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Volleyball club seeks rising stars

Posted in Volleyball, tagged , , , on October 6, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Volleyball life calls to you. (Jacob Lujan photo)

Pizza and volleyball are on the menu.

The Central Whidbey Volleyball Club is hosting an informational meeting for players and their parents interested in joining U12 and U14 teams, and you’ll be fed while picking up info.

The meeting is set for next Thursday, October 15 and all the pertinent details on the meeting and registering for it can be found in the photo below.

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Stuurmans still a slammin’ success

Posted in Volleyball, Wolves in college, tagged , , , , on September 30, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Lyla Stuurmans (in pink) hangs out with college roommates (left to right) Leah Lockwood, Lily Starr, and Rylan Bernardy. (Scarlett Stuurmans photo)

The winners are jumping off her fingers.

Raining down 10 kills Wednesday night, Coupeville grad Lyla Stuurmans helped lift the Skagit Valley College women’s volleyball squad to a straight-sets win over visiting Shoreline.

Claiming their fourth win in their last five matches, the Cardinals pounded their foes 25-11, 25-13, 25-10 to get to 9-7 on the season.

Stuurmans, a former CHS Athlete of the Year winner who is now a college sophomore, added nine digs, a service ace, and 11 points to the stat sheet to go with her collection of spikes.

For the season, the ever-springy one has racked up 95 kills, six assists, 15 service aces, 147 digs, five solo blocks, 25 block assists, and 127.5 points.

Skagit returns to action Friday, when it hosts Edmonds, before traveling to Whatcom October 7.

The second of those matches will reunite Stuurmans with her former Coupeville teammate, Mia Farris, who anchors the Orcas.

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Wolf trio reunite for college success

Posted in Volleyball, Wolves in college, tagged , , , , on September 29, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Wolf grads (l to r) Ember Light, Mia Farris, and Pamela Morrell reunite at Whatcom College. (Photos courtesy Susan Farris and Jennifer Morrell)

She impressed the young folk.

Playing on “Youth Night” Tuesday, Coupeville grad Mia Farris helped spark the Whatcom College women’s volleyball squad to its third win in its last five matches.

With patrons of a certain age getting in for free, the Orcas stormed past visiting Olympic College 25-22, 25-12, 25-20 to get to 7-11 on the season.

Farris, a two-time CHS Athlete of the Year winner during her Cow Town days, racked up nine digs, three assists, and two service aces in the bout, while having plenty of support from her hometown.

Fellow Coupeville alumni Pamela Morell and Ember Light are now cheerleaders at Whatcom, and the duo worked Tuesday’s match.

Farris, who has bounced between positions for the Orcas during her sophomore season, has filled up the stat sheet night in and night out.

She currently sits with 36 kills, 20 assists, 35 aces, 203 digs, two solo blocks, a block assist, and 73.5 points.

Next up for Farris and her teammates is a road trip to Everett Friday, followed by a home match against Skagit Valley Oct. 7.

The second of those matches will bring fellow Wolf legend Lyla Stuurmans to town for the first of two matchups this season between the former CHS teammates.

He’s got spirit, how about you?

“Mia the Magnificent” hangs out with her fan club.

Cow Town spirit has invaded the big city.

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Spring is for spikes!

Posted in Volleyball, tagged , , , , on March 1, 2024| Leave a Comment »

All your info.

Get ready for spike season.

Wolf Pup volleyball launches in early April, giving Coupeville girls in grades 3-5 a chance to learn drills, play games, and rub elbows with high school stars and coaches.

“We are very excited to continue our tradition of introducing eager players to the fundamentals of the sport as well as an early love of the game!” said CHS coach Cory Whitmore.

The Wolf spiker guru is quick to note these are “low-stress, introductory practices” and coaches will provide extra help to make sure things go smoothly.

Since spring is a busy time, they are willing to work to accommodate schedules.

That can include working with those players who need to leave early, arrive late, or miss some of the days.

Also, coaches offer an adult-led walking group which will escort players from the elementary school to the high school gym each Tuesday and Thursday.

“We’re happy to get players safely where they need to go,” Whitmore said.

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Wrong colors, right spikes

Posted in Volleyball, tagged , , , , on February 14, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Cory Whitmore, a hit at two schools. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

“There should be a number of faces you’ll recognize.”

When he wants me to ignore the name of the blog, which starts with the word COUPEVILLE, that’s usually how Diet Coke-fueled camera clicker John Fisken begins his pitch.

And yes, I do recognize Cory Whitmore, who doubles as an Oak Harbor High School teacher and Coupeville High School volleyball coach.

Plus, a couple of fans who call Cow Town home, and a couple of other spikers who we associate with all things Central Whidbey.

But what I also see are a lot of Wildcats who should be talking to their parents about transferring to Coupeville to become Wolves.

I mean, as someone who has a purple-tinted diploma from OHHS, I can tell you — that’s no way to go through life, son.

With that said, I then stumble across the word “free photos,” and promptly lose all my ideals.

Such is life.

Fine. Oak Harbor stuff on a pro-Coupeville web site. Cats and dogs living together next.

Nothing is sacred anymore.

Oh, and those free photos I mentioned? To see many, many more, pop over to:

https://www.johnsphotos.net/Events/Macho-Volleyball-2024-02-13

 

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