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Stone a savage!!

Posted in Basketball, tagged , , , , on December 1, 2017| Leave a Comment »

   Makana Stone, here with CHS running mate Sylvia Hurlburt, sparked Whitman to a fifth-straight win Friday night. (Photo courtesy Eileen Stone)

The Human Highlight Reel is back at it.

Throwing down a team-high 16 points and snatching seven boards Friday, Coupeville grad Makana Stone sparked the Whitman College women’s basketball team to its fifth consecutive win.

The Blues, playing the first game of back-to-back road contests in Tacoma, savaged Pacific Lutheran 72-44.

The win, coming in the team’s first conference game, lifts Whitman to 5-1 on the season.

Stone continued to be highly-efficient this season, dropping in 8-12 shots from the field in 23 minutes of action. She also added two assists and two steals.

Casey Poe knocked down 10 to back her, while Whitman got 30 points from its bench players.

Whitman jumped out to a 14-11 lead after one quarter, then steadily added to its lead, with a 24-11 run in the fourth the real killer.

If nothing else, PLU hit a rare achievement in the loss, scoring exactly the same amount of points (11) in every quarter.

The Blues, ranked #8 in D-III, return to the court Saturday to face their arch-rivals, #19 University of Puget Sound.

The schools split four games last season, with UPS winning two regular-season games in overtime. Whitman avenged those losses, however, winning twice in the playoff.

Six games into her sophomore campaign, Stone tops Whitman in points (88), rebounds (41), field goal percentage (66% on 35-53) and free throw percentage (86% on 18-21).

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X-Man carries Wolves to super win!!

Posted in Basketball, Middle School, tagged , , , , on November 30, 2017| Leave a Comment »

   Xavier “X-Man” Murdy knocked down 11 points Thursday, sparking the CMS 8th grade squad to a season-opening win in Sequim. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

He could retire undefeated.

Now, there are still nine games left on the Coupeville Middle School boys basketball schedule, and it’s doubtful Dante Mitchell is going to quit any time soon.

But, after guiding the Wolf 8th graders to a 39-33 win Thursday in Sequim, his record as a coach is flawless.

The same can’t be said for Brian Shank, who was filling in for Bob Martin while the veteran round-ball guru is away on a business trip.

Despite Shank’s best coaching moves, the undermanned CMS 7th graders were stuffed 53-6 by their big school rivals.

8th grade rolls:

Mitchell got scoring from six of the eight players on his roster, with Xavier Murdy leading the way with a game-high 11.

Grady Rickner banged away for eight, Caleb Meyer threw down seven and Logan Martin banked home six.

Hawthorne Wolf added five, while Cody Roberts dropped in a bucket to round out the scoring.

Aiden Burdge and Gabe Shaw also saw action for the Wolves, who return home to host Stevens next Monday.

7th grade survives:

The young guns have a thin roster, and, it appears, ran out of steam, failing to score in the final three quarters

Isaiah Bittner led the way with five points, while Dominic Coffman netted a free-throw for Coupeville’s other point.

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She’s got that winning feeling!!

Posted in Basketball, Wolves in college, tagged , , , , , on November 29, 2017| Leave a Comment »

   In the few moments when she’s not dropping three-balls, Kailey Kellner likes spending time with mom. (Photo courtesy Jennifer Kellner)

From a win to a winning streak.

Sparked by Coupeville grad Kailey Kellner, the D’Youville College women’s basketball squad rolled Wednesday to its second-straight victory.

Beating Penn State-Behrend 62-45 on the road in Erie, PA, the Spartans improved to 2-4 on the season.

The win was also noteworthy for being D’Youville coach Dan Glover’s 50th career win, and for coming in the team’s first Allegeheny Mountain Collegiate Conference tilt.

The Spartans came out strongly, grabbing a 15-9 lead after the first quarter, then steadily pulled away from there.

Kellner, a freshman making her third start, dropped in all five of her points during a crucial run to end the first half.

