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Hits! Hits for everyone!!

Posted in Baseball, tagged , , , , on May 3, 2017| Leave a Comment »

   Dane Lucero, seen in an earlier game, threw a complete game and drilled three hits Wednesday as Coupeville rolled to a 12-2 win. (John Fisken photo)

It was the perfect cap to the league season.

With nine of 14 players rapping out a hit Wednesday, the Coupeville High School baseball squad rolled host Port Townsend 12-2 to claim its fourth win in the past five games.

The victory lifts the Wolves to 6-3 in Olympic League play, 11-8 overall.

CHS finishes second behind Klahowya (8-1, 10-5) and well ahead of Chimacum (3-5, 5-7) and Port Townsend (0-8, 0-13), who still have a game to play against each other.

The Wolves wrap the regular season Thursday with a trip to Langley to face non-conference foe South Whidbey (4 PM), before opening the playoffs with a home game May 9 against Bellevue Christian.

While everyone chipped in Wednesday, sophomore hurler Dane Lucero was the focal point, tossing a complete game and giving up no earned runs while using just 60 pitches.

He greatly aided his cause at the plate, going 3-3 with two doubles, a single and a walk.

Taylor Consford and Clay Reilly backed Lucero up with two hits apiece (Reilly crunched a double), while Hunter Smith, Aiden Crimmins, Joey Lippo, Kory Score, Nick Etzell and Matt Hilborn each added a base-knock.

Coupeville put the game away early, jumping out to a 7-0 lead after an inning and a half of play and never looked back.

The game was cracked open with a five-run second inning, a rally that started with two outs and no one on base.

After the RedHawks whiffed the first two Wolves, CHS responded with a string of hits, a couple of walks and a timely error off of a shot bashed by Lippo.

That plated two, coming on the heels of a two-run single from Consford and an RBI hit by Reilly.

Port Townsend scraped out two runs of its own in the second, but Coupeville put the hammer down, scoring three in the fourth and another two in the fifth to end the game early thanks to the mercy rule.

In the fourth, the Wolves got back-to-back RBI doubles from Lucero and Reilly, before Lippo slapped a hit to plate another run.

Lucero put Coupeville over the top in the fifth with his final hit, a two-run single.

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Lean for the finish line!!

Posted in Track, tagged , , , , on April 29, 2017| Leave a Comment »

   Jakobi Baumann, seen here running a distance race at the last meet, set PRs Friday in both hurdles events. (John Fisken photo)

   Madison Rixe is off to run the anchor leg on a winning 4 x 400 relay team. (Deb Smith photos)

   Double winners (4 x 100 and 4 x 200), it’s (l to r) Mallory Kortuem, Maya Toomey-Stout (red hoodie), Lauren Grove and Lindsey Roberts.

   Sarah Meyer (right) basks in the glow of daughter Mckenzie, a two-time winner (pole vault, 4 x 400).

One side was a rout, the other a brawl.

Winning 11 of 17 events, the Coupeville High School girls track squad crushed host Port Townsend and 2A North Mason Friday afternoon.

The Wolves, who swept all three relay races and had double individual event winners in Lucy Sandahl, Skyler Lawrence and Lindsey Roberts, finished the final regular season meet with 96 points.

That put them well ahead of PT (40) and North Mason (26).

On the boys side, three points separated the three teams.

Port Townsend slipped away with the win, compiling 57 points to North Mason’s 55 and Coupeville’s 54.

The Wolf boys won four events, with Cameron Toomey-Stout (Long Jump), Gabe Carlson (800), Jacob Martin (Javelin) and Mitchell Carroll (Triple Jump) triumphing.

Sandahl swept the 800 and 1600, Lawrence won the Shot Put and Discus and Roberts couldn’t be topped in the 100 Hurdles or Long Jump.

Mckenzie Meyer (Pole Vault) and Lauren Grove (200) rounded out the individual CHS winners.

Having wrapped a 10-meet season, Coupeville kicks off the postseason with an appearance at the Olympic League Championships May 6 at North Kitsap.

The Wolves host the league’s JV Championships May 8, then it’s on to sub-districts, districts and state for those who qualify.

