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CHS young guns learn under fire

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged , , , , , on December 6, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Finley Helm fires a pass. (Julie Wheat photo)

Two teams, two different game plans.

There wasn’t a high school JV girls’ basketball game originally on the schedule for Saturday, as Eastside Prep initially said it only had a varsity.

But the Eagles changed their minds late, giving Coupeville’s second unit some unexpected, and appreciated, floor time.

How did Eastside Prep swing the change? By basically playing its varsity in both games.

Almost everyone on the Eagles roster crossed over, with several key varsity players sparking a game-busting 18-0 run in the second quarter in a game eventually won 40-30 by the visitors.

Coupeville, which has no players currently swinging between varsity and JV, and features multiple 8th graders on its JV, got off to a strong start, jumping to a 12-5 lead by the first break.

But the second quarter tsunami swamped the Wolves.

Despite fighting back to outscore their private school rivals 18-17 in the second half, Alita Blouin’s squad fell to 0-2 with the non-conference loss.

Coupeville’s girls, repping a 2B school, have opened with back-to-back games against 1A opponents, and will get a third one Tuesday when East Jefferson comes to Cow Town.

The Wolf JV spread out its offense between four hot shooters, with middle school ace Cameron Van Dyke leading the way with 11 points.

Fellow 8th graders Anna Powers and Finley Helm added eight and four points respectively, while sophomore sparkplug Ava Lucero poured in seven.

Willow Leedy-Bonifas, Olivia Hall, Emma Cushman, Zayne Roos, Taylor Marrs, Elizabeth Marshall, and Allie Powers also saw floor time for the Wolves.

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Young guns firing on all cylinders

Posted in Girls Soccer, tagged , , , , on September 17, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Coupeville 8th grader Finley Helm scored her first high school goal in a win over Orcas Island. (Photo courtesy Jerry Helm)

Chalk one up in the win column.

After a modest 1,058-day gap between victories, the Coupeville High School girls’ soccer team was back on top of the world Tuesday after crunching visiting Orcas Island 6-0.

The Wolves, whose 15-woman roster features eight 8th graders and five freshmen, are back after the program was sidelined two years due to a shortage of players.

Jasmine Ader’s squad was competitive in its first three games, but rumble #4 electrified the home crowd at Mickey Clark Field.

Tamsin Ward is on a tear. (Coupeville High School Yearbook staff photo)

Fab frosh Tamsin Ward continued to rain down goals, leading the charge and recording a hat trick en route to pushing her season total to seven scores.

Joining her in finding the back of the net was a pack of those precocious 8th graders.

Lyla Grose punched in her second goal of the season, while Finley Helm and Ariella Lee-Spaulding rounded out the offensive attack with their first high school goals.

Orcas Island had little chance to counter, as a fired-up Wolf defense sparked by Frankie Tenore, Lillian Ketterling, Ward, and Sophia Greene effectively shut everything down.

Coming off the win, the Wolves will carry their 1-3 record into another home tilt Friday, when they host Mount Vernon Christian.

That game kicks off at 4:00 PM and is the opener of a doubleheader, with the CHS and MVC boys playing at 6:00. Admission is free.

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Hoops heroes head towards finish line

Posted in Girls Basketball, Middle School, tagged , , , , on March 9, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Coupeville’s 8th graders pose with coaches Brooke Crowder (left) and Makana Stone. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Play for wins today, while building for bigger success tomorrow.

As the Coupeville Middle School girls’ basketball teams near the end of their season, the young Wolves continue to show great growth and promise.

Case in point, Thursday’s home clashes with Sultan, where CMS romped to one win and pushed the always-tough Turks very hard in the other two games.

How the day played out:

 

Level 1:

The game was tied after one quarter of action, before Sultan pulled away to claim a 27-10 win.

The Turks put together 8-1 and 8-2 runs across the middle two frames, busting open a game which had been knotted up at 4-4 at the first break.

Kennedy O’Neill pumped in all four of Coupeville’s points in the opening quarter, including netting a pair of free throws, and finished with a team-high five.

