevens catches some air in an earlier match. (Julie Wheat photo)

Once they started to roll, the Wolf JV looked much sharper, with Isa Mc Fetridge and (surprise, surprise) Powers dominating on their serve.

The second set was all Coupeville, until it wasn’t.

The Wolves led from 2-1 all the way until 20-19, then hit a sudden dry spell at just the wrong time, allowing Concrete to steal the set.

O’Neill delivered an emphatic spike winner, with Olivia Martin converting a tip for a point, pushing the ball between defenders, but Coupeville would have to wait until the third set to deliver the knockout punch.

Good thing the Wolves were powered by Powers.

 

Thursday stats:

Willow Leedy-Bonifas — 2 kills, 5 digs, 7 assists, 1 ace
Olivia Martin — 1 dig, 1 assist
Isa Mc Fetridge — 1 kill, 5 digs
Kennedy O’Neill — 5 kills, 6 digs, 2 assists, 3 aces
Cassandra Powers — 1 dig, 7 aces
Chelsi Stevens — 1 kill, 6 digs
Sydney Van Dyke — 1 kill, 1 dig, 1 ace

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Hot bats, sweet wins

Posted in Softball, tagged , , , , , on April 22, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Capri Anter (left) and Haylee Armstrong hit back-to-back home runs Tuesday as Coupeville scored 47 runs in a doubleheader sweep. (Michelle Armstrong photo)

Pay the woman.

Coupeville High School sophomore softball slugger Capri Anter was promised $100 (and new cleats!) by family members if she hit an out-of-the-park home run.

Boom.

Delivering on her pledge, Anter sent a ball into the upper stratosphere Tuesday, letting it crash down well beyond the fence in left and launching her teammates into a torrid celebration.

Then, before the rival Concrete pitcher could even catch her breath, Anter’s cousin, fellow sophomore sensation Haylee Armstrong, took the very next pitch, smacked it deep, and used her wheels to turn the blast into an inside-the-park home run.

Coming on the heels of earlier taters for Mia Farris (inside the park) and Madison McMillan (way, way outside the park), everything was flying off of Wolf bats.

I said everything.

It was that kind of day for the big, bad Wolves, who got to 8-0 in Northwest 2B/1B League action, 11-1 overall after thrashing the visiting Lions 22-2 and 25-4 in a doubleheader sweep.

How things played out:

 

Game 1:

When did you know in your heart of hearts that this was going to be one long rout?

Probably from the first pitch by Wolf pitcher Adeline Maynes, a fastball which cracked into Teagan Calkins glove while Concrete’s leadoff hitter swung way too late.

The fab frosh whiffed all three hitters she faced in the top of the first, before allowing her defense to help out a bit and settling for nine K’s across five innings.

Coupeville’s offense was ferociously effective, scoring nine runs in the bottom of the opening frame, while giving away two of three outs by having runners leave early.

It was a steady rain of hits and walks — on a perfectly sunny day — punctuated by Farris crashing a three-run tater to deep right-center.

The Wolves tacked on five more runs in the second, before closing with four-run pops in the third and fourth.

Highlights included Chelsi Stevens getting an RBI the hardest way — being plunked by a wayward pitch with the bases loaded — and triples from Taylor Brotemarkle, McMillan, and Sydney Van Dyke.

Actually, in Brotemarkle’s case, it was multiple triples, as the fleet-footed shortstop swung a sizzlin’ bat and tore around the basepaths like a woman unleashed.

Taylor Brotemarkle prepares to destroy pitchers, one swing at a time. (Bailey Thule photo)

 

Game 2:

The lineups were juggled, some between-games snacks were nibbled, and then, déjà vu, the Wolves feasted on Lions pitching.

Playing as the road team in the finale, CHS got triples from Armstrong, Danica Strong, and Farris en route to opening up a quick 8-0 lead, and the rout was on.

With Maynes sitting out game #2, Armstrong got the call in the pitcher’s circle, and threw raw heat, picking up 12 strikeouts in her five innings of work.

Concrete did put together a pair of mini rallies, plating two runners each in the third and fourth, but Coupeville’s bats knew no mercy.

The Wolves were up 17-0 before the Lions got on the board, and an eight-run top of the fifth was the cherry on top.

Madison McMillan goes deep. Again. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

McMillan’s monster mash, a mammoth shot which soared over the fence in left, set the stage, while Strong, Stevens, and Brotemarkle went off for back-to-back-to-back RBI extra-base hits at one point.

And Anter, after walloping her roundtripper?

She actually came back around to hit again in the same inning, as the Wolves worked their way relentlessly through the lineup.

When she did, Anter capped things with a perfectly placed RBI single right back up the middle, pushing Coupeville’s 47th, and final, run of the day across the plate.

 

What’s up next:

The Wolves, whose only loss was a one-run affair with 3A Oak Harbor, get a big test at home Saturday against a traditional powerhouse in their own 2B classification.

Forks enters at just 5-6, riding a four-game losing streak, but the Spartans have plenty of state tourney glory in their recent past (and Ron Bagby’s niece on the roster).

