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Snappin’ in the sunshine

Posted in Track, tagged , , , , on April 19, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Malachi Somes, ready to nail top times on a rare sunny prairie day. (Thomas Studer photos)

Give a teen a camera and let them show you a different side of the story.

Jackie Saia does such a great job with her yearbook class at Coupeville High School, and, as the year has unfolded, it’s been impressive to see what her students are capable of producing.

Today the focus moves to Thomas Studer, and a group of pics he shot at a recent home track meet.

As always, I appreciate Saia and her students being willing to share their work through my blog.

This is impressive, immersive work.

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Our oval, our wins

Posted in Track, tagged , , , , , on April 17, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Wolves (l to r) Emma Garcia, Erica McGrath, and Reese Wilkinson were among those honored on Senior Night. (Photo courtesy Aaron Wiley)

The juniors had a bang-up day on Senior Night.

The Class of 2025 accounted for seven wins Wednesday, as the Wolf track and field stars defended their home turf at the Coupeville Classic Invite.

Overall, CHS won 13 events, including sweeping both boys relay races.

The combination of individual success and strong depth carried the Wolves to convincing team title wins, as well.

The CHS girls racked up 184 points, while their male counterparts amassed 166.5, putting both squads well ahead of runner-up East Jefferson in both battles.

Lynden, Clallam Bay, Crescent, and Friday Harbor rounded out the field Wednesday, with the Wolves piling up 63 PRs.

“The number of high fives we were giving today, they racked up some PRs,” said Wolf coach Bob Martin. “They were kicking ass today!”

Juniors Lyla Stuurmans (400, 800, Long Jump) and Katie Marti (Shot Put, Javelin) led the way as multiple event winners, while senior Nick Guay captured the high jump title and ran a leg on both triumphant relay units.

Other Wolf individual winners included Reese Wilkinson (Discus), Carly Burt (Pole Vault), Mikey Robinett (100 Hurdles), Carson Field (800), and Zac Tackett (Discus).

Zac Tackett reps the red and black. (Emma Garcia photo)

“It was an AMAZING DAY!” said CHS coach Elizabeth Bitting.

“So proud of all our athletes! Those wins and PRs were BEAUTIFUL!!! ALL so very well deserved!!”

The sun was out, seniors were honored, quality chili was eaten, top times were recorded, and, in a significant side moment, local bus drivers helped keep things hopping.

East Jefferson, which is a unified program that Port Townsend and Chimacum created after Coupeville left the Olympic League, had ferry reservation issues which left their bus on the mainland.

Their athletes could have been stranded at the Coupeville dock — miles from town — but Island Transit agreed to swoop in and pick them up and transport them to the CHS oval in time for the meet.

“Island Transit went above and beyond!” Bitting said.

As did Wolf moms, especially Courtney Pilgrim.

“She steps up, when everyone else steps back,” Martin said.

“She and the parents provide quite the spread for our coaches and volunteers. Five hours of go, they need to be refueled.”

 

Wednesday’s results:

 

GIRLS:

100 — Issabel Johnson (4th) 14.23 *PR*; Katie Marti (8th) 15.38 *PR*

200 — Jasmine Castellanos (8th) 31.65; Ivy Rudat (14th) 32.83 *PR*

400 — Lyla Stuurmans (1st) 1:04.72; I. Rudat (7th) 1:16.05; Reagan Callahan (10th) 1:20.51; Ayden Wyman (12th) 1:26.58; Frankie Tenore (13th) 1:30.82

