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“Every week these athletes impress me!”

Posted in Middle School, Track, tagged , , , , on May 11, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Laken Simpson prepares to be awesome. (Ana Mc Fetridge photo)

The weather was nice, the results nicer.

Coupeville Middle School track and field athletes took advantage of sunny skies and warm temps Wednesday, capturing 16 wins and 84 PR’s at the last home meet of the season.

The Wolves, who head to Sultan May 18, before competing in the Cascade League Championships the following week, faced off with next-door neighbor South Whidbey during Wednesday’s rumble.

The CMS boys won the 6th/7th grade battle, while the Falcons were victorious in 6th/7th girls, and both 8th grade battles.

Wolf 6th grader Tamsin Ward, continuing a torrid start to her school career, led the way with wins in the 100, shot put, and high jump.

That gives her eight victories across her first three middle school meets.

CMS 7th graders Nick Laska (Shot Put, Discus), Beckett Green (100, 200), and Shiloh Sandlin (800, Long Jump) were double winners, while Kayla Crane (800) was the lone Wolf 8th grader to nab a title.

Other Coupeville winners included 7th graders Wyatt Fitch-Marron (High Jump), Mikayla Wagner (1600), Arianna Cunningham (Discus), and Nathan Niewald (400), as well as two relay squads.

The girls 4 x 200 unit was comprised of 6th graders Hyley Farrell, Sage Stavros, Kennedy O’Neill, and Elizabeth Marshall, with the boys 4 x 1 crew featuring Laska, Niewald, Roger Merino-Martinez, and Green.

The strong performances from everyone on the roster left coaches Jon Gabelein and Amber Wyman pleased.

“The athletes seemed to prefer the warm and dry environment today after surviving last week’s cold and wet adventure,” Gabelein said.

“The improvements shown allowed a lot of them to walk away feeling proud of new PR’s instead of just sunburn.”

Wyman, who also “appreciated the warm dry weather!” praised her young athletes as well.

“Every week these athletes impress me with their hard work and dedication,” she said. “Today was no different!

“We had a few push through injuries to not let their team down,” Wyman added. “And so many that pushed themselves outside their comfort zone to try something new.

I’m so proud of this team!”

Axel Marshall soars over the high jump bar. (Jon Gabelein photo)

 

Wednesday’s results:

 

GIRLS:

 

8th grade:

100 — Tirsit Cannon (2nd) 15.26; Lexis Drake (4th) 16.20; Natalie Perera (11th) 17.90; Inara Maund (12th) 18.32

200 — Cannon (3rd) 30.76 *PR*; Ivy Rudat (4th) 35.01 *PR*; Perera (5th) 38.68 *PR*

800 — Kayla Crane (1st) 3:06.90 *PR*

1600 — Crane (2nd) 6:51.13 *PR*

100 Hurdles — Drake (5th) 23.46 *PR*

4 x 100 Relay — Drake, Lydia Price, Perera, Rudat (2nd) 1:05.21

Shot Put — Maund (4th) 17-11.50 *PR*; Price (7th) 15-02 *PR*

Long Jump — Rudat (2rd) 11-04.50 *PR*; Perera (4th) 11-02 *PR*; Drake (6th) 10-11 *PR*; Price (10th) 10-05 *PR*; Maund (13th) 9-08 *PR*

 

6th/7th grade:

100 — Tamsin Ward (1st) 14.55; Laken Simpson (6th) 15.64; Isabella De Souza Oliveira Mc Fetridge (7th) 15.70; Willow Leedy-Bonifas (9th) 15.73; Amayia Curry (12th) 16.47; Lisette Bentabou (15th) 17.34 *PR*; Niella Bryan (16th) 17.95; Devon Wyman (19th) 18.81 *PR*; Denali Kalwies (20th) 18.95; Maci Wofford (21st) 18.98 *PR*; Kaleah Matros (23rd) 19.48; Alexandra Lo (24th) 20.79; Lucille Humpfries (27th) 24.58 *PR*

200 — Hyley Farrell (2nd) 31.51 *PR*; Simpson (3rd) 31.84; Tenley Stuurmans (4th) 32.42 *PR*; Olivia Hall (9th) 34.32 *PR*; Arianna Cunningham (11th) 36.09 *PR*; Sage Stavros (12th) 37.24; Elizabeth Marshall (13th) 37.39 *PR*; Savannah Niewald (15th) 39.45; Lily Fisher (17th) 40.61 *PR*; Lo (18th) 45.66 *PR*

800 — Wyman (6th) 3:58.21

1600 — Mikayla Wagner (1st) 6:52.79

100 Hurdles — Stuurmans (3rd) 20.45; E. Marshall (6th) 21.70 *PR*; Kennedy O’Neill (7th) 21.78; Cunningham (8th) 21.79 *PR*; Fisher (13th) 26.66 *PR*; Amelia Crowder (15th) 27.92

