Coupeville Sports

   Forget about issuing a storm warning, Mt. Vernon. Miranda Engle just destroyed your town.

Miranda Engle has been sick. Saturday she flipped the switch and made Mount Vernon Christian seriously ill.

Bouncing back from the crud that has swept the town, the Coupeville High School freshman post earned a start on the road and rewarded Wolf girls’ JV coach Amy King by claiming the paint as her own. Scoring a team-high eight points and hauling in rebounds by the bushel, she sparked her squad to a resounding 30-17 victory.

The non-conference victory improved the JV squad to 6-7, the best mark of any of the four Wolf hoops teams this year.

Coupeville hit the floor in a feisty mood and used a stifling defense to shut down the host Hurricanes, limiting them to just three points in the first half. With numerous players chipping in with steals and tipped balls, the Wolves forced Mount Vernon Christian into spending most of the game backpedaling after losing the ball.

“Kacie (Kiel), Wynter (Thorne), Madi (Strasburg) and McKenzie (Bailey) did a great job anticipating passes and either getting steals or forcing turnovers,” King said. “McKayla (Bailey), Sam (Martin), Julia (Felici) and Emily (Coulter) did a great job with help defense, intercepting or knocking passes out so their offense couldn’t be effective.

“Miranda really did a nice job of shutting them down inside as well,” King added. “Monica (Vidoni) played a big presence in the key, not allowing easy lay ups or put backs.”

A brief third-quarter let-down by the Wolves gave the Hurricanes a glimmer of a hope, but then King’s troops rallied and slammed the door shut.

Engle got her points in a variety of ways, hitting for three baskets and two free throws, while Strasburg and McKayla Bailey each hit for six. Vidoni dropped in five, Martin and Thorne both swished a bucket and Kiel netted a free-throw.