Hoops hotshot Jeff Stone (top, left) is joined by (clockwise from top right) Mike Bagby, Randy Keefe, Jeff Rhubottom, Bill Riley, Pete Petrov, Brad Sherman, Denny Clark, Arik Garthwaite, and Bill Jarrell.
Want to impress people with random stats? I’m here for you.
As I pursue the basketball history of Coupeville High School, I’ve reached a milestone, having tracked down (fairly complete) scoring stats for every boys basketball season from 1960-61 to 2016-2017.
That’s 57 seasons and provides a pretty good overview of the Wolf program.
Now, CHS hoops has been playing since 1917, so I still have work ahead of me, though those early decades (with the possible exception of the ’50s) are fairly certain to be low-scoring affairs.
But, as I take a momentary break from digging through the dusty archives, let’s pause a moment and see if you can guess the answer to a bit of trivia.
Over those past 57 seasons, as shorts got longer, three-point bombs became a reality, and numerous sets of brothers passed through the school, how many players do you think scored at least one point in a varsity basketball game?
If you guessed 328 players, you’re either uncanny … or you looked ahead and cheated.
Either way, that’s what my research shows.
Having plowed through newspaper articles (some more helpful than others), yearbooks and (when they could be found) score-books, here’s everyone who put the ball into the hoop for the Wolves from 1960-2017.
With one small caveat. No one is claiming this is 100% correct down to the last point.
When your research is in a million little pieces and scattered to the wind, if you can walk away and say, “Hey, this is 98.6% correct,” then I think we’re OK.
And I feel OK.
CHS boys varsity basketball scorers (1960-2017) — * indicates active player:
Jeff Stone 1137
Mike Bagby 1104
Randy Keefe 1088
Jeff Rhubottom 1012
Bill Riley 934
Pete Petrov 917
Brad Sherman 874
Denny Clark 869
Arik Garthwaite 867
Bill Jarrell 855
Corey Cross 811
Barry Brown 769
Hunter Hammer 759
Steve Whitney 730
Dan Nieder 729
Chris Good 688
Gavin Keohane 677
Virgil Roehl 674
Foster Faris 668
Pat Bennett 659
Wade Ellsworth 659
Jason McFadyen 654
Rich Morris 637
Kramer O’Keefe 636
Wiley Hesselgrave 632
John O’Grady 611
Greg White 604
Joe Whitney 601
Brian Miller 597
Mike Syreen 594
Gabe McMurray 592
Randy Duggan 552
Roy Marti 551
Jim Syreen 550
Marc Bissett 549
Brad Miller 526
JJ Marti 520
Gary Faris 518
Cody Peters 518
David Lortz 502
Jason Bagby 499
Pat O’Grady 472
Sean Dillon 469
Hunter Smith 465 (*)
Frank Marti 462
Del O’Shell 440
Tony Ford 432
Caleb Powell 421
Ben Biskovich 407
Casey Clark 407
Nick Sellgren 406
Tom Logan 385
James Smith 382
Chad Gale 373
JD Wilcox 373
Ty Blouin 369
Caesar Kortuem 369
Ray Harvey 368
Pat Brown 355
Dick Smith 352
Glenn Losey 350
Timm Orsborn 345
Robin Larson 342
Byron Fellstrom 340
Kevin Faris 339
Michael Vaughan 337
Aaron Trumbull 330
Brad Brown 328
Charlie Tessaro 328
Ian Smith 324
David Ford 323
Bob Rea 320
Chris Marti 319
Gabe Wynn 316
Nick Streubel 314
Utz Conard 313
Ben Hayes 306
Allen Black 305
Noah Roehl 301
Blake Day 299
John Beasley 293
Risen Johnson 291
Brian Fakkema 290
Matt Frost 290
Mike Mallo 282
Keith Jameson 277
Terry Roberts 277
Kit Manzanares 275
Boom Phomvongkoth 275
Zepher Loesch 274
Alex Evans 272
Aaron Curtin 271
Tyler King 270
