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Fury unleashes its full … fury!!

Posted in Volleyball, tagged Ashley Menges, CHS Wolves, Emma Smith, Maddy Hilkey, volleyball, Whidbey Fury on February 7, 2016| Leave a Comment »

The Whidbey Fury celebrate their tourney win. (Photos courtesy Konni Smith)

Some between matches team bonding.

Skipping out on the endless pre-Super Bowl hype, a collection of some of Whidbey Island’s best young volleyball players spent Sunday delivering their own hard hits.

The Whidbey Fury’s 16-year old squad, which features five Coupeville High School players, captured first place in their flight at a tourney at Franklin Pierce.

Wolf freshman Ashley Menges, a veteran of the select spiker world, said her team dominated.

“Emma (Smith) and Maddy (Hilkey) did very well today,” she said. “Emma had really good kills and really good blocks.

“Maddy had some really good digs and got a few really nice kills.”

While she was busy talking up her teammates, Menges was being a bit modest in not mentioning that it was she who delivered the winning kill in the team’s first-place game.

“I actually got a few kills and blocks too,” Menges finally admitted. “So overall we had a very exciting and loud day!”

Menges and her fellow frosh (Smith and Hilkey) are joined by CHS sophomores Kenzi LaRue and Katrina McGranahan on the Fury squad.

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“A well deserved win!!”

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged Basketball, Beast Mode, big payback, CHS Wolves, JV, Maddy Hilkey, revenge on January 26, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Maddy Hilkey had eight points, three blocks and two rebounds in a win Tuesday. (John Fisken photos)

Wolves (l to r) Sarah Wright, Skyler Lawrence and Lauren Rose all had big games against Chimacum.

Vengeance is theirs.

Getting some payback for the only 1A Olympic League loss they have suffered in a season-and-a-half, the Coupeville High School JV girls’ basketball squad rallied in the second half Tuesday and bounced visiting Chimacum 38-31.

The win lifted the young Wolves to 6-8 overall, 4-1 in league play.

Trailing by five at the half, Coupeville clamped down on defense after the break, closing the game on a 22-10 surge that brought a smile to coach Amy King’s face.

“After our loss against the Cowboys last time, we prepared, working on our offenses and getting stronger with the ball,” she said. “Last night in practice we worked on a lot of shooting, driving the ball and rebounding.

“The girls did an excellent job of taking what they worked on into this game.”

The Wolves changed things up this time around, swapping out their normal zone defense for a man-to-man.

Then, just when the Cowboys thought they knew what was coming, wham, King brought the zone back in the second half and Chimacum crumbled under the pressure.

“Did we play with more purpose this time? Yes!,” King said. “We had Lauren (Rose) back (she was out sick the first time the teams met) and she did a nice job moving the ball and moving up the court quickly.

“Ashlie (Shank) and Maddy (Hilkey) helped her out while Skyler (Lawrence) was so strong on defense and offense and Sarah (Wright) was in her own Wolf version of Beast Mode.”

Lawrence dropped in three shots in a row at one point, while running mate Allison Wenzel “was fighting for rebounds and put backs” on every play, helping to fuel the Wolf attack.

Up by one with eight minutes to go, Coupeville kept Chimacum guessing by constantly changing up defenses on the fly.

“We continued that positive energy, going from zone to man to zone,” King said. “Got open shots and attacked the basket more than we had earlier.

“It was all about heart and wanting the game more than Chimacum.”

Hilkey and Lawrence paced the Wolves with eight points apiece, while Wenzel knocked down six and Brittany Powers popped for five. Wright (4), Rose (3), Shank (2) and Nicole Lester (2) all scored as well.

Wright tore up the joint, wrestling down a game-high 15 rebounds while also soundly rejecting five Chimacum shots.

Lawrence and Wenzel snagged eight boards apiece, with Powers (3), Shank (2) and Hilkey (2) glomming on to the leftover caroms. Hilkey also had a season-high three blocks.

“Do we still have work to do?,” King asked. “Yes, definitely. Less turnovers, more comfortable breaking a press and a little more work on man defense.

“But all in all, it was a well deserved win.”

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Born to be a star!!

Posted in Girls Basketball, Happy birthday, Volleyball, tagged Basketball, CHS Wolves, Emrie McCauslin, Happy birthday, Maddy Hilkey, volleyball on January 17, 2016| 1 Comment »

Freshman phenom Maddy Hilkey. (John Fisken photos)

Maddy Hilkey: Class Act.

Maddy Hilkey lights up the universe.

The Coupeville High School freshman, who celebrates the big 1-5 today, is the kind of athlete every coach hopes for.

Positive, hard-working, scrappy, loyal to her teammates and friends, willing to do the dirty work, but also quite capable of being the star.

And then you top that off with one of the sunniest personalities in all of Wolf Nation, and you have a real winner.

Parents Travis Hilkey and Emrie McCauslin gave her good genes, which helps athletically, but their greatest achievement has been that their daughter is first and foremost a wonderful human being.

With close friends (and fellow CHS athletes) like Ashley Menges, Emma Smith, Ashlie Shank and Lindsey Roberts, Maddy is part of what seems like an especially strong freshman class this year.

