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JV spikers young and feisty

Posted in Volleyball, tagged , , , , , on September 27, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Chloe Marzocca goes airborne to punch a volleyball in the face. (Jackie Saia photos)

They’re headed home for a long stretch.

Fresh off a hard-fought loss at La Conner Tuesday night, the Coupeville High School JV volleyball squad gets five straight matches at home.

The Wolves, who have been playing with the minimum six players, five of whom are freshmen, return to action Tuesday, Oct. 3 against Friday Harbor.

After that comes tilts with Forks, Concrete, Mount Vernon Christian, and Providence Classical Christian.

Neither the Wolf varsity nor JV spikers have to play away from Coupeville again until Oct. 17.

Freshmen (l to r) Capri Anter, Myra McDonald, Dakota Strong, and Lexis Drake show great promise.

CHS fans who catch the JV squad (0-2 in league play, 1-4 overall) during their homestand will see a scrappy band of ballhawks who continue to fight hard even when giving up the advantage in terms of bodies on the bench.

While the wins may not have come as frequently as in the past, Wolf coach Ashley Menges has her squad on the upswing, teaching them to play with passion and courage.

 

Thursday stats:

Capri Anter — 2 kills, 7 digs, 8 aces
Haylee Armstrong — 3 kills, 1 dig, 2 assists, 2 aces
Lexis Drake — 3 kills, 1 ace
Chloe Marzocca — 9 digs, 2 assists, 4 aces
Myra McDonald — 2 digs, 1 assist
Dakota Strong — 1 kill, 4 digs

Haylee Armstrong and Co. play at home for the next three weeks.

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Booters battle in the rain

Posted in soccer, tagged , , , , , on September 25, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Matthew Ward fights for a ball in an earlier game. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

The final score was deceptive.

While the record books will state that Mount Vernon Christian’s JV boys’ soccer squad beat Coupeville 3-0 Monday at Mickey Clark Field, it was a one-goal affair for 79 of the game’s 80 minutes.

With both teams drenched by sheets of rain in the late going, the Hurricanes slipped two goals into the net in the final 60+ seconds to set a margin which doesn’t properly reflect the closeness of the tilt.

Coupeville’s JV, which is a mix of male and female players, sits at 0-2 on the season.

The Wolves matched MVC blow for blow through the game’s first 30 minutes, which was played with a little wind and some occasional raindrops.

CHS goalkeeper Josh Lujan was on point in net, rejecting several Hurricane shots, while his teammates narrowly missed on their own scoring opportunities.

Angel Partida and Ava Mitten each had runs at the net, with the former pushing his shot just wide left, while the latter narrowly missed on a ball which drifted right.

Mount Vernon finally broke the scoreless stalemate in the game’s 31st minute, bashing in a long ball which caught a gust of wind and sailed high into the corner of the net.

That gave the Hurricanes a 1-0 advantage, and the game would remain that way for another 48 moments.

Lujan fended off several MVC opportunities, running far out from the net and sliding to snatch the ball up right before a Hurricane player hurdled him at one point.

The Wolf sophomore also punched a ball away, using both fists to deflect the incoming ball.

Coupeville’s defense, anchored by Hurlee Bronec, Mason Butler, and Quinten Simpson-Pilgrim, gave Lujan some big help, though their team’s offensive chances largely dried up as the day got wetter.

By the end, the sprinkles had turned into sheets of rain coming down hard enough to make noise heard up in the press box.

In between the far-off thuds, a nicely dry CHS Athletic Director Willie Smith was happily reminiscing about the three times he was ejected from games during his coaching days.

The game’s final two goals, which came late in stoppage time, were almost afterthoughts, punctuation on a game which would be best remembered as a tightly fought 1-0 affair.

Coupeville’s varsity soccer team returns to action this Friday, Sept. 29, when it hosts Cedar Park Christian-Lynnwood in a 6:00 PM game.

The Wolf JV gets a rematch with MVC in mid-October, one of four rumbles left on its tentative schedule.

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Thin bench, extra effort

Posted in Volleyball, tagged , , , , , on September 21, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Capri Anter cranks up the power. (Jackie Saia photos)

If you’re on the floor, you’re on the floor.

The Coupeville High School JV volleyball squad played with the minimum six players Thursday, with everyone in uniform bringing big effort.

While the Wolves, who had five freshmen among their active players, couldn’t topple visiting Orcas Island, they did push the Vikings in a 25-18, 25-18 loss.

The conference defeat drops Coupeville to 0-1 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 1-3 overall, with a trip to La Conner Sept. 26 next up on the schedule.

The young Wolves battled hard in the opening set, building an early lead thanks to back-to-back aces from Capri Anter.

The fab frosh cracked one of those winners off of a Viking player’s arm, the ball hitting bone and making the sound of a melon dropped off the Empire State Building.

