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Netters back on top!!

Posted in Girls Tennis, tagged , , , on April 26, 2018| Leave a Comment »

   Coupeville senior Payton Aparicio eyes a fourth-straight 1A Olympic League team title. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

The road to an Olympic League girls tennis title still goes through Coupeville.

Pulling off the rare two-win afternoon Thursday in Silverdale, the Wolf girls tennis team bounced back into first place and set up a winner-take-all battle May 3 with Chimacum.

CHS drilled Klahowya twice, putting the final stamp on a 4-3 win in a match which began Apr. 17 but was delayed by rain, then romping 5-2 in Thursday’s regularly-scheduled rumble.

With the sweep, Coupeville soars to 4-1 in league play, 6-8 overall, putting itself a half-game up on Chimacum (3-1, 4-6).

Klahowya is mired in the basement at 0-5, 1-12.

Chimacum hosts KSS May 1, and then travels to Whidbey May 3 for the regular season finale.

The stakes in that match are simple — the winning team hoists a league title banner. Either CHS makes it four straight, or the Cowboys finally break through.

After that comes the league tourney May 7, also in Coupeville.

 

Match 1 (continued from Apr. 17):

Varsity:

1st Singles — Heather Nastali lost to Hailey Sargent 6-0, 6-0

2nd Singles — Nanci Melendrez lost to Maddy Rienks 5-7, 6-4, 6-1

3rd Singles — Megan Behan lost to Anna Wells 6-2, 6-0

1st Doubles — Payton Aparicio/Sage Renninger beat Taylor Bruce/Marianne Maker 6-3, 7-5

2nd Doubles — Claire Mietus/Tia Wurzrainer beat Kelisha Harris/Kristin Powell 6-4, 7-6(7-1)

3rd Doubles — Jillian Mayne/Zara Bradley beat Emma Heckert/Mia Brill 8-3

4th Doubles — Maggie Crimmins/Genna Wright beat Rachelle Adams/Angelina Robinson 8-2

 

Match 2:

Varsity:

1st Singles — Claire Mietus lost to Hailey Sargent 6-3, 6-2

2nd Singles — Genna Wright beat Maddy Rienks 7-5, 6-4

3rd Singles — Heather Nastali lost to Anna Wells 6-2, 3-6, 10-7

1st Doubles — Payton Aparicio/Sage Renninger beat Taylor Bruce/Marianne Maker 6-3, 6-0

2nd Doubles — Avalon Renninger/Tia Wurzrainer beat Kelisha Harris/Kristin Powell 6-3, 6-1

3rd Doubles — Maggie Crimmins/Kameryn St Onge beat Emma Heckert/Mia Brill 6-3, 6-1

4th Doubles — Zara Bradley/Jillian Mayne beat Angelina Robinson/Helle Larsen 6-3, 6-3

JV:

5th Doubles — Emily Fiedler/Jaimee Masters won 5-3

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Let’s get intense!!

Posted in Girls Tennis, tagged , , , , , on April 26, 2018| Leave a Comment »

   Jillian Mayne is not putting up with any of your shenanigans. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

Kameryn St Onge rips winners, every dang day.

   A South Whidbey player on Coupeville Sports???? In this case, it’s the brilliant Oliana Stange, so we’ll make an exception.

Fab frosh Genna Wright lashes a scorching winner.

   Zara Bradley goes low to destroy the heart, soul and psyche of her foes with a wicked, unexpected shot.

You want intensity, hit the tennis courts.

While the young women who swing the rackets are generally some of the most easy-going, polite people you will find, put them between the lines and they become cold-blooded assassins.

That’s shown in the pics above, which were shot Wednesday by local paparazzi John Fisken.

To see everything he snapped, pop over to:

https://www.johnsphotos.net/Sports/2017-2018-Coupeville-Tennis/2018-04-25-girls-vs-South-Whidbey/

And, when you head that way, remember, purchases help fund college scholarships for CHS student/athletes (plus they make grandma happy).

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Don’t stop til you drop!!