As a group they are close-knit (or at least seem that way), supportive of each other and already making an impact on the athletic stage.

Hilkey is one of the true leaders, a young woman who helped anchor the Wolf JV volleyball squad all season, then jumped up and shined when ever called upon by the varsity.

With team captain Valen Trujillo gone for a funeral, Hilkey was called on to start at libero against powerful Bellevue Christian.

Playing on the road, holding down the position that is the linchpin to the attack, she more than held her own, impressing coach Breanne Smedley, who remarked that night, “Maddy did an amazing job.”

When the season was done, Hilkey joined Tiffany Briscoe in taking home an A.C.E.S. Award, which is given to the spikers who best demonstrate Coupeville volleyball’s four core covenants — attitude, competitiveness, effort and service.

Now, she brings the same pluck and passion to her work for the Wolf JV basketball squad and is one of those players who bring out a smile in CHS hoops coaches David and Amy King when they discuss her work ethic and commitment.

Again though, as solid an athlete as she is, our greatest praise should always go to the kind of person Maddy is in everyday life.

Every thing I see, every thing I hear, point to her being the real deal, the kind of young woman who is going to achieve great things in her life.

And now that we’ve (possibly) made her blush a bit, I just want to wish her the best of birthdays.

May your cake day rock, Miss Hilkey, as much as you do.

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“We will get better!!”

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged Basketball, CHS Wolves, Ema Smith, Friday Harbor, Maddy Hilkey on December 6, 2015| Leave a Comment »

The Wolf JV, already pros at having their picture taken. (Amy King photo)

“Of course, I love to find the new successes!”

If ever there was a coach born to nurture and bring along young JV players, it is Coupeville High School hoops guru Amy King.

So, while her squad, playing without any of its veteran swing players Saturday, fell 41-20 at Friday Harbor, she was able to come away with a checklist full of accomplishments to herald.

From freshman Maddy Hilkey knocking down her first-ever buckets, to Brittany Powers notching her first free throw of the season, to the hustle her entire squad showed, King knows JV ball is all about improvement.

“Brisa (Herrera) got a rebound and drove down the court. Both Lindsey (Laxton) and Nicole (Lester) were going after rebounds, ripping the ball out of the hands of their opponents,” she said. “Both got shots off, that’s a great step.”

Of course, King also wants to win — she went 14-5 last year with a squad which sent a chunk of its players up to the varsity this season — and Coupeville came out strong Saturday.

Powered by Hilkey and Ema Smith, who each went for four in the quarter, the Wolves claimed an 8-5 lead after the first eight minutes of play.

Then the hosts, who had a far more seasoned team, switched things up.

“We started out great; guess we ticked off the home team, because in the second quarter they attacked with a full court press and caused us many turnovers,” King said. “Our young team would get successful passes only to have the ball stolen or we would end up in a trap.”

Using a 16-1 second-quarter run to blow the game open, Friday Harbor decided they liked the press so much they’d keep it on for almost the entire game.

Even after the score was lopsided.

“This game was tough,” a philosophical King said. “We will get better at breaking the press as the season goes on. It really is a learning process.”

She came away pleased with a lot of the in-game improvement she continues to see. That includes a freshman point guard who’s never played the position before.

“Ashlie (Shank) is moving with more confidence, setting up plays and starting to direct,” King said. “She even pulled up several times, taking jump shots from the outside. That is new for her.

“Maddy and Brittany flew around on defense all night and Sarah (Wright) was a force in the key, shutting down anyone trying to come into the key,” she added. “All the girls talked and worked hard on defense.

“We just need to be patient, we are getting it and wins will happen.”

Smith paced the Wolves with a team-high 10 points, while Hilkey (4), Wright (3), Shank (2) and Powers (1) all chipped in.

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Pictures first, then the wheels go round and round!!

Posted in Volleyball, tagged John Fisken photos, Maddy Hilkey, playoffs, school bus, volleyball on November 6, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Maddy Hilkey (left) and Sydney Autio get some fresh air. (John Fisken photos)

The pride of Coupeville, ready to terrorize the freeways and ferries of Washington state.

How strong is Ally Roberts? She can get her window all the way down.

Smiling non-stop for the camera is tough work. True story: almost every girl on the bus was asleep well before they reached the Clinton ferry.

Ashley Menges (left) and Lauren Rose, forever grateful to not be in class on a beautiful Thursday afternoon.

Katrina McGranahan is trapped in a glass case of emotion.

Katrina McGranahan, trapped in a glass case of emotion.

The bus can’t move until the camera is done.

That’s rule #1 for Wolf athletes, who are fond of their photo op time.

Well, and, of course, I’m smart enough to know photos = page hits, so it’s a win-win for all involved.

The pics above, courtesy John Fisken, capture the moments right before the CHS volleyball squad headed off to Puyallup Thursday for a district playoff match.

Giddiness. Excitement. Nervousness. Accomplishment. Pride.

It all swirled in the air as the Wolf spikers and their fans (CHS football coach Brett Smedley brought his class out to cheer on the departure of their schoolmates) celebrated the moment.

Win or lose, it was the kind of day, the kind of moment, these young women will remember long after their high school days are done.

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