Coupeville Sports

Malachi Somes crashes to the hoop. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

Sometimes you’re the chainsaw, and sometimes you’re the log.

Playing at Central Washington University Friday, the Coupeville High School varsity boys’ basketball team ended up on the wrong end of that example.

Squaring off with a top-level Toledo squad which put four players into double-digit scoring, the Wolves were swept off the floor 76-30.

The non-conference loss drops Coupeville to 2-6 on the season, but Brad Sherman’s team gets a chance to bounce right back Saturday with a rumble against Kittitas.

The two-game holiday road trip to Eastern Washington is part of an ongoing stretch where the Wolves play seven of nine away from Whidbey.

Toledo, which hails from the rough-and-tumble Central 2B League, jumped out to a quick 16-5 lead Friday, then turned up the heat with a 24-11 tear through the second quarter.

The Riverhawks, who stretched the advantage to 59-23 by the end of the third, dominated in every facet of the game.

Toledo won the three-ball battle 9-3 and hit a crisp 9-10 at the free throw line, while Coupeville finished just 5-14 at the charity stripe.

Hurlee Bronec and Chase Anderson led the way for the Wolves, both rattling the rim for six points, while Hunter Bronec knocked down five.

Malachi Somes (4), Jack Porter (4), Camden Glover (3), and Johnny Porter (2) rounded out the offensive attack, with Carson Field, Davin Houston, Easton Green, and Landon Roberts also seeing floor time.

It was Houston’s varsity basketball debut.

Davin Houston prepares to lose his defender.