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Baby, baby – they’ve got next!

Posted in Basketball, tagged babies, Basketball, CHS Wolves, Ema Smith, Mia Littlejohn on February 10, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Mia Littlejohn and her assistant coach plot strategy. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

Their baby game is as strong as their hoops game.

A number of former Coupeville High School basketball players have added to Wolf Nation in the past couple of years, with some of the offspring featured in the pics seen above and below.

Little CHS uniforms for them all!

Avis Mitchell’s granddaughter knows grandma is a hoops legend. Pops wasn’t too bad, either.

Rhiannon Ellsworth’s daughter came out to support Suzan Georges’ daughter.

Ema Smith shows her daughter the court where she scored all those points.

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Caleb Meyer has (autograph) moves

Posted in Basketball, Wolves in college, tagged autographs, Basketball, Caleb Meyer, CHS Wolves, Skagit Valley College, Videoville on February 10, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Caleb Meyer, international man of mystery. (Photo courtesy Molly McPherson)

I knew him before he was big time.

Caleb Meyer is a Coupeville High School grad, current college basketball player, and owner of the most-luxurious naturally curly hair in the Northwest.

But a long time ago, before he got his growth spurt and became a tower of power, he was Videoville royalty, a wee tot hanging out in grampa and grandma’s store.

Caleb guarded the giant gumball machine next to the front door with a righteous passion, and his skills juggling the round candies were a sign of what was to come when he became a basketball whiz kid.

Seeing him return to Coupeville last year for his senior year and play a vital role for a Wolf hoops team which had its best season in three decades-plus, was a personal thrill.

And now Caleb is signing autographs for Skagit Valley College hoops fans who gaze at him like he’s a blend of Harry Styles and Damian Lillard.

Couldn’t happen to a better guy.

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Stone still doin’ what she does

Posted in Basketball, tagged Basketball, CHS Wolves, Kvinneligaen, Makana Stone, Norway on February 5, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Makana Stone leans in for the rebound. (Photo property Marianne Maja Stenerud)

A two-week layoff did nothing to cool off her game.

Back on the hardwood for the first time since Jan. 21, Coupeville grad Makana Stone delivered a 14-point, 18-rebound, three-assist performance Sunday in Norway.

That, combined with 18 points from fellow American assassin Abbey Hoff, sparked Baerum to an 82-40 win over Storm Ungdom.

The win, which snaps a brief two-game losing skid for Stone and Co., lifts them to 11-5 on the season.

Baerum sits in third place in the seven-team Kvinneligaen, trailing just Ulriken (16-0) and Asker (13-4) and its next game is a rematch with the league’s second-place squad.

That tilt arrives Feb. 14, as the schedule currently has some large gaps in it.

Sunday’s rumble with the league’s cellar dweller started fairly close, with Baerum up 18-13 at the first break.

After that, Stone and her associates blew things open with 21-8 and 19-7 runs across the second and third quarters, respectively.

The former Wolf ace, who is in her second season of pro ball, achieved a pair of personal milestones in Sunday’s win, cracking 300 points and 200 rebounds for the campaign.

Stone has racked up 301 points, 202 rebounds, 35 assists, 43 steals, and 10 blocks while playing for Baerum.

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Rattle the rim, record the stats

Posted in Basketball, tagged Alita Blouin, Basketball, CHS Wolves, Logan Downes, scoring stats on February 4, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Mia Farris gets a closer look at the stat sheet. (Bailey Thule photo)

Can we reach 3,000? Probably.

With eight more regular season games left on the schedule, then likely playoff runs for both varsity teams, Coupeville High School hoops stars have already combined to ripple the net for 2,611 points and counting.

Six Wolves have cracked 100 points by themselves this season, with a handful of players pushing hard to join them in the triple-digit club.

Where things stand through Feb. 4:

Varsity girls
(16 games):

Alita Blouin – 157
Maddie Georges – 91
Ryanne Knoblich – 84
Lyla Stuurmans – 65
Gwen Gustafson – 55
Katie Marti – 44
Carolyn Lhamon – 27
Mia Farris – 23
Madison McMillan – 6
Jada Heaton – 2
Skylar Parker – 2

JV girls
(14 games):

Madison McMillan – 107
Kierra Thayer – 58
Desi Ramirez-Vasquez – 52
Carlota Marcos-Cabrillo – 45
Jada Heaton – 34
Reese Wilkinson – 33
Teagan Calkins – 22
Bryley Gilbert – 15
Skylar Parker – 14
Liza Zustiak – 14
Kayla Arnold – 11
Brynn Parker – 7
Kassidy Upchurch – 2

Varsity boys
(18 games):

Logan Downes – 430
Alex Murdy – 181
Nick Guay – 118
Cole White – 113
Jonathan Valenzuela – 71
Dominic Coffman – 49
Ryan Blouin – 48
Chase Anderson – 33
Jermiah Copeland – 10
Zane Oldenstadt – 8
William Davidson – 5
Mikey Robinett – 4
Hunter Bronec – 2
Quinten Simpson-Pilgrim – 2

JV boys
(12 games):

Aiden O’Neill – 91
Hunter Bronec – 89
Jack Porter – 82
Chase Anderson – 71
Camden Glover – 61
Johnny Porter – 49
Hurlee Bronec – 41
Malachi Somes – 37
Landon Roberts – 34
Mikey Robinett – 6
Carson Field – 4
Yohannon Sandles – 2

Yohannon Sandles pushes the pace. (Bailey Thule photo)

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Wolf boys clinch playoff berth, girls close

Posted in Basketball, tagged Basketball, CHS Wolves, Friday Harbor, La Conner, Northwest League, playoffs on February 3, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Whatcha gonna do when the Wolves come for you? (Bailey Thule photo)

The round robin decides everything.

While Coupeville High School basketball teams, and their closest rivals, can play up to 20 regular season games, only four of those rumbles dictate playoff participation.

The Northwest 2B/1B League currently houses four 1B schools — Darrington, Orcas Island, Concrete, and Mount Vernon Christian — and three 2B institutions — Coupeville, La Conner, and Friday Harbor.

When the postseason arrives, 2B and 1B split off and go their own ways.

For basketball, all four 1B schools make the playoffs, which began Thursday.

When it comes to 2B hoops, however, you have to be top two to get the call, since there are a lot less 2B schools in the region, making for a smaller postseason tourney.

Those two NWL teams, repping District 1, pair off with District 2’s Auburn Adventist Academy and Northwest Christian (Lacey), at bi-districts Feb. 13-18.

That event, held at Coupeville High School, offers two tickets to state for the boys this year and one for the girls.

D1/2 will get two state berths for the girls next year. Allegedly.

With that in mind, La Conner swept a pair of home games from Friday Harbor on Friday night, which officially clinches three of the four playoff berths.

On the boys’ side, Coupeville and La Conner are in, while Friday Harbor is eliminated after the Wolverines blew a 20-point lead and fell 59-57 to the Braves.

On the girls’ side, La Conner is in after a 65-18 romp, with Coupeville and Friday Harbor still fighting for the other spot.

Seeding is still up for grabs on both sides, however.

Coupeville closes the regular season next week, hosting La Conner Tuesday, Feb. 7, before island-hopping to Friday Harbor Feb. 10.

The Wolf boys clinch the #1 seed with a win in that first game.

Meanwhile, Coupeville’s girls need to sweep both games next week to have a shot at being #1 but need just a victory over Friday Harbor — who they beat 47-27 first time around — to claim the #2 seed.

If there any ties, teams will play a tiebreaker game, at a neutral site, Saturday, Feb. 11.

Where the round-robin sits heading into the final week:

Boys basketball: