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Rack up the wins (and the pics)

Posted in Girls Tennis, Softball, tagged , , , , on March 28, 2021| Leave a Comment »

The day was grey, but Melanie Navarro’s future is bright. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

The camera rarely rests.

Bouncing between Oak Harbor and Coupeville, wanderin’ photo whiz kid John Fisken had a busy weekend, shooting a little here, a little there.

The photos above and below capture Wolf softball and girls tennis teams in action as both clinched Northwest 2B/1B League titles.

To see everything Fisken snapped, and maybe buy a nice present or two for the grandparents, pop over to the links below.

SB 2021-03-27 vs Darrington – John’s Photos

GT 2021-03-26 vs Friday Harbor – John’s Photos

Emily Fiedler combines ballet with tennis.

Three generations of Wolf softball experts.

Jill Prince, about to make a sensational mid-air, bare-handed catch after a line drive smacked off her glove.

Maya Lucero makes the ball pop into super-focus.

Jaimee Masters glides into a shot.

Celebrating being 9-0.

Genna Wright lunges for a winner.

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Spring belongs to the Wolves

Posted in standings, tagged , , , , on March 28, 2021| Leave a Comment »

Mary Milnes is part of an undefeated CHS tennis team. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Andrew Williams and Wolf baseball are still in the hunt for a league title. (Jackie Saia photo)

Things are working out quite nicely.

As area high schools return to action after a year off thanks to the ongoing pandemic, one has risen above the others this spring.

Coupeville, the newcomer to the Northwest 2B/1B League, has won conference crowns in softball and girls tennis, and still has an outside shot at making it three-for-three with a baseball title.

Overall, looking at the three spring sports in which win/loss records are recorded (track is its own unique thing), CHS is 19-2, with almost as many wins as the other six schools combined.

Friday Harbor, which currently holds the top spot in baseball, sits second with 11 victories, with Darrington (6), Orcas Island (4), and Mount Vernon Christian (1) trailing.

Concrete, and somewhat surprisingly, traditional league power La Conner, have yet to win a spring contest.

Things come to a close this coming week, followed by the transition to traditional fall sports.

Coupeville tennis finishes first, playing at Friday Harbor Monday, while track has two meets – one Wednesday at La Conner, before the League Championship meet Saturday on Whidbey.

Softball is scheduled to travel to Friday Harbor on Friday, then La Conner Saturday, while CHS baseball gets four games in the final five days of the season.

The Wolf diamond men host Mount Vernon Christian Tuesday, celebrating Senior Night, before joining softball on its road trips.

If Coupeville baseball bounces MVC, then sweeps a doubleheader from Friday Harbor — the only team it’s lost to this season — the Wolves would move into a tie with the Wolverines heading into their respective season finales.

Overcoming a 2.5 game deficit in the final week won’t be easy, but stranger things have happened.

Where we are through March 28:

 

Northwest League baseball:

School League Overall
Friday Harbor 8-0 8-0
Coupeville 5-2 5-2
Darrington 2-1 2-1
Orcas Island 2-5 2-5
MV Christian 1-3 1-3
La Conner 0-7 0-7

 

Northwest League girls tennis:

School League Overall
Coupeville 5-0 5-0
Friday Harbor 0-5 0-5

 

Northwest League softball:

School League Overall
Coupeville 9-0 9-0
Darrington 4-3 4-3
Friday Harbor 3-4 3-4
Orcas Island 2-4 2-4
La Conner 0-3 0-3
Concrete 0-4 0-4

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A final serve and volley

Posted in Girls Tennis, tagged , , , , , on March 27, 2021| Leave a Comment »

Genna Wright is the first Wolf in the last 16 years to play their entire prep career at #1 singles. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

Jaimee Masters (left) and Emily Fiedler join Wright in being honored on Senior Night.

It was a unique farewell.

For the 16th time at Coupeville High School, girls tennis coach Ken Stange bid adieu to his seniors with heartfelt sentiment and a fair share of laughs.

Friday’s ceremony, which honored Emily Fiedler, Jaimee Masters, and Genna Wright, was like no others, as Age of Coronavirus regulations shortened the season and left everyone clad in masks.

But the trio still got its moment in the sun, and photos courtesy wanderin’ camera bug John Fisken.

Before leading their team to a fifth-straight win, the Wolf seniors each had their own farewell statement to deliver.

An excerpt from each:

 

Jaimee Masters:

Everyone has been so nice and understanding, so much that I could actually be myself and grow.

Tennis has really impacted me and I appreciate anyone who has been here and I will miss everyone so much.

Masters and the family.

 

Emily Fiedler:

I would like to thank all of the tennis girls from the past years and the girls now, everyone has always been so sweet and friendly.

I appreciate how lighthearted tennis is and how much fun I always have when playing.

Fiedler and the parentals.

 

Genna Wright:

Thank you mom and dad for constantly doing the most for me.

Thank you for showing and always being my biggest cheerleaders, for making sure I had enough food packed for away matches and picking up all the small pieces.

I could not have done it without you.

Wright and associates.

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Netters stay flawless

Posted in Girls Tennis, tagged , , , , on March 26, 2021| Leave a Comment »

After another win Friday afternoon, Sophie Martin and the CHS girls tennis squad are closing in on a perfect season. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Get in, get out, take care of business.

