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Wolves eyeball state tennis brackets

Posted in Girls Tennis, tagged , , , , , on May 17, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Dahlia Miller fires up the ace machine. (Julie Wheat photo)

They’re three wins away from a state title.

A trio of Coupeville High School netters have advanced to the 2B/1B state tournament and now they know their path.

The Washington Interscholastic Activities Association released the brackets Sunday for the double-elimination event, which goes down May 22-23 at the Yakima Tennis Club.

Sophomore Tenley Stuurmans, making her second trip to the big dance after qualifying as an 8th grader, opens against senior Kayden Koth of Manson.

A repeat state qualifier who has primarily played doubles in the past, Koth has signed to continue her net career at Lewis-Clark State College in Idaho.

Meanwhile, the doubles duo of Coupeville seniors Dahlia Miller and Aleksia Jump, who hadn’t played together until this spring, will square off with Jacqueline Benitez and Sarai Romero from Granger.

Start times are still to be determined.

Win or lose, all three Wolves get a second match Friday. Keep playing into Saturday and they’ll have a shot at bringing home hardware, as the top four finishers earn trophies.

 

The brackets:

 

Singles:

https://www.wpanetwork.com/wiaa/brackets/tournament.php?act=view&tournament_id=5173&school_year=2025-26&district=0&sport=18&class=2B

 

Doubles:

https://www.wpanetwork.com/wiaa/brackets/tournament.php?act=view&tournament_id=5175&school_year=2025-26&district=0&sport=18&class=2B

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Smash Sisters get state draw

Posted in Softball, tagged , , , , , on May 17, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Capri Anter and crew are state-bound. (Jackie Saia photo)

It’s the Wolves vs. the Coyotes.

The Coupeville High School softball squad has been seeded #8 in the 16-team double-elimination 2B state tourney and will open against #9 Kittitas.

The Wolves, who sit at 18-2, are making their fifth appearance at the big dance and are going in back-to-back seasons for the first time in program history.

Kittitas, which carries a 15-10 record to the Gateway Sports Complex in Yakima, has qualified in four straight campaigns and 17 overall.

CHS and KHS are slated to face off at 11:00 AM Friday, May 22.

Win or lose the Wolves return to action later in the day against either #1 Freeman or #16 Friday Harbor, with the latter being the team they just beat to capture the District 1 title.

You can see the bracket here:

https://www.wpanetwork.com/wiaa/brackets/tournament.php?act=view&tournament_id=5214&school_year=2025-26&district=0&sport=15&class=2B

From last year’s field of 16, there were 13 teams which made it back to state this season, with Coupeville and Kittitas both splitting the four games each played a year ago.

Raymond-South Bend, Northwest Christian, and Tonasket fell by the wayside this season, with Brewster, Rainier, and Friday Harbor taking slots in the 2026 tourney.

Kittitas plays in the highly competitive Eastern Washington Athletic Conference, which divides its 10 softball-playing schools into two five-team divisions.

The Coyotes finished 8-0 in league play to sweep to the title in the West division, while River View (7-1) and Warden (7-1) shared top honors in the East.

Those three, plus West runner-up Cle Elum-Roslyn (6-2) made the cut for state.

Numbers-wise Coupeville’s Smash Sisters have outscored their foes 298-49 this season, which breaks down to a 14.9-2.5 average, while Kittitas is at 282-182 or 11.3-7.3.

With their schools sitting 166 miles apart, the Wolves and Coyotes haven’t played a ton of games against each other over the years.

But CHS did travel East in 2019, where it rode a wham-bam rushing attack led by Andrew Martin to garner a 28-0 win.

The schools have also played several times in recent seasons in holiday basketball tourneys.

Coupeville and Kittitas have clashed twice in state events, but both were way back in the 1970’s.

Wolf baseball won 14-0 in 1977, while Kittitas boys’ basketball came out on top 63-54 in 1970.

