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Hoops teams go into (almost) hibernation

Posted in Basketball, tagged , , , , on December 21, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Aiden O’Neill flies into action. (Julie Wheat photo)

No games for you. Or you. Or even you.

Maybe.

The Northwest 2B/1B League is basically taking a week off for Christmas, with the only basketball contests currently scheduled for next week being a pair of non-conference rumbles Monday for La Conner.

Well, that was true until just as I went to publish this story, a game was slipped on the schedule for Tuesday, Dec. 23, sending the Coupeville varsity boys to water-logged Concrete for a “non-conference game against a conference foe.”

That makes up a bit for the Wolves losing their two-game trip to Eastern Washington this weekend due to troublesome weather at the passes.

But, other than that, the hoops landscape is bare until the following week, when a fairly busy New Years week slate of games kicks off Monday, Dec. 29.

Included in that is a trip to Meridian for the Coupeville varsity girls, who are scheduled to play three games in three days Dec. 29-31 at the Trojan Storm Classic.

Though, even as you read this, anything and everything could be changing – tis the season to use a pencil and not a pen to write down scheduling info.

With that in mind, a look at where things presently sit:

 

Northwest League boys’ basketball:

School League Overall
Orcas Island 2-0 5-0
MV Christian 1-0 3-2
Concrete 0-0 0-4
Darrington 0-0 3-2
Friday Harbor 0-0 0-6
La Conner 0-1 0-5
Coupeville 0-2 1-5

 

Northwest League girls’ basketball:

School League Overall
La Conner 1-0 4-2
MV Christian 1-0 4-1
Orcas Island 1-1 4-3
Concrete 0-0 3-1
Darrington 0-0 0-3
Friday Harbor 0-0 1-5
Coupeville 0-2 1-4

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Flip the nets, rattle the rim

Posted in Basketball, tagged , , , , on December 20, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Cami Van Dyke slices through the defense. (Julie Wheat photos)

The first 798 points are in the books.

With 2025 rolling to a close, and the 2026 section of the high school basketball season coming up, scorebook keepers have put down their pencils for the holiday break.

At least here in town.

The Wolf varsity girls are slated to head to Meridian Dec. 29-31 for the Trojan Storm Classic, but other than that, we’re almost done with the first leg of the campaign.

As we pause for a moment, a look at where CHS players currently sit in the scoring race.

 

GIRLS:

Varsity
(5 games):

Haylee Armstrong – 50
Tenley Stuurmans – 40
Teagan Calkins – 39
Danica Strong – 19
Kennedy O’Neill – 16
Adeline Maynes – 7
Ari Cunningham – 3
Capri Anter – 2
Lexis Drake – 2
Sydney Van Dyke – 2

 

JV
(5 games):

Ava Lucero – 45
Cami Van Dyke – 29
Willow Leedy-Bonifas – 23
Anna Powers – 20
Finley Helm – 10
Olivia Hall – 3
Elizabeth Marshall – 3
Emma Cushman – 2

 

BOYS:

Varsity
(6 games):

Chase Anderson – 90
Camden Glover – 68
Aiden O’Neill – 36
Davin Houston – 30
Malachi Somes – 25
Mahkai Myles – 12
Easton Green – 10
Sage Arends – 8
Riley Lawless – 4
Carson Grove – 3

 

JV
(6 games):

Carson Grove – 49
Josh Stockdale – 39
Jayden McManus – 34
Nathan Coxsey – 28
Liam Lawson – 25
Khanor Jump – 7
Trent Thule – 7
Ayden Warren – 6
Chris Zenz – 2
Brian Thompson – 1

A screaming Falcon can’t stop Mahkai Myles from making the net flip.

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You and the Booster Club? A match made in heaven!

Posted in Booster Club, tagged , , , on December 18, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Join the club.

The Coupeville Booster Club that is.

As we head towards the end of the calendar year, this is the perfect time to become a Wolf supporter by joining up during the club’s annual membership drive.

Do so, and you can be part of the inner circle and help keep local athletics thriving.

And what does the Booster Club do, you ask? Well…

The boosters are the backbone of Wolf sports, making life easier for coaches, athletes, and admins.

The group annually awards eight $1,000 scholarships to graduating seniors, while also providing a yearly stipend to high school and middle school sports programs.

The boosters also provide roses for Senior Night festivities, varsity letters for Wolf athletes, meal money and goodie bags for road trips, and numerous team improvement items.

These have ranged from literature and DVDs to tarps, weight room equipment, batting cages, upgrades to school athletic fields and facilities, and t-shirts for cancer awareness nights.

Plus, the Wall of Fame in the CHS gym, which documents accomplishments from 100+ years of Coupeville athletics?

It wouldn’t exist without the support of the boosters, who provided the biggest financial contribution to its development, and continue to handle updates.

 

To join the good times, scan the QR code in the photo above, or pop over to:

https://www.memberplanet.com/s/coupevilleboosterclub/membership-2021-2022

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Eastward bound no more

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged , , , , on December 18, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Chase Anderson gets knocked down, but he’ll get back up again. (Jackie Saia photo)

Unpack your bags.

Mother Nature has claimed two more basketball games this winter, and this time they involve a Coupeville High School team.

The Wolf boys’ varsity hoops squad was scheduled to play non-conference rumbles at Manson Friday and Entiat Saturday, but both bouts have been scrubbed from the schedule.

The reason? All the unsettled atmospheric conditions in the state.

“The games have been cancelled due to concerns about conditions trying to maneuver the passes and upcoming weather,” said CHS Athletic Director Becky Cays.

“We are working on some potential games on this side of the mountains, but nothing confirmed yet.”

Barring any future tweaks to the schedule, Coupeville, which sits at 1-5 on the season, is slated to return to action Jan. 3, when it hits the road to play Morton-White Pass.

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Wolf swimmer earns college invite

Posted in Swim, tagged , , , on December 17, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Finn Price ponders the mysteries of the deep. (Photo courtesy Rachel Price-Rayner)

The Lone Wolf is splashing to Walla Walla.

Coupeville High School senior Finn Price, who is chasing a third trip to the state meet this winter, will follow in the footsteps of former Wolf hoops legend Makana Stone and pursue college sports excellence at Whitman College.

After graduating with the CHS Class of 2026, Price will join a highly successful Blues swim program headed up by Jennifer Blomme, who has been named Northwest Conference Coach of the Year 15 times while leading both the men’s and women’s aquatic programs.

Price made the decision to choose Whitman, one of the top NCAA D-III athletic schools in the country, after visiting the school and meeting the current team.

“He’s beyond thrilled!” said mom Rachel Price-Rayner. “He’s very happy and has worked hard.”

While attending Coupeville, which doesn’t have a swim program of its own, Finn Price has commuted daily to Mukilteo to train and travel with Kamiak, a 4A high school.

He then goes his own way each postseason, earning a ticket to state as both a sophomore and junior.

While he’s only a few meets into his senior campaign, Price has already clinched entry to the district meet in multiple events.

Being willing to put in the extra time and effort is part of what caught Blomme’s eye.

“She was extremely impressed with how far he actually travels to even get in the pool and how he commits to 5.5 hours a day so that he can swim,” said Price-Rayner.

“She was impressed with his GPA considering he routinely misses three classes a day for three months, the fact that he is the only male swimmer at his school, that he isn’t in a year-round swim team, or has no way to practice off blocks on the Island.

“She’s looking forward to getting her hands on him.”

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