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Spike crew makes history far from home

Posted in Volleyball, tagged , , , , , on October 26, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Mia Farris hits the ball so hard, it even makes teammate Lyla Stuurmans gasp sometimes. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

It’s a long trip, so might as well make some history while you’re out in the middle of nowhere.

Enduring a 252-mile round trip to Neah Bay Saturday, the Coupeville High School varsity volleyball squad got its money worth.

Facing off with a spiker powerhouse, the Wolves pulled out a 25-15, 25-17, 19-25, 25-20 victory — always guaranteed to make the trek home a sweeter one.

With the non-conference win, the 2024 squad gets to 12-0, continuing the best start in program history.

The Wolves also earned coach Cory Whitmore his 100th win at CHS.

Now in his ninth season at the school (or 8.5 if we count the pandemic chopping the 2020 campaign in half), the hardwood sage is trying to guide the Wolves to a third trip to state, and second in as many years.

With two matches left in the regular season — a trip to Orcas Island and Senior Night against Sultan — the goal, as always, is having his team play its best as the pressure mounts.

Picking apart Neah Bay, which is at the state tourney year in and year out, is a major positive.

“It was a good trip out to the peninsula and great to come home with a win against a tough team,” Whitmore said.

“Even in the set we dropped, the girls were playing well, looking focused – Neah Bay just found some gaps and we had to regroup.”

Whitmore praised his team’s approach at the service stripe, which carried over to the Wolves being aggressive on offense, with setter Katie Marti flicking pinpoint passes to her big hitters.

“We served tough and consistent, and then attacked really well,” Whitmore said.

“Teagan (Calkins) led the way in kills, with Madison (McMillan) and Lyla (Stuurmans) putting together double-double efforts.

“Mia (Farris) was one kill away from a double-double herself and so the girls made it tough for the Red Devils to figure us out.”

“100 wins. That’s three digits, son.”

As they traveled back from Neah Bay, his players were quick to show Whitmore social media posts about the 100th win.

For his part, the Wolf coach was quick to pass praise on to a wide variety of folks.

“So many people have poured their hearts into this program,” Whitmore said. “I’m so lucky to do it here in this community surrounded by such quality people.

“It is truly so special to get to this milestone with this particular group of amazing kids and their families.

“All the administration and support crew, the assistant coaches over the years, players past and present and just this entire community has made this experience incredible, and I look forward to more years of Coupeville volleyball.”

 

Saturday stats:

Taylor Brotemarkle — 9 digs, 1 assist
Teagan Calkins — 17 kills, 6 digs, 1 ace
Mia Farris — 9 kills, 18 digs, 3 aces
Jada Heaton — 1 kill, 1 dig, 1 assist
Katie Marti — 1 kill, 6 digs, 42 assists, 1 block assist, 2 aces
Madison McMillan — 10 kills, 14 digs, 1 assist, 3 aces
Lyla Stuurmans — 12 kills, 13 digs, 1 block assist, 1 ace
Tenley Stuurmans — 12 digs, 2 aces

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Savor the stats, embrace the wins

Posted in Volleyball, tagged , , , , on October 25, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Mia Farris is a stat-producing machine. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

They make sure the scorebook keepers stay busy.

As both Coupeville High School volleyball squads continue to burn through spectacular seasons, the Wolves also keep on filling up the stat sheet.

Which makes sense, as wins and positive numbers sort of go together.

Prepping for a long road trip to Neah Bay this Saturday, the Wolf varsity is a pristine 11-0 on the season, while the JV is a nearly perfect 9-1.

