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Stone, Blues exit 2018 with a bang!!

Posted in Basketball, Wolves in college, tagged , , , , , on December 21, 2018| Leave a Comment »

CHS grad Makana Stone threw down 12 points and snatched nine rebounds Friday, as Whitman rolled to its sixth win in its last seven games. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

They’re heading into the break on a high note.

Roaring from behind Friday, the Whitman College women’s basketball team ended 2018 with a win, scorching The University of Northwestern 73-63.

The victory gives the Blues a two-game sweep at the Hyatt Place December Classic in Santa Cruz, is their sixth win in their last seven games, and lifts them to 8-3 on the season.

Now, Whitman, and its Coupeville star, junior Makana Stone, are off until Jan. 5.

When they return to action, the Blues head into the heart of the league schedule, carrying a 2-0 mark in Northwest Conference games with them when they go to Oregon to face Lewis & Clark College.

Whitman’s final 14 regular-season games are league rumbles, as it chases the conference title which has narrowly eluded it during Stone’s first two seasons on campus.

Wrapping up tourney play in California, the Blues fell behind 21-15 after one quarter against a foe from Minnesota.

Things quickly took a better bounce, however, as Whitman knotted things up at 33-33 at the half, eked out a one-point lead after three quarters, then hammered Northwestern in the final frame.

The Blues took the lead for good at 55-54 a minute into the fourth quarter, after a series of fortunate events initiated by Stone.

First, she went high to reject a shot, then, at the other end of the floor, the former Wolf fed teammate Maegan Martin for a game-busting layup, picking up an assist on the go-ahead bucket.

Stone finished with 12 points, tying Mady Burdett for top honors, as four Blues notched double figures.

She also hauled down nine rebounds, dealt out four assists, rejected three shots and made off with a crucial steal.

On the season, Stone, who leads her team in 13 of 22 statistical categories, has 182 points, 94 rebounds, 20 assists, 16 steals and 17 blocks.

She’s connected on 78-153 field goals and 26-36 free throws.

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Stone sizzles in Cali!!

Posted in Basketball, Wolves in college, tagged , , , , on December 21, 2018| Leave a Comment »

Makana Stone filled up the stat sheet Thursday, lifting Whitman to a tourney win in California. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

The power was out all across Whidbey Island Thursday, but Makana Stone lit up California.

The Coupeville High School grad, playing for the first time in 12 days, filled up the stat sheet in the opening game of the Hyatt Place December Classic in Santa Cruz, lifting the Whitman College women’s basketball squad to its fifth victory in its last six games.

The Blues, showing remarkable consistency, scored exactly 16 points in every quarter, holding off a late rally by non-conference foe Williams College to escape with a 64-59 win.

Whitman, which plays the University of Northwestern Friday, then is off until Jan. 5, sits at 7-3 on the season.

Stone, as she has been in every game during her junior season, was a major driving force Thursday for the Blues.

She recorded 12 points, seven rebounds, three assists and a steal, while rising high above the Kaiser Permanente Arena floor to reject five shots.

The blocks were a collegiate career-high for Stone.

Whitman surged out to a 16-14 lead after one, turned it into a 32-28 margin at the half, then pushed things out to 48-36 headed into the fourth.

While Williams snuck back into the game in the final quarter, it never got closer than five points.

The first two times it did, at 56-51 and 58-53, Stone responded with a score to push the margin back out.

A three-point play the hard way, with just a single second left on the clock, allowed Williams to make the final deficit look a bit closer than reality.

Stone, who passed a personal milestone when she topped 700 points in college on a second-quarter jumper, sits with 170 points, 85 rebounds, 16 assists, 15 steals and 14 blocks on the season.

She’s shooting 72-133 from the field and 26-36 from the free throw line, and leads Whitman in 13 of 22 statistical categories.

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Basketball court calls young stars

Posted in Basketball, tagged , , , , on December 18, 2018| Leave a Comment »

Mason Grove and other Wolf hoops stars will work with Coupeville Youth Basketball players over six Saturday morning sessions. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

The present is ready to shape the future.

Coupeville School District students in grades 1-6 are invited to sign up for youth basketball, which will be run by Wolf high school coaches and players.

The season runs Jan. 5-Feb. 9, with action each Saturday from 9-11 AM.

Each date will be a mix of skills development work and games, allowing young players a chance to build their confidence in a fun environment.

Cost is $20 per student, and each participant receives a t-shirt and basketball in addition to their six weekends of court action.

To register, pop over to:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSehRwAnj1EuqXNAR6rc-JmVVj82yjvzi0vQ6ipxQdVIBawuqw/viewform

For any questions, contact CHS boys varsity basketball coach Brad Sherman at bsherman@coupeville.k12.wa.us or CHS girls varsity hoops coach David King at dking@coupeville.k12.wa.us.

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On to the next challenge!!

Posted in Basketball, standings, tagged , , , , on December 16, 2018| Leave a Comment »

Coupeville junior Hannah Davidson soars high to snatch a rebound. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Things are really starting to click.

Both Coupeville High School basketball squads are on the rise, though the circumstances are a bit different.

The Wolf boys broke into the win column Friday, edging Concrete thanks to big play from big man Ulrik Wells.

Meanwhile, the CHS girls have won three of four, including running away from arch-rival South Whidbey in their North Sound Conference opener.

That puts the Wolves in a tie atop the (very) early league standings, with a second conference clash coming up fast – Tuesday at home against Sultan.

The key for David King’s squad of recent? An offense that has suddenly been turbo-charged.

Coupeville tossed in 50 points against South Whidbey, then topped that with 53 two nights later vs. Concrete.

