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New year, new boss!!

Posted in Boys Tennis, tagged , , , , on September 5, 2018| Leave a Comment »

Drake Borden roared to a straight-sets win at #2 singles Wednesday, helping the Coupeville netters topple arch-rival South Whidbey. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

This one has been a long time coming.

Ken Stange kicked off his 14th season as Coupeville High School boys tennis coach Wednesday, and then his players stormed the courts in Langley and accomplished something none of his previous teams had.

They beat South Whidbey.

For 14 seasons, whether they were league foes or non-conference rivals, the Falcon boy netters have owned the Wolves.

The CHS girls have beaten South Whidbey under Stange, but their male counterparts couldn’t say the same.

There have been close matches and blowouts, but never once had Coupeville come out on top. Until the magic happened on a sunny early September afternoon.

Sparked by a gutsy comeback win by senior Jakobi Baumann, the Wolves jumped back on the bus with a 3-2 win in a match that doubled as the season and league opener.

Out of six schools in the new North Sound Conference, only Coupeville and South Whidbey play boys tennis, so they’re competing in the ultra-elite Emerald City League this year.

While both might have issues dealing with the private school powerhouses awaiting them, like two-time defending state champ University Prep, for the moment, the Wolves sit atop the league standings.

To get there, CHS got big-time performances from singles aces Baumann and Drake Borden, and first-time doubles duo James Wood and Mason Grove.

“Jakobi was amazing today,” Stange said. “After losing a 5-2 lead in the first set, he persevered, outlasting Levi (Buck) in the second, and playing some of the most consistent tennis in the third.

“Mason and James winning in James’ first match was special and Drake drubbed his opponent.”

 

Complete Wednesday results:

Varsity:

1st Singles — Jakobi Baumann beat Levi Buck 5-7, 6-4, 10-8

2nd Singles — Drake Borden beat Soren Bratrude 6-1, 6-1

1st Doubles — Zach Ginnings/Jacob Burke lost to Brent de Wolf/Joey Lane 6-3, 6-4

2nd Doubles — Mason Grove/James Wood beat Ian Maddux/Brent Batchelor 6-2, 3-6, 6-4

3rd Doubles — Tiger Johnson/Jaschon Baumann lost to Ranger Buck/Max Rodriguez 7-6(7-3), 7-5

JV:

4th Doubles — Andrew Aparicio/Koby Schreiber beat Jordan/Caldwell 6-4, 2-6, 6-2

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Turner back in black!!

Posted in Football, tagged , , , on August 13, 2018| Leave a Comment »

   After two seasons playing football for South Whidbey High School, Alex Turner returns to Coupeville for his senior year.

Started as a Wolf, and will finish as a Wolf.

Alex Turner, an All-Conference lineman with South Whidbey, will be suiting up in Coupeville colors Wednesday when football practice begins.

A move related to an illness in the family is bringing him back to CHS for his senior year.

Turner worked his way up through the sports programs at Coupeville Middle School, then played football for CHS as a freshman before heading South.

During his sophomore season at SWHS, he was tabbed as a First-Team All-Conference pick on the offensive line by Cascade Conference coaches.

South Whidbey played an independent schedule last season, as the Falcons worked on rebuilding their program, so Turner and his teammates weren’t eligible for All-Conference honors.

Still, he helped the Falcons go 7-2, winning seven straight against 2B and Canadian schools after season-opening losses to Coupeville and Chimacum.

A six-foot, 210-pound middle linebacker/tight end, Turner hooked up with Falcon QB Kody Newman on several touchdown plays during their junior seasons.

One of those, a 20-yard snag, came against Concrete, a team coached by Marcus Carr, who is now Coupeville’s new head coach.

Turner will likely face his old teammates Oct. 12, when the Wolves travel to Langley with plans to rain on South Whidbey’s Homecoming parade.

CHS has won back-to-back games in the Island rivalry series, and wants to hold on to The Bucket for a third-straight year.

The game will also be a league contest, as Coupeville and South Whidbey are reuniting in the new North Sound Conference.

One wrinkle in the move is Turner also developed into a quality wrestler during his time at SWHS.

Coupeville doesn’t have a wrestling program of its own, but there is a chance he can attend one school and wrestle at another.

Over the past few years, Coupeville and South Whidbey have had an arrangement for sports not offered by CHS, such as golf and cross country.

