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Two up, two down!!

Posted in standings, tagged , , , , , on September 17, 2017| Leave a Comment »

   Lindsey Roberts and the Coupeville girls soccer squad sit atop the Olympic League at 2-0. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

We’re a week or two into year four of the 1A Olympic League and one thing remains consistent — it’s still a two-team race.

Klahowya, the biggest of the league’s four schools by far, and Coupeville, its smallest, are the heavyweights.

Port Townsend and Chimacum? With a couple of exceptions, cannon fodder.

Take 10 of the 11 varsity sports Coupeville fields a team in (we skip track, since team records are a moot point) and the win totals from 2014 to spring 2017 are:

Klahowya – 145
Coupeville – 133
Chimacum – 74
Port Townsend – 70

After the Eagles were top dogs the first two years, Coupeville (which has raised its win total each year) took the crown in 2016-2017.

As of end of play Saturday night, the early fall totals have Klahowya clinging to a 4-3 lead on Coupeville, while the other schools have yet to notch a league win.

Counting non-conference games, the Wolves (8-6) and Eagles (8-5) are tied (with Coupeville the only school to have at least one victory in each sport).

Meanwhile Port Townsend (1-9) is taking a major hit in its biggest sport, football, while Chimacum (2-8), is struggling in everything except football.

Current standings through Sept. 17:

Olympic/Nisqually League football:

School League Overall
COUPEVILLE 0-0 2-1
Cascade Christian 0-0 2-1
Charles Wright 0-0 2-1
Chimacum 0-0 2-1
Bellevue Christian 0-0 0-3
Klahowya 0-0 0-3
Port Townsend 0-0 0-3
Vashon Island 0-0 0-3

Olympic League volleyball:

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

Olympic League girls soccer:

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

Olympic League boys tennis:

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

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Work today, play tomorrow!!

Posted in Volleyball, tagged , , , , on September 14, 2017| Leave a Comment »

   The Coupeville Middle School 7th grade spikers are counting down the days until their first match. (Kimberly Bepler photos)

   Former CHS volleyball coach Toni Crebbin (left) swings by the gym to impart wisdom to the new generation.

Drills…

And more drills.

   With a year of middle school play under their belt, the 8th graders are wise old veterans.

The countdown begins.

Coupeville Middle School volleyball players are hard at work, running drills and learning new skills, as they heads towards their first match.

Play begins Sept. 20, with a road trip to Sequim, while the Wolves home debut is set for Sept. 28.

CMS has five home matches this season, with play set to tip-off at 3:15 PM each time:

Sept. 28 — Stevens
Oct. 2 — Forks
Oct. 9 — Sequim
Oct. 23 — Chimacum
Oct. 25 — Port Townsend

While we’re waiting for competition to begin, 7th grade co-coach Kimberly Bepler provides us with a glimpse inside the gym with the photos above.

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Wolves savage Cowboys!!

Posted in Volleyball, tagged , , , , , on September 13, 2017| Leave a Comment »

   Katrina McGranahan had six kills and four service aces Tuesday as CHS romped to a win in its league opener. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Brutally efficient.

Attacking from the moment it hopped off the ferry to the moment it clambered back on Tuesday, the Coupeville High School volleyball squad looked very much like the unit that swept to a league crown last season.

Decimating host Chimacum in straight sets, the Wolves ran their season record to 2-0, while grabbing a huge win in their Olympic League opener.

Key to the 25-9, 25-11, 25-4 romp were keywords like aggressiveness and consistency, something every coach wants to see.

“Very happy with our consistent play today,” CHS spiker guru Cory Whitmore said. “Playing our speed and back to aggressive serving and attacking.”

Once the ball was in play, every Wolf on the floor chipped in with solid, often inspired play.

“The setters did a great job of distributing the ball,” Whitmore said. “But our passers provided great first ball contacts to work with.”

Sophomore Maya Toomey-Stout led Coupeville at the service stripe, pounding home five aces, while three of her veteran teammates — Payton Aparicio, Lauren Rose and Katrina McGranahan — chipped in with four apiece.

Rose collected 11 assists, sharing set-up duties with Ashley Menges (six assists), while McGranahan (six kills) and Aparicio (four kills) were the primary beneficiaries.

Coupeville, which doesn’t play its first home match until Sept. 26, is off to Yakima for the SunDome Volleyball Festival Friday, an all-day event which pits 32 schools drawn from 1B, 2B, 1A and 2A.

