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Wolves net third title!!

Posted in Girls Tennis, tagged , , , , on April 27, 2017| Leave a Comment »

CHS doubles ace Sage Renninger is 9-0 this season. (John Fisken photos)

   Valen Trujillo avenged an earlier loss to Klahowya’s Sydney Jackson, beating her twice.

Clear some space on the Wall of Fame.

Rolling to two wins Thursday, the Coupeville High School girls tennis team clinched its third straight 1A Olympic League title.

Scrambling to catch up from the ravages of a rain-soaked spring, the Wolves wrapped up a suspended match first, then strolled to another victory in their regularly-scheduled rumble.

Both wins came by identical 5-2 scores over host Klahowya.

With the two-for-one deal, Coupeville stretched its winning streak to six matches and sits 4-0 in league play, 6-3 overall.

The Wolves have never lost a conference tilt in the three-year history of the Olympic League, and their streak sits at 15 straight.

That’s the fourth-best run behind Coupeville girls basketball (27-0), Klahowya girls soccer (20-0) and Klahowya boys soccer (19-0).

Thursday’s action picked up where things left off Apr. 18 in Coupeville.

With the Wolves up 2-0 and four matches in action on court, rain unleashed and refused to stop.

Given better weather Thursday, the two squads wrapped up things, then skipped the normal two-out-of-three sets format and played pro sets in match #2.

First doubles duo Payton Aparicio and Sage Renninger added two more wins to their ledger, running their season record as a duo to 8-0.

Renninger is 9-0, having won a match with sister Avalon when Aparicio was out of town.

Complete results from Thursday:

Match One:

1st singles — Valen Trujillo beat Sydney Jackson 6-0, 6-0

2nd singles — Fanny Deprelle lost to Haley Sargent 6-7(5-7), 6-4, 10-6

3rd singles — Bree Daigneault beat Sophie Koveleskie 7-5, 6-3

1st doubles — Sage Renninger/Payton Aparicio beat Mary Ann Marker/Taylor Bruce 6-0, 6-3

2nd doubles — Avalon Renninger/Zoe Trujillo beat Anna Wells/Kelisha Harris 6-4, 6-1

3rd doubles — Maggie Crimmins/Claire Mietus lost to Maddy Rienks/Emma Parker 8-7(7-5)

4th doubles — Tia Wurzrainer/Jillian Mayne beat Emma Heckert/Angelina Robinson 8-0

 

Match Two:

1st singles — Valen Trujillo beat Sydney Jackson 8-0

2nd singles — Fanny Deprelle lost to Haley Sargent 8-6

3rd singles — Bree Daigneault lost to Sophie Koveleskie 8-4

1st doubles — Sage Renninger/Payton Aparicio beat Mary Anne Marker/Taylor Bruce 8-1

2nd doubles — Avalon Renninger/Zoe Trujillo beat Maddy Rienks/Hannah Katt 8-3

3rd doubles — Maggie Crimmins/Claire Mietus beat Anna Wells/Kelisha Harris 8-4

4th doubles — Tia Wurzrainer/Jillian Mayne beat Emma Heckert/Emma Parker 8-3

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One bad break!!

Posted in Boys Soccer, tagged , , , , , on April 26, 2017| Leave a Comment »

   Brandon Jansen (5) fights for control of the ball Tuesday against Klahowya. (John Fisken photos)

Team captain Uriel Liquidano leads off our Senior Night portraits.

He’s joined by Nick Dion.

Zack Nall swings by for an appearance.

Jansen, in a moment of rest.

Liquidano’s niece is so adorable, she needs a close-up.

The seniors hang out with coaches Gary Manker (left) and Kyle Nelson.

Liquidano gets some love from teammate Hunter Downes.

They lost more than a game.

While the Coupeville High School boys soccer squad fell 4-1 to visiting Klahowya Tuesday, it was a mid-game injury which hurts the most.

Junior sharpshooter Ethan Spark, who is tied for the team scoring lead with six goals, broke his big toe doing a slide tackle.

He’s expected to be sidelined from any sporting activity for 4-6 weeks said mom Kali Barrio, which means the Wolves will be missing one of their primary weapons when they open the playoffs next week.

After absorbing its seventh straight loss to Klahowya, Coupeville sits at 3-5 in Olympic League play, 4-9-1 overall.

