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Queens of the pitch!!

Posted in Girls Soccer, tagged 1A Olympic League, CHS Wolves, Erin Rosenkranz, Izzy Severns, Julia Myers, Marisa Etzell, McKenzie Cook, Soccer on November 14, 2014| Leave a Comment »

All-Conference goalie Julia Myers. (John Fisken photo)

Klahowya’s Izzy Severns (9), McKenzie Cook (3) and teammates. Three more wins to a state title, ladies!

Second in the standings, first in manners.

The Coupeville High School girls’ soccer team capped its first season in the 1A Olympic League by putting three seniors on the All-Conference team and netting the league’s sportsmanship award.

Wolf goalie Julia Myers, midfielder Erin Rosenkranz and forward Marisa Etzell were all honored for their play during a 6-7-1 season, the best mark in program history.

Klahowya’s goal-scoring queens, Izzy Severns and McKenzie Cook, were tabbed as co-MVPs.

The duo has combined for 57 goals for the Eagles (18-2) this season, and will lead their team onto the pitch Saturday to play La Salle in the state quarterfinals.

In a side note, Severns and Cook were two of four All-Conference players who had a pre-season feature story in Coupeville Sports. Port Townsend goalie Malia Henderson and Chimacum goalie Kyah McKinlay were also honored.

Colin Foden of Port Townsend was picked as Coach of the Year.

The All-Conference team:

Klahowya:

Ashlyn Brandt, MF
Danni Antoldi, F
Emily Peters, MF
Rachel Seidel, D

Coupeville:

Julia Myers, GK
Erin Rosenkranz, MF
Marisa Etzell, F

Port Townsend:

Malia Henderson, GK
McKinzie Ginter, D

Chimacum:

Kyah McKinlay, GK
Mechelle Nisbet, D

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Nick Etzell has racket, will smash!!

Posted in Baseball, Boys Tennis, tagged Ben Etzell, CHS Wolves, Down's Syndrome, Marisa Etzell, Nick Etzell, tennis on September 17, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Nick Etzell (front) with siblings (l to r) Marisa, Ben and Lucas. (Kristi Etzell photo)

Tennis balls are not safe around Nick Etzell.

The Coupeville High School freshman, who’s also a talented baseball player, tends to take great delight in beating the crud out of the fuzzy yellow balls.

“I enjoy the fun of just smashing a ball against a tennis racket,” Etzell said. “Especially right on the sweet spot!”

Of course, there’s more to the sport than just mashing the ball, and the younger brother of former Wolf netter Ben Etzell, who played in last year’s state doubles tourney to cap his high school career, is quickly developing multiple weapons.

“This is my first year of tennis and I started really playing about a month and a half ago,” Etzell said. “I started playing because I had seen my brother play and I know that it is a sport that I can play my entire life.

“I enjoy the real team spirit and how everyone helps each other out,” he added. “My strengths on the court are my ability to get great topspin on the ball and my forehands.”

Etzell continues to fine-tune his game (“the things I need to work on the most are my backhands and my serves”) and has set solid goals for this season and beyond.

“My goals for this season are to win more than 50% of my matches and to move to #5 doubles at least once,” he said. “Future goals include making it to state and being #1 or #2 doubles.”

A fan of the “Star Wars,” “Lord of the Rings” and Marvel movies, Etzell spends his free time playing Frisbee and watching sports (“except golf and soccer!”).

He’s the youngest of four in his family, which includes Ben, a freshman baseball player at Saint John’s University in Minnesota and twins Marisa and Lucas, seniors at CHS.

In all things, but especially sports, his older siblings have been positive influences on him as he has grown.

“My brothers, Benjamin and Lucas, have had the biggest impact on my life,” Etzell said.

“Ben would always help me out with my shot in basketball, or challenge me in one-on-one (he would crush me),” he added. “Ben would also show me the proper way to swing in baseball, and, my favorite and most used pitch, the curveball, he showed me how to throw well.”

