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Rock the gym, as the camera clicks

Posted in Band, Basketball, Cheer, tagged , , , , , on January 9, 2019| Leave a Comment »

Jacobi Pilgrim stops and pops. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

Wolves (l to r) Ashleigh Battaglia, Mica Shipley and Coral Caveness soar above the hardwood.

Raven Vick and Andrew Martin lay down some hot tracks.

Operating as a basketball assassin or dazzling drummer, Daniel Olson rocks the gym.

Marenna Rebischke-Smith (left) and Kaley Grigsby prepare to launch into another routine.

Jered Brown kicks it into over-drive.

When she’s not working as the world’s best basketball manager, Heidi Meyers (right) waits for the beat to drop.

Nikolai Lyngra debates whether to stay with the band, or launch a solo career.

You never know when the paparazzi will pop in.

Despite being scheduled to cover other events Tuesday, wanderin’ photo wizard John Fisken carved out a few minutes to slide by and shoot part of the Coupeville High School boys basketball varsity game.

The pics seen above, which feature a mix of hoops action, cheer, and band, are courtesy him.

To see everything he snapped, pop over to:

https://www.johnsphotos.net/Sports/Coupeville-Basketball-2018-2019-boys-and-girls/BBB-2019-01-08-vs-Granite-Falls/

And remember, purchases help fund scholarships for CHS senior student/athletes.

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Hoops stars finding their groove

Posted in Basketball, tagged , , , , on January 8, 2019| Leave a Comment »

Damon Stadler sank a pair of three-balls Tuesday, scoring a team-high eight points for the Wolf C-Team. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Play for today, build for tomorrow.

The Coupeville High School boys basketball C-Team hit a lot of the right notes Tuesday night, something which pleases coach Scott Fox.

The Wolves put together their best shooting performance of the season, and, while they came up short in a 44-29 loss to visiting Granite Falls, the signs of growth and improvement are everywhere.

“Kids responded with a great practice yesterday and it produced our best offensive outburst to date,” Fox said. “We lost, but competed hard and are starting to play together and aggressive.

“Very happy with the effort and performance.”

Damon Stadler and Jaylen Nitta sparked the Wolf offense, netting eight points apiece, with Stadler knocking down a pair of three-balls from great distance.

The duo were backed by Chris Cernick, who worked hard in the paint to notch six, while Jonathan Partida (4), Brayden Coatney (2) and Ben Smith (1) also scored.

Tony Garcia and Andrew Aparicio rounded out the roster, with all eight Wolves in action bringing the heat on both ends of the floor.

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Big performance, big win

Posted in Basketball, Wolves in college, tagged , , , , on January 8, 2019| Leave a Comment »

Makana Stone went for a game-high 21 points and 17 rebounds Tuesday as Whitman won a big-time showdown. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

One big hurdle down, several more to go.

Powered by a ferocious performance from Coupeville grad Makana Stone, the Whitman College women’s basketball squad won a thriller in Spokane Tuesday, knocking off Whitworth University 91-86.

The pressure-packed victory lifts the Blues to 4-0 in Northwest Conference play, 10-3 overall and leaves them in a first-place tie with defending league champ George Fox.

After absorbing the loss, Whitworth (3-1, 8-5) slips into second-place in the conference standings.

Stone, who went off for a game-high 21 points and 17 rebounds Tuesday, will lead Whitman into a dangerous doubleheader this coming weekend.

The Blues play Friday at Linfield (2-2, 6-7), before facing off Saturday with George Fox (4-0, 11-3).

Tuesday’s rumble was a slug-fest between two talented squads, and went down to the wire.

Stone iced the game with her final points of the night, when she snared an offensive rebound and powered back up for a game-busting bucket with just 33 ticks left on the clock.

Add another huge rebound, coming off of a missed free throw by a teammate at the 18-second mark, and the former Wolf was a woman on a mission.

Whitman edged out to a small lead (14-12) after one quarter of play, only to fall behind 35-32 at the half.

The Blues promptly doubled their score, however, tossing in 32 points during a wild and woolly third quarter, before hitting big shots down the stretch to hold on for the win.

Stone’s 21 points came on 9-15 shooting from the floor and 3-4 from the free-throw line, while Blues teammate Kaelan Shamseldin drilled five three-balls en route to 20 points of her own.

On the season, Stone, who leads Whitman in 13 of 22 stat categories, sits with 216 points, 116 rebounds, 22 assists, 18 steals and 17 blocks.

