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Captains Zeke Allen and Aleksia Jump prepare to lead Coupeville cross country into action. (Elizabeth Bitting photos)

The season began with a flash.

Or a couple of them.

Dodging a bit of lightning Saturday in Maple Valley, the Coupeville High School cross country squad joined 40+ other schools in participating at the season-opening Tahoma Coed Relays.

The jamboree-style event featured boys and girls competing together, with each five-member team limited to three runners from either gender.

And when Mother Nature allowed the runners to stay on the course, the Wolf harriers put the pedal to the metal, earning praise from coach Elizabeth Bitting.

“It was a strange relay,” she said. “The lightning delay messed everything up. Stopping in the middle of the relay was weird!

“The runners however didn’t let it dampen their runs. They each ran their leg and enjoyed the water portion,” Bitting added.

“It made for a fun and wet start to the season.”

Coupeville returns to action next Saturday, Sept. 13, when it travels to Bellingham for the GearUp Northwest Cross Country Preview.

Isaiah Allen gets movin’.

Zach Blitch attacks the course.

Nolan Hunt splashes through the water part of the course.

The Wolves invade Maple Valley.

Ivy Rudat has her eyes on the finish line.

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Landon Roberts hangs out with his fan club Prez. (Photo courtesy Sherry Bonacci)

No rest for the talented.

With the high school baseball season done, Coupeville High School senior Landon Roberts is staying busy on the diamond.

He made his debut with the Skagit Sox American Legion team Thursday, helping his new squad blank the Cascade Baseball Club 4-0 in the Cardinal Classic hosted by Skagit Valley College.

Back at home in Cow Town, mom Sherry Bonacci was manning her computer at the Coupeville School Board meeting where Landon was honored for being a Lion’s Club Student of the Quarter.

The lanky one was not there in person, however, as diamond duty was calling his name.

Roberts ripped a single in his first at-bat, then advanced a runner from second to third with a squibber to shortstop his next time up.

In the field, the Wolf ace, who graduates with the Class of 2025 in a few days, patrolled the outfield and came up with a gem.

Snagging a fly ball near the line, Roberts whipped a frozen rope to second to nail the brave, yet foolhardy runner, who wasn’t quite as fast as he thought he was.

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Cael Wilson, seen here last season, won two events Wednesday in La Conner. (Bailey Thule photo)

They have the numbers and the talent.

Boasting one of its biggest rosters in program history, the Coupeville High School track and field team made its presence felt Wednesday at a season-opening 11-team meet in La Conner.

The Wolf boys ran away with the team title, racking up 182.5 points, while their nearest competition, Mount Vernon Christian and La Conner, finished with 88 and 87 respectively.

On the girls’ side of things, CHS earned third place with 100.67 points, trailing just MVC (144.5) and La Conner (129.5).

Three Wolves double-dipped on opening day, bringing home titles in a pair of events.

Lyla Stuurmans (800, 1600), Cael Wilson (Pole Vault, High Jump), and Carson Field (800, 1600) were two-time winners, while Aleksia Jump (Pole Vault), George Spear (3200), and Katie Marti (Shot Put) also claimed crowns.

Rounding out Coupeville’s winners were its 4 x 100 boys’ relay team comprised of Marquette Cunningham, Preston Epp, Davin Houston, and Chase Anderson.

“Great first meet!” said CHS coaches Bob Martin and Elizabeth Bitting.

“A little rain, a little wind, and a lot of PRs – we’re so proud of the team!”

After finishing round one with 10 wins, 95 PRs, and a team title, the Wolves will get right back at it this Saturday, Mar. 22 when they compete at the Rainier Icebreaker.

 

Wednesday’s results:

 

GIRLS:

100 — Laken Simpson (18th) 15.85 *PR*; Isa Mc Fetridge (24th) 15.96 *PR*; Willow Leedy-Bonifas (29th) 16.22 *PR*; Violet Devine (35th) 17.38 *PR*; Denali Kalwies (38th) 18.35 *PR*; Emma McFadden (40th) 18.77 *PR*

200 — Simpson (13th) 32.76 *PR*; Mc Fetridge (17th) 33.59 *PR*; Noelle Western (23rd) 34.16; Olivia Hall (24th) 34.29 *PR*; Leedy-Bonifas (28th) 35.14 *PR*; Marin Winger (30th) 38.03 *PR*; Devine (32nd) 38.13 *PR*

