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Wolf boys playoff-bound!!

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged , , , , , on February 4, 2017| Leave a Comment »

Steven Cope and his Wolf teammates will get a home playoff game next Thursday. (john Fisken photo)

   Steven Cope and his Wolf teammates will get a home playoff game next Thursday. (John Fisken photo)

Crisis averted.

The Coupeville High School boys’ basketball squad couldn’t upend league champ Port Townsend Saturday, but thanks to Chimacum knocking off Klahowya, the Wolves are officially playoff-bound.

CHS ran into a hot-shooting RedHawk team in the regular season finale and fell 82-55, dropping to 3-6 in Olympic League play, 3-16 overall.

Port Townsend finished 9-0, 15-4.

If Klahowya had won, there would have been a three-way tie at 3-6, which would have meant a one-night, three-team mini-playoff to decide the league’s #2 and #3 playoff seeds.

That’s not necessary now as Chimacum (4-5, 4-13) and Coupeville are in, while Klahowya (2-7, 4-15) is done.

The Wolves will host the #4 team from the Nisqually League (most likely Bellevue Christian) next Thursday, Feb. 9 in a loser-out district playoff game.

Win that and CHS hits the road Feb. 11 for another loser-out game, that one at the home of the Nisqually’s #2 squad.

To see the playoff bracket, pop over to:

http://www.olympicleague.com/tournament.php?tournament_id=2186&sport=3

Saturday night the Wolves got off to a slow start, trailing 23-9 after one quarter, and never recovered.

Port Townsend shared the scoring load, with four different players hitting for 16 or more and Detrius Kelsall banging home a game-high 23.

The RedHawk junior scorched the nets with six three-balls, propelling his team to a season-best scoring performance on their Senior Night.

Coupeville put together its best offensive performance in the second quarter, when Hunter Smith tossed in 11 of the Wolves 17 points.

He finished with a team-high 21, cresting the 300-point barrier in the third quarter. Smith has 303 points (15.9 a night) heading into the postseason.

Ethan Spark chipped in with 14, eight of those coming in a third-quarter explosion, while Joey Lippo (6), Brian Shank (6), Cameron Toomey-Stout (4) and Gabe Wynn (4) rounded out the scoring attack.

Rough start dooms JV :

The second half belonged to Coupeville, but a terrible first quarter (16-5 in favor of the RedHawks) put the Wolves in too deep a hole to dig out.

The 46-31 loss dropped the young guns final record to 7-12 overall, 2-7 in league play.

Freshman Mason Grove knocked down a trio of three-balls as he went for a team-high 13, while Kyle Rockwell and Jacobi Pacquette-Pilgrim banked home five apiece.

Ulrik Wells (4), Jean Lund-Olsen (2) and Nikolai Lyngra (2) all chipped in.

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On the edge of our seat!!

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged , , , , on January 31, 2017| Leave a Comment »

Anthony Smith (John Fisken photo)

   Anthony Smith, in his sixth season at the helm of the CHS boys, is trying to guide his team into the playoffs. (John Fisken photo)

The suspense continues.

The Klahowya High School boys’ basketball squad upended visiting Chimacum 58-49 Tuesday, throwing the race for two of the Olympic League’s three playoff spots up in the air.

A loss by the Eagles would have eliminated them, and set Port Townsend, Chimacum and Coupeville as the #1, #2 and #3 seeds heading into the postseason.

Instead, Klahowya lives for at least two more days, while Coupeville (and Chimacum and Klahowya) could still finish anywhere from #2 to #4.

First, the standings as of 10 PM Tuesday:

Olympic League boys basketball:

School League Overall
Port Townsend 7-0 13-4
Chimacum 3-5 3-13
COUPEVILLE 3-5 3-14
Klahowya 2-5 4-13

What we know for sure: Port Townsend is league champs and advances to the double-elimination portion of districts, from which three of four teams move on to regionals.

Now, the other three teams.

Coupeville has a tie-breaker over Klahowya, having won two of three, but does not against Chimacum, having lost two of three.

The Eagles and Cowboys have split their first two games, so Saturday’s season finale would decide that series.

How Coupeville finishes from #2 to #4:

#2 — All three have to happen. Klahowya beats Port Townsend Thursday. Coupeville beats Port Townsend Saturday. Klahowya beats Chimacum Saturday.

#3 — Only one has to happen. Klahowya loses to PT or Chimacum or Coupeville beats PT.

#4 — All three have to happen. Klahowya beats both PT and Chimacum and Coupeville loses to PT.

So, we clear?