Game times for the non-conference doubleheader are 2:00 and 4:00 PM.

 

Tuesday stats:

Capri Anter — Three singles, one home run
Haylee Armstrong — One triple, one home run, three walks
Taylor Brotemarkle — Two singles, two triples, three walks
Teagan Calkins — One single, one double, one triple, one walk
Emma Cushman — One walk
Mia Farris — Three singles, one triple, one home run
Jada Heaton — Two singles, two walks
Ava Lucero — Two singles, three walks
Olivia Martin — One walk
Adeline Maynes — Two walks
Madison McMillan — Three singles, two triples, one home run, one walk
Allie Powers — One walk
Chelsi Stevens — One single, one double
Danica Strong — One single, two doubles, one triple
Sydney Van Dyke — Two doubles, one triple, two walks

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Hardball heroes riding a hot streak

Posted in Baseball, tagged , , , , , on April 22, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Leo Rodriguez hauls in a pop fly. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

It’s been like two seasons in one.

A rebuilding Coupeville High School baseball squad struggled in the early going but has found its groove of late.

Sweeping a home doubleheader against Concrete Tuesday, winning 12-1 and 9-1 over the visiting Lions, the Wolves have now won five of their last six.

CHS sits at 5-3 in Northwest 2B/1B League action, 5-7 overall, with another home twin bill on the schedule for Saturday afternoon.

That tilt will be against non-conference foe Forks, with games set for 2:00 and 4:00 PM.

Steve Hilborn’s hardball squad had trouble finding a consistent offensive spark while losing its first six games.

Now, the Wolves are living large on the basepaths, racking up 22 hits and 13 walks against Concrete.

How the day played out:

 

Game 1:

Freshman Carson Grove was dealing on the mound, whiffing eight and surrendering just two hits across five innings of work.

Looking to give their young gun some room to rumble, the Wolves pushed runs across in all four innings in which they hit, before the game was mercy-ruled after Concrete went down in the top of the fifth.

Coupeville netted three runs in the bottom half of the first, with Camden Glover launching what would be a blistering performance at the plate.

The junior slugger drilled a two-run single to center field to get things going, then came around to score on a passed ball.

From there, the Wolves added four tallies in the second, two in the third, and three more in the fourth.

Glover, Riley Lawless, and Trent Thule each delivered RBI singles, before CHS mixed things up by garnering three straight runs on RBI groundouts.

With its runners operating with precision, Coupeville forced Concrete to take the sure out at first each time, with Grove, Jesus Madrigal, and Landon Roberts bringing their teammates around to score.

While the offense was poppin’ and the pitching was on point, the defense was superb as well.

Wolf catcher Jayden Little nailed a runner trying to score, pegging the ball to Grove, who applied the tag to the umpire’s liking on one wham-bam-thank-you-ma’am play.

Riley Lawless awaits the throw.

 

Game 2:

While Coupeville steadily pulled away in the opener, the Wolves spent much of the nightcap with a lot less breathing room.

CHS did plate three runners in the top of the first — they were the “road” team for game #2 — with Glover picking up the fifth of his six RBIs on the day.

But from there, the teams played scoreless ball all the way until Concrete scraped out a run in the bottom of the fifth to cut the lead to 3-1.

That would be as close as the Lions would get, however, as Wolf hurlers Coop Cooper and Glover combined to strike out 19 batters while throwing a no-hitter.

Coupeville tossed three runs on the board in the sixth to stretch the margin out to 6-1, before adding three more in the seventh to set the final score.

Little and Cooper delivered the big hits during the late run, both cracking run-scoring doubles, while Glover’s bat continued to blaze like it had been crafted by the devil himself.

 

Where the Wolves sit:

With the sweep, Coupeville (5-3) stays just two games back of first-place Mount Vernon (7-1) in the NWL standings, with four conference games left.

The Wolves close the season May 6 and 8 with games against those Hurricanes.

Camden Glover delivered an explosive performance Tuesday afternoon.

 

Tuesday stats:

Coop Cooper — Two singles, two doubles, one walk
Camden Glover — Six singles, one walk
Carson Grove — One single, two walks
Riley Lawless — Two singles, three walks
Jayden Little — One single, one double, two walks
Jesus Madrigal — One walk
Landon Roberts — Four singles, one triple
Trent Thule — One single, three walks
Chris Zenz — One single

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“I continue to be impressed with this team”

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged , , , , , on January 22, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Haylee Armstrong, dropping daggers and taking names. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

They’re deceptive.

Off the court, Adeline Maynes and Haylee Armstrong come across as very kind young women, the sort of people you’d leave your baby or puppy with and feel like the tykes would come home happier than when they left.

But hand the Wolf duo a basketball, fling open the door to the gymnasium, and woe to anyone foolish enough to wander into their path.

“Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds” are possibly the last words you’ll hear before the destruction hits like a hurricane, leaving twisted bodies and psyches in their wake.

Or something like that.

Suffice it to say that Maynes and Armstrong — which sort of sounds like a powerhouse law firm — are the linchpins of the Coupeville High School JV girls’ basketball team.