4 x 100 Relay — Cunningham, Leedy-Bonifas, Curry, Stuurmans (2nd) 1:01.16; Hall, Marin Winger, Wagner, Simpson (3rd) 1:02.94

4 x 200 Relay — Farrell, Stavros, O’Neill, E. Marshall (1st) 2:21.97; Bentabou, Crowder, Bryan, Kalwies (3rd) 2:29.50

Shot Put — Ward (1st) 30-07 *PR*; Winger (3rd) 21-04.50; Bentabou (4th) 21-02 *PR*; Mc Fetridge (6th) 19-07.50 *PR*; Simpson (7th) 19-02; Humpfries (9th) 15-10 *PR*; S. Niewald (10th) 14-06.50; Wofford (11th) 14-03; Matros (13th) 11-02.50

Discus — Cunningham (1st) 62-09 *PR*; Bentabou (3rd) 51-03 *PR*; Crowder (4th) 43-02; Matros (8th) 30-10 *PR*

High Jump — Ward (1st) 4-02 *PR*; Crowder (5th) 3-06

Long Jump — Ward (3rd) 13-02.25; Leedy-Bonifas (4th) 12-10 *PR*; Stuurmans (5th) 12-09.50 *PR*; Farrell (9th) 12-00; Mc Fetridge (11th) 11-06; Hall (14th) 10-11.50; E. Marshall (17th) 10-06 *PR*; Wagner (18th) 10-05.50 *PR*; Stavros (19th) 10-00; O’Neill (21st) 9-11.25; Wyman (23rd) 9-09 *PR*; Wofford (25th) 9-05 *PR*; S. Niewald (26th) 9-00; Kalwies (27th) 8-10 *PR*; Fisher 8-03 *PR*; Lo (32nd) 7-02.50; Humpfries (35th) 5-07.50 *PR*

Niella Bryan hits warp speed. (Jon Gabelein photo)

 

BOYS:

 

8th grade:

100 — Davin Houston (3rd) 13.35; Ethan Walling (8th) 14.72; Captain Teuscher (13th) 15.16 *PR*

400 — Zach Blitch (2nd) 1:23.55 *PR*

1600 — Kenneth Jacobsen (3rd) 5:44.45; Axel Marshall (5th) 6:26.86

110 Hurdles — A. Marshall (5th) 20.93

Shot Put — K. Jacobsen (10th) 22-02; Teuscher (11th) 21-04 *PR*; Blitch (12th) 16-09.50

Discus — A. Marshall (12th) 57-11; Blitch (14th) 56-09

High Jump — A. Marshall (7th) 4-04

Long Jump — Houston (2nd) 16-06; K. Jacobsen (6th) 14-02 *PR*; Walling (10th) 13-06 *PR*

 

6th/7th grade:

100 — Beckett Green (1st) 13.54; Roger Merino-Martinez (2nd) 13.84; Leonardo Rodriguez (5th) 14.69; Wyatt Fitch-Marron (6th) 14.69; Daniel Payan Vasquez (7th) 14.90 *PR*; Carson Grove (9th) 14.94; Collin Mirabile (11th) 15.68 *PR*; Johnathan Jacobsen (12th) 15.77; Kion Tellery (13th) 16.56 *PR*; Khanor Jump (15th) 16.77 *PR*; Benji Wertz (16th) 16.89; Isaiah Allen (20th) 18.59

200 — Green (1st) 28.30; Merino-Martinez (2nd) 28.48 *PR*

400 — Nathan Niewald (1st) 1:17.08 *PR*; Diego Gonzalez (2nd) 1:22.15 *PR*

800 — Shiloh Sandlin (1st) 2:31.47 *PR*

1600 — N. Niewald (3rd) 6:38.10; Brantley Campbell (4th) 6:54.62; Edmund Kunz (5th) 6:56.14; Gonzalez (7th) 7:21.20; Ossian Merkel (9th) 7:29.17 *PR*

110 Hurdles — Rodriguez (3rd) 21.26 *PR*; Nick Laska (4th) 21.33 *PR*; Campbell (7th) 22.63; Payan Vasquez (8th) 24.17 *PR*

4 x 100 Relay — Laska, N. Niewald, Merino-Martinez, Green (1st) 54.08

Shot Put — Laska (1st) 31-08 *PR*; Mirabile (3rd) 26-04.50 *PR*; Green (4th) 25-10 *PR*; Sandlin (6th) 22-11 *PR*; Jump (7th) 21-08.50 *PR*; J. Jacobsen (8th) 19-10 *PR*; Allen (12th) 17-00; Tellery (13th) 16-10 *PR*; Wertz (14th) 16-06.50 *PR*; Kunz (15th) 13-03.50

