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Down the backstretch they go

Posted in standings, tagged , , , , , on October 27, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Devon Wyman and Coupeville High School cross country are off to Tri-Districts this coming week. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

The end of a month approaches, and the end of a season.

As October plays out, Coupeville High School teams are moving down the backstretch with fall sports activity.

Wolf cross country is off to Tri-Districts at Ft. Steilacoom this coming Wednesday, Oct. 30, with an eye on qualifying for the state meet.

Meanwhile, football heads to Friday Harbor on Halloween for its regular-season finale, with a league title and playoff berth in the balance.

Wolf fans have enjoyed a stellar fall. (Bailey Thule photo)

CHS volleyball travels to Orcas Island Tuesday with plans to complete a perfect run through league play, while the Wolf booters are the busiest by far.

The pitch masters, chasing a playoff berth, host Providence Classical Christian Tuesday, travel to La Conner Friday, then close the regular season Saturday at home against Orcas.

With everything coming down to the nitty-gritty, a look at league standings through Oct. 27:

 

Northwest League boys’ soccer:

School League Overall
Orcas Island 5-0-0 12-1-0
Lopez Island 4-1-0 9-1-0
Coupeville 3-2-0 5-6-1
PC Christian 3-2-0 8-3-2
MV Christian 3-3-0 8-4-1
CPC-Lynnwood 2-3-0 5-6-0
Friday Harbor 2-4-0 5-6-0
La Conner 2-4-0 2-9-1
Grace Academy 0-5-0 2-9-0

 

Northwest League football — (11-Man):

School League Overall
Coupeville 1-0 5-3
Friday Harbor 0-1 2-5

 

Northwest League football — (8-Man):

School League Overall
Darrington 1-0 4-4
La Conner 0-0 3-4
Concrete 0-1 3-5

 

Northwest League volleyball:

School League Overall
Coupeville 9-0 12-0
Darrington 5-2 12-4
La Conner 6-3 8-6
Orcas Island 5-3 9-7
MV Christian 3-6 7-8
Concrete 1-6 8-8
Friday Harbor 0-9 2-12

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JV net crew on a tear

Posted in Volleyball, tagged , , , , , on October 24, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Rockin’, rollin’, and winnin’. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

They’re peaking at just the right time.

Having long ago rebounded from its only loss of the season, the Coupeville High School JV volleyball squad has now won seven straight.

The latest victim of the Wolves?

Concrete, which fell 25-16, 25-10, 25-17 Thursday night.

With the road victory, Ashley Menges and her kill-happy spikers get to 8-1 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 9-1 overall.

The JV has three matches left on the schedule, starting with a non-conference trip Saturday to far-off Neah Bay.

After that comes a journey to Orcas Island, and a home finale against Sultan.

As the season has played out, Menges has seen her team gel more and more, with improvement each time the young Wolves take the floor.

That was evident deep on the road in Concrete.

“We did a good job tonight of not letting teams go back and forth with us,” Menges said. “We took leads and kept with them.

“We’ve been working on fine details during practice that we’re trying to implement in games, but tonight was a good start to that.”

The team is getting stronger, but so are the players themselves.

“Lots of really good things from individuals and their own separate goals, which we love to see, especially since some of them have been working really hard on them in recent practices,” Menges said.

“Still time to get better this season, so in these last few games we have, I hope they really take advantage of that.”

 

Thursday stats:

Capri Anter — 3 kills, 1 dig, 1 ace
Haylee Armstrong — 9 digs
Ari Cunningham — 5 kills, 7 digs, 2 aces
Lexis Drake — 5 kills, 5 aces
Willow Leedy-Bonifas — 4 digs, 5 assists
Adeline Maynes — 1 dig, 12 assists, 10 aces
Isa Mc Fetridge — 1 ace
Chelsi Stevens — 1 kill
Dakota Strong — 3 kills
Sydney Van Dyke — 3 digs

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Spikers clinch title, make history

Posted in Volleyball, tagged , , , , , on October 24, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Teagan Calkins brings the thunder and makes the hardwood quake. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

It wasn’t flawless, but they stayed perfect.