Looking at just regular season matches (and not tournaments and jamborees), the numbers which have propelled those runs:

 

Varsity stats:

 

Kills:

Teagan Calkins – 120
Lyla Stuurmans – 115
Mia Farris – 86
Madison McMillan – 45
Jada Heaton – 28
Katie Marti – 20
Tenley Stuurmans – 3
Taylor Brotemarkle – 1
Lexis Drake – 1
Dakota Strong – 1
Aby Wood – 1

 

Digs:

McMillan – 105
Farris – 90
Marti – 69
L. Stuurmans – 58
Brotemarkle – 53
Calkins – 47
T. Stuurmans – 22
Heaton – 10
Wood – 1

 

Block – Solo:

L. Stuurmans – 9
Calkins – 1
Farris – 1
Heaton – 1

 

Block – Assist:

L. Stuurmans – 14
Calkins – 8
Heaton – 4
Marti – 4
McMillan – 4
Farris – 2

 

Assists:

Marti – 330
L. Stuurmans – 9
McMillan – 7
Farris – 3
Brotemarkle – 2
Calkins – 1
Heaton – 1

 

Service Aces:

McMillan – 31
Marti – 29
Calkins – 22
L. Stuurmans – 21
Farris – 18
T. Stuurmans – 8
Chloe Marzocca – 3
Heaton – 2
Wood – 1

“11-0, man! Our future is so bright, we’re gonna need your shades.”

 

JV stats:

 

Kills:

Capri Anter – 41
Lexis Drake – 36
Dakota Strong – 36
Tenley Stuurmans – 31
Ari Cunningham – 17
Sydney Van Dyke – 13
Chelsi Stevens – 10
Adeline Maynes – 8
Haylee Armstrong – 4
Isa Mc Fetridge – 3

 

Digs:

Armstrong – 74
Anter – 34
Van Dyke – 25
Maynes – 21
Cunningham – 20
T. Stuurmans – 18
Drake – 12
Willow Leedy-Bonifas – 4
Mc Fetridge – 3
Stevens – 1
Strong – 1

 

Block – Solo

Drake – 1
Strong – 1

 

Assists:

Maynes – 90
T. Stuurmans – 38
Armstrong – 11
Leedy-Bonifas — 6
Cunningham – 3
Van Dyke – 2
Anter – 1

 

Service Aces:

Maynes – 57
Drake — 23
Anter – 20
Armstrong – 19
Cunningham – 13
T. Stuurmans – 10
Van Dyke – 8
Mc Fetridge – 7
Leedy-Bonifas – 3

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Challenge accepted, perfection maintained

Posted in Volleyball, tagged , , , , on October 12, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Mia Farris launches a winner. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

Leg one of their Eastern Washington road trip was a success.

Forced to rally for the first time this season, the Coupeville High School varsity volleyball squad roared from behind Friday to topple Okanogan in five action-packed sets.

The 13-25, 22-25, 25-21, 25-23, 15-10 non-conference win, coming at Liberty High School in Spangle, lifts the Wolves to 8-0.

That’s the second-best start in program history, behind just the 2004 team which went 10-0 and was ranked #1 in the state polls.

And now the Wolves, who are one of just two undefeated teams left in 2B, get another major test Saturday.

They’ll put aside their won/loss record for a day and participate in the Liberty Tournament, featuring a killer’s row of teams in a state tourney-style setting.

“The girls are going to need to pull it together tomorrow, already having played a five-set match and find a way to stay focused and fresh throughout the long day tomorrow,” said CHS coach Cory Whitmore.

Friday’s win, coming against one of the toughest squads in 2B year in and year out, was a great start.

A Coupeville team which hadn’t dropped a set during regular season play, entering the day at 21-0, found itself in a hole and had to respond.

Boom. Boom. Boom.

Taylor Brotemarkle keeps the offense hoppin’.

“The reverse sweep was fun to get,” Whitmore said. “Along with some great experience against a good team.

“I’m proud of our resiliency and how we kept improving as the match went on, even into the fifth set.”

Key was getting something positive from everyone on the floor.

“We passed really well to get Katie (Marti) into a good spot so we could set Lyla (Stuurmans) and Teagan (Calkins),” Whitmore said.

“All three went off for double-doubles and went to work tonight.

“But everyone played their role at critical times and put it together.”