400 — Lillian Ketterling (7th) 1:18.71 *PR*; Ayden Wyman (8th) 1:23.00

800 — Lyla Stuurmans (1st) 2:44.64; Mikayla Wagner (7th) 3:05.86 *PR*; Ketterling (9th) 3:13.17 *PR*; Ivy Rudat (11th) 3:15.93 *PR*; Lexis Drake (12th) 3:18.14 *PR*

1600 — Stuurmans (1st) 6:18.15; Wagner (5th) 6:42.93 *PR*

3200 — Western (3rd) 14:12.05 *PR*; Aleksia Jump (6th) 14:58.89 *PR*

100 Hurdles — Myra McDonald (10th) 21.51; Ari Cunningham (11th) 21.89 *PR*

300 Hurdles — McDonald (9th) 1:08.55; A. Cunningham (10th) 1:09.23 *PR*; Frankie Tenore (14th) 1:16.75 *PR*

4 x 100 Relay — A. Cunningham, Leedy-Bonifas, Hall, Simpson (7th) 1:01.43; Mc Fetridge, Devine, Kalwies, Winger (9th) 1:04.83

4 x 200 Relay — Drake, I. Rudat, Wyman, Hall (7th) 2:11.54

4 x 400 Relay — Ketterling, Simpson, Winger, Drake (2nd) 5:24.52

Shot Put — Katie Marti (1st) 32-08; McFadden (14th) 18-10.50 *PR*

Discus — Marti (2nd) 81-03; Ketterling (4th) 72-03 *PR*; McFadden (20th) 38-07 *PR*

Javelin — Marti (2nd) 90-02

High Jump — Tenore (8th) 4-00; Wyman (8th) 4-00

Pole Vault — A. Jump (1st) 6-00; I. Rudat (2nd) 5-09 *PR*

Long Jump — Leedy-Bonifas (10th) 12-06 *PR*; McDonald (14th) 12-01.50 *PR*; A. Cunningham (18th) 11-10.50 *PR*; Mc Fetridge (23rd) 11-02 *PR*; Kalwies (24th) 10-08 *PR*

 

BOYS:

100 — Chase Anderson (2nd) 12.22 *PR*; Marquette Cunningham (6th) 12.42; Matthew Ward (9th) 12.66 *PR*; Cael Wilson (11th) 12.69 *PR*; Davin Houston (12th) 12.70; Easton Green (19th) 13.00 *PR*; Marcelo Gebhard (20th) 13.01; Beckett Green (22nd) 13.11 *PR*; Nathan Coxsey (33rd) 13.40 *PR*; Edmund Wilson (41st) 13.62 *PR*; Jonah Weyl (48th) 14.07 *PR*; Richmond Bandong (51st) 14.31 *PR*; Max Ohme (56th) 14.74 *PR*; Shiloh Sandlin (57th) 14.75 *PR*; Nikolas Rogers (59th) 15.07 *PR*; William Hamm (68th) 18.12 *PR*

200 — Ward (3rd) 26.71; M. Cunningham (6th) 26.93; Blake Burrows (7th) 27.00; B. Green (11th) 27.40 *PR*; E. Green (12th) 27.58 *PR*; E. Wilson (20th) 28.85 *PR*; Coxsey (22nd) 29.44 *PR*; Bandong (25th) 30.70 *PR*; Sandlin (27th) 31.13 *PR*; Weyl (28th) 31.37 *PR*; Ohme (31st) 32.18 *PR*; Rogers (32nd) 33.01 *PR*; Hamm (35th) 40.59 *PR*

400 — Burrows (5th) 59.79; Dane Hadsall (8th) 1:01.96; Weyl (15th) 1:07.94 *PR*; Rogers (17th) 1:12.96 *PR*

800 — Carson Field (1st) 2:05.85; Joshua Stockdale (7th) 2:28.76 *PR*; Solomon Rudat (8th) 2:30.17 *PR*; Ethan Walling (12th) 2:34.29 *PR*; Finn Price (14th) 2:37.43 *PR*

1600 — Field (1st) 4:58.01; George Spear (3rd) 5:09.34 *PR*; Malachi Somes (4th) 5:22.07; Kenneth Jacobsen (7th) 5:28.39; Stockdale (12th) 5:42.53 *PR*; Walling (13th) 5:47.73 *PR*; Isaiah Allen (21st) 6:13.39 *PR*; Nicholas Wasik (22nd) 6:44.77 *PR*

3200 — Spear (1st) 11:08.77 *PR*; Walling (5th) 13:29.61 *PR*; Edmund Kunz (7th) 14:23.65 *PR*