800 — Stuurmans (1st) 2:42.73; Aleera Kent (4th) 2:56.48; Callahan (7th) 3:35.66

1600 — Kent (2nd) 6:22.92; Lydia Price (7th) 7:20.81; Aleksia Jump (8th) 7:37.41

3200 — Price (2nd) 15:19.14; Jump (4th) 16:27.84

100 Hurdles — Lexis Drake (3rd) 22.23 *PR*; Myra McDonald (4th) 22.83; Tenore (5th) 23.73

300 Hurdles — Drake (2nd) 1:04.07; McDonald (3rd) 1:06.05

4 x 100 Relay — Jump, Carly Burt, Johnson, Castellanos (3rd) 58.02

4 x 200 Relay — Stuurmans, Burt, Johnson, Castellanos (2nd) 1:59.70

4 x 400 Relay — Kent, McDonald, Drake, I. Rudat (3rd) 5:17.25

Shot Put — Katie Marti (1st) 33-05 *PR*; Reese Wilkinson (2nd) 30-02; Erica McGrath (6th) 24-05.50 *PR*; Alysia Burdge (11th) 20-05.50

Discus — Wilkinson (1st) 105-02 *PR*; Marti (3rd) 86-11 *PR*; McGrath (4th) 86-04.50 *PR*; Emma Garcia (10th) 53-11; Burdge (15th) 49-03; Callahan (16th) 48-09 *PR*

Javelin — Marti (1st) 99-06; Burdge (7th) 64-03; McGrath (11th) 53-06; Garcia (15th) 44-01 *PR*; Wilkinson (16th) 39-01

High Jump — Wyman (4th) 4-04; Tenore (6th) 4-02 *PR*; Drake (7th) 4-00

Pole Vault — Burt (1st) 6-09; Jump (2nd) 6-06; Johnson (3rd) 5-06; I. Rudat (5th) 5-06 *PR*

Long Jump — Stuurmans (1st) 15-08 *PR*

“Come into my house and try to beat my team? As if!!” (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

 

BOYS:

100 — Marquette Cunningham (2nd) 12.31; Nehemiah Myles (8th) 12.57; Davin Houston (10th) 12.68; Dayvon Donavon (12th) 12.88; Alex Merino-Martinez (17th) 13.18; Matthew Kuzma (21st) 13.38 *PR*; Ethan Walling (24th) 13.65; Timothy Nitta (27th) 13.88

200 — Nick Guay (2nd) 25.06; Cunningham (6th) 25.92; Blake Burrows (10th) 26.33 *PR*; Matthew Ward (12th) 26.82 *PR*; Ezekiel Allen (13th) 26.83 *PR*; Quinten Simpson-Pilgrim (15th) 27.24; Kuzma (17th) 27.45 *PR*; Hank Milnes (18th) 27.63; Walling (21st) 28.33 *PR*; Nitta (25th) 29.18

400 — Preston Epp (2nd) 55.07; Burrows (6th) 58.01 *PR*; Cael Wilson (9th) 1:00.06 *PR*; Dane Hadsall (11th) 1:00.44; Simpson-Pilgrim (12th) 1:00.45 *PR*; Milnes (14th) 1:01.48; Kuzma (16th) 1:02.39 *PR*; Solomon Rudat (19th) 1:05.41

800 — Carson Field (1st) 2:14.31 *PR*; Thomas Strelow (8th) 2:23.76 *PR*; S. Rudat (11th) 2:42.55; Preston Howard (12th) 2:51.49

1600 — Field (2nd) 4:50.76 *PR*; Malachi Somes (5th) 5:00.48 *PR*; Kenneth Jacobsen (9th) 5:15.71 *PR*; Strelow (11th) 5:19.11 *PR*; Allen (13th) 5:25.77 *PR*; George Spear (15th) 5:29.58; Howard (24th) 6:19.78; Sam Richards (25th) 6:56.92; Damiano Giacobbe (26th) 6:59.61 *PR*

3200 — Field (4th) 11:33.17; Spear (7th) 11:59.25; Nicholas Wasik (9th) 13:08.44; Richards (10th) 15:13.22 *PR*

