Coupeville Sports

DeAndre Mitchell, doin’ work. (John Fisken photo)

You can’t stop DeAndre Mitchell, and forget about containing him.

Just ask Port Townsend, which may have nightmares about the Coupeville High School junior for days.

No matter what the host Redhawks threw at him Tuesday night, Mitchell had an answer, pouring in 26 points — most by any CHS player, boy or girl, this season — sparking the Wolf JV boys to their third win in their last four games.

The young guns, now 3-6 overall after the 44-26 victory, are also a flawless 2-0 in the 1A Olympic League, having already beaten Klahowya.

“The players have bought into the idea of winning a championship, even though we don’t get anything for it on JV other than pride,” said Wolf coach Dustin Van Velkinburgh. “We sit at 2-0 in our conference and the boys can’t wait to play another conference game.

“I’m eager to see where we go from here,” he added. “We have shown growth and I see signs of maturity. It’s time to turn it up and go take what we want!”

Mitchell contributed on both sides of the ball, hauling in six boards and making off with three steals.

Giving him the support he needed, the Wolves got scoring from six other players, led by freshmen Hunter Smith and Joey Lippo with four apiece.

Ethan Spark (3), Desmond Bell (3), Dante Mitchell (2) and Gabe Wynn (2) rounded out the Coupeville attack.

Dante Mitchell edged out his twin brother for the team lead in rebounding, snatching seven boards, while Brian Shank got his hands on three caroms.

Lippo had three steals and two blocked shots.