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“Jacki and Valen were on point!!”

Posted in Girls Tennis, tagged , , , , on May 13, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Jacki Ginnings (left) and Valen Trujillo swept the top two singles spots at the Olympic League tourney. (Ken Stange photo)

   Jacki Ginnings (left) and Valen Trujillo swept the top two singles spots at the Olympic League tourney. (Photos courtesy Ken Stange)

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Wolf coach Ken Stange jumps into the celebration.

They were the best all season, and nothing changed in the postseason.

Riding a one-two finish from singles players Jacki Ginnings and Valen Trujillo, the Coupeville High School girls’ tennis squad swept to a team title Tuesday at the 1A Olympic League tourney.

The Wolf duo now advance to districts, which will be held at Charles Wright Academy May 20.

Only the winner from what will be a super-tough districts draw chock full of private school players advances to state this year.

“We will travel and we will fight,” said CHS coach Ken Stange.

Powered by Ginnings and Trujillo, Coupeville outpaced Klahowya 10-5 to capture the league team title. Chimacum (3) and Port Townsend (2) rounded out the field.

Klahowya and Chimacum each sent a doubles team on to districts, with the Wolves narrowly missing out on a spot.

Freshmen Payton Aparicio and Sage Renninger took third, while Micky LeVine and Sydney Autio placed fourth.

Complete results:

Singles:

Round One (single elimination)

Jacki Ginnings beat Makenzie Richey (Chim) 8-0
Valen Trujillo beat Sydney Jackson (Kla) 8-3
McKenzie Bailey lost to Laura De Michelli (PT) 8-3

Semifinals:

Ginnings beat Montano (Kla) 8-2
Trujillo beat De Michelli (PT) 8-4

Championship:

Ginnings beat Trujillo 8-4

“While we played well in doubles, we shined in singles, as we have all season long,” Stange said. “McKenzie nearly upended De Michelli. Jacki and Valen were on point.

“Valen had a bit of trouble in the opening round, playing against a soft hitter, but once she figured out how to generate her own pace, she was good to go,” he added. “Jacki rolled over everyone, until she met Valen in the final. She certainly had to earn her title.”

Doubles:

Round One (Single Elimination):

Payton Aparicio/Sage Renninger beat Amelia Breithaupt/Casi Rowland (PT) 8-2
Sydney Autio/Micky LeVine beat Sophia Kovaleskie/Hailey Sargent (Kla) 9-7
Ana Luvera/Ivy Luvera lost to Sarah Allen/Ray Maki (Chim) 8-0

Semifinals:

Aparicio/Renninger lost to Shania Rose/Danielle Frederick (Kla) 8-1
Autio/LeVine lost to Allen/Maki (Chim) 8-2

Semifinal Loser Bracket:

Aparicio/Renninger beat Autio/LeVine 8-4

2nd/3rd Place:

Aparicio/Renninger lost to Allen/Maki (Chim) 8-2

“Chimacum and Klahowya each had a strong doubles team. They were pretty dominant, especially Shania Rose,” Stange said. “She was certainly the day’s hardest hitter.

“All three of our teams stood their ground but were unable to overcome the pair of duos from our rival schools. Next year…”

The tourney brought an end to the careers of LeVine and the Luvera twins.

“The three seniors gave a combined eleven years to CHS tennis,” Stange said. “I’m grateful for all they’ve done.

“Over the last four years, those three have accounted for many wins and even more great memories,” he added. “They’ve left a positive mark on CHS and its team.”

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“This has been the perfect season!!”

Posted in Girls Tennis, tagged , , , , , , on May 8, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Ken Stange, tennis guru and racket-waving defender of his player's honor. (John Fisken)

Ken Stange, tennis guru and racket-waving defender of his player’s honor. (John Fisken photo)

It was a day for butt-whuppin’.

First, the Coupeville High School girls’ tennis squad closed out a flawless debut in the 1A Olympic League, crushing host Chimacum 6-1.

The victory, the tenth straight for the Wolves, brought their final record to 11-3 overall, 6-0 in league (they join the CHS girls’ basketball team as league champs during the 2014-2015 school year).

“The girls could have stepped off the gas,” Wolf coach Ken Stange said. “That’s just not how they roll, though.”

