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“They are starting to get hungry!!”

Posted in Volleyball, tagged Allison Wenzel, Bellevue Christian, CHS Wolves, Kenzi LaRue, Sarah Wright, volleyball on October 7, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Wolf freshman Nicole Lester had a perfect serving set Tuesday. (John Fisken photo)

No quit in them.

Missing two of its best players Tuesday, with just seven spikers on call, the Coupeville High School JV volleyball squad came amazingly close to knocking off a talented foe.

Bellevue Christian eventually escaped with a 25-17, 25-23, 25-19 non-conference win, dropping the Wolves to 3-4, but the host Vikings had to dig deep to pull it off.

“Even without two of our biggest weapons the girls were close to handing BC a major upset,” said CHS coach Heidi Wyman. “The blocking and aggressive jousting/net play was exciting to watch.

“They are starting to get hungry out there; time to eat!”

The young Wolves were playing without Maddy Hilkey, who moved up to cover for a missing starter in the varsity match, and Kameryn St Onge, who was out sick.

In their places, Coupeville got strong work from the rest of its roster.

Sarah Wright “came alive in the third set,” recording five service aces and five kills, while Allison Wenzel “had the play of the night with a massive solo block that had the whole crowd going.”

“She (Wenzel) was consistent all night playing both the middle and opposite positions well,” Wyman said.

Wenzel (three kills) and Kenzi LaRue (four) combined to pick up some of the slack with the big-hitting St Onge being sidelined, while Maggie Crimmins “was on fire in the back row, digging balls that had no business being passed, frustrating the BC hitters.”

Coupeville notched 15 kills and nine aces, with six perfect serving sets.

Crimmins and Wright tallied two apiece, while LaRue and Nicole Lester each had one.

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Mission accomplished!!

Posted in Volleyball, tagged Allison Wenzel, CHS Wolves, Kameryn St Onge, Sarah Wright, volleyball on October 1, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Kameryn St Onge dominated at the net Thursday, propelling the Wolf JV spikers to a straight-sets win. (John Fisken photo)

Tonight, we’re going to talk about the JV first.

And why not? It’s the easier story to write, because, if one thing went perfectly Thursday, it was the performance laid down by Coupeville High School’s young volleyball spikers.

Hitting on every cylinder, the Wolf JV routed visiting Chimacum in straight sets, and it got progressively easier the further into the match they went.

The 25-16, 25-14, 25-9 win, the third in the last four matches for the squad, lifted Coupeville to 3-3.

Other than a brief dry spell at the very start of the match, this was one of those nights where everything went in favor of the women wearing red and black.

Battling back from an early mini-deficit, the Wolves claimed the lead for good at 9-8 in the first set on a nice tip for a winner from Kenzi LaRue.

Coupeville took immediate advantage, with Allison Wenzel striding to the service stripe and crushing the first ball she saw for a blistering ace.

Staying hot on serve, the Wolves got aces from LaRue, Ashley Menges and Maddy Hilkey as they began to roll to victory, then really stepped up the assault in the second set.

That was when Sarah Wright went off, reeling off eight straight points on serve at one point.

She got some help, with Kameryn St Onge and Maggie Crimmins each dropping in winners off of perfectly-placed tips.

Coupeville thoroughly controlled play, with Chimacum getting its points mainly off of errors and not off of anything special the Cowboys could come up with.

When the Wolves went for winners, they sent the Cowboys reeling, never more so than when Menges went airborne, virtually scraping the gym ceiling for the prettiest tip of the match.

The third set was a stroll in the park for Coupeville, with St Onge controlling all the action at the net in a performance that earned her a promotion later in the night.

The hard-hitting Wolf sophomore took her killer hops to the night’s second match, where she made her varsity debut in the third set.

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Young spikers on the prowl!!

Posted in Volleyball, tagged CHS Wolves, Kameryn St Onge, Maddy Hilkey, Sarah Wright, volleyball on September 11, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Sarah Wright was on fire behind the service stripe Thursday. (John Fisken photos)

No volleyball can escape Maddy Hilkey’s reach.

“I am very proud of how this team is working together, supporting each other and progressing!”

Two matches into her new role as Coupeville High School JV volleyball coach, Heidi Wyman is all aglow with the possibilities.

“They are a fantastic group of girls with a ton of heart and a blast to coach!,” she said after riding the ferry back from Friday Harbor Thursday night.

