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Run, jump, click away

Posted in Middle School, Track, tagged , , , , on May 3, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Kennedy O’Neill explodes over the hurdles. (Ana Mc Fetridge photos)

Middle school track season is in full swing.

Two meets into the campaign, we have a ton of PRs and a fair amount of photos as well.

The pics above and below, which come from Coupeville’s recent trek to Granite Falls, come to us courtesy Ana Mc Fetridge.

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Maynes marvelous, Granite (almost) untouchable

Posted in Softball, tagged , , , , , on April 20, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Wolf 8th grader Adeline Maynes delivered a stellar pitching performance Saturday. (Jackie Saia photo)

Adeline Maynes was ferocious Saturday, but Bella Frye was just a little better.

The Coupeville 8th grader struck out a varsity career-high 12 batters on the road in Granite Falls, but her junior rival came within one swing of a perfect game, leading the host Tigers to a 2-0 win on the softball diamond.

The non-conference loss, coming against a former league rival, drops the Wolves to 8-4 heading into a busy week.

CHS, coming off of back-to-back tough tangles with strong 1A teams, makes a bid to reclaim its Northwest 2B/1B League crown next week.

The Wolves, who are 5-0 in conference play, travel to Darrington Monday, then host Orcas Island Tuesday, Concrete Thursday, and Darrington Saturday.

Playing up against stellar competition in its non-conference games can only help a young Coupeville squad which starts three 8th graders and two freshmen.

Maynes may not be taking high school classes yet, but she more than held her own Saturday.

Striking out batters in all six innings she threw, the young gun finished hot, whiffing back-to-back hitters with runners at second and third to end Granite’s chances in its final frame.

The Tigers pushed across one run in that bottom of the sixth, thanks to two well-placed singles, but could get no more.

That gave Frye a little padding, as she had carried a 1-0 lead since the first inning.

The game’s first run came thanks to a two-out blow to left field from (who else?) Granite’s hurler, which curled away from the fielder, then got a nice bounce when it touched down.

Running full-tilt, Frye beat the incoming throw to give herself the only run she would end up needing.

Coupeville got out of the first inning thanks to catcher Teagan Calkins gunning down a would-be base stealer, her throw nailing the runner by several steps.

Between that first run, and the one which came across in the sixth, the two pitchers were lights out, with not a single walk issued, and almost every ball in play immediately snuffed out by defenders.

Frye, who struck out five Wolves, went through Coupeville’s lineup twice, retiring the first 18 batters she faced.

The spell finally broke when CHS leadoff hitter Haylee Armstrong scorched a single to center to start the seventh.

The fab frosh got all the way to third base, but that was it as Granite Fall’s ace ended the game with three consecutive groundouts.

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Net crew gains valuable experience

Posted in Girls Tennis, tagged , , , , on March 22, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Kauri Hamilton (left), seen here with fellow CHS basketball manager Melanie Wolfe, is bringing her A-game to the tennis court this spring. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Some days are more about growth, and less about wins and losses.

Friday was one of those afternoons, as two high school tennis programs in very different places found a way to meet in the middle.

Granite Falls has more than twice as many students as Coupeville, and that carries over to its net program, where the Tigers have 24 girls wielding rackets.

The Wolves, who have brand new coaches and no home matches on the schedule as they wait for new courts to be built, have eight players.

And one of those netters was MIA Friday as the two teams dodged rain drops and played a different format than normal.

To give Granite Falls a chance for both its varsity and JV to see action, Coupeville’s players each squared off with two opponents, playing a set apiece instead of the normal best two-of-three.

While keeping the Tigers busy, the format also allowed a very-young Wolf squad to get plenty of court time.

“It was more of a coaching style match to help our newer players to tennis get more comfortable playing more of a variety of opponents,” said CHS assistant coach Starla Seal.

Along the way, the Wolves captured their first wins of the season, with 8th grader Tenley Stuurmans and sophomore Brynn Parker standing tall.