Then, as the team headed back to the ferry, with celebratory dinner from Port Townsend’s legendary Waterfront Pizza in hand, the Wolves found themselves the victims of a drive-by mooning by local high school boys.

At which point Stange, racket in hand, chased the ruffians down the town’s main drag, thoroughly freaking out the whippersnappers, who departed in great haste.

Hailed as a champion by his team — who decreed he should be named Player of the Match for his actions — Stange and his squad headed home, where the celebration raged on.

“We’ve been home for more than an hour. I live across the street from the school, and I can still hear a bunch of the girls who are still in the parking lot, whooping and hollering,” Stange wrote on Facebook.

“I love it. This has been the perfect season!”

Complete results:

Varsity:

1st Singles — Jacki Ginnings beat Laura De Michelli 6-0, 6-1

2nd Singles — Wynter Thorne beat Casi Rowland 6-2, 4-6, 10-8

“Wynter dominated in the first, and then was able to hold off the pesky Cowboy player in the third.”

3rd Singles — Ivy Luvera beat Amelia Breithaupt 6-1, 7-6(7-5)

1st Doubles — Payton Aparicio/Sage Renninger lost to Ray Maki/Sarah Allen 6-1, 6-1

2nd Doubles — Micky LeVine/Sydney Autio beat Holly Taylor/Alyssa Wolfe 6-4, 6-4

“These two have been playing well lately, and it was good to see them bag a solid straight set win.”

3rd Doubles — McKenzie Bailey/Jazmine Franklin beat Sophia Thurston/McKenzie Richey 2-6, 6-1, 10-7

“This was a fine match. I was proud of McKenzie and Jazmine for being able to make adjustments and fight adversity.”

4th Doubles — Ana Luvera/Mckenzie Meyer beat Chloe Patterson/Gladys Hitt 6-3, 6-1

“They were very dominant!”

JV:

Bree Daigneault/Haleigh Deasy beat Christina/Emily 6-4

Hanna Seiffert/Kameryn St Onge beat Christina/Emily 6-3

Maggie Crimmins/Ashley Smith beat Marley/Emma 6-4

Kenzi LaRue/Crimmins lost to Marley/Emma 6-3

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Buy another banner!!

Posted in Girls Tennis, tagged , , , , , on May 5, 2015| Leave a Comment »

McKenzie Bailey (John Fisken

McKenzie Bailey, a force on the tennis and basketball courts. (John Fisken photos)

Wynter Thorne

Wynter Thorne: The smile of a two-time league champ.

Precious few were in attendance for history.

With a busy day of sports (softball and boys’ soccer were playing at home as well) Monday, only a handful of fans were around to witness the Coupeville High School girls’ tennis team storm to a league title.

Crushing visiting Chimacum 6-1, the Wolves won their ninth straight match, improved to 10-3 overall, 5-0 in Olympic League play and won the inaugural championship banner in the first-year 1A league.

Sparking them to the victory were the duo of Wynter Thorne and McKenzie Bailey, who are the only Wolves to play on both of Coupeville’s league champs this school year.

Thorne, a senior who won at #3 singles, and Bailey, a junior who teamed with Sydney Autio to win at #2 doubles, also played for the school’s girls’ basketball team, which went 9-0 in league play.

Complete results from Senior Day:

Varsity:

1st Singles — Jacki Ginnings beat Laura De Michelli 6-3, 4-6, 10-6

“It was classic Jacki,” said Wolf coach Ken Stange. “It took forever, but she outlasted her opponent. The win pushed her individual record to 11-5.”

2nd Singles — Valen Trujillo beat Sophia Thurston 6-0, 6-0

“Double bagel. Enough said.”

3rd Singles — Wynter Thorne beat Amelia Breithaupt 6-3, 6-3

“Wynter had to work for it, but she used her deep shots and experience to put her foe in uncomfortable positions.”

1st Doubles — Payton Aparicio/Sage Renninger lost to Sarah Allen/Ray Maki 6-1, 6-3

“Going against the best team in the league, our ninth graders put up a solid fight, making the second set interesting.

“The score doesn’t show how exciting the match was. There were many hotly contested points.”

2nd Doubles — McKenzie Bailey/Sydney Autio beat Amy Plastow/Rachel Smith 6-1, 6-1

“Sydney and McKenzie are a couple of powerful players. They flat-out overwhelmed their opponents.”

