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Cousins burn nets in narrow loss

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged , , , , , on December 10, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Haylee Armstrong (left) and Capri Anter (middle) combined to rattle the rims for 22 points Saturday in Sultan. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

Pretend the second quarter didn’t happen.

In that scenario, the Coupeville High School JV girls’ basketball team would have left Sultan Saturday night with a win.

Unfortunately for the Wolves, the scorebook keepers insist on following the rules, and that leaves Cow Town’s hardcourt warriors on the short end of a 38-31 score.

The non-conference road loss drops CHS to 1-1 on the season, with a busy week ahead.

The young Wolves, who played three 8th graders Saturday, vie at home twice in the next six days, while hopping on the bus once.

Wednesday night they host Orcas Island, then it’s off to Friday Harbor on Friday, before a return visit to the CHS gym Saturday to square off against South Whidbey.

That night the Wolf JV will be part of the 50th anniversary of their school’s girls’ hoops program.

Saturday in Sultan, Kassie O’Neil’s squad came out sharp, jumping to an 8-3 lead at the first break.

Freshman Haylee Armstrong had the hot hand, banking in four of her game-high 15 points in the first frame, while Lexis Drake and Bryley Gilbert added buckets.

Kassie O’Neil’s hardcourt warriors play at home twice this coming week.

The second quarter didn’t go quite as well, however, as the host Turks used a 17-6 surge to snatch the lead back.

Down 20-14 at the break, the Wolves kept things close in the second half.

Capri Anter scored all five of her team’s points in the third, as CHS hung tough in a 6-5 defense-first frame, before the teams put together a 12-12 donnybrook in the finale.

Cousins accounted for 22 of Coupeville’s 31 points, with Anter popping for seven to back Armstrong’s 15.

8th grader Tenley Stuurmans rippled the nets for five, while Drake (2) and Gilbert (2) rounded out the scoring attack.

Desi Ramirez-Vasquez, Ari Cunningham, and Chelsi Stevens also saw floor time, with the latter two in that group being 8th graders who are playing up this winter.

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Wolf JV spars with Seattle spikers

Posted in Volleyball, tagged , , , , on October 17, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Coupeville spikers (l to r) Myra McDonald, Carly Burt, and Capri Anter have been busy bees on the volleyball court. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

The six-pack stands strong.

Playing with no bench for a second-straight match, the Coupeville High School JV volleyball squad put up a strong fight Tuesday, before being nipped by The Bush School.

The 25-23, 25-17, 19-17 non-conference loss, coming on the road in Seattle, drops the Wolves to 4-7 on the season.

Despite hitting Floyd Webb Court with no subs, Coupeville kept things close all night against their private school rivals.

The first set, in particular, was a nailbiter, with the teams tied 23-23 before the host Blazers pulled away in the late moments.

While the second set was a little more lopsided, the third frame was right back to being a back-and-forth battle.

After playing back-to-back matches against non-league teams to kick off the week, Coupeville returns to Northwest 2B/1B League action Thursday night.

This time the Wolves skip big city life and wander away to the wilds of Darrington for a clash with the Loggers.

Will they have more than the minimum six players for that royal rumble? Only time will tell.

 

Tuesday stats:

Capri Anter — 1 kill, 4 digs, 1 ace
Haylee Armstrong — 2 kills, 1 dig, 3 assists, 7 aces
Carly Burt — 1 kill, 3 digs
Lexis Drake — 2 aces
Chloe Marzocca — 1 kill, 3 digs, 1 assist, 3 aces
Myra McDonald — 1 dig, 3 aces

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Young guns, big growth

Posted in Volleyball, tagged , , , , , on October 15, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Haylee Armstrong, making friends and droppin’ spikes. (Michelle Armstrong photo)

Show up ready to go this season, and you’re guaranteed plenty of floor time.

Coupeville High School JV volleyball coach Ashley Menges has a short bench this time around, but that has allowed her to make sure her younger players will finish the campaign as true vets.

The Wolf spikers sit at 2-3 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 3-6 overall heading into a home non-conference rumble Monday with Providence Classical Christian.

Tipoff is 5:00 PM, with the varsity following at 6:30.

But, while they dropped their most recent full match, falling 2-1 to Mount Vernon Christian Thursday, that’s still a sign of improvement.

First time around, the Wolf JV was swept 3-0 by MVC.

Carly Burt (left) and Capri Anter are part of a promising pack of spikers. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

That continued growth was on full display Saturday as well, as Coupeville’s young spikers spent most of the day playing at a tournament in Oak Harbor.

With that night’s Homecoming dance on their minds, the Wolves won three of seven sets.

The highlights for a 2B school were a sweep of 1A Nooksack Valley (27-26, 25-23), and a split with 3A Mount Vernon (25-27, 25-16).

Coupeville also played 2A Lynden tough, losing 25-21, 25-15, and fell 25-12 in yet another matchup with MVC.

 

Oak Harbor Tourney stats:

Capri Anter — 14 kills, 16 digs, 1 assist, 7 aces
Haylee Armstrong — 9 kills, 11 digs, 23 assists, 11 aces
Carly Burt — 1 kill, 6 digs
Teagan Calkins — 21 digs, 2 assists
Lexis Drake — 13 kills
Chloe Marzocca — 3 kills, 3 digs, 6 aces
Myra McDonald — 1 kill, 3 aces
Dakota Strong — 8 kills, 5 aces

 

Coupeville varsity coach Cory Whitmore offers some suggestions to the young Wolves during Saturday’s tourney. (Jennifer Marzocca photo)

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Young Wolves rule the gym

Posted in Volleyball, tagged , , , , , on October 10, 2023| Leave a Comment »

The freshmen are here to take photos and win matches. Don’t get in their way. (Jackie Saia photo)

First came growth, now comes wins.