Lucas, who has Down’s Syndrome, provides a different sort of inspiration.

“Lucas has made me a better person in my daily life,” Etzell said. “He has showed me even when you’re having a bad day, good things can come out of it.

“He’s always been the funniest guy I’ve ever met and he really has changed my life for the better.”

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Cassie, always classy!!

Posted in Girls Soccer, tagged Cassie Neil, CHS Wolves, Marisa Etzell, Mia Littlejohn, Soccer, SW Falcons on September 10, 2014| Leave a Comment »

South Whidbey goaltender Cassie Neil. (John Fisken)

South Whidbey goaltender Cassie Neil denies a shot Tuesday. (John Fisken photo)

When Coupeville and South Whidbey play, in any sport, it is personal.

The Wolves and the Falcons are separated by only a few miles, living together on an Island, and since both are 1A, while Oak Harbor is 3A and rarely plays either of its neighbors, this is THE rivalry.

Games get chippy at times. Fans get personal at times. A win can make or break a school year, depending on what town you call home.

Coupeville bouncing from the 1A/2A Cascade Conference to the 1A Olympic League this year has taken the schools in different directions, but keeping the rivalry going, even in non-conference games, was the best decision the school AD’s could have made.

With wins in football and girls’ soccer, and a loss in volleyball, the Wolves have an early 2-1 edge in 2014.

But, the first big winner is a Falcon, junior soccer goalie Cassie Neil.

She, along with Wolves Mia Littlejohn and Marisa Etzell, reminded us Tuesday that you can have hard-core rivalries while still respecting your foes.

Neil is a bubbly force of nature and a frequent visitor to Cow Town.

In the world of select soccer, where Wolves, Falcons and Oak Harbor Wildcats often play on the same teams, she has frequently worn the same uniform as many of the girls she faced Tuesday.

In the second half of a narrow game, Neil twice got taken out hard. Both times were accidental in nature, but that didn’t keep the Falcon net-minder from being laid out.

The first time came on a breakaway when Littlejohn, who scored two goals, lit Neil up when they inadvertently collided at full-speed out in front of the net.

The second came with Neil on the ground, trying to grab a ball and getting clocked in the face by Etzell’s foot.

What was touching was the concern of all three girls for each other.

Instead of hanging back and letting the injured player’s teammates deal with the situation, as you might normally do, in both instances the Wolves immediately went to check on Neil.

And, after the worst of the two collisions, when she regained her feet, still a little wobbly, Neil went and grabbed Littlejohn in a bear-hug, one friend making sure the other knew that she held no ill will.

It was a quick moment, but it spoke volumes.

It reminded all of us what grace under pressure, class and hard-nosed mutual respect should look like on the athletic field.

Well played, ladies. Well played.

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You’ll run … and you’ll like it!!

Posted in Girls Soccer, tagged Christine Fields, CHS Wolves, Marisa Etzell, running, Soccer on August 26, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Marisa Etzell, for one, was excited to run. (John Fisken photos)

It was not a feeling shared by all. Micky LeVine (far left) paces a pack that includes (l to r) Lauren Bayne, Erin Rosenkranz, Sage Renninger and Mia Littlejohn.

She’s back! Christine Fields has returned to the pitch for her senior season.

Mckenzie Meyer (left) and May Rose come thundering down the prairie.

Ivy Luvera flies by. Possibly. Could be twin sister Ana, but we’re pretty sure it’s Ivy. OK, we’re 17% sure it’s Ivy…

Not a soccer ball to be seen.

The opening day of practice Monday for the Coupeville High School girls’ soccer squad, at least in the early going, was all about hitting the open road and putting in some conditioning work.

The expressions on the Wolf player’s faces ranged from resignation to the (occasional) euphoria, at least when they saw a passing cameraman.

No one can resist the lure of a photo op.

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Grove, Etzell rock in Granite!!

