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Eagle-eyed Wolves walk to success

Posted in Baseball, tagged baseball, CHS Wolves, Darrington, Northwest League, Riley Lawless, sf on April 2, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Riley Lawless and friends sit atop the Northwest 2B/1B League standings. (Jackie Saia photo)

Why run, when you can walk?

Taking full advantage of 14 free passes Thursday, plus five Darrington errors, the Coupeville High School baseball squad kept its early season run of success going with a 6-2 win over the Loggers.

The victory, which came on a chilly, if relatively wind-free prairie, lifts the Wolves to 4-0 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 5-2 overall.

Coupeville will cap a busy week Saturday with its fourth game in a six-day period, hosting non-conference foe East Jefferson.

First pitch is set for 2:30 PM, and the baseball action will be accompanied by a Coupeville vs. Cancer fundraiser, with proceeds going to WhidbeyHealth.

Thursday’s win, which gives CHS a season sweep of Darrington, featured a stellar pitching performance from sophomore hurler Carson Grove, who set down 13 Loggers on strikes across six innings of work.

Tack on a scoreless seventh from relief ace Trent Thule, and the visitors had few scoring opportunities.

Though, to be fair, the Loggers did score first, pushing across a run in the top of the second thanks to a single, a stolen base, and a passed ball.

Coupeville had its chances to get out in front big in the early going, only to see Darrington escape each time.

The Wolves loaded the bags in the first with no outs, only to strand all three runners, then came away with just a single tally in the second despite once again cramming the basepaths full.

Grove scored the tying run after reaching on an error, but a groundout back to the pitcher with the bases juiced ended things prematurely.

Not to worry, as Darrington’s pitching staff couldn’t keep the ball in the strike zone and kept giving Coupeville opportunities until the Wolves finally hit pay dirt.

A three-run third inning proved to be the difference, with walks to Coop Cooper, Aiden O’Neill, Grove, and Chris Zenz setting the table, and a Leo Rodriguez single cracking things open.

Up 4-1, Grove gave one run back in the fourth, before reverting into shut-down mode the rest of the way.

Coupeville closed out the top of the sixth with a slick double play, the ball going from Cooper to Grove to Glover, then tacked on two insurance runs in the bottom half of the frame.

Malachi Somes provided one of Coupeville’s two hits to start things up, but again it was a familiar story of Wolf walks and Logger errors.

With their softball counterparts in the stands for the seventh inning, the Darrington hardball hitters had hopes of a comeback, but it wasn’t to be.

Glover made a strong play to start the inning, charging in from shortstop to snag a bouncer and gun down the runner, and Thule slammed the door shut to move Coupeville back into a first-place tie atop the NWL standings with Mount Vernon Christian.

Thursday stats:

Coop Cooper — Two walks
Camden Glover — Two walks
Carson Grove — Two walks
Riley Lawless — One walk
Aiden O’Neill — Two walks
Leo Rodriguez — One single, two walks
Malachi Somes — One single
Trent Thule — Two walks
Chris Zenz — One walk

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Diamond men duel with big city boys

Posted in Baseball, tagged baseball, Camden Glover, CHS Wolves, Meridian, Riley Lawless, road trip on March 21, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Riley Lawless rumbles down to first. (Julie Wheat photos)

The final score doesn’t tell all.

While Meridian tacked on some runs late to make its 16-7 win Saturday over visiting Coupeville seem more lopsided, the diamond clash was mostly a back-and-forth affair.

And while the non-conference loss drops the Wolf baseball squad to 1-1 on the season, delivering a strong effort against a traditional power, especially one repping a larger student body, is a true positive for Steve Hilborn’s team.

Coupeville, which kicks off Northwest 2B/1B League play next week with a home-and-away series against Friday Harbor, got on the board first Saturday.

The Wolves picked up four of their 10 walks in the top of the first, with Carson Grove gliding home to score on a passed ball.

