Port Townsend | Coupeville Sports

Posts Tagged ‘Port Townsend’

“The boys played really hard!!”

Posted in Football, tagged CHS Wolves, football, Matt Hilborn, Matt Stevens, Port Townsend on September 28, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Wolf freshman Danbe Lucero (John Fisken photos)

Dane Lucero (John Fisken photos)

Jake Pease

The second crack at the beast went about like the first one.

Port Townsend is ripping teams apart on the gridiron this season, and Monday’s JV football game went pretty much like Friday’s varsity one did.

But, while the young Wolves fell 44-0 to the visiting Redhawks, the game was close for a good chunk of the way and CHS coach Ryan King came away pleased with a lot of what he saw.

“The boys played really hard,” he said. “We had interceptions and fumbles our boys caused and recovered.

“We were fighting them till the very end.”

Port Townsend carried a 16-0 lead into halftime, then broke the game open in the second half.

While Coupeville didn’t break into the end zone, it came close, with Axel Partida recovering a fumble and bringing it back 65 yards.

He was brought down just short, tackled on the five-yard line.

Freshmen running backs Chris Battaglia and Teo Keilwitz ripped off solid yardage, while fellow ninth grader Matt Hilborn recovered a bad snap and turned it into a first down for CHS, while also having “a really good night defensively.”

King also praised the play of his offensive line of Matt Stevens, Ryan Labrador, Jake Pease, Josh Robinson and Dane Lucero.

Read Full Post »

Shake it off!!

Posted in Football, tagged 1A Olympic League, CHS Wolves, football, Jordan Ford, Port Townsend, Sound Sports Net on September 25, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Senior Wiley Hesselgrave has been a team leader on both sides of the ball this season. (John Fisken photo)

There is a wild beast on the prowl, and it’s leaving a path of carnage as it thrashes its way through the 1A Olympic League.

The Port Townsend High School football squad has resembled Mike Tyson in his prime so far, and nothing about that changed Friday.

After dinging visiting Coupeville 52-0, the Redhawks (4-0 overall, 2-0 in league play) have outscored opponents 197-6.

But, while the loss made for a rough night for the Wolves, hope is far from dead.

Coupeville (1-3, 1-1) slips into a second-place tie with Klahowya (2-2, 1-1), which beat Chimacum 55-18 Friday, and is still very much in the hunt for a playoff berth.

The top two teams in the four-team conference will advance to the postseason.

The Wolves, after opening with four straight road games, will finally play at home next Friday, Oct. 2, when they host Klahowya.

Coupeville plays four of its final five regular season games at home and will get a rematch with Port Townsend Oct. 9.

Friday night, the Wolves ran into a team that relies heavily on its big, bruising runners crashing away behind its even bigger, even more bruising line.

Once again, the plan worked for the Redhawks, who rolled out to a 21-0 lead after one quarter, then doubled that before halftime.

A running clock kicked in with 1:40 to play in the second quarter and Port Townsend up 42-0.

Ezra Easley and Wesley Wheeler scored three touchdowns apiece to pace the Redhawks, while Gerry Coker capped the scoring with a long field goal in the fourth.

“Port Townsend is a very good team and I expect to see them go far in the playoffs,” said Coupeville coach Brett Smedley. “Our kids fought hard all night and there was absolutely no quit in them, which is something we have been preaching all season.

“The coaching staff is extremely proud of the players for their attitudes and efforts and willingness to go out and fight hard for their brothers and the CHS community!”

While highlights were few and far between for Coupeville, one fourth quarter completion from Wolf freshman quarterback Gabe Eck to senior receiver Jordan Ford did get some love from the announcer on Sound Sports Net, which live-streamed the game.

Read Full Post »

Good? Yes! Lucky? No…

Posted in Boys Soccer, tagged 1A Olympic League, Abraham Leyva, CHS Wolves, Kyle Nelson, Port Townsend, Soccer on May 7, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Sebastian Davis (22) and his Wolf teammates will open the playoffs on the road Saturday. (John Fisken photo)

Earning a home playoff game was going to be a long shot.

Going into Wednesday’s regular season finale at Port Townsend, the Coupeville High School boys’ soccer squad needed a win, and then to triumph on a coin flip, to earn that honor.

The Wolves will never know how they would have done with that coin flip, however.

Despite playing what CHS coach Kyle Nelson termed “our best team effort,” Coupeville fell 4-2 to the Redhawks in a shootout after finishing play tied 1-1.

The loss dropped the Wolves to 3-10 overall, 2-4 in Olympic League play and gives them third place in the four-team league.

