The high school fall sports season came to a close when athletes at Oak Harbor and Coupeville received varsity letters and team awards this month.
Oak Harbor Soccer
Coach: Mike Lonborg.
Record: 6-9-1; 4-9-1, 10th in Western Conference.
Senior letter winners: Suraya Johnson, Danielle Lonborg, Traci Miller-Olmstead, Alexandra Palmer, Jessica Vester.
Juniors: Mikhaela Cortez, Gracie Hiteshew, Morgan Lamar, Natalie Plush, Peyton Rhyne, Breanna Scheppler.
Sophomores: Olivia Lerch, Jada Matthews, Chloe Wallace.
Freshman: Tiana Jackson.
Team awards: Wallace, Coaches’ Award; Cortez, Tenacious Award; Vester, Wildcat Award.
League honors: Cortez, honorable mention; Rhyne, honorable mention; Matthews, honorable mention; Vester, honorable mention.
Coupeville Soccer
Coach: Kyle Nelson.
Record: 2-12-1; 1-9, sixth in North Sound Conference.
Senior letter winners: Maddy Hilkey, Lindsey Roberts, Ema Smith, Sarah Wright.
Juniors: Anna Dion, Natalie Hollrigel, Mallory Kortuem, Avalon Renninger, Tia Wurzrainer.
Sophomores: Knight Arndt, Mollie Bailey, Genna Wright.
Freshmen: Kiara Contreras, Lily Leedy, Katelin McCormick, Mary Milnes.
Team awards: Roberts, Player of the Year; Sarah Wright, Most Inspirational; Leedy, Most Improved; Milnes, Rookie of the Year.
League honors: Roberts, first-team forward; Wurzrainer, first-team defender.
Oak Harbor Swim and Dive
Coach: Amy Merkley.
Record: 1-14; 11th in district.
Senior letter winners: Kelly Gruenwald, Isabella Sanchez, Sophie Sandahl.
Juniors: Grace Chargualaf, Diandra Dominguez, Frances Empinado.
Sophomores: Caitlin Dennen, Lindsey Griffith, Meagan Kunze, Madelyn Ward.
Team awards: Dennen, Most Valuable Player; Gruenwald, Wildcat Award; Griffith, Most Improved; Sandahl, Most Inspirational.
Oak Harbor Football
Coach: Jay Turner.
Record: 7-3; 4-2, second in Wesco North.
Senior lettermen: De’Andre Bennett, Keagen Daniels, Darien Delgado, Cody Fenton, Michael Fisken, Caleb Fitzgerald, Sean Gillespie, Dorian Hardin, Shingo Johnston, Aaron Martinez, Brandon McCollough, Noah Miller, Joesph Orr, Toni Ortiz-Stockstill, Ethan Pace, Taylor Rummel, Kevin Schuldt.
Juniors: Jacob Bevill, Justin Campbell, Gabriel Daggett, William Dylander, Michael Gomez, Noah Hangan, Nathaniel Nunez, Anthony Reyes, Calvin Whelpley.
Sophomores: Bennett Andersen, Brenden Andersen, Cameron Asinsin, Landon Cantrell, Brecken Collins, Ethen Decherong, Ezra Decherong, Chris Hoppock, Nathan Hummel, Caden Leckelt, Aaron Lynden, Matthew Lopez, Jared McDonald, Jake Mitten, Josh Simmons.
Team awards: Fitzgerald, Captain, Most Inspirational; Hardin, Captain, Most Valuable Offensive Player; Martinez, Captain, Most Valuable Defensive Player; Fisken, Captain, McCollough, Captain.
League honors: Hardin, first-team running back, first-team defensive back; Pace, first-team offensive line; Martinez, first-team linebacker; Bennett, first-team defensive line; Leckelt, second-team running back, second-team linebacker; Gomez, second-team offensive line; Whelpley, second-team defensive line; Fisken, honorable mention; Fitzgerald, honorable mention; McCollough, honorable mention; Collins, honorable mention; Mitten, honorable mention; Brenden Andersen, honorable mention.
Coupeville Football
Coach: Marcus Carr.
Record: 3-6; 0-5, sixth in North Sound Conference.
Senior lettermen: Cam Dahl, Matt Hilborn, Ryan Labrador, Shane Losey, Dane Lucero, Matt Stevens, Alex Turner.
Juniors: Dawson Houston, Gavin Knoblich, Derek Leyva, Andrew Martin, Gavin St. Onge, Gavin Straub, Sean Toomey-Stout.
Sophomore: Ben Smith.
Freshmen: Isaiah Bittner, Brian Casey, Miles Davidson, Gabe Shaw.
Team awards: Chris Battaglia, four-year participation; Hilborn, four-year participation; Losey, four-year participation; Lucero, four-year participation; Jake Pease, four-year participation; Turner, four-year participation.