Complete Friday results: 

Girls:

100 — Mallory Kortuem (3rd) 14.15; Aurora Zanardi (4th) 14.57 *PR*; Ja’Tarya Hoskins (5th) 15.01; Madison Rixe (6th) 15.42; Natalie Hollrigel (7th) 15.46

200 — Lauren Grove (1st) 28.29

400 — Ashlie Shank (2nd) 1:14.51; Hollrigel (3rd) 1:16.62

800 — Lucy Sandahl (1st) 2:44.84; Kortuem (2nd) 2:45.13

1600 — Sandahl (1st) 6:06.89 *PR*; Raven Vick (4th) 7:07.93

100 Hurdles — Lindsey Roberts (1st) 16.87

300 Hurdles — Mckenzie Meyer (2nd) 56.42

4 x 100 Relay — Grove, Kortuem, Maya Toomey-Stout, Roberts (1st) 52.11

4 x 200 Relay — Grove, Kortuem, Roberts, M. Toomey-Stout (1st) 1:50.86

4 x 400 Relay — Lauren Bayne, Meyer, Abby Parker, Rixe (1st) 5:16.18

Shot put — Skyler Lawrence (1st) 29-02; Emma Smith (2nd) 27-06; Ema Smith (5th) 25-03 *PR*; Alexxis Otto (6th) 24-00

Discus — Lawrence (1st) 83-07; Allison Wenzel (3rd) 78-00; Otto (4th) 77-06; Emma Smith (5th) 74-11

Javelin — Bayne (2nd) 83-07; Wenzel (3rd) 82-08; R. Vick (5th) 74-02; Naika Hallam (7th) 72-08; Parker (8th) 72-03; Jasmine Nastali (12th) 58-00

High Jump — Bayne (2nd) 4-06; Hoskins (3rd) 4-02; Willow Vick (5th) 3-10

Pole Vault — Meyer (1st) 5-06

Long Jump — Roberts (1st) 15-06.50; Zanardi (2nd) 14-02; Ema Smith (3rd) 12-02

Triple Jump — Grove (2nd) 30-02.50; Zanardi (3rd) 30-02 *PR*

Boys:

100 — Jacob Smith (2nd) 11.61, Jacob Martin (5th) 12.22; Cameron Toomey-Stout (7th) 12.42 *PR*; Jean Lund-Olsen (9th) 12.56; Luke Carlson (13th) 13.49 *PR*; Kyle Burnett (16th) 14.33

200 — L. Carlson (4th) 27.48 *PR*; Burnett (5th) 28.30; Thane Peterson (6th) 28.52

800 — Gabe Carlson (1st) 2:31.64

1600 — Danny Conlisk (2nd) 5:09.42; Henry Wynn (4th) 5:19.24

110 Hurdles — Jakobi Baumann (4th) 23.48 *PR*

300 Hurdles — Baumann (5th) 54.33 *PR*

4 x 100 Relay — Wynn, Lund-Olsen, J. Smith, Martin (3rd) 48.49

4 x 200 Relay — Burnett, J. Smith, Conlisk, Wynn (2nd) 1:41.32

Shot Put — Chris Battaglia (2nd) 32-06; Connor Thompson (4th) 32-02; Ryan Labrador (5th) 31-03; Keahi Sorrows (6th) 30-04; Grey Rische (7th) 29-02; Trevor Bell (9th) 25-01

Discus — Rische (3rd) 104-00 *PR*; Battaglia (4th) 96-10; Ariah Bepler (6th) 89-06 *PR*; Peterson (9th) 74-04; Labrador (10th) 73-10; Bell (11th) 62-08 *PR*; Sorrows (12th) 62-01

Javelin — Martin (1st) 141-08 *PR*; Battaglia (2nd) 126-09 *PR*; Rische (3rd) 119-03; Bepler (6th) 103-06; L. Carlson (7th) 92-02; Peterson (10th) 64-04

High Jump — Bepler (2nd) 5-02; C. Toomey-Stout (3rd) 5-00

Pole Vault — G. Carlson (3rd) 6-06

Long Jump — C. Toomey-Stout (1st) 19-01 *PR*; Martin (2nd) 18-10; Mitchell Carroll (4th) 18-00; Lund-Olsen (5th) 17-09; Burnett (6th) 15-09

Triple Jump — Carroll (1st) 41-10; C. Toomey-Stout (3rd) 35-09

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Don’t hurt them … too late!!

