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Grey day, gold performance

Posted in Middle School, Track, tagged , , , , , on May 14, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Sprinting for the finish line. (Photos courtesy Jon Gabelein, Kelly Powers, and Leslie Stoner)

Every point counts.

Pulling out one of the closest wins of the spring, the Coupeville Middle School boys’ track and field team edged visiting South Whidbey 95-94 Wednesday afternoon.

Competing under cloudy prairie skies, the Wolves nabbed the victory thanks to their 6th and 7th graders, who came out on top 57-38.

That made up for the CMS 8th grade boys being on the short end of a 56-38 count.

Meanwhile, the South Whidbey girls were just a little too much for Coupeville, holding on for a 97-80 win.

The Wolf 6th/7th graders came super close in a 48-46 bout, while the CMS 8th graders fell 49-34.

That was despite Coupeville 8th grade ace Tamsin Ward making it a perfect 10-for-10 this spring, sweeping to first place finishes in the 100, 200, shot put, and high jump.

Tamsin Ward soars to new heights.

Following on the heels of 11 wins as a 6th grader, and 12 as a 7th grader, she sits with 33 career wins and counting at the middle school level.

Ward’s performance last spring tied her with future state champion Alex Murdy, who also netted 12 wins as an 8th grader in 2019.

Lindsey Roberts, who went on to win eight state meet medals as a high schooler, holds the CMS single season record with 19 wins as an 8th grader in 2015.

Seven different Wolves won two or more events Wednesday, with Brian Thompson (100, 400, Long Jump) and Diesel Eck (Shot Put, Discus, 4 x 100 Relay) hot on Ward’s heels.

Annaliese Powers (1600, 100 Hurdles), River Simpson (800, 4 x 100), Kennedy O’Neill (100 Hurdles, 4 x 200), and Malachi Chapa (High Jump, 4 x 100) were also multiple winners.

Wolf warblers (l to r) Brinnley Meek, Halle Black, Josilyn McColl, Audrey Wagner, and Avery Parker brought a musical touch to Wednesday’s meet.

Across the board, the young Wolves embraced the opportunity to compete in front of their hometown fans at a meet which kicked off with the national anthem performed by elementary school students.

“Several of our athletes talked about how they enjoyed today’s meet more than the first two so far this season,” said CMS coach Jon Gabelein.

“While the other meets were fun adventures, many of them noticed how their improvements and confidence were now becoming stronger due to their hard work at practice.”

And it was more than just the wins, as the Wolves racked up a string of PRs in virtually event, such as the 1600.

In that event, Cyrus Sparacio crashed through the five-minute barrier for the first time in the boys’ race, while Arianna Vinson shaved an astonishing minute-plus off her best time when the girls claimed the oval.

Coupeville gets back at it next Wednesday, May 21, when it travels down to Langley for a rematch with South Whidbey.

Private school foe King’s will trek to The Rock to make it a three-team rumble.

Kennedy O’Neill flies to a win in the hurdles.

 

Wednesday’s results:

 

GIRLS:

8th grade:

100 — Tamsin Ward (1st) 13.70 *PR*

200 — Ward (1st) 28.75 *PR*; Isley Garcia Fernandez (8th) 38.79 *PR*

100 Hurdles — Kennedy O’Neill (1st) 20.50; Elizabeth Marshall (2nd) 20.86; Cassandra Powers (6th) 30.51; Garcia Fernandez (7th) 32.15 *PR*

4 x 200 Relay — O’Neill, Sage Stavros, C. Powers, Marshall (1st) 2:13.87

Shot Put — Ward (1st) 36-01.50; C. Powers (4th) 22-06

High Jump — Ward (1st) 4-08

Long Jump — Marshall (3rd) 12-05 *PR*; Stavros (4th) 12-04 *PR*; O’Neill (5th) 11-04; C. Powers (10th) 10-01 *PR*; Garcia Fernandez (12th) 9-04 *PR*

 

6th/7th grade:

