Coupeville Sports

Coupeville’s Sean Toomey-Stout tossed in seven points Monday at Sequim. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Closer and closer, but just not there yet.

The Coupeville High School varsity boys basketball squad has played three games this season, and cut their deficit in each outing.

Now they just need a win.

Attempt #3 went well for 16 minutes, as the Wolves carried a six-point lead in at the break Monday at Sequim, but a cold-shooting second half ultimately doomed them.

Only down by one after three quarters, Coupeville was outscored 14-7 by their hosts and fell 38-30.

The non-conference loss drops CHS to 0-3 on the season, but opportunity lurks, as the Wolves have two more games this week.

“We’ll get there,” said Coupeville coach Brad Sherman. “Just need to get our offense rolling. Shots will start to fall.”

Defense was the name of the game in the first half, as the Wolves held Sequim to single digits, heading to the locker room up 15-9.

After a 5-5 stalemate in the first, Coupeville rode the sweet shooting touch of Hawthorne Wolfe in the second frame.

A pair of buckets and a pair of free throws gave the fab frosh six in the quarter, letting him outscore his rivals by himself.

Unfortunately, while the Wolves doubled their output, scoring another 15 points after the break, Sequim ripped off 29, winning the quarter battles 15-8 and 14-7.

The hosts nailed five of their seven three-point bombs in the second half, and with Coupeville’s lone trey coming courtesy Wolfe in the fourth quarter, that tipped the scales a bit.

Both teams were fairly even at the free-throw line, as Sequim hit 5-7 and CHS finished 5-9.

Wolfe led Coupeville in scoring for the second time in three games, pouring in 11, while junior Sean Toomey-Stout banked home seven in support.

With 26 points apiece, the duo are tied atop the season scoring chart.

Ulrik Wells and Jered Brown added four points apiece in support, while Gavin Knoblich swished a pair of free throws and senior captain Dane Lucero knocked down his first bucket of the season.

Coupeville, which also gave floor time to Mason Grove, Jacobi Pilgrim, Jean Lund-Olsen and Koa Davison, has played teams from three separate classifications, and will soon make it four.

Oak Harbor is 3A, The Bush School 1A and Sequim 2A, while the next two foes, Friday Harbor and Orcas Island, hail from 2B.