Posted in Girls Tennis, tagged , , , , , on April 25, 2018| Leave a Comment »

   Elaira Nicolle teamed with Genna Wright Wednesday to win a match against South Whidbey. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Play until the sun goes down.

That seemed to be the objective Wednesday for the final two varsity doubles teams on the court as Coupeville and South Whidbey clashed.

By the time Wolves Kameryn St Onge and Maggie Crimmins finished their epic battle with Falcons Oliana Stange and Ally Lynch, every other court was empty.

And, even though the result of their bout wouldn’t change the outcome of the team match (South Whidbey eventually won 4-1), the duos raged on against the dying sun.

One second-set game went to 24,507 deuces (give or take a few) as all four players took turns whacking crowd-pleasing winners.

Then, at the end, as Crimmins and St Onge tried to pull out a second-set tiebreaker (and force another, match-deciding tie breaker) things got downright bloody.

St Onge, who had been cranking wicked left-handed winners that skidded through the alleys, ripped open a finger and had to make a bee-line for a first-aid kit.

“We’re never going home, are we?”, said Jon Crimmins, Maggie’s proud papa, chuckling as he gazed at a marsh occupying the space where the CHS baseball diamond of his youth once sat.

And, while Stange and Lynch pulled out the win a few points later thanks to a couple of sweet winners, it was a fairly-perfect cap for all involved.

While the final team score was the same as the first time these teams met back in mid-March, the scrappy underdog Wolves (4-8 on the season) showed marked improvement against the Falcons (7-1).

Sophomore sluggers Tia Wurzrainer and Avalon Renninger battled back from a set down to win Wednesday, while freshman Genna Wright won six more games in her second go-around with battle-hardened Ashley Ricketts.

The strong play continued to the JV matches, where Coupeville won twice and Emily Fiedler and Jaimee Masters, in particular, laid down some brilliant shots.

If nothing else, the non-conference match was a good tune-up for Thursday’s ultra-important match-and-a-half at Silverdale.

The Wolves (2-1 in Olympic League play) will wrap a rain-delayed match (it’s sitting at 2-2 with three bouts still undecided), then play their regularly-scheduled tilt with Klahowya (0-3).

Win both and CHS vaults a half game ahead of Chimacum (3-1) and guarantees it will play for a fourth-straight league title.

Complete Wednesday results:

Varsity:

1st Singles — Claire Mietus lost to Robynn Maciel 6-0, 6-2

2nd Singles — Genna Wright lost to Ashley Ricketts 6-3, 6-3

1st Doubles — Payton Aparicio/Sage Renninger lost to Mary Zisette/Alison Papritz 6-2, 6-2

2nd Doubles — Avalon Renninger/Tia Wurzrainer beat Farriss Jokinen/Ainsley Nelson 2-6, 6-3, 10-6

3rd Doubles — Kameryn St Onge/Maggie Crimmins lost to Ally Lynch/Oliana Stange 7-5, 7-6(7-5)

JV:

4th Doubles — Jillian Mayne/Zara Bradley lost to Erin Brewer/McKenna Kelley 8-5

5th Doubles — Megan Behan/Nanci Melendrez lost to Elizabeth Simmons/Lynda Moran 6-4

6th Doubles — Jaimee Masters/Emily Fiedler beat Jenna Pfeiffer/Capri Pierce 8-4

7th Doubles — Bradley/Mayne played Sadie Wilson/Joanie Welever No score recorded

8th Doubles — Elaira Nicolle/Wright beat Mira Harvey/Denise Breton 6-2

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Now, things get interesting!!

Posted in Baseball, Boys Soccer, Girls Tennis, Softball, tagged , , , , , on April 22, 2018| Leave a Comment »

   Two wins against Chimacum next week. That’s what Coupeville baseball coach Chris Smith wants. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

Two down, two to go.

Coupeville softball and Klahowya boys soccer clinched Olympic League crowns this week, while the races for titles in baseball and girls tennis remain wide open.

The Wolves, who currently sit in second and first, respectively, in those sports, can make a lot of noise in the coming week.