Coupeville will hit the road Saturday to play the Nisqually League’s #2 seed (most likely Charles Wright Academy) in a loser-out district playoff game.

Win that and they advance to the double elimination portion of the postseason and a rematch with Olympic League champ Klahowya.

With second place on the line Wednesday, the Wolves came out strongly against a team they had been nipped by 3-2 earlier this season.

“We started a little slow, but midway through the first half we got going and it was a tight, hard-fought game from there,” Nelson said. “Quite a few near misses.”

Coupeville’s score came thanks to the Redhawks, who knocked the ball into their own goal after a “a strong, well-placed cross by Abraham (Leyva)“.

While they didn’t get the victory they wanted, the Wolves will turn the page and head into a new season at 0-0, the same as every other team in the postseason.

“We our now looking forward to our district game. I feel good about our chances,” Nelson said.

Read Full Post »

Much respect, Redhawks!!

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged Amelia Breithaupt, Basketball, CHS Wolves, guts, Port Townsend on February 3, 2015| 1 Comment »

Port Townsend's Amelia Breithaupt. (John Fisken photo)

Port Townsend’s Amelia Breithaupt and her Redhawk JV teammates showed heart and commitment Tuesday night. Much respect to you all. (John Fisken photo)

You can lose a game without being losers.

The Port Townsend JV girls’ basketball team is proof of that.

Tuesday night they were only able to dress five players, which meant that the girls who walked on the court for the opening tip-off would still be out there four quarters and 32 minutes of action later.

That’s not easy for anyone, and it didn’t get easier.

Coupeville is enjoying its best girls’ basketball season in a very long time, and the Wolf JV is rolling right now.

Eight players strong, they did exactly what was expected and won their sixth straight game by a fair margin at 35-4.

But, there are two sides to every story, and while Coupeville fans are understandably thrilled with how the Wolves are playing, we can also take a moment to honor their opponents.

Tuesday night, five young women (Alex Norvell, Rita Sheldon-O’Neal, Taylor Tracer, Krishna Pithva and Amelia Breithaupt) stood tall and gave everything they had.

They never backed down, they fought until the final buzzer and, even when you could see the tiredness in their eyes and shoulders, they played on, heads high.

One, in particular, stood out the most.

Breithaupt, who, at five-feet even, is barely taller than her hair braids, played point guard all night for the Redhawks and never lost her smile.

She brought the ball up time and again against aggressive Wolf defenders, got knocked around, yet still found an ounce of energy to scoot back on defense in the game’s final minute.

The game was lost, a long time before that, but she refused to call it quits until the two teams exchanged post-game hand shakes. Smile still intact.

I don’t know Breithaupt, or her teammates, but I do know this, they earned unexpected fans tonight.

We will see you play again, young Redhawks, and your reputation will precede you.

To the Port Townsend coaches, parents and fans, be very, very proud of your young women. They have earned it.

Read Full Post »

Mission: Title!!

Posted in Boys Basketball, Girls Basketball, tagged 1A Olympic League, Basketball, Chimacum, CHS Wolves, Klahowya, Port Townsend on January 19, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Deadly long-range gunner McKenzie Bailey and the Wolf girls are eying a league title. (John Fisken photos)

Gabe Wynn and the Wolf boys just need a little opening to make a run.

The race starts now.

All the non-conference games are done and the next three weeks will decide league championships and playoff berths.

With seven games left on the schedule (three against Chimacum and two each against Port Townsend and Klahowya), this is go time for the Coupeville High school basketball squads.

The Wolf girls’ hoops squad is currently sitting on top of the throne, with all eyes planted on the prize — the first league title since 2002.

The CHS boys have a little bit more work to get done. They have the most wins of any of the four schools, but none have come against conference foes.

The up-to-the-moment standings:

GIRLS

Coupeville 2-0 in league, 8-5 overall
Klahowya 2-1, 2-10
Chimacum 1-1, 2-9
Port Townsend 0-3, 0-12

BOYS

Chimacum 2-0, 3-8
Klahowya 2-1, 3-9
Port Townsend 1-2, 1-10
Coupeville 0-2, 4-8

The remaining schedule:

GIRLS

Wed-21 Chimacum
Fri-23 @ Port Townsend
Tue-27 @ Chimacum
Fri-30 Klahowya
Tue-3 Port Townsend
Fri-6 Chimacum
Mon-9 @ Klahowya

BOYS

Wed-21 Chimacum
Fri-23 Port Townsend
Tue-27 @ Chimacum
Fri-30 @ Klahowya
Tue-3 @ Port Townsend
Fri-6 Chimacum
Mon-9 Klahowya