The Coupeville High School JV volleyball squad is young — five of seven active players are freshmen — but they’re learning under the guidance of coach Ashley Menges.

Lately, that’s translated to victories, with the Wolves winning two of their last three matches.

The victim Tuesday was visiting Concrete, which fell 25-17, 25-16, 25-8 to a CHS squad which got more efficient as the night progressed.

The victory lifts Coupeville to 2-2 in Northwest 2B/1B League action, 3-5 overall, with Mount Vernon Christian scheduled to travel to Whidbey Thursday.

The Wolves struck early, they struck late, and they struck with a vengeance, never trailing at any point in the match.

In fact, the only tie came at 1-1 in the second set.

Cousins Haylee Armstrong and Capri Anter kicked off the evening with back-to-back runs at the service stripe, shooting the Wolves out to a 10-2 lead in the opening frame.

From there, Coupeville kept firing BB’s and the Lions kept being unable to return most of the nasty offerings.

JV coach Ashley Menges doles out wisdom on the same court where she once played. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Chloe Marzocca kept Concrete on its heels with several aces, while Carly Burt and Armstrong kept up the attack from the line.

Set two was more of the same, with Dakota Strong joining Anter and Marzocca in controlling the match with sizzlin’ serves, while Armstrong, Myra McDonald, and Lexis Drake made the net a no-passing zone.

The play of the match came from Armstrong, who soared up into the clouds, hovered for a second or two while an incoming shot hit the net and bounced high, then drilled a winner cross court.

While the third set was only for practice, Coupeville turned up the heat even more.

Spike winner. Tip winner. Serve winner.

Didn’t matter where the ball came from Tuesday night, as long as the Wolves were swinging the hammer of the Gods, it was all good.

 

Tuesday stats:

Capri Anter — 5 kills, 3 digs, 8 aces
Haylee Armstrong — 5 kills, 1 dig, 8 assists, 3 aces
Carly Burt — 1 dig, 1 assist
Lexis Drake — 2 kills, 2 solo blocks
Chloe Marzocca — 1 kill, 3 digs, 3 assists, 5 aces
Myra McDonald — 1 kill, 2 aces
Dakota Strong — 1 ace

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Wolves, Spartans battle to final point

Posted in Volleyball, tagged , , , , on October 7, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Haylee Armstrong prepares to launch a serve earlier this season. (Jackie Saia photo)

It was a beautiful brawl.

Playing with just one girl on the bench Saturday, the Coupeville High School JV volleyball squad almost pulled off a stunning upset.

Rallying from a set down against visiting Forks, the Wolf young guns came all the way back to hold a match point in the third frame before the Spartans slipped away with the victory.

While Coupeville drops to 2-5 on the season with the 25-13, 21-25, 16-14 loss, not all defeats are created equal.

This royal rumble, with multiple moments of grit and heart shown by a Wolf squad with five freshmen, bodes well for the future.

After grabbing a quick 2-0 lead in the opening set, with Capri Anter blasting a knee-quaking spike winner off the back line, CHS fell behind and couldn’t recover.

The Wolves had some individual bright moments early, such as Chloe Marzocca ripping a nasty slicer and Haylee Armstrong flipping another winner between a pair of rivals, but serving derailed any comeback bid.

Armstrong was the lone Wolf to earn a point at the stripe until fellow frosh Myra McDonald zinged an ace with her team trailing 23-12.

Coupeville’s JV spikers have a bright future. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

The second set, after a brief delay caused by one of the refs having to leave the gym suddenly, was far different.

The two teams went at it with intensity, carving out eight ties before Coupeville made its move late in the frame.

Dakota Strong and Lexis Drake set the Wolves up for success with power and finesse at the net, and their teammates caught the point-scoring bug.

Coupeville, riding a string of strong serves from Marzocca, broke open a 19-19 stalemate, finishing the set on a 6-2 tear.

Anter delivered two winners during the surge, and while Forks fought off a pair of set points, CHS was intent on forcing a tiebreaker.

That third and deciding set featured six ties, even with the teams playing to just 15 (or so) and not 25.

Coupeville led by as many as three points, as Drake bobbed, weaved, and bounced all around the court, droppin’ winners, while Forks pushed back hard to regain the edge at 12-9.

A skin-shredding ace from Armstrong highlighted a 5-1 mini-run from the Wolves, as they pushed the Spartans to the very edge.

But down 14-13, the visitors reached deep and found a little extra moxie, holding off a match point and capturing the final three points of the match.

Coupeville’s plucky band of spike-happy warriors gets multiple chances next week to continue their strong play.

The Wolves host Concrete Tuesday on Dig Pink Night, then welcome Mount Vernon Christian to Cow Town Thursday night.

The JV caps a busy week with a trip up-Island to Oak Harbor Saturday for a tournament, with the Homecoming dance lurking that evening.

 

Saturday stats:

Capri Anter — 3 kills, 3 digs, 1 assist, 2 aces
Haylee Armstrong — 5 kills, 7 assists, 1 ace
Carly Burt — 1 assist
Lexis Drake — 6 kills, 1 solo block
Chloe Marzocca — 1 kill, 1 dig, 1 assist, 2 aces
Myra McDonald — 1 ace
Dakota Strong — 2 kills

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