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Pack back on the attack

Posted in Cross Country, Middle School, tagged , , , , on September 27, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Speedy, one and all. (Amber Wyman photos)

Anna Powers can’t be caught.

The Coupeville Middle School 8th grader outran the field Friday at the Return of the Salmon Cross Country Invitational in Sultan, claiming first-place in a field of 64 runners.

Powers victory, in which she beat her nearest rival by five-plus seconds, put a cap on a strong all-around day for the Wolves, who placed six runners — two girls and four boys — in the top 10.

Coupeville’s boys finished second in the team standings, almost catching powerhouse South Whidbey, while the Wolf girls were a solid third.

“We have some really strong runners!” said happy CMS coach Amber Wyman after her team finished the 3,000-meter races.

The Wolves will get another chance to show that next Thursday, Oct. 2, but closer to home.

CMS hosts a six-team Cascade League meet at Fort Casey State Park that day.

The pack is on the attack.

 

Friday results:

GIRLS:

Anna Powers (1st) 11:47.80
Sarai Dangerfield (5th) 12:26.80
Claire Lachnit (20th) 14:07.70
Liberty Perez (26th) 14:51.60
Abby Hunt (33rd) 15:33.60
Ava Clark (34th) 15:47.70
Seraphina Williams (50th) 18:46.20

 

BOYS:

Henry Purdue (4th) 10:25.20
Lincoln Wagner (7th) 10:40.30
Colton Ashby (8th) 10:46.40
Archer Schwarz (9th) 11:01.70
Jesse Kehoe (21st) 12:01.50
Nicholas Strong (23rd) 12:05.70
Mica McCloskey (30th) 12:47.10
Les Queen (38th) 13:38.40
Johnathyn Driscoll (44th) 13:56.10
Elijah Williams (48th) 14:11.20
Hayden Maynes (50th) 14:39.70
Oliver Miller (60th) 15:45.90
Miles Abram (66th) 16:14.20

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New challenges, big performances

Posted in Middle School, Track, tagged , , , , on May 8, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Aaron DiDonna launches his shot put. (Photos courtesy Brooke Crowder, Jon Gabelein, and Kelly Powers)

The first road trip was a huge success.

After competing at home in its opener, the Coupeville Middle School track and field team hit the road Wednesday, traveling to Sultan for a three-team meet.

While there, the Wolves collected 19 wins and about a million PRs, while the 8th grade girls and 6th/7th grade boys claimed team titles.

For the 8th grade girls, it was a show of complete dominance, as those Wolves won all six events they competed in.

Tamsin Ward paced CMS with three individual wins, claiming crowns in the 100, shot put, and high jump.

That gives her six victories through the first two meets of the season, and 29 for her middle school career.

Tamsin Ward sails to victory.

Also winning multiple individual titles were Ward’s fellow 8th grader, Cyrus Sparacio (800, 1600), and 7th grade thrower Diesel Eck (shot put, discus).

Whether they won or not, everyone in a Wolf uniform excelled Wednesday, said their coaches.

“Great meet today – Coupeville athletes brought their A-game,” said Brooke Crowder.

“Athletes are challenging themselves, trying new events and pushing themselves to set new personal bests.”

Jon Gabelein agreed, pointing to the fact “their stronger efforts during practice are getting good results.”

Gabelein noted the performance of Wolves such as 7th grader Zariyah Allen, who “has been working especially hard.”

She won the discus, narrowly missing 80 feet in competition after breaking that mark in her warmups.

“Launching it that far during just the second meet brought lots of positive comments from her competitors,” Gabelein said. “I look forward to helping our students continue to improve.”

Transporting a large group of young athletes across the backroads of America is also an experience.

“Traveling as a team of 60 middle school students provides all of us with a whole other dimension to our track season,” Gabelein said. “Especially when it involves a visit to McDonalds without their parents.”

The Wolves help set up the hurdles.

 

Wednesday’s results:

 

GIRLS:

8th grade:

100 — Tamsin Ward (1st) 13.84

100 Hurdles — Kennedy O’Neill (1st) 21.00; Elizabeth Marshall (2nd) 21.04; Cassandra Powers (3rd) 25.17 *PR*

4 x 200 Relay — O’Neill, Sage Stavros, C. Powers, Marshall (1st) 2:18.52

Shot Put — Ward (1st) 38-01.50 *PR*; C. Powers (2nd) 25-08 *PR*

High Jump — Ward (1st) 4-08 *PR*

Long Jump — Stavros (1st) 11-08 *PR*; Marshall (2nd) 11-06; O’Neill (3rd) 10-09

 

6th/7th grade:

