Feeds:
Posts
Comments

Posts Tagged ‘Orcas Island’

Wolf JV girls shred Vikings

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged , , , , on December 11, 2021| Leave a Comment »

Bryley Gilbert and the Coupeville JV captured their first win Saturday at Orcas Island. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

They shuffled the roster, and lit up the scoreboard.

Coupeville High School swing players Gwen Gustafson and Lyla Stuurmans made their first JV appearance Saturday, combining with Madison McMillan to form a formidable scoring machine.

Paced by the trio’s combined 26 points, the Wolves led from start to finish, polishing off host Orcas Island 41-23.

The win puts Coupeville’s young guns at 1-0 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 1-2 overall.

Saturday’s clash looked more like a nailbiter than a blowout after one quarter, with the Wolves clinging to just a 4-2 lead at the first break.

That changed, and quickly, as McMillan poured in eight points in the second frame, sparking CHS on a 17-9 run.

Also coming up big was Katie Marti, who banked in a three-ball en route to tallying five points during the game-busting streak.

Up 21-11 at the half, the Wolves stretched the lead out to 35-15 by the end of the third quarter, then coasted in for the victory.

McMillan paced Coupeville with 10 points, while Gustafson and Stuurmans recorded eight apiece.

Also getting in the book were Marti (5), Brooklyn Thayer (4), Desi Ramirez-Vasquez (2), Bryley Gilbert (2), and Kayla Arnold (2).

It was the first game for Thayer, and the fab frosh made an immediate impact on the boards as well.

Jada Heaton, Skylar Parker, Edie Bittner, Mia Farris, and Yodnum Nakakul all saw floor time for the Wolves, who have a bit of a break in their schedule.

Coupeville’s next foe, Concrete, doesn’t have a JV team, similar to what happened with Darrington Friday night.

That means the young Wolves are off the floor until next Friday, Dec. 17, when CHS travels to Mount Vernon Christian.

The JV also plays Dec. 18 — on the road at South Whidbey — then all Coupeville teams don’t play games again until Jan. 4.

Read Full Post »

Late drought dooms JV boys

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged , , , , on December 11, 2021| Leave a Comment »

Landon Roberts was one of eight Coupeville JV players to score Saturday. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

The ending did not go according to script.

Playing without its top scorer, who went down early with a rolled ankle, the Coupeville High School JV boys basketball squad was still on target for a big win Saturday afternoon.

Then the floor fell out from beneath the Wolves, as host Orcas Island used a 19-4 run in the fourth quarter to claim a come-from-behind 37-31 win.

The loss drops Coupeville to 0-1 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 0-3 overall.

Things took a sour turn for the Wolves early, when sharpshooting guard Ryan Blouin went down with the aforementioned injury.

But that didn’t seem to ruffle CHS too badly, with Hunter Bronec and Mikey Robinett coming up big as the visitors built a 20-8 lead at the half.

Coupeville had an 8-4 advantage after one period, then slapped home another 12 points in the second frame, with four different Wolves making the nets bounce.

While Orcas trimmed the lead, slightly, to 27-18 through three quarters, things still seemed on the right track for CHS.

Until the Viking three-balls started dropping from all angles.

Raining down three treys in the final frame, Orcas got 16 of its final 19 points from the duo of Eddie Cunningham and Andrew Garcia.

On the day, those two Vikings, who banked in 11 and 13 points, respectively, teamed with Forest Frausto (10) to account for 34 of their team’s 37 points.

Hunter Bronec paced Coupeville with a team-best eight points, while Quinten Simpson-Pilgrim added his first six of the season.

Robinett (4), Nick Guay (4), William Davidson (3), Landon Roberts (2), Zane Oldenstadt (2) and Blouin (2) also scored, while Jack Porter, Hurlee Bronec, and Johnny Porter all saw floor time.

Coupeville’s next opponent, Concrete, doesn’t have a JV team, so the young Wolves are off until a trip to Mount Vernon Christian Friday, Dec. 17.

Quinten Simpson-Pilgrim has played strongly on both ends of the floor for the Wolves.

Read Full Post »

Do the ticket hustle!

Posted in Basketball, tagged , , , , on December 8, 2021| Leave a Comment »

Want to see Xavier Murdy and Co. play live Saturday on Orcas Island? You have some work to do. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

First come, first served — and you have to buy your ticket in advance.

When the Coupeville High School basketball teams travel to Orcas Island Saturday, seating will be restricted to 50 road fans.

Wolf fans interested in attending also need to pre-purchase their tickets online, and when 50 tickets are sold, the event will appear as “sold out.”

Tickets go on sale Thursday.

When you arrive at the gym Saturday, your digital ticket will be scanned. No cash will be accepted.

Orcas High School will pay the $1 service fee for each transaction, but fans will have to pay a 2.9% card processing fee in addition to the normal entrance fee.

This affects ONLY the games at Orcas Saturday, and not games when the Vikings travel to Whidbey to play Coupeville.