Probably not, but check back Thursday to see if it’s any clearer.

Once we get to the postseason, here’s the playoff path:

http://www.olympicleague.com/tournament.php?tournament_id=2186&sport=3

PS — The girls race is a completely different story with three-time league champ Coupeville, Port Townsend and Chimacum 100% locked into the #1, #2 and #3 slots.

That playoff path:

http://www.olympicleague.com/tournament.php?tournament_id=2187&sport=12

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“We can be proud of our season!!”

Posted in Girls Soccer, tagged , , , , on October 29, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Bree Daigneault, a captain and four-year player, is one of six seniors CHS soccer will lose. (John Fisken photo)

   Bree Daigneault, a captain and four-year player, is one of six seniors CHS soccer will lose. (John Fisken photo)

The search for a postseason goal continues.

Despite several strong chances, including a booming shot from Lindsey Roberts that curled up and over the bar at the last second, the Coupeville High School girls’ soccer squad suffered a shutout loss in the district playoffs for the third straight season.

The Wolves fell 3-0 to Charles Wright Academy Saturday in a game played on the damp turf at Oak Harbor’s Wildcat Memorial Stadium.

The loss ended the most successful season in CHS girls’ soccer history, while CWA advances to the double-elimination round of districts, where it will face Cascade Christian Tuesday night.

With a final record of 8-7-1, it’s the first time a Wolf girls’ soccer squad has finished a season with a winning record since the program was started in 2004.

Coupeville finished second in the 1A Olympic League for the third straight season, set a program record for wins and saw junior Mia Littlejohn shatter the school record for goals in a season.

She finished with 27, bettering the 20 Abraham Leyva scored during his senior season on the pitch way back in … the spring of 2016.

The previous record for a Wolf girl was 10, set by Kalia Littlejohn in 2015.

Lil’ sis added eight more as a sophomore, while Roberts, also a tenth grader, smacked home six and freshman Tia Wurzrainer notched three.

Of Coupeville’s 48 goals this season, only two were scored by seniors, with May Rose and Bree Daigneault being joined by freshmen Avalon Renninger and Anna Dion in rounding out the scorers.

Saturday, though, the well ran dry, though not for lack of chances.

Coupeville pushed the pace early, but saw Charles Wright seemingly get away with a major off-sides on the game’s opening goal.

The Wolves had set a trap to lure the Tarriers into committing just such an act, yet, even with a CWA player a clear five feet in front of the ball on what turned into a scoring run, the refs declined to say anything on the matter.

“It’s tough when girls play so well and earn their spot here and honestly outplayed the other team and it doesn’t show up on the scoreboard,” said Coupeville coach Troy Cowan.

“In the first half we certainly outplayed them; the second half was a little more even, but we did well with our set pieces,” he added. “Regardless of what was on the scoreboard, we can be proud of our season. They had a great season.”

Trailing just 1-0 coming out of the halftime break, the Wolves got nipped on two big plays in the second half.

On the first, CWA punched in a header off of a corner kick, with Coupeville goalie Lauren Grove unable to see the ball coming as a Tarrier expertly blocked her field of vision.

The final goal of the afternoon came when a Charles Wright player got behind the defense, picked up a pass and flicked it into the open side of the net.

The Wolves made several charges at the end, with Roberts unleashing a laser from about the 40-yard line, but it wasn’t to be.

While he wanted a win, Cowan can step back and see the progress the program has made in his four years at the helm.

“If you look at where we started at four years ago, we’ve really changed the culture of Coupeville soccer,” he said. “We’ve gone from being a cellar dweller to battling (Olympic League champ) Klahowya and chipping away at them.”

While he’ll lose six seniors — Grove, Rose, Daigneault, Megan DePorter, Mattea Miller and Fanny Duprelle — Cowan will retain virtually all of his offensive firepower and the heart of his defense.

“Our core is coming back and we’ll continue to build around them,” he said. “We’ve been lucky to be adding quality people, high character young women who really bring a lot to the program.”

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Playoff fever rocks the pitch!!

Posted in Girls Soccer, tagged , , , , , , on October 28, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Megan DePorter (John Fisken photos)

   Wolf defender Megan DePorter is ready to help carry her teammates to their first-ever playoff win. (John Fisken photo)

Into the great unknown.

When the Coupeville High School girls’ soccer squad opens the playoffs Saturday, the Wolves will be facing a foe they haven’t played before — at least on the pitch.

While CHS memorably clashed with Charles Wright Academy in a sometimes-brutal basketball playoff game last winter, the two schools don’t appear to have met on the soccer field before.