110 Hurdles — Axel Marshall (4th) 19.57

300 Hurdles — Liam Blas (6th) 52.02 *PR*

4 x 100 Relay — M. Cunningham, Houston, Preston Epp, Anderson (1st) 46.38; Hadsall, Gebhard, E. Green, Ward (4th) 48.57

4 x 400 Relay — Burrows, Hadsall, Anderson, Epp (2nd) 3:57.16; S. Rudat, Stockdale, Somes, K. Jacobsen (5th) 4:26.16

Shot Put — Zac Tackett (4th) 35-01; Gebhard (8th) 31-08; Khanor Jump (11th) 29-08 *PR*; K. Jacobsen (23rd) 22-10; Zach Blitch (30th) 19-06.50 *PR*

Discus — Tackett (3rd) 116-05; K. Jump (13th) 78-06 *PR*; Blas (15th) 75-10 *PR*; Wasik (23rd) 63-07; Blitch (31st) 50-02; Johnathan Jacobsen (35th) 34-10 *PR*

Javelin — Gebhard (9th) 104-00; Somes (13th) 90-10; Rogers (19th) 78-08 *PR*; J. Jacobsen (32nd) 51-01 *PR*; K. Jacobsen (34th) 43-07 *PR*

High Jump — C. Wilson (1st) 5-10 *PR*; Houston (3rd) 5-08 *PR*; Wyatt Fitch-Marron (7th) 5-04 *PR*; J. Jacobsen (13th) 4-10 *PR*

Pole Vault — C. Wilson (1st) 11-00; Marshall (2nd) 10-00; S. Rudat (5th) 7-06 *PR*

Long Jump — C. Wilson (5th) 18-09 *PR*; Burrows (12th) 16-02.75 *PR*; Blas (20th) 15-04.50 *PR*; Fitch-Marron (21st) 15-04 *PR*; E. Wilson (25th) 15-00.50 *PR*; Coxsey (34th) 13-11.50 *PR*; Weyl (35th) 13-10.75 *PR*; Sandlin (36th) 13-10.50 *PR*; S. Rudat (37th) 13-07; Ohme (40th) 13-00.25 *PR*; Kunz (49th) 11-06.75 *PR*

Triple Jump — Ward (2nd) 36-10.25 *PR*; Marshall (4th) 34-08

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Coupeville netters hit the court. (Starla Seal photo)

Tennis balls are flying once more.

The weather was decent Tuesday, and the Coupeville High School girls’ net squad took advantage, traveling to Port Townsend for the season opener.

After a ferry trip, the Wolves clashed with East Jefferson, which is the mashup between former CHS league rivals Chimacum and Port Townsend.

The visitors swept the varsity singles, with the hosts bouncing back to take the doubles matchups, ultimately pulling out a tense 3-2 non-conference victory.

It was a good start for a Wolf team which has increased numbers from a year ago and will get to host matches this season after work on new courts prevented that from happening last spring.

In fact, Coupeville will play its first match on the courts which now sit next to the CHS gym this Friday, when East Jefferson returns the favor and travels to Cow Town for a rematch.

 

Tuesday’s results:

 

Varsity:

1st Singles — Tenley Stuurmans beat Rennie O’Donnell 6-2, 6-1

2nd Singles — Dahlia Lewis beat Juliette O’Hara 6-1, 6-0

1st Doubles — Brynn Parker/Ember Light lost to Lucia Fields/Gracie Witherwidge 6-1, 6-0

2nd Doubles — Kauri Hamilton/Sofia Phay lost to Liuia Lee/Brooke Tomasetti 6-3, 6-2

3rd Doubles — Delanie Lewis/Miles Gerber lost to Olivia Larson/Calliope Mosher 6-1, 6-0

 

JV:

4th Doubles — Samantha Wallace/Hailey Goldman lost to Zinna Blachley/Ursla Schmidt 7-1

5th Doubles — Rowan Stoner/Chloe Ferguson lost to Sienna V./Risespan 4-3

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CHS baseball coach Steve Hilborn awaits sunnier days. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Mother Nature has entered the chat.

The season opener for Coupeville High School baseball was washed away Saturday, as a planned trip to Blaine was called off before the Wolves could hit the road.

The official prognosis: a night of steady rain left the Borderites field unable to host a game.

No word yet on whether the non-conference clash will be rescheduled.

For now, the Wolf diamond men turn their attention to their planned home opener, which is set for Tuesday, Mar. 18.

Meridian is slated to come to Cow Town for that rumble, with the first pitch set for 4:00 PM.

If Mother Nature agrees.

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