Coupeville Sports

   Nicole Lester had five rebounds and a blocked shot Saturday, as the Wolf JV rolled to its third straight win. (John Fisken photo)

Not so fast, Eagles.

Klahowya might have been feeling pretty good, having pushed the Coupeville High School JV girls basketball squad to the final seconds in a two-point loss Tuesday, but Saturday was a far different story.

Riding a 13-point, seven-rebound performance from Sarah Wright, the Wolf young guns were in destroy mode this time around, pasting their visitors 42-24.

The win, Coupeville’s third straight and sixth in their last seven, lifts CHS to 5-0 in Olympic League play, 9-3 overall.

Of course, give the young Wolves forfeits for the three times Chimacum and Port Townsend have failed to provide a JV team this season and it’s more like 8-0, 12-3.

After struggling at times earlier in the week, the Wolves played to their full potential this time around.

“Well, we didn’t make any friends from Klahowya today,” said an amused coach Amy King. “I asked the JV to not make it a close two-point game and they aim to please.”

The Wolves mixed things up on defense, starting in a man-to-man look, then snapping into a 1-2-2 press.

“We decided to go a little different to start,” King said. “The lesson early on is that Maya (Toomey-Stout) is the quickest player on the court.

“When she plays you on defense, you don’t get to shoot.”

When they had the ball on offense, the Wolves mixed things up, with Toomey-Stout, Ashlie Shank and Avalon Renninger all chipping in with points in the early going.

As soon as Klahowya went to focus on one CHS player, another rose up and stung them.

Brittany Powers exploded off of the bench, banging home a long bucket, then topping that the next time down the floor with an even-longer three-ball.

Not to be outdone, Toomey-Stout promptly drilled her own trey and the rout was on.

King kept things interesting, shifting her defense into a 2-3 zone, then a 3-2, confounding the Eagles.

When Klahowya tried to counter with its own zone look, the Wolves promptly broke it, with Ema Smith spearheading things and triggering Coupeville’s offense.

“I was proud of the way the girls fought,” King said. “They found a way to get shots up. When one or two of us struggled, someone else was there to pick them up.”

Wright paced the Wolves, pounding away down low for her 13, while Toomey-Stout tickled the twines for eight and Powers was money with seven.

Renninger (6), Shank (5) and Scout Smith (3) rounded out the attack, with Ema Smith and Shank both hauling down six rebounds apiece.

Nicole Lester collected five caroms and emphatically rejected an Eagle shot.

Emma Mathusek (three steals, two rebounds), Maddy Hilkey (two steals) and Tia Wurzrainer (two rebounds) all chipped in, as well.