Discus — Laska (1st) 86-05 *PR*; Campbell (2nd) 76-10 *PR*; Jump (4th) 64-11; Grove (5th) 64-01; Kunz (10th) 45-04 *PR*; Gonzalez (11th) 37-09 *PR*; Tellery (15th) 31-00 *PR*

High Jump — Fitch-Marron (1st) 4-08; J. Jacobsen (2nd) 4-04 *PR*; Mirabile (3rd) 4-04 *PR*; Merkel (5th) 3-10 *PR*; Payan Vasquez (6th) 3-10 *PR*; Wertz (7th) 3-10 *PR*; Allen (8th) 3-08

Long Jump — Sandlin (1st) 15-02 *PR*; Merino-Martinez (2nd) 14-10; Fitch-Marron (3rd) 13-11.50 *PR*; N. Niewald (5th) 13-10 *PR*; Grove (6th) 13-00; Gonzalez (7th) 12-09 *PR*; Rodriguez (9th) 12-01; Campbell (10th) 11-02.50; Kunz (14th) 10-04; Merkel (18th) 8-01; Tellery (20th) 7-05 *PR*

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Fierce finale, sweet success

Posted in Girls Basketball, Middle School, tagged , , , , , on March 9, 2023| 1 Comment »

Coupeville 6th grader Tamsin Ward has a bright hardwood future. (Photo courtesy Jandellyn Ward)

“What a cap to the season.”

The Coupeville Middle School girls’ basketball squads brought an end to the campaign Thursday, netting a huge win and a narrow loss to archrival South Whidbey.

The Wolves #1 team pulled out its first victory of the season on their home floor, holding on for a 35-30 triumph, while the second unit lost a heartbreaker 10-9 at the buzzer.

How the day played out:

 

Level 1:

Big shots from behind the arc sparked Coupeville in a tense, physical conflict between two fairly evenly matched squads.

Wolf 8th grader Haylee Armstrong departed middle school hoops by splashing home a trio of three-balls in the third quarter, while 6th grader Tamsin Ward buried a huge trey in the game’s final minutes.

“The 1’s came out and played the most physical game of the year,” said Coupeville coach Bennett Richter. “They battled through bumps and bruises to pull out the win!

“These girls steadily improved and continued to work hard throughout the season and got their revenge on a very physical South Whidbey team.”

Coupeville jumped out to an early lead, heading to the first break up 8-4, before South Whidbey closed the gap back to 15-14 by halftime.

The third quarter was vintage Hayley Time, as the fast-dribbling, sweet-shooting Armstrong rattled the rims for all of her team’s points during a game-busting 11-4 run.

That gave the Wolves a lead they wouldn’t relinquish, though the visitors made things interesting at the end.

Armstrong, who now moves to high school softball to cap her 8th grade year, finished with a team-best 16 points, while Ward knocked down five in support.

Tenley Stuurmans, Lexis Drake, and Rhylin Price added four points apiece, with Capri Anter banking in a bucket to round out the scoring effort.

Chelsi Stevens and Adeline Maynes also saw floor time for the Wolves, providing scrappy defense.

 

Level 2:

South Whidbey bounced back from being blanked in the first quarter to pull out the win, with the game-deciding bucket falling through the net with mere ticks left on the clock.

In a game where scoring was at a premium, Coupeville led 2-0 at the first break thanks to an Ava Lucero bucket, and 3-2 at the half after Lina Shelly slipped a free-throw through the net.

The Wolves put up four points in the third quarter, with Kennedy O’Neill and Ari Cunningham both scoring, and carried a 7-4 advantage into the final frame.

Cunningham notched another bucket in the fourth, but South Whidbey managed to pull out the victory on the game’s final play.

Win or lose, first-year Coupeville hoops coaches Richter and Mia Littlejohn came away satisfied with the growth and effort of their players.

“It was a very intense final couple of minutes,” Richter said. “They played so incredibly hard.”

Izzy Bowder, Melanie Wolfe, Taylor Marrs, Amaiya Curry, Lillie Ketterling, and Isa De Souza Oliveira Mc Fetridge also saw action in the finale.

While South Whidbey only has two teams, Coupeville’s numbers were booming this season, with the Wolves fielding three squads most days.

All three CMS units enjoyed the taste of victory, heralding a bright future for Wolf girls’ basketball.

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Wolves, Falcons wage furious finale

Posted in Boys Basketball, Middle School, tagged , , , , on December 14, 2022| Leave a Comment »

Kenneth Jacobsen soars for a tip earlier this season. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Levi Dixon is a monster on the hardwood, and his family needs to move to Coupeville.

That’s my takeaway from Wednesday’s middle school boys’ basketball finale, which brought strong South Whidbey squads to the middle of the island.

