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Playoff ticket eludes diamond men

Posted in Baseball, tagged , , , , on May 7, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Chase Anderson waits for his pitch. (Duke Kutz photo)

A second-half slump will prevent the Coupeville High School baseball squad from making the playoffs.

Once flying high at 7-2, the Wolves absorbed their fifth-straight loss, and seventh in their last nine games, falling 12-1 at Mount Vernon Christian Thursday night.

That defeat, combined with wins this week for Friday Harbor and Orcas Island, breaks a three-way tie for the final two postseason slots for 2B schools in the Northwest 2B/1B League.

Coupeville finishes at 7-5 in conference action, 9-9 overall, while MVC (12-0), Friday Harbor (8-4), and Orcas (8-4) are headed to the District 1/2 tourney.

The Wolves swept Friday Harbor early in the season, but a mid-season split with La Conner (3-8), in which both games were decided by a single run, looms large now.

CHS was still 7-1 in league play heading into its final two regular season series, only to be swept by both Orcas and MVC.

Thursday’s loss was a lot like the one Coupeville suffered Tuesday against the Hurricanes, as a tepid offense and way too many errors combined to make life tough for the Wolves.

CHS only put five runners on board across five innings Thursday, while committing seven errors on defense a game after racking up 10 miscues.

The first inning was a scoreless duel this time around, with Camden Glover stroking a two-out single in the top of the frame, while MVC eked out a walk in the bottom half.

But, after the Wolves went down 1-2-3 in the second, the ‘Canes struck for seven runs in the bottom of the second, scoring all of them after they had two outs.

Mount Vernon Christian only plunked a pair of singles in the inning, but four Wolf errors and three wild pitches conspired to allow the host team to stage an impressive rally.

The Hurricanes tacked on three more runs in the third to push the lead out to 10-0 before Coupeville scored its final run of the season in the fourth.

Chase Anderson belted a leadoff double to left, and three batters later fellow senior Aiden O’Neill laced an RBI single in his final high school at-bat.

But that was it for Steve Hilborn’s squad, as Trent Thule got plunked by a wayward pitch in the fifth to represent Coupeville’s final base runner of the campaign.

Anderson and Thule combined to rack up three strikeouts while pulling mound duty.

 

Thursday stats:

Chase Anderson — One double
Camden Glover — One single
Aiden O’Neill — One single
Trent Thule — Two walks

Camden Glover, here using his Jedi skills to freeze a ball in midair, played his final high school baseball game Thursday night. (Melanie Wolfe photo)

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Playoff push takes hard hit

Posted in Baseball, tagged , , , , on May 5, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Malachi Somes (left), Camden Glover, and crew are still in the playoff hunt, but the margin of error has tightened. (Jackie Saia photo)

The ball slipped through their hands, and now the playoffs may as well.

Committing a season-high 10 errors Tuesday, the Coupeville High School baseball squad fell 14-1 to visiting Mount Vernon Christian in a mercy-ruled game which complicates the Wolves pursuit of a postseason berth.

Now 7-4 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 9-8 overall after absorbing its fourth straight loss, CHS sits in a tie with Friday Harbor (7-4) and Orcas Island (7-4) in the battle for the #2 and #3 tickets to the district tourney.

MVC, at 11-0, will be the top seed and face the winner of that #2 vs. #3 loser-out game May 14 in the District 1/2 championship game at Skagit Valley College.

Both teams in the finale advance to state.

But first Friday Harbor faces La Conner (3-7) Wednesday, while Orcas clashes with Darrington (2-8) Thursday to close out regular season league play.

Coupeville will have a more difficult task, travelling to Mount Vernon Thursday for a rematch with the Hurricanes.

Steve Hilborn’s diamond men will need a short memory heading into that game, as there is probably little they want to dwell on from Tuesday’s home swan song.

MVC jumped on the Wolves for two runs in the top of the first, before capitalizing on a rash of CHS errors to push seven more across in the second.

Coupeville garnered its lone run in the bottom of the third, after trailing 13-0, as Chase Anderson thumped a double, stole third, then scooted home on one of two errors committed by the ‘Canes.

That was largely it for offense, though, as the Wolves only had a handful of runners, stranding two in the first, and leaving lone runners short of home in three of the other four innings.

