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“Crazy game tonight!!”

Posted in Girls Soccer, tagged , , , , on September 28, 2017| Leave a Comment »

   Maddy Hilkey was one of three Coupeville booters to score in a shoot-out Thursday, lifting the Wolves to a big win at Port Townsend. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Coach long enough and you’ll see just about everything.

But after what he witnessed Thursday, Coupeville High School girls soccer guru Kyle Nelson could only utter three words.

“Crazy game tonight.”

But, it was a crazy game his team won, so he said the words with a smile on his face.

Playing on the road at Port Townsend, the Wolves managed to lose a three-goal lead in the late going, ended regulation tied 4-4, then survived two scoreless overtime periods before winning 3-2 in a shoot-out.

The victory was huge, as it lifts Coupeville to 3-1 in Olympic League play, pulling them within a game of Klahowya (4-0) and providing a major cushion over Port Townsend (1-3) and Chimacum (0-4).

The Wolves, who have finished second in the four-team league three straight years, now own a tiebreaker over the RedHawks, having beaten Port Townsend twice in as many meetings.

That’s huge, as the #2 team from the Olympic League gets a home playoff game, which, for Coupeville, would be at Oak Harbor’s stadium.

Facing a different Port Townsend team than the one they rolled 8-0 two weeks ago (four RedHawks who were AWOL the first time around had returned), the Wolves were limping a bit.

Junior Lindsey Roberts, the heart of the team, is dealing with a leg injury, while leading scorer Kalia Littlejohn twisted her ankle late in the game.

Fab frosh Genna Wright rose to the occasion, raining down a pair of goals, her sixth and seventh on the season, as Coupeville built a 4-1 lead in the first half.

Ema Smith and Mallory Kortuem also scored for the Wolves, then “things took a turn in the second half.”

With the momentum all on the side of the host RedHawks, CHS had its back to the wall, but refused to break.

After battling through a pair of five-minute overtime periods, Coupeville found itself involved in a shoot-out for the first time in 2017.

It was a tense battle, going six rounds, with Wolf goalie Sarah Wright keeping her squad alive with “a couple of nice saves.”

Given a reprieve, the CHS shooters prevailed, with Lauren Bayne, Genna Wright and Maddy Hilkey torching the RedHawk net-minder to seal the win.

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On the path to perfection!!

Posted in Volleyball, tagged , , , , , on September 28, 2017| Leave a Comment »

   Raven Vick is a key part of an undefeated Wolf JV volleyball squad. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

   CHS coach Chris Smith is hyper-focused, Maddie Vondrak maybe not so much and Lucy Sandahl (8) makes plans to unleash death ‘n destruction on her volleyball foes.

You can’t beat them, you can only hope to slow them down.

And good luck on that.

Rolling to its fifth straight win Thursday, the undefeated Coupeville High School JV volleyball squad annihilated host Port Townsend.

Getting action for everyone in uniform, Wolf coach Chris Smith led his young warriors to a 25-10, 25-7, 25-23 victory, raising the team’s Olympic League record to 3-0.

It was a savage display of pinpoint serving (with Emma Mathusek especially en fuego) and solid teamwork, all documented by ace sideline reporter Maddie Vondrak.

As the Wolf frosh rehabs an injury, she has stepped forward to track her teammate’s play, and has played an indispensable role for her coach and for writers everywhere.

Vondrak was especially taken with the play of Maya Toomey-Stout (“awesome passes and kills all around”) and Savannah Smith (“a killer kill”) in the early going.

Mathusek “got the lead back with nine serves in a row with the help of Maya’s dominating kill,” while Chelsea Prescott had “a great block” and Lucy Sandahl ripped off winners on seven straight serves, five on aces.

Coupeville put the hammer down hard in the second set, with Mathusek spending a long, successful stretch of time at the service line.

By the time she was done Thursday, the Wolf sophomore had accumulated 12 aces, with the best one “sitting on the net and falling over.”

Prescott “saved the ball from going into the bench” on one wild play, while Toomey-Stout and Raven Vick quickly put away anything Port Townsend could return.

With the match in hand, Chris Smith gave his youngest players serious floor time, and they responded strongly.

Jaimee Masters ran off seven straight winners on serve, Catherine Lhamon and Megan Behan delivered kills and Charlotte Nolle had a sweet save.

The Wolf JV players get a chance to pick up big-time experience Saturday, when they head to Sequim for a tournament.

“As a coaching staff we are excited to focus on the JV this weekend,” said CHS head coach Cory Whitmore.

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Rollin’ and strollin’!!

Posted in Volleyball, tagged , , , , on September 28, 2017| Leave a Comment »

   Hope Lodell, here backed up by Maya Toomey-Stout, played strongly Thursday as Coupeville crushed Port Townsend. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Get in their way, get steamrolled.

Picking up steam with every match, the Coupeville High School volleyball squad capped a big week Thursday with another straight-sets win over a key conference rival.

Crunching host Port Townsend 25-17, 25-16, 25-10, the Wolves improved to 3-0 in Olympic League play and sit alone atop the standings.

The defending league champs are 3-0 after their first swing through conference play, 5-1 overall.

Klahowya (2-1), Chimacum (1-2), who CHS hosts Tuesday in a rare home match, and Port Townsend (0-3) round out the standings.

Thursday, as it often is, the focus for Coupeville was on exploiting its strength at the service stripe.

The Wolves ripped off 13 aces as a team, with Hope “The Surgeon” Lodell carving up the RedHawks for four.

She was backed up by Lauren Rose, who calmly dropped in three gems, while pretty much every Wolf was spot-on when putting the ball in play.

And when the service game didn’t quite click, CHS found other ways to snatch points.