Aubrey Flowers (2), KeeAyra Brown (2), and Zayne Roos (1) rounded out the Wolf scoring, with Cameron Van Dyke, Emma Cushman, Sophia Batterman, Allison Powers, and Elizabeth Marshall also seeing floor time.

 

Level 2:

Finley Helm had the hot hand, sparking her squad to a runaway 29-16 victory.

The CMS 7th grader, who recently celebrated her 13th birthday, went off for a game-high 12 points, with 10 of those coming in the first half as the Wolves built a 13-10 advantage,

After the break, Coupeville stretched the margin out to 21-14 through three, then slammed the door shut on the Turks with a dynamic defensive stand.

Annaliese Powers torched the nets for eight points in support of Helm, with Emma Green (3), Savannah Coxsey (2), Bella Sandlin (2), and Flowers (2) also making the net bounce.

Annabelle Cundiff and Addison Jacobson completed the rotation for the Wolves.

 

Level 3:

One bad quarter killed the Wolves chance of a win, as the Turks used a 14-2 surge in the fourth quarter to claim the game.

Before that, it was a nailbiter, with Sultan clinging to 8-6, 12-11, and 16-14 leads at the conclusion of the previous three frames.

Laurel Crowder paced the Wolves with four points, while Emma Green (3), Ava Alford (2), Reagan Green (2), Emily Rains (2), Cundiff (2), and Abby Hunt (1) also filled up the scorebook.

Claire Lachnit, Milly Somes, Sophia Burley, Ruby Folkestad, Ari Vinson, and Sandlin also played for CMS.

 

Up next:

The season finale is at home Tuesday, with the Wolves welcoming South Whidbey to town for a 3:15 PM tipoff.

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Long week, big success

Posted in Girls Basketball, Middle School, tagged , , , , on March 2, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Finley Helm shows off her hops while winning a jump ball. (Jerry Helm photo)

It was a wild week.

Enduring the loss of both coaches and several players to the wave of winter illnesses crawling through area classrooms and gyms, the Coupeville Middle School girls’ basketball squads still rallied to win three of five games against private school foes.

Playing at home Tuesday versus Northshore Christian Academy, before hitting the road Thursday to travel to Shoreline to face King’s, the young Wolves proved very resilient.

How things played out:

 

A clean sweep:

Coupeville kicked things off by taking both games against Northshore, which doesn’t field a third squad.

Team #1 held on for a 29-19 win, while Team #2 romped to a 42-6 victory, with both Wolf squads nailing down their first victories of the season.

Cameron Van Dyke had the hot hand for Coupeville’s first team, rattling the rims for a game-high 14 points, with eight of those coming during a game-clinching run in the fourth quarter.

The game had been knotted at 6-6 through one quarter and 10-10 at the half, before CMS pulled away in the second half.

Sophia Batterman and Zayne Roos each knocked down four points in support of Van Dyke, with Hazel Goldman (2), Emma Cushman (2), Cassandra Powers (2), and Kaleigh Millison (1) also netting points.

Kennedy O’Neill, Allison Powers, Aubrey Flowers, and Annaliese Powers rounded out the rotation.

Team #2 romped to its win, bolting out to a 12-2 lead before putting the hammer down by blanking Northshore in both the second and fourth quarters.

Emma Green torched the nets for 22 points, the biggest single-game offensive show by any Wolf this season, while Finley Helm and Annaliese Powers each added six.

Laurel Crowder (4), Ava Alford (2), and Sabrina Judnich (2) also scored, with Claire Lachnit and Addison Jacobson providing a spark on the defensive end of the floor.

 

Wolf coaches Makana Stone (left) and Brooke Crowder are guiding the program to success. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

 

Strong road trip:

King’s has often been an overwhelming foe for Cascade League teams, but the Wolves pulled out a win in game #2 and almost made off with a victory in game #3.

The battle between the two school’s top teams was a one-sided affair, with the hosts securing a 55-4 victory, but that was the lone blowout of the day.

