Coupeville junior Hawthorne Wolfe is the 48th CHS boy in 104 years to crack the 500-point scoring club. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)
Hawk got historical, then he got off the floor.
Coupeville High School junior Hawthorne Wolfe cracked the 500-point career scoring club Tuesday, then he and the other starters handed the game over to their teammates.
Jumping out to a 31-2 lead after one quarter, with Wolfe and Grady Rickner each tossing in 10 points, CHS eventually coasted in with a resounding 71-17 thumping of visiting Concrete.
The win evens Coupeville’s record at 2-2 heading into another home game Thursday, with La Conner set to visit Whidbey.
Everything was dropping for the Wolves Tuesday, especially in the early going.
Xavier Murdy, Logan Martin, and Wolfe all hit three-balls, as seven different Coupeville players got into the scoring column in the first quarter.
With the game already all but decided just eight minutes in, Coupeville coach Brad Sherman went deep on his bench, getting all 12 players a chance to score.
The Wolves pushed the lead out to 47-6 at the half, then the starters took a seat and let their backups play most of the second half.
That allowed the scoring to be spread out all the way across the scorebook, keeping June Mazdra and her well-sharpened pencils busy.
Grady Rickner paced Coupeville with a game-high 15 points, while Wolfe’s 12 points all came in the first half.
That was enough to lift him to 504 points, making him the 48th CHS boy in the 104-year history of the program to crack the exclusive club.
Wolfe passes Jason Bagby (499) and David Lortz (502), moving into 47th place on the career scoring chart.
Xavier Murdy added nine points in support of his Class of 2022 teammates, with Logan Downes and Jonathan Valenzuela adding seven apiece.
Alex Murdy (5), Daniel Olson (4), TJ Rickner (3), Martin (3), Cole White (2), Cody Roberts (2), and Sage Downes (2) rounded out the explosive offensive barrage.
It was the first varsity points for Valenzuela and White, who joins dad Greg on the Wolf boys career scoring chart.
With Cole’s bucket, the CHS assistant coach father-freshman son duo now have a combined 606 varsity points to their credit.
Coupeville had a strong shooting performance in every aspect of the game, hitting 13 of 17 from the free-throw line, while six different players nailed a three-ball.
Raining down treys were Valenzuela, Logan Downes, Wolfe, Grady Rickner, Xavier Murdy, and Martin.
JV grabs some pine time:
Concrete only goes one team deep, with a thin roster at that, so the younger Wolves had the night off.
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