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Ginnings, Thorne postseason worthy!!

Posted in Girls Tennis, tagged , , , , on May 11, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Jacki Ginnings

   Jacki Ginnings played singles during the regular season, but is teaming with Wynter Thorne to play doubles in the postseason.

Sydney Aparicio (left) and Wynter Thorne celebrate their Player of the Match honors. (Ken Stange photo)

  Wynter Thorne (right) was a winner no matter who she played with. In this case, it was Sydney Aparicio.

Back alley brawlers Valen Trujillo (left) and Micky LeVine rule the tennis courts.

  Back alley brawlers Valen Trujillo (left) and Micky LeVine narrowly missed out on a trip to districts, but will be back to wreak havoc.

The lineup is set. Bring on the Falcons!

After sitting for two days thanks to constant rain, the Coupeville High School girls’ tennis team decided the final two members of its six-player district tournament squad Saturday.

Playing in front of an impressive crowd for an inter-squad rumble, Jacki Ginnings and Wynter Thorne pulled out a barn burner win over Micky LeVine and Valen Trujillo.

The 4-6, 7-5, 6-4 victory propels Ginnings and Thorne into the #2 doubles slot for Tuesday’s district tourney at Langley, where the Wolf duo will face off with opponents from schools such as South Whidbey, Blaine and Friday Harbor.

While he wasn’t cheering for either side in an effort to be neutral, CHS coach Ken Stange was pleased with the hustle, effort and aggression he saw play out on the court.

“One of the things I enjoyed about the match was that all four girls were extremely competitive,” Stange said. “They played aggressive tennis and would even question a close call.

“However, throughout the whole match, all four girls displayed a genuine respect for each other,” he added. “Both teams took turns winning and losing, but the positive comments were constant from both sides.”

Ginnings and Thorne will join #1 doubles duo Sydney Autio and Sydney Aparicio and singles players Allie Hanigan and Maureen Rice in making the trip down-Island.

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Netters bounce back big time!!

Posted in Girls Tennis, tagged , , , , on April 29, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Sydney Aparicio (left) and Wynter Thorne celebrate their Player of the Match honors. (Ken Stange photo)

  Sydney Aparicio (left) and Wynter Thorne celebrate their Player of the Match honors. (Ken Stange photo)

They got that winning feeling back.

Snapping a five-match losing streak, the Coupeville High School girls’ tennis squad shredded visiting Granite Falls 4-1 Tuesday. The victory avenged a narrow loss to the Tigers from last week, and put a smile on CHS coach Ken Stange’s face.

After taking a 5-2 loss to the joint forces of Port Townsend and Chimacum a day before, Stange shuffled his lineup and everything clicked against the Tigers.

The win lifted Coupeville to 4-7 with two matches left in the regular season.

The highlight of the Granite Falls match came from a new-look doubles duo of Wynter Thorne and Sydney Aparicio, who collected Player of the Match honors for a gritty win.

“Sydney and Wynter both played the best tennis of their lives, and they did it against the GF duo who held my #1 team to five games in our match last week,” Stange said. “They hit harder, they were more accurate, and they went for each and every ball. It was inspiring tennis.”

Complete results:

Granite Falls:

Varsity:

1st Singles — Allie Hanigan beat Laura Gilbertson 6-2, 6-2

2nd Singles — Jacki Ginnings beat Brianna Cverarich 6-2, 6-1

1st Doubles — Samantha Martin/McKenzie Bailey lost to Katelyn Gresli/Hailey Arndt 6-2, 6-0

2nd Doubles — Sydney Aparicio/Wynter Thorne beat McKenzie Meyer/Annie Hart 6-3, 6-2

3rd Doubles — Valen Trujillo/Sydney Autio (CHS) beat Emma Loney Brynne Mota-Soriano 6-0, 6-4

JV:

4th Doubles — Ivy Luvera/Ana Luvera beat Stephanie Selia/Allison Middleton 8-4

5th Doubles — Micky LeVine/Bree Daigneault beat Kalin Pierce/Shelby Beehler 8-5

6th Doubles — Haleigh Deasy/Maureen Rice lost to Feliciana Naranja/Holly Carey 8-3

7th Doubles — Jazmine Franklin/Thorne (CHS) beat Naranja/Carey 8-3

Port Townsend/Chimacum:

Varsity:

