Wolf spikers beat Granite
Coupeville won its Cascade Conference volleyball match Wednesday, sweeping Granite Falls 3-0 in an away game.
The Wolves dominated their hosts in straight sets, 25-19, 25-14, 25-18. Linde Maertens had 13 kills and Julie Huddleston added 26 assists for the Wolves who improved to 2-7 in league and 3-7 overall. The Tigers (2-6 in league and overall) were led by Brennan Johnson’s 13 digs.
Netters nipped by Cascade
Oak Harbor’s tennis team fell to the visiting Cascade Bruins in a close 4-3 contest this week.
In singles matches the Wildcats dominated. Derek Thomas of Oak Harbor defeated Brenden Beaver, 7-6, 4-7, 6-4; Jon Pham of Cascade beat Oak Harbor’s Ryan Evans, 6-4, 6-3; Jordan Kingma of Oak Harbor whipped Johnny Mills, 5-7, 6-4, 6-4; and Josh Evans of Oak Harbor defeated Alex Phetsadakone, 7-5, 6-3.
Doubles proved to be the demise of the Wildcats. Garrett Johnson-Ysmael Abad of Cascade beat Paul Jewell-Joel Valles II, 7-5, 6-3; Bruin Jeff Singer-Brad beat David Marshall-Rick Baleros, 6-3, 6-1; Cascade’s Haison Duong-Chris Chung beat Chris Holbrook-Max O’Dell, 6-0, 6-4.
Cascade improved its season record to 11-4 while Oak Harbor dropped to 4-10.
‘Cats soccer can’t score
Oak Harbor’s defense was solid but the Wildcats couldn’t put the ball in the net as the soccer team fell 2-0 at Stanwood Tuesday.
Jordan Boucher was Oak Harbor’s goalkeeper and she stopped everyone but Kalina Eveland, who scored both goals for Stanwood in the Wesco North victory. Haley Haugstad kept goal for Stanwood which improved to 5-3-3 overall. Oak Harbor’s record fell to 1-10-1.
Wolves return from Everett
Coupeville’s soccer team returned safely from Everett, which was the most positive aspect of a tough night against merciless Archbishop Murphy which won 12 to 0.
The powerful Wildcats improved to 9-1 in league and 10-1-1 overall. Megan Smith and Joelle Anthony split time in goal for Coupeville, which fell to 1-9, 1-11.
Correction
Ethan Tack was the second place finisher in the U-10 boys division of the 2008 State Soccer Shoot sponsored by the Elks Club. His name was spelled incorrectly in Wednesday’s report of the event. The Oak Harbor Elks Lodge sent six local youth to the event held in Bremerton.