Concrete, playing on its Senior Night Thursday, became only the second team to take a set from the Coupeville High School varsity volleyball team this season.

But in the end, the high-flying Wolves were too much for the plucky Lions, rebounding for a 17-25, 25-22, 25-4, 25-12 win to clinch the Northwest 2B/1B League crown.

With the victory, the Wolves get to 9-0 in conference action, 11-0 overall, and the second mark is the best start in CHS volleyball history.

The 2024 net crew, which has three regular season matches left to play, starting with a non-conference rumble Saturday at Neah Bay, breaks a tie with the 2004 Wolves, who started 10-0 and finished 14-3.

Thursday’s match started with a stumble, as a fired-up Concrete squad seized control early.

The Lions are the first NWL team to take a set from Coupeville in regular match play this season, with non-conference foe Okanogan the only other school to ding the Wolves.

CHS, which is a senior-dominated team, pulled together, however, and reasserted its dominance.

“We struggled to focus on remembering ourselves today, but when we did, we played like I would’ve expected,” said Wolf coach Cory Whitmore.

“The first set was full of errors that then became errors in other skills. We definitely need to work on that.”

The Wolves got a big boost from “The Red Dragon,” as junior Teagan Calkins came flying in from the right side to decimate Concrete, pounding away for a team-best 19 kills.

“Teagan had a great night and Katie (Marti) got her the ball whenever we needed a point or a string of them,” Whitmore said.

“Teagan was very fluid and a good mix of power and precision.”

Madison McMillan, also known as Miss Dependable.

Whitmore also praised the steady play of senior jack of all trades Madison McMillan.

“Madison had a great game, especially from the service line,” he said.

“She gamed tonight – she would grab the ball, run back to the line, and had that look in her eye of confidence and a desire to take control of things.”

While the first set was a bump in the road, Whitmore has confidence in his veterans rising to the occasion and working things out on the floor while the storm rages around them.

Once again, they did not fail him.

“They had to find a way to settle in and do it together,” he said. “So, I’m glad that they made enough changes to get it done.”

 

Thursday stats:

Taylor Brotemarkle – 4 digs
Teagan Calkins – 19 kills, 1 ace
Mia Farris – 8 kills, 2 digs, 2 block assists, 1 ace
Jada Heaton – 4 kills, 1 dig, 1 solo block
Katie Marti – 4 digs, 34 assists, 3 aces
Madison McMillan – 5 kills, 8 digs, 2 assists, 8 aces
Lyla Stuurmans – 9 kills, 4 digs, 3 assists, 2 block assists, 2 aces
Tenley Stuurmans – 2 digs

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Fast times, furious finish

Posted in Cross Country, tagged , , , , on October 24, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Aleksia Jump motors to the finish line. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

They ran in the sun and had some fun.

The Coupeville High School cross country squad placed six runners in the top 10 Thursday at the Northwest 2B/1B League Championships.

Freshman Mikayla Wagner led the way with a 5th place performance at Mount Vernon Christian, helping the Wolf girls earn 3rd in the team standings behind MVC and Friday Harbor.

The Coupeville boys, who’s top three finished within a span of 1.2 seconds, earned 2nd place, narrowly edged by their hosts in the team standings.

MVC juniors Evangeline Fikkert and Peyton Smith copped the individual crowns on the 5,000-meter course.

Six Wolves earned top 10 finishes Thursday at the league meet. (Photo courtesy Elizabeth Bitting)

Things get increasingly tenser for everyone involved, with the next meet on the schedule the Tri-District meet.

That event, which brings together 21 schools from across Districts 1, 2, and 3, and is the qualifier for the state meet, is set to go down at Ft. Steilacoom in Lakewood Wednesday, Oct. 30.