Playing on the coldest day of this pandemic-shortened season Friday, the Coupeville High School girls tennis players were methodical, and occasionally inspired, as they swept to their fifth-straight win.

Bouncing visiting Friday Harbor 5-0 in the day’s varsity match, the Wolves moved to the edge of cementing a perfect season.

Coupeville will go for a perfect 6-0 record in team matches, and a 30-0 mark in individual matches, when it travels to Friday Harbor for the season finale Monday afternoon.

Playing in front of their home fans for the final time, Wolf seniors Genna Wright, Jaimee Masters, and Emily Fiedler were honored on Senior Night, then won convincingly.

Wright is the first CHS tennis player, girl or boy, to be the team’s #1 singles ace for their entire prep career during Ken Stange’s 16-year run as coach of both programs.

The youngest of four children, she was in top form Friday, skipping lasers into every corner of the court.

Nearby, Fiedler and Masters, capping a season as Coupeville’s top doubles duo, were an entertaining mix of finesse and power, delivering the day’s only 6-0, 6-0 win.

As the last fleeting remnants of sunshine fled and hid behind the clouds, the final varsity match still on the court featured Katelin McCormick and Mary Milnes, the masters of the lob.

The duo bedeviled their opponents with high, arching shots from all angles, seemingly on swing after swing, before finishing with a burst of their own power.

McCormick, sliding to her right, angled a note-perfect volley which split her foes for a winner, before Milnes unleashed a can of whup-ass, firing off an overhead smash to definitively end a rally.

 

Complete Friday results:

 

Varsity:

1st Singles — Genna Wright beat Allie Fleming 6-2, 6-0

2nd Singles — Abby Mulholland beat Lucy Martin 6-2, 6-0

1st Doubles — Jaimee Masters/Emily Fiedler beat Liliia Gamez/Emilie Mason 6-0, 6-0

2nd Doubles — Noelle Daigneault/Eryn Wood beat Amelia Eltinge/Ava Martin 6-1, 6-1

3rd Doubles — Mary Milnes/Katelin McCormick beat Lucy Marinkovich/Eleanor Rollins 6-3, 6-3

 

JV:

4th Doubles — Lucy Tenore/Sophie Martin beat Trinity Cullen/Isabella VanderYacht 8-0

5th Doubles — Helen Strelow/Nozomi Hagihara beat Elanor Gislason/Sidney Herda 8-1

6th Doubles — Vivian Farris/Hayley Fiedler beat Eva Sanabria/Lilli Turnbow 8-1

7th Doubles — Hayley Thomas/Gwen Crowder lost to Annabelle Mountford/Cullen 8-3

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Netters swing by Title Town

Posted in Girls Tennis, tagged , , , , , on March 22, 2021| Leave a Comment »

Noelle Daigneault and her Coupeville tennis teammates are the 2021 Northwest 2B/1B League champs. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Time to hoist another tile.

The Coupeville High School girls tennis team has the most league titles of any sport played at the school, and now coach Ken Stange and Co. can add a new one.

Bouncing host Friday Harbor 5-0 Monday afternoon, the Wolves improved to 4-0 during this pandemic-shortened season, officially clinching the Northwest 2B/1B League crown.

With two matches left in their six-match rumble royal, Coupeville and Friday Harbor — the only NWL schools to play the net game — meet again March 26 and 29.

The first of those remaining matches, set for this Friday on Whidbey Island, is Senior Night for the Wolves.

Monday, the highlight came courtesy of Helen Strelow, who was making her debut as a singles player.

The CHS sophomore split the first two sets of her match, before falling behind 4-1 in the deciding frame.

At that point, Strelow made Stange’s heart soar, reaching down deep to run off five straight games en route to a 6-4 win in the third set.

Also coming up big was Coupeville’s #3 doubles duo, Noelle Daigneault and Sophie Martin, who also pulled out a three-set victory to keep the Wolves flawless on the season.

On their way to 4-0 as a team, the CHS netters have combined to go 20-0 in varsity matches.

 

Complete Monday results:

 

Varsity:

1st Singles — Abby Mulholland beat Allie Fleming 6-3, 6-4

2nd Singles — Helen Strelow beat Lucy Martin 6-4, 1-6, 6-4

1st Doubles — Jaimee Masters/Emily Fiedler beat Liliia Gamez/Emilie Mason 6-2, 6-3

2nd Doubles — Kateline McCormick/Eryn Wood beat Amelia Eltinge/Ava Martin 6-3, 6-3

3rd Doubles — Noelle Daigneault/Sophie Martin beat Lucy Marinkovich/Eleanor Rollins 6-2, 5-7, 10-7

 

JV:

4th Doubles — Lucy Tenore/Hayley Fiedler beat Trinity Cullen/Isabella VanderYacht 8-1

5th Doubles — Vivian Farris/Nozomi Hagihara beat Sonora Tate/Eva Sanabria 8-3

6th Doubles — Hayley Thomas/Gwen Crowder lost to Elanor Gislason/Sidney Herda 6-3

7th Doubles — Tenore/H. Fiedler beat Lilli Turnbow/Annabelle Mountford 6-0

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