Jered Brown, here thundering to the hoop in an earlier game, scored seven points Wednesday at Friday Harbor. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)
A play here, a play there, and they’re 4-0.
But, sometimes those shots don’t drop, or those passes go wide, or that defensive stand doesn’t quite hold long enough, and you’re 1-3.
The Coupeville High School varsity boys basketball team has played strongly all season, and Wednesday night was no different.
That being said, the Wolves came out on the short end of a 43-38 defensive war at Friday Harbor, the third time in four games they have fallen by just a bucket or two.
Coupeville’s losses have been by four points (in overtime to a 3A school), five, and seven, while their win was a 19-point romp over Orcas Island.
As the Wolves try and find the perfect mesh between strong play and a positive win/loss record, they’ll get two more chances this weekend.
CHS hosts Concrete (0-2) Friday, then travels to Seattle Saturday to face off with The Bush School (2-2).
Wednesday night the Wolves led 8-7 after the first quarter, thanks to four points apiece from Sean Toomey-Stout and Koa Davison.
After that, the two schools waged a tense back-and-forth affair, with Friday Harbor slowly pulling away.
A 13-10 surge in the second frame sent the host team to the locker room up 20-18, while the third and fourth quarters went 9-8 and 14-12 in favor of Friday Harbor.
Dylan Roberson and Ethan Germain led the Wolverines with 15 and 10 points, respectively, while the game’s final margin was set at the free throw line.
Coupeville netted its highest percentage of the season, nailing six of eight shots at the charity stripe, but Friday Harbor, while not shooting particularly well (11-20), converted just enough to ice the win.
Sophomore shooting guard Hawthorne Wolfe, who was named a WIAA Athlete of the Week earlier in the day Wednesday, was top man for Coupeville with nine points, while Mason Grove banked in eight.
With the performance, which included a pair of three-balls in the third quarter, the senior reached a personal milestone, becoming the 132nd Wolf boy (in 103 seasons) to score 200+ career points.
Grove sits with 207 after Wednesday’s game.
Jered Brown notched all seven of his points in the heat of the fourth-quarter battle, with Toomey-Stout (6), Davison (4), Ulrik Wells (2), and Gavin Knoblich (2) also scoring.
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