Johnny Porter powers to the hoop. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)
This is something new, in a good way.
Outscoring visiting Concrete in every quarter Tuesday, the Coupeville High School varsity boys’ basketball team rolled to a 60-39 victory, capturing back-to-back W’s for the first time in the 2024-2025 season.
With the win, which comes on the heels of a recent triumph against Darrington, the Wolves get to 4-2 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 5-10 overall.
Sitting in third place in the seven-team conference, trailing Mount Vernon Christian (5-0) and La Conner (5-1), Brad Sherman’s squad will aim for a third-straight win when it travels Friday to Orcas Island.
If CHS can boast the same kind of balanced scoring it found Tuesday, odds will be in its favor.
The Wolves got 51 of their 60 points from the trio of Chase Anderson, Jack Porter, and Hurlee Bronec, which each taking over the game at times.
The latter two from that threesome both dropped in six points in the opening quarter, spurring Coupeville to a quick 19-8 lead after eight minutes of play.
Jack Porter rolls in for a bucket.
Jack Porter closed the frame with back-to-back buckets, one on a bank shot, the other off of a steal and breakaway, and things were crackling.
But then both teams hit a dry spell, as points were hard to come by in the second quarter.
Concrete held Coupeville scoreless for a solid four minutes, cutting the deficit back to 21-13, but the Wolves had an answer.
Anderson made off with consecutive steals, turning both into buckets, before Hurlee Bronec danced his way through the paint for a reverse layup a second before the halftime buzzer.
Holding a 27-13 advantage at the break, the Wolves continued to push, and the Lions crumbled a bit.
The Porter brothers teamed up for a highlight reel-worthy bucket, with Johnny’s pass setting up Jack’s jumper, before Landon Roberts zipped his own John Stockton-style assist to Jack Porter for the game-buster.
A three-ball from the right side of the floor, it staked CHS to a 20-point lead and effectively ended any comeback hopes for the visitors.
As the game’s final minutes played out, Coupeville stayed riled up on defense, however.
Davin Houston rejected a Concrete shot, while Camden Glover used and abused the Lions on a play where he snatched an offensive board, before promptly powering back up for the putback.
As noted before, Coupeville balanced the books, with Anderson (20), Jack Porter (19), and Hurlee Bronec (12) all notching double digit scoring.
Glover (4), Roberts (3), and Johnny Porter (2) also knocked down buckets, with Carson Field, Zander Pulliam, Houston, Hunter Bronec, and Easton Green seeing floor time.
It was Pulliam’s varsity debut.
Coupeville’s seniors are pushing for the best possible playoff seeding.
While the win, and the team-wide effort, was the true highlight, stats hounds will also note that two Wolves set personal milestones.
Jack Porter (115) cracked the 100-point club, while Anderson joined the 500-point club.
The Wolf junior, who sits with 517 career points and counting, also passed Jason Bagby (499) and David Lortz (502) Tuesday to become the #50 scorer in the 108-year history of CHS varsity boys’ basketball.
No JV rumble:
Concrete doesn’t have a second boys’ squad this season, so the Wolves were limited to one game.
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