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Future Wolves kick off new gridiron season!!

Posted in Football, tagged , , , , on August 27, 2017| 1 Comment »

   Future Wolf QB Logan Downes directs the offense Saturday as Oak Harbor’s youth football league begins a new season. (John Fisken photos)

Fellow Coupeville mercenary Jean-Pascal Edoukou (middle) anchors the line.

Football is back.

The first high school game is still five days away, but the Oak Harbor Youth Football and Cheer League has kicked off.

As photographer John Fisken wandered the sidelines at Ft. Nugent Saturday, he caught two Wolves in Wildcat clothing.

Logan Downes and Jean-Pascal Edoukou were both in action for Oak Harbor’s Junior Gold squad, which was clashing with Sedro-Woolley Blue.

To see everything Fisken shot (purchases support college scholarships for CHS student/athletes) pop over to:

http://www.johnsphotos.net/Sports/OHFCL-2017/2017-08-26-Junior-Gold-vs-Sedro-Blue/

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Learning under fire!!

Posted in Girls Tennis, tagged , , , , on March 14, 2017| Leave a Comment »

   Payton Aparicio teamed with Sage Renninger Tuesday to capture a straight-sets win at first doubles. (John Fisken photo)

The raindrops stayed away, but a lot of shots dropped in.

A fairly young and green Coupeville High School girls tennis squad learned lessons under fire Tuesday, falling 6-1 at South Whidbey in their season opener.

Facing off with the always-tough Falcons in a non-conference match, the Wolves got their best effort at first doubles, where Payton Aparicio and Sage Renninger pulled out a win in straight sets.

The junior gunslingers, who have their eyes set on the state tourney this season, controlled things early, then rallied when their Falcon counterparts pushed back.

“Sage and Payton played very well,” said CHS coach Ken Stange. “They were down in the second set, but stormed back to close out the match.”

Five of the 11 Wolves to play a varsity match Tuesday were making their debut, with three freshmen, a foreign exchange student and a newcomer to the sport in the mix.

“The new players really got after it,” Stange said. “South Whidbey was really tough.”

Complete results:

Varsity:

1st singles — Valen Trujillo lost to Mary Zisette 7-6(7-4), 6-0

2nd singles — Fanny Deprelle lost to Bayley Gochanour 6-2, 6-0

3rd singles — Bree Daigneault lost to Farriss Jokinen 6-3, 6-0

1st doubles — Payton Aparicio/Sage Renninger beat Alex Foode/Taylor Hamilton 6-2, 7-5

2nd doubles — Zoe Trujillo/Avalon Renninger lost to Sarah Hodson/Ally Lynch 6-3, 6-2

3rd doubles — Maggie Crimmins/Kameryn St Onge lost to Ainsley Nelson/McKenna Chapman 6-1, 6-4

4th doubles — Tia Wurzrainer/Claire Mietus lost to Ashley Ricketts/Kelcie Haugen 6-3, 6-1

JV:

5th doubles — Abby Hamilton/Julie Bucio lost 6-1

6th doubles — Heather Nastali/Sophie Furtjes lost 6-2

7th doubles — Nanci Melendrez/Rubi Melendrez lost 8-0

8th doubles — Crimmins/St Onge won 6-2

9th doubles — Wurzrainer/Mietus lost 6-1

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Rain on the brain (and the court)!!

Posted in Girls Tennis, tagged , , , , , on March 13, 2017| Leave a Comment »

   Bree Daigneault is trapped in a tennis racket of emotion as the first week of competition looks like it may be rained out. (John Fisken photo)

And so it begins.

Certain spring sports, like, say, tennis, exist at the whims of the rain gods.

Last year was pretty dry for the Coupeville High School netters, so this year? Probably time to build a new Noah’s Ark.

Opening day fell victim to the wet stuff, as Port Angeles called off Monday’s non-conference match before the Wolves even headed to the bus.

Up next for CHS, a possible road trip to Langley Tuesday, followed by a home match-up with Sequim Thursday.

