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Net aces celebrate senior swan song

Posted in Girls Tennis, tagged , , , , , on May 1, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Hardcourt ace Miles Gerber saunters into action on the Coupeville High School tennis courts. (Photos by Presley Phillips and Melanie Wolfe)

They served up a successful Senior Night.

The Coupeville High School girls’ tennis squad hailed their veterans — Miles Gerber, Aleksia Jump, and Dahlia Miller — before playing Wednesday afternoon against Friday Harbor.

The trio shone brightly under rare blue skies on the prairie, hardcourt aces one and all.

Aleksia Jump

Dahlia Miller

Miles Gerber

The terrific trio enjoy their moment in the spotlight.

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Tennis rivalry heats up

Posted in Girls Tennis, tagged , , , , on April 19, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Dahlia Miller (left) and Aleksia Jump form a dynamic duo. (Jackie Saia photo)

The hardcourt battle rages on.

Friday Harbor bounced back from an early-season defeat to beat visiting Coupeville 3-2 Friday afternoon, putting the two girls’ tennis squads in a tie in the chase for a conference crown.

With the loss, the Wolves fall to 1-1 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 2-3 overall, while the Wolverines sit at 1-1, 2-2 after finishing their week Saturday by beating the Anacortes JV.

Coupeville and Friday Harbor, the only two of the seven NWL teams to play the net game, have two more matches on the schedule this season.

The first rumble, April 29, is set for Cow Town, while the final meeting goes down on Friday Harbor May 6, weather willing.

For Coupeville, it has two non-conference tussles to play before renewing its league rivalry.

The Wolves are slated to travel to Granite Falls this Monday, before trekking to Seattle Saturday to square off with University Prep.

 

Friday’s results:

 

Varsity:

1st Singles — Tenley Stuurmans beat Stella R. 6-0, 6-0

2nd Singles — Milana Light beat Chelsi P. 6-0, 6-0

1st Doubles — Dahlia Miller/Aleksia Jump lost to Hazel L./Frankie P. 3-6, 7-5, 10-4

2nd Doubles — Hailey Goldman/Hazel Goldman lost to Daisy B./Kate C. 6-4, 6-4

3rd Doubles — Kauri Hamilton/Jovanah Villagomez lost to Bella A./Olive F. 6-4, 6-2

 

JV:

4th Doubles — Savannah Coxsey/Miles Gerber lost to Dalila C./Marg P. 6-5

5th Doubles — Rowan Stoner/Annabelle Cundiff tied Kaylee B./Azalea R. 5-5

6th Doubles — Lakshmi Erickson/Natalie Driscoll lost to Flora G./Ami P. 6-2

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Netters put up fierce fight

Posted in Girls Tennis, tagged , , , , on April 3, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Aleksia Jump moves in for the kill, while Dahlia Miller provides back-up. (Jackie Saia photo)

The sun was shining, and the forehand winners were exploding off the court.

Blue skies and a welcome lack of prairie wind greeted the Coupeville High School girls’ tennis team Friday, as it battled visiting Granite Falls in the last few minutes before Spring Break arrived.

The Wolves smoked their rivals in the singles matches, but came up just short in doubles play, eventually falling 3-2 in the non-conference match.

Now 2-2 on the season, Coupeville is off for two weeks and doesn’t play at home again until the end of April.

When they return from their extended break, the Wolves travel to Friday Harbor (Apr. 17), Granite Falls (Apr. 20), and University Prep (Apr. 25), not hosting a match on their own courts again until Apr. 29, when Friday Harbor travels to Whidbey.

Friday’s match consisted of pro sets for everyone, with several of the doubles matches going down to the wire.

The closest battle in varsity play came at #3 doubles, where sisters Hailey and Hazel Goldman rallied hard to push the Tigers to the brink.

The Wolf siblings both came up with big shots in tense moments, mixing crosscourt winners with artful lobs dropped into the alleys.

Hazel Goldman slaps a winner. (Julie Wheat photo)

 

Friday’s results:

 

Varsity:

1st Singles — Tenley Stuurmans won 8-0

2nd Singles — Milana Light won 8-0

1st Doubles — Dahlia Miller/Aleksia Jump lost 8-3

2nd Doubles — Kauri Hamilton/Jovanah Villagomez lost 8-1

3rd Doubles — Hailey Goldman/Hazel Goldman lost 8-6

 

JV:

4th Doubles — Rowan Stoner/Jade Peabody lost 8-5

5th Doubles — Lakshmi Erickson/Savannah Coxsey won 8-5

6th Doubles — Natalie Driscoll/Joanna Hagen tied 6-6

7th Doubles — Annabelle Cundiff/Hazel Goldman lost 4-1

Milana Light is undefeated in singles play this season. (Jackie Saia photo)

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Net crew opens season strongly

Posted in Girls Tennis, tagged , , , , on March 16, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Dahlia Miller launches an ace. (Julie Wheat photos)

Decent weather, bright future.