So, as you prepare for Soccerageddon 2016, here’s a cheat sheet.

What: District 3 girls’ soccer playoff game.

Where: Wildcat Memorial Stadium in Oak Harbor (1 Wildcat Way), which is covered and seats 3,000.

When: 1:30 PM kickoff, Saturday, Oct. 29

Admission prices:

$8 Adults/Non-ASB
$5 Students with ASB
$5 Sr. Citizens (62+)
$4 Elementary

At stake: Winner advances to face Nisqually League champ Cascade Christian Nov. 1 in the double-elimination round of districts, from which three of four teams qualify for state.

Lose Saturday and your season is done.

The bracket:

http://www.olympicleague.com/tournament.php?tournament_id=2068&sport=11

Records: Coupeville is 8-6-1, CWA is 6-8-1

Rankings: Coupeville is #23 in 1A on ScoreCzar, #180 in the state on MaxPreps. CWA is #25 and #126.

Goal differential: Coupeville outscored foes 47-29, while CWA nipped theirs 36-31.

Coaches: Troy Cowan (CHS) vs. Saraid Faville (CWA)

Common foes: None. They would have had one, but Bellevue Christian, which split games with CWA this season, cancelled its late season non-conference match-up with Coupeville because of “a shortage of players.”

BC is also in the playoffs, on the other side of the bracket, so the Wolves still might get that game, just with a lot more riding on the outcome.

So, you have the basics down cold. But what about the trivia, in case you need common ground to talk to a Charles Wright fan?

Boom.

CWA is a private K-12 school located in Tacoma. It’s associated with the Episcopal Church, but doesn’t push one religious doctrine to its 700+ student body.

It was founded in 1957 as an all-boys school. Opening with 40 students, it graduated its first senior class (14 of them) in 1964.

The school went co-ed in 1970 and is named after a guy who never stepped foot in our state.

Charles Barstow Wright was a Pennsylvania businessman who chose Tacoma as the Pacific terminus for the transcontinental railroad.

While the school is named in his honor, there’s never been a direct connection between the academy and the Wright family.

And lastly, but maybe most importantly, the school mascot is NOT a scruffy little dog, as CWA hails the Tarrier, not the Terrier.

And what’s a Tarrier?

It’s a name given to Irish workers who worked on building the railroad so important to the original Charles Wright, though it almost lost the mascot battle on day one.

Apparently there was a pretty heated fight back in the day (1962 or so), with the runner-up being Hodag.

And if you wouldn’t have been super excited to have your school mascot be named for a legendary 200-pound, seven-foot-long lizard with razor sharp spikes for teeth which (allegedly) stalked lumberjacks, there’s just something wrong with you.

The Hodag monster was “the living embodiment of deceased lumber oxen, filled with rage and hatred towards mankind for forcing upon them an enslaved existence during their previous life” and you can read much more here:

https://exemplore.com/cryptids/Hodag-Monster-Urban-Legend-Or-Real-Life-Cryptid

Sadly, Hodag lost out to Tarrier and the world was a less exciting place.

Though, there is this YouTube video:

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Central sluggers swing away at districts!!

Posted in Baseball, Little League, tagged , , , , on July 11, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Hawthorne Wolfe, seen here during basketball season, is one of six Central Whidbey baseball players (Pat Kelley photo)

   Hawthorne Wolfe, seen here during basketball season, is one of six Central Whidbey baseball players taking part in district tourney action. (Pat Kelley photo)

It’s a joint venture, but most of the stars are from Coupeville.

Or at least that’s the way I’m choosing to see it (this ain’t called South Whidbey Sports…) as the Central/South Whidbey 11/12 little league all-star baseball squad battles at the district tourney in Sedro-Woolley.

The team includes six Coupeville athletes — Caleb Meyer, Hawthorne Wolfe, Scott Hilborn, Drake Borden, Cody Roberts and Sage Sharpe — and has split its opening games.

After taking a 6-3 loss to the tourney hosts Friday, Central/South rebounded to drill Anacortes 12-1 Saturday.

The mixed squad plays North Whidbey in a loser-out game Monday (6 PM), for a chance to gain a rematch with Sedro.

Against Anacortes, everything was working, with Roberts thumping a three-run home run to invoke the ten-run mercy rule.

Wolfe swung a big bat, as well, cracking a three-run double, then returning later to notch an RBI single.

Before smacking his tater, Roberts reached twice on errors, while Hilborn plated Sharp on a fielder’s choice.

In the opening tourney loss, Roberts doubled and scored twice.

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