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Paradise by the hardwood light

Posted in Basketball, tagged , , , , , on January 21, 2022| Leave a Comment »

Katie Marti would like a word with the manager. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

The squeak of shoes mixed with the click of the camera.

Three of Coupeville High School’s four basketball teams played Wednesday, with wanderin’ photo clicker John Fisken in attendance to record events.

The pics above and below are courtesy him, but there’s a lot more to see.

To view everything Fisken shot, and possibly purchase some glossies for gram and gramps, pop over to:

 

Girls:

https://www.johnsphotos.net/Sports/Coupeville-Basketball-2021-2022/GBB-2022-01-19-vs-Friday-Harbor/

 

Boys:

https://www.johnsphotos.net/Sports/Coupeville-Basketball-2021-2022/BBB-2022-01-19-vs-Friday-Harbor/

The Marauding Murdy boys, Xavier (left) and Alex, team up to play lock-down defense.

Brooklyn Thayer lines up a shot.

Quinten Simpson-Pilgrim finds an opening in the defense.

Jada Heaton prepares to pull the trigger.

Desi Ramirez-Vasquez has the inside track on a loose ball.

Hurlee Bronec powers his way to the paint.

Wolf seniors (l to r) Logan Martin, Caleb Meyer, Xavier Murdy, Grady Rickner, and Miles Davidson enjoy a moment together.

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Stone notches pro hoops honor

Posted in Basketball, tagged , , , , on January 18, 2022| Leave a Comment »

Coupeville’s Makana Stone, tearing it up as a pro hoops player.

They like her. They really like her.

Coupeville’s Makana Stone was honored Tuesday, named as one of the five-best players in the Women’s British Basketball League this past week.

The former Wolf ace and her current Leicester Riders teammate, Oceana Hamilton, led the WBBL All-Star 5, praised for their play in a 92-85 Sunday win over Cardiff Met.

Stone poured in 20 points, snagged eight rebounds, and dealt out four assists in the game, while hitting key buckets down the stretch as the Riders pulled away for the victory.

While Coupeville’s progeny was hailed many times during her college hoops career at Walla Walla’s Whitman College and England’s Loughborough University, this is her first major honor as a pro player.

To read about Stone and the other honorees, pop over to:

http://www.wbbl.org.uk/all-star-5-week-13/

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Let’s do the rankings shuffle

Posted in Basketball, tagged , , , , on January 18, 2022| Leave a Comment »

Ja’Kenya Hoskins fights for a rebound. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

The Wolf bench watches Coupeville’s seventh-straight win unfold.

One big win, one slight slip in the rankings.

The Coupeville High School varsity boys basketball team only got on the floor once last week, but it resulted in a 65-48 thunking of Mount Vernon Christian in a first-place showdown.

As big as that victory was for the Wolves, it wasn’t enough for them to hold on to their #3 ranking among 2B schools when Evans Rankings released its latest numbers Monday.

Chief Leschi (8-0) remained at #1, but the rest of the top five shuffled.

Kalama (9-1) bounced from #5 to #2, Okanogan (12-1) bumped from #4 to #3, Coupeville (7-0) slipped from #3 to #4, and Ilwaco (10-0) plunged from #2 to #5.

What does it all mean?

Ultimately, not everything, as the Evans Rankings numbers don’t impact postseason seeding like the RPI numbers tallied by the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association will.

But, the rankings, the work of noted numbers cruncher Matthew Evans, are fun to follow.

Coupeville’s boys have gone from #6 to #4 to #3, then back to #4 this season.

The other two 2B schools in the Northwest 2B/1B League, La Conner and Friday Harbor, hold down #35 and #43, respectively.

Among 1B schools, MVC’s boys are #15, with Orcas Island (#24), Darrington (#29), and Concrete (#50) trailing behind.

Meanwhile, the Wolf girls, who fell to MVC, sit at #25, down one slot from a week ago.

La Conner, which suffered its first loss in 12 games when a three-ball rimmed out at the buzzer in a showdown with 4A Eastlake, is #5, while Friday Harbor’s girls are #48.

The MVC girls (9-2), who were savaged 66-13 by La Conner earlier this season, are #1 among 1B schools, with Darrington (#35), Orcas Island (#38), and Concrete (#44) rounding out NWL teams.

 

Girls rankings:

Washington Prep Girls Basketball Rankings through 1/15/2022

 

Boys rankings:

Washington Prep Boys Basketball Rankings through 1/15/2022

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Sweet (hoops) dreams are made of this

Posted in Basketball, tagged , , , , on January 17, 2022| Leave a Comment »

Greg White passes on wisdom to the next generation. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

For every action, there is a reaction.

When he’s not focusing on the on-court action at basketball games, wanderin’ photographer John Fisken likes to swing his camera in the direction of those watching things unfold.

The pics above and below spring from recent Coupeville High School hoops contests against Mount Vernon Christian, and showcase a cross section of Wolf Nation.

Wolf JV basketball stars scope out the action.

“Put me in coach! I’m ready to fill the highlight reel.”

It’s not official until they say it is.

“Don’t make me come out there, cause I will break you in half if I do!”

Mckenna Somes and Lark Gustafson debate strategy.

A portion of the Xavier/Alex Murdy Fan Club prepares to get loud.

“You’re a superstar, Miss Lhamon. Accept it.”

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Stone sizzles in return to hardwood

Posted in Basketball, tagged , , , , on January 16, 2022| Leave a Comment »

Coupeville’s Makana Stone came up big in crunch time Sunday, helping her British pro hoops team to a win. (Photo property Leicester Riders)

The layoff didn’t slow her down.

With her team back on the floor for the first time in five weeks, Coupeville’s Makana Stone collected 20 points, eight rebounds, and four assists Sunday.

Spurred by the former Wolf supernova, the Leicester Riders held off the Cardiff Met Archers 92-85 in a tense Women’s British Basketball League tilt.

The victory lifts the Riders to 7-3 in regular season play, 10-4 overall.

Leicester sits in fourth place in the 13-team WBBL, heading into a clash with the league-leading London Lions (10-0) next Sunday, Jan. 23.

Sunday’s rumble was a back-and-forth affair, with Cardiff Met clinging to a 23-22 lead after one quarter of play.

Leicester reclaimed the advantage at 47-42 by halftime, before suffering a bit of a letdown in the third frame.

Outscored 25-12 coming out of the break, the Riders found themselves staring up at a 67-59 deficit with 10 minutes to play.

Which is when Leicester rediscovered its mojo, closing the game on a 33-18 tear.

The biggest stretch of the game came from the 3:21 mark of the fourth quarter until the 0:54 mark, with Stone sparking a game-busting 14-0 run.

The two teams were knotted up at 76-76 when Coupeville’s progeny got things started by yanking down a rebound and absorbing a foul.

Stone then calmly swished the resulting free throws to push Leicester into a lead it wouldn’t relinquish.

She added a breakaway layup off of a steal, before coming back around to pick up an assist on a three-ball by Riders gunner Anna Lappenkuper.

Cardiff Met made things interesting by closing on its own 9-2 run, with Stone slapping home Leicester’s final bucket, but time ran out on the Archers.

Oceana Hamilton paced the Riders with 22 points, while Lappenkuper added 19. Cardiff Met ace Shannon Hatch topped all scorers with 28.

Despite having sat out most of two games with an injury earlier this season, Stone is having a solid debut as a professional hoops star.

She’s scored 102 points in a Leicester uniform, while snatching 70 rebounds, doling out 17 assists, and making off with nine steals.

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