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Lasso them Cowboys!!

Posted in Boys Soccer, tagged , , , , on April 12, 2017| Leave a Comment »

   Hunter Downes, seen here during football season, knocked in his first two goals as a Wolf soccer player Tuesday afternoon. (John Fisken photo)

They found their scoring touch.

After struggling to find the back of the net just once in their last three games, the Coupeville High School booters unloaded on host Chimacum Tuesday afternoon.

The Wolves pounded away for a season-best scoring performance, rocking the Cowboys 7-0 and moving back within shouting distance of second place in the Olympic League.

With the win, CHS sits at 2-2 in league play, 3-5-1 overall, a half-game off of Port Townsend (2-1, 4-3) and a game and a half back of two-time defending champs Klahowya (3-0, 5-2-1).

Chimacum (0-4, 1-6) remains deeply mired in the basement.

The Wolves control their playoff destiny, with five of their final six games against league foes, including two more meetings apiece with both of the schools they trail.

Before it gets to that, Coupeville plays a final non-league game 5:15 PM Friday, when it hosts 2A Port Angeles.

The 1A Wolves are 1-1-1 against bigger schools this season, having beaten North Mason and tied with Olympic.

Tuesday, CHS spread its goal-scoring among five different shooters, with two booters recording their first goals of the season.

Wolf quarterback Hunter Downes, having just recently made the jump to the pitch, had an immediate impact, rattling home his first two scores in a soccer uniform.

Joining him in a repeat assault on the net was freshman Aram Leyva, who tallied his fourth and fifth goals of the season.

That pulls him within one of the team’s leading scorer, Ethan Spark.

Rounding out the Wolf assault on the net Tuesday were Laurence Boado, Zack Nall and James Wood.

It was Boado’s first goal, while Nall, who laid in a firecracker from 20 yards out, and Wood each tallied their second scores this year.

Spark and William Nelson set up two goals apiece, while Leyva, Wood and Uriel Liquidano also collected assists.

Dewitt Cole and Brian Roberts combined to pull off the shutout, with each Wolf net-minder working a scoreless half.

“It was a great league win,” said CHS coach Kyle Nelson. “It also shows some good growth for our team, being a much better result than our first game with them a month ago.”

Coupeville won 4-3 the first time around, after rallying from a two-goal deficit.

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Pursuit of perfection!!

Posted in Softball, tagged , , , , on April 12, 2017| Leave a Comment »

   Jae LeVine and the hard-charging Wolf softball sluggers are a pristine 7-0. (John Fisken photo)

Hide the women and children.

There is a wild beast on the rampage and it’s chewing up and spitting out everything that gets in its way.

Crunching hits left and right, the Coupeville High School softball squad is off to the program’s best start in more than a decade, rolling to a perfect record heading into a major clash Wednesday afternoon.

The Wolves, fresh off a 16-2 dismantling of 2A North Mason Tuesday, host Chimacum 3:30 today in a battle for sole possession of first place in the 1A Olympic League.

The two-time defending champion Cowboys are 3-0 in league play, 4-1 overall, while CHS sits at 2-0, 7-0.

Coupeville will enjoy home cooking and a damp, windy prairie for their league clash, while Tuesday was all about spending most of the day on the bus.

The round-trip to Belfair gave the Wolves a solid eight-plus hours of listening to the wheels go round and round, but once CHS was on the field, it showed no ill effects.

“It was a long day but the ladies persevered and took care of business,” said Coupeville coach Kevin McGranahan. “We got off the bus and got ready to play and the girls focused and got down to business right away.”

The Wolves piled up a quick three runs in the top of the first, then dropped the hammer with a five-spot the next inning around.

Coupeville beat the snot out of the ball, redirecting North Mason pitching for 12 hits, including a home run from Katrina McGranahan which cleared the center field fence with room to spare.

The Wolf hurler finished with three hits, four RBI, five runs scored (and a stolen base for good measure), while her catcher, Sarah Wright, spanked three hits as well, including a double.

She also had four RBI, while Mikayla Elfrank added two hits, three runs and a steal.

Coupeville got singles from Veronica Crownover, Robin Cedillo, Lauren Rose and Jae LeVine, as seven of nine starters recorded hits.

The only two who were denied base-knocks, Hope Lodell and Tiffany Briscoe, both reached base on walks, with Lodell scampering home to score.

North Mason could do little to rally, with Katrina McGranahan racking up six strikeouts and facing only three batters over the minimum.

“Our pitching overpowered them from the beginning and when they did hit it they were mostly weak infield hits,” Kevin McGranahan said. “Our defense again played strong behind that pitching and kept any possible rallies from starting.”

While the undefeated run is the talk of the town, the Wolves are being careful not to look too far ahead.

“I am extremely proud of these ladies and how they play as a team and for each other, not for themselves,” Kevin McGranahan said. “We are playing good softball and taking it one game at a time.”

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Flying sky high!!

Posted in Basketball, Wolves in college, tagged , , , , , on February 4, 2017| Leave a Comment »

Makana Stone (John Fisken photo)

   Makana Stone has jumped from high school to college, yet she’s still soaring on a nightly basis. (John Fisken photo)

Now that’s a beat-down.

With five different players hitting for double digit scoring Saturday, the Whitman College women’s basketball squad thrashed host Linfield 97-48.

Freshman Makana Stone, starting for the Blues on the same night her former Coupeville High School teammates capped a third-straight unbeaten league season, went for six points and six rebounds.

Whitman is 19-2 overall, 10-2 in Northwest Conference play and 5-0 with Stone in the starting lineup.

Things get really serious next week, when the Blues head to Tacoma Friday, Feb. 10 to seek revenge on league-leading Puget Sound.

The Loggers, who nipped Whitman 73-71 on overtime the first time the schools met, sits at 20-1, 12-0.