CHS baseball is set to play three games in five days, with Monday and Friday home games against Chimacum, the school it’s chasing.

With the Wolves just a game back, a sweep of the Cowboys would be huge.

Meanwhile, the Coupeville netters can clinch a fourth-straight league title with a good week.

Sitting a half game up on Chimacum, they play the Cowboys Tuesday, then face-off with Klahowya Thursday for a two-in-one affair.

The Wolves and Eagles need to finish a rain-delayed match, then play their regularly-scheduled finale.

While titles aren’t on the line for softball and soccer, the sluggers get a chance to sweep the season series from non-conference rival South Whidbey, while the booters play Port Townsend with second-place at stake.

Come back a week from now to find out how it all played out.

 

Current standings through Apr. 22:

Olympic League baseball:

School League Overall
Chimacum 4-0 6-6
COUPEVILLE 3-1 9-4
Port Townsend 1-3 1-8
Klahowya 1-5 2-10

Olympic League boys soccer:

School League Overall
Klahowya 6-0 9-2-1
COUPEVILLE 3-3 4-6-2
Port Townsend 3-3 3-7-0
Chimacum 0-6 0-9-0

Olympic League girls tennis:

School League Overall
COUPEVILLE 2-0 4-6
Chimacum 2-1 3-6
Klahowya 0-3 1-8

Olympic League softball:

School League Overall
COUPEVILLE 2-0 9-4
Klahowya 0-2 5-3

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Always in there swinging!!

Posted in Girls Tennis, tagged , , , , on April 20, 2018| Leave a Comment »

   Nanci Melendrez teamed with Jillian Mayne Friday to push their 2A foes hard in a narrow loss. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

No one can accuse the Coupeville netters of not swinging for the stars.

By the time the season is done, the Wolves, who rep a 2B-sized school masquerading as a 1A, will have played almost half of their matches against 2A foes.

Facing much-deeper, more battle-tested squads, Coupeville has seen its win/loss record take a bit of a hit.

But learning under fire should hopefully benefit the Wolves in league and postseason play.

Friday, CHS ran into another 2A buzz-saw, falling 6-1 to host Olympic in Bremerton, but the Wolves came away with one huge bright spot at #1 doubles.

Seniors Payton Aparicio and Sage Renninger continued their stellar run, picking apart their big school rivals for a quick, straight-sets win.

“They’ve found a new, higher level,” said Coupeville coach Ken Stange.

The Wolves, 4-6 overall, have a key week coming up.

For one, they play only 1A schools, and two of the matches will be against Olympic League foes.

CHS, which is 2-0 in conference action, travels to Chimacum (2-1) Tuesday, then after a non-conference home match with South Whidbey the next day, ambles to Silverdale Thursday.

The finale to the week pits the Wolves against Klahowya (0-3) for a match-and-a-half.

The two teams need to finish the final three bouts from a rain-delayed match (the team score is tied 2-2), then play their regularly-scheduled match.

Complete Friday results:

Varsity:

1st Singles — Genna Wright lost to Marissa Nemeth 6-0, 6-0

2nd Singles — Heather Nastali lost to Breanne Nemeth 6-0, 6-1

3rd Singles — Zara Bradley lost to Jamie Frei 6-2, 6-4

1st Doubles — Sage Renninger/Payton Aparicio beat Sydney Troy/Brooklyn Haro 6-1, 6-3

2nd Doubles — Tia Wurzrainer/Avalon Renninger lost to SarahAnn Polsin/Emry Bohlman 6-0, 7-5

3rd Doubles — Maggie Crimmins/Kameryn St Onge lost to Kaylani Riley/Ryleigh Barrett 6-1, 6-1

4th Doubles — Jillian Mayne/Nanci Melendrez lost to Alexis Valenzuela/Nicole Barber 7-6(7-5), 6-4

JV:

5th Doubles — Jaimee Masters/Emily Fiedler lost 6-3

6th Doubles — Megan Behan/Elaira Nicolle lost 6-2

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