3rd Doubles — Micky LeVine/Ana Luvera beat Tessa Rasmussen/Jordyn Johnson 6-0, 6-1

“Watching them warm up, I thought this match could be on and off the court in half an hour. It took 35 minutes.”

4th Doubles — Haleigh Deasy/Ivy Luvera beat Chloe Patterson/Juliet Alban Vallett 6-1, 6-1

“This was another quick match, lasting about 40 minutes.”

JV:

Bree Daigneault/Mckenzie Meyer beat Emily Calkins/Christina Bell 8-3

Hanna Seiffert/Kenzi LaRue beat Marley Music/Brianne Williamson 8-2

Maggie Crimmins/Kameryn St. Onge trailed Breithaupt/Maki 4-1 (rain)

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Twice the action! Twice the wins!!

Posted in Girls Tennis, tagged , , , , , on May 1, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Jacki Ginnings (John Fisken photos)

Jacki Ginnings pulled double duty Thursday, playing in two matches as the Wolves swept host Klahowya. (John Fisken photos)

Bree Daigneault (left) and Haleigh Deasy made their varsity debuts and both won.

Bree Daigneault (left) and Haleigh Deasy made their varsity debuts, both winning.

Ernie Banks would have been proud.

Getting a rare chance to embrace the mantra of the Chicago Cubs legend — “It’s a beautiful day for a game. Let’s play two!” — the Coupeville High School girls’ tennis squad swatted host Klahowya twice Thursday.

The 6-1 and 5-2 wins (the first was to make up for a rain-out) lifted Coupeville to 9-3 overall and a flawless 4-0 in Olympic League play.

Now winners of eight straight matches, the Wolves are just a win over Chimacum away from earning the school its second league title of the 2014-2015 school year.

They would follow in the footsteps of the CHS girls’ basketball program, which went 9-0.

Two Wolves, senior Wynter Thorne and junior McKenzie Bailey, played for both teams.

With the need to get two matches in, the coaches agreed to shorten play to pro sets and skip JV play.

Which didn’t mean the Wolf JV players didn’t see action, as two of them made their varsity debuts, both winning.

The first match of the day was half finished April 21 before rain hit in Coupeville, but two of the Coupeville players who were on court at the time were MIA Thursday, which would have meant forfeits.

Instead, the Klahowya coach offered a compromise and allowed both squads to reset their lineups and start over with matches shortened from the usual best two of three sets format.

“I loved the idea,” said Wolf coach Ken Stange.

MATCH 1:

1st Singles — Jacki Ginnings beat Shania Rose 8-4

Never one to play short matches, Ginnings stayed on the court for a full 90 minutes for one set (the second game went to deuce 12 times), slugging out a win and nabbing Player of the Match honors.

2nd Singles — Valen Trujillo beat Marissa Montano 8-3

3rd Singles — Ana Luvera lost to Allison Burchett 8-4

1st Doubles — Payton Aparicio/Sydney Autio beat Sydney Jackson/Natalie Zimmer 8-2

With Sage Renninger absent, Stange shuffled his top duo, plugging in Autio, who rose to the occasion.

“Sydney was hitting balls so hard that the kids running the track could probably hear the crack of the ball on her racket!”

2nd Doubles — McKenzie Bailey/Wynter Thorne beat Sophia Kovaleskie/Hailey Sargent 8-3

“Wynter and McKenzie were on point today. They dropped the first game, and then assaulted the other team with power and angles. They were quite overwhelming with their heavy shots.”

3rd Doubles — Ivy Luvera/Jazmine Franklin beat Maddy Rienks/Marianne Marker 8-1

4th Doubles — Mckenzie Meyer/Bree Daigneault beat Sarah Ackerman/Desi Watts 8-1

“This was Bree’s first varsity match of the year, and she won. Ah, I love it when a plan comes together!”

MATCH 2:

1st Singles — Ginnings lost to Montano 8-3

2nd Singles — Trujillo beat Burchett 8-1

3rd Singles — Coupeville wins, no names reported

1st Doubles — Aparicio/Autio lost to Rose/Sargent 8-4

2nd Doubles — Bailey/Franklin beat Zimmer/Kovaleskie 8-2

“McKenzie and Jazmine were on fire! They have played together quite often and they are getting to know each other’s tendencies.

