Coupeville Sports

   Having gotten properly stretched in the early days of practice, Lauren Grove and Co. are now a lean, mean, rebounding machine. (John Fisken photos)

   Mattea Miller, dreaming of the night she’d score 10, snag five boards, block two shots and make off with two steals. That night turned out to be Friday.

Low on players, high on talent.

Despite starting the night with just six active players — making for a very thin bench, with only Brisa Herrera around to keep coach Amy King company at tip-off — the Coupeville High School girls’ JV squad rebounded like a rabid pack of Wolves Friday and held off visiting Darrington 26-20.

The victory evened the squad’s record at 1-1 on the season.

Missing key players Lauren Rose, Tiffany Briscoe and Skyler Lawrence, Coupeville didn’t offer King many options. Turns out she didn’t need them.

After a tentative start, the Wolves ran the Loggers off the floor in the middle part of the game, outscoring Darrington 18-4 over the course of the second and third quarters.

The decisive run was fueled by a passion for boards, as CHS combined to haul in 34 of them.

Kailey Kellner was top gun, snatching 10 rebounds, while Kyla Briscoe (8), Allison Wenzel (6), Lauren Grove (5) and Mattea Miller (5) all got their hands on a fair share of caroms as well.

When they weren’t gathering in boards, the Wolves were redirecting Darrington’s shots.

CHS rejected seven attempts, led by Kellner, who said no-no-no to three Logger tries.

Miller paced Coupeville in the scoring column, hitting a pair of long-range three point bombs en route to a game-high 10 points.

Kellner banged away for seven, Grove popped for six and Briscoe notched the first points of her short high school career with three.