Coupeville Sports

Ema Smith opens the playoffs Monday against Lynden Christian. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

One team is done, one plays on.

The Coupeville High School boys basketball squad reached the end of the road Saturday, falling a game shy of a playoff berth.

But dreams of postseason glory are still alive for the Wolf girls, who open the double-elimination district tourney Monday at Lynden Christian.

As they exit, a look at the final scoring totals for the CHS boys reveals several things.

The Wolves got three guys into triple digits this time around, after settling for two last year.

But, at the same time, scoring was down, with 158 points from the team’s top scorer being the lowest total by a squad leader since the 2012-2013 season.

Closing on a positive note, that leading scorer was freshman Hawthorne Wolfe, who was the highest-scoring 9th grader in 102 years of Coupeville boys basketball.

Only four other CHS boys, and five girls, have topped 100 varsity points during their freshmen season, and eight of those nine went on to finish their careers in the top 10 for career scorers.

So, based on history, and Wolfe’s own strong work ethic, we can reasonably expect his point totals to trend upwards in the coming years.

Over on the girls side of the ball, seniors Lindsey Roberts and Ema Smith continue to chase individual achievement alongside team glory.

Roberts passed three former Wolf greats in her last game, and now sits at #20 on the girls career scoring chart, while Smith is just four points from cracking the top 50.

As we leave the regular season behind and head into the playoffs, a look at where we are, through Feb. 3:

North Sound Conference girls basketball:

North Sound Conference boys basketball:

CHS girls basketball varsity scoring:

Lindsey Roberts – 134
Ema Smith – 119
Chelsea Prescott – 94
Scout Smith – 78
Avalon Renninger – 54
Hannah Davidson – 22
Tia Wurzrainer – 18
Nicole Laxton – 15
Izzy Wells – 9
Mollie Bailey – 8
Ja’Kenya Hoskins – 5
Anya Leavell – 4

CHS boys basketball varsity scoring:

Hawthorne Wolfe – 158
Sean Toomey-Stout – 122
Mason Grove – 109
Ulrik Wells – 74
Jered Brown – 71
Gavin Knoblich – 65
Jacobi Pilgrim – 43
Koa Davison – 11
Jean Lund-Olsen – 7
Dane Lucero – 4
Xavier Murdy – 4
Daniel Olson – 3