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Bad score, good fight

Posted in Football, tagged , , , , , on September 15, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Bennett Richter’s Wolves have shown considerable fight while playing larger schools. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

It’s been a gauntlet.

Coming off its first state tournament appearance in three decades-plus, a new-look Coupeville High School football team has opened its season with three straight games against bigger schools.

And not just bigger schools, but ones playing top-level ball, as seen in their combined 8-1 record.

Friday night brought another loss for the Wolves, as they fell 46-13 at Sultan in a game which was just 20-13 at halftime.

That leaves Coupeville, a 2B school, at 0-3 after playing three 1A schools, with two of those games on the road.

The Wolves get a chance to turn things around starting next Friday, Sept. 22, when they host Northwest 2B/1B League rival La Conner (0-2) in their first conference clash.

Five of Coupeville’s final six regular-season games are against fellow 2B schools, with two bouts apiece against La Conner and Friday Harbor controlling everyone’s playoff destiny.

For the second week in a row, the Wolves came out and claimed the early lead, before being overpowered by a deep, run-happy squad.

CHS senior quarterback Logan Downes tossed a pair of first-half touchdowns, both landing in the arms of sophomore speed demon Aiden O’Neill, as the air attack slashed the Turk defense.

The scoring lobs give Downes eight passing TD’s through the first three games, and 27 for his career.

O’Neill has broken into the end zone a team-high four times this season, with three of his scores coming off of pass receptions.

The touchdowns were the first given up by Sultan this season, which outscored its first two opponents by a combined score of 88-3.

The undefeated Turks, who scored on an 85-yard run early, methodically went to work, scoring twice in the second quarter to reclaim the lead at 20-13.

After that, the second half largely belonged to Sultan, which tacked on two more scores in the third, and another two in the fourth.

The host team did pass on a chance to tie their season high in points, however, taking a knee instead of kicking a PAT or going for a two-point conversion after its final touchdown.

Davin Houston (The Man in Black) busted off a big play Friday at Sultan. (Nikki Breaux photo)

Even trailing big, Coupeville’s players showed fire in their soul, with senior Mikey Robinett crashing through the line again and again on rushing attempts and freshman Davin Houston ripping off a long kickoff return.

Fellow frosh Matthew Gilbert replaced Downes at QB for the game’s final drive, with Adrian Cunningham and Dylan Robinett both picking up their first rushing attempts of the season.

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They’re ready to rumble

Posted in Football, tagged , , , , , on August 29, 2023| Leave a Comment »

“Where do you think you’re going, young man?!?” (Nikki Breaux photos)

The warmups are done. On to the main event.

Coupeville High School football players have turned their attention to the season opener, which arrives this Friday, Sept. 1, when Klahowya travels to Whidbey for a 6:00 PM kickoff.

But first the Wolves ventured down to the wilds of Sultan for a jamboree, getting a chance to hit and be hit in live action against rival teams.

Along for the trip was Coupeville mom Nikki Breaux, who delivers the pics seen above and below.

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Epic journey, epic success

Posted in Middle School, Track, tagged , , , , , on May 19, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Costco pizza, the fuel of championship track stars. (Jon Gabelein photos)

They survived and prospered.

Traveling to the wilds of Sultan Thursday, Coupeville Middle School track and field athletes combined to win 11 events and notch 66 PR’s at a three-team meet.

The Wolf 6th/7th grade boys won the team title, while their female counterparts finished a close second to South Whidbey.

Coupeville’s next-door neighbors, who had the deepest roster, won both 8th grade team titles.

CMS 7th graders Beckett Green and Nick Laska were three-time winners Thursday, including teaming up with Nathan Niewald and Roger Merino-Martinez to claim the title in the 4 x 100 relay.

Green also hit the tape first in the 100 and 200, while Laska finished on top in the shot put and discus.

Merino-Martinez (long jump), Shiloh Sandlin (800), and 6th grader Daniel Payan Vasquez (400) were winners while Tamsin Ward (100, shot put) and the girls 4 x 200 relay unit also triumphed.

All five girls to finish atop the podium are 6th graders, with the relay squad comprised of Hyley Farrell, Elizabeth Marshall, Kennedy O’Neill, and Sage Stavros.

With her two wins, Ward has piled up 10 victories this season, which puts her in big-time company.

Lindsey Roberts won 22 times as an 8th grader in 2015, after notching eight wins as a 7th grader, while Makana Stone finished first 12 times as an 8th grader in 2012.

The duo, who finished with eight and seven state meet medals during their high school days, respectively, never competed as 6th graders as eligibility rules have changed since their middle school days.

Whether they won, PR’d, or just came close Thursday, each Wolf in uniform had an impact, said CMS coach Jon Gabelein.

