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“It was really fun to watch!”

Posted in Volleyball, tagged Capri Anter, CHS Wolves, Island rivalry win, JV, SWHS Falcons, Tenley Stuurmans, volleyball on September 10, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Tenley Stuurmans and her Wolf JV teammates won an island rivalry match on opening night. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

“It was a great night and a great start to the season.”

The match was moved because of a flood that devastated the South Whidbey High School gym in August, but no matter the location, the Coupeville JV volleyball squad was on point in its season opener Tuesday night.

Playing at the local community center in Langley, the Wolves fired up coach Ashley Menges, fighting back to win in three intense sets.

The 25-14, 22-25, 25-8 victory launches a new season, and showcased strong work from the CHS veterans.

“My sophomores did a really great job with leading the court tonight,” Menges said. “Capri (Anter) had a great night.”

Anter paced the Wolves with a team-best nine kills, while seven of her teammates also picked up at least one winner.

“Consistency and aggression were great out the gate and lots of players had really great moments,” Menges said.

“We do of course have much more to work on, one being focus throughout the set,” she added. “But it was really fun to watch and saw a lot of really great things.”

Stats:

Capri Anter — 9 kills, 5 digs, 4 aces
Haylee Armstrong — 1 kill, 4 digs, 3 assists, 4 aces
Ari Cunningham — 5 kills, 3 digs, 1 assist
Lexis Drake — 2 kills, 3 digs, 3 aces
Adeline Maynes — 1 kill, 2 digs, 11 assists, 7 aces
Dakota Strong — 1 kill
Tenley Stuurmans — 3 kills, 5 digs, 7 assists, 1 ace
Sydney Van Dyke — 2 kills

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Jumpin’ jamborees, spikers are back

Posted in Volleyball, tagged CHS Wolves, jamboree, OHHS Wildcats, season opener, SWHS Falcons, volleyball on September 7, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Haylee Armstrong (left) and Taylor Brotemarkle share a number, and a commitment to being most excellent. (Michelle Armstrong photo)

The spikes are flying once more.

Volleyball season kicked off Saturday with a three-school jamboree at Oak Harbor High School, with Coupeville and South Whidbey traveling north for the day.

The Wolves were led by JV coach Ashley Menges and middle school volleyball guru Cris Matochi, who stepped in for varsity head man Cory Whitmore, who had a family comittment.

Coupeville’s senior spikers invade Oak Harbor for the final time as a pack. (Jennifer Heaton photo)

Jamborees are all about getting into sync, and getting a chance to experience competition, often with a new lineup.

“My goals for them today were to get comfortable in rotations and make sure they knew them, and to have fun,” Menges said.

“Once the rotations are out of the way, then I really get to start coaching.

“So, for about the first two sets we were still learning those, but once everyone seemed to understand, the day went great.”

The Wolf JV squad is a mix of veterans and newbies, and they quickly found a rhythm.

“A lot of really good things happened today, and this group is really great about applying feedback immediately,” Menges said.

“They’re quick learners, and the immediate gratification they feel when things go right is really great to see so early in the season.

“I’ll say pretty much everyone had a great day, and a lot of the freshmen really impressed me today.”

Chelsi Stevens sends a ball skyward as Adeline Maynes watches. (Kristi Stevens photo)

Now it’s on to the start of the regular season, with a road trip to South Whidbey set for Tuesday.

Menges, herself a former standout Wolf spiker, is ready for the current generation to hit the floor and come out swinging.

“Lots of good things, and lots of things to work on of course, but it was a great start to this season,” she said.

“I’m totally proud of these girls and I hope they are as well.”

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Wet gym sends spikers scrambling

Posted in Volleyball, tagged CHS Wolves, flood, schedule change, SWHS Falcons, volleyball on September 6, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Lyla Stuurmans brings the pain last year while playing in a very dry Coupeville High School gym. (Jackie Saia photo)

If you see an ark floating by, it’s probably headed towards Maxwelton.

Two flooding incidents during the summer have left the South Whidbey School District under water and will force a change in venue for Coupeville High School’s first volleyball match of the new season.

The Wolves are slated to head down island this coming Tuesday, Sept. 10, for a non-league matchup with the Falcons.

JV is slated to tip at 5:15 PM, with varsity following at 6:45.

But because of a wrecked SWHS gym, thanks to a pipe that burst in August, the contests will not be held at the high school.

Instead, they’ll be played at the South Whidbey Community Center, which is located at 723 Camano Ave. in Langley.

The August flood, which left the high school gym under a solid quarter inch of water, happened during a weekend and was not discovered for several days.

The Whidbey News-Times reported the incident is believed to have “originated from an old pipe that surrounded a 500-gallon water heater” located in a mechanical room.

It came on the heels of district workers “repairing the pumphouse, and the well that feeds the high school, and other district buildings located on Maxwelton Road.”

The high-pressure fire system “pushed water into the domestic lines of the high school, (likely) weakening the already old and failing water pipe.”

The water leak went on for approximately 36 hours before being discovered, affecting the gym floor and rooms connected to the girls’ locker rooms, with floorboards “cupping and curling.”

The district will have to “replace the floor, remove and demolish the water heater, tear out the sheetrock behind the water heater and replace the plumbing, while the oldest water heaters and attached plumbing will also be replaced.”

Superintendent Jo Moccia said insurance should cover all repair costs, and the district hopes to have the gym ready for use by basketball season, which begins in November.

School officials told the WNT they believe the incident was not related to an earlier accident, where a company doing soil testing on school property punched a hole through a pipe.

Those who worked on repairing that boo-boo estimated the loss at upwards of 150,000 gallons of water, though school officials declined to confirm that when asked by the WNT.

A pipe on South Whidbey School District property gushes water after being breached. (Photo courtesy Anania Trucking & Excavating)

Young spikers also switch gyms:

The middle school volleyball opener Sept. 26, with Coupeville traveling to South Whidbey, will also be affected, with the match moved from the SWHS gym to the community center.

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Get poked ‘n prodded (for a good cause)

Posted in Fundraisers, tagged Cheer, CHS Wolves, OHHS Wildcats, Olivia Newston-John, physicals, SWHS Falcons on May 28, 2024| Leave a Comment »

In the words of Olivia Newton-John, “Let’s get physical.”

Even if today’s high school athletes have no clue what that means — you heathens — the words of the woman who played Sandy in Grease still ring true.

Fact one — you need a current physical to play sports, and fact two — Coupeville is the only one of Whidbey’s three high schools offering said poke-and-cough adventures.

Plus, since it’s a fundraiser for CHS cheer, you’re doing something for yourself and something for someone else.

What am I babbling about?

Go back to the photo at the top of the story, and then, in the words of Ben Stiller…