Coupeville Sports

Former Wolf basketball star Makana Stone teamed with Brooke Crowder to coach the Coupeville Middle School girls’ hoops teams this season. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Another season in the books.

The Coupeville Middle School girls’ basketball squads brought a close to their campaign Tuesday, jousting with visiting South Whidbey in a rivalry rumble.

The schools split the two games they played, while Coupeville’s third unit sat out the action as their rivals only go two teams deep.

How the finale played out:

Team #1:

Coupeville saved its best offensive surge for the fourth quarter, but the late run fell short in a 36-12 loss.

South Whidbey limited the Wolves to a single bucket in each of the first three quarters, building a 6-2 lead before stretching the margin out to 14-4 and 24-6.

Kennedy O’Neill, one of nine 8th graders on the CMS roster, capped her middle school hoops career by pouring in a team-high eight points.

Emma Cushman and Zayne Roos each banked in a bucket to round out the scoring.

Cameron Van Dyke, Hazel Goldman, Finley Helm, Annaliese Powers, Savannah Coxsey, Sophia Batterman, Addison Jacobson, KeeAyra Brown, Allison Powers, and Elizabeth Marshall also saw floor time for the Wolves.

Team #2:

The second quarter was the deciding factor for Coupeville’s hottest team.

Using a 12-0 run in that frame to stake themselves to a big lead, the Wolves held off a late South Whidbey rally to claim a 25-23 victory.

Coupeville’s second unit, which has been on a tear during the second half of the season, battled to a 6-6 tie across the first quarter, before Finley Helm, Aubrey Flowers, and Bella Sandlin torched the net in the second.

The visitors sliced a point off their deficit in the third, trimming the margin to 22-11, before going on their own run in the game’s final moments.

The Wolves proved resilient, however, with a successful fourth quarter free throw from Laurel Crowder proving to be huge at crunch time.

Crowder paced Coupeville with a team-high seven points, while Helm (6), Flowers (4), Allison Powers (2), Emma Green (2), Annaliese Powers (2), and Sandlin (2) also tickled the twine.

Abbey Hunt, Jacobson, Coxsey, Goldman, Sabrina Judnich, and Claire Lachnit rounded out the roster for CMS.