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Wiley earns the spotlight!!

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged 1A Olympic League, Aaron Curtin, Basketball, CHS Wolves, Hunter Downes, Wiley Hesselgrave on March 3, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Hard-charging Wolf junior Wiley Hesselgrave was tabbed as a First Team All-League player. (John Fisken photos)

Hunter Downes (left) got back on defense and drew a charging foul on his opponent, proof of why he was a Mr. Hustle.

Hunter Downes (left) got back on defense and drew a charging foul on his opponent here, proof of why he was one of two Wolves to win a Mr. Hustle award Monday.

Aaron Curtin capped his stellar career by joining Downes as a Mr. Hustle recipient.

After counting all the bruises he inflicted on rival defenders, it’s a pretty safe bet Wiley Hesselgrave left his mark on his team’s new league.

The boys’ basketball coaches in the 1A Olympic League took note, voting the Coupeville High School junior as a First Team All-League pick last week.

That award was the headliner for the Wolf boys at their season-ending banquet Monday, along with senior Aaron Curtin (varsity) and freshman Hunter Downes (JV) picking up the team’s Mr. Hustle Awards.

JV participation certificates:

Desmond Bell
Beauman Davis
Hunter Downes
Nick Etzell
Joey Lippo
Luke Merriman
Dante Mitchell
DeAndre Mitchell
Ben Olson
Brian Shank
Hunter Smith
Ethan Spark
Cameron Toomey-Stout
James Vidoni

Varsity participation certificate:

Dalton Martin

Varsity letter winners:

Aaron Curtin
Ryan Griggs
Jared Helmstadter
Wiley Hesselgrave
Risen Johnson
Matt Shank
CJ Smith
Aaron Trumbull
Isaac Vargas
Joel Walstad
Gabe Wynn

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Young Wolves howl, Part 2: Big Buckets!!

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged Basketball, CMS Wolves, Daniel Olson, Matthew Kelley, SWISH on March 1, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Daniel Olson poured in eight in his team’s win Saturday. (Olivia Kelley photos)

Proud moms do time in the stands.

Tired? No. On fire? Yes.

With a chunk of its roster having played a soccer game earlier in the day Saturday, the Coupeville 6th grade boys’ SWISH basketball squad wasn’t rested, but it didn’t need to be.

Overcoming a rough-and-tumble Burlington-Edison squad that had two players foul out and its coach and a player earn technicals for profanity, the Wolves romped to a 38-26 win.

The victory capped the regular season, and Coupeville (6-3) will open the playoffs against the same squad next Saturday, Mar. 7 at Skagit Valley College (11:15 AM tip-off).

The Wolves are clicking as the season progresses, and have played their best ball down the stretch.

“Very, very proud of these young men,” said Coupeville coach Pat Kelley. “A pleasure to coach and watch!!!”

Coming on strong after a morning on the soccer pitch, Jake Mitten and Matthew Kelley combined for 25 points and 31 rebounds.

They were matched by Sage Downes and Daniel Olson, who “tore the Tigers open with speed, forcing B-E into a running game to catch up.”

“The Four Horsemen (Downes, Mitten, Olson and Kelley) are something to watch when they are clicking,” Pat Kelley said.

Those four players accounted for all of Coupeville’s scoring, with Kelley banging home three long-range treys on his way to a team-high 14.

Mitten pounded down low for 11, Olson hit for eight and Downes netted five.

Cleaning up the boards with a vengeance, the Wolves snatched 43, including 14 on the offensive end.

Kelley had 17, followed by Mitten (14), Michael Laska (3), Downes (3), Erik Webster (2), Olson (2), Alex Jimenez (1) and Raimee Anderson (1).

Downes made off with a team-high six steals, while Kelley dished out a pair of assists.

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Primed for the playoffs!!

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged Basketball, CMS Wolves, Daniel Olson, Sage Downes, SWISH on February 22, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Jake Mitten refuels. (Olivia Kelley photo)

They’re getting hot at the right time.

Riding a late-season hot streak, the Coupeville 6th grade boys’ SWISH basketball squad nipped Ferndale 37-33 Saturday to seize control of their own playoff destiny.

With one game left in the regular season — Saturday, Feb. 28 against Burlington-Edison — the Wolves sit at 4-3.

Win their finale and they get a playoff opener against Friday Harbor, a team currently on a four-game losing skid.

Facing off with a tough Ferndale team, Coupeville fought valiantly through a game that saw seven lead changes.

The final switch came when the Wolves went on a 6-0 tear to go in front 20-17. After that, they never relinquished the lead again.

Jake Mitten was a beast, dropping 17 points, snatching 12 rebounds, making off with two steals and rejecting a pair of shots, despite being tied to the bench for a third of the game with foul trouble.

