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Young booters learn on the job

Posted in Boys Soccer, tagged boys soccer, CHS Wolves, Nick Guay, Northwest League, Orcas Island on October 26, 2021| Leave a Comment »

Xavier Murdy set up a Coupeville goal Tuesday, picking up an assist on a score by Cael Wilson. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

It’s a perfect time to learn under fire.

The Coupeville High School boys soccer team is closing the season with back-to-back road games against the top two squads in the Northwest 2B/1B League.

With the Wolves out of playoff contention, and only three players set to depart — seniors Xavier Murdy and Tony Garcia and exchange student Miguel Puente — CHS coach Robert Wood plans to give his younger booters plenty of playing time in the final moments.

Tuesday afternoon, with a rainbow taking the place of the rain which poured down earlier in the day, Coupeville went toe-to-toe with defending league champs Orcas Island.

And, while the Wolves fell 6-1, Wood was able to give his bench a chance to play the entire second half.

“Crushing defeat, but we had fun,” he said. “Orcas is #1 or #2 and they certainly were tonight.”

The loss drops Coupeville to 4-9 on the season, while the Vikings rise to 12-2, a half-game off of Providence Classical Christian (11-1), which welcomes the Wolves to Bothell for the Oct. 28 regular-season finale.

Tuesday’s lone CHS goal came courtesy of a thrilling wham-bam-bam play.

The Wolves sent a corner kick screaming for the net, where Xavier Murdy went high to collect the ball with his head and deflect it towards pay-dirt.

When the ball hit the post, denying X-Man, it popped right to freshman Cael Wilson, who punched it in for his first goal of the season, and second of his prep pitch career.

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One chapter closes, another opens

Posted in Girls Soccer, tagged Audrianna Shaw, CHS Wolves, Friday Harbor, Girls Soccer, Northwest League, season finale on October 26, 2021| Leave a Comment »

Carolyn Lhamon and Coupeville High School girls soccer finished 4-7 on the season. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

Sophomore Ava Mitten is part of a strong group of underclassmen who can return next season.

The season is done, but the growth continues.

The Coupeville High School girls soccer squad fell 4-1 at Friday Harbor Tuesday afternoon, bringing a close to this chapter.

But, even with a strong seven-player senior class (plus a foreign exchange student) departing, the Wolves can return 12 of 20 booters next season.

That includes veteran defensive stalwarts Carolyn Lhamon and Nezi Keiper, as well as two bright offensive talents with most of their career still ahead of them.

Freshman Ayden Wyman, who rapped home Coupeville’s lone goal Tuesday, tied senior Audrianna Shaw as the team’s #1 scorer.

Wyman’s four goals this season were the most for a CHS frosh girl since Genna Wright tallied 10 in 2017.

Meanwhile, Amaya Schaffeld, who shone brightly all season and assisted on Wyman’s score, is only an 8th grader, leaving her with a full four-year high school run ahead of her.

Coupeville’s primary goaltender, Maylin Steele, is also among the underclassmen who Wolf coach Kyle Nelson can look forward to seeing again.

The Wolves finished the season 2-6 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 4-7 overall, and were likely denied another win when a postponed match against La Conner was never rescheduled.

Both of Coupeville’s league wins came against the Braves, though it also played Friday Harbor very close, and closed the gap over the course of its three-game series with frontrunner Mount Vernon Christian.

The Wolves also garnered non-conference wins against a pair of 1A schools — Sultan and Granite Falls — and won three of their five home games.

While Tuesday’s finale featured Wyman’s fourth goal, it also offered senior Sophie Martin a chance for a swan song.

After missing three weeks with illness, the fleet-footed one capped a three-season run for the Wolves in which she finished as the program’s #6 scorer all-time.

Final scoring stats:

Audrianna Shaw – 4
Ayden Wyman – 4
Sophie Martin – 3
Eryn Wood – 3
Carolyn Lhamon – 2
Lily Leedy – 1

Audrianna Shaw tied for the team lead in scoring.

Katelin McCormick and her fellow seniors depart after four stellar seasons.

