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Wolves, Bulldogs rumble on court

Posted in Girls Tennis, tagged CHS Wolves, girls tennis, Helen Strelow, Mount Vernon, Senior Night on May 9, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Helen Strelow is 7-1 this season while playing #1 singles for Coupeville High School. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

It wasn’t really about the win or loss.

Tuesday’s girls’ tennis match between Coupeville High School and host Mount Vernon was added to the schedule at the very last second, thanks to two athletic directors scrambling.

A matchup between one of the biggest 3A schools in the state and a lil’ 2B institution of learning went about as expected, with the Bulldogs winning 6-0.

But it was the side benefits which mattered most.

Mount Vernon, after having its Senior Night cancelled, was able to bounce back and honor its 12th graders.

And for Coupeville, which wraps the regular season Friday at home against Friday Harbor, then heads to the postseason, it gave the Wolf netters a chance to fine tune their games against stiff competition.

“The good opponents will help the top kids (headed to districts),” said CHS coach Ken Stange.

Friday’s home match is Senior Night for the Wolves, with on-court action slated to kick off at 4:00 PM.

Festivities to honor Lucy Tenore, Karyme Castro, Vivian Farris, Helen Strelow, and Hayley Fiedler will go down about 15 minutes before the match.

Tuesday’s results:

1st Singles — Helen Strelow lost to Manon Duchaussoy 6-1, 6-1

2nd Singles — Djina Radenovic lost to Grace Dilworth 6-1, 6-1

3rd Singles — Kaitlyn Leavell lost to Audrey Bylund 6-1, 6-1

1st Doubles — Hayley Fiedler/Vivian Farris lost to Samantha Stewart/Farah Briseno 6-1, 6-1

2nd Doubles — Skylar Parker/Lucy Tenore lost to Sophia Grechishkin/Kira Wilson 6-1, 6-2

3rd Doubles — Karyme Castro/Emma Morano lost to Miriam Cooksey/Mia Shackleton 6-0, 6-0

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Sluggers savor sunny swan song

Posted in Baseball, Softball, tagged baseball, cake day, CHS Wolves, Senior Night, Softball on May 1, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Diamond men (l to r) Piotr Bieda, Scott Hilborn, and Jonathan Valenzuela celebrate Senior Night. (Morgan White photo)

There was cake, and foreign flags, and two big wins.

Coupeville High School parents went all out Saturday, as Wolf baseball and softball celebrated Senior Night.

CHS crushed visiting La Conner on both sides of the road, mixing domination in with emotion.

Along the way, the Wolves said goodbye to five softball sluggers and three diamond men, with the majority of those players having gone the entire way in red and black.

Sofia Peters leads off the softball honorees. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Jonathan Valenzuela (Morgan White photo)

Melanie Navarro (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Piotr Bieda (Morgan White photo)

CHS baseball flew the Polish flag to honor its foreign exchange student. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Allie and Maya Lucero. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Scott Hilborn (Morgan White photo)

Gwen Gustafson (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

We’re gettin’ cake, said all the fans. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

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Win big, win with class

Posted in Softball, tagged CHS Wolves, La Conner, Senior Night, Softball, Taylor Brotemarkle on April 29, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Wolf sluggers (l to r) Madison McMillan, Mia Farris, and Jada Heaton combined to reach base six times in Saturday’s home finale. (Jennifer Heaton photo)

Love and success for everyone.

Coupeville’s younger players paid emotional tributes to their senior leaders Saturday, while the generations came together to cruise to another big softball victory on the prairie.

Playing at home for the final time this spring — and FINALLY getting decent weather — the Wolves romped to a 17-2 win over visiting La Conner, while trying not to embarrass a Braves program working hard to build for the future.

Coupeville exits the weekend sitting at 10-1 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 13-5 overall, having won 10 of its last 11 games.

The Wolves travel to Friday Harbor next Thursday, May 4, with the winner claiming the one playoff berth offered to 2B teams in District 1, then close the regular season May 12 with a non-conference road rumble at South Whidbey.

La Conner’s softball team is a work in progress, and their players are hard-working and scrappy.

But they are still well off the pace set by Coupeville, which was demonstrated once again Saturday afternoon.

