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“It was a pretty exciting game!!”

Posted in Football, Middle School, tagged Chris Battaglia, CMS Wolves, football, Granite Falls on October 9, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Coupeville captains Jake Pease (88), Shane Losey (10), Chris Battaglia (74) and Sean Toomey-Stout (31) meet with the refs before a game earlier this season. (John Fisken photo)

Granite fell.

Led by a pounding ground game in which Chris Battaglia ran for 175 yards and three touchdowns, the Coupeville Middle School football squad hit the road Wednesday and came away with a resounding 27-8 win at Granite Falls.

“Great night for the boys in Granite Falls,” said CMS coach Bob Martin. “The first half was close, but the boys came back in the second and aside from a few penalties, played a great game.”

While Battaglia was the star (“he was unstoppable tonight”), Martin gave big props to the Wolf offensive line and assistant coach Ron Wright, who mixed things up and gave his young guns an edge.

Working behind a line that refused to budge or crack, Coupeville had time to pull off a string of spectacular plays.

The Wolves picked off several passes, successfully pulled off a two-point conversion after a touchdown and pulled off two fakes. The first one, on a fake punt, turned into a touchdown run.

“It was a pretty exciting game,” Martin said.

Battaglia’s rushing efforts were backed up by Sean Toomey-Stout, who tacked on an additional 20 yards and a touchdown on the ground, and Teo Keilwitz, who picked up 18 more.

Wolf QB Shane Losey netted 26 yards passing to keep Granite Falls honest. Luke Martin hauled in the longest reception of the afternoon, a 12-yard bomb.

Coupeville’s defense was remarkably balanced, with Toomey-Stout leading the way with seven tackles, an assist and an interception. Losey also made off with a pick.

Battaglia (five tackles, three assists), Jake Pease (four tackles, three assists), Jaushon Clay (two tackles, two assists) and Seth David (two tackles, two assists) all chipped in with strong play.

Rounding out the team-wide tackling trend were Losey (two tackles, two assists), Keilwitz (two tackles, one assist), Gavin Knoblich (two tackles, one assist), Matt Stevens (one tackle, four assists), Trevor Bell (one tackle, three assists), Logan Turner (one tackle, one assist) and Koa Davison (one tackle).

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Young spikers continue to grow!!

Posted in Middle School, Volleyball, tagged CMS Wolves, Granite Falls, Lindsey Roberts, Sadi Foltz, volleyball on October 7, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Lindsey Roberts gets animated as she plays a ball. (John Fisken photos)

“And now I will unleash a serve of such wonder and grace your jaw will drop as it sails past you, untouched, for an ace.”

“Me too!!”

The learning season continues.

The Coupeville Middle School volleyball squads absorbed more losses Monday, this time on the road in Granite Falls, but a lot of the scores continue to get closer.

The bright spot was the 7th grade JV, which split sets and walked off with a tie.

That team fell 20-6 in the opener, then bounced back to claim the second set 20-14.

Other scores on the day:

7th grade varsity lost 25-9, 15-4

8th grade JV lost 20-12, 20-7

8th grade varsity lost 25-13, 25-19, 15-7

The Wolves get right back at it Tuesday, traveling to the wilds of Sultan, before hosting Northshore Thursday (3 PM).

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Baseball?!?! It’s too sunny to play baseball!!

Posted in Baseball, tagged baseball, bus boo-boos, CHS Wolves, Granite Falls on April 25, 2014| Leave a Comment »

“Dang it! I was all ready to get feisty with the umps and everything!! Stupid Granite Falls bus drivers…” (John Fisken photo)

It is crystal clear blue skies on the prairie, with even a hint of honest-to-goodness warmth, but no baseballs will be smacked Friday.

Why, you ask?

Because someone in Granite Falls is an idiot, that’s why.

Despite there being a baseball game scheduled for MONTHS, someone in upper management failed to read their own memo and didn’t schedule a bus to bring the Tigers to Whidbey Island today.

So now the two schools will have to scramble to makeup the final game in the three-game series (Coupeville has taken the first two), since the regular season ends next week.

It’s even more of a pain in the rear for CHS, since they still have a makeup game with Lakewood to get in.

After being rained out twice, that game is tentatively set for Saturday, May 3 in Lakewood.

Coupeville (6-8 overall, 5-8 in Cascade Conference play) also has its final three-game set against Sultan Monday (April 28), Wednesday (April 30) and Friday (May 2) of next week, so the Wolves will likely be playing five games in less than a week.

Local fans in need of their baseball fix tonight can haul butt down the highway to Langley, where the Falcons will go for an unprecedented three-game sweep of Archbishop Thomas Murphy at 4 PM.

Or, you can sit out in the sun and twiddle your thumbs like the Wolves are being forced to.

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Power outage on the prairie!!

Posted in Baseball, tagged baseball, Ben Etzell, CHS Wolves, Granite Falls, pitcher's duel on April 21, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Shortstop CJ Smith and the Wolf defense played flawless ball behind Ben Etzell Monday. They just couldn’t score any runs for him. (Shelli Trumbull photo)

Ben Etzell was nearly flawless Monday, but still lost.

Despite retiring the final 17 batters he faced, eight on strikeouts and the final one on a wild popup he chased face-first into the fence to snag, the Coupeville High School senior hurler was let down by his offense.

When the Wolves stranded the tying run at third in the bottom of the seventh, all Etzell could do was take his mitt and move on to the next battle.

The 1-0 loss to visiting Granite Falls meant his squad had scored a grand total of one run in his last three starts.

