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Gridiron glory, filtered through a different lens

Posted in Football, tagged CHS Wolves, football, Helen Strelow, Jonathan Valenzuela, The Bucket on September 11, 2022| Leave a Comment »

A Wolf cheerleader is ready to rock the joint at Friday’s Battle for the Bucket. (Photos by Helen Strelow and Jackie Saia)

She’s got skills.

Coupeville High School senior Helen Strelow is a top student, and an accomplished tennis and cross country athlete who has been to the state meet in the latter sport.

Now, camera in hand, she swings by to show off her photography bona fides, making an auspicious debut with her work at Friday’s football game between the Wolves and South Whidbey.

Offering up a mix of on field and off field action, Helen comes out of the gate strongly.

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Wolf harriers chase more success

Posted in Cross Country, tagged CHS Wolves, cross country, Fall Sports Preview, Helen Strelow, Mitchell Hall on August 30, 2022| Leave a Comment »

Helen Strelow returns for another crack at capturing cross country glory. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

Welcome to year five.

It may seem like just yesterday that Coupeville High School reactivated its cross-country program, but here we are, with the Wolves going strong and building on past success.

CHS sent three runners to the state meet a year ago — the program’s best showing since the 1980’s — and all three return for their senior season.

Helen Strelow is the defending Northwest 2B/1B League women’s champ, and she and Claire Mayne helped lead the Wolves to a team title.

Coupeville’s girls came within a single point of advancing to state as a team.

On the boys side of things, Mitchell Hall paced Coupeville to a second-place showing at the league championships, and a third-place finish at tri-districts.

That trio are joined by a strong group of returning runners and newbies.

Sophomores Landon Roberts, Thomas Strelow, and Carson Field are among those expected to have an impact for the Wolves, while George Spear and Zeke Allen are promising freshmen.

Thomas Strelow is part of a group of hard-working Wolf runners.

Perennial powerhouse Mount Vernon Christian is Coupeville’s biggest league rival heading into a new season, but, as always, the Wolf runners largely control their own destiny.

“The goals for this season are to hopefully claim league champions and take as many runners to state as possible,” said Coupeville coach Paige Spangler.

“I really want the athletes to enjoy the season while still working hard and setting several personal records.”

The Wolf running guru, who is in her second year at the helm of the program, is excited to add “new speed work to our training program” to “put us in the best position to win.”

As her harriers prep to kick off their season — they debut at the Sehome Invite Sept. 10 — it’s all about getting better, race by race, practice by practice.

“The team has already shown how much they have improved from last year,” Spangler said. “They are really dedicated and spent their summer working hard.

“Everyone is pacing really quickly and it’s only the second week of the season.”

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Netters fight until final point

Posted in Girls Tennis, tagged bi-districts, CHS Wolves, Eryn Wood, Helen Strelow, tennis on May 20, 2022| Leave a Comment »

Eryn Wood reaches for an overhead. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

It was a solid swan song.

Coupeville High School tennis players combined to net four wins Friday while playing in Tumwater, carrying the Wolves to a second place showing in the team standings at the District 1/4 tournament.

While the Wolves were not able to advance any of their racket wielders on to the state championships, every CHS netter in attendance garnered a win.

That’s especially nice, since five of the six Wolves who made the trip — Mary Milnes, Eryn Wood, Noelle Daigneault, Katelin McCormick, and Abby Mulholland — are seniors.

Helen Strelow, a junior who competed at state in cross country at the start of the school year, will be the lone returning player from this group.

The bi-district tourney featured two schools from each district, with Friday Harbor and Coupeville repping D-1, while Stevenson and Three Rivers Christian hailed from D-4.

Stevenson, which swept both the singles and doubles crowns, sends three players to state after going 10-2 on the day.

Coupeville was 4-4, winning all of its first-round tussles, while Friday Harbor and TRC finished 0-4.

Complete results:

Abby Mulholland:

Beat Pan (Three Rivers Christian) 6-1, 7-6(7-4)
Lost to S. Rudd (Stevenson) 6-2, 6-2

Helen Strelow:

Beat Dennis (Three Rivers Christian) 6-3, 6-1
Lost to P. Rudd (Stevenson) 5-7, 6-3, 6-3

Eryn Wood/Noelle Daigneault:

Beat Coffman/Stevens (Three Rivers Christian) 6-0, 6-3
Lost to Gunderson-Birkenfeld/Schultz (Stevenson) 6-3, 7-6(7-4)

Mary Milnes/Katelin McCormick:

Beat McMillan/Yi (Three Rivers Christian) 6-2, 6-0
Lost to I. Spencer/S. Spencer (Stevenson) 6-0, 6-0

Helen Strelow can return for another season of volleys and aces.

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Rackets at the ready, swing for state

Posted in Girls Tennis, tagged bi-districts, CHS Wolves, girls tennis, Helen Strelow, Noelle Daigneault on May 15, 2022| Leave a Comment »

Abby Mulholland is one of six Wolf netters headed to Bi-Districts May 20. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

The circle is complete.

Coupeville High School netters head to Tumwater — where I played tennis for three years — for the District 1/4 tourney.

The Wolves are sending two singles players and a pair of doubles teams to the event, which plays out Friday, May 20.

Players from Stevenson, Friday Harbor and (possibly) La Conner join Coupeville.

The mission is simple – win the tourney and you advance to the state championships, with one singles player and one doubles duo punching their ticket to the big dance.

Coupeville’s roster is 99% set, with all six players locked in, and just a little seeding action left to complete.

Eryn Wood and Noelle Daigneault won an intra-team royal rumble and are the #1 doubles unit, while longtime partners Mary Milnes and Katelin McCormick are #2.

On the other side of the draw, Abby Mulholland and Helen Strelow will play singles, after facing off this coming week in practice to determine seeding.

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Rackets roar, cameras click

Posted in Girls Tennis, tagged CHS Wolves, Eryn Wood, girls tennis, Helen Strelow, John Fisken photos on March 25, 2022| Leave a Comment »

Eryn Wood brings the thunder. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

The court is finally open for business.

Mother Nature delayed the first Coupeville High School girls tennis match a couple of times, but the Wolves finally put racket to fuzzy yellow ball Thursday afternoon.

Wandering past the hardcourt during a visit to town, intrepid photo whiz kid John Fisken stopped to snap the pics seen above and below.

While he wasn’t able to stay for the entire match, he did pile up more photos, which you can see by popping over to:

https://www.johnsphotos.net/Sports/Coupeville-Tennis-2021-2022/GT-2022-03-24-vs-Friday-Harbor/