Joe Tessaro 270
Eric Hopkins 265
Harvey Wainio 265
Rick Keefe 259
Troy Blouin 256
Sean Callahan 256
Greg Fellstrom 248
Casey Larson 247
Jim Yake 247
Brandon Huff 245
Brad Haslam 235
Geoff Hageman 227
Curt Youderian 226
Ed Wood 219
Joel Walstad 217
Richard Cook 216
Ryan Keefe 214
Jordan Ford 210
Andrew Mouw 204
Vance Huffman 203
Tim Quenzer 202
Alan Hancock 198
Shawn Ryan 197
Trevor Tucker 194
Mike Millenbach 188
Dale Sherman 188
Scott Stuurmans 188
Wayne Hardie 178
Chris Cox 177
Evan Tingstad 177
Jerry VandWerfhorst 177
Anthony Bergeron 176
Mike Ankney 173
Ron Naddy 172
Dale Libbey 169
Tim Walstad 168
Randy Blindauer 166
Mark Bepler 165
Chad Brookhouse 163
Noel Criscuola 162
Monty Moore 155
Geoff Wacker 154
Bill Baas 153
Jim Faris 151
Steve Konek 149
Gavin O’Keefe 149
Ryan McManigle 148
Ryan Griggs 147
Hugh Abell 145
Ethan Spark 136 (*)
Craig Anderson 132
Mitch Aparicio 130
Scott Franzen 129
Ben Etzell 127
Pat Millenbach 126
Brian Shank 125
Jessie Smith 119
Scott McGraw 116
Christian Townsdin 116
Mitch Pelroy 115
Taylor Ebersole 114
Eric Taylor 112
Brian Barr 108
Joe Donellon 101
Jason McManigle 101
Bryan Hamilton 99
Brian Knoll 98
Morgan Payne 96
Christian Lyness 95
Ted Weber 91
James Meek 89
Dan Miller 89
Steve Bissett 87
Andrew Cashen 87
Carson Risner 86
John Sinema 86
Roy Mattox 83
Nick Morris 83
Caleb Valko 78
Ross Buckner 77
Matt Shank 77
JJ Johnson 76
Duane Score 76
Quinten Farmer 75
Matt Ortega 75
Mike Ellsworth 74
John Zimmerman 72
Jason Fisher 71
Tony Prosser 70
Les Jacobson 69
Tom Conard 68
Dean Grasser 68
Matt Bepler 67
Zack Swerdfeger 66
Ron Lamphere 65
Ben Hancock 63
Randy Stone 63
Mike Brown 62
Jason McDavid 62
Jeremy Staples 62
Brian Hageman 61
Erik King 61
David Davis 60
Tom Mueller 59
Brandy Ambrose 58
Steve Smith 58
Martin Walsh 58
Matt Helm 57
Dennis Terrell 57
Drew Chan 56
DeAndre Mitchell 56
Ellis Schultz 56
CJ Smith 54
Asa Owensby 52
Marc Aparicio 51
Chris Chan 51
Joe Kelley 51
Marvin Darst 50
Troy Hurlburt 49
Dalton Engle 48
Jerry Helm 48
Dalton Martin 47
Eddie Fasolo 45
Keith Dunnagan 42
Erick Harada 40
James Jorgensen 40
Nevin Miranda 40
Jeff Thomas 40
John Wyatt 40
Danny Bonacci 36
Hunter Downes 36 (*)
Charlie Toth 36
Jim Marti 35
Zeb Williams 35
Dante Mitchell 34
Dave Brandt 33
Ryan Kelley 33
Joey Lippo 33 (*)
Brian Roundy 32
Richard Barber 31
Ray Cook 29
Tim Leese 29
Ralph Lindsay 29
Rick Marti 28
Toby Martinez 28
Daniel McDonald 28
Joe Rojas 28
Todd Smith 28
Scott Sollars 28
Richard Benson 27
Mike Duke 27
John Holmes 26
Cameron Toomey-Stout 26 (*)
Mark Short 25
Tim Youderian 25
Jared Helmstadter 24
Trent Diamanti 23
Trevor Mueller 22
Dan Schleiffers 22
Jay Roberts 21
Dustin Van Velkinburgh 21
Matt Douglas 20
Jordan Emerson 20
Dean Strom 20
Scott Fisher 19
Scott Losey 19
Matt Petrich 19
Jason Raymond 19
Rob Blouin 18
Rick Keith 18
Marvin Mitchell 18
Gary Boyke 17
Jim Keith 17
Cedric McIntosh 17
Rick Frieze 16
Chad Nixon 16
Josh Wilsey 16
Steven Cope 15
Eric Dyer 15
Mike Lester 15
Brad Rogers 15
Henry Edwards 14
Todd Brown 13
DJ Kim 13
Mike Eaton 12
Guy George 12
Kole Kellison 12
Desmond Bell 11
Bill Hamilton 11
Ken Pickard 11
Jon Roberts 11
Chris Squires 11
Ben Winkes 11
Ron Edwards 10
Travis Hooker 10
Daniel Graham 9
Kyle King 9
Bruce Seiger 9
Fred Wyatt 9
Erik Anderson 8
Rob Fasolo 8
Kraig Gordon 8
Robert Shafer 8
Dave Wells 8
