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Wolf booters chase playoff berth

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

Shiloh Sandlin leads the charge. (Julie Wheat photo)

Growth and improvement, yes. A win, not on this day.

Facing off Wednesday afternoon with Friday Harbor, which has been a powerhouse in boys’ soccer in recent years, Coupeville’s young booters continued to jell as a team, but were unable to topple the high-powered Wolverines.

Still, the 5-1 home loss was a step forward from the season opener, when CHS was blanked 8-0 by the same foe.

“Much better than our first game of the season,” said Coupeville coach Jim Kunz. “Our Wolves made them work for it. We worked as a team.”

Kunz adjusted his normal defensive setup, with Wyatt Fitch-Marron, Shiloh Sandlin, Sage Arends, and Brian Thompson anchoring the back line in support of goaltender Sam Richards.

“They shut them down,” Kunz said. “A few small mistakes resulted in goals, but we definitely had the ability to win, which is very exciting.”

Coupeville’s goal came off the foot of Arends, who notched his team-high sixth score of the season.

The tally pushes the Wolf junior to nine goals for his prep pitch career, right on the cusp of becoming the 14th Wolf boy to reach double-digits in career scoring.

With the loss, CHS drops to 2-3 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 4-7 overall, and sits in fifth place in the nine-team conference with three games left to play.

The Wolves hit the road for their next two, playing Providence Classical Christian Oct. 24 and Lopez Island Oct. 28, before wrapping the regular season with a home clash against La Conner Oct. 30.

The top five teams from District 1 advance to the playoffs, which start Nov. 4.

Defending state champ Orcas Island (6-0), Mount Vernon Christian (6-1), Friday Harbor (4-2), Lopez (3-3), and Coupeville (2-3) currently hold down those slots, with Cedar Park Christian-Lynnwood, Grace Academy, La Conner, and Providence all on the outside looking in at 1-4.

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Harriers notch top times far from home

Posted in Cross Country, tagged , , , , on October 8, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Mikayla Wagner cruises to the front of the pack. (Julie Wheat photo)

They spiced things up with a mid-week run.

Competing Wednesday at the San Juan Golf & Tennis Club on Friday Harbor, five high schools combined to send 63 cross country harriers across a 5,000-meter course, with some close races to boot.

Coupeville, the team you’re likely reading this story for, placed second in the boys’ team competition, narrowly edged out 34-37 by Mount Vernon Christian, while the Wolf girls earned a third-place finish behind MVC and Friday Harbor.

Overall, CHS placed six runners in the top 10, with four boys and two girls earning the distinction.

Not bad, considering the Wolves hopped off the ferry, had a brief warmup, then almost immediately hit the trail.

Senior George Spear and freshman Mikayla Wagner paced the Wolves, hitting the tape in second and third, respectively, while Mount Vernon’s Peyton Smith and Evangeline Fikkert claimed individual crowns.

For Spear, it was a milestone day as he broke the 18-minute barrier, something he’s been chasing.

“I am so happy for him!!” said CHS coach Elizabeth Bitting. “He has worked so hard for this!”

It’s a two-event kind of week for Coupeville, which returns to action this Saturday, Oct. 11 at the 5th annual Mountain Loop Invitational in Granite Falls.

Nolan Hunt flies to the finish line. (Julie Wheat photo)

 

Wednesday results:

 

GIRLS:

Mikayla Wagner (3rd) 22:12.69
Aleksia Jump (9th) 23:55.71
Ivy Rudat (15th) 25:05.11
Allie Powers (16th) 25:40.75
Devon Wyman (17th) 27:03.66
Reagan Callahan (20th) 30:54.08
Ava Lucero (21st) 31:01.37

 

BOYS:

George Spear (2nd) 17:59.66
Cyrus Sparacio (5th) 18:22.83
Kenneth Jacobsen (7th) 18:30.85
Ezekiel Allen (8th) 18:38.93
Beckett Green (15th) 19:43.35
Ossian Merkel (17th) 20:07.05
Isaiah Allen (25th) 21:08.42
Hunter Atteberry (35th) 22:49.51
Will Tierney (38th) 23:52.27
Nolan Hunt (39th) 26:54.88
Zach Blitch (41st) 30:38.66

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Wolves, Wolverines split spiker rumbles

Posted in Volleyball, tagged , , , , on October 8, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Ari Cunningham rises up to deliver a kill. (Julie Wheat photo)

Some joy; some pain.

Playing on Friday Harbor Tuesday afternoon, the Coupeville High School volleyball squads split their showdowns with the host Wolverines as they reached the two-thirds mark of the regular season.

The Wolf varsity, rebuilding after major losses to graduation, hung tough all match, but ultimately fell 25-22, 25-23, 17-25, 25-16, giving the two schools a split in their season series.

With the loss, CHS, the defending Northwest 2B/1B League champs, slips to 1-5 in conference action this time around, 3-6-1 overall.

Coupeville still has a shot to get back to .500 in league play, but needs to win out the remainder of the way, starting with another road trip, this one to play Mount Vernon Christian next Tuesday, Oct. 14.

Meanwhile, the Wolf JV is soaring, having won five of its last six to get to 4-1 in NWL rumbles, 6-2 overall.

Tuesday, the CHS second squad bounced Friday Harbor 25-15, 25-18.