 

Friday’s results:

1st Singles — Tenley Stuurmans lost to Giorgia Felizzuni 6-2; beat Gola Paolikova 6-0

2nd Singles — Brynn Parker lost to Samantha Hagman 6-3; beat Audrey Vanwinkle 6-1

3rd Singles — Kaitlyn Leavell lost to Hailey Granger 6-2; lost to Samantha Hagman 6-4

1st Doubles — Stuurmans/Parker beat Luanne Thurston/Vanwinkle 6-1; beat Ari Dimitrova/Alisha Wright 6-3

2nd Doubles — Kauri Hamilton/Sofia Phay lost to Dimitrova/Ava Combs 6-0; lost to Brooke Mann/Marjorie Garcia 6-1

3rd Doubles — Delanie Lewis/Rafaela Silva De Campos Conceicao lost to Ashlee Meusling/Wright 6-0; lost to Mann/Garcia 6-2; lost to Hailey Grangley/Yolanda P. 6-3

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CMS girls thrive on road

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

Kennedy O’Neill makes a deposit. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

All in all, a successful road trip.

The Coupeville Middle School girls’ basketball teams trekked to the wilds of Granite Falls Tuesday, returning home with two victories and a competitive loss.

Holding up well on their opening bus ride of the season, the Wolves nabbed their first wins, while getting two more players into the scoring column.

How the day played out:

 

Level 1:

Coupeville’s varsity finished strongly, but early offensive woes doomed it in a 30-16 loss.

Now 0-2 on the season, the Wolves scraped out just seven points across the first three quarters of play, before closing on a 9-8 run in the fourth quarter.

Tamsin Ward nailed a three-ball to get CMS on the board, but her squad trailed 4-3 at the first break and 12-5 at the half.

A 10-2 surge by Granite in the third sealed the deal for the hosts.

The fourth belonged to Tenley Stuurmans, however, as the Wolf 8th grader pounded away for seven of her team-high 10 points.

Ward (3), Sydney Van Dyke (2), and Lillian Ketterling (1) also scored, with Ari Cunningham, Olivia Hall, Adie Maynes, Laken Simpson, and Chelsi Stevens seeing floor time.

Wolf defensive ace Willow Leedy-Bonifas gives her rival nowhere to go.

 

Level 2:

Four different Wolves tallied points in the fourth quarter, propelling CMS to a come-from-behind 24-20 win.

Coupeville, now 1-1 on the campaign, trailed 5-4 after one, recovered to slide ahead 10-7 at the half, then retreated a bit, finding itself down 18-16 heading into the final frame.

That was when the Wolves clamped down on defense, closing things on an 8-2 tear, with Amelia Crowder, Elizabeth Marshall, Rhylin Price, and Amaiya Curry all scoring for the victors.

Kennedy O’Neill had the hottest hand on the afternoon, rippling the twines for eight points, while Willow Leedy-Bonifas netted six and Price banked in four.

Marshall (2), Crowder (2), and Curry (2) rounded out the offensive attack, with Sage Stavros, Allison Powers, Sophia Batterman, and Isabella de Souza Oliveira Mc Fetridge bringing hustle on the defensive end of the floor.

 

Level 3:

Another strong close-out for Coupeville, with the Wolves evening their record at 1-1 thanks to a strong second half performance during a 21-16 win.

Down 4-2 after one, and 8-7 at the half, CMS rallied to finish the game with 8-6 and 6-2 runs across the final two quarters of play.

Brooklyn Pope made the net pop, scoring all eight of her points after halftime, while Emma Cushman rattled the rim for five.

Cassandra Powers and Kaleigha Millison chipped in with four apiece, while Zariyah Allen, Cameron Van Dyke, Selah Rivera, Annaliese Powers, Claire Lachnit, and Zayne Roos rounded out the roster.

 

Up next:

The Wolves travel to Everett Feb. 20 to square off with Northshore Christian Academy, before returning home for three straight rumbles in the CMS gym.

Coupeville hosts King’s, Lakewood, and Sultan on Feb. 22, 27, and 29 respectively.

