Coupeville Sports

Hunter Bronec was one of three Wolves to score in double digits Saturday, as the Coupeville JV pulled out a comeback win. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

They saved the best for last.

Roaring back from an 18-point deficit Saturday, the Coupeville High School JV boys basketball team pulled off one of the more thrilling wins of the season.

Scoring more points in the fourth quarter than they did in the first three frames combined, the Wolves scorched host South Whidbey 49-43, leaving Falcon Nation staggered, dazed, and bereft.

Now 2-5 on the season after the non-conference victory, Coupeville returns to Northwest 2B/1B League play for its final stretch of games.

The Wolves will be riding on a high when they do so, having used a 25-7 run across the final eight minutes to derail the Falcons.

The comeback was even more impressive than that, however, as CHS trailed 36-18 with 2:30 to play in the third quarter.

That was when Hunter Smith’s squad found some deeply buried magic, scoring six straight points to end the third, before unleashing hardcourt Hell in the fourth.

Six different Wolves scored during the final frame, with Hunter Bronec banging away for seven points.

He was joined by twin brother Hurlee, the other twins – Jack and Johnny Porter, Quinten Simpson-Pilgrim, and Ryan Blouin, in making the net jump.

Hurlee Bronec was a force on both ends of the floor.

The furious finale was necessary largely because of a cold stretch in the middle of the game.

Trailing just 11-10 at the first break, the Wolves came out on the wrong end of a 14-4 run headed into halftime, then another 11-4 surge to begin the third.

But Coupeville stayed strong, and a big part of its success was its ability to get to the free throw line, and then convert once it was there.

The Wolves netted 21 free throws, while South Whidbey could only slip two charity shots through the net.

Hurlee Bronec led CHS with a season-high 15 points, while Hunter Bronec (11) and Simpson-Pilgrim (10) also cracked double digits.

Blouin caressed the nets for six, with Jack Porter (5), and Johnny Porter (2) also scoring, while Carson Field and Landon Roberts scrambled on defense.