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Stuurmans state tennis draw set

Posted in Girls Tennis, tagged , , , on May 19, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Coupeville 8th grader Tenley Stuurmans is state bound. (Photo courtesy Scott Stuurmans)

It’s a tradition at this point.

If a Coupeville High School girls tennis player makes it to state, they’re going to open play against the same family.

Last year, Wolf senior Helen Strelow played Simi Sahota of Jenkins (Chewelah) in the first round as she began a three-match odyssey.

Simi Sahota would go on to advance to the championship match, where she lost to sister Avi.

This time around, Coupeville’s rep is 8th grader Tenley Stuurmans, and she’ll begin play Friday in Yakima against Gursimr Sahota, a sophomore.

Big sis Avi is back to try and defend her title, but is on the bottom half of the draw, keeping her away from Stuurmans, at least for a while.

Win or lose that first match, Coupeville’s net queen returns to the court later in the day to play again.

Survive day one, and Stuurmans, like Strelow before her, comes back Saturday.

The bracket for the eight-player 2B/1B girls’ state tourney:

https://www.wpanetwork.com/m2/tourn.php?act=vt&tid=4316#

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Big road trip, big stakes

Posted in Baseball, tagged , , , , on May 13, 2024| Leave a Comment »

They’ve played together from little league to being two-time state qualifiers in high school. (Photo courtesy Jeff Porter)

A 300-mile round trip in this economy?

That’s a lot of gas, man.

But bet your bottom dollar that a pack of Coupeville High School baseball fans will still make the trek to Napavine Tuesday as the Wolves open the state tourney.

CHS is the #12 seed (in a field of 12 teams), while Napavine is #5, which is why the Tigers get to host the game.

First pitch is set for 4:00 PM at Napavine High School (404 4th Ave NE).

The stakes are simple.

Win and you advance to the state quarterfinals May 18 to face #4 River View at Pasco High School. Which would be a 550-mile round trip for the Wolves, if you’re curious.

Lose Tuesday, however, and your season is done.

To see the bracket, pop over to:

https://www.wpanetwork.com/wiaa/brackets/tournament.php?act=view&tournament_id=4338&school_year=2023-24&district=-1&sport=6&class=2B

Both teams enter on a hot streak, with Napavine having won 15 of its last 16 to get to 20-4 on the season.

The Tigers only loss in that time period was a 10-9 thriller to Adna last week in the semifinals of the District 4 tourney.

They bounced back, beating Toledo 10-6 and Ilwaco 9-6 to earn their trip to state.

Coupeville is on a winning tear of its own, with seven straight victories lifting the Wolves from 4-8 to 11-8 heading into the big dance.

And unlike Napavine, which missed out on last year’s state tourney, CHS is one of seven teams from the 2023 lineup to be making a repeat visit.

Last year the Wolves were seeded #10 and opened by blanking #7 Toledo 3-0 behind a stellar pitching performance from then-senior Scott Hilborn.

Coupeville then fell to #2 Toutle Lake, and highly touted pitcher Zach Swanson, in the quarterfinals.

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Different gym, same Wolf pride

Posted in Cheer, tagged , , , , on February 25, 2024| Leave a Comment »

The Wolves bring the noise and spirit, no matter where the gym is located. (Jackie Saia photos)

Loud ‘n proud, home or away.

The Coupeville High School cheer squad hit the road Saturday, traveling 60+ miles to Arlington to provide the soundtrack for Wolf fans at the state basketball playoffs.

Capturing Jenniffer Morrell’s squad in action was intrepid yearbook advisor Jackie Saia, who delivers the pics seen above and below.

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All the rules (they want you to follow)

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged , , , , on February 21, 2024| 1 Comment »

Wolf warrior Chase Anderson is bringing his A-game to Arlington. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

The mainland is about to be invaded by Wolf Nation.

Coupeville High School fans travel in packs to almost all off-island sports events, so Saturday’s state tourney game against Tonasket should see a lot of red and black in the stands.

In anticipation of the event, Arlington High School, which is hosting, sent out a collection of pertinent info.

 

Site:

Arlington High School — 18821 Crown Ridge Blvd. in … Arlington.

Your game-day destination.

 

Schedule:

4:00 — Coupeville “hosts” Tonasket

6:00 — Arlington hosts Marysville Getchell

8:00 — Tulalip Heritage “hosts” Columbia Adventist

 

Tickets:

Good for all three games; $13 for adults, $10 for students/senior citizens/military.

Must be purchased online through GoFan (with additional fees) or in person with a credit or debit card. NO CASH SALES.

 

https://gofan.co/event/1414313?schoolId=WIAA

 

Streaming:

They will tell you NFHS (and its cruddy cameras and terrible customer service) is your only option. Au contraire, Mon frere (if you’re a Coupeville fan)!

School board prez (and Wolf Mom) Morgan White livestreams on her Facebook page and offers a better picture and running commentary.

For free, unlike NFHS.

 

Seating:

The “home” teams will be on the East end of the court, while the visiting team will be on the West end.

Student sections will be located across the court from the team bench, while adults will sit behind the team bench.

In our current nanny state, you are “not permitted to make inappropriate comments toward officials and opponents” and can be ejected for doing so.

If you do get the heave-ho, wave at the camera as you go.

That way immature Gen X’ers like myself can pour one out for you while remembering a time when students sections were allowed to be rowdy, and everyone shockingly survived to grow up to become functioning adults.

Functioning adults who live to complain a lot about “the mollycoddlers ruinin’ our beloved game,” but functioning adults nonetheless.

Fresh off winning a Bi-District title, the Wolves want more hardware. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

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Open your (digital) wallet!!

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged , , , , , , on February 20, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Want to see Cole “Cash Money” White and Co. play at state? Put away that … cash. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Let the fleecing begin.

With the state basketball tourney upon us, the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association and its chums are here to strip your wallet dry.

But only your digital wallet.

Plan on heading to Arlington High School this Saturday to watch the Coupeville boys clash with Tonasket in a loser-out game, with the victor heading off to Spokane for the remainder of the 2B tourney?

You’re going to pay more for the pleasure of sitting on old-school gym bleachers, and you’re not going to use cash.

Why? The better to charge you handling fees, my dear.

The only way to snag a ticket is to use GoFan’s digital service, where you’ll pay $13.00 (plus fees), or a sorta-modest $10.00 if you’re military, a student, or a senior citizen.

To do so, pop over here:

https://gofan.co/event/1414313?schoolId=WIAA

Now, to be fair, your ticket applies to all games played at the site Saturday.

So, along with Coupeville and Tonasket at 4:00 PM, you can catch two other boys’ hoops clashes.

3A Arlington plays at 6:00 on its own court, against the winner of a play-in game between Kelso and Marysville-Getchell.

Then, an 8:00(ish) tip features 1B boys Tulalip Heritage and either Mount Vernon Christian or Columbia Adventist.

And yes, you read that correctly.

Arlington, like Lynden and Grandview and a few others, gets to open the state tourney on its OWN court, as the WIAA scrambles to have enough sites to handle all the games.

What is that you say? Coupeville should apply to host a slate of state regional games?

Thus raising the possibility Brad Sherman and Megan Smith, if they get their teams ranked high enough, could play state games a mile from my house?

Or, at the very least, giving CHS a chance to rake in some sweet, sweet postseason cash — with Andreas Wurzrainer and associates also running a food truck in the parking lot??

You know who would LOVE a trip to Whidbey Island to see Cow Town and get a special off-season visit to Kapaw’s Iskreme?

Portland Trailblazer legend and man of the people Brandon Roy and his Garfield boys’ basketball dynasty, that’s who.

Just sayin’.

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