Time to head home.
The Coupeville Middle School boys basketball squads reached the halfway point of their 10-game seasons, and now the Wolves can finally get off the bus.
After opening with four of its first five on the road, including Monday’s match-up against Lakewood, Coupeville flips the script in the second half of the campaign.
The Wolves host King’s Wednesday, make a final trip to play Northshore Christian Academy Dec. 9, then close with three straight games in the CMS gym.
That final home-stand includes Coupeville’s lone battle with next door neighbor Langley (Dec. 16), and the Wolves don’t play Lakewood a second time.
Which is probably a good thing, as the Cougars, who eventually will head off to play ball for a large 2A high school, ran pretty wild Monday afternoon, sweeping all three contests.
How things played out:
Level 1:
The closest of the day’s three games, and it wasn’t all that close.
While Coupeville fell 50-30, stung badly by a rough third quarter, the Wolves didn’t go down quietly.
“Team 1 played tough tonight, but Lakewood was really good,” said CMS coach Greg White.
Now 1-4 on the season, Coupeville’s top squad was hanging around, down just 22-17 at the half, but the host Cougars powered up their offense in the third quarter, rolling to a 19-5 advantage in the frame.
Cole White and Logan Downes paced the Wolf attack with eight and seven points, respectively, with both gunners netting a three-ball.
William Davidson (5), Zane Oldenstadt (4), Nick Guay (4), and Landon Roberts (2) also scored, while Ryan Blouin brought hustle on defense.
Level 2:
The Wolves entered the game boasting an undefeated record, but came out flat in the first quarter and never recovered.
Down 16-1 at the first break, Coupeville eventually fell 51-21, dropping its record to 3-1-1 on the season.
CMS, which played its best ball during an 8-8 dogfight in the second quarter, was led in the score-book by Timothy Nitta, who rattled home a team-best seven points.
Hunter Bronec banked home five in support, while Jack Porter (4), Quinten Simpson-Pilgrim (3), and Hurlee Bronec (2) also netted points for the Wolves.
Johnny Porter, Nathan Ginnings, and Mikey Robinett rounded out the CMS roster.
Level 3:
Very little went right for Coupeville in a 50-6 loss which drops it to 0-4 on the season.
The game was actually close through one quarter, with Lakewood clinging to just a 6-4 lead.
But 17-0 and 8-0 runs over the next two quarters sealed the deal, and a 19-2 fourth-quarter surge by the Cougars was salt in the wound.
Chris Villarreal, Justin Jansen, and Harlan Mouw each had a bucket for CMS, with Jesus Madrigal, JP Edoukou, Jordan Bradford, Alex Clark, and Carson Fields also seeing action.
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