100 — Ava Alford (3rd) 14.98 *PR*; Bella Sandlin (4th) 15.13 *PR*; Laurel Crowder (5th) 15.27; Abbie Moss (6th) 15.37 *PR*; Ella Holm (9th) 15.80 *PR*; Finley Helm (10th) 15.84 *PR*; Mia Goers (11th) 16.00 *PR*; Miah Patterson (12th) 16.02; Claire Lachnit (13th) 16.04 *PR*; Amira Anunciado (17th) 16.60 *PR*; Sophia Magdolen (18th) 16.95; Victoria Quiroga Rivera (20th) 17.02 *PR*; Evelyn Merino-Martinez (24th) 17.65; Reagan Green (27th) 18.13 *PR*

200 — Sandlin (2nd) 32.95 *PR*; Emma Green (4th) 34.26 *PR*; Goers (5th) 34.76; Magdolen (8th) 36.83 *PR*; Quiroga Rivera (9th) 37.37 *PR*; Merino-Martinez (10th) 38.86

400 — Sandlin (2nd) 1:14.10 *PR*

800 — Autumn Hunt (1st) 3:18.61 *PR*; Sophia Burley (2nd) 3:20.07 *PR*

1600 — Annaliese Powers (1st) 6:18.90 *PR*; A. Hunt (2nd) 7:09.36; Arianna Vinson (3rd) 9:03.08 *PR*

100 Hurdles — A. Powers (1st) 21.00 *PR*; E. Green (2nd) 21.30 *PR*; Alford (3rd) 22.73 *PR*; Patterson (6th) 29.09; A. Hunt (7th) 29.95; Helm (8th) 30.02; Burley (9th) 33.82 *PR*

4 x 100 Relay — Kaleigha Millison, Crowder, Moss, Goers (2nd) 1:02.12; Addison Jacobson, Sabrina Judnich, A. Powers, E. Green (3rd) 1:05.09; Lachnit, Zariyah Allen, A. Hunt, Magdolen (4th) 1:05.40; Andrea Gonzalez, Vinson, Quiroga Rivera, Patterson (5th) 1:07.79; Merino-Martinez, Holm, R. Green, Burley (6th) 1:08.29

Shot Put — Jacobson (3rd) 24-09 *PR*; Helm (4th) 21-08; Holm (5th) 21-07; Moss (9th) 19-01

Discus — Allen (1st) 74-08; Millison (3rd) 48-09; Lachnit (6th) 44-09; Jacobson (7th) 44-00 *PR*; Crowder (8th) 43-07 *PR*; E. Green (9th) 43-06; Vinson (12th) 37-09 *PR*; Judnich (15th) 32-09; A. Powers (17th) 31-06

High Jump — Crowder (2nd) 4-02 *PR*

Long Jump — Millison (2nd) 11-09; Moss (4th) 11-03.50 *PR*; Holm (6th) 10-11.50 *PR*; Anunciado (7th) 10-09.50 *PR*; Patterson (17th) 9-06; Jacobson (18th) 9-04.50 *PR*; Magdolen (20th) 9-04 *PR*; Merino-Martinez (20th) 9-04; Allen (23rd) 9-03; Burley (24th) 9-02; R. Green (26th) 9-00

Emma Green sets a PR in the 200.

 

BOYS:

8th grade:

100 — Brian Thompson (1st) 13.03 *PR*; Kion Tellery (5th) 14.45 *PR*; Hunter Atteberry (6th) 15.49

200 — Zaydyn Dees (3rd) 32.36 *PR*

400 — Thompson (1st) 1:03.51 *PR*; Henry Bailey (2nd) 1:04.41 *PR*; Dees (4th) 1:13.40 *PR*

800 — Cyrus Sparacio (1st) 2:22.33 *PR*; Dees (3rd) 2:51.52 *PR*

1600 — Sparacio (2nd) 4:58.18 *PR*; Ossian Merkel (3rd) 5:50.33; Atteberry (4th) 6:40.50 *PR*; Nolan Hunt (5th) 6:57.45 *PR*

110 Hurdles — Frank Morrell (3rd) 24.85 *PR*

Shot Put — Aaron DiDonna (2nd) 29-00 *PR*; Tellery (3rd) 28-03 *PR*; N. Hunt (6th) 19-04

