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Road warriors run into fierce foe

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged , , , , on December 27, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Malachi Somes crashes to the hoop. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

Sometimes you’re the chainsaw, and sometimes you’re the log.

Playing at Central Washington University Friday, the Coupeville High School varsity boys’ basketball team ended up on the wrong end of that example.

Squaring off with a top-level Toledo squad which put four players into double-digit scoring, the Wolves were swept off the floor 76-30.

The non-conference loss drops Coupeville to 2-6 on the season, but Brad Sherman’s team gets a chance to bounce right back Saturday with a rumble against Kittitas.

The two-game holiday road trip to Eastern Washington is part of an ongoing stretch where the Wolves play seven of nine away from Whidbey.

Toledo, which hails from the rough-and-tumble Central 2B League, jumped out to a quick 16-5 lead Friday, then turned up the heat with a 24-11 tear through the second quarter.

The Riverhawks, who stretched the advantage to 59-23 by the end of the third, dominated in every facet of the game.

Toledo won the three-ball battle 9-3 and hit a crisp 9-10 at the free throw line, while Coupeville finished just 5-14 at the charity stripe.

Hurlee Bronec and Chase Anderson led the way for the Wolves, both rattling the rim for six points, while Hunter Bronec knocked down five.

Malachi Somes (4), Jack Porter (4), Camden Glover (3), and Johnny Porter (2) rounded out the offensive attack, with Carson Field, Davin Houston, Easton Green, and Landon Roberts also seeing floor time.

It was Houston’s varsity basketball debut.

Davin Houston prepares to lose his defender.

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Wolves rumble, but Turks triumph

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged , , , , on December 20, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Hunter Bronec dances in the paint. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

This one slipped away.

Despite leading for much of the game Friday, the Coupeville High School varsity boys’ basketball squad couldn’t quite seal the deal.

That allowed visiting Sultan to make off with a 55-47 non-conference victory, running its winning streak to four after opening the season with seven straight losses.

Coupeville heads into the Christmas break with a 2-5 record and will look to kick off its own winning streak with a trip to Central Washington University Dec. 27-28.

The Wolves will play Toledo and Kittitas on their Eastern Washington jaunt, before starting 2025 with trips to Wahkiakum and Friday Harbor, not playing in the CHS gym again until Jan. 10.

Friday’s battle royal with Sultan started in favor of the Wolves, with Johnny Porter knocking down a jumper before Hunter Bronec and Camden Glover buried back-to-back three-balls.

Six different Wolves scored in the first frame as CHS built a 16-9 lead fueled by sharing the ball and playing solid defense.

While the “D stayed strong, Coupeville’s offense went into a bit of a deep freeze after that, with single digit scoring in both the second and third quarters.

Still, the Wolves clung to the lead, holding on to a 23-22 advantage at the half, then getting the first bucket of the second half on a spinning layup from Hurlee Bronec.

Sultan finally grabbed the lead for the first time midway through the third, using a 7-0 tear to get ahead 29-25.

Making the immediate counter, Coupeville went off for its own run, with Chase Anderson hitting a fadeaway and a three-ball before zipping a pass to Hunter Bronec to set-up another trey.

Unfortunately, Sultan had the counter-counter, surging back ahead at 36-32 exiting the third, then holding tough in the fourth.

Anderson banked in a bucket at the shot clock buzzer to cut the lead to 43-38, but the Turks put the game away in dramatic fashion, ripping off four baskets in about 45 seconds to make it 51-38.

The game’s final moments belonged largely to Coupeville, with Anderson outscoring Sultan 9-4 by himself to close the contest. But time stops for no man, and the game clock hit 0:00 too fast for a full comeback.

With his game-high 25 points, Anderson becomes the 66th Wolf boy to crack the 400-point club across the last 108 seasons.

The CHS junior heads to Eastern Washington sitting with 402 career points and counting.

Hunter Bronec banked in eight points Friday to back Anderson, with Hurlee Bronec (5), Glover (3), Jack Porter (2), Johnny Porter (2), and Landon Roberts (2) also scoring.

Malachi Somes rounded out the Wolves to see floor time in the final home game of 2024.

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Late surge upends JV boys

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged , , , , on December 20, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Riley Lawless powers to the hoop. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

The first three chapters? Great.

The finale? Not as much fun.