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La Conner updates, honors its heritage

Posted in Everything changes, tagged Braves, La Conner, logo, Northwest League, Swinomish Indian Tribal Community on October 26, 2021| Leave a Comment »

The Braves are staying, but the brave is going.

La Conner High School — one of Coupeville’s top rivals in the Northwest 2B/1B League — is redesigning its sports team logo to come into compliance with a new state law.

House Bill 1356 bans the use of Native American names, symbols, or images by public schools.

The law has an exception for school districts whose enrollment boundaries include what the law terms “Indian Country.”

The Swinomish tribe and the La Conner school district have a long history together, dating to the early 1900’s, when tribal children began attending La Conner schools.

Current numbers from the state’s Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction list 34% of La Conner students as Native American.

Two of five school board members are Swinomish tribal members, while Superintendent Will Nelson is also Native American.

While using the Braves name and logo for its sports teams, La Conner also incorporates the moniker in other ways, with the district motto being “Be brave.”

District schools have worked to keep Swinomish tribal heritage as a vital part of their curriculum, with drumming, carving, and Lushootseed language classes offered to both tribal and non-tribal students.

With that in mind, the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community is allowing La Conner to retain use of the Braves name, but wants the logo changed.

The logo, which depicts a Plains Indian wearing a feather headdress, will be removed from the floor of La Conner’s gym.

Some posters and team uniforms are also being replaced.

To prepare for the change, the district conducted a community survey to determine values it wants its new logo to embody.

The replies heard most often were “pride, community, strength, courage, and diversity.”

La Conner school officials want a new logo to have cultural reference to Coast Salish peoples, and the survey found eagles, salmon, feathers, canoes, and wolves the most-referenced images.

The district is seeking submissions, and those submitting logos do not need to restrict themselves to those images.

Submissions, which are due by Nov. 12, should be sent to Clarissa James at cjames@lc.k12.wa.us.

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The finish line approaches

Posted in standings, tagged CHS Wolves, football, league standings, Northwest League, Soccer, volleyball on October 24, 2021| Leave a Comment »

Brad Sherman and Barbi Ford discuss all the intrigue in the latest edition of the league standings. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

Meanwhile, Savina Wells goes about her business.

One week to go.

The regular season comes to a close for fall sports as October winds its way towards Halloween.

Barring a football upset (more on that in a second), every Coupeville High School team with the exception of volleyball (and maybe cross country) wraps play by Thursday of this coming week.

Wolf boys soccer exits with back-to-back road games at Orcas Island Oct. 26 and Providence Classical Christian Oct. 28, while girls soccer closes at Friday Harbor Oct. 26.

Cross country travels to Lakewood Oct. 28 for tri-districts. A top-two team finish or a top-14 individual time advances you to state.

Football is the only CHS team at home next week, hosting Friday Harbor Oct. 28 (that’s a Thursday).

Lose, and the Wolves are done.

Win, avenging a 32-6 loss from earlier in the season, and Coupeville finishes in a tie with Friday Harbor.

If that happens, the two teams meet again two days later at a neutral site to play half of a game, with a trip to state at stake.

Meanwhile, the lone Wolf team assured of playing in Nov. is volleyball.

A road trip to Mount Vernon Christian Oct. 28 ends the regular season, then Coupeville is off to La Conner Nov. 3 for the district tourney.

Once there, the Wolves will need to beat Auburn Adventist and the two-time defending state champ tourney hosts to earn a ticket to state.

Where things stand through Oct. 24:

Northwest League boys soccer:

School	League	Overall
PC Christian	11-1	11-1
Orcas Island	11-2	11-2
Friday Harbor	8-4	8-4
MV Christian	7-4	7-4
La Conner	6-7	6-7
Coupeville	4-8	4-8
Grace Academy	4-10	4-10
Lopez Island	3-10	3-10
CPC-Lynnwood	0-8	0-8

Northwest League football:

School	League	Overall
Friday Harbor	3-0	4-4
Darrington	1-0	3-3
Coupeville	2-1	2-4
Concrete	0-1	0-4
La Conner	0-4	0-5

Northwest League girls soccer:

School	League	Overall
MV Christian	6-0-0	10-1-1
Friday Harbor	4-2-0	4-6-1
Coupeville	2-5-0	4-6-0
La Conner	0-5-0	1-5-0

Northwest League volleyball:

School	League	Overall
La Conner	11-0	14-0
Coupeville	9-2	9-5
Darrington	6-5	9-7
Orcas Island	6-5	9-6
MV Christian	2-7	4-9
Concrete	2-9	2-10
Friday Harbor	1-9	2-11

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Now that’s a thumping!

