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“A great day!!”

Posted in Volleyball, tagged CHS Wolves, Maddy Hilkey, Orcas Island, SW Invitational, volleyball on September 12, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Maddy Hilkey (?) and Ashley Menges (JOhn Fisken photo)

Maddy Hilkey (5) and Ashley Menges stepped up Saturday and saw playing time with the Wolf varsity spikers. (John Fisken photo)

Payton Aparicio (left) and Hope Lodell give captain Valen Trujillo a boost. (Lauren Rose photo)

Leaps and bounds.

Showing improvement every day, a very young Coupeville High School volleyball squad continues to rise, and Saturday was another triumph.

Playing at the 16-team South Whidbey Invitational, the Wolves claimed second in their bracket.

Coupeville swept two sets from Orcas Island, a school they will face Sept. 25 at home, and split sets with Port Angeles.

The small-school Wolves also fared well against the bigger teams in the tourney, which included 2A and 3A schools.

“They did great!,” said CHS coach Breanne Smedley. “The team is really starting to come together and realizing their potential on the court.

“We are still learning from the ups and downs associated with being a young team,” she added. “Our goal has been to increase our mental toughness to play “our game” from start to finish.”

Along with the normal varsity lineup, three JV players got the call-up to pad the roster and all made an impression on their coach.

“Our freshman floaters — Maddy Hilkey, Ashley Menges and Sarah Wright — did an amazing job of stepping in when we needed them,” Smedley said.

“Each time we play, I can tell that all the girls have a desire to keep improving and pushing their limits, which makes it extremely fun and rewarding to coach!,” she added. “Overall, a great day!!”

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Dante Mitchell’s hands are lethal weapons!!

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged Basketball, CHS Wolves, Dante Mitchell, DeAndre Mitchell, Orcas Island on December 21, 2014| Leave a Comment »

while Dante Mitchell looks the other way.

Dante Mitchell threw down a 20-point, eight-rebound performance Friday at Orcas Island. (John Fisken photos)

Joey Lippo had six points and four rebounds in a 53-44 win.

Dante Mitchell had a very good trip.

When the Coupeville High School basketball teams went to Orcas Island Friday, it made for an all-day and all-night adventure.

But, with four wins in four games, the Wolves were rewarded for spending huge chunks of time traveling to the middle of nowhere.

And while nearly all the CHS players put up solid performances once they were on the tiny Island, few could match Mitchell.

Throwing down 20 points, snatching eight rebounds and handing out three assists, the Wolf junior paced the JV boys’ to their second win of the season, a start-to-finish 53-44 romp.

Now 2-5 on the season heading into the Christmas break, the young Wolves are starting to jell.

“They played pretty inspired,” said Coupeville coach Dustin Van Velkinburgh. “Had the lead the whole game. Got good minutes off the bench.

“We’re starting to come together.”

Freshman Hunter Smith tallied 10 points in support of Mitchell’s offensive explosion, while DeAndre Mitchell (9), Joey Lippo (6), Desmond Bell (4) and Brian Shank (2) rounded out the attack.

DeAndre Mitchell hauled in six boards, with Lippo, Bell and Shank each collecting four.

Smith added three boards and a team-high four assists.

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Wolves recapture that winning feeling!!

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged Aaron Trumbull, Basketball, CHS Wolves, Orcas Island, Wiley Hesselgrave on December 20, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Senior Aaron Curtin has been a leader by example this season. (John Fisken photos)

Risen Johnson scored five, snatched four boards and pocketed four steals Friday.

Wiley Hesselgrave went off.

Raining down buckets from the opening tip Friday, the Coupeville High school junior threw up 17 points in limited minutes — foul trouble kept him glued to the bench for nearly two quarters — sparking the Wolves to a big 69-42 non-conference win at Orcas Island.

The victory snapped a three-game skid for CHS and improved it to 2-5 on the season.

The Wolves will now be off until Dec. 30, when they travel to Concrete.

Despite the long trip to Orcas, Coupeville came out with fresh legs and took the game right at the Vikings.

Orcas boasts a six-foot-eight sophomore, but the Wolves bedeviled him and his teammates by running right at them.

“We jumped on them in the beginning. They thought they had a chance to beat us, and we changed their minds,” said Coupeville coach Anthony Smith. “It was a great team effort, a good, solid win.”

The Wolves played fast, a bit loose and super-aggressive, changing up defenses on the fly, and it flustered the Vikings.

They also came out strongly in the third quarter, breaking a bad trend of slow starts after halftime.

“We had a good third,” Smith said. “That has been our nemesis, but guys really stepped up.

“Ryan (Griggs) played some big minutes for us, (Aaron) Curtin anchored us the way he always does — it doesn’t always show up in the stats, but he’s our guy who leads by example — and then Wiley checked back in in the fourth and we hammered them.”

Aaron Trumbull stepped up with a big 16 to back Hesselgrave, while Griggs pounded inside for 12.

CJ Smith (6), Risen Johnson (5), Joel Walstad (4), Curtin (4), Matt Shank (3) and Gabe Wynn (2) rounded out the scorers.