Charlie Cook 7
Brian Folkestad 7
Wayne Hesselgrave 7
Ed Cook 6
Chuck Hardee 6
Kevin King 6
Robert Kirkwood 6
Nic Anthony 5
Ariah Bepler 5 (*)
Jered Brown 5 (*)
Scott Davidson 5
JD Myers 5
Nate Steele 5
Andrew Bird 4
Bill Boze 4
Jason Legat 4
Morgan Roehl 4
Rusty Bailey 3
Luke Currier 3
Frank Mueller 3
Tracy Wilson 3
Teo Benson 2
Norm Enders 2
Chris Locke 2
Jeremy McCormick 2
Rich McCormick 2
Denny Moss 2
Tony Sherman 2
Stephen Stietenroth 2
Robbie Wanamaker 2
Oscar Liquidano 1
Ben Winkes, who scored 11 points, left his freshman year. He ended up starring at La Conner and walked on and made the Stanford Cardinals team when Mike Montgomery was coach, though he didn’t play much. He scored 4 NCAA points.
It’d be interesting to hear stories of how other individuals did after CHS.
Wow, I didn’t know that about Winkes. Guess he joins Joe Whitney, who left CHS and led Lynden to a state title his senior year, in the “what could have been” group.
I agree on wanting to hear the stories. Some of the best articles on here have been the “Where Are They Now?” stories on former Wolves like Bob Rea or Ann Pettit.
They’re also the trickiest to get. I’d say 98% of the time a current kid says yes to answering questions they follow through. Former athletes, so many of them say yes, then vanish never to be heard from again. Maybe they get shy as they get older…
But I will keep tracking them down. They will not escape!!
David, great research! When you delve into prior years, would like to know final totals for Mike Criscuola (1957-60), who played varsity 5 years. I have copies (and scans) of the NWB district tournament programs for 1958-1961. They show Mike totaled 846 regular season points (253 + 306 + 287) in his final 3 years, 1958-60. So, that leaves his first two years plus tournaments. Could he be #1 all-time?
Charlie Burrow, CHS 1961
Clarification: Mike’s first season was 1955-56 when he was in the 8th grade.
I have Mike Criscuola with 115 points in his freshman year, then 253 as a sophomore, 306 as a junior and 305 as a senior, for a total of 979. That puts him #5 all-time, just 158 points off of #1. While he played varsity as an 8th grader, the school’s yearbook for that year lists 11 players as having scored points, but shows no points for Mike. He is in the photo of the varsity team. I think, unfortunately, he’s probably being robbed. I think he scored as an 8th grader, but they chose not to record his total in the yearbook because he was a middle schooler. So, his number should probably be higher, but short of finding score sheets from 55-56, I don’t think we’ll ever have a true number for Big Mike.
When this story was written, I was still missing some of Mike’s stats. The #5 all-time is on my current list, which is closer to reality. Still trying to find some numbers on Jack Elzinga from the mid-50’s.
Your totals (253 and 306) for Mike’s sophomore and junior years agree exactly with the District tournament program’s regular season totals for those years, 1958-59. My program notes show that Coupeville scored 192 points in 4 games in the 1958 tournament and 144 points in 3 games in 1959. I’m sure Mike scored a substantial portion of those points. He was named 1959 tournament MVP even though CHS finished 2nd to LaConner. (I was a student manager on the team for 3 years, 1958-61.)