Posted in Volleyball, tagged CHS Wolves, Friday Harbor, Lucy Tenore, Northwest League, volleyball on October 21, 2021| Leave a Comment »

Ryanne Knoblich had four digs Thursday as Coupeville thrashed visiting Friday Harbor. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

Alita Blouin and Co. are 9-2 in league play, with one match left on the schedule.

A nice bounce-back.

Coming off a rough start to the week, the Coupeville High School varsity volleyball squad drilled visiting Friday Harbor in a fairly quick, efficient manner Thursday night.

The 25-5, 25-11, 25-18 win in their home finale lifts the Wolves to 9-2 in Northwest 2B/1B League action, 9-5 overall.

After playing three matches in four days, CHS has Friday off, then travels to Langley Saturday for the Island Invitational.

The regular season finale is Oct. 28 at Mount Vernon Christian, with the district tournament set for Nov. 3 in La Conner.

Coupeville, as the #2 team out of District 1, faces Auburn Adventist Academy (currently 8-5), the #1 seed from District 2 at 5 PM that night.

The loser is done, while the winner returns to the floor at 7:30 to face two-time defending state champ La Conner (14-0) for the district crown.

Only one school advances to state from the District 1/2 tourney this season.

Any thoughts of playoffs were still far off Thursday, as Coupeville entered play coming off of back-to-back losses to South Whidbey and La Conner.

Things got really positive from the start in this one, however, as Wolf captain Maddie Georges lit a fire beneath her team.

Rifling off 13 straight points on her serve to open the match, she got some help as Lucy Tenore and Olivia Schaffeld staggered Friday Harbor with blasts at the net.

Even after Georges had been knocked off the service stripe — thanks to a lucky Wolverine lob which caught the back of the line on a rally — the visitors were never able to string together two points in the opening set.

Savina Wells and Schaffeld blistered the hands of Friday Harbor serve returners, while the eternally-springy Lyla Stuurmans dropped a devastating running tip, then danced away into her teammate’s arms.

The second set was a little more of a battle, as the Wolverines hung around for a bit, trailing just 11-8.

Enter Wells, flying in from the side, and exit the volleyball, which erupted from her fingers, slammed into the court for a winner, and skidded away screaming bloody murder.

That launched another Wolf run, with Georges and Wells combining to pick up 10 points on their serve as Coupeville pushed its advantage way out.

CHS brought a lot more power to the show than the visitors did, but the best play probably came from libero Alita Blouin, who flipped a winner back over her shoulder while on the run, looking away from the net.

With the match well in hand, Coupeville coach Cory Whitmore was able to get floor time for all 12 of his spikers, with his swing players picking up valuable varsity experience.

Madison McMillan, Grey Peabody, and Katie Marti, stars of tomorrow, all chipped in with hustle and alert reactions while in the game.

Meanwhile, Tenore delivered a dominant performance at the net, blasting a team-high nine kills, while fab frosh Stuurmans and Wells put the fear of God into anyone foolhardy enough to wander through their hitting zone.

Thursday stats:

Alita Blouin — 1 kill, 13 digs, 2 assists
Maddie Georges — 2 kills, 6 digs, 23 assists, 1 block assist, 8 aces
Taygin Jump — 4 digs, 1 ace
Ryanne Knoblich — 4 digs
Madison McMillan — 1 ace
Grey Peabody — 1 kill
Jill Prince — 3 kills, 1 block solo, 1 block assist
Olivia Schaffeld — 4 kills, 3 digs, 1 assist, 2 aces
Lyla Stuurmans — 5 kills, 3 digs
Lucy Tenore — 9 kills
Savina Wells — 5 kills, 3 digs, 5 aces