Coupeville Sports

Wolf JV hoops stars cheer on their middle school counterparts Monday. A day later the high school players roared to their own huge win. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Maybe they just won’t come back home.

Thanks to a quirk in the schedule, the Coupeville High School JV boys’ basketball team hasn’t played a game in its own gym this season, yet is a sterling 3-1.

The latest victory came at Granite Falls Tuesday night, as the Wolves broke open a close game early and romped to a 59-33 triumph.

The third straight non-conference win for the young guns, it sends them to Friday Harbor this Friday for the Northwest 2B/1B League opener riding an emotional high.

And then, and then only, the Wolves finally get their first home game Saturday, when they clash with archrival South Whidbey.

Tuesday’s tilt in Granite was close for about two, maybe three minutes.

The host Tigers actually led at 6-4, and then the tsunami hit and washed away the Tigers.

Johnny Porter and Camden Glover rolled hard to the hoop on back-to-back plays, and the Wolves closed the first quarter on an 11-2 tear, basically ending things on the spot.

Key to Coupeville’s success was the way its players shared the rock.

Then add in a whole bunch of intangibles, and things were looking good for the guys in red and black.

“We had very good ball movement, shared well, spread the wealth, crashed the boards good, shot 90% at the free throw line and everyone got minutes,” said CHS coach Jon Roberts.

“In my book it was a good day.”

Once they had the advantage, the Wolves poured it on, zipping the ball around the horn, looking for the hot hand, and never allowing Granite to have a moment of peace.

Another run, this one 10-0 in the latter half of the second quarter, featured buckets from Riley Lawless, Camden Glover, and Davin Houston, as CHS dominated in the paint.

Setting the table was Landon Roberts, who slashed through the defense, then dropped picture-perfect lobs into the waiting fingers of his big men.

Up 29-13 at the break, Coupeville continued to hammer away at its hapless foes.

Aiden O’Neill spun his defender around like a top, then slashed past him for a bucket, while Jack and Johnny Porter were twin titans of terror, converting offensive rebounds into easy put-backs.

The Wolves kept the flow going throughout the fourth, whether it was Houston and Lawless knocking down buckets, or Malachi Somes, Makai Myles, and Easton Green harassing Tiger ballhandlers into frequent mistakes.

Landon Roberts put the final nail into the coffin, picking off a pass and using his long legs to fly coast to coast to beat the buzzer by half a beat with a game-ending layup.

Coupeville spread its offense around, with Johnny Porter popping for a game-high 13 points, and Jack Porter slapping home 10.

Landon Roberts, Glover, and Lawless had eight apiece, with Houston (6), Green (4), and O’Neill (2) rounding out the attack.