Morgan Stevens and the Coupeville JV are a crisp 6-3 on the season. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)
Mark February 4 on your calendar, cause that’s revenge night.
After being nipped at the very end of a tense struggle with arch-rival South Whidbey Friday, the Coupeville High School JV girls basketball team is all about the pay-back.
The Wolves may have fallen 30-28, absorbing the first ding on their league record, but they’ll be ready for the rematch.
“I’m really proud of these girls and the work they have put in so far this season,” said Wolf JV coach Megan Smith.
“We played really hard and had some fantastic moments!,” she added. “In the end, they just outhustled us and came out on top.
“But we’ll get them when they come to our house!”
Friday’s loss drops Coupeville’s young guns to a still spiffy 3-1 in North Sound Conference play, 6-3 overall.
Back on the floor for the first time in a week, after surviving Snowmageddon 2020, the Wolves had a little trouble with their shooting touch in the early going Friday night.
Unable to hit from the floor, all CHS could rustle up was a free throw apiece from Ella Colwell and Abby Mulholland, and trailed 8-2 at the first break.
And then, in an instant, the Wolves flipped a switch, running off more than half their points during a 17-7 second-quarter explosion.
Freshman Gwen Gustafson flipped the nets skyward, dropping in six in the frame, while Savana Allen and Mulholland added four apiece, and just like that, Coupeville was in the lead.
Up 19-15 at the half, the Wolves were still ahead 23-21 after three quarters, and had their chances to take the game in the fourth.
While it wasn’t to be, CHS did get balanced scoring, with Gustafson pacing the squad with eight points.
She was joined in the scoring column by Mulholland (7), Allen (6), Colwell (3), Alita Blouin (2), and Ryanne Knoblich (2), while Morgan Stevens and Jessenia Camarena also saw floor time.
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