110 Hurdles — Mikey Robinett (1st) 23.15 *PR*

300 Hurdles — Robinett (2nd) 52.32; Axel Marshall (4th) 55.31 *PR*

4 x 100 Relay — Cunningham, Houston, Epp, Guay (1st) 47.41

4 x 400 Relay — Epp, Jacobsen, Wilson, Guay (1st) 3:49.91

Shot Put — Zac Tackett (2nd) 36-08.75; Robinett (3rd) 35-09.50 *PR*; Zachary Saho (10th) 31-05 *PR*; Marcelo Gebhard (11th) 31-01.25 *PR*; Mason Butler (16th) 27-02.50 *PR*; Jacobsen (17th) 26-11 *PR*; Jacob Schooley (19th) 25-06 *PR*; Nick Shelly (27th) 19-06; Giacobbe (28th) 19-05 *PR*; Zach Blitch (30th) 17-08 *PR*

Discus — Tackett (1st) 120-06; Butler (4th) 96-09 *PR*; Schooley (6th) 88-08 *PR*; Shelly (8th) 79-06 *PR*; Wasik (13th) 68-09; Saho (14th) 65-06 *PR*; Peerapong Prombut (19th) 60-00 *PR*; Blitch (25th) 52-04

Javelin — Gebhard (4th) 109-05 *PR*; Somes (5th) 108-09; Robinett (7th) 107-11 *PR*; Ward (14th) 78-11; Butler (15th) 78-02; Hadsall (18th) 75-08; Shelly (19th) 74-01; Schooley (25th) 63-08; Wasik (26th) 63-05 *PR*; Giacobbe (28th) 58-03 *PR*; Nitta (29th) 55-11; Prombut (30rd) 54-05 *PR*

High Jump — Guay (1st) 5-10; Wilson (3rd) 5-04; Simpson-Pilgrim (5th) 5-02 *PR*; Houston (7th) 5-00; Marshall (8th) 5-00

Pole Vault — Wilson (3rd) 9-00; Marshall (4th) 8-06; S. Rudat (5th) 6-00 *PR*

Long Jump — Myles (2nd) 19-03; Somes (8th) 17-03.50 *PR*; Marshall (9th) 16-09.75 *PR*; S. Rudat (12th) 16-00 *PR*; Field (13th) 15-08; Walling (14th) 15-06 *PR*; Hadsall (15th) 15-04.50 *PR*; Howard (19th) 13-08; Richards (23rd) 11-07 *PR*

Triple Jump — Cunningham (6th) 35-02.25; Milnes (7th) 35-0.50; Ward (10th) 32-09.50 *PR*; Simpson-Pilgrim (13th) 29-06.50 *PR*

Quinten Simpson-Pilgrim hits warp speed. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

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Awards banquet caps hardwood season

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged , , , , on March 14, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Kayla Arnold was tabbed as the Most Inspirational varsity player during a basketball banquet. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

Not even a hurt leg could slow her down.

Despite missing several games late in the season after a bad on-court fall, Mia Farris was the spark which lit the fire for the Coupeville High School varsity girls’ basketball squad.

That was born out Thursday, as Wolf coaches handed the junior sensation their MVP award.

Farris topped a busy night of honors, with fellow varsity stars Katie Marti (Offensive MVP) and Lyla Stuurmans (Defensive MVP) also claiming big awards.

Lyla Stuurmans will eat your very soul, sister.

Sophomore Teagan Calkins earned Most Improved, Kayla Arnold was handed Most Inspirational, and Skylar Parker and Reese Wilkinson joined Arnold in being honored as four-year players.

On the JV side of things, Bryley Gilbert (Leadership Award) and Brynn Parker (Heart Award) topped things for Kassie O’Neil’s squad.

 

Other second-team honors went to:

Capri Anter – Swiss Army Knife Award
Haylee Armstrong – Master Thief Award
Ari Cunningham – Not My House Award
Lexis Drake – Warrior Award
Ava Lucero – Uplifting Award
Taylor Marrs – Sight Award
Adie Maynes – Dependable Award
Chelsi Stevens – Brave Award
Tenley Stuurmans – Lil’ Coach Award

Lexis Drake outraces a foe for a loose ball.

