Despite early-morning snow and sleet Monday, Jessenia Camerena and her Wolf teammates were able to make it to Sequim for a basketball rumble. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)
The obstacles were many – snow, sleet, and a much-bigger foe.
But the Coupeville Middle School girls basketball teams survived Monday, and even thrived a bit, returning from Sequim with pride, if not record, still intact.
Playing for the first time in 11 days, thanks to a snow-out last week, the Wolves won a JV thriller, while falling in both 7th and 8th grade varsity contests.
Both CMS varsity squads slip to 1-1 on the season, while the JV is a spotless 1-0.
Coupeville plays its next two at home, facing Forks Mar. 1 and Blue Heron Mar. 5.
8th grade varsity:
With no June Mazdra or Mikayla Elfrank to keep stats, the CMS books suffered the indignity of being done by a road crew, leaving Wolf coach Dustin Van Velkinburgh baffled as to what the final score might have been.
Which was fine by him, as dwelling on being on the wrong end of a rout wasn’t on his list of things to do.
“We didn’t show up and didn’t play well,” Van Velkinburgh said, and then everyone involved agreed to move on to the next game on the schedule.
7th grade varsity:
Coupeville had the lead heading into the fourth quarter, but couldn’t hold on and was nipped 30-21.
Maddie Georges and Carolyn Lhamon paced the Wolves, both banking home six points, while Alita Blouin knocked down five.
Gwen Gustafson and Nezi Keiper rounded out the scoring with a bucket apiece.
JV:
Using a mix of 7th and 8th grade hoops stars, Coupeville pulled out a 21-20 thriller.
“The JV game was a lot of fun,” Van Velkinburgh said. “Girls played hard, and learned a lot.”
Lily Leedy and Angelina Gebhard topped the scoring column with six apiece, while Adrian Burrows (2), Katelin McCormick (2), Abigail Ramirez (2) and Mercedes Kalwies-Anderson (1) also scored.
And, if you’re saying, “wait, that adds up to 19,” it does.
In an extreme rarity, both Coupeville and Sequim managed to beat the odds and accidentally score a bucket for the other team.
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