She’s shooting 92-176 from the field and 32-44 at the charity stripe.

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Wolf grads light up college courts

Posted in Basketball, Wolves in college, tagged , , , , , on January 5, 2019| Leave a Comment »

CHS grad Kailey Kellner lets fly in a recent college basketball game. (Photo courtesy Jennifer Kellner)

Coupeville, taking control of women’s college basketball, coast to coast.

Playing on different sides of the country Saturday, Wolf grads Makana Stone and Kailey Kellner both put together strong games.

While one of their teams rolled to a big win, and the other was nipped at the buzzer, the spirit of CHS basketball lives large across the USA.

How Saturday played out:

 

Cruise control:

Stone tossed in 10 of her 13 points in the first quarter as Whitman College buried host Lewis & Clark College early, rumbling to a 77-46 win in Oregon.

The victory lifts the Blues to 3-0 in Northwest Conference play, 9-3 overall.

Whitman, which started a four-game road trip Saturday after not playing since Dec. 21, gets a major test next week.

Stone and Co., currently in a three-tie for first place in league play, face Whitworth (3-0, 8-4) Tuesday, Linfield (2-2, 6-7) Friday and George Fox (3-0, 10-2) Saturday.

Saturday’s game was a nice palate cleanser, as the Blues roared out to a 47-20 lead at the half, then gave their bench players plenty of floor time after the break.

Stone finished with 13 points, five rebounds, two steals and two assists while playing just 22 minutes on the night. It was her second-shortest stint of the season.

For the year, the Whitman junior has 195 points, 99 rebounds, 22 assists, 18 steals and 17 blocked shots.

 

Heartbreak city:

Kellner singed the nets in New York for seven points, including a key three-ball which helped D’Youville College sprint out to a 12-point halftime lead, but the Spartans couldn’t hold on at the end.

A game which see-sawed back and forth in the final two minutes, with D’Youville tying the bout on a pair of free throws with seven ticks left on the clock, ended on a layup.

Unfortunately for Kellner and Co., that final basket came off of the fingertips of a visiting Penn State-Altoona player, giving the Lions an 83-81 squeaker.

The league loss drops D’Youville to 1-3 in Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference play, 4-7 overall.

The Spartans, who are back in action Wednesday against Penn State-Behrend (4-3, 5-8). sit in 8th place in their 10-team conference.

After a relatively mild first quarter, which ended with Penn State up 19-18, the game took huge swings over the next two frames.

D’Youville used a 26-13 surge in the second to build a large lead, then saw most of it crumble away thanks to a 26-15 Penn State run in the third.

Clinging to a one-point lead entering the final frame, the Spartans were outscored 25-22 down the stretch.

Kellner also snagged three boards Saturday, topping all D’Youville bench players in points and rebounds.

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Kellner returns to hard-court life!!

Posted in Basketball, Wolves in college, tagged , , , , , on December 30, 2018| Leave a Comment »

Coupeville grad Kailey Kellner was in action Sunday, after a three-week break from her sophomore college basketball season. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

It’s been awhile.

When Coupeville grad Kailey Kellner and her D’Youville College women’s basketball teammates stepped on the floor Sunday in Buffalo, New York, they might have been forgiven for not recognizing their home court.

The Spartans have been on a three-week winter break, allowing for trips home, but also possibly adding a bit of rust to the ol’ jump shot.

Their foes, Clarkson University, had just played Saturday, and were back in a mid-season groove, bouncing D’Youville 80-61.

The non-conference loss drops the Spartans to 4-5 on the season.

Kellner played well, however, netting four points and yanking down five rebounds in 14 minutes of action.

She was one off the team high in the carom-collecting biz, as teammate Sara Fields pulled in six rebounds.

Kellner added a steal and an assist as she checked off most of the boxes on the stat sheet.

Clarkson, which was led by a game-high 29 points from junior guard Molly Stewart, AKA “The Pride of Livonia, NY,” led 15-11 after one quarter, then stretched the lead out from there.

The crippler for D’Youville was a 25-15 run by the visiting Golden Knights in the third quarter.

Now that they’re done with their holiday break, the Spartans plunge into the meat of their schedule.

D’Youville has a final non-conference game against Buffalo State Wednesday, Jan. 2, then plays its final 15 regular-season contests against Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference rivals.

The Spartans, 1-2 in league play, start that conference run with a game Jan. 5 against Penn State-Altoona.

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