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Young Wolves impress at hoops tourney

Posted in Basketball, tagged Boys Basketball, Diesel Eck, Geoff Kappes, SWISH, Tulip Tournament on March 30, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Coupeville basketball is on the rise. (Photo courtesy Taylor Little)

Survive and thrive.

Winning four of five games, the Coupeville SWISH boys’ basketball team claimed 4th place this weekend in the 7th grade division at the 33rd annual Tulip Basketball Tournament.

The event, hosted by Skagit County Parks and Recreation, featured 30 games in the 7th grade division between Friday and Sunday.

The Wolves, coached by Geoff Kappes, opened with a 38-29 win over the Southside Bombers.

Coupeville kept the hot streak going by bouncing Friday Harbor 40-21, before absorbing its only loss in a 40-28 defeat to Mount Vernon, which finished 3rd in the tourney.

Bouncing right back, the Wolves closed their tourney run with a 44-37 win over Lakewood and a 47-37 defeat of the Bellingham Sonics.

“Arguably the best these kids have ever played,” said Wolf Mom Taylor Little. “Great coaching, great playing, and teamwork.

“Coach Kappes is amazing with them. He is an amazing leader and knows how to get kids set up to succeed.”

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Spike sisters soar to success

Posted in Volleyball, tagged championship, Lyla Stuurmans, Tenley Stuurmans, Tulip Tournament, volleyball on April 4, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Big hitters Lyla (left) and Tenley Stuurmans, always killin’ it on the volleyball court. (Photo courtesy Scott Stuurmans)

Sister, my sister, let the spikes fly.

Coupeville siblings Lyla and Tenley Stuurmans continue to shine on the volleyball court, whether wearing school or club uniforms.

The dynamic duo and their SIVA Blue South team, which plays out of Burlington, swept to a championship win at last weekend’s Tulip Festival Tournament in Skagit Valley.

The Stuurmans sisters, and their associates, won two matches Saturday, Apr. 1, and four more the following day to claim first-place in the U16 Gold division.

Club volleyball runs for two more months, with Lyla and Tenley scheduled to play in several more tourneys.

They’ll wrap the season with an appearance at the Emerald City Classic at the University of Washington May 27-29.

SIVA Blue South features a strong group of coach’s daughters, with the offspring of La Conner’s Pam Keller and Sedro-Woolley’s Shawna Tesarik joining the Stuurmans sisters, whose mom, Sarah, has had great success coaching Coupeville and Oak Harbor teams in multiple sports.

Playing club volleyball, especially off of Whidbey Island, has made the siblings step out of their comfort zone and learn to adapt to new responsibilities and positions.

Tenley, who is just 12, is “playing up” with most of her teammates being several years older, while Lyla has been a plug-and-play whirlwind, stepping in to take the place of missing teammates, often with little prior notice.

All while juggling multiple sports, as school track and field runs parallel with club volleyball.

Lyla, a sophomore at Coupeville High School, is currently the fastest 400 female runner in the 2B classification, while Tenley, a 7th grader, is expected to be one of the frontrunners for the middle school squad.

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Spikers sparkle, Tenore bids adieu

Posted in Volleyball, tagged Lucy Tenore, Skagit Valley, Tulip Tournament, volleyball, Whidbey Volleyball Club on April 2, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Lucy Tenore, and the parental units, celebrate the young star’s final weekend of prep volleyball. (Photo courtesy Christi Messner)

Lucy Tenore with the sweet swan song.

The Coupeville High School senior capped her prep volleyball career this weekend by leading the Whidbey Volleyball Club U18 spikers to a third-place finish at the Tulip Festival Tournament in Skagit County.

Tenore and Co. won five of seven matches, despite playing with the minimum six players Saturday.

That six-pack included Coupeville sophomore Katie Marti and junior Grey Peabody.

Wolf sophomores Mia Farris and Taylor Brotemarkle, who were mashing line drives for the Coupeville High School softball team Saturday, rejoined their volleyball compatriots for the final day of the tourney.

Whidbey won all eight sets it played Saturday, sweeping to four straight wins, then opened play Sunday with a fifth-straight sweep.

Two hotly contested losses, with the final one going to a third and deciding set, brought the tournament to an end.

Lucy Tenore, who currently plays tennis for the Wolf net crew, was a spike machine while playing high school and club volleyball during her teen years.

She is on target to graduate with the CHS Class of 2023 this spring but will leave behind younger sister Frankie to continue the family tradition of being awesome.

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