“I was very pleased with our hitting efficiency today and execution of a clean game plan,” said Wolf coach Cory Whitmore. ‘We pushed ourselves on the service line and at times it paid off and others we let some serves get away from us.

“But we commanded the passing line and dug the ball really calmly and accurately, allowing our setters to deliver a great ball to an array of hitters,” he added. “I thought we played with focus and at times, big energy.”

Kyla Briscoe delivered her best performance of the season up front, lashing a team-high nine kills, while Mikayla Elfrank chipped in with six and Katrina McGranahan delivered five.

Rose was the linchpin all night, doling out a season-high 21 assists.

Ashley Menges backed her up with six set-ups, with Payton Aparicio (14) and Lodell (12) Coupeville’s go-to women when it was time for a dig.

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Kalia Littlejohn goes bonkers!!

Posted in Girls Soccer, tagged , , , , , on September 16, 2017| Leave a Comment »

   Freshman Mollie Bailey delivered a scoreless second half in goal Saturday as Coupeville romped to an 8-0 win at Port Townsend. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

   Kalia Littlejohn, seen here earlier in her career, tallied five goals Saturday, pulling within eight of sister Mia’s CHS career scoring record.

The little sister is coming for all the records.

Torching the net in unprecedented fashion Saturday, Coupeville High School junior Kalia Littlejohn recorded five goals to spark the Wolf booters to an 8-0 thrashing of host Port Townsend.

The win lifts CHS to 2-0 in Olympic League play, leaving it in a first-place tie with Klahowya.

The Wolves, who return home Monday for a non-conference tilt with Mount Vernon Christian, are 3-2 overall, having won three of their last four games.

Facing off with the RedHawks, Coupeville scored from every angle, with fab frosh Genna Wright added a pair of scores to back up Littlejohn.

Junior Lindsey Roberts, owner of the most powerful kicking leg in the soccer biz, rattled home the game’s other score.

The outburst left Wright and Roberts with four goals apiece on the season, while Littlejohn sits with nine.

Add that to the 10 scores she recorded as a freshman and the eight she tacked on last year, and Kalia has 27 for her career.

That pulls her within eight goals of the best sharpshooter in CHS girls soccer history — older sister Mia Littlejohn, who scored 35 times between 2014-2016.

Abraham Leyva, with 45 goals, holds the school record.

While Kalia and Co. were busy peppering the Port Townsend goaltender, the Wolf net-minders were in lock-down mode all the way.

Junior Sarah Wright recorded a flawless first half, then gave way to freshman Mollie Bailey after the break.

The duo, who are highly-accomplished softball catchers in another life, scooped up anything and everything which came their way, though, truth be told, Coupeville’s fearsome defenders allowed very little to get by in the first place.

“Great day for Coupeville girls soccer,” said CHS coach Kyle Nelson. “Nice league victory.”

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Eyes still on the prize!!

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

   Mikayla Elfrank collected four hits Wednesday, including two doubles and a triple, in a 17-6 win. (John Fisken photo)

One win away.

Taking care of business Wednesday, the Coupeville High School softball squad handed host Port Townsend its 48th straight loss, rallying from an unexpected 3-0 deficit to win 17-6.

The victory lifts the Wolves to 6-2 in Olympic League play, 15-2 overall.

It also sets Coupeville up for a chance to grab a share of the program’s first league title since 2002.

To accomplish that goal, the Wolves simply need to go to Chimacum May 8 and beat the only school which they haven’t been able to solve this season.

The Cowboys (6-1, 8-3) sit a half game up on Coupeville and own the tiebreaker, having won the first two meetings.

If the Wolves win May 8, and then Chimacum (very likely) bounces back and drills Port Townsend in its league finale May 12, the schools would finish with identical 7-2 marks and would be co-champs.

As I was reminded today, head-to-head results decide playoff positioning only, with the Cowboys a #1 seed, the Wolves a #2 seed to districts.

They do NOT give one school the title outright if the records are identical.

Wednesday Coupeville mixed up its lineup, starting all of its younger players in a bid to not hammer a struggling, very green RedHawk team.

It almost backfired. At least for two innings.

Port Townsend, which has barely been able to score this season, compiling just one run in its first 11 games, has gotten much more aggressive in its last two games.

After scoring five runs in a loss to Klahowya, the RedHawks “came out swinging and hitting the ball hard,” said CHS coach Kevin McGranahan, and caught the Wolves by surprise.

After seeing his young guns surrender three runs in the bottom of the first and go scoreless in their first two trys at the plate, the diamond guru had seen enough.

Enter Coupeville’s starters, for two innings at least, and the game changed in an instant.

Throwing down seven runs in the third and another six in the fourth, the Wolf regulars blew out to a 13-5 lead and then turned the game back over to the reserves.

From there, CHS coasted in for the win, while McGranahan got his sudden bout of angina to calm down.

“Well, it was a very weird game tonight. Either way, a win is a win,” he said. “A big change from the last several times we played (them).

“All in all, a good game and lots of learning happened.”

Mikayla Elfrank and Lauren Rose led the way at the plate for the Wolves, each cracking four hits.

While Mouse punched out four singles, Elfrank brought the big wood, compiling two doubles and a triple among her base-knocks.

Wolf catcher Sarah Wright added three singles after entering the game, while Katrina McGranahan, Veronica Crownover, Scout Smith and Nicole Lester each collected a hit.

Before Coupeville gets to its big-time match-up with Chimacum, the Wolves will honor seniors Tiffany Briscoe, Jae LeVine and Robin Cedillo Thursday after a non-conference home game with 2A Sequim.

First pitch is 3:30 PM.

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