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Climb the ladder (to the top)!!

Posted in standings, tagged 1A Olympic League, baseball, CHS Wolves, Soccer, Softball, tennis on April 2, 2017| Leave a Comment »

Zack Nall and Co. find themselves in third place in the early soccer standings. (John Fisken photos)

Katrina McGranahan has pitched the Wolf softball squad to a 4-0 start.

Things are starting to develop.

Starting being the key word here.

There’s still plenty of season ahead for Coupeville’s spring sports teams, but the Wolves did make a jump, playing six league games in the past week, after just one before that.

Not counting track, with its multi-team meets, the four CHS teams are now 4-3 in Olympic League contests this spring.

That puts them hot on Klahowya’s trail (six wins) and ahead of Chimacum (3) and Port Townsend (2).

Year-to-date, Coupeville holds the lead, with 36 league wins across 10 sports (football, volleyball, baseball, softball, boys and girls tennis, soccer and basketball).

Klahowya, which has been the top school the first two years of the league’s existence (but slipped from 52 wins in year one to 45 last year), has 30 league wins as of Sunday.

Port Townsend (24) and Chimacum (16) are bringing up the rear.

With four league titles still at stake this spring, Coupeville currently holds a 3-1 lead on Port Townsend and Klahowya, having won girls basketball, volleyball and boys tennis titles in 2016-2017.

The RedHawks claimed boys basketball while the Eagles nabbed girls soccer.

Football went to Cascade Christian, which won the inaugural title in a new mash-up of the Olympic and Nisqually Leagues.

Klahowya won five titles in 2014-2015, then Coupeville replaced them at the top of the mountain with four championship banners won in 2015-2016.

The two schools are tied 9-9 on team titles all-time coming into spring of year #3 in the Olympic League.

How will things play out?

Stay tuned, as Coupeville still has 26 of 33 league games (79%) left to play, with all four teams having six or seven contests still ahead on their schedules.

For the moment, this is where things stand, through Sunday:

Olympic League softball:

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

Olympic League baseball:

School	League	Overall
Klahowya	2-0	3-3
COUPEVILLE	1-1	5-3
Chimacum	1-1	3-2
Port Townsend	0-2	0-4

Olympic League boys soccer:

School	League	Overall
Klahowya	3-0	4-2-1
Port Townsend	2-1	4-2
COUPEVILLE	1-2	2-4-1
Chimacum	0-3	1-5

Olympic League girls tennis:

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

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Sister power fuels Wolf win!!

Posted in Girls Tennis, tagged CHS Wolves, Fanny Deprelle, non-conference, Port Angeles, tennis on March 30, 2017| Leave a Comment »

Sage (left) and Avalon Renninger played together for the first time Thursday, winning at first doubles. (Photo courtesy Mrs. Anonymous)

Foreign exchange student Fanny Deprelle battled for more than two-and-a-half-hours to capture her first win on American soil. (John Fisken photo)

It was the perfect way to swing into spring break.

Sweeping all three singles matches Thursday, including one which went almost three hours, and getting a unique win at first doubles, the Coupeville High School netters were in top form.

By the time the Wolves climbed back on the bus for the trip back to Whidbey, they carried the scalp of a large 2A school with them, having pasted Port Angeles 5-2.

The non-conference win lifts CHS to 1-3 on the season and was sweet payback after it fell 4-3 to 2A schools in both its last two matches.

Coupeville is off now until April 10, when it faces, yep, another large 2A school, this time North Kitsap.

The Wolves don’t play their first 1A Olympic League match until April 13.

Thursday, the highlights came at first doubles and second singles.

With normal partner Payton Aparicio not available, Sage Renninger paired up with little sister Avalon instead at first doubles, and the family connection paid off with a sweet straight-sets win.

Sage, a junior, is now 4-0 on the season, best of any Wolf player.

The longest, and most thrilling win, came from the Renninger’s housemate, foreign exchange student Fanny Deprelle, who waged a back-and-forth war before pulling out a three-set thriller.

“Fanny’s match was a doozy,” said Coupeville coach Ken Stange. “She played her equal — someone who can run all day, and return almost every ball.”

Emphasis on “almost,” as Deprelle battled from a set down, forced a third-set tiebreaker and made her housemates, coach and large fan club jump with joy.

Complete results:

Varsity:

1st singles — Valen Trujillo beat Summer Olsen 6-0, 6-2

2nd singles — Fanny Deprelle beat Hailey Horton 6-7(5-7), 6-2, 10-7

3rd singles — Bree Daigneault beat Kailey Droz 6-3, 6-0

1st doubles — Sage Renninger/Avalon Renninger beat Audrey Little/Emily Traughber 6-2, 7-5

2nd doubles — Zoe Trujillo/Tia Wurzrainer lost to Hanna Brown/Saig Hefton 6-2, 6-4

3rd doubles — Maggie Crimmins/Kameryn St Onge beat Emily Metzler/Camryn Mason 6-2, 6-3

4th doubles — Claire Mietus/Sophie Furtjes lost to Brielle Halberg/Shanzi Cosgrove 6-2, 6-0

JV:

5th doubles — Heather Nastali/Julie Bucio lost to Preetha/Madison 6-0

6th doubles — Zara Bradley/Nanci Melendrez lost to Casandra/Chloe 6-1

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Serve, volley, photo op!!

