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Seriously, she’s not gonna lose, ever again!!

Posted in Basketball, Wolves in college, tagged , , , , on December 9, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Makana Stone

   CHS grad Makana Stone (left) and Whitman College teammates Mady Burdett (center) and Anissia Hughes are now 8-0 on the season.

You can’t stop their roll.

Rising in the polls and beating opponents by ever-bigger margins, the Whitman College women’s basketball squad is fast becoming a juggernaut.

Sparked by eight points and four rebounds from Coupeville High School grad Makana Stone, the Blues threw down an 89-59 beat-down on visiting Louisiana College Friday night.

The win, coming in the first round of the two-day Kim Evanger Raney Classic in Walla Walla, lifts Whitman to 8-0 on the season.

The Blues will face Colorado College Saturday in the tourney finale, then head to Honolulu Dec. 19-20 for the Hawaii Tournament.

Whitman put Friday’s game on ice fairly quickly, jumping out to a 27-14 lead after one quarter, before cruising home for the win.

Emily Rommel paced the Blues with 16, while three of her fellow starters dropped 11 apiece.

Coming off the bench as a super sub, Stone hit a pair of jump shots in the second quarter, then padded her scoring totals with two layups in the third.

On the season, she is averaging 6.3 points and 5.4 rebounds a night, and her 43 rebounds are third-best on the squad.

After hitting four of six shots Friday, Stone is shooting a crisp 56.4% from the field (22 of 39).

That puts her just one miss off of the team lead, currently held by Maegen Martin (22-38).

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It makes snow sense…

Posted in Basketball, tagged , , , , on December 9, 2016| 6 Comments »

Hunter Smith (John Fisken photo)

   “Whoa, whoa, whoa… we’re going to Silverdale, but the Klahowya girls aren’t coming here? What the what?” (John Fisken photo)

Coupeville and Klahowya are scheduled to play high school basketball games Friday night in two separate towns.

There’s currently more snow in Silverdale than here in town.

So guess which game got postponed?

Yep, going against all conventional wisdom, the CHS boys road game is still on, while the Wolf girls will be left with an empty gym and will practice instead of facing off with the Eagles.

While it would be easy to jump to the conclusion that Coupeville’s bus drivers are just better at their jobs than their Silverdale compatriots (probably true), there’s a little more to it than that.

Klahowya girls’ basketball is claiming some of its players and/or coaches couldn’t make it to the school in time for what would have been an early departure (probably 11 AM with a 3:30 tip-off).

Coupeville’s boys, on the other hand, had little issue meeting their bus (CHS didn’t even have a delayed start this morning).

So, with a warmed-up bus, a hardy driver, and a 79.4% chance the roads in Silverdale will be cleared by the time Coupeville hits the mainland, the boys are off on a road trip.

The girls game will be rescheduled at a later date.

Both Coupeville teams will play at home Saturday, unless South Whidbey finds a creative excuse not to make the drive up the Island.

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Won’t lose! Can’t lose!!

Posted in Basketball, Wolves in college, tagged , , , , on December 6, 2016| Leave a Comment »

The uniform may have changed for Makana Stone, but the production has not. (John Fisken photo)

   The uniform may have changed for Makana Stone, but the production has not. (John Fisken photo)

First they moved up three slots in the polls, then they wrecked another foe.

Whitman College’s women’s basketball squad, which includes former Coupeville High School legend Makana Stone, routed visiting Whitworth 61-50 Tuesday night to improve to a flawless 7-0.

The Blues entered the night ranked #22 in the most recent Women’s Basketball Coaches Association D-3 poll.

Whitman rolled to its second straight Northwest Conference win, using a 34-18 run over the middle two quarters to turn a tied ball game into a 16-point advantage.

Stone snared three of her five rebounds during that surge, while also picking up a steal.

She hit a season low with just a single point, off of a fourth quarter free throw, but she had the second-most rebounds for Whitman as it controlled the boards to a 36-25 tune.

Whitman spread its scoring around, with three players hitting double figures.

Emily Rommel popped for 15, Chelsi Brewer banked home 11 and Maegen Martin knocked down 10.

Through seven games, Stone, who is averaging 17 minutes a game off the bench, is putting up 6.0 points and 5.6 rebounds a night.

She leads the team in shooting percentage at 54.5% (18 of 33) and has seven steals, six assists and two blocks.

Whitman’s next four games come tourney-style, two in Walla Walla and two in Honalulu.

The Blues will play in the Kim Evanger Raney Classic Dec. 9-10 at home, facing Louisiana College and Colorado College.

After that it’s off to the islands for the Hawaii Tournament Dec. 19-20, where their foes will be Occidental College and the University of the Redlands.

Whitman then takes a two-week-plus break between games, returning to conference play Jan. 6 against Linfield College.

The Blues close with 14 straight league games, the first four on their home court.

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The stands, they demand to be crammed!!

Posted in Basketball, tagged , , , , , on December 6, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Coupeville Booster Club bigwig Robyn Myers requests your presence in the CHS gym Saturday. (John Fisken photo)

   Coupeville Booster Club bigwig Robyn Myers requests your presence in the CHS gym Saturday night. (John Fisken photo)

Prepare your derriere. Then sit it down on the rock-hard bleachers.

If this Saturday’s Coupeville vs. South Whidbey basketball doubleheader wasn’t big enough, now the Booster Club is upping the ante.

The only time this season both the Wolf girls and boys will be playing at home on the same night, it’s been tabbed as a Pack the Stands event as well.

The Booster Club is sweetening the deal with giveaways and prizes, and CHS fans are asked to sport their team colors (that would be, in some order, red, white and black).

Both varsity games will be in the high school gym (boys at 5:15, girls at 7:00) with JV teams flip-flopped, playing across the hallway in the middle school gym.

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Stone & Co. still perfect!!

Posted in Basketball, Wolves in college, tagged , , , , , on December 2, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Makana Stone (John Fisken photo)

   Makana Stone may have moved from high school to college, but she’s still the destroyer of worlds. (John Fisken photo)

Two undefeated teams took the floor Friday night, one left still perfect.

Advantage the team that gives a uniform to Makana Stone.

With the former Coupeville supernova continuing to play a key role off the bench, the Whitman College women’s basketball squad thrashed host Willamette 61-46 in both team’s league opener.

The win lifts the Blues to 6-0 overall, 1-0 in Northwest Conference play.

Whitman got double-digit scoring from four players, led by Alysse Ketner, who banged home 15 and Emily Rommel, who went for 12 points and 12 rebounds.

But back on Whidbey what we really care about is how Stone’s freshman campaign is playing out, and she once again used her minutes smartly.

On the floor for 13 minutes in a battle of 5-0 teams, she scored five points, pulled down three rebounds, dealt out an assist and collected another tooth-rattling rejection.

Through six games Stone is the best shooter on the team, knocking down 18 of 31 shots for a crisp 58.1%.

She’s third on the Blues in rebounding (5.7 a night), fifth in scoring (6.8 per game) and has six assists, six steals and two blocks.

Whitman, which is ranked #25 in the nation in D-3 play, returns to Walla Walla to face Whitworth Dec. 6.

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