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Wolf girls run to league title

Posted in Cross Country, tagged , , , , , on October 21, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Coupeville High School senior Ivy Rudat finished 4th at the league championship meet. (Jackie Saia photo)

The Wall of Fame in the Coupeville High School gym gets a new addition.

Sparked by four top 10 finishers, the Wolf girls’ cross country team roared to a team title Wednesday at the Northwest 2B/1B League Championships in Mount Vernon.

The Wolves, led by second place finisher Anna Powers, held off Evangel Classical 27-44 to win the crown, with Mount Vernon Christian (60) rounding out the top three.

On the boys’ side of things, Evangel, a small private school from Marysville, topped everyone with 20 points, while Coupeville (47) and Friday Harbor (67) were hot on their heels.

“So proud of them!!!” said excited CHS trail guru Elizabeth Bitting as she checked out the standings.

The Wolves went 2nd-4th-9th-10th in the girls’ race, while Cyrus Sparacio (3rd) and Henry Purdue (5th) were in the mix for an individual title.

Mount Vernon Christian sophomore Della Carlson and Evangel senior Joshua Sarr ran away from the field on a 5,000-meter course, with eight schools vying for honors.

Da champs, minus Ava Lucero. (Elizabeth Bitting photo)

The league meet was the first of (hopefully) three postseason races for Coupeville, which moves on to the Westside Classic Saturday, October 31 at University Place.

At that district-level meet, the Wolf girls will compete with 2B and 1B schools from District 1, 2, and 3, while the CHS boys will go toe-to-toe with 2B schools from District 1 and 2.

The top two teams and top 14 individuals in each race advances to the state meet, set for November 7 in Pasco.

 

Wednesday results:

 

GIRLS:

Anna Powers (2nd) 21:33.3
Ivy Rudat (4th) 22:42.1
Devon Wyman (9th) 25:17.7
Mikayla Wagner (10th) 25:21.9
Claire Lachnit (12th) 25:24.8
Allie Powers (16th) 25:57.4
Laken Simpson (18th) 26:01.5
Ava Lucero (23rd) 27:21.1

 

Beckett Green hits his stride in an earlier meet. (Jackie Saia photo)

 

BOYS:

Cyrus Sparacio (3rd) 17:10.4
Henry Purdue (5th) 17:31.6
Archer Schwarz (16th) 19:11.0
Kenneth Jacobsen (19th) 19:19.3
Beckett Green (21st) 19:33.7
Ossian Merkel (22nd) 19:44.2
Hunter Atteberry (27th) 20:30.4
Leo Davis (28th) 20:39.9
Isaiah Allen (33rd) 21:11.4
Johnathan Jacobsen (36th) 22:13.2
Nolan Hunt (50th) 26:27.7
Zach Blitch (55th) 32:43.0

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Spikers clinch title, make history

Posted in Volleyball, tagged , , , , , on October 24, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Teagan Calkins brings the thunder and makes the hardwood quake. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

It wasn’t flawless, but they stayed perfect.

Concrete, playing on its Senior Night Thursday, became only the second team to take a set from the Coupeville High School varsity volleyball team this season.

But in the end, the high-flying Wolves were too much for the plucky Lions, rebounding for a 17-25, 25-22, 25-4, 25-12 win to clinch the Northwest 2B/1B League crown.

With the victory, the Wolves get to 9-0 in conference action, 11-0 overall, and the second mark is the best start in CHS volleyball history.

The 2024 net crew, which has three regular season matches left to play, starting with a non-conference rumble Saturday at Neah Bay, breaks a tie with the 2004 Wolves, who started 10-0 and finished 14-3.

Thursday’s match started with a stumble, as a fired-up Concrete squad seized control early.

The Lions are the first NWL team to take a set from Coupeville in regular match play this season, with non-conference foe Okanogan the only other school to ding the Wolves.

CHS, which is a senior-dominated team, pulled together, however, and reasserted its dominance.

“We struggled to focus on remembering ourselves today, but when we did, we played like I would’ve expected,” said Wolf coach Cory Whitmore.

“The first set was full of errors that then became errors in other skills. We definitely need to work on that.”

The Wolves got a big boost from “The Red Dragon,” as junior Teagan Calkins came flying in from the right side to decimate Concrete, pounding away for a team-best 19 kills.

“Teagan had a great night and Katie (Marti) got her the ball whenever we needed a point or a string of them,” Whitmore said.