100 — Andrea Gonzalez (3rd) 14.85; Laurel Crowder (6th) 15.25 *PR*; Bella Sandlin (7th) 15.32 *PR*; Ava Alford (9th) 15.35; Abbie Moss (10th) 15.61 *PR*; Miah Patterson (13th) 15.97 *PR*; Ella Holm (17th) 16.12; Sophia Burley (18th) 16.19 *PR*; Mia Goers (19th) 16.39; Claire Lachnit (21st) 16.41; Finley Helm (22nd) 16.54; Amira Anunciado (24th) 16.93 *PR*; Sabrina Judnich (26th) 17.13; Evelyn Merino-Martinez (27th) 17.51 *PR*; Victoria Quiroga Rivera (30th) 17.58 *PR*; Sophia Magdolen (33rd) 18.63; Reagan Green (34th) 18.72 *PR*

200 — Sandlin (1st) 33,53 *PR*; Goers (4th); Patterson (6th) 36.30; Merino-Martinez (7th) 37,87 *PR*; Quiroga Rivera (9th) 38.48; Arianna Vinson (10th) 38.52 *PR*

1600 — Annaliese Powers (2nd) 6:29.23 *PR*; Autumn Hunt (5th) 7:02.50 *PR*; Sarai Dangerfield (7th) 7:10.31

100 Hurdles — A. Powers (3rd) 21.65 *PR*; Emma Green (4th) 21.93 *PR*; Patterson (5th) 22.03 *PR*; A. Hunt (6th) 22.24; Kaleigha Millison (7th) 22.32; Alford (10th) 22.95; Helm (11th) 23.58; Dangerfield (15th) 33.44 *PR*

4 x 100 Relay — Millison, Crowder, Moss, Goers (2nd) 1:01.98; Gonzalez, Vinson, Quiroga Rivera, Patterson (5th) 1:04.79; Addison Jacobsen, Judnich, Sandlin, E. Green (6th) 1:05.22; Maja Govorcin, Holm, R. Green, Burley (7th) 1:07.43; Lachnit, Zariyah Allen, A. Hunt, Magdolen (8th) 1:07.45

Shot Put — Jacobsen (4th) 22-07.50; Helm (5th) 21-10 *PR*; Holm (6th) 21-00; Alford (7th) 20-07.50 *PR*; Moss (10th) 18-10.50

Discus — Allen (1st) 79-10 *PR*; Millison (3rd) 54-02 *PR*; E. Green (7th) 42-11.75; Lachnit (9th) 40-10; Crowder (10th) 40-06 *PR*; A. Powers (11th) 40-04.50 *PR*; Judnich (15th) 34-03.25; Vinson (19th) 32-00

High Jump — Crowder (1st) 3-11 *PR*

Long Jump — Millison (5th) 12-00; Moss (7th) 11-02 *PR*; A. Hunt (11th) 10-06 *PR*; E. Green (13th) 10-05; Merino-Martinez (17th) 9-05 *PR*; Allen (18th) 9-03; Burley (20th) 9-00; Jacobsen (21st) 8-08 *PR*; Dangerfield (22nd) 8-07 *PR*; Anunciado (24th) 8-05; Vinson (26th) 7-05; Magdolen (28th) 7-04 *PR*

Cyrus Sparacio is way out in front.

 

BOYS:

8th grade:

100 — Brian Thompson (2nd) 13.33 *PR*; Kion Tellery (14th) 14.96

400 — Hunter Atteberry (5th) 1:15.44

800 — Cyrus Sparacio (1st) 2:27.27 *PR*

1600 — Sparacio (1st) 5:25.60; Ossian Merkel (3rd) 5:44.89 *PR*; Atteberry (5th) 7:00.93; Nolan Hunt (6th) 7:07.73

110 Hurdles — Frank Morrell (4th) 25.50 *PR*

Shot Put — Aaron DiDonna (5th) 28-06 *PR*; Tellery (6th) 28-04 *PR*; N. Hunt (12th) 20-08 *PR*

Discus — Sparacio (7th) 66-10.50; DiDonna (8th) 64-08 *PR*; Merkel (9th) 63-04 *PR*; N. Hunt (15th) 45-05.25; Zaydyn Dees (16th) 44-05 *PR*

Long Jump — Henry Bailey (1st) 15-03; Thompson (2nd) 15-02

 

6th/7th grade:

100 — Les Queen (4th) 14.64 *PR*; Liam Stoner (6th) 14.98 *PR*; Diesel Eck (7th) 15.05 *PR*; Maverick Walling (9th) 15.42; Brenden Tumulty (19th) 19.50 *PR*

200 — River Simpson (2nd) 29.21; Jacob Lujan (5th) 30.53

400 — Simpson (1st) 1:07.07 *PR*; Lincoln Wagner (3rd) 1:12.96 *PR*; Ceiba Rusch (5th) 1:31.03