It’s the first time a Wolf varsity girls team has topped 50 points since Feb. 6, 2016, and the back-to-back net-burners is an even rarer occurrence.

CHS put together four consecutive 50+ point games between Jan. 30 and Feb. 9, 2015, smashing its way through Olympic League rivals Klahowya (twice), Chimacum and Port Townsend.

That 2014-2015 Wolf team, which won the first of three consecutive OL titles, while going undefeated each season, scored 50 or more in nine games, doing the deed six times in seven games at one point.

Whether this year’s squad can match that is an unknown, but for now, Coupeville is content to bask in the moment.

Next week brings two games for the Wolf boys (road trips to face non-conference foes Port Townsend and Nooksack Valley), while the CHS girls play three times.

The home match-up with Sultan is the big one, before a home game against PT and their own trip to Nooksack.

As we head towards those games, a look at where we are, through Dec. 16:

 

North Sound Conference girls basketball:

School League Overall
Coupeville 1-0 3-4
Granite Falls 1-0 2-4
King’s 1-0 2-3
CPC-Bothell 0-1 3-4
South Whidbey 0-1 0-6
Sultan 0-1 3-6

 

North Sound Conference boys basketball:

School League Overall
King’s 1-0 2-3
South Whidbey 1-0 4-3
Sultan 1-0 1-7
Coupeville 0-1 1-6
CPC-Bothell 0-1 1-6
Granite Falls 0-1 2-4

 

CHS girls basketball varsity scoring:

Lindsey Roberts – 77
Chelsea Prescott – 38
Ema Smith – 35
Avalon Renninger – 29
Scout Smith – 28
Nicole Laxton – 10
Tia Wurzrainer – 10
Hannah Davidson – 9
Izzy Wells – 5
Mollie Bailey – 4
Anya Leavell – 2
Ja’Kenya Hoskins

 

CHS boys basketball varsity scoring:

Hawthorne Wolfe – 72
Sean Toomey-Stout – 46
Ulrik Wells – 42
Jered Brown – 36
Mason Grove – 30
Gavin Knoblich -16
Koa Davison – 11
Jacobi Pilgrim – 6
Dane Lucero – 2
Jean Lund-Olsen

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No fingernails left, but a win!!

Posted in Basketball, tagged , , , , , on December 14, 2018| Leave a Comment »

Sean Toomey-Stout, swooping in an earlier game, banked in nine points Friday as Coupeville’s varsity won a thriller in Concrete. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

In a basketball world captivated by three-point shots, Ulrik Wells is a bit of a throw-back.

The lanky 6-foot-4 Coupeville High School junior does the dirty work in the paint, snatches rebounds by the bushel and hits his free throws.

And, while new-school long-range gunners often dominate the highlight reels, old-school skills can win you ball games.

Perfect example, Friday night, as Wells scored a career-high 14 points, including hitting six pressure-packed fourth-quarter free throws on the road to lift the Wolves past Concrete 43-42.

After coming close several times, it was the first win of the season for the CHS varsity boys, who now sit at 1-6.

To be completely honest, Friday’s non-conference bout was decided thanks to both new-school and old-school skills.

Coupeville out-shot their hosts behind the arc, with freshman Hawthorne Wolfe drilling a trio of treys to spark a 5-1 advantage on three-balls.

Older gunners Mason Grove and Sean Toomey-Stout also connected from three-point land, providing some nice daggers.

But the one-point game came down to free throws in the end.

The Wolves had two more opportunities at the charity stripe than the Lions (22-20), and hit one more (14-13), perfectly providing the winning margin.

Wells drained 8-10, including 6-8 in the final quarter, but Wolfe came up big too, netting both of his free throws in the fourth.

Meanwhile, Concrete as a team got to the line only four times in the second half, and never in the fourth quarter.

So, despite hitting just one field goal over the final eight minutes (Wells was again The Man), Coupeville won the final quarter 10-4, turning a five-point deficit into a one-point win.

Wells hit what would prove to be the winning shots with under a minute to play, pushing the Wolves back in front.

After that, it was up to the CHS defense to hold, and it did.

“Clutch. Guys fought hard to pull back ahead and hold on,” said Coupeville coach Brad Sherman. “Ulrik was big down the stretch. Showed a ton of heart in that fourth quarter.”

The game, between a pair of longtime rivals, was perfect for a Friday night, a back-and-forth affair where neither squad could pull away.

While Concrete snatched the early advantage at 11-9 headed into the first break, the Wolves immediately turned the tables in the second quarter.

With Wolfe dropping a pair of three-balls, Grove swishing a long trey and big men Wells and Jacobi Pilgrim combining for seven points in the paint, CHS used a 16-11 run to take a three-point lead to the half.

The break seemed to suck a bit of the life out of the Wolf attack, though, as they were stung 16-8 in the third. But, thanks to five points from Toomey-Stout in the quarter, they didn’t fall too far behind.

In the end, the third-quarter fade proved to not be fatal, but just an excellent way to set up the fireworks ahead.

Coupeville spread its offense among six players, with Wells (14), Wolfe (11) and Toomey-Stout (9) leading the way.

Pilgrim tossed in a varsity career-high four points, with Grove (3) and Brown (2) also scoring.

Dane Lucero, Koa Davison, Jean Lund-Olsen and Gavin Knoblich also saw floor time for the Wolves, who kicked off a four-game road trip with the visit to Concrete.

Coupeville has away games at Port Townsend, Nooksack Valley and King’s ahead on the schedule, not playing at home again until Jan. 8.

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