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Wolves make a new town cry every night

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged , , , , on December 12, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Cole White hit a personal milestone Tuesday, while Coupeville cruised to another road win. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

They’re running the gauntlet, and not just surviving, but thriving.

The Coupeville High School varsity boys’ basketball squad has opened with four of five games on the road, and three of those against bigger schools.

And yet, a quarter of the way through the regular season, with their Northwest 2B/1B League opener set for this Friday, Brad Sherman’s squad is a shiny 4-1.

The latest thrill came Tuesday, when the Wolves got points from eight different players — two of whom hit career milestones — as they shredded host Granite Falls 63-52.

Coupeville led from first bucket to last basket against a 1A school which may move up to 2A in the next round of classification musical chairs and pushed that lead out to as much as 23 at one point.

All it took to deflate Granite Falls was one play.

Wolf senior Logan Downes, who passed hardwood immortals Denny Clark and Brad Sherman on the CHS career scoring chart Tuesday, got things started with a bang.

Slicing through a narrow gap in the defense, he went hard to the hoop, knocked down a driving layup while being hammered, then calmly sank the ensuing free throw for a three-point play the hard way.

Very next possession, sophomore Chase Anderson got his own three-point play, minus the whole “being hammered while shooting” part, as he lofted a trey from the parking lot.

Chase Anderson, ready to terrorize defenses everywhere.

Up 6-0 before the hometown fans could even begin to complain about the refs, the Wolves kept gnashing, tearing off chunks of points.

Anderson scored on a layup set up by a superb Downes pass, then the duo flipped the script, with an Anderson steal leading to his older teammate flying coast to coast for a bucket.

Toss in Cole White peppering the net (while not bleeding during a game for possibly the first time this season), and mom Morgan’s Facebook Live fans were busy doing the wave in the comfort of their own homes.

Up 18-9 heading into the second quarter, Sherman unleashed the Battling Bronec Brothers — rebound-hungry twins Hunter and Hurlee — and high-flying Nick Guay, giving the Tiger defense 99 more problems to deal with.

Coupeville pushed the lead out to 27-12 late in the half, then took a brief team-wide nap, allowing Granite to claw back to within 27-21 at the break.

Perhaps the Wolves pounded some caffeine during the halftime sit-down, or maybe Sherman chose his rally speech well.

Or maybe this squad of hardcourt assassins just likes to live dangerously at times.

Whatever the case may be, the Wolves dallied for a minute or two in the third quarter, then looked at each other and said, “Now we unleash Hell.”

Raining down shots from all angles, Coupeville closed the third frame on an 18-5 game-buster of a tear, with Anderson accounting for eight of those points.

The Bronec Bros?

Each of them bounded high to snare a crucial rebound, before promptly sticking the ball right back through the hoop, dropping a one-two haymaker of destruction which deflated whatever remained of Granite’s resistance.

Things threatened to get out of hand in the fourth, with Wolf big men William Davidson and Zane Oldenstadt moving with the grace of (muscular) ballerinas as they notched buckets, sending their fans into hysterics.

Up by 23, Sherman doled out minutes to everyone in the rotation, giving hard-working Timothy Nitta and Mikey Robinett their first on-court action of the season.

Five players firing as one.

Downes finished with a game-high 26, running his career total to 895 points.

He breaks a tie with Denny Clark (869), passes Brad Sherman (874) and is coming up fast on Pete Petrov (917) for 7th on a career scoring chart which stretches across 107 seasons.

Also hitting a personal milestone was White, who notched the 250th point of his high school career on a twisting layup set up by a steal.

Anderson, who’s just getting rolling on his own prep tale, tallied 13 points to back Downes, while White (8), Hunter Bronec (6), and Guay (4) also kept the scorekeeper busy.

Davidson, Oldenstadt, and Hurlee Bronec rounded out the attack with a bucket apiece, while Quinten Simpson-Pilgrim, Ryan Blouin, Robinett, and Nitta all saw floor time for the Wolves.

Tuesday’s win was the start of a busy week for Coupeville, which travels to Friday Harbor this Friday, then pops home for a rare visit Saturday, with South Whidbey coming to Cow Town.

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