“Teagan was very fluid and a good mix of power and precision.”

Madison McMillan, also known as Miss Dependable.

Whitmore also praised the steady play of senior jack of all trades Madison McMillan.

“Madison had a great game, especially from the service line,” he said.

“She gamed tonight – she would grab the ball, run back to the line, and had that look in her eye of confidence and a desire to take control of things.”

While the first set was a bump in the road, Whitmore has confidence in his veterans rising to the occasion and working things out on the floor while the storm rages around them.

Once again, they did not fail him.

“They had to find a way to settle in and do it together,” he said. “So, I’m glad that they made enough changes to get it done.”

 

Thursday stats:

Taylor Brotemarkle – 4 digs
Teagan Calkins – 19 kills, 1 ace
Mia Farris – 8 kills, 2 digs, 2 block assists, 1 ace
Jada Heaton – 4 kills, 1 dig, 1 solo block
Katie Marti – 4 digs, 34 assists, 3 aces
Madison McMillan – 5 kills, 8 digs, 2 assists, 8 aces
Lyla Stuurmans – 9 kills, 4 digs, 3 assists, 2 block assists, 2 aces
Tenley Stuurmans – 2 digs

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Net queens rule the court, again

Posted in Girls Tennis, tagged , , , , on May 10, 2022| Leave a Comment »

Abby Mulholland unleashes a blistering serve. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

Helen Strelow whacks a winner.

Winning titles is kind of their thing.

Take a look at the Wall of Fame in the Coupeville High School gym, and you’ll see girls tennis has the most conference crowns of any Wolf athletic program.

Cliff Horr had a very-successful run as CHS net coach, followed by the Wolves racking up title after title during the ongoing 17-year journey of hardcourt guru Ken Stange.

Tuesday afternoon Stange’s current squad tossed another accomplishment on the pile o’ success, swatting visiting Friday Harbor 5-0 to seal the deal.

The Wolves, battling dodgy weather and a lack of foes this spring, finish 2-0 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 4-1 overall.

Now it’s on to the postseason for Coupeville’s top girls, with two singles players and two doubles duos headed to Tumwater May 20 for the District 1/4 tourney.

Winners there advance to the state championships May 27-28 in Yakima.

 

Complete Tuesday results:

 

Varsity:

1st Singles — Abby Mulholland won 6-0, 6-1

2nd Singles — Helen Strelow won 6-1, 6-1

1st Doubles — Noelle Daigneault/Eryn Wood won 6-2, 6-1

2nd Doubles — Katelin McCormick/Mary Milnes won 6-1, 6-2

3rd Doubles — Hayley Fiedler/Vivian Farris won 6-0, 6-1

 

JV:

4th Doubles — Sophie Martin/Lucy Tenore won 6-4

5th Doubles — Skylar Parker/Karyme Castro lost 6-4

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One mission accomplished, much more on deck

Posted in Softball, tagged , , , , on April 27, 2022| Leave a Comment »

Freshman Mia Farris smacked four hits Wednesday as Coupeville beat Friday Harbor to clinch a league title. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

They’re still the gold standard.

It was a little closer than expected, but the Coupeville High School varsity softball squad kept its record perfect in Northwest 2B/1B League games, knocking off visiting Friday Harbor 6-3 Wednesday afternoon.

The victory, coming against a foe it socked 30-0 the first time around, lifts the Wolves to 6-0 in conference action, 13-2 overall.

It also clinches back-to-back league titles for Coupeville and moves Kevin McGranahan’s squad one win away from qualifying for the state tournament.

The Wolves wrap up the regular season with a home doubleheader Friday against Orcas Island on Senior Night, then a road trip May 3 to Darrington.

After that, there’s gonna be a wait.

Current plans call for Coupeville to travel to Fort Borst Park in Centralia May 21, where it will play the #5 team from District 4 in a winner-to-state, loser-out game.

The delay is because District 4, which has 20 schools playing 2B softball, will host a complete district tourney.

District 1, which Coupeville rules, will not, as the Wolves are one of just three 2B schools on the diamond.

Having thunked Friday Harbor and La Conner in regular season play, Coupeville is da champs.

The 2B state tourney, set for May 27-28 in Yakima, will be a 12-team rumble.

That’s right, it won’t be a 16-team bout as usual, because 2B softball, with 49 teams, misses the 50-team cutoff for a 16-team bracket by a single school.

