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Coupeville league mate wins state soccer title

Posted in Boys Soccer, tagged , , , , on November 23, 2024| Leave a Comment »

CHS soccer coach Robert Wood (blue hat) preps his team before a game this season. (Jackie Saia photo)

The Northwest 2B/1B League is back in charge.

Coupeville’s conference re-staked its claim to having the top collection of boys’ soccer teams across the two classifications Saturday afternoon, with Orcas Island toppling Lopez Island 2-0 in Federal Way to win a state title.

It’s the third time in the last four seasons that a NWL squad has captured the crown, with Friday Harbor winning in 2022 and Orcas in 2021.

Upper Columbia Academy, which is playing Providence Classical Christian in the 3rd/4th place game Saturday night, won the title in 2023, momentarily breaking the run.

With Orcas, Lopez, and PCC bringing home trophies, that gives the NWL 11 of the 16 awards handed out in 1B/2B across the past four seasons.

The last time Coupeville’s conference didn’t produce at least half of the final four teams was 2020 … when the pandemic erased all state tournaments.

All four of the NWL teams to make the playoffs survived through bi-district play to make it to state, with Friday Harbor, which edged out CHS and Mount Vernon Christian for the final postseason slot, also advancing.

Those Wolverines were knocked out in the state quarterfinals by Upper Columbia Academy (1-0), while Orcas, Lopez, and PCC all won their big dance openers.

Lopez took out the defending champs 2-1 in the semifinals, winning in a shootout, while Orcas drilled PCC 4-1 in the other matchup.

That set up a third showdown between the Vikings and Lobos.

The teams split their first two meetings, with both coming out on top to a 1-0 tune.

Coupeville, which went 6-8-1 overall, 4-4 in league action, lost 3-1 to Lopez and 5-0 to Orcas this season.

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High school hoops wraps its run

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged , , , , on March 3, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Coupeville’s Skylar Parker gets to the hoop against Neah Bay, which won a state title Saturday. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

The Northwest 2B/1B League kept it going until the final day.

While the conference didn’t claim any state basketball titles this winter, it did send six teams to the big dance and earned a second place showing in the 1B girls’ classification.

That trophy went to Mount Vernon Christian, which won three of four at state, falling only to top seeded, and defending champ, Neah Bay in the final Saturday night.

The Red Devils made it back-to-back titles with a 39-28 win.

Before that, MVC beat Wilbur-Creston-Keller 55-43, Sunnyside Christian 41-26, and Waterville-Mansfield 43-28.

The other five NWL teams to advance to state – the Coupeville boys, the Friday Harbor girls, the MVC boys, and the La Conner girls and boys – all lost in the first round this season.

 

State hoops champs for 2023-2024:

 

GIRLS:

4A – Camas

3A – Garfield

2A – Lynden

1A – Nooksack Valley

2B – Napavine

1B – Neah Bay

 

BOYS:

4A – Mount Si

3A – Eastside Catholic

2A – Lynden

1A – Zillah

2B – Colfax

1B – Wellpinit

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Murdy, magnificent!

Posted in Track, tagged , , , , on May 26, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Alex Murdy celebrates a state title with CHS coach Elizabeth Bitting. (Photos courtesy Sandi Murdy)

We’re in double digits.

Coupeville senior Alex Murdy became the 10th track and field state champion in school history Friday, smashing his PR as he sailed to a win in the long jump at the 2B championships in Yakima.

The mad dog of the basketball court splashed down with a jump of 20 feet, 11 inches, beating his previous top mark by a stunning eight inches.

Murdy finished an inch-and-a-half in front of runner-up Tony Belgiorno of Morton-White Pass.

The duo were well ahead of the 16-man field, with Stephen Pittman of Goldendale earning 3rd place with a jump of 20-02.50.

Murdy, who is in his first full season of track at CHS, topped 19 feet six times this season, but didn’t break 20 feet until the final two meets of his prep career.

He won a bi-district title May 13 in Coupeville with a jump of 20-03.

With his victory Friday, Murdy joins Wolf alumni Jeff Fielding, Natasha Bamberger, Amy Mouw, Jon Chittim, Kyle King, Chris Hutchinson, Steven McDonald, Tyler King, and Danny Conlisk as a state champ.

He is the first to win in a field event, with all previous Coupeville championships coming in running events.

Overall, CHS athletes have won 19 state titles — 17 in track and two in cross country.

The state champ hangs out with older brother Xavier and the grandparents.

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Former Wolf rules volleyball universe

Posted in Volleyball, tagged , , , , , on November 19, 2022| Leave a Comment »

Breanne Smedley won her second state volleyball title Saturday. (Valen Trujillo photo)

She’s a two-timer.

Former Coupeville High School volleyball coach Breanne Smedley led Columbia River to the 2A state title Saturday, successfully defending a crown won last year.

With the back-to-back championships, the Rapids have won four state volleyball titles all-time.

Smedley and her crew have the 2021 and 2022 wins at the 2A level, while Columbia River also won a 4A title in 1991 and a 3A crown in 2000.

The Rapids plowed through Ephrata (3-0), Enumclaw (3-0), Burlington-Edison (3-1), and Ridgefield (3-0) at the Yakima SunDome.

The championship win was sweet revenge for Columbia River, as it suffered its only loss during a 23-1 season while playing Ridgefield for a district title.

Smedley coached select and high school volleyball during her time on Whidbey, fronting the CHS varsity program during the 2014 and 2015 seasons.

Her second Wolf squad toppled Seattle Christian in the playoffs, the first postseason win for Coupeville’s volleyball program in a decade.

That helped set the path for success achieved by her successor, Cory Whitmore, who has guided CHS to seven straight winning seasons and a trip to state in 2017.

Breanne and husband Brett, who coached high school football and middle school basketball in Coupeville, moved to Vancouver in 2016.

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Three-peat for La Conner volleyball

Posted in Volleyball, tagged , , , , on November 12, 2021| Leave a Comment »

Ellie Marble (8), in action against Coupeville’s Lucy Tenore (left) and Jill Prince, led La Conner to another state volleyball title. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

They lost to the best.

The Coupeville High School volleyball squad only came up short against one other 2B school this fall, and that rival ended up once again ruling the state.

La Conner, which handed the Wolves three of their six losses — the other defeats came in non-conference tilts with 1A schools — clinched a third-straight 2B state title Friday.

The Braves, who finished 22-0, didn’t drop a set in sweeping through four matches at the Yakima Valley SunDome.

The 2021 title follows on the heels of similar wins in 2019 and 2018. There was no postseason in 2020, due to Covid.

La Conner previously claimed the crown in 2002, 2006, and 2007, all under current coach Suzanne Marble.

The Braves swept through their foes, knocking off Rainier (25-7, 25-13, 25-7) and Okanogan (25-18, 25-14, 25-7) Thursday.

Then came Friday wins over Manson and Walla Walla Valley (25-15, 25-13, 25-12) in the semifinals and final, respectively.

Manson beat Raymond in the 3rd/4th match, with Colfax (5th), Goldendale (6th), Liberty (Spangle) (7th), and Adna (8th) rounding out award winners.

 

Darrington has busy day:

While La Conner claimed the only ticket out of District 1/2 to the 2B state tourney, leaving Coupeville a match short, the third-place team in the Northwest 2B/1B League also advanced to the big dance.

Taking advantage of a more wide-open field in 1B, Darrington earned a shot and turned it into a three-match adventure.

The Loggers opened Thursday with a 3-0 win over Evergreen Lutheran, before falling 3-0 to #1 Oakesdale and 3-2 to Pomeroy to be eliminated.

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