Fueled by a talented group of 8th graders, the Falcons swept all three games from the hometown Wolves, though one game went down to the wire and the showcase bout was tied at halftime.

How the day played out:

 

Level 1:

Playing without key injured starter Riley Lawless, Coupeville matched South Whidbey for 14 minutes, before young Mr. Dixon went nuclear on the place.

Knocking down 20 of his game-high 28 after halftime, Elijah Dixon’s younger brother helped the Falcons break a 16-16 tie and run away with a 52-32 win.

Seemingly hitting every shot he put up, Levi Dixon netted 14 baskets while accounting for more than half of his team’s points.

Back in the lineup after missing several games with illness, Coupeville 8th grader Jayden McManus went off for a team-best 14 points, while four other Wolves scored.

Mahkai Myles and Davin Houston tallied six apiece, with Chayse Van Velkinburgh rattling the rim for four and Carson Grove adding a bucket.

Sage Arends, Joshua Stockdale, and Nic Laska rounded out Coupeville’s roster on the afternoon.

 

Level 2:

Another game, another Falcon sniper named Levi.

This time around it was Levi Batchelor, whose older siblings Brent and Morgan have starred for many a Falcon squad, and he banked in six points to help South Whidbey pull away for a 36-8 win.

The game was just 2-0 in favor of South Whidbey at the first break, but 11-4, 12-2, and 11-2 runs across the final three quarters sealed the deal for the Falcons.

Liam Lawson sank a pair of jumpers to lead Coupeville with four points, while Roger Merino-Martinez and Charles Hart each added a bucket.

Hunter Atteberry, Cyrus Sparacio, Dylan Robinett, Jacob Barajas, Brantley Campbell, Khanor Jump, and Nathan Niewald all saw floor time for the young ‘n scrappy Wolves.

 

Level 3:

No Levi’s this time, just Drew Staats puttin’ up stats.

The South Whidbey 8th grader torched the nets for 16, as the Falcons rallied late to pull out a 26-21 nailbiter.

Coupeville led 5-4 after one quarter, struggled a bit in the second, then used a 13-6 tear in the third to carry a 19-18 lead into the final frame.

While the Wolves weren’t able to nab the victory, they did spread their offense between four players, with Merino-Martinez throwing down 11 of his team-high 12 points in the third quarter.

Campbell (4), Sparacio (3), and Kenneth Jacobsen (2) also scored in the finale, with Zach Blitch, Jacob Meador, and Dillin Kastner bringing defensive heat.

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No hits, plenty of pics

Posted in Baseball, tagged , , , , , on July 7, 2021| Leave a Comment »

“Get in my glove!” (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

Perfection was in the air.

Ever-wanderin’ photo whiz kid John Fisken was busy snapping pics Tuesday and ended up documenting a no-hitter.

The game in question was a 14-15 age group baseball clash between Oak Harbor and South Whidbey in Pony League play, with the North enders coming out on top 4-0.

Oak Harbor hurler Adam Nurvic went the distance, striking out six while holding South Whidbey without a hit across seven innings of play.

The Wildcats racked up seven base-knocks themselves, with Will Ward and Parker Anderson leading the way with two hits apiece.

Oak Harbor’s gloves were well-oiled, as the ‘Cats played error-free ball, led by Christian Gisvold, who was flawless on seven chances.

 

To see more photos (and possibly purchase some glossies), pop over to:

BB 2021-07-06 15U OH vs S. Whidbey – John’s Photos (johnsphotos.net)

 

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Whidbey Triathlon lives on, virtually

Posted in Triathlon, tagged , , , , on July 24, 2020| Leave a Comment »

Stay home, but still get that triathlon burn.

Want to stay active in the time of coronavirus?

You can compete in one of Whidbey’s premier athletic events without coming to the Island this summer.

And let’s stress that last part, as you can take part in the Whidbey Island Triathlon but not transport any potential germs to Phase 3 Island County from your blighted Phase 1 or Phase 2 burgs.

Just sayin’.

As the world deals with the COVID-19 pandemic, the triathlon, in its 24th year of existence, has gone virtual.

Instead of being a one-day competition on Whidbey, the event, managed by the South Whidbey Parks and Recreation District, is being offered July 24-August 2.

Normally, the Whidbey Triathlon consists of a half-mile swim, a 19-mile bike ride, and a 3.75-mile run.

So, not the Ironman, but still a nice, tough challenge.

This time around, there is no official race course — again, stay off of Whidbey; we have cattle prods and will use them! — which also means no awards for placing.

But, if you take a look at the event’s web site, you’ll find a variety of different ways to get that triathlon burn … without being singed by any wayward cattle prods.

That includes being able to use a kayak, stand-up paddleboard, or indoor rowing machine to simulate the swim session, or a treadmill for the running leg.

For much more info, pop over to:

Whidbey Island Triathlon

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