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Week of destiny, week of war

Posted in Basketball, standings, tagged , , , , on January 13, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Haylee Armstrong and Co. are ready to get on the floor and raise the roof. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Biggest week of the season, and every game at home.

Coupeville High School basketball teams can control their own destiny this coming week, with La Conner, Mount Vernon Christian, and Neah Bay traveling to Cow Town for hardwood clashes.

The Braves arrive Tuesday, the Hurricanes Friday, and the Red Devils (or at least their varsity teams) Saturday, as the CHS gym will be hoppin’.

The clash with La Conner is huge because it pits Coupeville against its biggest 2B rival in the pursuit of playoff berths.

Mount Vernon Christian, which is 1B now but will be 2B the next four years after new classification numbers go into effect this coming August, currently sits atop the league standings for both girls and boys.

Want a league title? The Wolves need to gnash on the ‘Canes.

The capper to the week against Neah Bay features non-conference action, but pits CHS against two of the best teams in all of 1B and should be big tests for the Wolves.

As we prepare for a week where the local gym should be crammed, night in and night out, a look at where things sit through Jan. 13:

 

Northwest League boys’ basketball:

School League Overall
MV Christian 6-0 6-9
Coupeville 3-0 10-2
La Conner 2-0 9-5
Orcas Island 3-3 6-10
Concrete 1-4 5-8
Friday Harbor 0-3 4-9
Darrington 0-5 3-9

 

Northwest League girls’ basketball:

School League Overall
MV Christian 6-0 12-3
La Conner 2-0 8-5
Darrington 2-3 6-7
Coupeville 1-2 5-7
Friday Harbor 1-2 3-10
Orcas Island 2-4 3-11
Concrete 1-4 7-6

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Youth served — on court, behind camera

Posted in Basketball, tagged , , , , on January 11, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Young, talented, and enjoying themselves. (Bailey Thule photo)

Teens snapping teens.

The photographers this time around are similar in age to the athletes performing in front of their cameras, with members of the Coupeville High School yearbook staff providing the pics seen above and below.

Taught the dark arts of the photography world by teacher Jackie Saia, emerging paparazzi such as Bailey Thule and Parker Hammons continue to impress.

They have a nice eye for going deep to capture the story beneath the surface, and we appreciate them letting us publish their work before the whole world catches on and celebrates their camera skills.

Ari Cunningham is (almost) ready for her closeup. (Yearbook staff photo)

“Smell my hand! Does that smell weird to you??” (Bailey Thule photo)

Katie Marti drills a free throw. (Parker Hammons photo)

“Come back and we’ll thump you again!” (Bailey Thule photo)

Chase Anderson pounces like a panther. (Bailey Thule photo)

Popcorn in hand, they’re ready for the show. (Yearbook staff photo)

Lyla Stuurmans squeezes through the defense. (Parker Hammons photo)

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WIAA still in love with fake teams

Posted in Basketball, tagged , , , , on January 9, 2024| Leave a Comment »

“We’re #1! We don’t have a team, but we’re #1!!!”

Psst, someone tell the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association its basketball rankings system is still broken.

It was just days ago that the WIAA finally corrected — after three weeks — the fact it had a boys’ hoops squad ranked #1 despite that team not actually existing this season.

You can read about it here:

WIAA ranks seemingly non-existent boys’ hoops team #1

And now the cucumber sandwich eatin’ scalawags are back at it.

A scan of the WIAA’s RPI rankings Tuesday reveals the sudden emergence of something called Firm Foundation Christian as the new #1 among 1B girls.

Not Neah Bay, not Crosspoint, not Mount Vernon Christian — the triple threat trio of the division.

Firm Foundation Christian.

The Eagles boast a 1-0 record, with a win Jan. 9 over the Washington School for the Deaf, which is 2-2, and … oh, here we go again.

When you click through from the WIAA, you find Firm Foundation Christian doesn’t even list a girls’ basketball team on its site, just a boys’ team.

Look over at the Washington School for the Deaf, and its girls’ team shows a 2-1 record, not 2-2, with no record of any contest against Firm Foundation Christian.

So off I went to the actual school website for Firm Foundation Christian … and, yep, no active girls’ hoops program.

The Eagles currently offer volleyball and boys’ basketball and plan to offer girls’ basketball in the future.