To buy tickets, go to https://orcasvikings.com/ and click on “tickets” in the top right corner of the page.

Read Full Post »

Coupeville rival wins state soccer title

Posted in Boys Soccer, tagged , , , , , on November 20, 2021| Leave a Comment »

Coupeville’s Alex Murdy is pursued by a pair of Orcas Island players during an early-season game. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Our league is #1.

Coupeville’s second season of playing boys soccer in the Northwest 2B/1B League ended with a conference rival winning the state title.

Orcas Island topped Providence Classical Christian 2-1 Saturday night in Sumner, with the game decided in a 4-3 shootout.

The victory, coming in an all-NWL final, gives the Viking booters the first team state title in program history, and the second in school history.

Orcas previously won a girls soccer state title in 2009.

This version of Vikings soccer finished 18-2, beating PCC three times in four meetings.

The two teams split games during the regular season, before Orcas came out on top 1-0 in the district tourney title game.

Saturday’s finale was knotted 1-1 at the end of regulation, then went through scoreless overtime to end in that most-beloved, or most-loathed, of events — “kicks from the mark.”

Orcas goalie Paxton White came up huge, deflecting a PCC ball away from his net on the first shot, before watching a second try go wide left.

The Vikings nailed their first three kicks, with Tommy Anderson-Cleveland, William Ibarra, and Diego Lago finding the back of the net, and seemed to be running away with things, up 3-1.

But there was some drama left, as PCC rallied to net back-to-back kicks, while blocking an Orcas try, pushing things to 3-3 headed into the 10th, and potentially final, attempt.

The ball was on Pedro Guerra’s foot, and the Orcas junior was golden, flicking the title-winning shot past a flailing PCC netminder.

That capped the fifth trip to state for the Vikings booters, whose best previous finish was 2nd place in 2018.

The NWL, which has nine teams for boys soccer — picking up outsiders PCC, Grace Academy, Cedar Park Christian-Lynnwood, and Lopez Island — claimed three of four team awards at the 2B/1B state tourney.

Friday Harbor earned 4th place, falling 2-0 to Crosspoint Academy Saturday afternoon.

Overall, NWL schools brought home two team state titles this fall, with La Conner volleyball also winning a third-straight 2B crown.

Read Full Post »

Coupeville soccer rivals vie for state title

Posted in Boys Soccer, tagged , , , , on November 14, 2021| Leave a Comment »

Coupeville’s Miguel Puente battles for control of the ball with a Providence Classical Christian player. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

So, you’re saying we have a chance?

Coupeville’s conference, the Northwest 2B/1B League, has a pretty good shot at collecting a second team state title this fall.

The 2B volleyball crown is already in the bag, thanks to La Conner claiming a third-straight championship after going 22-0 this season.

That run included three wins over Coupeville, which finished second in the seven-team NWL.

Now, three of the final four teams standing in the race for the 1B/2B boys soccer title are Wolf league rivals.

Orcas Island, Friday Harbor, and Providence Classical Christian, which joins the NWL for pitch action, are in the state semifinals after wins this weekend.

The only non-NWL team with a shot at the title is Crosspoint, which nipped Mount Vernon Christian 1-0 Saturday in a quarterfinal battle.

Orcas thumped Puget Sound Adventist 5-0, Friday Harbor squeaked by Prescott 3-2, and PCC drilled Upper Columbia Academy 3-0 to get to where they are.

The semifinals, which go down in Sumner next Friday, Nov. 19, pits PCC against Crosspoint, while NWL rivals Orcas and Friday Harbor face off.

The title game and 3rd/4th clash are both the next day.

The Orcas vs Friday Harbor semifinal will be the rubber match in that series, as the teams split during the regular season, with both games decided by a single goal.

The Vikings won the season opener 1-0, before Friday Harbor rebounded for a 2-1 victory midway through the campaign.

If PCC makes it to the championship game, the Highlanders will either face a team they swept (1-0 and 3-0 wins against Friday Harbor) or the only program to hand them a loss this season.

Orcas beat PCC 2-0 early in the season, fell 4-1 to the same team in mid-October, then rebounded to win 1-0 in the district championship game.

Coupeville, which finished sixth among the nine NWL schools to play boys soccer, went a combined 0-6 against the semifinal-bound squads, but came very close to upending Friday Harbor twice.

 

Girls soccer teams done:

It didn’t go quite as well for NWL girls pitch squads, as both Friday Harbor and Mount Vernon Christian were eliminated by the same school.

Toledo nipped the Wolverines 1-0 in the opening round of the 1B/2B state tourney, then pulled together a stunning comeback to eliminate the Hurricanes 3-2 in the quarterfinals.

The Riverhawks trailed 2-0 late in the second half, before rallying to net the game-tying score in stoppage time — that Twilight Zone period where the stadium clock clicks off reading 2:00, and only the ref has a clue of how much time is left.

The eventual game-winner came in the second overtime, eliminating any chance a NWL team would win a girls soccer state title this go-round.

Read Full Post »

« Newer Posts - Older Posts »