1st Singles — Hanigan beat Frances Sheldon O’Neal 7-5, 6-4

2nd Singles — Ginnings lost to An Nguyen 6-1, 7-5 (8-6)

3rd Singles — Thorne lost to Olivia Baird 6-1, 5-2 (had to catch a ferry)

1st Doubles — Martin/Aparicio lost to Sarah Allen/Rachel Maki 4-6, 6-2, 10-5

2nd Doubles — LeVine/Bailey lost to Vy Nguyen/Casi Rowland  6-4, 6-3

3rd Doubles — Trujillo/I. Luvera (CHS) beat Sarah McEdwards/Sophia Thurston 6-2, 6-4

4th Doubles — A. Luvera/Franklin lost to Alyssa Wolfe/Holly Taylor (ferry)

JV:

5th Doubles — Deasy/Rice beat Amy/Rachel 5-1

6th Doubles — Daigneault/Aparicio beat McKenzie Richey/Shanya Nisbett 4-1

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And that’s Wynter Thorne kickin’ your butt!!

Posted in Girls Tennis, tagged , , , on April 24, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Wynter Thorne (middle, standing), also a pro at making sand castles with basketball teammates Monica Vidoni (left) and Kacie Kiel. (Amy King photo)

  Wynter Thorne (in UW sweatshirt), also a pro at making sand castles with basketball teammates Monica Vidoni (left) and Kacie Kiel. (Amy King photo)

Micky LeVine teamed with Valen Trujillo for a big doubles win. (John Fisken photo)

Micky LeVine teamed with Valen Trujillo for a big doubles win. (John Fisken photo)

Wynter Thorne seized the moment.

Given a chance to play singles for the first time Wednesday, the Coupeville High School junior moved out into the solo spotlight and pasted her opponent at Granite Falls.

With top Wolf singles player Allie Hanigan out and the two teams playing a best-of-seven format since Granite is a 2A school, as opposed to Coupeville’s normal best-of-five format, Thorne shed her normal role as a doubles player.

When she did, she was flawless, blasting to a double bagel, 6-0, 6-0, win.

“This was a fun win for Wynter. She made the most of her opportunity!” said Coupeville coach Ken Stange.

In the end, though, the Wolves didn’t have quite enough firepower to pull off the upset, falling 4-3 in an extremely close match, their third in as many days.

“Even though we were missing our top player, the girls battled hard,” Stange said. “Hopefully, we can get back to winning today, if the weather lets up.”

Coupeville (3-6) is scheduled to host Lakewood, a team it beat earlier this season, at 3:30 PM if the rain stays away.

Complete Wednesday results:

Varsity:

1st Singles — Jacki Ginnings lost to Hailey Arndt 6-2, 6-2

“Jacki just came back from illness. She was tired but fought like a wild animal.”

2nd Singles — McKenzie Bailey lost to Kaitlyn Gresli 6-1, 6-0

3rd Singles — Sydney Autio lost to Laura Gilbertson 7-5, 6-1

4th Singles — Wynter Thorne beat Holly Curry 6-0, 6-0

1st Doubles — Sydney Aparicio/Samantha Martin lost to McKenzie Meyer/Annie Hart 6-3, 6-2

2nd Doubles — Ivy Luvera/Ana Luvera beat Emma Loney/Brynne Mota-Soriano 7-5, 6-0

3rd Doubles — Valen Trujillo/Micky LeVine beat Stephanie Selia/Kailan Pierce 6-4, 6-1

“These girls are a couple of energizer bunnies, and neither of them showed the effects of having to play three matches in three days,” Stange said. “They will probably have the same energy level today!”

JV:

4th Doubles — Bree Daigneault/Jazmine Franklin beat Taylor Peep/Allison Middleton 9-8 (7-3)

Daigneault/Franklin beat Feliciana Naranjo/Shelby Beehler 8-4

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“It’s better to be cold than warm!!”

Posted in Girls Tennis, tagged , , , on March 18, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Wynter Thorne (John Fisken photo)

Wynter Thorne teamed with McKenzie Bailey for a big win at #2 doubles Tuesday. (John Fisken photo)

It was bounce back day on the CHS tennis courts.

Recovering nicely from an opening day loss, the duo of Wynter Thorne and McKenzie Bailey found their missing mojo Tuesday, storming to a key win at #2 doubles that proved to be the difference in Coupeville’s 3-2 win over longtime rival Friday Harbor.

