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CHS girls playoff opener comes home

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged , , , , on February 5, 2019| Leave a Comment »

Thanks to the snow and ice, Avalon Renninger and her teammates will now open the playoffs at home, and not on the road. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Everything changes.

After two days of postponements thanks to snow and ice, the District 1 girls basketball playoffs will finally kick off Wednesday night.

Just not the way they were originally planned.

Having lost two days, and wanting to hold to the tournament’s original end date — Saturday, Feb. 9 — athletic directors from the North Sound Conference and Northwest Conference have come up with a compromise.

Instead of a double-elimination tournament in which Coupeville High School would have started on the road, we’re now looking at a modified single-elimination tourney in which the Wolves get to unexpectedly host a playoff game.

CHS, the #3 seed from the NSC, was originally set to play Lynden Christian, the #2 team from the NWC, on the road.

After that, teh Wolves would have played either King’s or Sultan, also on the road.

The new format takes the top four teams in the eight-team tourney (King’s, Meridian, Lynden Christian, and Cedar Park Christian) and pits them against each other in the first round.

Win or lose, those teams advance to play a second game.

The other four teams (Coupeville, Nooksack Valley, Granite Falls, and Sultan) are now paired off in loser-out games.

The Wolves (8-9 on the season) draw Sultan (7-13), the #5 NSC seed, and a team they have beaten 44-34 and 29-27 this season.

As the higher seed, Coupeville hosts the game Wednesday, Feb. 6, with tip-off set for 7 PM.

Ticket prices for playoff games are:

Adults / Students w/o ASB – $7.00

Students w/ ASB – $5.00

Children / Seniors – $5.00

If the Wolves win Wednesday, they advance to play a road game against the loser of King’s and Lynden Christian Friday, Feb. 8 in a second-loser out game.

Win there as well, and Coupeville clinches a trip to bi-districts. First, though, it would play one more game, Saturday, Feb. 9, to decide the #3 and #4 seeds out of District 1.

The updated bracket:

http://www.nscathletics.com/tournament.php?tournament_id=2883&sport=12

 

PS — The Coupeville Middle School girls basketball opener, which had been moved from Tuesday to Wednesday, has been cancelled, and will likely be rescheduled at a later date.

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Spring cleaning, on an icy morning

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged , , , , on February 5, 2019| Leave a Comment »

Ben Smith goes strong to the hoop. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

Chris Cernick dances the ballet of the opening tip.

Eyes scanning the floor, Tony Garcia waits for the play to develop.

The family of CHS boys varsity coach Brad Sherman comes out to support him.

Andrew Aparicio lines up a free throw.

Jonathan Partida gets his game face on.

Sage Downes flies high to deny a rival.

Tucker Hall (11) and Grady Rickner (13) trap a ball-handler.

It’s not spring, but it’s cleaning time.

As we wait for the snow and ice to recede enough for the girls basketball playoffs to begin, here’s a collection of boys basketball pics I never got around to using during the regular season.

If nothing else, it’ll give you an idea of what a basketball game looks like, should the weather ever let another one be played this winter.

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Snowageddon delays girls basketball playoffs

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged , , , , on February 4, 2019| Leave a Comment »

“Get out of here snow, you bum!!” (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Mother Nature will do whatever she wants.

After the winter gods dumped snow all over Western Washington in the early hours Monday, the start of high school basketball playoffs went into a deep freeze.

Games were slated for multiple locations tonight, with the Coupeville girls set to travel to Lynden Christian.

Instead, that game, and every other one, in the double-elimination District 1 tourney, have been bumped back at least a day.

The new plan is to play first-round games Tuesday, Feb. 5, with second-round games also bumped, from Wednesday, Feb. 6 to Thursday, Feb. 7.

The tourney is still scheduled to wrap up with games in multiple locations Friday, Feb. 8 and Saturday, Feb. 9.

Of course, that all depends on how fast snow, and maybe more importantly, the ice on some roads, comes under control.

So prepare for hoops action, but keep checking back for updates.

For now, the revised district playoff bracket:

http://www.nscathletics.com/tournament.php?tournament_id=2827&sport=12

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Young booters, the soccer pitch calls

Posted in soccer, tagged , , , on February 3, 2019| Leave a Comment »

Snow is still falling in some areas, but spring soccer is on the horizon. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Want to be the next great soccer star in Coupeville?

If so, it’s time to kick-start your parents into signing you up for Central Whidbey Soccer Club’s spring season.

Registration, which just opened, closes Mar. 22.

First practices are Mar. 25, with games beginning Apr. 13.