The team-wide display of hustle and intensity showed up in the defensive stats, as well, with Curtin (6), Hesselgrave (4), Johnson (4) and Griggs (4) leading the charge on the boards.

Hesselgrave and Johnson had four steals apiece.

JV wins too: The young guns also romped to their second win of the season, bouncing Orcas 53-44.

“The JV is really coming along,” Smith said. “We can go seven or eight deep with little drop-off, and that’s great for a JV team. Our future looks bright.”

No scoring stats were available.

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“I was very proud of the way they all played!!”

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged Basketball, CHS Wolves, Kailey Kellner, Orcas Island, Tiffany Briscoe on December 20, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Tiffany Briscoe snatched six boards, helping spur a defensive-orientated win Friday. (John Fisken photo)

Orcas had the height. Coupeville had the heart.

Overcoming a size disadvantage and a very productive swing player who banged away in the paint, the Coupeville High School JV girls’ basketball team bounced host Orcas Island 36-23 Friday.

The win lifted the young Wolves to 5-3 on the season heading into the Christmas break.

CHS has 10 days between games, not returning to the court until Dec. 29, when it hosts Vashon.

After making the long trip to Orcas, Coupeville came out a bit slowly, but then found a different gear.

Down 6-4 after one quarter, the Wolves went on a 14-4 tear in the second quarter to blow things open.

The points came from everywhere, with five different players tallying buckets in the quarter.

Even with leading scorer Kailey Kellner on the bench with foul trouble, the Wolves were able to use a big advantage on the boards to spur the scoring frenzy.

Orcas rallied briefly in the third behind their top gun, Jessie Nicholls, who returned from a first-half ankle injury to pour in 11 of her game-high 13 points in the quarter.

Using the same shot over and over, she was fairly unstoppable.

Until the speedy duo of Lauren Rose and Lauren Grove clamped down on the Orcas ball-handlers, preventing them from getting the rock to Nicholls.

Making off with frequent steals, the duo frustrated the Vikings and Coupeville put the game away with a solid final quarter.

“I was very proud of the way they all played,” said Coupeville coach Amy King. “This game they really all came together and moved the ball well. It’s a nice way to go into the winter break.”

While the Laurens spurred the defensive attack, all of the Wolves chipped in with stellar effort.

“Kyla (Briscoe) was strong on defense and Allison (Wenzel) and Brisa (Herrera) both had a good defensive night,” King said. “We really did a good job of anticipating the passes.

“Tiffany (Briscoe) played tough as always and Skyler (Lawrence) always proves why she belongs on the court, three very strong rebounds and a steal. She made it hard for Orcas to drive like they had hopes to.”

Kellner paced the Wolves with a team-high 12 points, while Rose banged away for eight. Kyla Briscoe (6), Lawrence (4), Grove (4) and Tiffany Briscoe (2) rounded out the scoring attack.

The battlin’ Briscoes combined to pull down 11 boards, led by Tiffany’s six, while Wenzel snatched five caroms and Grove hauled in four rebounds.

Rose pick-pocketed six steals.

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Two goals for “Two Fists”!!

Posted in Girls Soccer, tagged CHS Wolves, en fuego, Micky LeVine, Orcas Island, Soccer on September 19, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Goal-scoring sensation Micky LeVine. (John Fisken photo)

“Two Fists” came out swinging Thursday … with her foot.

Coupeville High School senior Micky LeVine, the scrappiest of mighty mites and ultimate defender of her teammates on the pitch, was content to let her golden leg do all her talking at Orcas Island.

Raining down a pair of goals — her first scores of the season — LeVine propelled the Wolves to a 4-0 non-conference victory.

The win broke a two-game scoreless streak for Coupeville and evened its record at 2-2.

The Wolves jumped on Orcas quickly, scoring all of their goals in the first half.

After that, it was time to give the bench some playing time. Freshman defender Mckenzie Meyer moved into net, teaming up with senior goalie Julia Myers to record the shutout.

“We controlled the entire match, moving the ball with controlled precision,” CHS coach Troy Cowan said. “The girls were able to maintain a high level of energy and stayed focused on our pregame goals.”

While a lot of players chipped in, the spotlight was firmly on LeVine, who tacked on an assist to go with her goals.

“I was forced to pull her off the pitch late in the first half so I could hose her off with our emergency fire extinguisher,” Cowan joked. “I mean, this kid was on fire!!! Someone should tell Micky smoking is bad for her.”

Fellow senior captain Erin Rosenkranz was almost as en fuego as LeVine, scoring a goal and notching an assist, while freshman Mia Littlejohn rounded out the scoring with her third goal of the young season.

Coupeville’s fast-rising freshmen continue to make an impact. Sage Renninger, who collected her first high school assist, joined Littlejohn and Meyer in netting praise from their coach.

“Sage worked hard and will score a lot of goals,” Cowan said. “I told her to just keep shooting.”

Ana Luvera “continues to be solid” and won the game ball and hustle award, while Bree Daigneault and Kirsten Pelroy “gave solid performances off the bench and are making huge strides of improvements.”

“I’m proud of the girls,” Cowan said. “They are a bunch of great young ladies that just happen to play soccer!!”

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