With one regular season game left, Friday at Port Townsend, the Wolves are locked in as the league’s #3 seed, and will host the Nisqually League’s #4 team in a loser-out playoff game Thursday, May 4 at Oak Harbor Stadium.

To see the playoff bracket — http://www.olympicleague.com/tournament.php?tournament_id=2267&sport=9

With the win Tuesday,  Klahowya (7-0, 10-2-1) clinched its third consecutive league title.

One bright spot on Senior Night came courtesy junior William Nelson, who banged home his fourth goal of the season.

It came just eight minutes into the game, when he intercepted a pass and promptly smashed the ball into the upper corner of the net.

It was only the second time Coupeville has scored on Klahowya in seven match-ups, and was only the 10th goal surrendered this season by the very-stingy Eagle defense.

Klahowya tied the game right before the break, and the two teams remained deadlocked until deep in the second half.

The Eagles slipped two more scores into the net late in the game, but the final margin was a bit deceiving.

“Looking at the results over the season against Klahowya shows the tremendous growth the boys have made,” said CHS coach Kyle Nelson.

 

To see more photos from this game (purchases fund college scholarships for CHS student/athletes), pop over to:

http://www.johnsphotos.net/Sports/2017-Coupeville-Boys-Soccer/20170425-vs-Klahowya/

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This one hurts!!

Posted in Baseball, tagged , , , , , on April 22, 2017| Leave a Comment »

   Wolf catcher Taylor Consford had two hits Friday, but Coupeville fell to Klahowya. (John Fisken photo)

Slip-sliding away.

Coupeville’s chances of repeating as Olympic League champs in baseball took a shot to the ribs Friday, and while its hopes aren’t dead, they’re getting closer to flat-lining.

A rough fifth inning in which the Wolves surrendered five runs with two outs allowed host Klahowya to break open a close game and make off with an 11-6 win.

The loss, the second in as many games against the Eagles this season, drops Coupeville to 2-2 in league play, 7-7 overall.

That leaves the Wolves in a second-place tie with Chimacum (2-2, 4-4), two-and-a-half games off of Klahowya (5-0, 6-3).

Port Townsend (0-5, 0-7) is firmly stuck in the cellar.

CHS still has time to rally, with five league games left on the schedule, but to keep the Eagles from regaining the title they won in 2015, the Wolves will absolutely have to finish with a better record.

By taking the first two games of the three-game season series, Klahowya holds a tiebreaker over Coupeville should they finish with identical records.

The Wolves jumped out to an early lead Friday, scoring a run in the first on a double by Hunter Smith and an RBI single by Clay Reilly, but their hosts never blinked.

Klahowya rallied for three in the bottom half of the opening inning, then plated another run in the second to build a 4-1 lead.

Coupeville twice cut the margin back to one, first at 4-3, then at 5-4 heading into the bottom of the fourth.

The Wolves picked up two runs in the third — Taylor Consford drilled a double to score Matt Hilborn, then came around himself when the Eagles booted a ball hit by Reilly.

Kory Score reached on an error in the fourth, moved up on a steal and a single off of Joey Lippo’s bat, before shooting across home on a passed ball and the game looked like it would come down to a single play.

Then, things kind of fell apart.

After answering with their own run in the fourth, the Eagles exploded for a ten-batter, five-run fifth to bust the game wide open.

All the damage came after there were two outs, as a deadly mix of walks, Wolf errors and a balk or two conspired to doom the visitors.

Coupeville rallied for two in the top of the seventh, on RBI singles by Consford and Reilly, but it wasn’t enough.

The Wolves did manage to pile up 10 hits, with Hilborn and Consford collecting two apiece, but Klahowya hurler Dylan Zuber managed to spend most of the afternoon getting out of trouble while suffering minimal damage.

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Walk this way!!

Posted in Softball, tagged , , , , , on April 21, 2017| Leave a Comment »

   Emma Mathusek had two hits and a walk Friday, as the Wolf JV rolled to a 15-2 win. (John Fisken photo)

Patience pays off.

Drawing an astounding 17 walks in just three innings Friday, the Coupeville High School JV softball squad crushed host Klahowya 15-2.

The win lifts the Wolf young guns to 2-0 on the season.

All nine CHS players reached base at least once, with freshman Emma Mathusek leading the way.

Batting lead-off, she collected two of Coupeville’s three hits, rapping out a pair of singles sandwiched around a walk.

