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Football playoff game finalized

Posted in Football, tagged , , , , on November 3, 2025| 1 Comment »

Aiden Tingley and Co. hit the road Friday for a playoff game. (Jackie Saia photo)

They’re marching to Menlo.

Coupeville High School football hits the road Friday, traveling 119 miles one way to clash with Pe Ell/Willapa Valley in a winner-to-state/loser-out playoff game.

The 6:00 PM game pits a 1-7 Wolves squad against a Titans team carrying a 6-3 mark.

It’s one of two crossover games featuring 2B schools from the Northwest 2B/1B League, with conference champ Friday Harbor (3-5) hosting Rainier (4-5) Saturday in Oak Harbor.

The winners of those games make the 16-team field for the state 2B playoffs, with the bracket for that tourney revealed Sunday, Nov. 9.

PWV and Rainier hail from the 12-team Central 2B League in District 4, with the former finishing third in the West division, and the latter third in the East.

As the higher ranked of the two teams, Pe Ell earned a home playoff game against the #2 team from the NWL, while Rainier was left to travel.

Here’s how Coupeville and PWV compare:

 

Coupeville:

Lost to Annie Wright 25-7
Lost to Cascade (Leavenworth) 30-19
Lost to Granite Falls 58-27
Lost to Cedar Park Christian 31-7
Lost to Friday Harbor 28-14
Beat South Whidbey 35-6
Lost to Adna 52-7
Lost to Friday Harbor 21-20

 

Pe Ell/Willapa Valley:

Beat Evergreen 41-8
Beat Blaine 27-13
Lost to Toledo 40-6
Beat Winlock 62-12
Beat Raymond/South Bend 41-6
Beat Ilwaco 21-0
Beat Forks 34-9
Lost to Napavine 34-0
Lost to Adna 45-0

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Feisty Wolf booters scare pitch power

Posted in Girls Soccer, tagged , , , on October 9, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Bettie Woolworth and associates would like a word. (CHS Yearbook staff photo)

“We’re coming! They know it now.”

The words were said by Coupeville High School girls’ soccer assistant coach Jerry Helm, but they’re shared by all the players and coaches connected to the program.

Back in action after a two-year shutdown due to a lack of players, a squad sparked by a batch of talented, fearless 8th graders and freshmen is starting to shake things up in the pitch world.

Case in point, Thursday’s trip to Lopez Island, where the upstart Wolves put the fear of God into their hosts, who barely escaped with a 3-2 win.

Consider that the Lobos are 9-1 on the season, with their only loss to powerhouse Mount Vernon Christian, and that they won the first meeting with Coupeville 7-1.

A lot has changed in a mere month.

This time around, the Wolves spent the majority of the game on the offensive, with 8th grader Lyla Grose connecting twice, notching her fourth and fifth goals of the campaign.

That puts her hot on the heels of team scoring leader Tamsin Ward, who has scored eight times, and gives Jasmine Ader’s squad a wicked one-two combo at the top of the roster.

And with Ward just a fab frosh herself, the duo has the potential for a long run of success alongside the other young guns filling the Wolf roster.

Getting fired up for a bright future. (Jackie Saia photo)

Thursday, CHS came within a missed shot here, a strong save there, of a major upset.

“We had 25 shots on goal,” Helm said. “Played hands down the majority on their side of the field all game. Just couldn’t connect.”

Coupeville, which sits at 2-7 in its season of revival, but often plays more like a 7-2 team, returns home Saturday for Senior Night, with the squad honoring its lone 12th grader, team captain Frankie Tenore.

Kickoff is set for 6:00 PM at Mickey Clark Field and admission is free.

Heading home after a stellar performance. (Jerry Helm photo)

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Long trip, close game

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged , , , , on December 9, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Hunter Bronec storms to the basket. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

It’s a 226-mile trip from Coupeville to Forks and back.

And while Monday’s trek to Ron Bagby’s hometown didn’t produce a win for the Coupeville High School varsity boys’ basketball squad, the hope is that lessons were learned.

Lessons that will pay off down the road for Brad Sherman’s squad, which is 1-3 but a few plays away from being 3-1.

Monday’s mashup mirrored the majority of Coupeville’s games thus far — a slow start, a hot finish, but a clock which runs out too soon.

Despite charging back in the second half, the Wolves, a team with very little varsity experience, fell 55-47 in the non-conference clash.

It wasn’t for lack of effort, as Coupeville hit five of its six three-balls in the second half, while outscoring the Spartans 14-13 and 16-11 across the final two quarters.

Unfortunately for the Wolves, they came out of the break trailing 31-17, after Forks used a 19-9 run in the second quarter to take control of things.

The Spartans nailed four of their six shots from behind the three-point arc during that frame to put the Wolves on their heels.

While the two squads matched each other on shots from the parking lot, Coupeville convincingly won the free throw shooting part of the night.

The Wolves netted 11 of 20 shots, tying their best performance of the season, while Forks went a godawful 2-14 from the charity stripe.