The tourney, which is played on the same courts where the 1A state tourney is held, will give the Wolves a feel of what it would be like to play in the big show.

CHS advanced to state four straight years from 2001-2004, winning at least one match every time, but hasn’t been back since, a streak this year’s senior-led squad wants to break.

Young guns sweep:

Coupeville swept to straight-sets wins in both JV and C-Team action, as well.

“The JV just cruised. They carried on where they left off from this weekend (at the South Whidbey Invite) and just dominated both sets,” said Wolf JV coach Chris Smith. “After facing varsity competition all weekend the JV was geared up and ready to play at a different level.

“They were playing well as a team and set the tone from the service line.”

The C-Team, comprised of freshmen, saw action against a rival for the first time this season.

“The nerves were high with the ‘C’ team, but once they settled down they cruised,” Smith said.

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The future is full of spikes!!

Posted in Middle School, Volleyball, tagged , , , , on September 12, 2017| Leave a Comment »

   Jaelyn Crebbin and her teammates are ready to bite into a new season of middle school volleyball. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

A new generation of volleyball legends has arrived.

Some we’ve heard a bit about, while others are newcomers, but one thing is certain — Coupeville Middle School coaches will have full benches this season.

CMS 8th grade coach Casie Greve is back for a third season, while former Wolves Kimberly Bepler and Sarah Lyngra take over the 7th grade team.

The current roster:

8th grade:

Cecilia Camerena
Abby Clinkscales
Ella Colwell
Kiara Contreras
Jaelyn Crebbin
Noelle Daigneault
Angelina Gebhard
Chloe LaRue
Anya Leavell
Lily Leedy
Abby Mulholland
Audriana Shaw
Morgan Stevens
Samantha Streitler
Amanda Thomas
Kylie Vanvelkinburgh
Bella Velasco
Izzy Wells
Eryn Wood
Lita Woolett

7th grade:

Harlee Ausman
Kaielle Bepler
Alita Blouin
Karyme Castro
Vivian Farris
Hayley Fiedler
Gwen Gustafson
Taygin Jump
Ally Lucero
Maya Lucero
Trinity McGee
Sofia Peters
Abigail Place
Jill Prince
Jordyn Rogers
Brynn Schmid
Cypress Socha
Lucy Tenore

Managers:

Graci Lemaster
Mckenna Somes

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It’s early, but it’s good!!

Posted in standings, tagged , , , , , on September 10, 2017| Leave a Comment »

   Wolf faithful (l to r) Ema Smith, Lindsey Roberts and Courteny Arnold enjoy Coupeville’s strong start. (John Fisken photo)

Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together, mass hysteria.

OK, we’re not quite there … yet.

Two weeks into a new football season, things have gone topsy-turvy, with Coupeville and Chimacum sitting at 2-0, while Port Townsend and Klahowya wallow at 0-2.

That’s a huge reversal from recent seasons, but, before we get too giddy here, let’s remember one thing — no one has played a single league game yet.

Plus, Cascade Christian, which was undefeated heading into the playoffs last season, is also 2-0, so some things have stayed completely normal.

While football got a jump on the other sports, soccer, tennis and volleyball have all joined the action, except for a handful of contests in Kitsap County bumped because of the smoggy fall-out from Canadian fires which filled Washington skies.

As we make the turn, an up-to-the-moment look at how Coupeville and its closest rivals are faring in the still-early days of a new fall season.

Olympic/Nisqually League football:

School League Overall
COUPEVILLE 0-0 2-0
Cascade Christian 0-0 2-0
Charles Wright 0-0 2-0
Chimacum 0-0 2-0
Bellevue Christian 0-0 0-2
Klahowya 0-0 0-2
Port Townsend 0-0 0-2
Vashon Island 0-0 0-2

Olympic League volleyball:

School League Overall
COUPEVILLE 0-0 1-0
Chimacum 0-0 0-1
Klahowya 0-0 0-1
Port Townsend 0-0 0-1

Olympic League girls soccer:

School League Overall
Klahowya 0-0 1-0
COUPEVILLE 0-0 1-1
Chimacum 0-0 0-1
Port Townsend 0-0 0-1

Olympic League boys tennis:

School League Overall
Klahowya 0-0 1-0
Chimacum 0-0 0-0
COUPEVILLE 0-0 0-1

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