With all five of its 12th graders in the starting lineup on Senior Night, the Wolves put all 11 hitters on base in the first inning but settled for a 6-0 lead.

Teagan Calkins and Taylor Brotemarkle swatted home runs to left, with the second of those taters also scoring Mia Farris, but CHS accounted for all three outs in the inning by having runners intentionally leave base early.

Coupeville pushed seven more runs across in the second frame, with Farris and Brotemarkle crunching two-run base knocks, and the (polite) rout was on.

CHS coach Kevin McGranahan got field action for all 16 players on his roster, with 15 reaching base, and pulled the strings perfectly to keep the game going until the teams had played five innings.

The Wolves notched a lone run in the third to make it 14-0, gave back two tallies in the fourth, then closed things out with three more scores in their half of the inning.

Coupeville seniors unite on the prairie, with the batter, the player in the on-deck circle, and everyone on base being grizzled vets. (Katrina McGranahan photo)

The game marked the home swan song for Wolf seniors Sofia Peters, Allie Lucero, Gwen Gustafson, Melanie Navarro, and Maya Lucero.

That group lost their freshman season when spring sports were cancelled for Covid, then only played 12 games as sophomores due to ongoing pandemic restrictions.

But they hung tough, continued to work, and have played vital roles as the Wolves have gone 41-8 during their time in the program.

And they aren’t done yet.

Saturday stats:

Haylee Armstrong — One single
Taylor Brotemarkle — One double, one home run, one walk
Teagan Calkins — One single, one home run, one walk
Mia Farris — One single, two walks
Gwen Gustafson — One single, two walks
Jada Heaton — One walk
Layla Heo — One walk
Allie Lucero — Three walks
Maya Lucero — One single, one walk
Chloe Marzocca — Two walks
Madison McMillan — One single, one walk
Melanie Navarro — One single, two walks
Sofia Peters — Three walks
Bailey Thule — One walk
Melanie Wolfe — One walk

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Hardball heroes romp to Senior Night win

Posted in Baseball, tagged baseball, CHS Wolves, La Conner, Scott Hilborn, Senior Night on April 29, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Cole White picked up two RBI Saturday as Coupeville strolled to a 14-1 win. (Morgan White photo)

Precision pitching, precision hitting.

Sparked by a five-inning no-hitter from hurler Scott Hilborn, the Coupeville High School varsity baseball squad pounded out 15 base knocks Saturday, routing visiting La Conner 14-1.

The Senior Night win, coming on an afternoon when the Wolves honored Hilborn, Jonathan Valenzuela, and foreign exchange student Piotr Bieda, gives CHS 10 wins in its last 11 games.

Now 12-1 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 14-4 overall, Coupeville sits alone in first place, a half-game up on idle Mount Vernon Christian.

The Hurricanes are 11-1 in NWL play, with two conference tilts left to play, while the Wolves finish the regular season with a road trip Thursday to play Friday Harbor.

Coupeville was supposed to have a home non-league rumble with Sultan Monday, but that game was suddenly canceled by the Turks, who are scrambling to finish their own conference schedule.

The Wolves, playing Saturday under sunny skies and with no prairie wind buffeting them for the first time all season, closed their home campaign in style.

Chase Anderson, lashin’ lasers.

Scott Hilborn retired the first 10 hitters he faced, surrendering only a pair of walks in the late going.

He whiffed 10 Braves, with La Conner eking out its lone run in the fourth inning thanks to a walk, a stolen base, a wild pitch, and an RBI groundout.

Coupeville was ahead 9-0 at the moment the Braves finally got on the scoreboard, having pushed five runners across the plate in the first, three more in the second, and a lone tally in the bottom of the third.

The Wolves responded to La Conner scoring by tacking on five more runs in the fourth, pushing the game into mercy-rule territory.

All nine CHS players to see action in the game scored, with seven of them recording hits.

Freshman Chase Anderson had the hottest bat, peppering La Conner with four hits, while Jack Porter blasted a pair of doubles while racking up a team-high four RBI.

Saturday stats:

Chase Anderson — Four singles
Peyton Caveness — Two walks
Coop Cooper — One single
Camden Glover — One single, one walk
Scott Hilborn — Two singles, one double
Jack Porter — One single, two doubles
Jonathan Valenzuela — One single, one double, one walk
Cole White — One single

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Their track, their spotlight

Posted in Track, tagged Carolyn Lhamon, CHS Wolves, Mitchell Hall, Senior Night, track and field on April 20, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Carlota Marcos-Cabrillo has fun in the sun. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

It was a clean sweep. Sort of.

The Coupeville High School track and field team won every event at a home meet Wednesday, though that came with a wrinkle.

The Coupeville Classic Invitational was a late addition to the calendar, created to give Wolf coaches a chance to honor their 26 seniors.

It was also an opportunity to get all their athletes back in action after a 10-day break between meets, even if the Wolves were the only team on the oval.

And finally, the event gave CHS coaches and helpers a chance to work out the kinks prior to hosting multiple teams during the district meet in May.

Competing against their teammates under sunny skies, the Wolves seized the opportunity, combining to post 69 PR’s.

That included the team’s first foray into the world of pole vaulting this season.

Carly Burt, Cael Wilson, and Adrian Cunningham made their debuts in the event, with school record holder Jordan Ford helping coach.

“Old school” pole vaulter Jordan Ford imparts wisdom to a new generation.

Coupeville returns to action this Saturday, traveling to Snohomish for the GearUp Eason Invitational.

That meet currently lists 92 schools planning to attend, drawing teams from Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia.

Wednesday’s results:

GIRLS:

100 — Monroe Myles (1st) 13.31; Issabel Johnson (2nd) 14.34 *PR*; Isabella Gaspio (3rd) 14.62 *PR*; Carlota Marcos-Cabrillo (4th) 15.10; Alysia Burdge (5th) 15.15; Anna Annunziato (6th) 15.46; Frankie Tenore (7th) 17.00 *PR*

200 — Claire Mayne (1st) 28.92 *PR*; Gwen Crowder (2nd) 32.25 *PR*; Noelle Western (3rd) 32.53 *PR*

400 — Lyla Stuurmans (1st) 1:05.00; Aleera Kent (2nd) 1:09.00 *PR*; Ayden Wyman (3rd) 1:12.09 *PR*

800 — Stuurmans (1st) 2:43.69 *PR*; Kent (2nd) 2:53.12

100 Hurdles — Mayne (1st) 17.41 *PR*; Katie Buskala (2nd) 22.47; Tenore (3rd) 23.53 *PR*; Crowder (4th) 26.35 *PR*

300 Hurdles — Mayne (1st) 58.00; Crowder (2nd) 1:07.28

4 x 100 Relay — M. Myles, Ryanne Knoblich, Mayne, Carly Burt (1st) 55.35

4 x 200 Relay — Burt, Knoblich, A. Wyman, Stuurmans (1st) 2:02.39

4 x 400 Relay — Stuurmans, Knoblich, A. Wyman, M. Myles (1st) 4:38.25

Shot Put — Carolyn Lhamon (1st) 33-11.50 *PR*; Katie Marti (2nd) 26-07; Reese Wilkinson (3rd) 24-07.50; Erica McGrath (4th) 22-05.00; Anna Myles (5th) 21-08.75 *PR*; Desi Ramirez (6th) 19-09.75

Discus — Lhamon (1st) 91-01; Wilkinson (2nd) 89-01 *PR*; Marti (3rd) 86-09 *PR*; McGrath (4th) 83-02 *PR*; Taygin Jump (5th) 80-03 *PR*; Ramirez (6th) 58-03 *PR*; A. Myles (7th) 57-04; Jackie Contreras (8th) 47-09 *PR*

Javelin — Marti (1st) 100-04 *PR*; Jump (2nd) 89-10; Burdge (3rd) 62-09; Contreras (4th) 55-06 *PR*; Wilkinson (5th) 52-03; Crowder (6th) 42-05; Marcos-Cabrillo (7th) 36-06; Lavinia Tomba (8th) 25-01 *PR*; Delanie Lewis (9th) 23-10

High Jump — Knoblich (1st) 4-10; Buskala (2nd) 4-04 *PR*; Burdge (3rd) 3-10 *PR*; Marcos-Cabrillo (4th) 3-08