And once again the dazzling duo went off Tuesday night, this time wreaking havoc on visiting Concrete.

Combining to rattle the rims for 35 points, Coupeville’s twin terrors outscored the Lions by themselves, spurring Scout Smith’s squad to a resounding 62-30 win.

The victory lifts the Wolf JV to 3-2 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 4-5 overall, heading into a road trip Friday to the wilds of Orcas Island.

While Maynes and Armstrong were the tip of the spear, it was a strong team-wide effort all night, with much of Coupeville’s success springing from its work on the defensive end of the floor.

“Our team played a great game, executed our system well, and fought hard,” Smith said. “This team continues to adapt and improve to develop as players and not remain stagnant in their play.”

Maynes “did an excellent job crashing the boards and getting putback points,” while Lexis Drake “did an excellent job defensively.

“She played an integral role in our press, sniping any long range passes the offense tried to make.”

Once they had control of the ball, Smith’s rampaging warriors kept the pressure on Concrete, immediately kicking into gear.

“We pushed the ball up the court, ran the floor well, and attacked the hoop offensively,” Smith said.

“We were tenacious and active on defense both on the ball and in help.”

Coupeville surged to a 13-6 lead after one quarter, then steadily added to the lead quarter after quarter.

Up 22-14 at the half, the Wolves went on a 23-10 romp in the third frame, with Maynes pouring in 11 points.

The fab frosh finished with a season-best 23 points, while Armstrong netted a trio of three-balls on her way to 12 in support.

Capri Anter (8), Ava Lucero (8), Drake (5), Sydney Van Dyke (4), and Marin Winger (2) also scored, with Amelia Crowder, Chelsi Stevens, and Jeann Nitta all seeing floor time in the win.

Smith, who is in her first season at the helm of the Wolf JV, is enjoying watching the growth of her young players.

“Overall, I continue to be impressed with this team and the effort and energy they bring to each game,” she said.

“They continue to pursue excellence day in and day out.”

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Balanced scoring fuels hardwood win

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged , , , , on January 21, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Johnny Porter powers to the hoop. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

This is something new, in a good way.

Outscoring visiting Concrete in every quarter Tuesday, the Coupeville High School varsity boys’ basketball team rolled to a 60-39 victory, capturing back-to-back W’s for the first time in the 2024-2025 season.

With the win, which comes on the heels of a recent triumph against Darrington, the Wolves get to 4-2 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 5-10 overall.

Sitting in third place in the seven-team conference, trailing Mount Vernon Christian (5-0) and La Conner (5-1), Brad Sherman’s squad will aim for a third-straight win when it travels Friday to Orcas Island.

If CHS can boast the same kind of balanced scoring it found Tuesday, odds will be in its favor.

The Wolves got 51 of their 60 points from the trio of Chase Anderson, Jack Porter, and Hurlee Bronec, which each taking over the game at times.

The latter two from that threesome both dropped in six points in the opening quarter, spurring Coupeville to a quick 19-8 lead after eight minutes of play.

Jack Porter rolls in for a bucket.

Jack Porter closed the frame with back-to-back buckets, one on a bank shot, the other off of a steal and breakaway, and things were crackling.

But then both teams hit a dry spell, as points were hard to come by in the second quarter.

Concrete held Coupeville scoreless for a solid four minutes, cutting the deficit back to 21-13, but the Wolves had an answer.

Anderson made off with consecutive steals, turning both into buckets, before Hurlee Bronec danced his way through the paint for a reverse layup a second before the halftime buzzer.

Holding a 27-13 advantage at the break, the Wolves continued to push, and the Lions crumbled a bit.

The Porter brothers teamed up for a highlight reel-worthy bucket, with Johnny’s pass setting up Jack’s jumper, before Landon Roberts zipped his own John Stockton-style assist to Jack Porter for the game-buster.

A three-ball from the right side of the floor, it staked CHS to a 20-point lead and effectively ended any comeback hopes for the visitors.

As the game’s final minutes played out, Coupeville stayed riled up on defense, however.

Davin Houston rejected a Concrete shot, while Camden Glover used and abused the Lions on a play where he snatched an offensive board, before promptly powering back up for the putback.

As noted before, Coupeville balanced the books, with Anderson (20), Jack Porter (19), and Hurlee Bronec (12) all notching double digit scoring.

Glover (4), Roberts (3), and Johnny Porter (2) also knocked down buckets, with Carson Field, Zander Pulliam, Houston, Hunter Bronec, and Easton Green seeing floor time.

It was Pulliam’s varsity debut.

Coupeville’s seniors are pushing for the best possible playoff seeding.

While the win, and the team-wide effort, was the true highlight, stats hounds will also note that two Wolves set personal milestones.

Jack Porter (115) cracked the 100-point club, while Anderson joined the 500-point club.

The Wolf junior, who sits with 517 career points and counting, also passed Jason Bagby (499) and David Lortz (502) Tuesday to become the #50 scorer in the 108-year history of CHS varsity boys’ basketball.

 

No JV rumble:

Concrete doesn’t have a second boys’ squad this season, so the Wolves were limited to one game.

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