Discus — Merkel (2nd) 73-04 *PR*; DiDonna (4th) 72-06 *PR*; Sparacio (5th) 69-09 *PR*; Tellery (6th) 59-09 *PR*; N. Hunt (8th) 48-05 *PR*; Dees (9th) 46-04 *PR*

Long Jump — Thompson (1st) 16-05; Bailey (3rd) 14-03

 

6th/7th grade:

100 — Les Queen (2nd) 14.03 *PR*; Jesse Kehoe (3rd) 14.38 *PR*; Liam Stoner (5th) 14.62 *PR*; Diesel Eck (6th) 14.78 *PR*; Asher Harris (15th) 16.04 *PR*; Brenden Tumulty (23rd) 18.61 *PR*

200 — Queen (1st) 29.25 *PR*; Xander Beaman (2nd) 29.99 *PR*; Jacob Lujan (3rd) 30.61

400 — Ceiba Rusch (9th) 1:30.53

800 — River Simpson (1st) 2:38.64 *PR*; Maverick Walling (3rd) 2:39.41 *PR*; Lincoln Wagner (4th) 2:46.65 *PR*; Archer Schwarz (6th) 2:53.88 *PR*

1600 — Wagner (3rd) 5:56.59 *PR*; Schwarz (4th) 6:01.99 *PR*; Tanner Kempton (6th) 7:03.12 *PR*; Rusch (7th) 7:41.45

110 Hurdles — Lujan (1st) 20.15 *PR*; Malachi Chapa (2nd) 21.05; Wagner (3rd) 21.98 *PR*; Rusch (4th) 23.88 *PR*; Kempton (5th) 24.82 *PR*; Stoner (6th) 21:32

4 x 100 Relay — Chapa, Beaman, Eck, Simpson (1st) 55.66; Rusch, Harris, Stoner, Lujan (3rd) 1:04.32

Shot Put — Eck (1st) 34-04 *PR*

Discus — Eck (1st) 89-05; Queen (3rd) 69-04 *PR*; Tumulty (8th) 43-01

High Jump — Chapa (1st) 4-08; Kehoe (2nd) 4-08; Beaman (3rd) 4-06; Stoner (5th) 4-04 *PR*

Long Jump — Kehoe (2nd) 14-03; Chapa (4th) 13-07 *PR*; Queen (5th) 12-11; Schwarz (7th) 12-04; Lujan (9th) 12-02; Wagner (10th) 12-00; Kempton (13th) 11-03; Tumulty (29th) 7-07

On to the next meet!

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“Lot of positives to take away”

Posted in Softball, tagged , , , , , on April 25, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Capri Anter (left) and Sydney Van Dyke whacked home runs in the big city Thursday afternoon. (Photo courtesy Colleen Henderson-Van Dyke)

“There is just no substitute for live reps.”

With that in mind, Coupeville High School softball coach Aaron Lucero took a collection of Wolf sluggers to Oak Harbor Thursday for the first JV game of the season.

And once in the big city, the young guns held their own against a 3A school, rallying late to eke out a 6-6 tie with the host Wildcats before daylight ran out.

The game, which featured a pair of final-inning two-run home runs from Coupeville’s Capri Anter and Sydney Van Dyke, and several spiffy defensive plays by catcher Ava Lucero, was a perfect confidence builder.

“A great experience for a number of players who don’t get the opportunity,” Aaron Lucero said.

“I’m proud of the resilience and never being out of the fight.”

Trailing 6-2 in the late going, Coupeville got its bats barking, and how.

Emma Cushman sparked things with a single, with three consecutive extra-base hits providing the big boom.

Anter, who jacked a home run in her team’s most-recent varsity contest, belted an inside-the-park round tripper to cut the lead to 6-4.

Following hot on her footsteps, Ava Lucero crushed a double, before Van Dyke walloped a two-run tater to knot things up.

While the offense came up big, so did the Wolf defense.

Anter whiffed 10 Wildcats from the pitcher’s circle, “pitching well and making adjustments when she ran into trouble and wasn’t getting the calls.”

Meanwhile, her battery mate was superb, with Ava Lucero throwing out a runner at second and scrambling to recover a wild pitch and catch an incoming runner at the plate to preserve the tie.