 

Varsity letter winners:

Kayla Arnold
Teagan Calkins
Mia Farris
Jada Heaton
Katie Marti
Madison McMillan
Skylar Parker
Lyla Stuurmans
Reese Wilkinson

 

Varsity participation certificates:

Haylee Armstrong
Bryley Gilbert
Brynn Parker

 

JV participation certificates:

Capri Anter
Haylee Armstrong
Ari Cunningham
Lexis Drake
Bryley Gilbert
Ava Lucero
Taylor Marrs
Adie Maynes
Brynn Parker
Chelsi Stevens
Tenley Stuurmans

 

Managers:

Kauri Hamilton
Melanie Wolfe

Kauri Hamilton (left) and Melanie Wolfe, best-dressed managers in the biz.

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Katie kills, Wolves warm ‘n welcoming

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged , , , , on March 7, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Katie Marti makes it rain. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

A little rough and tumble, a little polite.

Coupeville High School nabbed two awards when Northwest 2B/1B League coaches voted for All-Conference honors this week.

Junior point guard Katie Marti, who rampaged from end to end while leading the Wolves in scoring, was tabbed as a Second-Team All-League player.

Meanwhile Megan Richter’s entire squad was hailed with the Best Sportsmanship award.

Brynn Parker is here to thump you. Politely. (Bailey Thule photo)

Mount Vernon Christian senior Allie Heino, who led the Hurricanes to second place at the 1B state tourney, was league MVP.

Her boss, Jeff Droog, shared Coach of the Year honors with Sue Grenfell of Friday Harbor.

 

First-Team All-League:

Sofia Mahoney-Jauregui – Sophomore – Orcas Island
Maeve McCormick – Sophomore – La Conner
Ruthie Rozema – Junior – MVC
Vera Schoultz – Freshman – Friday Harbor
Claire Wright – Junior – Darrington

 

Second-Team All-League:

Alexa Brown – Sophomore – MVC
Shaniquah Casey – Sophomore – La Conner
McKenna Clark – Senior – Friday Harbor
Katie Marti – Junior – Coupeville
Kylie Selin – Freshman – Concrete

 

Honorable Mention:

Allie Cochran – Senior – Darrington
Nora McCormick – 8th grade – La Conner
Kayla VanHofwegen – Junior – MVC

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50 years down, a billion points to go

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged , , , , on February 7, 2024| 4 Comments »

“Excuse me, coming through. Pardon me … get out of my way, sister!!” (Jackie Saia photo)

A pause, and then the hardwood life returns.

The 50th season of Coupeville High School girls’ basketball closed Tuesday, which just means the countdown to the 51st season is underway.

Other athletic pursuits come and go, but God’s Chosen Sport is eternal.

Through good weather and bad, through school days and summer afternoons, the pursuit of hoops excellence rolls on, every young woman in a Wolf uniform chasing the greatest scorer in school history.

Her name is Brianne King, and no one, boy or girl, has come close to racking up numbers like she did in the late ’90s and early 2000’s.

But never say never.

Jeff Stone held his share of the CHS boys’ basketball career scoring record for 54 years, until Logan Downes came calling in 2024.

Go back four years, to a freshman season cut down to 12 games by the pandemic, and who among us would have assumed the current Wolf senior would be standing atop the mountain?

Which is a way of saying, you never know.

Haylee Armstrong. Tenley Stuurmans. Tamsin Ward.

Or a 3rd grader working on her shot right now.

They could be the one who joins Downes in shocking the world.

You’ll never know if you don’t keep coming back, season after season, documenting bucket after bucket.

A gym, a basketball, a dream — who knows how they’ll play out?