Matthew Kelley (11 points, seven rebounds, five assists, four steals), Sage Downes (six points, four steals), Daniel Olson (three points, three assists and two steals) filled up the stat sheet in support.

While they didn’t score, Dakota Eck, Alex Jimenez and Erik Webster “were animals on defense and controlled the paint down low,” said coach Pat Kelley.

Logan Downes, playing against guys three grades older than he is, “was instrumental in the final two minutes of press defense, preventing Ferndale from scoring or controlling the ball.”

Michael Laska and Raimee Anderson chipped in with stellar ‘d,’ helping to lead the attack on the ball at mid court, forcing several turnovers.

With one game to play, nine of the ten players on the roster have scored, led by Kelley (65 points), Sage Downes (63), Mitten (48), and Olson (44).

The Wolves have combined for 238 points (34 a game) and 175 rebounds.

Kelley has 78 rebounds and 27 steals, followed by Mitten (64, 18), Sage Downes (29, 27) and Olson (24, 14).

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Count it!!

Posted in Boys Basketball, Girls Basketball, tagged Basketball, Brianne King, CHS Wolves, Makana Stone, scoring stats, Wiley Hesselgrave on February 20, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Hailey Hammer pops for two of her ? points. (John Fisken photos)

Hailey Hammer pops for two of her 95 points. (John Fisken photos)

Wolf juniors Makana Stone and Wiley Hesselgrave have combined for ??? points this season. (John Fisken photo)

Your leading scorers in 2014-2015, juniors Makana Stone and Wiley Hesselgrave.

2,087 points.

Take the 23 players to score in a varsity game for Coupeville High School this season, and that’s what you get. Assuming my points totals are sorta, kinda correct (which is always debatable).

Leading the way, by a large margin, was junior Makana Stone, who accounted for 17.6% of all points scored by herself.

Tossing in 367 over 22 games, she averaged 16.7 a game, figures topped by only two girls — Brianne King and Zenovia Barron — in a CHS uniform in the last 25 years.

The points were the sixth-most in a season during that time (King holds the high-water mark with 446 in 24 games in 2000-2001) and the scoring average was the third-best (King at 18.6 in the same season is tops).

My best guess for season-ending point scoring totals:

GIRLS:

Makana Stone — 367
Julia Myers — 148
Kacie Kiel — 116
Madeline Strasburg — 96
Hailey Hammer — 95
Monica Vidoni — 69
Wynter Thorne — 58
Mia Littlejohn — 52
McKenzie Bailey — 17
Kailey Kellner — 12

BOYS:

Wiley Hesselgrave — 273
Aaron Trumbull — 148
Aaron Curtin — 134
Joel Walstad — 133
Ryan Griggs — 97
Risen Johnson — 87
CJ Smith — 54
Matt Shank — 53
Dalton Martin — 47
Gabe Wynn — 24
Hunter Smith — 3
Jared Helmstadter — 2
DeAndre Mitchell — 2

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Many cameras, many angles!!

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged Basketball, CHS Wolves, Gabe Wynn, playoffs, Wiley Hesselgrave, Wolf Nation on February 15, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Ryan Griggs watches the ball, while his foe prepares to swallow it whole. (Shelli Trumbull photo)

That moment when Wiley Hesselgrave becomes a panther. (ST)

The Wolves huddle before the tip-off. (ST)

CHS coaches Anthony Smith (front) and Dustin Van Velkinburgh deliver a pre-game talk. (Joey Lippo photo)

Big sis Marie Hesselgrave taught Wiley everything he knows about being a beast on the court. (Mark Hesselgrave photo)

Anticipation is in the air moments before tip-off. (Bob Martin)

Extra glossy. (ST)

Gabe Wynn has big news. “Dude, there’s a snack machine IN THE GYM!!” (ST)

The mission was simple, and it worked.

With the Coupeville High School boys’ basketball team on the road in Puyallup Saturday for their playoff opener, I put the word out — get me photos.

Action? Great. Behind the scenes? Excellent.

The eight pics above, courtesy four different photographers, capture some of the many facets of the game that were on display, on the court and off.

Now, the challenge goes out to the Wolf girls and their fans, parents and hanger-ons.

Monday, the league champs will take their 15-5 record to Sumner High School for a rematch with Bellevue Christian, a team they lost a 52-51 gut-wrencher to Dec. 6.

Get your cameras out. Your phones out. Maybe get a pencil and draw something.

I want it.

Players getting ready. Eating their pre-game meal. On the bus. Selfies. Whatever.

I have huge faith in these Wolf girls, who love having their photos taken as much as any group I have ever seen.

Make me proud, ladies.

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