Coupeville Sports

Wynter Thorne (John Fisken photo)

Some nights you deliver the lesson. Other nights it gets delivered to you.

It was a case of the latter Friday night for the Coupeville High School JV girls’ basketball squad. Coming off of several stellar defensive outings, the Wolves had the tables turned on them by visiting King’s and it wasn’t pleasant.

The 52-15 loss, in which CHS didn’t score until Wynter Thorne banked home an inside shot midway through the second quarter (at which time the Wolves trailed 25-0) was a reminder that you win with grace and lose with grace.

“We’ve been on the other side of this kind of game, and always made sure our girls handled it well,” said Coupeville coach Amy King. “Now, they know how it feels to be on the other side.

“Treat the other team with respect when you win, and hope you’re treated with respect when you lose.”

Down 33-3 at the half, Coupeville put up a much better fight in the second half.

While a running clock kept the score down after halftime, the Wolves stayed within 19-11 behind several big shots from Kailey Kellner.

The recent transfer from England hit a pair of long three-point bombs and two free-throws as she paced Coupeville with eight points.

Thorne hit for four, Carlie Rosenkrance netted a bucket and Emily Coulter tossed in a free throw to round out the scoring.

Wolf JV boys lose: Down in Everett, the Coupeville JV boys suffered virtually the same fate. The Wolves trailed 34-3 at the break, put up a much stronger fight in the second half and fell 55-19.