“These shoes? Why, thank you for asking, Mia. These are my special sweet shooting shoes!! I put ’em on, every shot hits nothing but net!!” (Bailey Thule photo)

 

CHS girls’ hoops career scoring (1974-2024), with active players listed in BOLD:

Brianne King – 1549
Zenovia Barron – 1270
Makana Stone – 1158
Megan Smith – 1042
Ann Pettit – 932
Ashley Ellsworth-Bagby – 892
Terry Perkins – 673
Lexie Black – 622
Kristan Hurlburt – 598
Tina Lyness – 594

Marlene Grasser – 574
Judy Marti – 545
Brittany Black – 502
Jen Canfield – 497
Erica Lamb – 497
Emily Vracin – 467
Tina Barker – 464
Vanessa Davis – 448
Lindsey Roberts – 448
Maureen Wetmore – 438

Sarah Powell – 425
Mika Hosek – 424
Cassidi Rosenkrance – 423
Maddie Georges – 407
Ashley Manker – 404
Shawna West – 388
Katie Smith – 374
Whitney Clark – 359
Amy Mouw – 353
Tracy Taylor – 350

Kailey Kellner – 339
Amanda Allmer – 331
Misty Sellgren – 331
Taniel Lamb – 330
Marie Grasser – 321
Mia Littlejohn – 317
Amanda Fabrizi – 299
Scout Smith – 290
Bessie Walstad – 288
Hailey Hammer – 282

Madeline Strasburg – 261
Carly Guillory – 260
Sarah Mouw – 259
Julie Wieringa – 252
Danette Beckley – 249
Chelsea Prescott – 249
Marlys West – 247
Kendra O’Keefe – 244
Breeanna Messner – 235
Hilary Kortuem – 231

Ema Smith – 228
Mikayla Elfrank – 227
Annette Jameson – 223
Beth Mouw – 216
Lisa Roehl – 216
Alita Blouin – 215
Audrianna Shaw – 212
Linda Cheshier – 210
Katie Marti – 208
Izzy Wells – 204

Your active scoring leader, one Katie Marti. (CHS Yearbook Staff photo)

Pam Jampsa – 202
Julia Myers – 202
Kim Warder – 193
Lyla Stuurmans – 192
Kacie Kiel – 188
Stephanie Clapp – 185
Kassie Lawson – 184
Heather Davis – 182
Jaime Rasmussen – 181
Trudy Eaton – 180

Heidi Bepler – 179
Jodie Christensen – 174
Aimee Messner – 168
Danielle Vracin – 167
Sherry Bonacci – 165
Marie Hesselgrave – 165
Marilyn Brown – 164
Hayley Ebersole – 163
Yashmeen Knox – 163
Traci Perkins – 161

Suzette Glover – 159
Carolyn Lhamon – 153
Jai’Lysa Hoskins – 151
Jennifer Bailey – 150
Emily Young – 149
Vanessa Bodley – 146
Joli Smith – 142
Jennie Cross – 140
Mia Farris – 135
Savina Wells – 133

Taya Boonstra – 132
Sarah Burgoyne – 126
Christi Messner – 125
Kayla Lawson – 124
Avalon Renninger – 123
Gwen Gustafson – 122
Cheryl Dunn – 119
Ryanne Knoblich – 119
Hannah Davidson – 116
Jill Whitney – 116

Sarah Wright – 115
Laurie Estes – 114
Debbie Snyder – 113
Tiffany Briscoe – 111
Madison McMillan – 110
Lauren Escalle – 109
Sally Biskovich – 108
Kara Harvey – 108
Kalia Littlejohn – 106
Kyla Briscoe – 104

Kelly Snyder – 104
Sue Wyatt – 100
Lupine Wutzke – 98
Monica Vidoni – 97
Christine Barr – 95
Lauren Grove – 95
Babette Owensby – 93
Toni Thiefault – 92
Jennifer Pettit – 85
Laura Young – 83

