Coupeville Sports

Coupeville 8th grader Lyla Stuurmans scored 16 points in two quarters Saturday, lifting the high school JV to a road win, capping a busy day in which she also scored her first varsity points. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Lyla Stuurmans played a lot like her coach did back in the day.

Limited to just two quarters Saturday, after also playing in the varsity game, the 8th grader pumped in 16 points to spark the Coupeville High School JV girls basketball squad to a big win on Friday Harbor.

With the 34-20 victory, the Wolves even their season record at 1-1.

Coupeville JV coach Megan Smith filled up the basket as a player, and she sits as the #4 varsity scorer in Wolf girls history.

Stuurmans may still have a ways to go to get to Smith’s level, but the silky-smooth shooter has already shown she can drop buckets with the best of them.

After scoring her first varsity points earlier in the day, Stuurmans went off for 12 points in the first quarter of the JV contest, including nailing a three-ball from behind the arc.

With fellow 8th grader Madison McMillan adding six points to the cause, the Wolves jumped all over Friday Harbor, pounding out to an 18-2 advantage by the first break.

From there it was all easy street, with Coupeville pushing the lead out to 24-4 at the half and 30-10 by the end of the third quarter.

Friday Harbor finally found a fighting chance in the fourth, scoring half of its points and trimming the margin just a bit before the buzzer ended things.

McMillan finished with 10 points to back Stuurmans and her 16, while Skylar Parker netted a pair of buckets to nab her first four points of the season.

Jessenia Camarena and Katie Marti rounded out the scorers, with two points apiece, while Bryley Gilbert, Pam Morrell, Kassidy Upchurch, Morgan Stevens, Reese Wilkinson, and Desi Ramirez also saw floor time.

With most of the Northwest 2B/1B League schools not fielding girls JV teams this season, the Wolves only have a four-game schedule, instead of the 12 their varsity counterparts are set to play.

That means the Coupeville second crew doesn’t play again until June 5, when they travel to Orcas Island, and June 8, when they host Friday Harbor in a rematch of Saturday’s bout.