In the deal, Wolf athletes were responsible for getting themselves to SWHS, then trained and traveled with the Falcons, while competing for Coupeville.

Whether that will be possible for wrestling is unknown at the moment.

“My wrestling is up in the air right now, which really sucks, but I’m doing everything I can to try and wrestle with SW,” Turner said.

“But, if that doesn’t happen, I’d probably go back to basketball, even though I’m not good at it,” he said with a determined laugh.

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“It’s going to be such a great season!!”

Posted in Cheer, Football, Volleyball, tagged , , , , , on August 1, 2018| Leave a Comment »

Lucy Sandahl is ready to return to the court. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Flip the calendar and refocus your mind.

August has arrived, which means, in less than three weeks, practice officially begins for fall high school sports.

No, it’s true. I swear.

Aug. 15 is the first day high school football teams can take the field in Washington state, while Aug. 20 is the kickoff date for volleyball, cross country, cheer, boys tennis and girls soccer.

With a new season, and a new school year, also comes a new league.

After a four-year run in the Olympic League, Coupeville joins Granite Falls, Sultan, Cedar Park Christian (Bothell), King’s and arch-rival South Whidbey in the North Sound Conference.

As they count down the days until the first practice, several Wolves (and one enterprising Falcon) drop by to let you know their thoughts and feelings, their goals and plans.

 

Ja’Tarya Hoskins (CHS junior):

My new goals for the cheer season are to learn and perform a lot of new stunts. Help spread cheer and Coupeville Wolves spirit.

 

Lily Leedy (CHS freshman):

To work better as a team. Learn plays and to show the opponent who’s boss.

 

Kody Newman (SWHS senior):

Very excited for this year’s conference! But most importantly…. THE BUCKET GAME!!!

Not only is it the biggest game of the Island, but it is also our Homecoming game! Ticket sales are sure to be raised for this game!!! Falcons are coming for revenge!

Best of luck this year to the Wolves and hopefully King’s does terrible, lol!

 

Lucy Sandahl (CHS junior):

My goal for the new season is to play every game with a new mind-set and put all the bad plays behind me and focus on the next point.

Another thing that I am looking forward to is getting to see how well our team adapts to all the new plays and players after having lost seven really strong seniors.

This new league has so much hype, but so do we; we’ve won two back-to-back league champs.

What makes them think we can’t do it again? We are strong, faster, and mentally unstoppable.

The only way we are going to get through this is together and it is going to be such a great season!!! I am so excited!

 

Emma Smith (CHS senior):

We want a winning season!!

Playing as a unit instead of six individuals is something we’ve been working on since last year, and is extremely crucial for us to do considering we pretty much have a new starting six.

We also want to go into the season confident in our skills and without the fear of “big, bad King’s.”

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U-Dub baseball nabs Falcon legend!!

Posted in Baseball, tagged , , , , on August 1, 2018| Leave a Comment »

After two stellar seasons at Lower Columbia College, South Whidbey grad Ricky Muzzy (right) is joining the University of Washington’s baseball squad. (Photo from Muzzy’s Facebook page)

Hopefully Ricky Muzzy remembers me when he gets to The Show.

The former South Whidbey High School standout, who is one of the rare Falcons to get a feature story here on Coupeville Sports (back in 2014), continues to move up in the baseball world.

After two stellar seasons on the diamond at Lower Columbia College, Muzzy is officially making the jump to NCAA D-1 action, joining the University of Washington baseball program.

The Huskies announced the addition of Muzzy and Connor Blair from California’s Butte College in a Monday press release.

After graduating from SWHS in 2016, Muzzy left Freeland for Longview, where he immediately became a key player for LCC teams which won titles both of his seasons.

A middle infielder who can anchor a team at shortstop or second base, Muzzy played in 74 games at LCC, piling up 21 doubles, nine triples, seven home runs and 60 RBI.

He hit .359 during his first season, and .305 as a sophomore.

 

PS — If you want to see the moment when the spotlight first landed on Muzzy, pop over and check out my old-school article on him at:

The Falcons are alright: Ricky Muzzy explodes!!

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Where everyone (sorta) knows your name!!

Posted in Everything changes, tagged , , , , , , on July 2, 2018| Leave a Comment »

Gaze upon the logo for Coupeville’s new league. (Photo courtesy Scott Sifferman)

We’re going home again. In a way.