The loss hurt Coupeville’s pursuit of South Whidbey for the #1 seed among 1A schools in the 1A/2A Cascade Conference.

The Wolves are 5-7 in league play, 6-7 overall, while the Falcons, who upset Archbishop Thomas Murphy 1-0 Monday, are 8-5 in the conference and have opened a 2.5 game lead.

Coupeville has six to play (two more against Granite, a makeup game against Lakewood and three against Sultan) and own the tiebreaker, having taken two of three against South Whidbey to open the season.

But if they have any hopes of playing catch-up, they will have to find a consistent offensive flow.

With back-to-back wins over 2A Lakewood, it looked like they had. And they did hit the ball Monday, but just right at defenders with waiting mitts almost every single time.

Coupeville didn’t get its first base-runner until #9 hitter Josh Bayne whacked a two-out single to left center in the third inning.

After that, all they could muster until the seventh was a Kurtis Smith single, and he, like Bayne, was stranded at first.

With the stands filling up a bit in the seventh with the arrival of CHS softball players whose practice across the street had just ended, the Wolves seemed set to pull-out a comeback win.

“Do you smell that? I smell a rally!!,” bellowed center-fielder Wade Schaef, and Coupeville immediately responded.

Aaron Trumbull led off by crushing a pitch into the wind in right field that the Granite outfielder misplayed, then skipped in to second while the Tigers tried to track down the loose ball.

But it wasn’t to be, as Aaron Curtin, still battling a shoulder injury, was unable to get a bunt down to advance Trumbull.

Korbin Korzan hit into a fielder’s choice to move the runner up, but with two outs, sophomore Cole Payne went down on strikes to end Coupeville’s lone threat of the afternoon.

Granite got the only run it turned out to need without hitting the ball out of the infield in the first.

The Tiger lead-off hitter beat out a slow chopper to short, then Etzell plunked a batter.

With catcher Jake Tumblin’s throwing hand bandaged after a recent injury, he and Etzell got crossed up on how many fingers were being shown and what pitch was called, and a passed ball moved the runners up.

With the infield back, a fielder’s choice to shortstop plated what, at the time, seemed like an insignificant run.

After that it was lights out for Etzell, who surrendered a bloop single to right in the second, then went off on his run, going one batter shy of two complete runs through the Granite lineup.

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Still better than South Whidbey!!

Posted in Softball, tagged CHS Wolves, Granite Falls, Softball, South Whidbey got slammed on April 3, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Haley Sherman patrols left field Wednesday. (John Fisken photos)

The Wolves, led by Breeanna Messner (6) and Monica Vidoni, head out to congratulate Granite Falls.

The Wolves, led by Breeanna Messner (6) and Monica Vidoni (14), head out to congratulate Granite Falls.

It wasn’t good. But it could have been worse.

A lot worse.

Playing the #1 team in the Cascade Conference Wednesday, the Coupeville High School softball team struck out 13 times (eight in a row at one point) en route to losing 12-3 to visiting Granite Falls.

Still, that’s not as bad as losing 21-0 in just five innings, a pasting Coupeville’s Island rival, South Whidbey, suffered against the Tigers just a few days ago.

So, small victory.

Now 1-3 on the season, the Wolves play their next six games on the road, starting with a rematch Friday against South Whidbey, who they beat in their opener.

After that come doubleheaders at Archbishop Thomas Murphy and Sultan (the extra games due to earlier rain-outs) packaged around a non-conference tilt at Meridian.

Coupeville finally returns home April 16 and then plays five of its next six at home.

Facing off with Granite Falls, the only unbeaten team in the conference, the Wolves got picked apart quickly.

The Tigers led off with a single and a towering home run to left that was still gaining elevation as it cleared the fence.

Granite loaded the bases after that, but Haley Sherman put an end to that threat.

The Wolf senior snagged a long fly to left for the second out, then pivoted and unleashed a cannon throw to Breeanna Messner behind the plate, gunning down a Granite runner who tried to tag up and score.

While the Tigers never had a big break-out inning, they continued to toss up numbers on the board in every inning. Another home run sailed over the fence and Granite put together 10 runs of offense in the first five innings.

Coupeville did little to counter, at least at first.

After Madeline Roberts led off the bottom of the first with a ground-out, the next eight Wolves went down on strikes.

“The hitters need to make adjustments at the plate. They need to be ready to hit,” said CHS coach David King. “We are watching too many good pitches go by for called strikes and then get into a hole and that puts the pitcher in control and we have to hit their pitch.”

CHS finally broke through in the fourth on back-to-back bunt singles off the bats of Roberts and Messner, followed by an RBI sac fly from Hailey Hammer.

The Wolves added two more in the sixth, with Hammer’s two-run single plating Roberts (hit by a pitch) and Messner (walk).

The damage could have been more, but McKayla Bailey, hitting in front of Hammer, was flat-out-robbed when her blast to center was hauled in, over the shoulder, on the run, by a Tiger outfielder.

While Coupeville committed five errors in the field, King was pleased with the hustle he saw.

The Wolves turned three double plays, including a smooth one by Bailey, who snatched a liner out of air on the third base side of the pitcher’s mound, then whirled and nailed the runner at second for the punch-out.

Along with her double play, Sherman narrowly missed making a spectacular diving catch on another well-hit ball.

“We are making strides on the defensive end, despite the errors,” King said. “What we are doing better is reducing the mental mistakes and making the proper play when needed.

“We need to keep plugging away and reduce the physical errors now and get more aggressive on attacking the ball on defense,” he added. “Even though Haley didn’t come up with the diving catch in left, this is the kind of effort we need to be making on every ball. Don’t hold anything back.”

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