Wiley Hesselgrave surged in the last week to slide past Jordan Ford and claim the season scoring title. (John Fisken photos)
Hunter Smith, who was fourth on the team in scoring despite missing time with an injury, is one of two Wolves who could return next season.
It came down to the final game.
With a balanced offense all year, the Coupeville High School boys’ basketball squad had three players with a chance to finish atop the scoring charts.
In the end, senior Wiley Hesselgrave dropped in nine points in the season finale last Thursday to break a tie and edge Jordan Ford.
That gave him back-to-back team scoring titles.
As a team, Coupeville improved its scoring, jumping to 1,092 points this season after racking up 1,057 a year ago.
While the team leading total was down (Hesselgrave knocked down 273 as a junior and 217 as a senior), part of that was because other players stepped up.
Three Wolves topped the 200 point barrier in 2015-2016, while only Hesselgrave did the season before.
Five of the seven returning players topped their individual scoring marks from a year ago.
A lot of this year’s scoring will now vanish with graduation, though.
Nine of the 11 players who were full-time varsity players in 2015-2016 were seniors, with only sophomore Hunter Smith (4th in scoring) and junior Gabe Wynn (5th) slated to return.
Four other players saw action in one game, but none of them scored.
Seniors Andre Avila and Beauman Davis played on Senior Night, while freshman Ty Eck and junior Brian Shank debuted in the fourth quarter of their team’s playoff loss.
The final (unofficial, but pretty sure we’re right) scoring stats for the Wolf boys’ varsity hoops squad:
Wiley Hesselgrave — 217
Jordan Ford — 210
Risen Johnson — 204
Hunter Smith — 130
Gabe Wynn — 84
JJ Johnson — 76
DeAndre Mitchell — 54
Ryan Griggs — 50
Dante Mitchell — 34
Jared Helmstadter — 22
Desmond Bell — 11
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