Cassandra Powers and O’Neill notched Coupeville’s buckets, with Van Dyke, Elizabeth Marshall, Cushman, Roos, Millison, Goldman, KeeAyra Brown, Batterman, and Annaliese Powers all seeing floor time.

Coupeville’s #2 team rebounded from an early 10-2 deficit, roaring back to life thanks to a 16-7 run in the second quarter fueled by eight points from a sweet-shooting Goldman.

Clinging to an 18-17 lead at the half, the Wolves held King’s to just two points in the second half.

Goldman’s eight points led CMS, with Annaliese Powers (6), Emma Green (4), Helm (4), and Flowers (3) scoring in support.

Judnich, Allison Powers, Millison, Savannah Coxsey, and Jacobson also contributed to the win.

Coupeville’s #3 squad almost got to 3-0 on the season, only to have King’s use a 9-4 surge in the fourth to pull out the 21-18 win.

The game had been tied at the half, with the Wolves up 14-12 heading into the final frame.

Crowder banked in eight points, with Bella Sandlin (6), Anabelle Cundiff (2), and Ari Vinson (2) also keeping the scorekeeper busy.

Abbey Hunt, Lachnit, Sophia Burley, Reagan Green, Ruby Folkestad, and Millie Somes were also in action.

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Young racers fight for their track

Posted in auto sports, tagged , , , , on November 10, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Scotlyn Helm, ready to run you off the track. (Photos courtesy Jerry Helm)

#LetOurKidsRace.

That’s the hashtag catching fire, as parents, including some from Coupeville, are asking Snohomish County Council members to help them preserve access to a facility in Monroe built and funded by racing families.

The property in question houses the Washington Quarter Midget Association and sits near the Evergreen Speedway.

WQMA has used the property since 2007 to train young drivers and give them their first racing adventure.

Among those behind the wheel have been Coupeville sisters Finley and Scotlyn Helm, who have been piling up the trophies and the stories here on Coupeville Sports.

Finley Helm

Scotlyn Helm

Their dad, Jerry Helm, is the Chief at Central Whidbey Island Fire and Rescue and has been bitten by the racing bug himself.

Mom Lindsey is a teacher at Coupeville Elementary who specializes in kicking unholy amounts of booty as an internationally feared taekwondo champ.

With precocious lil’ bro Kasen already working as a mechanic for the family’s racing dynasty, the Helms care deeply about their racing future.

Jerry, writing about the WQMA:

 

We’ve poured our hearts, time, and resources into creating a space where kids can learn, grow, and race.

Hundreds of thousands of dollars have been invested by our non-profit organization to build and maintain the track and its facilities.

This place has been a pillar in the lives of so many of our young drivers — a place where they’ve made friends who are like family and shared memories that will last a lifetime.

Now, our future is uncertain.

The county is putting our beloved track up to the highest bidder, asking for a minimum 2.5 times what we pay now.

For our non-profit kid’s organization, that’s a huge challenge, and it threatens to take away the only location our kids have for the sport they love.

Some kids choose baseball or football, and they’re provided with fields. Our kids choose both, and they deserve a track.

Our drivers aren’t just kids playing a sport — they’re the future drivers for Evergreen Speedway next door, a big part of our community.

Our races bring in visitors from across the Pacific Northwest and Canada, supporting local businesses and enriching our community.

Please, Snohomish County Council help us continue to be here for the next generation of racers.

We’re asking for your support to let our kids race, to keep their dreams alive, and to allow this track to stay their home.

 

To add your support, email:

Jared Mead – SCOJMM@co.snohomish.wa.us
Megan Dunn – SCOMDD@co.snohomish.wa.us
Nate Nehring – SCONAN@co.snohomish.wa.us
Sam Low – SCOSEL@co.snohomish.wa.us
Strom Peterson – SCOSHP@co.snohomish.wa.us
Tom Teigen – Tom.Teigen@snoco.org
Dave Sommers – Dave.Sommers@co.snohomish.wa.us

“Do it!”

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