That also means District 1 won’t automatically send a team to state — which it would if there were 50 schools — “requiring” the crossover with District 4.

There will be a test on all of this later…

Wolves (l to r) Teagan Calkins, Sofia Peters, Taylor Brotemarkle, and Madison McMillan are one win away from the state tourney.

Coupeville, then a 1A program, went to the big dance in 2019, the last time Washington held any state championships for spring sports.

The pandemic erased softball, baseball, track, soccer, and tennis in spring 2020, then restricted 2021 action to just league contests.

Now, Wolf seniors Izzy Wells and Audrianna Shaw, who are the only remaining active players from the 2019 squad, will try and guide their team back to state.

The duo was front and center Wednesday, as usual, with the Izzinator whipping strikes to her lil’ sis, Savina, who, clad in catcher’s gear, accepted nine strikeouts.

Shaw banged out a pair of hits and patrolled center field, meanwhile, in a game which stayed close a lot longer than McGranahan might have liked.

“We came out flat, but did enough to get the win,” he said.

“Another Coupeville fastpitch league championship. However, the work is not done, only just beginning.”

The Wolves struck first Wednesday, pushing a run across in the bottom of the first to take the early lead.

Shaw led off with a walk, with Mia Farris and Izzy Wells following with base-knocks, and the scoreboard lit up.

But then it dimmed a bit, as Friday Harbor fought back to take the lead with a three-run top of the third.

Trailing a league opponent for the first time this season, Coupeville rebounded with two runs in the bottom half of the third to knot things up, and two more in the fourth to take the lead for good.

Both of those mini surges featured Shaw, Farris, and fellow freshman Taylor Brotemarkle reach base twice apiece, while 9th grader Madison McMillan bopped a double to put the game on ice in the sixth.

 

Wednesday stats:

Taylor Brotemarkle — 2 walks
Mia Farris — 4 singles
Gwen Gustafson— 2 singles
Allie Lucero — 2 singles
Madison McMillan — 1 double
Audrianna Shaw — 2 singles, 1 walk
Izzy Wells — 1 single, 2 walks

Gwen Gustafson slaps another hit.

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We net more history

Posted in Boys Tennis, tagged , , , , , on August 25, 2021| Leave a Comment »

The senior leaders from the 1964 Coupeville High School boys tennis team, which won league and sub-district titles. (Photo courtesy Jack Sell)

Another tile (or two) on the wall.

Five years ago, almost to the day, the Wall of Fame in the Coupeville High School gym was installed.

Since then, current teams and athletes have added themselves to the collection, headlined by Danny Conlisk winning a pair of state titles in track and field.

But the work to fully uncover what is now 121 years of CHS sports history is never-ending, especially in sports such as tennis, which often went largely unwritten about in old-school newspapers.

Something I fully appreciate, as I haunted the hardcourts for three years in the late ’80s at Tumwater High School.

I played as high as #1 singles for a 2A school, yet never once saw anyone massacre my name while trying to spell it in The Daily Olympian.

But enough about me and my teenage angst.

Back to Coupeville, and my discovery today of two titles missing from our Wall of Fame.

Flipping through the 1964 Leloo Cly yearbook (from my landlord’s sophomore year), I found a (fairly astonishing for the time period) two-page layout on the Wolf netters.

And lo and behold, concrete proof of Coupeville winning both Northwest League and Sub-District titles!

The Wall of Fame documents three league titles from the ’60s — 1961, 1967, and 1968 — but not ’64, and the earliest district title under the boys tennis banner is 2009.

History reclaimed!

The 12-man ’64 Wolf tennis squad had an impressive campaign all around, beating Friday Harbor in the regular-season finale to clinch the league title.

Dave Lortz, playing with two different Edwards boys, then went on a tear through the postseason as a doubles player.

After teaming up with Henry Edwards to win league and sub-district titles, Lortz paired off with Ron Edwards, the sub-district singles champ, to head to the state tourney.

The duo were one of 32 pairs to make the trek to Bremerton, and were one of the last eight undefeated tandems standing.

 

The ’64 CHS boys tennis team:

Bill Bainbridge
Henry Edwards
Ron Edwards
Jim Henry
Denny Keith
Jim Keith
Dave Lortz
Lee Milheim
Bruce Seiger
Mike Syreen
Stan Willhight
Steve Wilson

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