While Meridian responded with five runs of its own in the bottom half of the frame, CHS picked up two tallies in the second to cut things back to 5-3.

Free passes were again key to Coupeville’s offensive efforts, with Chris Zenz, Chase Anderson, and Grove showing off eagle eyes at the plate.

Camden Glover capped things with an RBI single, one of three base-knocks the senior had on the day.

Off to a sizzlin’ start, he’s racked up seven hits across just the first two games.

From there, both teams picked up a run, before Meridian pushed five runs across in both the fourth and fifth innings to widen the gap.

Even as the game threatened to slip away, the Wolves continued to scrap for runs, however, scoring three in the top of the fifth.

Leo Rodriguez smacked two hits Saturday in Bellingham.

The big blow was a two-run double to left field off the bat of Leo Rodriguez, as he put together one of his best performances in a Wolf uniform.

On the mound, Coupeville split duties between hurlers Coop Cooper, Glover, Grove, and Anderson, with the latter making his first appearance on the baseball diamond since his sophomore season.

Now a senior, Anderson transitioned to track and field as a junior, earning two medals at the state meet, and he competed in this year’s opening track meet Wednesday in La Conner.

Saturday, he picked up two strikeouts in an inning of work, while Cooper (5), Glover (1), and Grove (2) made it 10 K’s for the team.

Saturday stats:

Chase Anderson — One walk
Camden Glover — Three singles, one walk
Carson Grove — Two walks
Riley Lawless — Two walks
Leo Rodriguez — One single, one double, one walk
Killian Shaw — One single
Trent Thule — Two walks
Chris Zenz — One walk

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Wolf boys hit a bump in the road

Posted in Basketball, tagged Boys Basketball, CHS Wolves, Friday Harbor, Northwest League, regular season finale, Riley Lawless on February 6, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Riley Lawless (34) ain’t letting anyone into the paint, no sir. (Aleksia Jump photo)

Dang those midrange jumpers.

Despite dominating from behind the three-point arc and at the free throw line Friday, the Coupeville High School varsity boys’ basketball team couldn’t overcome a hail of old school field goals and lost a crucial one.

Falling 51-41 at Friday Harbor in the regular season finale, the Wolves slip to 4-6 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 7-11 overall and will likely open the playoffs on the road.

Coupeville won’t know its opening foe or the location until Saturday evening, when the bracket for the double-elimination District 1/2 tourney is released.

For now, Brad Sherman’s squad will have 24 or so hours to reflect on a game where it shot out to an early lead, before hitting some rough spots on offense down the stretch.

With Camden Glover splashing home a pair of three-balls in the early moments, CHS jumped out to a 17-12 lead at the first break and was still up 22-16 midway through the second frame.

But Friday Harbor made its move right before the halftime buzzer, hitting a field goal to snap a 27-27 tie.

From there the Wolverines pulled away in the second half, using a 13-7 run in the third to push the advantage to 42-34 and never giving back the lead over the game’s final 16 minutes.

While Coupeville ultimately lost on the scoreboard, it did win the three-ball battle 6-2, while hitting 11 of 18 free throws while Friday Harbor was just 1-4 at the charity stripe.

Chase Anderson popped for a game-high 17 points to pace the Wolves, with Camden Glover (14), Davin Houston (8), and Malachi Somes (2) also getting their names in the book.

Carson Grove, Liam Blas, Aiden O’Neill, and Riley Lawless also saw floor time for CHS.

Two Wolves hit personal milestones in the game with Houston cracking the 100-point club — he has 103 and counting — and Anderson moving from #9 to #8 on the Wolf boys career scoring chart.

The Coupeville senior has tallied 920 points and passes ’90s star Pete Petrov (917) with his performance on Friday Harbor.

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Rainy day, rough foe

Posted in Football, tagged Adna, Chase Anderson, CHS Wolves, football, Riley Lawless on October 18, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Ayden Warren played a strong defensive game Saturday in a Coupeville loss. (Parker Hammons photo)

“That’s a really good football team over there.”