The victory, which also featured singles players Allie Hanigan and Jacki Ginnings remaining undefeated in 2014, lifted the Wolves to a sparkling 2-0 on the season.

Next up, a big-time test Friday, when Coupeville travels to Blaine to face a very tough Borderite team.

But that’s still three days away, leaving CHS coach Ken Stange plenty of time to marinate in the joy of victory.

“It was an exciting day for our team,” he said. “Our girls continue to improve and we’re looking good.”

Thorne and Bailey shared Player of the Match honors for their crucial win over a duo that featured a girl named Summer.

“In a battle that featured opposite seasons, CHS proved that it’s better to be cold than warm,” Stange said, with tongue firmly in cheek. “I was proud of our girls, who yesterday struggled with their opposition. Today, they came out firing.

“Wynter played under control and McKenzie unleashed her aggression,” he added. “This was a big win that will instill much confidence in my duo.”

Hanigan and Ginnings both pulled out hard-fought wins, with Ginnings going to three sets to claim hers, after dropping the opening set in a tiebreaker.

Complete results:

Varsity:

1st Singles — Allie Hanigan beat Roxanne Bormann 6-3, 7-6 (7-4)
2nd Singles — Jacki Ginnings beat Yasmin Sarah 6-7 (3-7), 6-2, 6-3
1st Doubles — Samantha Martin/Sydney Aparicio lost to Meagan Anderson/Ashton Timmons 6-0, 4-6, 6-2
2nd Doubles — McKenzie Bailey/Wynter Thorne beat Summer Fox/Sophie Dillery 6-3, 6-2
3rd Doubles — Valen Trujillo/Ana Luvera lost to Kendall Calvert/Isabel Gibbons 6-4, 6-2

JV:

4th Doubles — Ivy Luvera/Micky LeVine beat Mai Ngo/Samantha Hopkins 8-5
5th Doubles — Maureen Rice/Haleigh Deasy beat Morgan Timmons/Isabella Brown 8-0
6th Doubles — Rice/Deasy beat Jessica Goncalves/Faith Buck 6-0

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Win big? Win little? Just win, baby!!

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged , , , , on January 24, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Mattea Miller brings the ball up-court under pressure.

Mattea Miller, seen in an earlier game, was everywhere Friday, banging for boards, fighting for loose balls and hitting a couple of key buckets. (John Fisken photo).

It started as a rout and ended up becoming a thriller.

From holding visiting Lakewood scoreless for the first 14 minutes of the game, to narrowly clinging to a one-point lead late in the third, the Coupeville High School JV girls’ basketball team made life interesting for coach Amy King Friday night.

But in the end, no matter how they got there, the Wolves, repping the smallest 1A school in the state, did finish the job, knocking off the 2A Cougars, second-biggest school in the Cascade Conference, 25-19.

Coupeville did it behind a stifling defense, key buckets at the right moment from McKayla Bailey and Emily Coulter, and a monster performance in limited time from Wynter Thorne.

A swing player who also saw time in the night’s varsity contest, Thorne only stepped on the floor in the second and fourth quarters. When she was on the hardwood, however, she was large and in charge.

The second quarter was a one-woman show, as she rained down seven of her nine points.

The first bucket came off a nifty steal, when she let a Lakewood player start to slide past her, then nimbly picked her pocket.

The closing basket came on a breakaway after Thorne blocked back-to-back Cougar shots on the same play, blasting the second rejection off of the top of a Lakewood player’s head to the high-decibel screams of her many fans.

The Wolves, who led 9-0, held their visitors scoreless until almost the two-minute mark in the second quarter.

Then Coupeville got a bit lax on the boards and let Lakewood creep back into the game, with the Cougars pulling within 15-14 with under a minute to play in the third.

Instead of panicking, the Wolves slammed the door. Hard.

Carlie Rosenkrance hit a buzzer-beating jumper from the left side to cap the third, then Bailey and Thorne hit back-to-back buckets to open the fourth.

The final dagger came from Coulter, who circled out to the top of three-point land, faked a pass, and drained a wild one-handed trey with under two minutes to play.

As she ran back up the court, giddy smile beaming from one end of the gym to the other, the final resistance died deep inside the Cougar players.

Thorne paced Coupeville with nine, while Rosenkrance and the Queen of Hustle, Mattea Miller, both banked home four.

Bailey and Coulter each dropped in three and Lauren Grove rounded out the scoring with a pair of free-throws.

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