“And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger! And you will know my name is Aaron Curtin when I lay my fingers upon thee!!” (John Fisken photos)
CJ Smith heads in for two of his 10 points.
Old school rivalry? New school blowout.
Linking back up with one of its strongest rivals from the old days, the Coupeville High School boys’ basketball team traveled down to Concrete Tuesday and shredded their hosts 79-39.
Jumping on the Lions hard and fast, with a 22-5 second quarter blowing things wide open, the Wolves won their second straight game and improved to 3-5 on the season.
That ties Coupeville for the most wins in a single season under fourth-year head coach Anthony Smith. The Wolves won three games last season after one and zero in the previous two years.
While they were coming off a win over Orcas Island, that was 11 days before. But the Christmas break didn’t seem to slow down the Wolves at all.
“This was a good team win,” Smith said. “We were able to work on some things we needed to before we get into league play.
“It was almost tough, when we preach to attack, to get them to slow down at times.”
Everyone was clicking for Coupeville on this night, as 11 different players scored.
Senior Aaron Trumbull, the only Wolf to have been a varsity player during Smith’s entire run as coach, led the way with a team-high 16.
He also collected two rebounds, two steals and a blocked shot.
CJ Smith tallied 10 in support, while Wiley Hessegrave, Ryan Griggs and Joel Walstad pumped in eight apiece.
Dalton Martin (7), Aaron Curtin (6), Matt Shank (6), Risen Johnson (4), Gabe Wynn (3) and Hunter Smith (1) rounded out the scorers.
It was the first varsity point for Hunter Smith, a freshman swing player.
Shank and Griggs paced the Wolves on the boards, snagging five caroms each, while Hesselgrave dealt out four assists and Walstad and CJ Smith each made off with three steals.
Coupeville gets a chance to stretch its winning streak Friday when it travels to La Conner (6-2) for a doubleheader (girls 6 PM/boys 7:30).
That game will pit the Wolves against former teammate Taylor Ebersole, who started for CHS as a freshman before transferring.
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