As the players exited Mickey Clark Field Saturday, Coupeville High School football coach Bennett Richter was philosophical about what had transpired on a cold, wet, windy prairie afternoon.

Adna, a top 10 ranked team in 2B, had blown open a close game, using a 38-point explosion in the second quarter to nail down a lopsided 52-7 non-conference victory over the Wolves, making a fairly loud statement.

“I’d like to have a couple of those big boys…” Richter mused as a 300+-pound Pirate lineman, his uniform soaked in sweat, rain, and grime, strolled by.

“Adna is going to make some noise in the state playoffs.”

Now, even with the loss, which drops Coupeville to 1-6 on the season, the Wolves still have their own playoff hopes.

With only two of the seven schools in the Northwest 2B/1B League playing 11-man football, CHS and Friday Harbor are locked in a duel for the chance to advance to a cross-over playoff game, with a trip to state at stake.

Friday Harbor won the first go-round with Coupeville by a 28-14 score, and the rematch is set for next Friday’s regular-season finale in Cow Town, which doubles as Senior Night for the Wolves.

Earn a season split with a win, and Richter’s team will force a tiebreaker half-game clash, likely to be played on a neutral field in La Conner.

As they prep for rumble #2 with Friday Harbor, which sits at 3-4, the Wolves will try to have a short memory and flush the last three quarters of Saturday’s game from their collective memories.

If you look at just the first 15 minutes or so from the Adna game, it’s a really positive story.

While the visitors struck first, using a 75-yard return on the opening kickoff to set up a very short field, then punching in a touchdown on an eight-yard run, Coupeville responded in kind.

Trailing 8-0 after Adna was successful on a two-point conversion run, the Wolves drove 62 yards on six plays for their own touchdown.

CHS quarterback Chase Anderson slipped through two defenders and unleashed a 46-yard bomb through the air on third-and-nine, the ball dropping right onto the waiting fingertips of a sprinting Davin Houston, to push the Pirates back.

Then, three plays later, Anderson again slipped a tackle, before outsprinting the defense to the right corner of the end zone for a 10-yard scoring rumble, his team-leading seventh score of the season.

A successful PAT from Anderson cut the margin to 8-7, followed by Coupeville’s defense stepping up big-time early in the second quarter during a driving rainstorm.

Riley Lawless got the crowd revved up by crushing an Adna ballcarrier, and the Wolves forced two fumbles on the ensuing drive.

While Adna managed to wrestle the ball back the first time, it wasn’t quite so lucky the second time, as the slick ball shot loose and was covered by a pile of Wolves.

With the ball back in Anderson’s hands, things seemed bright for the Wolves on an otherwise dark, dank day.

Unfortunately, that was almost exactly the moment when everything fell apart for Coupeville.

Adna turned the tide by forcing a punt, then taking the kick to the house on a 55-yard sprint to the end zone, and things got much worse from there.

Coupeville’s next three drives ended with an interception and a pair of punts, with the Pirates following up each defensive stand with a quick touchdown drive of their own.

That sent a 16-7 deficit to 22-7, then 30-7, then 38-7, with time still left on the first-half clock.

The visitors went for the KO, and got it, immediately following a touchdown by dropping an onside kick, and recovering it, with less than 30 seconds until halftime.

Wolf lineman Ira Volpentesta made a nice stop on Adna’s first run play after the turnover, but the Pirates went to the air on the next play, connecting on a scoring strike to carry a 46-7 lead into the locker room.

The rain was much less brutal in the second half, but the clock also flew faster, after the visitors busted off a final 30-yard rushing touchdown to trigger the 40-point mercy rule.

With the clock whizzing down to 0:00, the Wolves continued to fight, however.

Liam Blas busted off a strong run, bouncing off of bodies and churning for yardage, while Ayden Warren came screaming through the line to plant the Adna quarterback into the turf for a late sack.

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