After four years in the 1A Olympic League, Coupeville High School is reuniting with four old rivals (and one new one) to launch the 1A North Sound Conference when the 2018-2019 school year begins this fall.

The new league is comprised of refugees from the imploded 1A/2A Cascade Conference, where the Wolves spent eight years from 2006-2007 to 2013-2014.

Gone are the 2A schools (Archbishop Thomas Murphy, Lakewood and Cedarcrest), so on with the (slightly) more-balanced party.

Coupeville reunites with South Whidbey, King’s, Sultan and Granite Falls, while coming face-to-face with the school which replaced it in the Cascade Conference, Cedar Park Christian-Bothell.

But, since no current Wolf athlete ever played in a Cascade Conference game, it might be a good idea to offer a refresher on just who Coupeville’s new league mates will be.

The new league:

http://www.nscathletics.com/index.php?pid=0.60.0.0.200

 

Cedar Park Christian-Bothell

Location: Um … Bothell

Public or private: Private

Student body count (2016 WIAA counts): 249.38

Established: 1982

Mascot: Eagles

Colors: Blue and gold, purple, yellow

Team state titles: Girls Soccer – 2001, 2002, 2003; Softball – 2003

Fast facts: The main campus for a private Christian school (preschool-12th grade) which also has sites in Everett, Mountlake Terrace, Lynnwood and Mill Creek; affiliated with the Assembly of God church; one-year tuition for high school student – $9,992; hired former Bellevue football coach Butch Goncharoff, who won 11 state titles before a Seattle Times investigation forced WIAA to (very briefly) punish Bellevue for numerous alleged improprieties.

 

King’s:

Location: Shoreline

Public or private: Private

Student body count (2016 WIAA counts): 354.38

Established: 1950

Mascot: Knights

Colors: White, red

Team state titles: 51 spread across multiple sports. I’m not listing them all.

Fast facts: Before turning to education, site housed a tuberculosis sanitarium; rumors abound that “some of the damp tunnels connecting buildings are still haunted by the ghosts of TB victims;” was known as King’s Garden until ’79; one-year tuition for high school student – $15,950; 98% of its students go on to higher education, while other 2% are no longer welcome home for Thanksgiving.

 

Granite Falls:

Location: Um … Granite Falls

Public or private: Public

Student body count (2018 WIAA appeal): 367.25

Established: 1896

Mascot: Tigers

Colors: Black, orange

Team state titles: Baseball – 2006

Fast facts: Known as “The Gateway to the Mountain Loop;” originally used by Native Americans to portage their canoes between fishing grounds; had a gold rush in 1889; had runs as both a mining and logging town; celebrates Railroad Days first Saturday in Oct.; former Coupeville assistant Alex Heilig coached GF football for one season in 2015, went 1-9.

 

South Whidbey:

Location: Langley

Public or private: Public

Student body count (2016 WIAA counts): 358.38

Established: 1981 (*previously Langley High School)

Mascot: Falcons

Colors: Blue and white

Team state titles: Boys Cross Country – 2000; Girls Golf – 2016

Fast facts: Has lost four of last six football games to Coupeville, with one former Falcon coach (a two-time loser) purposefully denting The Bucket, the trophy which is held by the winner; the snarky chant “Drive home safely,” directed at rival fans after South Whidbey wins, is both kind of annoying and kind of funny; the part of the Island where all the weird murders happen (seriously, go do a Google search); admittedly, a pretty nice school, with several athletes and coaches who have been very generous to me — Maia Sparkman, Oliana Stange, Kody and Hayley Newman, Tom Fallon, Mark Hodson, Mary Zisette and Lewis Pope to name a few.

 

Sultan:

Location: Um … Sultan

Public or private: Public

Student body count (2016 WIAA counts): 347.13

Established: 1888

Mascot: Turks

Colors: Navy, white, Columbia blue

Team state titles: Girls Soccer – 2002

Fast facts: Town named (sorta) for Snohomish Indian chief Tseultd, whose name was changed to Sultan John by white settlers; hosted the Sky River Rock Fest and Lighter Than Air Fair in 1968, which brought Richard Pryor, The Grateful Dead, Santana and “20,000-plus hippies” to town; former Turk basketball player Cooper Beucherie, he of the white boy dreadlocks, once kicked a chair into about the 12th row of the stands after being ejected from a basketball game at Coupeville. I miss the dude – he was entertaining.

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