Just getting on the floor against the Wolverines was a bonus as well, as Coupeville’s JV had to sit out the first meeting between the schools due to their rivals not having a full roster at that moment.

Kennedy O’Neill anticipates the arrival of the volleyball. (Jackie Saia photo)

 

Tuesday stats:

 

Varsity:

Haylee Armstrong — 7 kills, 6 digs, 1 assist, 3 aces
Teagan Calkins — 13 kills, 12 digs, 3 aces
Ari Cunningham — 3 kills, 2 aces
Lexis Drake — 2 kills, 1 dig, 1 assist, 2 aces
Adeline Maynes — 1 dig, 1 ace
Kennedy O’Neill — 2 aces
Dakota Strong — 2 kills, 1 dig
Tenley Stuurmans — 2 kills, 7 digs, 25 assists, 1 solo block, 4 aces
Sydney Van Dyke — 1 ace

 

JV:

Adeline Maynes — 12 assists, 2 aces
Isa Mc Fetridge— 3 kills, 1 dig, 3 aces
Kennedy O’Neill — 5 kills, 5 aces
Chelsi Stevens — 3 kills, 3 aces
Sydney Van Dyke — 3 kills

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Football playoff hopes take a hit

Posted in Football, tagged , , , , on October 4, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Aiden O’Neill notched his first touchdown of his senior season Friday night on Friday Harbor. (Julie Wheat photo)

The playoff dream isn’t dead, but it’s on life support.

After falling 28-14 Friday night on Friday Harbor in a penalty-heavy clash, the Coupeville High School football squad will need a late-season rally to get its shot at the postseason.

With the loss, the Wolves slip to 0-1 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 0-5 overall, while the Wolverines sit at 1-0, 2-3, and are in the driver’s seat for the conference’s lone 2B playoff berth.

Coupeville plays non-league foes the next two weeks, traveling to South Whidbey to battle for The Bucket, before hosting high-flying Adna.

Then, everything comes down to the regular-season finale Friday, Oct. 24, when CHS gets a second crack at Friday Harbor, but on its home turf at Mickey Clark Field.

Win and earn the season split with the Wolverines, and Bennett Richter’s squad will force a tiebreaker. Lose, and Coupeville will watch their gridiron arch-rivals advance.

During round one, the Wolves picked up touchdowns from Chase Anderson and Aiden O’Neill, but were stung by whistle-happy refs.

It was Anderson’s third score of the campaign, while O’Neill reached the end zone for the first time this season.

 

Scoring stats through five games:

 

Touchdowns:

Davin Houston – 4
Chase Anderson – 3
Liam Blas – 1
Nathan Coxsey – 1
Aiden O’Neill – 1
Josh Stockdale – 1

 

PATs:

Anderson – 8

 

POINTS:

Anderson – 26
Houston – 24
Blas – 6
Coxsey – 6
O’Neill – 6
Stockdale – 6

Senior QB Chase Anderson, here receiving some TLC from team trainer Jessica Hillier, leads Coupeville in scoring. (Jackie Saia photo)

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Hill dazzles in hard-fought loss

Posted in Girls Soccer, tagged , , , , on September 26, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Paige Hill scored her first high school goals against Friday Harbor. (Jackie Saia photo)

There’s a new star in town.

She’s only in 8th grade, but Paige Hill is already making a mark for the Coupeville High School girls’ soccer squad.

She’s part of a group of fired-up young guns who have joined with new Wolf coach Jasmine Ader to revive the pitch program, and now she’s also a “made woman.”

That last part comes courtesy of Hill’s performance Thursday night, when she rifled in a pair of goals against visiting Friday Harbor during a 5-2 loss.

Just missing out on a hat trick, the promising sharpshooter became the fifth Wolf to score this season, as CHS has rattled the net for 13 scores overall.

With school spirit running wild during Homecoming week, Coupeville’s pitch queens put up “a tough fight” against the much-more experienced Wolverines.

“It’s important to remember that over half of this team consists of eighth graders, trying to uphold the standards and expectations,” a proud Ader said.

Hill got the Wolves on the board in the first half, taking advantage of a corner kick which Friday Harbor failed to clear properly.

Fellow 8th grader Ariella Lee-Spaulding picked up the assist, with Hill beating the rival goalie with a laser shot.

Exactly as planned.

“We’ve been working on attacking the ball first time in the box and making contact,” Ader said.

While the game was knotted up at 1-1 at the half, Friday Harbor pulled away over the last 40 minutes of play as the Wolves “struggled to make it to the final third of the field.”

Coupeville didn’t panic, however, listening to their coach and netting a second goal in the late stages of the game.

“I’ve been working with players on how they respond to things that are out of their control,” Ader said. “I asked the team who will respond and get a goal. Hill heard the call and responded.

“One shy of a hat trick is a bold statement.”

Coupeville, now 1-5 on the season, gets back at it Thursday, Oct. 2 when it hosts non-conference foe Granite Falls.

As they go forward, the Wolves will look to continue the trend of sharing the scoring load, Ader said.

“It’s an amazing feeling when you’ve had different goal scorers every game. If the team continues to stay this hungry the growth will be tremendous.”

Lillian Ketterling provides veteran leadership for a young squad. (Jacob Lujan photo)

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