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Welcome to sweep city!!

Posted in Boys Tennis, tagged , , , , , on October 12, 2017| Leave a Comment »

   Thane Peterson teamed with Koby Schreiber for a doubles win Thursday, as Coupeville swept all eight matches from Chimacum. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

   Wolf seniors (l to r) William Nelson, Joey Lippo and Nick Etzell hang out with coach Ken Stange. (Connie Lippo photo)

Different day, same results.

Well, actually, a little better, for that matter.

Playing Chimacum for the second straight day, the Coupeville High School boys tennis squad crushed the visiting Cowboys 7-0 Thursday afternoon.

The Senior Night win, which was achieved with a slightly mixed up lineup, was the fifth in the last six matches for the Wolves.

Now 4-2 in Olympic League play, 6-6 overall, CHS has a non-conference match at South Whidbey Oct. 16, then hosts its league tourney three days later.

Facing a Chimacum squad it had beaten twice this season, including a road match played Wednesday, the Wolves shook up the top of the pecking order.

Seniors Joey Lippo and William Nelson, who have been a doubles duo since the start of their freshmen year, broke apart for the day and played singles.

It was Nelson’s first official high school singles match and Lippo’s second, and both rolled to victories while adjusting to the smaller dimensions of the singles court.

Before the match started, long-time Coupeville net coach Ken Stange paid tribute to Nelson, Lippo and fellow senior Nick Etzell.

All three played a full four seasons, though Stange has known the trio from back in the days before they hefted a racket.

“Bearing witness to your growth as tennis players, and as people, has been a distinct pleasure for me,” he said in pre-match remarks. “It seems like yesterday when you all (well, not Will) were little pipsqueaks.

“The three of you have developed into players who can analyze and adjust in-match, which is a skill many adult players have yet to master,” he added. “What’s more, you share that knowledge with your younger teammates, passing the torch to them, so to speak.”

Looking back on his 13-year run as Wolf boys tennis coach, Stange compared his latest batch of seniors favorably to former greats like Connor Tasoff, Ben Hayes, Ben Etzell and Aaron Curtin.

“You’ve led our team to many wins, but you’ve also led our team in the more important intangible ways,” Stange said. “You’ve etched yourselves into my Hall of Coupeville Tennis Memories.

“Thank you for your time, effort and attitude,” he added. “More importantly, thank you for making my life richer. I love you guys!”

Complete Thursday results:

Varsity:

1st Singles — Joey Lippo beat JJ Klaric 6-0, 6-4

2nd Singles — William Nelson beat Isaiah Treibel 6-0, 6-2

3rd Singles — Jakobi Baumann beat Jonah Diehl 8-1

1st Doubles — Mason Grove/Nick Etzell beat Tawan Lamaichampa/Roman Powell 6-3, 6-2

2nd Doubles — Drake Borden/Zach Ginnings beat Nate Miller/Zach Eagle 8-6

3rd Doubles — Nile Lockwood/Pedro Gamarra beat Jack Treibel/Mason Lawson 6-0, 6-2

4th Doubles — Tiger Johnson/Jaschon Baumann beat Jack Gibbons/Eli Bufford 6-1, 6-2

JV:

5th Doubles — Thane Peterson/Koby Schreiber beat Gibbons/Bufford 8-4

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Sweet-swingin’ seniors say sayonara!!

Posted in Softball, tagged , , , , , , on May 5, 2017| Leave a Comment »

  Wolf senior Jae LeVine gets ready for her mic drop moment. (John Fisken photos)

Robin Cedillo and proud parents Fredrico and Melissa.

   Tiffany Briscoe (with flowers) gets support from mom Amy, lil’ sis Kyla and dad Rich.

   The LeVine clan lays claim to the diamond. L to r, it’s Micky, Sean, Jae, Joline, and, in front, Izzy “I’m coming for all your records” LeVine.

   There’s no crying in baseball. Good thing this is softball, where everyone is more in touch with their feelings.

Nicole Lester and assistant coach Stephanie Henning have their own party.

   The underclassmen create a tunnel of bats to welcome seniors and their parents to the field.

Legendary, in every way.

They are the last remnants of state tournament glory.

Coupeville High School seniors Jae LeVine, Robin Cedillo and Tiffany Briscoe were freshmen when the Wolf softball sluggers made a wild late-season run in 2014 that carried the program to the big dance for the first time in 12 years.

Now, the trio are grizzled vets, all major contributors for a rampaging 15-2 team intent on getting back to the tourney.

They still have a couple of regular season road games (and then a postseason run) ahead of them, but Thursday was the final time the three played a game on their home diamond.

Predictably, weather was a factor on the prairie and the game with Sequim was suspended in the top of the third.

But, in between the lightning warnings, the Wolves celebrated their graduates-to-be, and John Fisken snapped quality pics as it happened.

To see more Senior Night pics (and a lot of action shots), pop over to:

http://www.johnsphotos.net/Sports/2017-Coupeville-Softball/20170504-vs-Sequim/

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A final bow!!

Posted in Baseball, tagged , , , , , on May 2, 2017| Leave a Comment »

   Kory Score (right) gets some face time with CHS coach Chris Smith on Senior Night. (John Fisken photos)

Ethan Marx kicks off our family portraits.

   Aiden Crimmins and parental units, both of whom had their own Senior Nights at CHS in days gone by.

Jonathan Thurston and his fan club.

Taylor Consford stood tall Monday, ripping a triple in his first at-bat.

Clay Reilly and associates.

Score and family.

   Lil’ sis Maggie takes a moment away from the tennis courts to celebrate her brother’s day.

It was the end, but not the end.