800 — Walling (1st) 2:41.22 *PR*

1600 — Archer Schwarz (1st) 6:12.60; Tanner Kempton (4th) 7:27.39; Rusch (5th) 7:44.39

110 Hurdles — Lujan (3rd) 21.04; Malachi Chapa (5th) 21.97; Stoner (6th) 22.06 *PR*; Wagner (7th) 22.41 *PR*; Asher Harris (9th) 23.90 *PR*; Kempton (13th) 25.00

4 x 100 Relay — Chapa, Xander Beaman, Eck, Simpson (1st) 54.38; Rusch, Kempton, Stoner, Lujan (3rd) 1:03.85

Shot Put — Eck (1st) 26-04.50; Harris (6th) 19-08 *PR*

Discus — Eck (1st) 92-00 *PR*; Tumulty (6th) 44-10 *PR*

High Jump — Chapa (1st) 4-08 *PR*; Beaman (2nd) 4-06; Stoner (3rd) 4-02

Long Jump — Queen (3rd) 13-06 *PR*; Chapa (4th) 13-04 *PR*; Wagner (6th) 12-09 *PR*; Lujan (7th) 12-08 *PR*; Schwarz (8th) 12-07 *PR*; Kempton (13th) 11-03 *PR*; Tumulty (19th) 8-00

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Hoops heroes head towards finish line

Posted in Girls Basketball, Middle School, tagged , , , , on March 9, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Coupeville’s 8th graders pose with coaches Brooke Crowder (left) and Makana Stone. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Play for wins today, while building for bigger success tomorrow.

As the Coupeville Middle School girls’ basketball teams near the end of their season, the young Wolves continue to show great growth and promise.

Case in point, Thursday’s home clashes with Sultan, where CMS romped to one win and pushed the always-tough Turks very hard in the other two games.

How the day played out:

 

Level 1:

The game was tied after one quarter of action, before Sultan pulled away to claim a 27-10 win.

The Turks put together 8-1 and 8-2 runs across the middle two frames, busting open a game which had been knotted up at 4-4 at the first break.

Kennedy O’Neill pumped in all four of Coupeville’s points in the opening quarter, including netting a pair of free throws, and finished with a team-high five.

Aubrey Flowers (2), KeeAyra Brown (2), and Zayne Roos (1) rounded out the Wolf scoring, with Cameron Van Dyke, Emma Cushman, Sophia Batterman, Allison Powers, and Elizabeth Marshall also seeing floor time.

 

Level 2:

Finley Helm had the hot hand, sparking her squad to a runaway 29-16 victory.

The CMS 7th grader, who recently celebrated her 13th birthday, went off for a game-high 12 points, with 10 of those coming in the first half as the Wolves built a 13-10 advantage,

After the break, Coupeville stretched the margin out to 21-14 through three, then slammed the door shut on the Turks with a dynamic defensive stand.

Annaliese Powers torched the nets for eight points in support of Helm, with Emma Green (3), Savannah Coxsey (2), Bella Sandlin (2), and Flowers (2) also making the net bounce.

Annabelle Cundiff and Addison Jacobson completed the rotation for the Wolves.

 

Level 3:

One bad quarter killed the Wolves chance of a win, as the Turks used a 14-2 surge in the fourth quarter to claim the game.

Before that, it was a nailbiter, with Sultan clinging to 8-6, 12-11, and 16-14 leads at the conclusion of the previous three frames.

Laurel Crowder paced the Wolves with four points, while Emma Green (3), Ava Alford (2), Reagan Green (2), Emily Rains (2), Cundiff (2), and Abby Hunt (1) also filled up the scorebook.

Claire Lachnit, Milly Somes, Sophia Burley, Ruby Folkestad, Ari Vinson, and Sandlin also played for CMS.

 

Up next:

The season finale is at home Tuesday, with the Wolves welcoming South Whidbey to town for a 3:15 PM tipoff.

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Wily Wolves tangle with testy Turks

Posted in Girls Basketball, Middle School, tagged , , , , on February 20, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Finley Helm, a killer on the taekwondo mat and the hardwood. (Photos courtesy Jerry Helm)

It was a quick turnaround.

Less than 24 hours after hosting Granite Falls, the Coupeville Middle School girls’ basketball teams hit the road Thursday for a trek to the wilds of Sultan.

While there, the Wolves played a full slate of three games against the Turks, with Team #3 continuing to set a torrid pace.

How the day went:

 

Team #1:

Sultan’s top squad, always a heavy hitter in the Cascade League, got out to a big lead early and rolled to a 38-12 win.

The Wolves struggled on offense in the first half, being blanked in the opening frame and facing a 23-2 deficit at the break.

But things improved quite a bit after that, with CMS coming out on top 6-5 in the third, and fighting hard until the end.