Posted in Girls Tennis, tagged Avalon Renninger, CHS Wolves, John Fisken photos, Ken Stange, tennis on March 28, 2017| Leave a Comment »

Valen Trujillo lets rip with another winner. (John Fisken photos)

Rubi Melendrez is locked-in and ready to unleash a flawless volley.

Tennis guru/Terminator Ken Stange, rockin’ the best beard in Cow Town.

Sophie Fürtjes, AKA “The Düsseldorf Destroyer,” unleashes her full fury on her hapless foes.

Julie Bucio pauses for a photo op before the day’s competition.

No shot, no matter how dastardly, escapes Avalon Renninger.

It was a long wait, but worth it.

Finally getting to play for the first time in 11 days Monday, the Wolf netters also got a visit from travelin’ camera clicker John Fisken.

The photos above are courtesy him.

To see everything he shot (purchases fund college scholarships for CHS student/athletes), pop over to:

http://www.johnsphotos.net/Sports/20162017-Coupeville-Tennis/20170327-Girls-vs-Olympic/

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Scrappy Wolves nip at the big dogs!!

Posted in Girls Tennis, tagged 1A vs. 2A, CHS Wolves, Olympic, tennis, Valen Trujillo on March 27, 2017| Leave a Comment »

Bree Daigneault beat Beyonce Monday. Seriously. OK, maybe not THAT Beyonce, but certainly a Beyonce. (John Fisken photo)

Dangerously close.

For the second time this season the Coupeville High School girls tennis team faced a 2A school, and for the second time the scrappy Wolves came within a single match of upending their big school rivals.

In the end, however, Olympic, like Sequim before it, escaped Whidbey with a narrow 4-3 non-conference win.

The loss, coming in Coupeville’s first match in 11 days, drops the Wolves to 0-3 on the season.

After having a big gap between live opponents, the Wolves are hoping to get in a lot of competitive tennis this week.

CHS is scheduled to hit the road twice, with trips Tuesday to Granite Falls and Thursday to Port Angeles.

The two-time 1A Olympic League champs don’t open defense of their most recent title until April 13-14, when they play Klahowya and Chimacum back-to-back.

By then, if the schedule holds, the Wolves should be battle-hardened, having played six of their first seven matches against 2A opponents.

Monday, CHS got wins at first and third doubles and third singles.

Coupeville’s top doubles duo, juniors Payton Aparicio and Sage Renninger, remain flawless at 3-0 this season.

Complete results:

Varsity:

1st singles — Valen Trujillo lost to Chiarra Droell 6-0, 6-2

2nd singles — Fanny Deprelle lost to Marissa Nemeth 6-0, 6-3

3rd singles — Bree Daigneault beat Beyonce Oresceko 6-1, 6-1

1st doubles — Payton Aparicio/Sage Renninger beat Karli Taylor/Sydney Troy 6-3, 6-4

2nd doubles — Zoe Trujillo/Avalon Renninger lost to Sarah Polsin/Brooklyn Horo 6-1, 6-0

3rd doubles — Maggie Crimmins/Kameryn St Onge beat Gimalaine Estepa/Jemina Estepa 6-3, 6-0

4th doubles — Tia Wurzrainer/Jillian Mayne lost to Maddie Tofts/Maddie Bonk 7-5, 6-2

JV:

5th doubles — Sophie Furtjes/Julie Bucio lost 6-0

6th doubles — Claire Mietus/Heather Nastali lost 6-2

7th doubles — Nanci Melendrez/Rubi Melendrez tied 4-4 (match called for ferry)

8th doubles — Zara Bradley/Julie Bucio lost 6-0

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So, where do we stand?!

Posted in standings, tagged 1A Olympic League, baseball, CHS Wolves, Soccer, Softball, tennis on March 26, 2017| Leave a Comment »

Boys soccer is the only CHS sport to have played an Olympic League game this spring. (John Fisken photo)

And we’re underway. Sort of.

A damp, chilly spring has hijacked numerous games in the early going, so there’s some disparity between who has and hasn’t clashed with league foes yet.

Across the four sports which keep track of records — softball, baseball, soccer and tennis — Coupeville has only played one Olympic League contest, a soccer game against Chimacum which it won.

Meanwhile, Klahowya and Port Townsend have played four league games and Chimacum has already racked up seven.

With a schedule heavy on non-conference bouts, Coupeville is sitting above .500 overall, with a record of 7-6-1 across the four sports.

That’s not bad, considering six of those contests (2-3-1) have been against bigger 2A schools. When pitted against other 1A schools, CHS is 5-3 this spring.

Standings through Sunday:

Olympic League softball: