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Courts stay dry, netters stay hot!!

Posted in Boys Tennis, tagged 1A Olympic League, Aaron Curtin, Chimacum, CHS Wolves, Ken Stange, Sebastian Davis, tennis on October 17, 2014| Leave a Comment »

John McClarin prepares to unleash hot death on his foes. (John Fisken photos)

John McClarin has been an effective doubles player this season for the Wolves. (John Fisken photo)

It’s unthinkable.

Enjoying an almost flawless final day of the regular season Thursday, the Coupeville High School boys’ tennis squad capped a nine-match run with no actual rain-outs.

Take away one match at Klahowya called at the two-thirds point and this might be the first fall season in which weather, and the notorious Port Townsend ferry run, both declined to make a dent in the schedule.

After a decade in the game, Wolf coach Ken Stange will take it.

“We could not have asked the weather gods for a more pleasant mid-October day in Port Townsend, nor could we have asked the tennis gods for a better day on the court,” Stange crowed. “We absolutely pasted the Chimacum squad today, ending our regular season on an extremely high note!”

Coupeville won for the fourth time in six matches, sweeping their hosts 7-0 to finish the season at 4-5 overall, 4-2 in Olympic League play.

Making an auspicious debut in the new league, the 1A Wolves swept three from the Cowboys, lost twice to Klahowya and also claimed a victory over 2A league mate North Mason this season.

“I’m quite happy that our players continued to improve, posting better scores as they played the same players for the second and third times,” Stange said.

CHS had little trouble with Chimacum, taking 11 of the 14 varsity sets at 6-0 or 6-1.

“It was very fun and very businesslike,” Stange said. “Now we can set our sights on the league tournament.”

Coupeville will take three singles players (Aaron Curtin, Sebastian Davis and Kyle Bodamer) and three doubles team to that tourney.

While his top trio is set in stone, Stange will let all of his doubles duos duel it out for postseason berths.

“We’ve had a fair amount of movement on the doubles ladder this year, so we will be shaking out our doubles lineup tomorrow,” he said.

Complete results:

Varsity:

1st Singles — Aaron Curtin beat Dylan Glessing 6-2, 6-1

2nd Singles — Sebastian Davis beat Jonny Rodgers 6-1, 6-0

3rd Singles — Kyle Bodamer beat Chris Seville 6-2, 6-0

1st Doubles — Loren Nelson/Connor McCormick beat Ryle Gepitulan/Sean Miller 6-1, 6-1

2nd Doubles — Joseph Wedekind/John McClarin beat Connor Cottier/Zack Smith 6-0, 6-1

3rd Doubles — William Nelson/Joey Lippo beat Nate Miller/Emmett Erickson 6-4, 6-1

4th Doubles — Grey Rische/Jared Helmstadter beat John Pace/Kale Gonzalez 6-1, 6-1

JV:

Ethan Marx/Jimmy Myers lost to Seville/Gepitulan 8-3

Lilan Sekigawa/Nick Dion beat Pace/Gonzales 8-3

Geoffrey McClarin/Garrett Compton lost to Cottier/Smith 6-2

Alex Schmakeit/Jeremiah Pace lost to Seville/Gepitulan 7-6

Nick Etzell/Ethan Spark beat Pace/Gonzalez 6-2

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Rain washes away Wolves!!

Posted in Boys Tennis, tagged CHS Wolves, Klahowya, rain, Sebastian Davis, tennis on October 15, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Sebastian Davis uncorks a little serve he likes to call "The Crippler."

Sebastian Davis was the lone Wolf to win Monday. (John Fisken photo)

The weather finally caught up to them.

After playing an almost unprecedented seven straight matches to start the fall season without suffering a single rain-out, the Coupeville High School boys’ tennis squad finally ran into liquid hell Monday.

The Wolves were actually at the halfway point of their match in Klahowya before court conditions reached the point of no return.

Trailing 3-1, with three varsity matches still in play, they had to accept reality and head back to the bus.

No word on whether it’s an official loss (CHS entered the day 3-4 on the season).

Coupeville wraps regular season play with back-to-back road matches (weather permitting), traveling to Sequim Wednesday, before popping over to play Chimacum Thursday.

The Wolves will participate in the Olympic League tourney Oct. 22-23.

Complete results from Monday:

Varsity:

1st Singles — Aaron Curtin lost to Jacob Gotchall 6-1, 6-2

2nd Singles — Sebastian Davis beat Eric Tyler 6-3, 6-0

3rd Singles — Jimmy Myers trailed Kyle Shoening 6-2, 3-4

1st Doubles — Loren Nelson/Connor McCormick lost to Jake Zieser/Ryan Gotchall 6-0, 6-3

2nd Doubles — John McClarin/Joseph Wedekind lost to Caden Haga/Connor Roberts 6-1, 6-0

3rd Doubles — Joey Lippo/William Nelson trailed Cam Dammeyer/Josef Woloschek 7-5, 2-0

4th Doubles — Grey Rische/Jared Helmstadter trailed Ryan Davis/Spencer Short 7-6, 0-1

JV:

Geoffrey McClarin/Garrett Compton beat Max Short/Cole Knuckey 6-3

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Wolf netters lasso Cowboys!!

Posted in Boys Tennis, tagged Aaron Curtin, Chimacum, CHS Wolves, Sebastian Davis, tennis on October 11, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Jared Helmstadter, not afraid to show his eyeballs in regular glasses.