Mary Western keeps an eagle eye on things. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Coupeville had 10 players in uniform, with eight of them getting on base.

Allie Powers and Mary Western rounded out the Wolf roster, with everyone involved getting the nod of approval from their coach.

“Lot of positives to take away from the game,” Aaron Lucero said. “We have items to work on but will get there.”

 

Thursday stats:

Capri Anter — One home run, three walks
Emma Cushman — Two singles
Emma Leavitt — Two singles
Ava Lucero — One double
Olivia Martin — One walk
Chelsi Stevens — Two singles
Danica Strong — One walk
Sydney Van Dyke — One single, one home run, one walk

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Scrappy netters fight for every point

Posted in Girls Tennis, tagged , , , , , on April 12, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Delanie Lewis eyeballs her opponent. (Jackie Saia photos)

They are tantalizingly close to a breakthrough.

While the Coupeville High School girls’ tennis team is 0-5 this season, the Wolves have been one match away from winning as a team almost every time out.

Friday was a similar tale, with CHS sweeping the singles showdowns at South Whidbey, but being narrowly edged in the doubles bouts and falling 3-2.

One of those doubles matches went the full three sets, as well, with the Falcons, a traditional tennis power in the region, escaping by the slimmest of advantages.

“We did so great!” said Coupeville coach Starla Seal.

“Tenley (Stuurmans) did amazing and held her composure, Dahlia (Miller) also, and really both of them came back their second set to shut it down.

“Kauri (Hamilton) and Brynn (Parker) were so close to winning (at second doubles).”

Brynn Parker chases down a shot.

With dry weather predicted for the week ahead, the Wolves will host a pair of matches on their home courts.

King’s comes to Coupeville Tuesday, April 15 for a non-conference rumble, before Friday Harbor visits April 18 for the second of four showdowns between Northwest 2B/1B League rivals this season.

 

Friday’s results:

 

Varsity:

1st Singles — Tenley Stuurmans won 6-4, 6-2

2nd Singles — Dahlia Miller won 7-5, 6-2

1st Doubles — Ember Light/Mila Light lost 6-1, 6-1

2nd Doubles — Brynn Parker/Kauri Hamilton lost 2-6, 6-4, 6-2

3rd Doubles — Delanie Lewis/Ember Light lost 4-0, 4-0

 

JV:

4th Doubles — Chloe Ferguson/Rowan Stoner lost 4-0, 4-0

5th Doubles — Samantha Wallace/Hailey Goldman lost 4-0, 4-1

6th Doubles — Savannah Coxsey/Ashley Wells lost 4-0, 4-0

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Wolves, Wildcats rumble in Island rivalry thriller

Posted in Softball, tagged , , , , , on March 15, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Taylor Brotemarkle is mobbed by Mia Farris (left) and Jada Heaton after making a spectacular catch Saturday afternoon. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

“I’m just excited about the fight in these ladies.”

Down to its final outs Saturday, the Coupeville High School varsity softball team rallied to push its big-school rivals right to the edge, something Wolf coach Aaron Lucero loves to see.

And while 3A Oak Harbor ultimately pushed a run across in the bottom of the seventh for a 5-4 walk-off win in the non-conference clash of next-door neighbors, the 2B Wolves have much to be happy about.

“We just ran out of innings!” Lucero said. “Hats off to Oak Harbor; they have a good team and their pitcher, Reese Wasinger, pitched a solid game for them.

“We’re very familiar with a number of their players and their capability and we did not take them lightly.

“I’m very proud of our ladies as they have embraced our philosophy of never being out of the fight!” he added.

“These are the teams that push us to be better and will help us be successful.”

Both teams emerge at 1-1 on the young season, with the host Wildcats bouncing back from a loss to Everett and the Wolves coming off a win over 2A Lakewood in their opener.

With Wasinger and CHS hurler Adeline Maynes flinging heat from the pitcher’s circle on an overcast day, the game stayed close, though Oak Harbor seemed to be in control.

The Wildcats scraped together two runs in the bottom of the first, then tacked on another run in both the third and sixth to build a 4-0 lead.

Coupeville had chances to get something going several times, only to have Wasinger come up big in clutch moments.

Wolf cleanup hitter Madison McMillan led off the top of the second by bashing a double, only to be stranded on the basepaths, a fate which she also endured after walking in the fourth.

Young guns Ava Lucero and Haylee Armstrong rapped out base hits in the third inning as well, but Coupeville couldn’t get the zero off the scoreboard.

Until the top of the seventh inning, that is.

Down to their final cuts, the Wolves brought out the rally caps in style, plating four runners to force a tie.

McMillan and Capri Anter worked walks around a pinch-hit single from Danica Strong, before Coupeville’s younger players created some magic with their bats.

Chelsi Stevens blasts a big-time hit.

Freshman Chelsi Stevens whacked a two-run single, fellow fab frosh Ava Lucero added a key base-knock to keep the rally alive, and sophomore Haylee Armstrong clubbed an RBI double.

Coupeville had six of its 10 baserunners in the seventh inning, though Wasinger did escape before giving up the lead.

Oak Harbor then made short work of its own rally in the bottom half of the final frame, with Haylee Burleigh blasting a leadoff triple, before rambling home with the winning run.

The Wildcat leadoff hitter had herself a day, collecting three hits, including a pair of three-baggers.

Haylee Burleigh (4) had a big day at the plate for the Wildcats.

While both offenses came up big in crunch time, the highlight reel play of the game came on the defensive side.

Coupeville senior shortstop Taylor Brotemarkle made a sensational running snag on a ball lofted high up over second base.

Breaking from her spot on the field in between second and third, she told her legs “Don’t fail me now!” to which her gams replied, “Have we ever?”

Spoiler: the answer is no.

Covering ground like she was shot out of a cannon, Brotemarkle went well past second base and off into center field, before pulling down the popup right in front of the oncoming Mia Farris and Jada Heaton, who promptly helped her celebrate.

 

Saturday stats:

Capri Anter — One walk
Haylee Armstrong — One single, one double
Ava Lucero — Two singles
Madison McMillan — One double, two walks
Chelsi Stevens — One single
Danica Strong — One single

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Slow start, strong finish

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged , , , , on December 6, 2024| Leave a Comment »

CHS coach Brad Sherman is looking for some answers. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Game #2 shared too many characteristics with game #1.

Despite a late rally Friday, the Coupeville High School varsity boys’ basketball team came up short in Langley, falling 45-37 to South Whidbey.

The non-conference loss, which drops the Wolves to 0-2 on the young season, was marked by poor free throw shooting and having to spend most of the game playing from behind.

That was a bad combo against Mount Baker in the opener, and it was a bad combo again.

In both games Coupeville was aggressive and got to the free throw line far more often than its opponent, but then watched way too many charity shots slide off the rim.

The Wolves made just 15 of 30 from the stripe in the opener, and went 7-22 Friday in a game where those shots could have changed the outcome.

Relegated to playing in a ramshackle side establishment while South Whidbey continues to finish work on its destroyed-by-a-flood main gym, the Wolves came out cold against the Falcons.

Down 11-4 after one quarter, things got worse in the second frame, as the Falcons used a hail of three-balls from Cody Redford to build a 35-12 lead.

Something clicked coming out of halftime, however, as the Wolves went on an 18-7 run in the third.

Jack Porter went off for six of his team-high 12 in the frame, with Chase Anderson and Hurlee Bronec adding four apiece, and the lead was down to 42-30.

Clamping down on defense, Coupeville shaved off four more points from the deficit over the game’s final eight minutes but couldn’t find enough buckets of its own to get all the way back.

Chase Anderson and a Falcon battle for the opening tip. (Tammy Glover photo)

While Jack Porter’s 12 was tops, he got support from Hurlee Bronec (8), Camden Glover (5), Hunter Bronec (5), Anderson (4), Johnny Porter (2), and Landon Roberts (1).

With his bucket Johnny Porter becomes the 424th Wolf boy (across 108 seasons) who I’ve been able to document as having scored in a varsity game.

Malachi Somes and Carson Field both saw floor time as well for Coupeville, while Redford topped South Whidbey with 14 points.

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