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Rally queens claim crucial win

Posted in Volleyball, tagged , , , , , on April 23, 2021| Leave a Comment »

Grey Peabody, here firing a serve in an earlier match, was a standout Friday as the Coupeville JV spikers rallied for a road win. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

Jordyn Rogers points the way to victory.

Never count them out.

Down a set Friday, playing on the road in a gym with no fans, the Coupeville High School JV volleyball players found their rally caps.

Roaring back with power and precision, both on serve and at the net, the Wolves overwhelmed host Orcas Island, pulling out a 16-25, 25-17, 25-16 victory.

The wins lifts the young CHS spikers to 4-1 on the season, and now they won’t play again for a week.

With both Darrington and La Conner having put their volleyball programs into Covid-related quarantines, the schedule has been shuffled, and Coupeville’s next match is May 1 at home against Concrete.

The off time will give the Wolves and their coaching staff time to fine-tune what is working, and tweak what is not.

After getting off to a bit of a slow start Friday, Coupeville’s spikers found a spark in the second quarter.

Strong serving from twin snipers Allie and Maya Lucero, backed by big performances at the net by Coupeville’s spike-happy mad mashers turned the tide.

“Everyone had a pretty good night after we picked up the energy,” said Coupeville coach Ashley Menges. “But I’m very proud of Olivia (Schaffeld) and Grey (Peabody) tonight.

“Olivia came up really big when we needed her, and it just brought the energy up even more.”

Coupeville’s JV squad features five freshmen, with Allison Nastali, Skylar Parker, and Issabel Johnson joining Peabody and Schaffeld on the roster, and their coach has been thrilled to watch their development.

“All of the freshman took on leadership roles tonight, which was really great to see,” Menges said. “Overall, it was great to see them overcome the slow start and pull out the win.”

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Close! So, so close!!

Posted in Softball, tagged , , , , on April 19, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Jasmine Melena (John Fisken photo)

Jasmine Melena, seen here earlier this season, made her fielding debut Saturday. (John Fisken photo)

One more out. My kingdom for one more out.

Using a late rally Saturday, the Coupeville High School softball squad came dangerously close to pulling off a second straight walk-off win, but ran out of chances at the very end.

Scoring four in the bottom of the seventh, the Wolves pushed visiting Friday Harbor to the limit, before falling 7-6.

The non-conference loss snapped a two-game winning streak for Coupeville and dropped it to 3-5 on the season.

Coming off of an emotional 22-21 win in their previous game, the Wolves came out a bit slower at the plate this time, scratching out single runs in the first and second inning.

Hailey Hammer smacked an RBI single that brought in Katrina McGranahan, while Tiffany Briscoe put up a sac fly that plated Monica Vidoni.

CHS coach Deanna Rafferty would have liked to have seen a consistent offensive attack, but was still pleased with part of what she witnessed.

“My biggest frustration in this game was we didn’t amp our intensity until the seventh inning,” she said. “We could have and should have won, but, as always, all the girls made a little bit of an improvement and I’m incredibly proud of them.”

The visitors won the game with a five-run third inning that was helped along a bit by the umps.

While they did catch a Friday Harbor runner not tagging home, wiping out a run, the umps missed a call on a run-down play.

McKayla Bailey, Hammer and Jae LeVine teamed up to nab a runner, with LeVine going airborne to slap the tag on the girl’s calf, but the call went against Coupeville, allowing a crucial run to score.

Bailey replaced McGranahan in the pitcher’s circle in the fourth and limited Friday Harbor to just one run, while the game also saw the first appearance of Jasmine Melena, who handled her first fielding chance skillfully.

“She did great!,” Rafferty said.

The Wolves, who sit atop the Olympic League standings at 2-0, will put that status on the line Tuesday, when they travel to Klahowya.

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