Coupeville Sports

CMS hoops stars played their first road games Tuesday afternoon. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

A big test against a big school.

The Coupeville Middle School boys basketball squads hit the road for the first time this season Tuesday, only to get bounced in Marysville by host Lakewood.

The Cougars program feeds a 2A high school, while the Wolves send their players on to a 2B one.

Coupeville was scrappy, but couldn’t quite get over the hump against its big-school rivals.

How the day played out:

Varsity:

A strong second-half rally wasn’t enough for CMS, as it fell 53-42 to even its record at 1-1 on the season.

“Team one got off to an OK start, but had a hard time keeping up with Lakewood,” said Coupeville coach Jon Roberts. “Came out firing in the third, but could never get it below 10.”

The Wolves accounted for 31 of their 42 points after the halftime break, with 17 in the third and 14 in the fourth.

Chase Anderson paced Coupeville with 13 points, including netting a pair of three-balls, while Camden Glover popped for 12.

Malachi Somes (7), Easton Green (6), and Aiden O’Neill (4) also scored, with Jayden McManus, Mahkai Myles, Riley Lawless, and Carson Grove rounding out the Wolf roster.

JV:

Coupeville’s second unit is very-inexperienced, and Lakewood took advantage to roll to a 49-13 win.

The loss drops the young Wolves to 0-2 heading into a road game at Sultan Dec. 1.

“This is going to be a difficult year,” Roberts said. “We have a lot of work to do in learning the fundamentals of basketball.

“We struggle with offensively moving the ball and had easy perimeter passes picked off for layups.”

But, as in their opener, the Wolves continue to show positive signs.

“Definitely we are slowing coming together, slowly,” Roberts said. “I will say that by the fourth quarter we looked better offensively, and had some scrappy boys on the floor for loose balls.”

Riley Lawless popped for a team-high six points, with Carson Grove and Ethan Walling adding four and three, respectively.

Also seeing playing time were Jonah Weyl, Wyatt Fitch-Marron, Captain Teuscher, Max Ohme, George Spear, Matthew Kuzma, Jackson Waterbury, Dylan Robinett, Zach Blitch, Joshua Stockdale, and Kenny Jacobsen.