Jared Helmstadter was pleased with the day’s results. (Wendy McCormick photo)

Complete and utter domination.

Winning all seven matches, two by default, and even beating the onset of bad weather to keep their no-rainout streak alive for the season, the Coupeville High School boys’ tennis squad enjoyed a romp Friday afternoon.

By the time the Wolves were done bouncing visiting Chimacum all over the court, they had a 7-0 win, their third straight team match win.

Now 3-4 on the season, CHS will finish 2014 on the road, with matches at Klahowya, Sequim and Chimacum, before participating in its first 1A Olympic League postseason tourney.

With Chimacum only able to shepherd eight players on to the ferry and across to Whidbey, the Cowboys had to forfeit two of the four doubles contests.

The #3 and #4 Coupeville doubles duos played one-set matches against Chimacum players pulling double duty in matches that didn’t count into the team score.

Not that it mattered, since it was all Wolves, all day, regardless of the match.

The top two doubles spots both featured strong moments for Coupeville.

Loren Nelson, returning after illness cost him several matches, teamed with Connor McCormick for a win at first singles, while the #2 Wolf duo of Joseph Wedekind and John McClarin snagged their first win of the season.

Complete results:

1st Singles — Aaron Curtin beat Dylan Glessing 6-1, 6-3

2nd Singles — Sebastian Davis beat Johnny Rodgers 3-6, 6-2, 6-1

3rd Singles — Kyle Bodamer beat Ryle Gepitulan 6-1, 6-4

1st Doubles — Loren Nelson/Connor McCormick beat Sean Miller/Zack Smith 7-5, 6-0

2nd Doubles — John McClarin/Joseph Wedekind beat Nate Miller/Emmett Erickson 6-0, 6-1

3rd Doubles — William Nelson/Joey Lippo beat Kale Gonzalez/S. Miller 8-3

4th Doubles — Grey Rische/Jared Helmstadter beat Gepitulan/Smith 8-3

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Win big, eat big!!

Posted in Boys Tennis, tagged Chimacum, CHS Wolves, Port Townsend pizza, tennis, Washington State ferries on October 2, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Aaron Curtin, seen here in an earlier match, won in straight sets Thursday. (John Fisken photo)

“It was a wild day all around!”

Surviving a sketchy ferry schedule, a late arrival to its destination and several close matches, the Coupeville High School boys’ tennis squad escaped back to Whidbey, pizza in hand, with a tidy 5-2 win over Chimacum Thursday.

The second straight win for the Wolves, now 2-4 on the season, it left a huge smile on coach Ken Stange’s face.

Or maybe that was just the pizza.

“While we were on our way to the peninsula, we planned a victory dinner in advance,” Stange said. “Everyone kicked in five dollars so we could order Port Townsend’s best pizza.

“Big thanks go out to Ron and Sandra Bodamer, who picked up our order and had it waiting for us when we dashed onto the ferry,” he added. “The boys were loud and fun.

“What’s more, I didn’t even have to ask them to do a good job of cleaning up. I love those guys!”

Just getting across the water to play Chimacum, whose roster includes a lone PTHS player, was the toughest part of the day for Coupeville.

With the ferry system running only one-boat on the day, the Wolves were considerably late in arriving, forcing the teams to modify the normal two-out-of-three-sets format for several doubles matches.

With time running down and the ferry threatening to leave with the pizza, Coupeville went to tiebreakers to decide the final three doubles matches, winning two of them.

That capped a day that started with a stroll through the singles contests as all three Wolves (Aaron Curtin, Sebastian Davis and Kyle Bodamer) won in straight sets.

“Sebastian and Kyle were on and off the court in short order, while Aaron faced a pesky defensive tennis player in the top slot,” Stange said. “Aaron’s opponent just wouldn’t go away.

“He kept chasing down Aaron’s big shots, but Aaron was able to consistently outlast the top Cowboy.”

Coupeville is now off for a week, with Chimacum scheduled to travel to Whidbey for a rematch Friday, Oct. 10.

No word on whether they’ll bring pizza with them.

Complete results:

Varsity:

1st Singles — Aaron Curtin beat Dylan Glessing 6-3, 6-3

2nd Singles — Sebastian Davis beat Jonny Rogers 6-1, 6-2

3rd Singles — Kyle Bodamer beat Sean Miller 6-1, 6-1

1st Doubles — Joseph Wedekind/John McClarin lost to Ryle Gapitulan/Justin Tayler 6-1, 7-5

2nd Doubles — William Nelson/Joey Lippo beat Zach Smith/Chris Sevilla 6-2, 8-6

3rd Doubles — Grey Rische/Jared Helmstadter lost to Emmett Erickson/Nate Miller 3-6, 10-4, 9-8

4th Doubles — Connor McCormick/Jimmy Myers beat Kale Gonzalez/Connor Cottier 6-3, 10-8

JV:

Brian Shank/Aiden Crimmins beat John Bell/Gapitulan 7-5

“We only had time for one contest, but it was a good one!,” Stange said. “Brian and Aiden played really well, beating a team that featured half of Chimacum’s winning #1 doubles team!

“I was proud of their effort and hustle,” he added. “Brian was forceful with his racket. Aiden took the opposite approach, playing soft and smooth. Both were effective and they came out on top.”

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