“Our athletes performed really well during the longest road trip of the season,” he said. “The athletes again proved that the harder they work, the better they get.

“I hope they are as proud as I am of the clear improvements they are showing.”

The Wolves return to action next Thursday, May 25 with an appearance at the Cascade League Championships, which are held at Lakewood High School.

The season-ending rumble is a two-day affair, with day #2 set for May 31 at the same location.

Inaura Maund launches the shot put.

 

Thursday’s results:

 

GIRLS:

 

8th grade:

100 — Tirsit Cannon (2nd) 14.59 *PR*; Lexis Drake (7th) 15.55 *PR*; Ivy Rudat (8th) 15.93 *PR*; Natalie Perera (13th) 17.23 *PR*; Inara Maund (14th) 17.62

4 x 100 Relay — Rudat, Cannon, Drake, Lydia Price (2nd) 1:01.19

Shot Put — Price (11th) 13-05

Long Jump — Cannon (4th) 11-05; Rudat (6th) 10-11; Drake (11th) 9-09; Perera (14th) 9-07; Price (18th) 8-08; Maund (20th) 6-06

 

6th/7th grade:

100 — Tamsin Ward (1st) 14.00 *PR*; Isabella De Souza Oliveira Mc Fetridge (8th) 15.13 *PR*; Amayia Curry (15th) 15.74 *PR*; Willow Leedy-Bonifas (17th) 15.82; Niella Bryan (24th) 16.92 *PR*; Lisette Bentabou (26th) 17.08 *PR*; Lily Fisher (27th) 17.17 *PR*; Denali Kalwies (29th) 17.91 *PR*; Maci Wofford (31st) 18.46 *PR*; Kaleah Matros (32nd) 18.89 *PR*; Lucille Humpfries (35th) 25.17

200 — Laken Simpson (2nd) 31.63; Olivia Hall (5th) 33.59 *PR*; Anmarie Solis (8th) 34.10 *PR*; Arianna Cunningham (11th) 35.35 *PR*; Elizabeth Marshall (12th) 36.03 *PR*; Sage Stavros (13th) 36.49 *PR*; Camilla Wolfe (14th) 37.80 *PR*; Savannah Niewald (17th) 40.00; Alexandra Lo (18th) 45.40 *PR*

400 — Taylor Marrs (3rd) 1:26.63 *PR*; Lo (4th) 1:49.07 *PR*

800 — Lillian Ketterling (2nd) 3:07.53; Devon Wyman (8th) 3:57.37

1600 — Mikayla Wagner (2nd) 7:10.84; Rebekah Dangerfield (4th) 7:15.95 *PR*

100 Hurdles — Tenley Stuurmans (8th) 20.80; E. Marshall (10th) 21.25 *PR*; Kennedy O’Neill (11th) 21.38 *PR*; Cunningham (12th) 21.44 *PR*; Fisher (18th) 26.21 *PR*; Amelia Crowder (19th) 27.54

4 x 100 Relay — Cunningham, Curry, Leedy-Bonifas, Stuurmans (3rd) 1:01.73; Hall, Simpson, O’Neill, Wagner (5th) 1:04.22

4 x 200 Relay — Hyley Farrell, E. Marshall, O’Neill, Stavros (1st) 2:16.94; Bentabou, Crowder, Bryan, Kalwies (3rd) 2:34.25

Shot Put — Ward (1st) 30-09 *PR*; Marrs (3rd) 22-07.50; Bentabou (5th) 21-02; Simpson (11th) 19-00.50; Wofford (13th) 17-02.25 *PR*; S. Niewald (15th) 16-01 *PR*; Humpfries (16th) 15-09; Matros (17th) 12-05.75

Discus — Cunningham (2nd) 59-05.50; Ketterling (5th) 56-09.75; Bentabou (8th) 53-03.25 *PR*; Marrs (10th) 52-00; Matros (19th) 28-09; Curry (20th) 28-07 *PR*; Crowder (21st) 27-07

High Jump — Crowder (2nd) 3-10 *PR*

Long Jump — Ward (5th) 12-07; Leedy-Bonifas (7th) 12-03; Farrell (8th) 12-00; Mc Fetridge (11th) 10-11; O’Neill (11th) 10-11; E. Marshall (15th) 10-03; Ketterling (16th) 9-11; Stavros (17th) 9-08; Wagner (22nd) 9-02; Hall (23rd) 9-01; Wyman (24th) 9-00; Bryan (25th) 8-10 *PR*; S. Niewald (26th) 8-08; Solis (29th) 8-07 *PR*; Kalwies (32nd) 8-00; Wolfe (34th) 6-10 *PR*; Fisher (35th) 6-07; Lo (36th) 6-02; Wofford (38th) 5-08

 

Davin Houston flies the friendly skies.

