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Summer hoops opportunities available for Wolf girls

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

When the weather heats up, so does the basketball action.

Coupeville High School coaches and players are offering a skills clinic July 1-3 for girls entering grades 5-9, which will focus on fundamentals and the values of the Wolf program.

Info can be found in the photo above.

CHS hoops guru Megan Richter and her support staff are also gearing up for summer ball.

That’s open to current and incoming high school players, with registration due by May 24.

For any questions, email Richter at mrichter@coupeville.k12.wa.us.

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Hoops? All day, every day!

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged , , , , on June 8, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Wolves (l to r) Kayla Arnold, Skylar Parker, and Brynn Parker light up the hardwood. (Corinn Parker photo)

God’s chosen sport rules in any season.

The end of the school year is just around the corner, but basketballs are bouncing in gyms even as temps heat up.

Coupeville High School girls’ hoops coach Megan Richter currently has a squad playing in a 14-team league run by Skagit County Parks and Recreation.

With two squads apiece from basketball hot spots like Lynden, Nooksack Valley and Burlington-Edison, the Wolves rep the smallest school by far.

But playing up will only benefit Richter’s young players.

“We have 10ish players playing; it varies daily,” she said with a laugh.

“It’s a tough league and we are playing with much bigger schools than us,” Richter added.

“We talked about how the important thing to focus on during summer is that we are improving and getting better, and not focus on the wins or losses – even though winning is nice.”

The league runs June 5-28, with Coupeville scheduled to play eight times.

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Wolf sluggers sparkle on diamond

Posted in Softball, tagged , , , , on July 8, 2021| Leave a Comment »

Coupeville softball sluggers Sofia Peters (left) and Bella Whalen are tearing up the diamond this summer. (Photo courtesy Paula Peters)

“The girls are putting in the work, and it is showing on the field.”

Coming off of an undefeated regular season and a second-straight league title, the core of the Coupeville High School softball squad is back on the diamond this summer.

CHS coach Kevin McGranahan has a 19-player roster, with his off-season team having played four of nine games.

While the Wolves are 2-2 after sweeping a doubleheader Wednesday, it’s more about improvement and team-building than posting a gaudy record.

“All teams are using this time for development, so scores really don’t matter,” McGranahan said. “As I said before, wins and losses mean nothing compared to the growth and experience we are getting this summer.

“We have stuff to work on, but we are definitely doing a lot of things well. Very young team; it’s gonna be an exciting season to come.”

Coupeville opened its summer ball season a week ago with a 13-10 loss to Skagit and a 7-0 defeat to Burlington, then bounced back with a stronger showing Wednesday.

The Wolves swept Mount Vernon and Whidbey rival Oak Harbor, bouncing the latter squad 9-5.

“The team is progressing well,” McGranahan said. “Our first two games were pretty rough, but to be expected. We ended our season in early April, and these teams we are playing all just ended their seasons.

“We came out ready this week and rolled,” he added. “The girls showed what we can do if we are focused and ready to compete.

“The team was more than ready for this one, and we played well.”

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Lippo lives on baseball diamond year-round

Posted in Baseball, tagged , , , , , on June 22, 2021| Leave a Comment »

Coupeville grad Joey Lippo sports a llama on his baseball cap this summer. (Photo courtesy Connie Lippo)

It’s a fulltime job.

Coupeville High School grad Joey Lippo is out of school, but still at work on the diamond.

Fresh off his first season of playing baseball for the University of Maine at Presque Isle, the former Wolf is spending a chunk of his summer hefting a wood bat in the Cascade Collegiate League.

The six-team conference gives NCAA and NAIA players an opportunity to play a 24-game schedule from June 11-August 8.

Lippo, along with UMPI teammate Bailey Corley, suits up for the Lynnwood Llamas, who are 6-0 after opening with three-game sweeps of the Salem Salamanders and Seattle Sea Turtles.

Other teams in the CCL include the Snoqualmie Chinooks, Portland Prairie Dogs, and Burlington Barn Owls.

League opponents gather at one central location, such as Hoquiam, each weekend during the eight-week season.

The season is capped with a weekend of postseason play the first week of August.

The Llamas feature a 22-man roster, with players plucked from schools such as Iowa Wesleyan, Air Force, UMPI, and Everett and Lower Columbia Community Colleges.

Lynnwood opened by sweeping the Salamanders 5-1, 10-3, and 7-1, before keeping its win streak alive with 8-6, 7-2, and 9-6 victories over the Sea Turtles.

Lippo is fourth on the team in hitting, smacking the ball at a .364 clip, while playing error-free ball in center field.

He’s also pitched in one game so far this season, scattering two hits in a relief appearance.

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A final swing!!

Posted in Baseball, tagged , , , , on July 16, 2017| Leave a Comment »

   Jonathan Thurston (far left) shares a laugh with teammates after a game. (Jess Lucero photos)

Life on the road.

Dane Lucero’s lil’ sister enjoys her pizza.

   A couple of guys are missing, but the core of the CHS summer squad gathers for one final pic.

And thus the season endeth.

The Coupeville High School baseball squad wrapped up its most extensive run of summer play in several years Sunday, playing a fourth, and final, game at the Battle of the Bats.

The Wolves had little luck generating offense in their swan song at Bellarmine Prep High School, falling 9-0 to the PBC Zips, a select team from Auburn.

CHS, which was playing without top players Hunter Smith and Clay Reilly, put up a strong showing over the three days of the tourney while playing elite all-star teams.

Coupeville played in three tournaments this summer, and, with the exception of Reilly, Taylor Consford and Jonathan Thurston, who all graduated in June, the roster was largely comprised of younger players still on the rise.

Getting extra work in, especially while playing as a unit, and not just a scattered player here and there on different teams, is invaluable.

The summer schedule also allowed CHS coach Chris Smith and his assistants — Mike Etzell, Aaron Lucero and Steve Hilborn — a chance to often try out different players in different positions.

Against the Zips, Coupeville had trouble getting runners on base, with just a pair of singles from Dane Lucero and three walks.

Two of those free passes came courtesy Wolves being plunked while at the plate.

The Zips tallied two runs in the first, then tacked on three in the second and another four in the third to put the game on ice early.

As the summer progressed, Coupeville saw 16 different players pop up on its roster at some point.

Three of those players — Austin Boesch, Thomas Anderson and Donny Kloewer — were Oak Harbor players who suited up as Wolves for the summer.

The rest of the CHS squad included Reilly, Nick Etzell, Consford, Smith, Matt Hilborn, Thurston, Jacob Zettle, Jake Hoagland, Gavin Knoblich, Kyle Rockwell, Joey Lippo, Lucero and Jake Pease.

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