Monday marked Senior Night for six Coupeville High School baseball players, the final time they played a regular season game on their home field.

But, after two road games to cap things, the Wolves will be back to Robert Sherman Field May 9 for a home playoff game.

That will be the real swan song for Taylor Consford, Clay Reilly, Aiden Crimmins, Ethan Marx, Kory Score and Jonathan Thurston.

Postseason ball is about making a run at a state title, though, and Monday was about CHS coach Chris Smith having a chance to publicly praise his guys in front of friends, family and fans.

It was also a chance for local paparazzi John Fisken to snap some glossy pics to commemorate the moment.

The photos above are courtesy him, and, as always, we appreciate his charity.

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Bitter sweet swan song!!

Posted in Baseball, tagged , , , , on May 1, 2017| Leave a Comment »

   Aiden Crimmins (right) was one of six seniors honored Monday by CHS baseball coach Chris Smith. (Jodi Crimmins photo)

It was a mixed bag.

Score-wise, Monday’s baseball match-up with visiting Klahowya did not finish the way many Coupeville supporters would have liked.

Surrendering nine runs in the top of the first inning, the Wolves spent the afternoon fighting from behind and fell 15-4 in a game called after six innings.

The loss drops Coupeville to 5-3 in Olympic League play, 10-8 overall and snaps a three-game winning streak.

But there were positives for the Wolves, who have already locked in the conference’s #2 seed for the playoffs and will open the postseason May 9 at home.

For CHS coach Chris Smith, the game was a prime chance to honor his six seniors — Jonathan Thurston, Ethan Marx, Clay Reilly, Aiden Crimmins, Kory Score and Taylor Consford.

All of them started together for the first time this season, and, after the game, as a large group of fans and family remained in attendance, Smith said heartfelt words about each of the players.

Most of the group have played a full four seasons for CHS, and Chris Smith, first as an assistant under Willie Smith and Marc Aparicio, and then as head coach, has enjoyed the opportunity to work with the six.

“Just a good group of guys,” he said with a big smile as he reflected on their time together.

Three of the seniors played prominent roles during the game, as Consford bashed a triple, Score laced a single and Reilly knocked in two runs.

After falling behind 9-0 in the first frame, as Klahowya picked up seven of its 15 hits, Coupeville chipped away at the lead.

The Wolves plated one in the first, as a ground-out off the bat of Reilly plated Consford, then put together a three-run rally in the second.

Score and Matt Hilborn dropped in singles, wrapped around Marx reaching on an error, before Hunter Smith smashed a two-run double.

Reilly knocked in another run on a ground-out to first, but then the runs stopped cold.

The two teams, after combining for 13 runs in the first two innings, went the next three without a single runner reaching home.

Klahowya (8-0, 10-4), league champs for the second time in three years (Coupeville won in 2016), closed things out with a six-run sixth, then stepped to the side so the Wolves could honor their graduating players.

One player who won’t be leaving, junior shortstop Hunter Smith, paced the attack with two hits, but the Wolf bats were mostly muffled, as Coupeville totaled just five base-knocks.

The Wolves close the regular season with road games at Port Townsend Wednesday and South Whidbey Thursday, before prepping for the start of the district playoffs.

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One bad break!!

Posted in Boys Soccer, tagged , , , , , on April 26, 2017| Leave a Comment »

   Brandon Jansen (5) fights for control of the ball Tuesday against Klahowya. (John Fisken photos)

Team captain Uriel Liquidano leads off our Senior Night portraits.

He’s joined by Nick Dion.

Zack Nall swings by for an appearance.

Jansen, in a moment of rest.

Liquidano’s niece is so adorable, she needs a close-up.

The seniors hang out with coaches Gary Manker (left) and Kyle Nelson.

Liquidano gets some love from teammate Hunter Downes.

They lost more than a game.

While the Coupeville High School boys soccer squad fell 4-1 to visiting Klahowya Tuesday, it was a mid-game injury which hurts the most.

Junior sharpshooter Ethan Spark, who is tied for the team scoring lead with six goals, broke his big toe doing a slide tackle.

He’s expected to be sidelined from any sporting activity for 4-6 weeks said mom Kali Barrio, which means the Wolves will be missing one of their primary weapons when they open the playoffs next week.

After absorbing its seventh straight loss to Klahowya, Coupeville sits at 3-5 in Olympic League play, 4-9-1 overall.

With one regular season game left, Friday at Port Townsend, the Wolves are locked in as the league’s #3 seed, and will host the Nisqually League’s #4 team in a loser-out playoff game Thursday, May 4 at Oak Harbor Stadium.

To see the playoff bracket — http://www.olympicleague.com/tournament.php?tournament_id=2267&sport=9

With the win Tuesday,  Klahowya (7-0, 10-2-1) clinched its third consecutive league title.

One bright spot on Senior Night came courtesy junior William Nelson, who banged home his fourth goal of the season.

It came just eight minutes into the game, when he intercepted a pass and promptly smashed the ball into the upper corner of the net.

It was only the second time Coupeville has scored on Klahowya in seven match-ups, and was only the 10th goal surrendered this season by the very-stingy Eagle defense.

Klahowya tied the game right before the break, and the two teams remained deadlocked until deep in the second half.

The Eagles slipped two more scores into the net late in the game, but the final margin was a bit deceiving.

“Looking at the results over the season against Klahowya shows the tremendous growth the boys have made,” said CHS coach Kyle Nelson.

 

To see more photos from this game (purchases fund college scholarships for CHS student/athletes), pop over to:

http://www.johnsphotos.net/Sports/2017-Coupeville-Boys-Soccer/20170425-vs-Klahowya/

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