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Wolves run Braves off the floor

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged , , , , , on January 30, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Davin Houston works his way towards a rebound. (Jackie Saia photo)

Balance. All about the balance.

With eight players scoring Friday, and three hitting for double-digits, the Coupeville High School varsity boys’ basketball squad ran visiting La Conner off the floor.

With a 66-36 win on Senior Night, the Wolves get to 4-5 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 7-10 overall.

Next up is the regular season finale Feb. 6, on the road at Friday Harbor, then the start of the double-elimination District 1/2 tourney Feb. 12.

That royal rumble features seven schools fighting for two tickets to state, with the Wolves learning their path when the bracket is released the day after the regular season ends.

Friday night an old rivalry wrote a new chapter, and this tale featured Coupeville (almost) leading from start to finish.

Technically La Conner forged a pair of ties in the first quarter, knotting things up at 3-3 and 7-7, but the Braves never led and never really threatened to do so either.

Coupeville closed the opening quarter with back-to-back buckets from Chase Anderson and Camden Glover to shatter that last tie, before pulling away for good in the second quarter.

CHS senior Aiden O’Neill, a quiet warrior who has bravely fought through multiple injuries across the last four years, banked in a rebound to crack the 100-point career scoring club and set the Wolves off on their game-busting run.

From there, Glover and Anderson traded baskets, with the former shredding the defense in the paint and the latter rampaging from end to end, often after snagging key steals.

Up 33-16 at the half, Coupeville saw its advantage whittled down to 37-26 midway through the third but never blinked.

Davin Houston tickled the twines with a silky three-ball from the left side — Coupeville’s only trey on the night — and Brad Sherman’s squad closed the quarter on a 14-4 surge.

Included in that run was a bucket from Anderson which pushed him up and over the 900-point mark, making him just the ninth Wolf boy to do so across 109 seasons of CHS basketball.

The fourth quarter was an eight-minute highlight reel, as the Wolves continued to pour in buckets, with many of them set up by pinpoint passes.

Anderson was wheeling and dealing, while Glover launched a floor-length lob which hit O’Neill in mid-stride for a breakaway bucket.

Putting together the kind of balanced book every coach loves to see, Coupeville got a game-high 22 points from Glover, 20 from Anderson, and 10 from Houston.

O’Neill (6), Easton Green (4), Carson Grove (2), Malachi Somes (1), and Liam Blas (1) rounded out the attack, with Riley Lawless and Nathan Coxsey also seeing floor time for the Wolves.

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JV boys juggle roster, win again

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged , , , , on January 30, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Jayden McManus powers to the hoop. (Duke Kutz photo)

The pieces may change, but the result remains the same.

Coupeville High School JV boys’ basketball coaches Craig Anderson and Jon Roberts welcomed three 8th graders to the roster Friday, with the new hoops stars meshing with their veteran teammates to capture another victory.

Pulling away in the second half, the Wolves bounced visiting La Conner 52-38, claiming the program’s sixth win in its last eight games.

Now 7-2 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 8-7 overall, the JV wraps its season next Friday, Feb. 6 with a road trip to Friday Harbor.

Friday’s rumble with La Conner had a different look, as 8th graders Kamden Ratcliff, Diesel Eck, and River Simpson made their high school debuts, called up to counteract a roster which has taken a hit in numbers recently.

All three had an immediate impact, combining for 19 points in the win.

The first half of Friday’s showdown was an even battle, with La Conner carrying a 16-15 lead into the first break, before Coupeville knotted things up at 25-25 heading to the halftime locker room.

CHS began to pull away in the third, with six different players scoring during a 16-10 run, before putting the game on ice in the fourth.

Simpson led the way in the final frame, tossing in six of his 13 points, while fab frosh Liam Lawson paced the Wolves with a team-high 14, including hitting eight free throws.

Jayden McManus (8), Ayden Warren (4), Eck (4), Nathan Coxsey (4), Brian Thompson (3), and Ratcliff (2) also tallied points, with Khanor Jump and Trent Thule seeing floor time.

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Milestones notched, upset bid denied

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged , , , , on January 27, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Camden Glover is the 100th Wolf boy to score 300 or more career points. (Jackie Saia photo)

The offense ran hot and cold.

The Coupeville High School varsity boys’ basketball squad came out on fire Tuesday, jumping on host Mount Vernon Christian for 20 points across the game’s first eight minutes.

But after that, things slowed down considerably for the Wolves, as they watched an upset bid slip away during a 67-43 loss.

The defeat drops Coupeville to 3-5 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 6-10 overall, while MVC remains atop the conference at 7-0, a half-game up on Orcas Island (7-1).

The Wolves get a chance to bounce right back Friday, when they host winless La Conner (0-8, 0-17) on Senior Night, before they close the regular season Feb. 6 at Friday Harbor.

With the playoffs coming up fast, Coupeville once again demonstrated they can often outplay their win/loss record.

With Davin Houston and Camden Glover combining for 15 points, Brad Sherman’s squad jumped on MVC for a 20-15 lead heading into the first break.

But from there the Hurricanes used their size advantage, and some well-timed three-balls, to pull away from the scrappy Wolves.

Up 31-27 at the half, MVC pushed the lead out to 48-34 through three frames, before padding the final margin with a strong fourth quarter.

Coupeville almost matched the ‘Canes from long-range, with the hosts holding a narrow 7-6 lead on made treys, while Mount Vernon was a strong 8-9 at the free throw line.

CHS went 5-8 at the charity stripe.

The Wolves did put three players into double-digits, with Houston (13), Chase Anderson (12), and Glover (11) leading the way.