 

BOYS:

 

8th grade:

100 — Davin Houston (3rd) 12.93 *PR*

400 — Axel Marshall (4th) 1:11.69 *PR*; Zach Blitch (5th) 1:21.92 *PR*

1600 — Kenneth Jacobsen (3rd) 5:28.74 *PR*

110 Hurdles — A. Marshall (5th) 21.02

Shot Put — Jacobsen (7th) 24-10.50; Blitch (13th) 17-08 *PR*

Discus — Blitch (17th) 54-01

High Jump — Houston (3rd) 5-02 *PR*; A. Marshall (4th) 4-08 *PR*

Long Jump — Houston (2nd) 17-00 *PR*; Jacobsen (6th) 13-09

 

6th/7th grade:

100 — Beckett Green (1st) 13.20 *PR*; Daniel Payan Vasquez (3rd) 13.70 *PR*; Roger Merino-Martinez (4th) 13.75 *PR*; Wyatt Fitch-Marron (6th) 13.94 *PR*; Max Ohme (10th) 14.58 *PR*; Carson Grove (13th) 14.83; Leonardo Rodriguez (15th) 14.93; Benji Wertz (23rd) 15.97 *PR*; Collin Mirabile (24th) 16.04; Khanor Jump (26th) 16.22 *PR*; Isaiah Allen (27th) 16.27 *PR*; Kion Tellery (31st) 16.64

200 — Green (1st) 28.04 *PR*; Merino-Martinez (4th) 29.09

400 — Payan Vasquez (1st) 1:05.69 *PR*; Nick Laska (2nd) 1:06.36 *PR*; Nathan Niewald (6th) 1:16.62 *PR*

800 — Shiloh Sandlin (1st) 2:36.68; Edmund Kunz (4th) 3:10.45 *PR*

1600 — N. Niewald (2nd) 6:38.90; Kunz (5th) 6:58.39

110 Hurdles — Rodriguez (3rd) 20.91 *PR*

4 x 100 Relay — Green, Laska, N. Niewald, Merino-Martinez (1st) 53.89

Shot Put — Laska (1st) 32-09.50 *PR*; Mirabile (4th) 22-11; Jump (5th) 22-09.50 *PR*; Green (7th) 22-02; Tellery (8th) 18-01 *PR*; Allen (9th) 17-02

Discus — Laska (1st) 88-01 *PR*; Grove (4th) 68-09.50; Jump (5th) 66-03; Ohme (6th) 65-05 *PR*; Kunz (19th) 38-06

High Jump — Fitch-Marron (4th) 4-04; Mirabile (6th) 4-00

Long Jump — Merino-Martinez (1st) 14-09; N. Niewald (3rd) 14-03 *PR*; Sandlin (4th) 13-10; Fitch-Marron (4th) 13-10; Ohme (11th) 12-02 *PR*; Rodriguez (12th) 12-00; Grove (17th) 11-05; Kunz (23rd) 10-05; Tellery (26th) 8-06 *PR*

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Turks trip up Wolves

Posted in Baseball, tagged , , , , on May 3, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Chase Anderson flies around the bases. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

First it was a home game. Then it was off the schedule. And, finally, it became a road trip.

By the time the dust settled, the Coupeville High School varsity baseball squad found itself in Sultan Wednesday, where it absorbed a rare loss.

Despite having runners on base in every inning, the Wolves had trouble getting them all the way around the bags, falling 8-2 to the Turks.

The non-conference loss, only Coupeville’s second defeat in its last 12 games, drops it to 14-5 heading into the regular season finale Thursday afternoon.

That game is also on the road, with the Wolves traveling to Friday Harbor for a Northwest 2B/1B League showdown.

Win or lose against the Wolverines, CHS is the #1 seed for the 2B District 1/2 playoffs, which go down Saturday, May 13 at Lakewood High School in Arlington.

Northwest Christian (Lacey) and Friday Harbor face off in a loser-out game at noon that day, with the victor squaring off with Coupeville at 2:00 (or thereabouts) in a loser-out, winner-to-state clash.

The bout with Sultan was originally intended to be played Monday on Whidbey Island but was bounced from the schedule as the Turks scrambled to complete their league schedule.

With a little tinkering from the AD’s, however, the game was revived, with the Wolf hardball heroes sharing a bus with Coupeville’s track and field team, which was also listening to the wheels go round and round Wednesday afternoon.

Once in Sultan, CHS baseball jumped on Sultan, with leadoff hitter Scott Hilborn thumping a double.

Unfortunately for the Wolves, that was where they started to spin their wheels, following the two-bagger with three consecutive strikeouts to end the top of the first without a run.

That was a trend which stung Coupeville all game, as the Turks continually dodged dangerous situations to emerge mostly unscathed.