 

PS — For social media snoops, here’s the Kittitas softball Instagram page:

https://www.instagram.com/kittitas_coyote_softball/

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Wolf hoops stars impress at state tourney

Posted in Basketball, tagged , , , , on March 22, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Ready to hit the floor. (Photos courtesy RayLynn Ratcliff)

The Wolves took a bite out of Spokane.

Playing in the state tournament this weekend, Coupeville’s 7th/8th grade boys’ SWISH basketball team split four games against top-level competition.

Cow Towns’s hardcourt warriors fell to Republic and Port Angeles in tightly contested affairs, while capturing victories against Tahoma and Hazen.

“Couldn’t be more proud of these boys,” said Wolf Mom RayLynn Ratcliff.

“They worked hard to earn the right to be here, they showed grit and determination, they played physical with poise and showed the heart of the Wolves!”

The Coupeville squad, coached by Curtis Ashby and Rick Beaman, goes 11 players deep.

 

The roster:

Colton Ashby
Xander Beaman
Luke Blas
Diesel Eck
Xander Flowers
Gracen Joiner
Remmy Nuqui
Kamden Ratcliff
River Simpson
Trey Stewart
Aiden Wheat

Tomorrow’s high school hoops stars.

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No trophies for NWL hoops teams

Posted in Basketball, tagged , , , , on March 4, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Coupeville’s Davin Houston slices ‘n dices the Mount Vernon Christian defense. (Jackie Saia photo)

The Hurricanes washed out Wednesday.

Both of the Mount Vernon Christian girls’ and boys’ basketball teams fell in loser-out games at the 2B state tourney in Spokane, eliminating the last chance for the Northwest 2B/1B League to win any hoops hardware this season.

The MVC girls, seeded #8, were toppled 52-34 by #9 Davenport, and went 0-2 at the big dance after previously losing 62-34 to top-seeded Napavine.

In a game which finished a bit later in the afternoon, the Hurricane boys, seeded #11, were bounced 60-51 by #3 Okanogan. They previously beat #14 Kittitas 66-47 in their state opener last week.

The other three NWL teams to advance to state — the La Conner, Orcas Island, and Concrete girls — all went one and done.

In 1B, Concrete got whacked 64-37 by Taholah, while in 2B La Conner fell 50-40 to Raymond-South Bend and Orcas Island was swatted 66-42 by Lake Roosevelt.

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Coupeville league rivals rule state soccer tourney

Posted in Boys Soccer, tagged , , , , on November 22, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Coupeville’s Edmund Kunz (right) battles with Orcas Island captain Joaquin Shanks Morales for control of the ball. (Julie Wheat photo)

One conference towers above the rest these days.

Over the past five seasons, the Northwest 2B/1B League has collected 13 of the 20 state tournament trophies handed out to boys’ soccer teams, including four titles.

The premier pitch program in Coupeville’s nine-team league has been Orcas Island, which slipped past Spokane’s Saint George’s School 1-0 Saturday at Mount Tahoma High School to capture said crown.

That gives the Vikings back-to-back state 2B/1B titles, and three in five years, with runner-up finishes in 2023 and 2022.

NWL rival Mount Vernon Christian, which upended Orcas to win the District 1/2 title two weeks ago, lost to Saint George’s Friday in a shootout in the semifinals.

The Hurricanes then rebounded to drill Evergreen Lutheran 4-2 Saturday to bring home a 3rd place trophy.

It’s hard to believe now, but no NWL boys’ soccer teams earned a trophy in 2019.

The pandemic wiped out the 2020 state playoffs, but since then the conference has taken home three, three, two, three, and two trophies in the five years since.

Friday Harbor won the state title in 2022 and the only non-NWL team to triumph since Covid has been Upper Columbia Academy, which blanked Orcas 2-0 in 2023.

The Vikings crushed UCA 5-0 in a loser-out first round state game this season.

 

Between 2021-2025 the breakdown for state tourney trophies for NWL teams is:

Orcas Island (5)
Providence Classical Christian (3)
Friday Harbor (2)
Mount Vernon Christian (2)
Lopez Island (1)
Cedar Park Christian-Lynnwood (0)
Coupeville (0)
Grace Academy (0)
La Conner (0)

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