 

Friday stats:

Taylor Brotemarkle — 13 digs
Teagan Calkins — 14 kills, 11 digs, 1 block assist, 2 aces
Mia Farris — 9 kills, 20 digs, 1 assist, 1 ace
Jada Heaton — 5 kills, 1 dig, 1 block assist
Katie Marti — 2 kills, 11 digs, 46 assists, 2 block assists, 2 aces
Madison McMillan — 3 kills, 13 digs, 1 assist, 1 block assist
Lyla Stuurmans — 21 kills, 11 digs, 1 solo block, 3 block assists, 1 ace
Tenley Stuurmans — 8 digs

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Another night, another win

Posted in Volleyball, tagged , , , , on October 8, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Lyla Stuurmans enjoys the thrill of the kill. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

Sometimes perfection comes with a few bumps in the road.

Tuesday night’s varsity high school volleyball rumble between high-flying Coupeville and cellar dweller Friday Harbor was the blowout one would have expected.

Except for a 10-minute patch where everything went sideways.

But, a 10-minute patch does not a season ruin, as the senior-led Wolves pulled themselves together on their home floor and closed as strongly as they started, capturing a 25-3, 25-18, 25-4 victory.

The win lifts Coupeville to 6-0 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 7-0 overall, tying these Wolves for the second-best start in program history.

The 2024 edition of the CHS spikers equals the 2019 squad, whose setter was current assistant coach Scout Smith. That team started 7-0 en route to going 14-5.

The best start for a Coupeville spiker crew? Toni Crebbin’s 2004 team, which started 10-0 and finished 14-3.

The current Wolves, who earned coach Cory Whitmore his 95th victory Tuesday, have won all 21 sets they’ve played in the regular season this year.

They’ll take their streaks East this weekend, when they travel to Liberty High School in Spangle.

Friday night the Wolves clash with always-tough Okanogan (5-5), before returning to the same gym Saturday for a tournament which will feature prominent spiker programs such as defending 2B state champs Manson.

Tuesday’s warmup, coming against the last-place team in the NWL, was a potential trap.

Though, at first, the Wolves were ready.

Katie Marti opened at the service stripe and looked like she would never leave, ripping off 20 straight points to send a jolt of electricity through a somewhat-sparse crowd limited by an early 4:00 PM start.

Katie Marti, a one-woman wrecking crew at the service stripe.

The Wolves dominated at the net, as well, with Mia Farris, Teagan Calkins, and Jada Heaton combining to quickly thwart any efforts by Friday Harbor to stage brief rallies.

There was a moment where it looked like I was about to see the first 25-0 set of my sports reporting career.

But it was not to be, as someone on the CHS bench (who shall remain anonymous — you’re welcome, Miss You Know Who) jinxed the whole thing by mentioning out loud the Wolves had no errors up to that point.

After which the volleyball gods let one point slip through the Wolf defense, in retribution for breaking volleyball code.

While the perfect set faded into the gym air, the Wolves still came pretty dang close, with Aby Wood and Tenley Stuurmans notching service points to end things quickly.

And then the hiccup came.

After a first set in which Friday Harbor had nothing going on, the visitors shocked everyone in attendance by roaring out to a 13-6 lead in the second set.

Whitmore allowed his veteran spikers to find their own way on this one, and his belief in the long timers was repaid.

Marti, patrolling the floor from her setter position, kept delivering precision set-ups, and her big mashers responded.

Heaton, crunching the ball and flexin’ on fools, delivered her biggest performance of the season, while Lyla Stuurmans started flat-out murdering the ball.

Meanwhile Madison McMillan and Taylor Brotemarkle kept everything in play, Farris and Calkins sniped from the sides, and slowly, steadily, the Wolves dug themselves out of an unexpected hole.

Friday Harbor went down fighting with a fury, but the lead finally slipped away when Lyla Stuurmans spanked a service ace off the back corner to make it 18-17.

Marti got artful, faking a set before flipping a winner through a maze of bodies, and enjoyed it so much, she promptly did it a second time.

