Teagan Calkins fires off a shot. (Jackie Saia photo)
Liza Zustiak is part of the sisterhood.
The Coupeville High School freshman tallied her first bucket as a high school hoops star Saturday, providing the biggest bright spot during a long, somewhat rough afternoon for the JV girls basketball squad.
Stung by a slow start, the Wolves fell 38-16 at Forks, dropping their record to 2-3 in non-conference play.
Coupeville’s young guns get some time to work on things, not playing again until the new year.
Next up for the JV girls is a home game Jan. 4 against Granite Falls.
Until then, Wolf coach Kassie O’Neil and her squad will try and rediscover their groove.
“We did not play our game (today),” O’Neil said. “Got a lot of work to do.
“But hopefully we can use these failures to propel us forward and learn from,” she added. “That’s really all we can do right now.”
Forks took control of the game early, jumping on Coupeville to the tune of 17-4 in the first quarter.
Things got better after that, with the Wolves battling their hosts to a 6-6 tie in the second frame and putting up a close fight in the fourth quarter.
But CHS also went scoreless in the third, and that eight-minute drought didn’t help matters.
Madison McMillan and Kierra Thayer paced the Wolves with six points apiece, with Zustiak and Kayla Arnold each adding a bucket.
Brynn Parker, Teagan Calkins, Bryley Gilbert, Skylar Parker, Reese Wilkinson, Jada Heaton, and Desi Ramirez-Vasquez also saw floor time for Coupeville.
Madison McMillan leads the JV girls in scoring this season. (Jackie Saia photo)
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