Marnie Bartelson – 81
Cheryl Pangburn – 79
Courtney Arnold – 78
Tonnalea Rasmussen – 78
Sharon Jolly – 75
Amanda Manker – 73
Beth Cavanaugh – 72
Wynter Thorne – 68
Rachelle Solomon – 64
Lindsey Sherwood – 61

Ann Kahler – 60
Teagan Calkins – 59
Ja’Kenya Hoskins – 59
Chelsea Rosenkrance – 59
Judy Wallace – 58
Rose Marti – 57
Jean Wyatt – 57
Jennifer Eelkema – 55
Christine Larson – 53
Courtney Boyd – 52

Jada Heaton – 52
Kari Johnson – 52
Erin Ryan – 52
Anya Leavell – 51
Nicole Shelly – 50
Traci Barker – 49
Paige Mueller – 49
Stephanie Kipp – 48
Lynn Wilson – 47
Andilee Murphy – 46

Janiece Jenkins – 43
Meghan Metlow – 43
Tia Wurzrainer – 43
Jessy Caselden – 41
Karen Jampsa – 40
Jennifer Meyer – 40
Jill Keeney – 39
Suzanne Enders – 38
Mandi Murdy – 37
Shawn Diem – 35

Min Powell – 35
Abby Mulholland – 32
Lauren Rose – 32
Tammie Hardie – 31
Nezi Keiper – 29
Shannon Rutledge – 29
Taylor Sherman – 29
Anna Myhr – 28
Kirsty Croghan – 27
Lori Friswold – 27

Sarah Vass – 27
Tina Jansen – 26
Kim Stuurmans – 26
Kathy Jolly – 25
Shelby Kulz – 25
Kylie Van Velkinburgh – 25
Melissa Cox – 23
Haley Marx – 23
Haylee Armstrong – 21
Lori Hart – 21

Haylee Armstrong, ready to make the scoreboard jump. (Jackie Saia photo)

Skylar Parker – 21
Allison Wenzel – 21
Courtney Williams – 21
Aleshia McFadyen – 20
Nancy Dyer – 18
Dina Lanphere – 18
McKenzie Bailey – 17
Carol Estes – 17
Kristina Clark – 16
Dawn Clampet – 15

Nicole Laxton – 15
Mollie Bailey – 14
Lindsey Tucker – 13
Jeannette Fixel – 12
Tammy Shubat – 12
Nikki Snyder – 12
Kelly Ankney – 11
Naomi Prater – 11
Michelle Riddle – 11
Emily Wodjenski – 11

Alyssa Kelley – 10
Zarah Leaman – 10
Toni Hudson – 9
Georgie Smith – 9
Cindy Bennett – 8
Susan Estes – 8
Ami Garthwaite – 8
Eileen Hanley – 8
Keri Iverson – 8
Kristine Macnab – 8

Michelle Smith – 8
Carlie Rosenkrance – 7
McKayla Bailey – 6
Lexi Boyer – 6
Rhiannon Ellsworth – 6
Debbie Johnson – 6
Grace LaPoint – 6
Skyler Lawrence – 6
Corrin Skvarla – 6
Janie Wilson – 6

Kayla Arnold – 5
Katy Bennett – 5
Penny Griggs – 5
Marissa Slater – 5
Denise McGregor – 4
Jessica Sherwood – 4
Kara Warder – 4
Reese Wilkinson – 4
Christina Mowery – 3
Samantha Roehl – 3

Ashlie Shank – 3
Jamie Townsdin – 3
Brenda Belcher – 2
Rusty Brian – 2
Carol Davis – 2
Lisa Davis – 2
Nicole Fuller – 2
Bryley Gilbert – 2
Cathy Higgins – 2
Daisy Kent – 2

Katie Kiel – 2
Charlotte Langille – 2
Brynn Parker – 2
Morgan Stevens – 2
Tracy Barber – 1
Amy Biskovich – 1
Corinne Gaddis – 1

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