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Wolf JV spiker guru departs

Posted in Volleyball, tagged , , , , on November 15, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Ashley Menges guides CHS volleyball to yet another win. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

Smashley is bound for the Sunshine State.

Coupeville High School is losing its JV volleyball coach, as a family move will send Ashley Menges from Cow Town to Florida.

The former Wolf spiker compiled a 47-18 record across five seasons after being hired in 2020.

Her .723 winning percentage was the best mark posted by any CHS coach during that time, varsity or JV.

A 2019 Coupeville grad, Menges was a two-sport wonder as a youngster, playing volleyball and riding horses in competition.

At the high school level, she was a team captain, helping CHS win back-to-back league titles, compile three straight 10+ win seasons, and qualify for the state tourney in 2017.

Menges enjoys her Senior Night festivities along with running mate Emma Smith.

After graduation, she was inducted into the Coupeville Sports Hall o’ Fame, something she acknowledged with one slightly arched eyebrow.

When she returned to the sideline at her alma mater, Menges was an immediate hit.

As a coach, she fielded winning teams in four of five seasons, but more importantly, prepared players to be successful at the next level.

Menges also worked closely with varsity coach Cory Whitmore, operating as his top assistant during a time of great success for the #1 squad.

Her final moments were spent helping her mentor guide the Wolves to a 4th place finish at the 2B state tourney this week — the first time a CHS volleyball squad earned a state meet trophy.

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Former Wolf sizzles in Sunshine State

Posted in Track, tagged , , , , on May 16, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Former Coupeville ace Savina Wells (right), kickin’ butt and takin’ names in Florida. (Photo property Mike Woodard)

She finished her season with a flourish.

Outperforming her seed by five spots, Fernandina Beach High School junior Savina Wells claimed eighth place in the high jump Thursday at the FHSAA Class 2A State Track and Field Championships in Florida.

She was one of three Pirates to compete at state, and one of two to score points, joining javelin chucker Luke Twardy.

The former Coupeville supernova tied her season-best mark with a jump of four feet, 11.75 inches, barely missing her PR, which stands at 5-00 from her sophomore campaign.

Wells, who grew up playing multiple sports on Central Whidbey’s prairie, earned her ticket to state by winning a jump-off at regionals May 7, after finishing in a three-way tie for second place.

Along with the high jump, she also competed in the javelin, discus, and long jump this season, finishing fifth in the first of those events at regionals.

This was Wells second season of track at Fernandina Beach, and her first trip to state.

She also plays volleyball and basketball for the Pirates.

Ulrik and Izzy’s younger sister, sometimes referred to as “The Chosen One” by Cow Town sports bloggers back in the day, was a four-sport sensation as a young Wolf, also ripping up the softball field.

Coupeville’s loss became Florida’s gain when she and her family moved to the Sunshine State after her freshman year.

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Savina soars in the sunshine

Posted in Track, tagged , , , , , on April 16, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Savina Wells (center) with mom Katy and big sis Izzy.

Savina Wells is touching the sky in Florida.

The former Coupeville standout, now a junior at Fernandina Beach High School, is off to a stellar start to her latest track and field season.

Wells has swept to titles in all three meets where she’s participated in the high jump, with a season-best of four feet, 11.75 inches in her most-recent outing.

Her PR of 5-00 from her sophomore season would have her sitting just shy of the girls’ school record of 5-02 — jointly held by Yashmeen Knox and Ryanne Knoblich — if she still lived in Cow Town.

Wells also has a second place and a pair of third-place performances in the javelin this season, while also competing in the discus and long jump.

The younger sister of Coupeville grads Ulrik and Izzy, Savina excelled at every sport she played while growing up on Whidbey, before the family moved to the Sunshine State after her freshman year.

At Fernandina Beach, “The Chosen One” (a nickname I can use if she lives in another state) has played volleyball and basketball in addition to spending time around the track oval.

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Warm weather, hot bat

Posted in Baseball, Wolves in college, tagged , , , , on March 15, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Joey Lippo spent his time in Florida playing baseball and enjoying quality food. (Photo courtesy Connie Lippo)

The sun is in their rearview mirrors.

After opening the season with seven games in Florida, University of Maine at Presque Isle baseball players return to the likely chillier weather of home.

The Owls, led by Coupeville grad Joey Lippo, who is lashing the ball in his senior campaign, wrapped their road trip Friday with a 22-10 loss to Salem State University.

UMPI, which sits at 1-6, is off until Mar. 21, when it opens a four-game series with Fisher College in Boston.

While the Owls didn’t get as many wins as they might have liked in Florida, Lippo was a bright spot.

The former Wolf is hitting .355, with 11 hits, eight runs, three walks, and 10 RBI.

Anchoring the team from the leadoff spot, he’s pacing UMPI in both at-bats (31) and runs knocked in, while also playing nearly spotless defense while patrolling the outfield.

Lippo is wrapping up a four-year run with the Owls in which he has played both collegiate golf and baseball.

Skyy’s twin brother was a standout tennis, basketball, and baseball player during his days in Cow Town.

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Savina soars in Sunshine State

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged , , , , on February 14, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Savina Wells (center) with mom Katy and big sis Izzy.

She still sparkles in the spotlight.

Former Coupeville three-sport star Savina Wells continues to dazzle on the hardwood, though these days she suits up in the Sunshine State.

Now a junior at Fernandina High School in Florida, Ulrik and Izzy’s “little” sister led the Pirates basketball squad in scoring, rebounds, and blocked shots this season.

Playing in 20 of her team’s 22 games, Savina racked up 250 points, snatched 175 rebounds, and rejected 50 shots.

She also tallied 27 steals and five assists for a Pirates team which finished 12-10, getting knocked out in the second round of the district tourney.

Savina began her high school hoops career as an 8th grader in Coupeville, scoring 59 points during a Covid-shortened season.

After adding 74 more as a freshman, she and the Wells family moved South, where she popped for 160 points as a sophomore during her Florida debut.

During her Cow Town days, Savina was a vital part of a tight-knit, talented group of young women who excelled in softball, basketball, volleyball, and track and field.

Both of her older siblings graduated from CHS after also playing multiple sports for the Wolves.

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