Giving up a late run to visiting Sultan Friday, the Coupeville High School JV boys’ basketball team fell 47-37 in its last game before winter break.

Now 2-4 on the season after the non-conference loss, the Wolf young guns don’t return to action until Jan. 7, when they travel to Friday Harbor.

Friday’s fracas with Sultan was a back-and-forth affair, with CHS leading much of the way.

Up 13-7 after one quarter, the Wolves were still on top at 21-18 heading into halftime.

While Sultan used a 13-10 mini-run in the third to knot things up at 31-31, the game was right there for the grabbing.

Unfortunately for Coupeville, it was the Turks who did the grabbing, powering to the finish line with a 16-6 tear across the game’s final eight minutes.

While they lost, the Wolves did have balanced scoring, with seven different players hitting the bottom of the net.

Riley Lawless led the way with a team-high nine points, with Davin Houston (8), Mahkai Myles (5), Liam Blas (5), Carson Grove (5), Malachi Somes (3), and Kyle McCrimmon (2) also scoring.

It was McCrimmon’s first points of the season.

Nathan Coxsey, Jayden Little, Sage Arends, and Khanor Jump also hit the floor for the Wolves.

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Tough foe, righteous rumble

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged , , , , , on December 17, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Hurlee Bronec towers over the defense. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

It was there, then it was gone.

The Coupeville High School varsity boys’ basketball team played host Mount Vernon Christian even through the first eight minutes Tuesday night.

Then things got tough.

The host Hurricanes ramped up their offensive effort across the second and third frames, and the Wolves watched one slip away, falling 69-52.

The loss drops Coupeville to 1-1 in Northwest 2B/1B League action, 2-4 overall.

Still, the Wolves are just a game back of league leader La Conner (2-0) with eight conference bouts left on the schedule, with the first of those coming against winless Friday Harbor Jan. 7.

A rematch against MVC is set for Jan. 28 in Coupeville.

For now, Brad Sherman’s squad will play its next four games against non-league rivals, starting with a home clash against Sultan Friday night.

Squaring off with the Hurricanes, Coupeville battled to a 10-10 tie at the first break but then was overwhelmed 23-11 in the second frame.

MVC kept up the pressure in the third with a 23-16 surge, before the Wolves closed things with a 15-13 run of their own in the fourth.

Chase Anderson, coming off of a career-best 42-point explosion in Coupeville’s last game, paced CHS with a game-high 23.

That gives the junior 377 career points and pushes him from #77 to #69 on the program’s all-time scoring chart, which covers 108 seasons of Wolf boys’ hoops action.

Among the eight former CHS greats he passed Tuesday were Don Cook, Chad Gale, and JD Wilcox.

Easton Green flies into action.

Hunter Bronec (8), Camden Glover (7), Hurlee Bronec (6), Jack Porter (4), Easton Green (2), and Landon Roberts (2) also scored, with Green recording his first varsity points thanks to a fourth-quarter jumper.

The junior guard is the 427th CHS boy I’ve been able to document scoring in a varsity hoops game between 1917 and today.

Johnny Porter, Malachi Somes, and Carson Field rounded out the active roster Tuesday, all seeing floor time.

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Hurricanes surge past Wolf JV

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged , , , , on December 17, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Malachi Somes crashes hard to the hoop. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

It got away from them.

A rough patch in the middle of Tuesday’s game at Mount Vernon Christian made life tough for the Coupeville High School JV boys’ basketball team.

Throw away the second and third quarters, and the Northwest 2B/1B League tilt was fairly close.

Add them back in, as scorekeepers are apt to do, and it spelled a 57-26 loss for the young Wolves.

The defeat drops CHS to 1-1 in league play, 2-3 overall, with a non-conference home game against Sultan set for Friday.

Tuesday’s trip to Mount Vernon did feature nine Wolves getting their name in the scoring column, though no one topped six points.

High man on this night was freshman Liam Blas, while Nathan Coxsey and Easton Green both added four.

Mahkai Myles, Jayden Little, Riley Lawless, Malachi Somes, Davin Houston, and Sage Arends filled out the attack with two points apiece, while Kyle McCrimmon, Carson Grove, and Khanor Jump also saw floor time.

MVC led 9-4 after one quarter of action, then used a 17-10 surge to push the halftime lead out to 26-14.

From there, a 20-6 tear by the Hurricanes in the third quarter was a killer for Coupeville.

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