Posted in Baseball, tagged , , , , on April 26, 2017| Leave a Comment »

   Aiden Crimmins comes up firing while playing the outfield Wednesday afternoon. (John Fisken photo)

Josh Welshans got a workout.

The Coupeville High School assistant baseball coach is the team’s scorebook guru, and by the time he was done recording things Wednesday, his fingers might have been just about ready to fall off.

Bashing the ball with glee, the Wolves sent 15 batters to the plate and scored 11 runs against visiting Port Townsend … in just the first inning.

By the time it was done, CHS had polished off the RedHawks 22-0, keeping alive its slim hopes of retaining its Olympic League crown.

Now 4-2 in conference action, 9-7 overall, the Wolves still have an uphill battle, trailing Klahowya (6-0, 8-3) by two with three league games left on the schedule.

The first of those arrives Friday, when Coupeville travels to Chimacum (2-4, 4-6).

Beat the Cowboys for a third time this season and the Wolves clinch at least second-place in the four-team league.

They’ve already nailed down a playoff spot after Wednesday’s win, sitting four games up on Port Townsend (0-6, 0-10).

CHS put the game on ice before all of the fans had settled into their seats, using five hits, four walks and a smattering of RedHawk errors to mount their epic first inning.

The big blows came courtesy Clay Reilly, who thumped a triple, and Jake Hoagland, who smoked a double.

Hunter Smith, Dane Lucero and Matt Hilborn added base-knocks in the first and the rout was on.

The second inning was no better for the beleaguered RedHawk pitching staff, as Coupeville sent another 13 hitters to the plate, with eight of them eventually coming around to stamp yet another run on the (non-working) scoreboard.

Coupeville coach Chris Smith did everything humanly possible to keep the score from ballooning into the stratosphere, using everyone on his bench and going station-to-station for much of the game.

But with everything clicking — offense, defense and pitching — it was hard not to finish with a lopsided final score.

A particular bright spot for Coupeville was seeing Hunter Smith return to the mound.

The junior has been hampered by back problems which curtailed his ability to pitch, but Wednesday he was feeling strong and tossed two strong innings before handing the ball to his bullpen.

Smith had two base-runners but picked one of them off of first, while whiffing three RedHawks.

Lucero retired all six hitters he faced across the third and fourth inning, picking up four more strikeouts, before Jonathan Thurston closed the game.

The slender senior walked the first hitter he faced in the fifth, before closing on an impressive note with three straight K’s.

Coupeville finished with 11 hits, led by Reilly, Hilborn and Smith, who had two apiece. Hoagland added a double, while Lucero, Score, Julian Welling and Nick Etzell collected singles.

Score paced the Wolves with four RBIs on the afternoon.

 

To see more photos from this game, pop over to:

http://www.johnsphotos.net/Sports/2017-Coupeville-Baseball/20170426-vs-Pt-Townsend/

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Young guns take center stage!!

Posted in Softball, tagged , , , , on April 26, 2017| Leave a Comment »

   Melia Welling whacked a two-run single Wednesday, collecting her first varsity RBIs in an 11-0 win. (John Fisken photos)

Scout Smith guns down another hitter.

Emma Mathusek (left) and Sarah Wright have a mid-game chat.

It’s a tricky dance.

The Coupeville High School softball squad is rolling like it hasn’t since the glory days of 2002, and Port Townsend hasn’t won a game in three seasons.

Showing compassion, while also making sure to get the win, Wolf coach Kevin McGranahan leaned heavily on his JV players Wednesday, and they responded, drilling the RedHawks 11-0 in a game called after five innings.

The win lifts Coupeville to 4-1 in Olympic League play, 13-1 overall headed into a Friday showdown at Chimacum.