Penn State had cut the lead down to five, but with the former Wolf knocking down a three-ball and another bucket, D’Youville closed the half on a 10-5 run.

Kellner was a busy bee all game, also picking up two steals, three rebounds and a team-high four assists.

For the season, she sits with 30 points, 16 rebounds, 10 assists and five steals.

D’Youville will try and stretch its winning streak to three Saturday, when it hosts Mt. Aloysius in a league game.

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Clash of titans on its way!!

Posted in Basketball, tagged , , , , on November 27, 2017| Leave a Comment »

   Former Wolf hoops legend Jason Bagby lays down some defensive heat during a past Roehl Round-Ball Classic. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Who still has game?

The biggest, baddest and most anticipated alumni basketball tourney in all the land returns to the prairie Saturday, Dec. 23.

The Tom Roehl Round-Ball Classic goes down in the Coupeville High School and Middle School gyms that day, with action kicking off at 9 AM.

After falling to an Oak Harbor team in 2016, Coupeville’s Red Pride is expected to lead the challengers, seeking a return to form and a sixth title.

The all-day hoops tourney, which annually draws teams from Coupeville, Oak Harbor, South Whidbey, Anacortes and Mukilteo, honors a former longtime coach.

Roehl was an assistant football coach at CHS for 19 seasons, while also leading the Central Whidbey Youth Athletic Association’s basketball program for two decades. He passed away in 2003.

The tourney raises money for scholarships which are given out by his family to students in Coupeville and South Whidbey.

For more info and to register, pop over to:

http://www.tjroehl.org/2017-registration-page.html

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Stunner in Buffalo!!

Posted in Basketball, Wolves in college, tagged , , , , on November 26, 2017| Leave a Comment »

   CHS grad Kailey Kellner (second from right) has moved into the starting lineup as a freshman at New York’s D’Youville College. (Photo courtesy Jennifer Kellner)

This is why you play the games.

On paper, Sunday’s women’s basketball match-up between win-less D’Youville College and undefeated Cazenovia College looked like a rout in the making.

Think again.

Getting solid work from its Coupeville gunner, freshman Kailey Kellner, D’Youville stormed out to a huge lead, held off an epic rally, and eventually stunned its visitors, capturing a 84-79 win.

The victory lifts the Spartans to 1-4 on the season, while Cazenovia exits the arena at 3-1.

Kellner made her second-straight start and had an immediate impact, drilling a jumper to give D’Youville its first lead at 4-2.

From opening tip until midway through the third quarter, the Spartans were at the top of their games.

From a 26-24 lead after one quarter, D’Youville stretched its lead to eight at the half and all the way out to 18 after a torrid start to the third.

Up 63-45 with 4:39 to play in the quarter, the Spartans looked untouchable.

Cazenovia had other ideas, however.

The Cougars, who had outscored their first three foes by 56 points, suddenly found their shooting touch, ripping off 16 straight points to silence the home fans.

Darian Evans stopped the bleeding for D’Youville with a layup to end the quarter, but, while the Spartans were still clinging to a lead at 65-61, momentum had taken a huge turn.

Or, maybe it hadn’t, as the Buffalo Bombers proved to be far more resilient than originally thought.

After taking three fairly rough beatings to open the season, D’Youville lost a close one in its last game, and Sunday, it seized its moment.

Having prevented Cazenovia from retaking the lead, the Spartans made their shots down the stretch while clamping down on defense.

Cue the final buzzer, and a team which had been outscored collectively by 80 points in its first four games was ready to cut down the nets.

Or, at least celebrate a bit as they headed to the locker room. It is only the fifth game of the season.

Kellner finished with six points, three rebounds and two assists, while playing 26 minutes. For the season, she’s averaging five points and 2.6 rebounds a game.

D’Youville will try and get a winning streak going when it hits the road Wednesday to face Penn State-Behrend.

 

Bonus: How many times can you spot Kellner in D’Youville’s hype video?

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