“It’s one of the joys of coaching to watch a pair grow into a single entity. Their unified effort earned them Players of the Match.”

3rd Doubles — Ivy Luvera/Haleigh Deasy beat Rienks/Marker 9-7

“It was Haleigh’s first varsity match of the season, and it was a shootout.

“We got out to an early lead, but Klahowya came back, evening the score at seven apiece. We were able to hold and break serve to win the final two, sealing the match win for the team.”

4th Doubles — Ana Luvera/Daigneault beat Allison Johnson/Brittney Johnson 8-0

“The nice kids from Klahowya couldn’t handle our experience. Ana and Bree were businesslike in their win. I could hardly hear a peep from their court.”

At the end of a long, but successful, afternoon, Stange, a ten-year vet at Coupeville, crossed off another thing from his To-Do list.

“It was a fun day, winning two,” he said. “I’ve never been a part of a tennis doubleheader at CHS.”

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Don’t stop believin’ (and winnin’)!!

Posted in Girls Tennis, tagged , , , , on April 30, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Valen Trujillo, back after resting a bum shoulder, won big Wednesday. (Amy Trujillo photo)

Valen Trujillo, back after resting a bum shoulder, won big Wednesday. (Amy Trujillo photo)

Once the wins started coming, they haven’t stopped.

Bouncing back after a tough bit of learning under duress, when it played several of the state’s top programs, the Coupeville High School girls’ tennis team has hit its stride in recent weeks.

Wednesday the Wolves laid down a 4-1 beat-down on host Friday Harbor, the team’s sixth straight victory.

Now 7-3 overall, 2-0 in Olympic League play, Coupeville hopes to double up on its league wins with a doubleheader at Klahowya today.

The two teams will finish off a suspended match from April 21 (the Wolves were rolling to a victory when rain hit), then play today’s regularly scheduled match.

Win both of those (and it would be a shocking upset if they didn’t) and the Wolves have all but clinched a league title.

All that remains ahead of them are two matches against Chimacum, a school they drilled 6-1 in their first meeting.

Coupeville plays those matches May 4 and 7, with a non-conference tilt at Sequim in between on May 5.

Complete results from Wednesday:

Varsity:

1st Singles — Jacki Ginnings lost to Ashton Timmons 3-6, 6-3, 10-4

“This match was eerily similar to one they played last week,” said Wolf coach Ken Stange. “Jacki played well, but Ashton was once again able to come back and pull out the win.

“Jacki will get back on track tomorrow, hopefully nailing down two wins.”

2nd Singles — Valen Trujillo beat Yasmin Sarah 6-4, 6-1

Returning after missing a week with a bum shoulder, the Wolf sophomore sensation netted Player of the Match honors.

“Valen’s back. She was a bit rusty in the first half of the opening set, but she started to find her form as she headed into the second.

“She put her foe away with relative ease.”

1st Doubles — Payton Aparicio/Sage Renninger beat Summer Fox/Morgan Timmons 6-3, 6-2

“The frosh duo is starting to find a groove. They’ve played enough tennis together by now that each one can anticipate the other’s next move.

“They’re also learning on the fly, in a #1 spot. They’ve learned quite a bit from their losses; it’s good for them to gain the wisdom that comes from putting an opponent down.”

2nd Doubles — McKenzie Bailey/Wynter Thorne beat Sophie Dillery/Hailey Loucks 6-3, 6-0

“The Friday Harbor girls ran into McFlurry, an experienced doubles combo.

“Wynter and McKenzie have played a lot of tennis together, and they put that experience to work, getting off the court in short order.”

3rd Doubles — Sydney Autio/Jazmine Franklin beat Isabel Gabriel/Halle Carrier 6-2, 6-0

“Having Sydney at #3 is almost unfair. What’s more, Jazmine was knocking the fuzz off the ball today.

“Their match was over in what seemed like the blink of an eye.”

JV:

Ana Luvera/Ivy Luvera beat Jillian/ Madeline 8-2

Micky LeVine/Mckenzie Meyer beat Mia McMillan/Nayleah Tucker-Belt 8-0

Bree Daigneault/Haleigh Deasy beat Mia Saccio/Mariah Daniher 4-0 (“We had to catch the ferry!”)

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