Posted in Track, tagged CHS Wolves, Lauren Grove, Marisa Etzell, Track on May 2, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Speedy freshman Lauren Grove waits for the starter’s gun. (John Fisken photos)

Nick Johnson gets medieval with a shot put.

It was all about the girls.

Even with superstar sophomore Makana Stone still largely sidelined by a sore knee, Coupeville High School’s track wins all came from feminine competitors Thursday.

Running against Lakewood and host Granite Falls, freshman Lauren Grove (triple jump), junior Marisa Etzell (400) and the 4 x 200 relay squad all came out on top.

Complete results:

GIRLS:

100 — Sylvia Hurlburt (3rd) 13.75; Marisa Etzell (4th) 14.02; Ashlyn Miller (7th) 14.35; Merle Fitzenhagen (10th) 15.04; Dananecious Maxie (11th) 15.54

200 — Hurlburt (3rd) 28.90; Miller (6th) 29.83; Fitzenhagen (9th) 31.60; Maxie (10th) 32.08

400 — Etzell (1st) 1:07.39

800 — Carlie Rosenkrance (5th) 2:44.38; Erin Rosenkranz (9th) 2:56.37

1600 — Rosenkranz (3rd) 6:29.41

100 Hurdles – Rosenkrance (5th) 19.65

4 x 100 Relay — Fitzenhagen, Rosenkrance, Maxie, Miller (2nd) 58.13

4 x 200 Relay — Hurlburt, Etzell, Lauren Grove, Makana Stone (1st) 1:52.35

Shot Put — Skyler Lawrence (3rd) 28-04; Heni Barnes (7th) 25-07; Joye Jackson (8th) 22-08

Discus — Lawrence (5th) 78-09; Barnes (6th) 75-00; Amanda Foley (10th) 62-00; Sophia Jebrail (13th) 55-00; Julia Felici (14th) 46-10; Julianne Sem (16th) 32-04

Javelin — Lawrence (6th) 70-03; Jackson (8th) 65-02; Barnes (9th) 65-00; Jebrail (14th) 57-06; Fitzenhagen (18th) 54-05; Briess Potter (22nd) 53-01; Sem (25th) 38-05; Foley (28th) 32-04

Long Jump — Grove (2nd) 13-09; Potter (5th) 11-00

Triple Jump — Grove (1st) 27-05.50

BOYS:

100 — Jared Helmstadter (6th) 12.37; Brandon Kelley (6th) 12.37; Sebastian Davis (8th) 12.57; Mitchell Losey (13th) 13.42; Connor Thompson (14th) 13.44

200 — Helmstadter (6th) 24.94; Davis (9th) 25.61; Losey (12th) 27.50

400 — Helmstadter (2nd) 55.65; Jake McCormick (4th) 1:02.67; Manuel Lopez Santillana (5th) 1:03.53

300 Hurdles — Kelley (4th) 46.23

4 x 100 Relay — Davis, Matt Shank, Helmstadter, Kelley (2nd) 48.38

4 x 400 Relay – Stephen Edwards, Lopez Santillana, McCormick, Grey Rische (2nd) 4:09.75

Shot Put — Dalton Martin (16th) 35-03; M. Shank (19th) 33-10; Nick Johnson (21st) 31-07

Discus — Martin (2nd) 118-00; Johnson (13th) 80-02; Rische (15th) 78-08; Brian Shank (20th) 59-05

Javelin — M. Shank (5th) 114-02; Rische (9th) 106-07; Losey (15th) 92-01; B. Shank (20th) 74-02

High Jump — Ryan Griggs (2nd) 5-06; M. Shank (7th) 5-00; Thompson (7th) 5-00

Long Jump — Griggs (9th) 17-00; Edwards (10th) 16-08.50; Mitchell Carroll (11th) 16-03

Triple Jump — Griggs (3rd) 35-06; Thompson (4th) 33-02; Carroll (6th) 31-04.50-

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