League honors: Toomey-Stout, first-team running back, first-team defensive back; first-team specialist; Turner, first-team linebacker; Lucero, first-team defensive line; Labrador, second-team offensive line; Knoblich, second-team tight end; Losey, second-team linebacker; Stevens, second-team defensive line.
Oak Harbor Cross Country
Coach: Eric Peterson.
Record: Girls, third in Wesco North, 10th in district. Boys, third in Wesco North, eighth in district.
Senior letter winners: Girls – Autumn Coker, Stephany Mayer, Brenna Rothman, Alex Smith. Boys – Gary Gastin, Josh Stone.
Juniors: Girls – Jaelyn O’Hara. Boys – Cole Fishburn, Peyton Horn, Brandon Parham, John Pope, Dallas Riddle-Stevens.
Sophomores: Girls – Mia Ackerman, Natalie French, Evelyn Osburn, Courtney VanGiesen. Boys – Hunter Hogarth.
Freshmen: Girls – Logan Badura. Boys – Cooper Billiter, Ryan Metz, Ralph Ramier, Javier Roland.
Team awards: Smith, Most Valuable Girl; Riddle-Stevens, Most Valuable Boy; Germaine Hanley, Coaches’ Award; Osburn, Most Improved Girl; James Mayne, Most Improved Boy; Roland, Most Improved Boy; Mayer, XC Award; Stone, XC Award; French, Girl Rookie of the Year; Billiter, Boy Rookie of the Year.
League honors: Smith, first team; Riddle-Stevens, second team; French, second team.
State qualifiers: Smith, 35th; Riddle-Stevens, 47th.
Coupeville Cross Country
Coach: Natasha Bamberger.
Senior letter winner: Danny Conlisk.
Sophomores: Catherine Lhamon, Sam Wynn.
Freshman: Alana Mihill.
Note: Coupeville restarted its cross country program this fall after a 20-year absence.
Oak Harbor Volleyball
Coach: Kerri Molitor.
Record: 13-4; 11-3, third in Western Conference; fourth in district.
Note: As of press time, team was competing in the state tournament and letter and team awards had not beed handed out.
League honors: Leah Quidachay, first-team setter; Morgan Pease, first-team outside hitter; Cami Bristow, second-team outside hitter; Ceirra Dean, second-team libero; Leielle Salinger, honorable mention, middle blocker.
Coupeville Volleyball
Coach: Cory Whitmore.
Record: 11-5; 7-3, second in North Sound Conference; fifth in district.
Senior letter winners: Ashley Menges, Emma Smith.
Juniors: Hannah Davidson, Emma Mathusek, Scout Smith, Maya Toomey-Stout.
Sophomore: Chelsea Prescott.
Team awards: Toomey-Stout, Most Valuable Player; Menges, Most Inspirational; Zoe Trujillo, Most Improved; Mathusek, Spirit of the Wolf Award.
League honors: Whitmore, Coach of the Year; Emma Smith, first team; Toomey-Stout, first team; Scout Smith, second team.
Oak Harbor Cheer
Coach: Jazmin Jones.
Senior letter winners: MaKayla Benavides, Brittany McCollough, Valerie Wylie.
Other letter winners: Kayli Benedetto, Alyssa Carlon, Issis Foster-Suyat, Jada Jones, Chelsea Lonborg, Danalin Matro, Kalayna McIntyre, Audrey Moyes, Asya Pressley, Hannah Rogers, Morgan Roundy, Emily Stanek, Haley Thompson, Annaliza Toliniu, Krystal Wyum.
Coupeville Cheer
Coach: BreAnna Boon.
Letter winners: Ashleigh Battaglia, Julie Bucio, Kim Castro, Coral Caveness, Emily Fiedler, Kaley Grigsby, Ja’Kenya Hoskins, Ja’Tarya Hoskins, Isabel Hucke, Marenna Rebischke-Smith, Moira Reed, Mica Shipley, Emma Somes, Bella Velasco, Melia Welling.
Team captains: Battaglia, Bucio, Reed, Shipley, Welling.
Oak Harbor Tennis
Coach: Tino Gutierrez.
Record: 8-4; 3-3, fourth in Wesco North.
Senior letter winners: Nathan Merrill, Taiveyon Shaw, Nathanael Thompson.
Other letter winners: Elsian Atienza, Ridgley Briddell, Kyle Brown, Yuji Caballero, Micah Franklin, Lawrence Javelo, Nick Krantz, Samuel Peek, Ignacio San Martin Campos, Ethan Snell.
Team awards: Ezra Franklin, Consistency Award; Micah Franklin, Knows His Game Award; Thompson, Captain; Cabal-lero, Most Improved; Krantz, Fighter to the End Award.
Wesco North tournament: Micah Franklin/Ezra Franklin, third in doubles; Krantz, fourth in singles.
League honors: Krantz, first-team singles; Micah Franklin/Ezra Franklin, first-team doubles.
Coupeville’s tennis awards were not submitted.