Playing second on the night, the JV squad waged an epic war with their hosts, dropping the first two sets by a sliver at 25-19 and 32-30, before roaring back to shred the Wolverines 25-7 in the final set of the evening.

“They did amazing!,” said Wyman, who hailed Kameryn St Onge for a “breakout performance” in which she “dominated both at the net and serving.”

St Onge ripped off six straight successful serves during the third set, including two aces.

Two of her teammates earned praise, as well, with Sarah Wright “a beast behind the service line,” en route to launching nine service aces in one set and Maddy Hilkey logging the first “perfect 3.0” passing set of the season for the JV.

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Back to the gym!!

Posted in Volleyball, tagged CHS Wolves, John Fisken photos, Kyla Briscoe, Sarah Wright, Valen Trujillo, volleyball on August 24, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Kenzi LaRue has eyes only for the volleyball. (John Fisken photos)

Payton Aparicio launches herself skyward to save the day.

Kameryn St Onge demonstrates a laser-like focus.

Tip-toeing across the court, Kyla Briscoe sneaks up on the ball.

Hope Lodell, AKA “The Surgeon,” gets ready to operate.

Sarah Wright is one of several 9th graders looking to make an immediate impact for the Wolves.

Wolf junior Valen Trujillo, here laying down some flawless form, will be one of Coupeville’s captains this fall.

Freshman Ashley Menges reaches for the heavens as teammate Allison Wenzel looks on.

Fall is upon us.

Well, fall sports, at least.

Monday brought the first official day of practice for the Coupeville High School volleyball, boys’ tennis, cheer and girls’ soccer squads. Football kicked off Aug. 19.

Travelin’ photo man John Fisken, whose work has been shortlisted for this year’s Washington Newspaper Publishers Association awards (classy!), strolled through town and snapped some pics for us.

First up, the Wolf spikers, led by second-year head coach Breanne Smedley and returning stars like Valen Trujillo and Sydney Autio.

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Young spiker writes success story!!

Posted in Volleyball, tagged CHS Wolves, Get Scared, Jessica Wood-Hagen, Sarah Wright, Stephen Hawking, volleyball on August 21, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Jessica Wood-Hagen

Jessica Wood-Hagen might be able to write this story better than I’m doing.

The Coupeville High School freshman is already an accomplished writer, and that’s just the first of her many talents.

“When I have time to spare, one thing I always love doing is writing books, which I am currently writing one,” Wood-Hagen said. “I plan on taking a creative writing class this year.

“Just preparing for my future career.”

When she’s not writing, she enjoys math (“I can’t say I have a favorite class because I like most of my classes”), the Stephen Hawking movie “The Theory of Everything” and listening to alternative rock bands like Get Scared.

With all of her activities, Wood-Hagen has still managed to carve out some time for sports, however.

She started playing volleyball as an eighth grader at CMS and hopes to play both that and softball as she makes the transition to the high school.

Wood-Hagen first picked up volleyball because she was looking for a way to fill her day.

“I started because I had extra time on my hands and I noticed that I was pretty good at volleyball for someone who has never played,” she said. “So I decided to join and it’s been fun since then.

“I enjoy being able to spend some time with my team and improving on my volleyball skills.”

Like most younger players, Wood-Hagen is hard at work on fine-tuning her game, with plans to keep improving.

“I think I am best at passing, but I think what I really need to work on is getting to the ball when it’s ahead of me and beside me,” she said. “I also need to work on serving overhand. I can get just to the top of the net, but I can’t get it over.

“Some goals I have are to keep improving my skills and to be more fit,” Wood-Hagen added. “I’m hoping volleyball will help me lead a new lifestyle.”

That new lifestyle should send her outside in the spring, as well.

“I was thinking about doing softball,” Wood-Hagen said. “Not only do I want to be more active physically and socially, but I also want to be outside more often!”

Inside or outside, she has plenty of support to draw on, from both family and friends.

“One person who has made an impact on me is my mom,” Wood-Hagen said. “She is always trying to help me get out more and make new friends, and when I told her volleyball was a sport I was in to, she was more than happy to get me signed up.

“She supports me and is very happy for my decision to do a sport, especially volleyball.”

On the court, the young spiker gets a spark from a veteran teammate.

“Another person who has made an impact on me, whether she realizes it or not, is Sarah Wright, one of my classmates and team members,” Wood-Hagen said. “She always encourages me to keep going, and she was happy for me when I decided to join volleyball.

“When I get too tired and have to stop, she’s always running past me and encouraging me to keep going and not to give up.”

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