CHS used four pitchers, with Anderson, Camden Glover, Coop Cooper, and Trent Thule combining to whiff five batters across five innings of work.

Thule, the lone non-senior in that group, had the most success, recording a 1-2-3 inning in the fourth.

 

Tuesday stats:

Chase Anderson — One single, one double
Camden Glover — One walk
Riley Lawless — One walk
Aiden O’Neill — One single

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No trophies for NWL hoops teams

Posted in Basketball, tagged , , , , on March 4, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Coupeville’s Davin Houston slices ‘n dices the Mount Vernon Christian defense. (Jackie Saia photo)

The Hurricanes washed out Wednesday.

Both of the Mount Vernon Christian girls’ and boys’ basketball teams fell in loser-out games at the 2B state tourney in Spokane, eliminating the last chance for the Northwest 2B/1B League to win any hoops hardware this season.

The MVC girls, seeded #8, were toppled 52-34 by #9 Davenport, and went 0-2 at the big dance after previously losing 62-34 to top-seeded Napavine.

In a game which finished a bit later in the afternoon, the Hurricane boys, seeded #11, were bounced 60-51 by #3 Okanogan. They previously beat #14 Kittitas 66-47 in their state opener last week.

The other three NWL teams to advance to state — the La Conner, Orcas Island, and Concrete girls — all went one and done.

In 1B, Concrete got whacked 64-37 by Taholah, while in 2B La Conner fell 50-40 to Raymond-South Bend and Orcas Island was swatted 66-42 by Lake Roosevelt.

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Coupeville rivals stumble at state

Posted in Basketball, tagged , , , , on February 28, 2026| Leave a Comment »

The Orcas Island girls were one of three Northwest 2B/1B League basketball teams eliminated from the state tourney this weekend. (Jackie Saia photo)

The Hurricanes are our only hope.

Five Northwest 2B/1B League basketball teams advanced to the state tourney, but four lost their openers this weekend, with three eliminated.

Girls’ squads from La Conner, Orcas Island, and Concrete all went one and done, leaving just the Mount Vernon Christian girls and boys alive and able to advance to Spokane.

Those MVC girls, seeded #8 in 2B, actually lost their state opener, falling 62-34 to top-ranked Napavine, but were guaranteed at least two games by being a top-8 team.

The Hurricanes will square up with #9 Davenport Mar. 4 in a loser-out game at Numerica Veterans Arena in Spokane.

The only NWL win this weekend came courtesy the #11 MVC boys, who upended #14 Kittitas 66-47 to advance to a loser-out game in Spokane Mar. 4 against #3 Okanogan.

For the other three teams from Coupeville’s conference, it was a short run at state.

In 1B, Concrete got whacked 64-37 by Taholah, while in 2B La Conner fell 50-40 to Raymond-South Bend and Orcas Island was washed away 66-42 by Lake Roosevelt.

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Three-ball barrage sinks CHS girls

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged , , , , on January 27, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Senior Teagan Calkins has been a steadying force for a young Wolf hoops team this season. (Jackie Saia photo)

Some nights you can’t escape the storm.

Tuesday was one of those moments for the Coupeville High School varsity girls’ basketball team, as host Mount Vernon Christian buried an astonishing 15 three-balls en route to a 78-19 win.

The road loss, coming to a team with realistic dreams of competing for a state title, drops the Wolves to 1-7 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 4-12 overall.

Scout Smith’s squad returns to action Friday, when it hosts La Conner, which at 7-1 in conference action, is a half-game back of MVC, which sits at 7-0.

After that Senior Night showdown, the Wolves close the regular season Feb. 6 with a road trip to Friday Harbor.

Tuesday’s clash got off to a brutal start for Coupeville, as the ‘Canes netted seven shots from behind the arc to nab a 33-8 lead heading into the first break.

From there MVC pushed the margin out to 52-15 at the half, then 68-15 after holding CHS scoreless in the third quarter.

Six of 10 Wolves did score on the night, with sophomore Tenley Stuurmans knocking down six points to pace the attack.

Arianna Cunningham (4), Adeline Maynes (3), Teagan Calkins (3), Haylee Armstrong (2), and Lexis Drake also tallied points, with Danica Strong, Capri Anter, Sydney Van Dyke, and Kennedy O’Neill rounding out the rotation.

Maynes, Cunningham, and Calkins each netted a three-ball for the Wolves.

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