A new season of Coupeville High School girls’ tennis kicked off Monday under partially sunny prairie skies, with not a drop of rain to be found in the vicinity.

That allowed the Wolves, who will boast an expanded roster of 20+ netters when everyone is eligible, to square off with East Jefferson across eight pro set matches while still allowing the visiting Rivals to catch the early ferry back home.

Coupeville’s foe, which is a mashup of players from two schools — Chimacum and Port Townsend — made off with a razor-thin 3-2 victory in the varsity part of the competition, while the Wolves won two of three JV rumbles.

The afternoon’s most tense tussle came at first varsity doubles, where new partners Dahlia Miller and Aleksia Jump teamed up to pull out a victory in a tiebreak in a match which went back-and-forth.

The Wolves were rolling in the early going, East Jefferson rallied late to force the tiebreaker, then the CHS duo excelled in the white-hot spotlight as players from both teams crowded around the fence.

Miller, a superb singles player last season, sprayed several impressive winners into the alleyways, while Jump, who moved to tennis from track and field, sealed the win with an emphatic put away at the net on match point.

Coupeville won three doubles matches on the day, while #1 singles player Tenley Stuurmans methodically picked apart her foe, mixing artful drop shots with overpowering deep hits, keeping her counterpart flustered for much of the match.

If the road weather matches the home weather, the Wolves will get right back at it Tuesday, with a planned trip to Granite Falls for another non-conference tilt.

On her way to deliver another winner.

 

Monday’s results:

 

Varsity:

1st Singles — Tenley Stuurmans beat Gracie W. 8-2

2nd Singles — Savannah Coxsey lost to Autumn C. 8-0

1st Doubles — Dahlia Miller/Aleksia Jump beat Lucia F./Halsey E. 9-8(10-8)

2nd Doubles — Kauri Hamilton/Jovanah Villagomez lost to Zinnia B./Ursula S. 8-3

3rd Doubles — Rowan Stoner/Jade Peabody lost to Fern F./Livia L. 7-3

 

JV:

4th Doubles — Hailey Goldman/Hazel Goldman lost to Freya D./Elan N. 7-3

5th Doubles — Lakshmi Erickson/Kauri Hamilton beat Margot M./Zadie C. 5-1

6th Doubles — Miles Gerber/Savannah Coxsey beat Amelia H./Aubrie T. 8-0

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Lions Club honors dynamic duo

Posted in awards, tagged , , , , on January 12, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Coupeville seniors Dahlia Miller (left) and Noelle Western are standout students and athletes. (Photo courtesy Robin Bernardy)

They’re high achievers, in the classroom and in the arena.

Coupeville High School seniors Noelle Western and Dahlia Miller have been tabbed as the Students of the Quarter for the second quarter of the 2025-26 academic school year.

The duo will be honored by the Coupeville Lions Club at its Jan. 21 meeting.

The organization celebrates two CHS seniors each quarter, before issuing its Students of the Year awards at graduation time.

Honorees are selected based on “community service, effort, character, social relationships, scholarship, ethical behavior, and integrity.”

Noelle Western, the oldest daughter of Kerry and Michael Western, is a standout cross country and track and field athlete who has qualified for the state championships multiple times.

She participates in Captain’s Club, Leo’s Club, and ASB, and is also a member of the National Honor Society.

Western is a frequent volunteer in the community, working at the elementary school, with Race the Reserve, and at her church. She also works part time landscaping, childcare, and housekeeping jobs.

In school, her favorite subjects are Anatomy and English, and she plans to attend college to major in Nursing with a minor in Childhood Development.

Dahlia Miller, the daughter of Timothy and Holly Miller, is a top-level tennis player who works at the Front Street Grill.

A member of the National Honor Society, Leo’s Club, and the Young Life program, she has tutored middle school students, worked as a library assistant, and worked as a volunteer in the concession stand during Wolf athletic events.

Miller enjoys English and History, has a fondness for music, and plans to attend law school to “be a voice for those who may not be in a position to speak for themselves.”

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