CHS batters hit into three double plays, with two of those coming after the Wolves started the inning with two runners aboard and no outs on the scoreboard.

Coupeville did push a runner across in the top of the third to knot things up at 1-1, thanks to Hilborn and his speed demon feet.

The spry senior lashed a two-out single, stole second, went to third on a wild pitch, then zipped home on a passed ball.

Sultan responded quickly, however, and fairly brutally, ringing up seven unanswered runs to blow the game wide open.

A couple of hits, and several Wolf errors, allowed the Turks to plate four runs in the bottom of the third, while five straight Sultan base knocks in the fourth tacked on three more tallies.

Trailing 8-1, Coupeville scratched out a run in the fifth, with Peyton Caveness walking and coming around to score on an error, but that was it for the Wolves.

Jonathan Valenzuela led off the sixth with a single, followed by Camden Glover wearing a pitch, but a double play sucked the life out of the rally.

An inning later, down to their final at-bats, the Wolves put two more aboard, with Caveness walking and Hilborn singling, but a pop up ended the game.

On the mound, Hilborn struck out five through 5+ innings of work, while Valenzuela came on late to retire both of the hitters he faced.

Three of Coupeville’s five losses have come to bigger schools, with the Wolves bowing to 1A rivals Meridian, South Whidbey, and Sultan, in addition to defeats to 2B Forks and 1B Mount Vernon Christian.

The six-run loss to the Turks is the most lopsided defeat of an otherwise stellar season for the Wolves.

 

Wednesday stats:

Peyton Caveness — Two walks
Camden Glover — One single, one walk
Scott Hilborn — Two singles, one double
Jack Porter — One single
Jonathan Valenzuela — Two singles

Coupeville’s baseball players had to get a second ride home after their bus tore up its serpentine belt. (Jon Roberts photo)

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Royal rumbles, big buckets

Posted in Girls Basketball, Middle School, tagged , , , , on March 3, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Willow Leedy-Bonifas rattled the rims for a season-high 20 points Thursday afternoon. (Alysabeth Leedy photo)

Three games, a tough foe, one win, and several breakout individual performances.

Thursday’s home middle school basketball clash between Coupeville and visiting Sultan had something for everyone, it seems.

How the day played out, while I was far away chasing chickens while my sister hugs penguins in Antarctica for her 50th birthday.

 

Level 1:

Wolf stars Tenley Stuurmans and Haylee Armstrong blistered the net, but a powerhouse Turks squad pulled away in the second half to notch a 42-24 victory.

Sultan jumped out to a 10-4 lead by the first break, before nudging its lead to 19-12 at the half.

After the break, the visitors continued to pad their lead, using 11-7 and 12-5 runs across the final two quarters to set the final score.

Stuurmans delivered her best shooting performance of the season, rattling the rims for a team-high 12 points while dropping a three-ball and netting three free throws, while Armstrong backed her up with eight points.

Lexis Drake and Tamsin Ward rounded out the Wolf attack, each banking in a bucket, with Adeline Maynes, Capri Anter, Sydney Van Dyke, Chelsi Stevens, and Rhylin Price also seeing floor time for CMS.

 

Level 2:

A defensive-minded game went to Sultan, which held Coupeville scoreless in both the second and fourth quarters en route to a 20-6 win.

The Wolves returned the favor, blanking the Turks in the third frame, but couldn’t generate enough offense to get back into the game.

Ari Cunningham, Melanie Wolfe, and Isa De Souza Oliveira Mc Fetridge scored a bucket apiece for CMS, with Kennedy O’Neill, Izzy Bowder, Lina Shelly, Lillie Ketterling, Amaiya Curry, Taylor Marrs, and Ava Lucero bringing the heat on the defensive end of the floor.

 

Level 3:

You can’t stop her, you can’t control her, and you can’t beat her.

CMS 7th grader Willow Leedy-Bonifas went bonkers, knocking down a season-high 20 points, outscoring Sultan by herself and sparking the Wolves to a 25-13 win.

The younger sibling of former Coupeville athletic aces Ivy and Lily Leedy scored in three of four quarters, highlighted by an eight-point run in the second frame, when the Wolves cracked the game open with a 12-0 surge.

Allie Powers and Amelia Crowder both swished a bucket, while Sophia Batterman slipped a free throw through the net to cap Coupeville’s scoring effort.

Emma Cushman, KeeArya Brown, and Sage Stavros rounded out the active roster, with every player contributing to the crowd-pleasing win.

 

What’s next:

Coupeville closes its season with a pair of rumbles next week.

The Wolves hit the road Tuesday, Mar. 7 to travel to Lakewood for contests which were bumped from this week, then host South Whidbey in the season finale Thursday, Mar. 9.

Tip-off is 3:15 PM.

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