Cameron Van Dyke paced the Wolves with a team-high four points, while Emma Cushman, Kaleigh Millison, KeeAyra Brown, and Kennedy O’Neill each banked in a bucket in support.

Sophia Batterman, Laurel Crowder, Annaliese Powers, Finley Helm, Allie Powers, and Elizabeth Marshall round out the Coupeville roster.

The Wolves have claimed the ferry as their own.

 

Team #2:

Toss out the third quarter and this was a three-point game.

But a 13-2 Sultan run during the first frame after halftime stung, and the Wolves fell 32-18.

Up until that point, the Turks clung to just an 8-4 lead after one quarter of play, and a 12-10 advantage at the break.

Millison was top girl for the Wolves, rattling the rims for six points, with Helm banking in four.

Hazel Goldman, Emma Green, Selah Rivera, and Aubrey Flowers all added a bucket to the cause, with Cassie Powers, Laurel Crowder, Annaliese Powers, Sabrina Judnich, Addison Jacobson, and Claire Lachnit also in the rotation.

 

Team #3:

The squad that can’t be beat.

After sitting out the opener against South Whidbey when the Falcons couldn’t come up with a third squad, Coupeville’s gunners have gone 2-0.

Following up a win against Granite, the young Wolves held on Thursday to claim a 16-13 victory.

“Team 3 is crushing it!” said CMS coach Makana Stone. “Defensive mentality and teamwork on offense is really clicking for Team 3 – some hard workers really stepping up.”

Coupeville built a 6-2 lead through one quarter, then held Sultan scoreless in the second frame en route to heading to the locker room with a 10-2 advantage.

The Turks made things interesting with a 10-4 run in the third, but Coupeville’s defense limited their hosts to just a single free throw in the fourth to nail down the win.

Ava Alford knocked down eight points to lead the way, with Annabelle Cundiff torching the nets for six and Crowder banking in a bucket.

Ruby Folkestad, Sophia Magdolen, Lachnit, Bella Sandlin, Abbey Hunt, Ari Vinson, Cassie Powers, Emily Rains, Sophia Burley, and Reagan Green round out the hottest team in Wolf country.

 

Up next:

Coupeville returns home Feb. 25, when it hosts Northshore Christian Academy.

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Tough foe, stellar effort

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged , , , , on December 21, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Lexis Drake banks in a shot while Chelsi Stevens comes flying in to help. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

Big fight, no quit.

Friday night’s JV girls’ basketball game between Coupeville and visiting Sultan featured twists, turns, and a lot of rock-em-sock-em action.

Which is no surprise, since the Turks are traditionally one of the scrappier foes the Wolves face, while Scout Smith’s CHS players are no pushovers.

When the game ended, Sultan had a 50-36 win in hand but had faced a ton of resistance.

“We showed a lot of heart and played hard till the final buzzer,” Smith said.

The non-conference loss drops Coupeville to 2-4 heading into the winter break, with the JV not returning to action until Jan. 7.

In their final game of 2024, the Wolves put up a strong fight.

Led by the hot shooting hand of Adeline Maynes, Coupeville kept things knotted at 12-12 at the first break.

Sultan had a much-deeper bench on this night, however, and used the extra bodies to put together a game-busting 24-3 run in the second frame.

But even trailing 36-15, the Wolves were far from done.

Some words from their coach at halftime, and the third quarter was an entirely different affair, as CHS put together a 12-0 tear across an eight-minute span.

“We came out with a renewed fighting spirit,” Smith said. “I am extremely proud of how our team performed and the fight they showed throughout the game.

“It is a testament to the culture we are building as a program to play hard, play smart, and play together.

“I could not have asked more from my team.”

Adeline Maynes is off to the promised land.

While Sultan closed the game on a 14-9 surge to hold off the Wolves, Smith saw a lot of things she liked.

“Haylee (Armstrong) played a vital role for us as an offensive and defensive threat,” she said.

“She has been a consistently key player for us throughout the season. Her vision, read of the game, and speed make her a valuable asset.”

Smith also praised Maynes and fellow freshman Marin Winger for holding up well against an opponent not afraid to throw some elbows their way.

“Addy and Marin both did an excellent job fighting through a rough and tumble game,” Smith said.

“Both worked through tough contact and continued to fight for the team.”

That spirit was evident from all eight Wolves in uniform.

“Overall, I am extremely happy with what I saw from our team,” Smith said. “We showed grit, fight, and an undying will to play hard till the end of the game.”

Armstrong paced CHS with a team-high 14 points, with Maynes (9) Lexis Drake (6), Winger (4), Sydney Van Dyke (2), and Capri Anter (1) also scoring.

Chelsi Stevens and Amelia Crowder rounded out the rotation, bringing fire to their time on the floor.

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