Pole Vault — Burt (1st) 6-06 *PR*

Long Jump — Burt (1st) 13-09; Buskala (2nd) 13-03 *PR*; Tenore (3rd) 11-03; Lewis (4th) 10-10; Sara Omega (5th) 10-09 *PR*; Valentina Nadela (6th) 10-06; Annunziato (7th) 10-02; Tomba (8th) 9-02 *PR*

BOYS:

100 — Dominic Coffman (1st) 11.36 *PR*; Nehemiah Myles (2nd) No time listed; Tim Ursu (3rd) 11.47; Tate Wyman (4th) 12.00 *PR*; Preston Epp (4th) 12.00 *PR*; Hank Milnes (6th) 12.56 *PR*; Matthew Kuzma (7th) 13.69 *PR*

200 — Nick Guay (1st) 24.06; Reiley Araceley (2nd) 24.53; P. Epp (3rd) 25.12; N. Myles (4th) 25.56; Adrian Cunningham (5th) 26.34; Milnes (5th) 26.34 *PR*; Alex Merino-Martinez (7th) 27.16 *PR*; Quinten Simpson-Pilgrim (8th) 27.50 *PR*; Easton Green (9th) 27.78 *PR*; Kris Sturtevant (10th) 28.50

400 — Milnes (1st) 58.09 *PR*; Cunningham (2nd) 1:00.00 *PR*; Anthony Smolen (3rd) 1:00.84; Simpson-Pilgrim (4th) 1:04:00; Kuzma (5th) 1:05.00 *PR*

800 — Ezra Boilek (1st) 2:22.07; Cameron Epp (2nd) 2:25.94; Malachi Somes (3rd) 2:27.05 *PR*; Ezekiel Allen (4th) 2:31.92

1600 — Somes (1st) 5:04.00; George Spear (2nd) 5:49.00; Allen (3rd) 5:52.00 *PR*; Green (4th) 6:02:00 *PR*

3200 — Mitchell Hall (1st) 10:31.00 *PR*; C. Epp (2nd) 11:37.00; Spear (3rd) 12:19.00

110 Hurdles — Araceley (1st) 17.69 *PR*; Aidan Wilson (2nd) 17.94 *PR*; Cael Wilson (3rd) 18.16 *PR*

300 Hurdles — T. Wyman (1st) 45.35

4 x 100 Relay — Ursu, T. Wyman, N. Guay, Coffman (1st) 45.53; N. Myles, Cunningham, C. Wilson, P. Epp (2nd) 51.69

4 x 400 Relay — Boilek, T. Wyman, Araceley, C. Epp (1st) 4:06.66

Shot Put — Kai Wong (1st) 36-04.75 *PR*; Josh Upchurch (2nd) 35-02.75; Zane Oldenstadt (3rd) 34-10.50 *PR*; Zac Tackett (4th) 33-10.25; Josh Guay (5th) 20-11.50; Nick Shelly (6th) 19-10

Discus — Tackett (1st) 120-07; Oldenstadt (2nd) 103-00 *PR*; C. Epp (3rd) 90-10 *PR*; A. Wilson (4th) 90-09 *PR*; Wong (5th) 83-05; Upchurch (6th) 82-01; J. Guay (7th) 76-06 *PR*; Shelly (8th) 68-08 *PR*

Javelin — Somes (1st) 108-10 *PR*; Upchurch (2nd) 103-07 *PR*; Wong (3rd) 98-08 *PR*; Shelly (4th) 93-10 *PR*; Boilek (5th) 88-07; J. Guay (6th) 54-06

High Jump — Coffman (1st) 5-10; N. Guay (1st) 5-10; C. Wilson (3rd) 5-06 *PR*; Simpson-Pilgrim (4th) 5-00; Spear (5th) 4-06 *PR*

Pole Vault — C. Wilson (1st) 8-03 *PR*; Cunningham (2nd) 7-00 *PR*

Long Jump — A. Wilson (1st) 19-07 *PR*; Alex Murdy (2nd) 18-10; N. Myles (3rd) 17-06 *PR*; Merino-Martinez (4th) 16-05; Green (5th) 15-07 *PR*; Sturtevant (6th) 14-06 *PR*; Allen (7th) 12-08

Triple Jump — A. Wilson (1st) 42-00 *PR*; Cunningham (2nd) 35-01 *PR*; Milnes (3rd) 34-11.75; Araceley (4th) 34-11.50