Closing the second set on a 19-5 tear, the Wolves never stumbled again, tearing through the final frame with the same precision they displayed at the start of the match.

With Calkins and McMillan torching their foes from the service stripe, CHS jumped out to a 10-0 lead in the third frame, then pushed it all the way out to 20-1 before coasting in for the win.

Coupeville’s seniors continue to lead the way.

As he reflected on Tuesday’s rout, and looked ahead to the Eastern Washington expedition, Whitmore praised his veterans for finding their way back after their brief melt-down.

“Katie played as controlled as I have ever seen her,” he said. “She gave the ball to her hitters really well and set them up for success.

“Jada was really strong tonight, and Mia was at the top of her game. She looked fearless.”

 

Tuesday stats:

Taylor Brotemarkle — 2 digs
Teagan Calkins — 7 kills, 7 digs, 2 aces
Mia Farris — 14 kills, 4 digs
Jada Heaton — 5 kills, 2 digs, 1 assist
Katie Marti — 3 kills, 4 digs, 26 assists, 6 aces
Madison McMillan — 2 kills, 12 digs, 2 assists, 2 aces
Lyla Stuurmans — 8 kills, 2 digs, 1 ace
Tenley Stuurmans — 2 aces
Aby Wood — 1 ace

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Wolf spikers rack up numbers

Posted in Volleyball, tagged , , , , on September 25, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Jada Heaton (left) and Mia Farris are filling up the stat sheet. (Jennifer Heaton photo)

It’s stat reviewing time.

We’re four matches into the season for the Coupeville High School volleyball squads, with the numbers starting to shake out.

As you take a look at the kills, assists, and other stats racked up by the Wolf spikers, two things to keep in mind.

One, the numbers are for regular season clashes, and don’t include the varsity’s trip to the Yakima SunDome Invitational or the season-opening jamboree in Oak Harbor.

And two, while the numbers come from Wolf coaches, I did add them up, so let’s hope — for my sake, at least — that I got ’em right.

If not, I’m sure I’ll hear about it soon enough…

Anyways. On to the numbers.

 

Varsity stats:

 

Kills:

Lyla Stuurmans – 43
Teagan Calkins – 35
Mia Farris — 23
Madison McMillan — 13
Jada Heaton – 9
Katie Marti – 8
Tenley Stuurmans — 1
Aby Wood – 1

 

Digs:

McMillan — 34
Farris — 28
Marti – 25
L. Stuurmans – 20
Taylor Brotemarkle — 13
Calkins – 8
Heaton — 3
Wood — 2
T. Stuurmans — 1

 

Block – Solo:

L. Stuurmans — 2
Farris — 1

 

Block – Assist:

L. Stuurmans — 3
Calkins – 2
Marti – 1

 

Assists:

Marti – 103
L. Stuurmans – 3

 

Service Aces:

L. Stuurmans — 14
McMillan — 13
Farris – 11
Marti – 7
Calkins — 6
T. Stuurmans – 5
Chloe Marzocca – 3
Heaton — 1

 

Ari Cunningham (left) and Tenley Stuurmans are the Wonder Twins. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

 

JV stats:

 

Kills:

Capri Anter – 22
Lexis Drake — 12
Tenley Stuurmans — 10
Ari Cunningham – 9
Dakota Strong — 9
Sydney Van Dyke – 6
Adeline Maynes – 4
Chelsi Stevens — 2
Haylee Armstrong — 1

 

Digs:

Armstrong — 27
Anter – 21
T. Stuurmans — 11
Maynes – 8
Drake — 6
Cunningham – 4
Van Dyke — 4

 

Block – Solo

Drake – 1

 

Assists:

Maynes – 27
T. Stuurmans – 22
Armstrong – 4
Cunningham – 1
Van Dyke — 1

 

Service Aces:

Maynes – 22
Anter – 12
Armstrong – 12
Drake – 8
T. Stuurmans — 5
Van Dyke — 4
Willow Leedy-Bonifas – 2
Cunningham – 1
Isa Mc Fetridge — 1

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