Coupeville Sports

   Grady Rickner, seen here last season, dropped in a bucket Thursday in a close loss at Forks. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

The Wolves got a reminder that long before he became a Coupeville coach/teacher/administrator, Ron Bagby was a state title-winning legend in Forks. (Bob Martin photo)

One was close, the other not so much.

Having traveled to the wilds of Forks Thursday, the Coupeville Middle School boys hoops squads had wildly different results.

The CMS varsity, a much more battle-hardened squad, fought down to the end before narrowly falling 34-31 to the host Spartans.

Meanwhile, the Wolf JV, which features a ton of first-year players, was rolled 76-21.

The losses dropped the two squads to 1-2 and 0-3, respectively.

Coupeville returns home next Monday, Dec. 11, when Port Townsend’s Blue Heron MS pops in for a visit.

Tip-off is 3:15, with JV followed by varsity.

Varsity:

Six of the seven Wolves to see action scored, with four of those players netting a three-ball.

Logan Martin was the most consistent player in red and white, rumbling for a team-high nine points. He was the only Wolf to score in every quarter, as well.

Raining down a pair of treys, Xavier Murdy backed up Martin with six points, while Caleb Meyer (6), Cody Roberts (5), Hawthorne Wolfe (3), Grady Rickner (2) and Aiden Burdge rounded out the roster.

JV:

Forks has a very strong youth hoops program, and that showed, as the Spartans young guns were very polished ball-hawks.

Isaiah Bittner paced Coupeville with eight points, while Kevin Partida chipped in with four. Levi Pulliam (3), Burdge (3) and Dominic Coffman (1) also scored.

And yes, that equals 19 and not 21.

A third quarter basket for the Wolves was recorded, but not awarded to a player, forever denying historians.

Such is life.