Saturday night the Blues jumped on Linfield quickly, turning an eight-point lead after one quarter into a 22-point bulge at the half.

Chelsi Brewer knocked down a team-high 15, while three of her teammates went for 13 apiece.

Stone has scored 119 points (5.7 a night) and snatched 118 rebounds (5.6) through 21 games.

She’s #2 on the team in rebounding and #3 in field goal percentage (49.1% on 52 of 106) among players who’ve shot the ball more than 10 times.

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Young guns in a groove!!

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged , , , , on January 20, 2017| Leave a Comment »

Ashlie Shank (John Fisken photo)

   Ashlie Shank scored six points and hauled in seven rebounds Friday night in a 25-point Wolf JV win. (John Fisken photo)

Scout Smith 14, Port Townsend 7.

Sparked by its rampaging freshman guard, the Coupeville High School JV girls’ basketball squad romped to a runaway win Friday night at Port Townsend.

Toss in 18 points from Smith’s teammates and the final tally was 32-7 in favor of the Wolves.

The conference victory lifts the CHS young guns to 7-3 overall, 3-0 in Olympic League play.

Just getting on the floor was a win for the Wolf JV, which had two previous games cancelled when Chimacum and Port Townsend were unable to pull together enough players to compete.

Friday night the RedHawks put two seniors and a junior on the floor as part of a six-player roster, and Smith and Co. promptly ran them out of the gym.

It all started with defense, where the Wolves shut down both of Port Townsend’s tall players.

The three-headed beast of Scout Smith, Maya Toomey-Stout and Emma Mathusek shut down the passing lanes, while Ashlie Shank, Ema Smith and Nicole Lester took turns matching up with the RedHawks post players.

The Wolves held Port Townsend scoreless through the first eight minutes — a feat the CHS varsity would match later in the night — and was never threatened.

Scout Smith and Shank spent much of the night sniping away on outside shots, as the Wolves controlled the offensive flow.

“Our offense was fast but fairly patient with girls taking shots whenever open,” said Coupeville coach Amy King. “It was great to see that kind of aggressive play.”

Scout Smith brought her bench to its feet with a pair of back-to-back steals, while everyone chipped in, often by trying out something new.

“Tia (Wurzrainer) came up with several fourth quarter rebounds, passing the ball out to her teammates,” King said. “Avalon (Renninger) helped us out by playing point guard in the fourth and Maya stepped in as post at the end of the game.”

Shank drew a special heapin’ of praise.

“It was a full team win but a standout for me was Ashlie,” King said. “Her leadership on defense was huge, and her being able to shut down the taller post caused extra heartache for Port Townsend.

“She was aggressive on offense as well as on defense.”

Scout Smith’s 14 paced the attack, while Shank chipped in with six. Lester (4), Mathusek (4), Ema Smith (2) and Renninger (2) also put their names in the scoring column.

Lester and Shank ripped down seven boards apiece, while Maddy Hilkey picked up two boards and two steals.

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“Sweet way to go into the new year!!”

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged , , , , on December 31, 2016| Leave a Comment »

(David King photo)

   Wolf JV players listen to coach Amy King plan out strategy during a timeout Friday afternoon. (David King photo)

Win. Survive. Move on.

After spending many a season bunkered down in gyms, dealing with sick or missing athletes, Coupeville High School JV girls’ basketball coach Amy King knows the drill.

“Winter time really is a tough time for sports with the holidays, family vacations and sickness,” she said. “Over the winter break, I think we had 4-5 JV girls at practice every day.”

King managed to scrape together nine mostly functioning players Friday, though, and the Wolves, coming off of a nine-day gap between games, savaged host Orcas 39-13.

The non-conference victory sends the Wolf young guns into 2017 boasting a 5-2 record.

Defense was the key for Coupeville, as it used a season-high 19 blocks to thoroughly frustrate the Vikings.

“It took a short time to get our offense going; shots went up and just didn’t fall,” King said. “But we took care of business on the defensive end and got in their heads a little bit.”

Sarah Wright and Ema Smith dominated on the glass, allowing the Wolves to put the game away in the second quarter.

Holding a narrow 6-4 lead after one quarter, CHS pounded away in the second, romping to a 17-7 advantage.

“The second quarter just unleashed all things great,” King said. “Buckets were pouring out of the girls from all sides.”

Maya Toomey-Stout singed the nets with a long three-ball, while Ashlie Shank, Maddy Hilkey, Avalon Renninger, Scout Smith and Ema Smith all chipped in with points during the explosion.

“The quarter was so exciting,” King said. “All of the girls fought for the ball, anticipating passes, grabbing rebounds and fast breaking like crazy down the floor.”

Coupeville’s defense was especially unrelenting in the second half, when the Wolves held Orcas to just a single bucket over the final 16 minutes of play.

King came away impressed with her entire team, heaping extra praise on a few standouts.

“Scout was impressive today. Point guarding and feeding her teammates, but in the second half she found herself with steals and drives too,” King said. “Maya ran the floor all night and whoever she guarded didn’t have a chance.

“She along with her teammates are finding their confidence and it is so awesome to see. I love seeing the excitement of the game in this group. Sweet way to go into the new year!”

Wright paced the Wolves with 10 points, while Toomey-Stout rattled home seven.

Scout Smith (6), Hilkey (4), Shank (4), Ema Smith (4), Nicole Lester (2) and a very ill Renninger (2) rounded out the scoring attack.

Ema Smith snatched a game-high 12 rebounds, while Shank, Wright and Scout Smith had seven boards apiece. Tia Wurzrainer and Lester each hauled down six.

The stats were eye-popping up and down the chart, with Scout Smith pilfering four steals and rejecting seven shots. Wright swatted an additional six shots herself.

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