And when that first team arrives at some later date, it’ll be nice to know the program has already been ranked #1 in the state.

So, they got that going for them, which is nice.

The WIAA, which uses those RPI rankings when it goes to seed teams for the state playoffs?

Them folks still need to put down the cucumber sandwiches and keep a closer eye on their computers, which appear to be going haywire worse than SkyNet.

Otherwise, we all might start thinking the organization isn’t very good at this whole ranking thing.

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Shooters gotta shoot, scorers gotta score

Posted in Basketball, tagged , , , , on January 9, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Coupeville 8th grader Taylor Marrs is playing high school hoops while attending middle school. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

The new year is only nine days old, and yet the milestones are starting to pile up.

Four different Coupeville High School basketball players recorded their first varsity buckets during the first game of 2024, the same night Logan Downes cracked the 1,000-point club.

Seniors Reese Wilkinson, Kayla Arnold, and Timothy Nitta, and sophomore Aiden O’Neill gained entrance to the exclusive club while in Darrington, forever cementing their status as made men (and women).

Overall, the Wolves have produced 1,646 points this season, and we can properly award 1,620 of them to the players who popped the ball through the net.

Those other 26, scored on a night when the scorebook operator went AWOL on the JV girls? That’ll haunt us forever.

But, to the best of our abilities, here’s how things break down through Jan. 9:

 

Varsity – Girls
(11 games)

Katie Marti – 89
Mia Farris – 73
Madison McMillan – 58
Lyla Stuurmans – 29
Teagan Calkins – 27
Jada Heaton – 27
Haylee Armstrong – 12
Skylar Parker – 8
Kayla Arnold – 2
Bryley Gilbert – 2
Reese Wilkinson – 2

 

JV – Girls
(7 games)

Haylee Armstrong – 66
Tenley Stuurmans – 43
Bryley Gilbert – 30
Capri Anter – 16
Lexis Drake – 14
Adie Maynes – 12
Brynn Parker – 12
Teagan Calkins – 9
Taylor Marrs – 6
Chelsi Stevens – 5
Ari Cunningham – 3

**Missing 26 points​​**

 

Varsity – Boys
(11 games)

Logan Downes – 257
Cole White – 96
Chase Anderson – 87
Ryan Blouin – 77
Hunter Bronec – 48
Nick Guay – 28
Hurlee Bronec – 18
William Davidson – 10
Zane Oldenstadt – 7
Quinten Simpson-Pilgrim – 4
Timothy Nitta – 2
Aiden O’Neill – 2
Mikey Robinett – 2

 

JV – Boys:
(8 games)

Camden Glover – 104
Jack Porter – 83
Johnny Porter – 71
Aiden O’Neill – 55
Landon Roberts – 54
Riley Lawless – 27
Jayden McManus – 16
Davin Houston – 10
Easton Green – 8
Malachi Somes – 5
Makai Myles – 4

Wolf seniors love to score on the hardwood.

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Rough day on the hardwood

Posted in Basketball, tagged , , , , , on January 7, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Pro hoops star Makana Stone watches a rival player clang a shot off the rim. (Photo property Simeon Bacolod)

That first quarter was a killer.

Throw it out and Sunday’s Norwegian women’s pro hoops game between Ammerud and Ulriken was a close affair.

Unfortunately for Coupeville grad Makana Stone and company, the first 10 minutes are part of the official score, and a 42-2 deficit at the first break fueled a 109-62 loss to the league leaders.

The defeat drops Ammerud to 3-9, while Ulriken sits atop the standings at 9-1.

The Queens, who were led by Stone’s 16-point, three-rebound, two-assist performance, rallied in the second quarter, prevailing 22-18 across the frame.

That slightly cut the deficit to 60-24 at the half, but then Ulriken, which was led by 24 points from all-world gunner Stine Austgulen, stretched the margin back out to 86-42 by the end of the third.

Stone and her hardwood compatriots get a week off, returning to action next Sunday, Jan. 14, when Ammerud will clash with Baerum, which sits at 5-6.

Now in her third season of overseas hoops action, the former Wolf ace has racked up 257 points, 135 rebounds, 38 assists, 37 steals, and seven blocks, leading the team in virtually every category.

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