Chase Anderson slices past a defender.

CHS spread its offense out between seven players Monday, with junior Chase Anderson netting a season-high 21 to lead the attack.

That scoring outburst propels him from 291 career points to 312 and moves him into the top 100 scorers in the 108-year history of Wolf boys’ basketball.

Anderson, sitting at #96 all-time with home games against Orcas Island and Morton-White Pass set for Friday and Saturday, slips past John Beasley (293), Noel Criscuola (298), Blake Day (299), Noah Roehl (301), Allen Black (305), and Ben Hayes (306).

Jack Porter (7), Camden Glover (6), Hunter Bronec (5), Hurlee Bronec (4), Landon Roberts (2), and Johnny Porter (2) also scored at Forks.

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Slow start dooms Wolf girls

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged , , , , on December 9, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Wolf senior Katie Marti reached a personal milestone Monday in Forks. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

They left their shooting touch at home.

Coming out ice cold in the early afternoon Monday on the road at far-off Forks, the Coupeville High School varsity girls’ basketball team built itself a big deficit and couldn’t get all the way back.

The undermanned Wolves, who were missing a key starter with Lyla Stuurmans out ill, did fight back strongly in the second half, but ultimately fell 42-29.

The non-conference loss to the always-tough Spartans snaps a two-game winning streak for Coupeville, which slips to 2-2 on the season.

Megan Richter’s squad will get to stay closer to home for its next two tilts, welcoming Orcas Island and Morton-White Pass to Whidbey Friday and Saturday, respectively.

Monday’s rumble in Forks got off to a bad start for CHS, which fell behind 16-2 after one quarter of play.

From there, the deficit stretched out to 22-4 at the half and 32-11 through three quarters.

The fourth frame was Coupeville’s strongest, with five different Wolves finding the bottom of the net to spark a game-closing 18-10 run.

Haylee Armstrong navigates the defense.

Sophomore guard Haylee Armstrong provided a large chunk of the offense for CHS, pumping in a season-high 11 points.

Mia Farris banked in seven to back her up, with Madison McMillan chipping in with four.

Jada Heaton (3), Danica Strong (2), and Katie Marti (2) rounded out the scoring, while Teagan Calkins and Tenley Stuurmans also saw substantial floor time for the Wolves.

Forks 8th grader Brooklynn Rondeau led all scorers with 17 points, including netting four of the six three-balls the Spartans made on the afternoon.

Marti did nab a bit of history in the loss, moving past Hilary Kortuem into 50th place on the CHS program’s all-time scoring chart.

The feisty senior sits with 232 points for her career, and next up on her “hit list” is her cousin, Breeanna Messner, who scored 235 points during her stellar run as a Wolf.

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Road warriors, hardwood heroes

Posted in Boys Basketball, Middle School, tagged , , , , , on November 26, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Diesel Eck powers in for a bucket. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

The first road trip is in the books.

Having opened the season with three consecutive games at home, Monday brought a new wrinkle to the lives of the Coupeville Middle School boys’ basketball players.

The Wolves clambered on the bus, endured a trek to the wilds of Granite Falls, and now head into the Thanksgiving break.

CMS will reemerge Dec. 3, when it travels to South Whidbey to kick off the back half of its eight-game schedule.

After that comes trips to Sultan (Dec. 5) and Lakewood (Dec. 9), before the home finale Dec. 16 against South Whidbey.

How Monday’s mission to Granite played out:

 

Level 1:

Coupeville’s top team snagged its first win of the campaign, polishing off the Tigers 33-26.

The Wolves rippled the nets from distance, drilling four three-balls to claim the victory.

Two of those bombs came off the fingertips of Trey Stewart, while Calvin Kappes and Chayse Van Velkinbergh each netted one of their own.

Overall, Stewart and Van Velkinburgh paced the Wolves, each netting nine points, with Diesel Eck powering through the paint for six.

Calvin Kappes (5) and Jonathan Kappes (4) rounded out the scoring attack, while Xander Beaman, Maverick Walling, River Simpson, Trenton Thule, and Kamden Ratcliff also saw floor time for the Wolves, who sit at 1-3 on the year.

 

Level 2:

A lower scoring affair, with Coupeville (0-4) coming up just short in an 18-11 defensive thriller.

Gracen Joiner knocked down a team-high four points, with Jacob Lujan (2), Darius Stewart (2), Cyrus Sparacio (2), and Cole Van Dyke (1) also scoring.

Colton Ashby, Xander Flowers, Liam Stoner, Mario Martinez, Jonah Meek, and Aiden Wheat rounded out the CMS roster on this day.

 

Ready to rumble.

Level 3:

Les Queen continued his torrid scoring pace, accounting for 11 of his team’s 13 points in a loss to Granite.

Kion Tellery banked in the Wolves (1-2) other bucket, with Oliver Miller, Carson Marley, Jack Bailey, Braxton Beshear, Stoner, and Talon Gamble also in uniform.

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