But, a quick glance at the 10-day weather report shows nothing but rain on Whidbey until Sunday, so good luck with that.

Now, back when I played tennis at Tumwater High School, our coach, Lionel Barona, sent us inside to run staircases in the gym on rainy days.

No word yet on whether Coupeville net guru Ken Stange plans to follow suit.

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Stalemate city!!

Posted in Boys Soccer, tagged , , , , , on March 11, 2017| Leave a Comment »

   Ethan Spark, seen here last year, opened the 2017 season Saturday with a goal from midfield. (John Fisken photo)

Boo! Boo, I say.

Not to the Coupeville High School boys’ soccer squad, which came dangerously close to upending a 2A school on the road Saturday in its season opener.

But a hearty boo to the folks who issued the declaration non-conference soccer games should end in ties, with no chance of overtime and/or a winner-take-all shoot-out.

So, after a long, rainy trip to Bremerton, and a strong team-wide effort by a much-smaller school, Coupeville settled for a 2-2 stalemate with host Olympic.

This, people, is why soccer struggles to match the popularity of other high school sports among those fans who are not die-hard pitch fanatics.

Ties — the bane of all of our lives and pretty much the very definition of un-American.

If we get past my petty issues, though, the Wolves came out strongly to open the season.

Ethan Spark and William Nelson, the team’s leading returning scorers, immediately slipped right back into the groove, with each junior sharpshooter finding the back of the net.

Spark launched a ball from midfield which evaded the Olympic goalie, while Nelson used angles, smacking a ball off a foe’s shin guard for his first score of 2017.

The Coupeville defense, spearheaded by Uriel Liquidano, Uriah Kastner, Axel Partida and Josh Robinson, held up well against their 2A opponents, while goalies Mathew Shreffner and Brian Roberts shared time in net.

“We worked together to keep our game tied,” Roberts said. “It was a game to see; cold and wet, but a good game.”

Coupeville returns to action 4:30 PM Tuesday, when it hosts Chimacum in the league opener.

And yes, because it’s a conference game, we can guarantee one thing — no ties.

So, we got that going for us, which is nice.

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Hardball squad endures wet ‘n wild opener!!

Posted in Baseball, tagged , , , , on March 11, 2017| Leave a Comment »

   Clay Reilly, seen here eyeballing a pitch last year, reached base all three times he hit Saturday in a season-opening loss. (John Fisken photo)

As the field got wetter Saturday, the ball (and the game) slipped away from Coupeville.

Committing four of its five errors in the late going, the Wolf baseball squad saw a 2-2 tie turn into a 9-2 non-conference loss to host Lynden Christian in a season-opener called after five innings.

“Ugly weather. Hit well. Found some areas we need to work on,” said understated (and very damp) Coupeville coach Marc Aparicio.

The Lyncs, who only out-hit CHS 4-3, took advantage of wild throws and juggled balls to score four runs in the bottom of the third, then tack on three more in the fourth.

The miscues negated often-strong pitching from Coupeville, which racked up eight strikeouts combined from a four-pack of pitchers — Julian Welling, Jonathan Thurston, Nick Etzell and Hunter Smith.

The Wolves put runners on base in four of five innings, but only brought them around in the third.

Trailing 2-0, Coupeville seized an opportunity after Taylor Consford walked and Smith reached on an error to start the inning.

Clay Reilly and Thurston put together back-to-back one-out RBI singles to tie things up, before Lynden recovered to get out of the inning.

The Wolves put two runners on in both the first (walks to Reilly and Welling) and fifth (walks to Reilly and Kory Score) but couldn’t plate them.

A possible two-out rally in the fourth was also snuffed. Consford stroked a triple, but was left high and dry when a strikeout ended any Coupeville hopes.

With the rain coming down in waves, the varsity game was ended prematurely and the JV game, which was to follow, was called off.

The Wolves return to action Wednesday, when they launch defense of their 1A Olympic League title with a game at Chimacum.

After that, CHS plays six of its next seven at home.

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