The Cowboys (4-1, 6-3), the only team to beat the Wolves this season, were upset 8-4 by Klahowya Wednesday, dropping them into a first-place tie with CHS.

The last time Port Townsend won a varsity softball game was April 28, 2014, with Wednesday’s defeat the 47th straight the program has endured.

Coupeville opened with just three regular varsity starters on the field, to give its younger players a guiding hand, and pulled the trio by the third inning.

While starting pitcher Katrina McGranahan set Port Townsend down quickly in the first two innings, whiffing four, freshman Scout Smith soon took over and was just as dominating.

She struck out five, while getting strong backup from first-baseman Kyla Briscoe.

Working smoothly in the field, Briscoe twice pulled off unassisted force outs at first off of tricky ground balls, while also alertly ignoring her coach on another play and spinning to nail the lead runner going into second.

As the ball smacked into Mikayla Elfrank’s glove, Kevin McGranahan, who was calling for Briscoe to take the sure out at first, sat back down, grin on his face and nodded.

“OK, works for me.”

When she wasn’t making use of her glove, Briscoe swung a big bat, closing the game with a two-run double.

The Wolves chipped away at the RedHawks, scoring in every inning while not running up the score.

CHS plated one in the first, then added two runs each in the second, third and fourth before finishing the afternoon with four runs in the fifth.

Along with Briscoe’s blast, the other big hit came off of the bat of freshman Melia Welling, who golfed a two-run single into straight away center to stake Coupeville to a 3-0 lead.

Many of the Wolf runs came off of wild pitches and passed balls, but CHS picked up three of its four hits in the final inning.

After Tamika Nastali was plunked on the ankle, Emma Mathusek and Smith delivered crisp singles to set up Briscoe’s final blow.

Nicole Lester and Mackenzie Davis also started, with Davis bouncing from the outfield to catcher after Sarah Wright departed early.

 

To see more photos from this game, pop over to:

http://www.johnsphotos.net/Sports/2017-Coupeville-Softball/20170426-vs-Pt-Townsend/

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Close, just not close enough!!

Posted in Boys Soccer, tagged , , , , on April 23, 2017| Leave a Comment »

Wolf goalie Brian Roberts pops in to make a save. (John Fisken photos)

Aram Leyva was kung fu fightin’.

The Coupeville High School boys soccer squad always plays Port Townsend tough, and Saturday was no different.

Unfortunately, the final score, with the Wolves on the short end of the stick, was all too familiar as well.

Falling 3-0 on its home field on a wet, windy day, Coupeville is now all but assured it will finish in third-place in the four-team 1A Olympic League.

The Wolves sit at 3-4 in conference play, 4-8-1 overall, looking up at Klahowya (6-0, 9-2-1) and Port Townsend (4-2, 6-5) with two regular-season games left to play.

Those three schools will represent the Olympic League in postseason play, as Chimacum (0-7, 2-9) was officially eliminated after absorbing an 8-1 loss Saturday to Klahowya.

Coupeville’s only chance to claim the league’s #2 seed hinges on pulling off the upset of the century Tuesday on Senior Night.

Somehow find a way to deliver Klahowya’s first-ever Olympic League loss (the Eagles are 18-0 over the past three seasons), and the Wolves faint hopes would still flicker.

After that, knock off Port Townsend on the road in the regular season finale Apr. 28, have the RedHawks lose to Klahowya and Chimacum the first two days of May, and CHS is golden.

If any of that fails to happen, accept the #3 seed and get ready to host a “home” playoff game at Oak Harbor’s Stadium May 4.

Saturday, the Wolves held Port Townsend to just a single first-half goal, but couldn’t find the back of the net themselves.

As a damp CHS coach Kyle Nelson surveyed the aftermath, he had a mixed reaction.

“Again we gifted them a goal,” he said with a slight grimace. “The positive is the continued improvement in how we are passing the ball around and making connections.

“We will be looking forward to seeing them next week for a little payback.”

 

To see more photos from both varsity and JV action (purchases fund scholarships for CHS student/athletes) pop over to:

http://www.johnsphotos.net/Sports/2017-Coupeville-Boys-Soccer/20170422-vs-Port-Townsend/

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