Aiden O’Neill banked in five points, while Malachi Somes knocked down a bucket to round out the scoring, with Riley Lawless, Liam Blas, Carson Grove, and Easton Green all seeing floor time.

Two Wolves reached personal milestones in the loss, as well.

With his 12 points, Anderson pushes his career scoring total to 883, passing his coach, Brad Sherman (874) to move into 9th place all-time for a CHS hoops program launched in 1917.

Meanwhile, Glover, a fellow senior, finishes the night with exactly 300 points, becoming the 100th Wolf boy to reach that mark across 109 seasons.

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‘Canes snap Wolf winning streak

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged , , , , on January 27, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Khanor Jump operates in the paint. (Jackie Saia photo)

One team gives them trouble.

Take Mount Vernon Christian off the schedule and the Coupeville High School JV boys’ basketball squad is undefeated in conference clashes this season.

Unfortunately for the Wolves, the Hurricanes pop up twice on their list of opponents, and both times MVC has emerged as the victor.

Such was the case Tuesday, as an undermanned CHS team, hitting the floor with just eight active players, fell 59-26 on the road, snapping a three-game winning streak.

The loss drops Coupeville to 6-2 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 7-7 overall, with two games left to play.

First up is the home finale Friday against La Conner, before the Wolf young guns travel to Friday Harbor Feb. 6 to wrap things up.

Tuesday’s tilt featured a well-balanced, potent MVC team which jumped out to an early lead and never relented.

Up 14-7 at the first break, the ‘Canes stretched the lead out to 28-15 by halftime, then 48-21 through three quarters of play.

While both teams were fairly even at the free throw line, with MVC hitting four of eight and the Wolves netting 4-10, the host team owned a 5-0 advantage when it came to popping the net on three-balls.

Coupeville got scoring from five of eight players, with Jayden McManus banking in nine points and Khanor Jump tickling the twines for eight to lead the way.

Liam Lawson (6), Ayden Warren (2), and Nathan Coxsey (1) also tallied points, with Jaden Flores Garcia, Brian Thompson, and Trent Thule rounding out the rotation for CHS coaches Craig Anderson and Jon Roberts.

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History made, upset denied

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged , , , , on January 23, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Chase Anderson moved from #13 to #10 on the CHS boys’ basketball career scoring chart Friday. (Julie Wheat photo)

They almost shook everything up.

Squaring off with Northwest 2B/1B League heavyweight Orcas Island Friday, the Coupeville High School varsity boys’ basketball squad overcame a substantial foul disparity and a second-quarter defensive letdown to push the Vikings to their limit.

But it wasn’t to be, as the visitors held on late to claim a 64-54 win and stay alive in the battle for a conference crown.

The loss drops Coupeville to 3-4 in league play, 6-9 overall, while Orcas gets to 6-1 in NWL action.

Brad Sherman’s squad heads to Mount Vernon Christian this coming Tuesday to face off with the league’s top team, before hosting last place La Conner Friday on Senior Night.

Friday’s fracas started with a brief road bump, as Orcas hit a pair of three-balls en route to claiming an early 10-2 lead.

After that it was Coupeville’s turn to get torrid behind the arc, as Chase Anderson drilled a pair of treys and Camden Glover splashed home another one across a two-minute span.

Closing the quarter on a 14-4 run, the Wolves claimed their first lead of the night at 16-14 thanks to some precision free throw shooting from Riley Lawless.

The CHS big man scored before actually playing a single second, as he replaced Anderson, who got crunched in the face while driving hard to the hoop.

With his teammate getting looked at in the locker room, then returning with an ice pack, Lawless inherited Anderson’s free throws.

He hit one, then promptly yanked down a rebound on the next play and earned two more charity shots of his own, both of which he drained.

Anderson returned to the lineup to start the second frame, and the Wolves ripped off three straight buckets to cap a 14-0 run and open a 22-14 lead.

The baskets came fast and furious, with Malachi Somes and Davin Houston banging home layups off of passes from Anderson and Carson Grove, respectively, before Anderson took a steal coast-to-coast.

But as suddenly as the offense began to flow, it stopped.

Taking advantage of a steady stream of foul calls on the Wolves, Orcas hit free throw after free throw and slow-crawled its way to its own 16-0 spurt, reclaiming the lead at 30-22.

The bleakness finally stopped as Anderson banked in a bucket a half-tick before the halftime buzzer, and the teams played a back-and-forth brawl in the third.

Glover and Anderson connected on three-balls on consecutive trips down the floor, but Coupeville could never quite regain the advantage.

From seven points down, the Wolves got back to within 41-38 by the end of the period, thanks to a jumper from Liam Blas and two more free throws from Lawless, but that was as close as CHS could get.

Blas rippled the nets on his own three-ball early in the fourth quarter, but Orcas responded with a 9-0 run to push the lead out to 52-41.

Down the stretch, the Wolves hung tough, cutting the deficit to 58-54 with under a minute to play, only to see the Vikings refuse to buckle.

Overall, Coupeville won the side battles, hitting seven treys to three by Orcas, while also shooting a higher percentage at the free throw line (9-12 vs. 16-23 for the Vikings).

Anderson led all scorers with 24 points, while Glover (11), Blas (5), Somes (5), Lawless (5), Grove (2), and Houston (2) also tallied points and Easton Green and Aiden O’Neill rounded out the rotation.

It was a historical night for Anderson, as he jumped from #13 to #10 on the CHS boys’ basketball career scoring chart for a program in its 109th season.

With 871 points and counting, he slid past Bill Jarrell (855), Arik Garthwaite (867), and Denny Clark (869), with the last of that trio having been a top 10 career scorer since 1964.

Heading into Tuesday’s tilt at MVC, Anderson is three points behind the #9 all-time scorer — his coach, Brad Sherman.

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