Myra McDonald goes low for a shot.

Myra McDonald collected her own ace shortly after, but on a ball which caught the net, hung in the air for an eternity, then flopped over the other side, burrowing its way into the ground as several Orcas players swung and missed.

That staked Coupeville to a 6-4 advantage, but despite some strong work at the net from Anter, the Vikings pulled away, reclaiming the lead and stretching it out.

The second set, played quickly as Orcas prepared to ankle it to the ferry, proceeded in much the same style.

Coupeville sparkled early, this time with McDonald lashing a winner and Chloe Marzocca crushing a nasty service ace, before the Vikings used a deeper roster and older players to seize the advantage.

The Wolves got stellar all-around play from Lexis Drake and Haylee Armstrong, while Anter soared high for a tip winner and Dakota Strong killed the dreams of an Orcas rival by stuffing her shot at the net.

 

Thursday stats:

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

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“They can see the progress being made”

Posted in Volleyball, tagged , , , , on September 19, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Lexis Drake launches a laser. (Jackie Saia photos)

They’re building for the future, one point at a time.

Coupeville High School JV volleyball coach Ashley Menges has a core of five freshmen on her roster, and the work ethic displayed by those newcomers is the foundation of everything being built.

So, while there will likely be some bumps along the way, such as a straight-sets loss at Mount Vernon Christian Tuesday night, the future is bright.

“The freshman have been carrying a big load recently, and I’m very proud of all of them,” Menges said.

“Hopefully they can see the progress being made, even through the losses.”

Tuesday’s match, while against a Northwest 2B/1B League foe, counts as a non-conference tilt, with the loss dropping the young Wolves to 1-2 on the season.

They get a chance to get right back at it, hosting Orcas Island Thursday, with five of their next six matches in their home gym.

CHS coach Ashley Menges offers some advice from her playing days. “Hit it off their kneecaps. They’ll be a lot less feisty after that, just sayin’.”

While Menges is training her spikers to play for victory, seeing improvement each time out, and a commitment to putting in the work matter greatly to the player turned coach.

“There were some highlights (Tuesday), and we slowly reached our goals through the night which I can always be happy with,” she said.

“We definitely have a lot to work through,” Menges added.

“But as of tonight, I can be happy with the work they’re putting in when things get overwhelming.”

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Plenty of fight in JV spikers

Posted in Volleyball, tagged , , , , , on September 13, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Freshman Haylee Armstrong delivered a strong all-around performance Wednesday. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

They got hot late.

While the Coupeville High School JV volleyball team was unable to rally for a win Wednesday, the Wolves did garner a measure of respect by taking a hard-fought third set.

Visiting Neah Bay got back on the bus with a 25-16, 25-13, 26-28 non-conference victory, but CHS, which only had seven players on the night, proved resilient and chippy to the end.

Chloe Marzocca seized the spotlight, ripping off nine straight points on her serve to turn a 9-8 nailbiter into an 18-8 romp in the final set.

She got help from teammates Dakota Strong and Lexis Drake, who both delivered key offensive plays during the surge.

The fab frosh duo patrolled the net with intensity, with Strong bounding high for a tip winner and Drake plopping a note-perfect drop shot just out of the reach of the Neah Bay defense.

The visitors did fight back to make things interesting, as the teams battled through four ties late, with the Red Devils holding off three set points.

Strong came flying in from the side, tip-toed through the air, and redirected the ball for a snazzy tip winner to keep Coupeville in charge, and the Wolves finally clinched the frame with Capri Anter serving for the winning point.

Wolf spikers (l to r) Capri Anter, Armstrong, Chloe Marzocca, and Aby Wood await the serve. (Jackie Saia photo)

The third-set rally came on the heels of two sets in which CHS led only once, at 1-0 both times.

Neah Bay stretched its advantage out to 6-1 in the opening frame and held off several Coupeville rallies to maintain the lead (almost) start to finish.

Drake and Haylee Armstrong both had strong mini runs on their serve, with Marzocca delivering a nasty slicer on one spike winner, the ball shearing off some skin from a Neah Bay player as it zipped by.

Coupeville was hurt in the second set by an inability to get a run going off of its serve, with no Wolf able to win back-to-back points while firing the ball into play.

Marzocca did show off her guns again, with another loud spike winner, while Aby Wood lobbed a winner into the back corner, the ball catching the last flake of paint on the line.

Coming off the bench, Myra McDonald also gave the Wolves an injection of hustle, scrambling after the ball with intensity.

But it wasn’t enough, as Neah Bay closed the set on an 11-3 tear to seal the deal on its victory.

The Wolves and coach Ashley Menges have a few days to finetune things, not returning to play until Tuesday, Sept. 19, when they travel to Mount Vernon Christian.

That match, while against a Northwest 2B/1B League foe, will be considered a non-conference bout.

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