Wolves Ezekiel Allen (201) and Kenneth Jacobsen were separated by 0.2 of a second. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

 

Thursday results:

 

GIRLS:

Mikayla Wagner (5th) 23:33.2
Devon Wyman (9th) 24:28.8
Aleksia Jump (11th) 25:12.8
Aleera Kent (15th) 26:08.2
Ivy Rudat (17th) 26:13.6
Ari Armstrong (19th) 26:26.0
Reagan Callahan (22nd) 27:27.4
Ava Lucero (28th) 29:37.0
Dahlia Miller (29th) 29:52.2
Jeann Nitta (31st) 31:48.1
Mary Western (33rd) 33:59.8

 

BOYS:

Carson Field (7th) 18:43.0
Ezekiel Allen (8th) 18:44.0
Kenneth Jacobsen (9th) 18:44.2
Landon Roberts (10th) 18:58.4
Thomas Strelow (15th) 19:28.7
Ethan Walling (30th) 20:47.1
George Spear (36th) 21:20.5
Isaiah Allen (37th) 21:21.6
Johnathan Jacobsen (43rd) 23:15.6
Beckett Green (46th) 23:30.3
Will Tierney (51st) 23:46.0
Zach Blitch (58th) 32:27.9

The CHS harrier program is booming. (Photo courtesy Elizabeth Bitting)

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Lobos nip Wolves in pitch battle

Posted in soccer, tagged , , , , on October 24, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Edmund Kunz tracks the flight of the soccer ball. (Photo by Coupeville High School yearbook staff)

It was a tale of two halves, with a strong finish negated by a slow start.

Despite rallying after halftime Thursday, the Coupeville High School co-ed soccer squad fell 3-1 to visiting Lopez Island in a battle for sole possession of second place in the Northwest 2B/1B League.

The loss drops the Wolves to 3-2 in conference action, 5-6-1 overall, while Lopez gets to 4-1, which leaves the Lobos a game off of frontrunner Orcas Island, which sits at 5-0.

CHS is still very much in the playoff battle, with the top four teams from the nine schools playing boys’ soccer in the NWL making the postseason.

Coupeville returns to the pitch with a home game against Providence Classical Christian Tuesday Oct. 29 on Senior Night.

After that comes a road trip to La Conner Nov. 1 and a home clash with Orcas Nov. 2.

When the Wolves get back into action, the goal will be to replicate the more fired-up attack which helped them hold the advantage in the second half against Lopez.

Trailing 3-0 at the break, without having gotten off a shot on goal across the first 40 minutes, CHS mixed things up and it paid off.

“We came out in the first half really slow, almost asleep,” said Coupeville coach Kimberly Kisch. “Then we adjusted and got much more of the action happening up top.

“I’m very happy with how we played in the second half.”

Ayden Wyman turns the action upfield. (Finn Price photo)

While the Wolves had trouble mounting an offensive charge before the break, they put together one especially strong run right after the break.

Just a hair over two minutes into the second half, Cael Wilson put a pass on Preston Epp’s foot, and his fellow senior bashed a shot which almost beat the Lopez goalie.

While the Lobo netminder managed to punch the ball free, it bounced in the direction of Wolf sniper Sage Arends, who nimbly popped the orb into the back of the net for his third score of the season.

The two teams played a fast ‘n furious second half, with Lopez picking up a yellow card for one play, while getting away with another tussle where a Coupeville player got nailed in the face by a wayward elbow and crashed hard to the pitch.

Coupeville’s defense kept Lopez at bay over the final 40 minutes of play, with goaltender Hurlee Bronec making several strong stops on Lobo shots.

Unfortunately for the Wolves, they were playing from behind for most of the game, after Lopez broke through with an opening goal just 90 seconds into the game.

The visitors added two more scores, one in the 22nd minute and another in the 36th, to get comfortably ahead by the break.

While Coupeville was looking for a win, Kisch came away pleased with how the team responded to adversity.

She praised Wolf 8th grader Brian Thompson for “standout work in maintaining good position,” Ayden Wyman for “solid work in the middle,” and Dane Hadsall for a “couple of great blocks.”

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