The club offers teams at five age levels – U6, U8, U10, U12, and U15.

For more info on things such as how you tell where the cutoff for age groups is, or to register, bounce over to:

https://www.centralwhidbeysoccer.com

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Peruse your playoff primer

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged , , , , on February 3, 2019| Leave a Comment »

Hannah Davidson and Coupeville kick off the postseason Monday night. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

So, you’re saying we have a chance?

The playoff push begins Monday, as the Coupeville High School girls basketball squad wades into the six-day, double-elimination district tourney.

First up for the Wolves is a road game at Lynden Christian, followed by a contest Wednesday against either King’s or Sultan.

Eight teams (five from the North Sound Conference, three from the Northwest Conference) are in the tourney, with four eventually moving on to bi-districts the next week.

That rumble, which pits District 1 (which includes Coupeville) against District 2, sends four teams to the state tourney, but we’re getting ahead of ourselves.

For the moment, let’s focus on the here and now.

A breakdown of what you need to know for districts:

 

What:

Northwest District 1 girls basketball tournament

 

When:

Feb. 4-9

 

Where:

Multiple locations. Coupeville opens at Lynden Christian and will almost certainly play its second game at King’s (though not necessarily against King’s).

After that would come games at neutral sites (Granite Falls and Mount Vernon).

 

Admission for individual games:

Adults / Students w/o ASB $7.00.
Students w/ ASB $5.00.
Children / Seniors $5.00.

 

Team capsules:

 

Coupeville:

Season record: 8-9

League finish: #3 in 1A North Sound Conference

Seniors: (3) – Nicole Laxton, Lindsey Roberts, Ema Smith

Record vs. district tourney qualifiers: 4-6 (beat Sultan and Granite Falls twice; lost to King’s and Cedar Park Christian twice; lost to Meridian and Nooksack Valley)

Coach: David King

Mascot: Wolves

 

Cedar Park Christian:

Season record: 12-6

League finish: #2 in NSC

Seniors: (1) – Sela Flynn

Record vs. district tourney qualifiers: 6-2 (beat Sultan, Granite Falls and Coupeville twice; lost to King’s twice)

Coach: Brittani O’Malley

Mascot: Eagles

 

Granite Falls:

Season record: 5-14

League finish: #4 in NSC

Seniors: (5) – Alex Chavez, Sadie Hutchinson, Jasmin Myers, Hailey Nelson, Hannah White

Record vs. district tourney qualifiers: 1-8 (split with Granite Falls; lost twice to Coupeville, King’s, Cedar Park; lost to Nooksack Valley)

Coach: Dave Kaupp

Mascot: Tigers

 

King’s:

Season record: 16-4

League finish: #1 in NSC

Seniors: (2) – Dominique Kirton, Rachel Phelan

Record vs. district tourney qualifiers: 8-0 (beat Cedar Park, Sultan, Granite, Coupeville twice)

Coach: Dan Taylor

Mascot: Knights

 

Lynden Christian:

Season record: 17-3

League finish: #2 among 1A schools in 1A/2A/3A Northwest Conference

Seniors: (3) – Josie Bocci, Isabela Hernandez, Grace Sterk

Record vs. district tourney qualifiers: 1-1 (beat Nooksack Valley; lost to Meridian)

Coach: Brady Bomber

Mascot: Lyncs

 

Meridian:

Season record: 17-4

League finish: #1 among 1A schools in NWC

Seniors: (5) – Alexis Groen, Makenna Holz, Abigail Martin, Lindsey Moore, Ella Zander 

Record vs. district tourney qualifiers: 2-1 (beat Coupeville, Lynden Christian; lost to Nooksack Valley)

Coach: Mark Gilmore

Mascot: Trojans

 

Nooksack Valley:

Season record: 13-7

League finish: #3 among 1A teams in NWC

Seniors: (1) – Jenna Tenkley

Record vs. district tourney qualifiers: 4-1 (beat Granite Falls, Coupeville, Meridian, Sultan; lost to Lynden Christian)

Coach: Shane Wichers

Mascot: Pioneers

 

Sultan:

Season record: 7-13

League finish: #5 in NSC

Seniors: (4) – Ashley Evans, Nina Frame, Kiana Kendall, Tori Mayer

Record vs. district tourney qualifiers: 1-8 (split with Granite Falls; lost twice to Coupeville, King’s, Cedar Park Christian; lost to Nooksack Valley)

Coach: Todd Weideman

Mascot: Turks

 

Bracket:

http://www.nscathletics.com/tournament.php?tournament_id=2827&sport=12

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