Nicole Lester had the other Wolf hit, crushing a third-inning double.

Scout Smith, Kyla Briscoe and Mackenzie Davis drew three walks apiece, while Melia Welling and Robin Cedillo each nabbed two free passes.

Tamika Nastali and Hope Lodell settled for just a solo base on balls, as the Wolves scored in every inning.

After putting up a six spot in the first, CHS added five in the second and four in the third, before the call of the ferry ended the game early.

While Klahowya’s young hurlers had issues, Wolf pitcher Scout Smith was on point.

The fab frosh scattered two hits.

“Scout pitched very well and the defense played very well behind her,” said Coupeville coach Kevin McGranahan. “Great way to gain experience for both squads.”

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“This was a huge win!!”

Posted in Softball, tagged , , , , , on April 21, 2017| Leave a Comment »

   Wolf catcher Sarah Wright smashed a fences-clearing home-run Friday, propelling CHS softball to a huge league win. (John Fisken photo)

What a difference a year makes.

Clearing a major psychological hurdle, the Coupeville High School softball squad knocked off host Klahowya 5-2 Friday, its second straight win over the Eagles this season.

The victory lifts the red-hot Wolves to 3-1 in Olympic League play, 10-1 overall.

That ties the 2002 squad for the best record by a CHS softball team through 11 games.

It also pulls the Wolves within a game of two-time defending league champ Chimacum (4-0, 6-1), the only team to beat Coupeville this season.

The second of three games with the Cowboys comes on the road next Friday, Apr. 28.

The Wolves have non-conference games against Lynden Christian (6-7) Saturday and Meridian (2-9) Monday and a league clash with Port Townsend (0-4, 0-6) Wednesday before the shootout at the Chimacum corral.

For a (very small) moment, though, CHS can bask in a reversal of fortune against Klahowya and two-time league MVP Amber Bumbalough.

Last year, a very-young Wolf squad was swept by the Eagles, losing 7-1, 9-1 and 16-6.

This year, a still-young (they often start seven underclassmen) but more-seasoned Coupeville team has broken the hex, helping drop Klahowya to 1-3 in league, 4-4 overall.

After winning their first meeting by one run, the Wolves came out Friday and controlled every aspect of the game.

“This was a huge win. We dominated from start to finish,” said Coupeville coach Kevin McGranahan. “We played error-free softball and just completely dominated them.”

Wolf hurler Katrina McGranahan won her individual dual with Bumbalough, tossing a two-hitter while whiffing eight Eagles.

At the same time, Coupeville mashed 12 hits, including a solo home-run over the fence in right-center off of the bat of sophomore slugger Sarah Wright.

It was the eighth tater whacked by a Wolf this season, with Wright becoming the sixth different starter to hit a round-tripper.

CHS ripped hits up and down the line-up, collecting at least two base-knocks in each of the first five innings as it built a 5-0 lead.

After stranding two runners in the first, the Wolves broke through in the second, scoring the game’s first run off of a double from Veronica Crownover and a single off the bat of Hope Lodell.

Wright went ballistic in the third, launching a two-out moonshot to make it 2-0, and that seemed to open the floodgates.

Mikayla Elfrank followed with a single, went to second on a passed ball, scooted to third on an overthrow, then scored when the Eagles booted a ball hit by Crownover.

Four hits in the fourth — singles from Tiffany Briscoe, Robin Cedillo, Lauren Rose and McGranahan — plated two more.

Meanwhile, Coupeville’s pitching ace was throwing her best game of the season.

McGranahan blitzed through the first 11 Klahowya hitters, not allowing a base-runner until Bumbalough poked a two-out single in the fourth.

Just to keep everyone on their toes, the Wolf hurler promptly plunked the next Eagle, then got out of the inning unscathed when she induced a ground-out to Elfrank.

Staring down her rivals, McGranahan mowed down Klahowya one-two-three in the fifth and sixth, had a wee bit of trouble in the seventh when the ump narrowed their strike zone, then closed the game with a bang.

First she got a key ground-out to Jae LeVine, then reared back and whiffed the game’s final hitter, catching them looking at strike three.

Crownover (two doubles), McGranahan, Wright and Briscoe had two hits apiece, while Cedillo, Rose, Elfrank and Lodell all chipped in with singles, as eight of nine starters collected hits on the afternoon.

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