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Cold start derails upset bid

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged Boys Basketball, CHS Wolves, Northwest League, Orcas Island, road trip on December 13, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Davin Houston torched the nets for a varsity career-high 19 points Friday afternoon. (Julie Wheat photo)

A strong finish. Balanced scoring. Better than average free throw shooting.

There were a lot of positives Friday afternoon for the Coupeville High School varsity boys’ basketball team as it played its first road game of the year.

Unfortunately for the Wolves, there was just one negative — a cold start — and it proved to be too much to overcome in a 63-56 loss on Orcas Island.

With the defeat to the undefeated (3-0) Vikings, the Wolves slip to 0-1 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 1-4 overall, with a home game against Mount Vernon Christian set for Tuesday.

Friday’s rumble featured the varsity boys playing first, and whether it was the long ferry ride or something else, Coupeville wasn’t clicking at first, falling behind 18-4 through one quarter of play.

Orcas sank four of its five three-balls in the opening frame, with Viking gunner Joe Stevens nailing three as he singed the nets for 13 of his team-high 19 points to set the early pace.

After that, however, the Wolves found their rhythm, outscoring their hosts 52-45 the rest of the way.

Coupeville cut the deficit down to 31-22 at the half, saw it get nudged back out to 45-34 after three quarters, then poured in 22 points across the game’s final eight minutes.

CHS didn’t get to the free throw line as often as Orcas did, but shot with much more consistency once there, sinking 17-22 attempts while the Vikings clanked their way to a 14-29 performance.

Brad Sherman’s squad also had the kind of balanced scoring any coach likes to see, with three different players landing in double figures.

Davin Houston, who had 11 varsity points to his credit coming into the contest, went off for a game-high 19, scoring in every frame and doing it in a variety of ways.

The Wolf junior knocked down a pair of three-balls, as did senior Chase Anderson, who had 13 points, while Camden Glover banged home 16 while controlling the paint.

Malachi Somes (4), Riley Lawless (2), and Aiden O’Neill (2) also tallied points, with Liam Blas, Carson Grove, and Easton Green seeing floor time.

With his 13 points, Anderson gets to 676 and moves from #26 to #24 on the CHS boys career scoring chart, passing ’70s legend Foster Faris (668) and ’90s big man Virgil Roehl (674).

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JV boys romp to big win

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged Boys Basketball, Carson Grove, CHS Wolves, JV, Orcas Island on December 12, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Christopher Zenz slashes to the hoop. (Julie Wheat photo)

One team took care of business.

Making the first road trip of the season Friday, the Coupeville High School JV boys’ basketball team led from start to finish, polishing off host Orcas Island 45-24 in the league opener for both teams.

The victory lifts the Wolves to 1-0 in Northwest 2B/1B League action, 2-3 overall, with a Tuesday home tilt against always-tough Mount Vernon Christian coming up quickly.

Squaring off with the Vikings, Coupeville claimed the advantage in every quarter.

Up 10-5 at the first break, with Josh Stockdale having poured in eight points fueled by a pair of three-balls, CHS got brutal on defense in the second quarter, holding Orcas to just two points.

That staked the Wolves to a 17-7 lead at the break, which soon blossomed into a 31-14 margin by the time the third quarter had come to a close.

Stockdale finished with 11 points, while running mate Carson Grove led all scorers with a season-high 17.

Toss in nine points from Jayden McManus, four from Liam Lawson, and a bucket apiece for Trent Thule and Nathan Coxsey, and the scoring came from all directions.

Khanor Jump, Brian Thompson, Ayden Warren, Christopher Zenz, and Jaden Flores Garcia also saw floor time for the triumphant Wolves.

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First win a crowd pleaser

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged Boys Basketball, Camden Glover, Chase Anderson, CHS Wolves, East Jefferson on December 10, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Camden Glover can torch the net from inside or outside. (Julie Wheat photo)

They needed this.

After playing three hotly contested games to open the season, while coming up on the short end of each rumble, the Coupeville High School varsity boys’ basketball team led from (almost) start to finish Tuesday to capture its first victory.

Beating visiting East Jefferson 64-47, the Wolves, who rep a 2B school, crushed the Rivals, a 1A program which combines two former CHS Olympic League foes – Port Townsend and Chimacum.

Now 1-3 after the non-conference win, Brad Sherman’s squad hits the road Friday to travel to Orcas Island for the first Northwest 2B/1B League game of the year.

If the Wolves play like they did Tuesday, they’ll stand a strong shot at sitting atop the (very early) conference standings.

Coupeville, playing once again without a full roster as various players work through early season injuries, jumped right on East Jefferson.

The Rivals notched the game’s first bucket, and held one last lead at 4-3, but then the Wolves tore their foes to shreds for the rest of the opening frame.

CHS big man Camden Glover, who owned the paint all night, took a dish from Chase Anderson and rolled past his defender to slap home a bucket, and Coupeville was launched on a game-busting 20-1 eruption.

The Wolves attacked from all angles, with Anderson going off for 15 points in the first quarter, mixing a pair of three-balls with breakaway buckets in which he simply outran the defense before elevating and delivering gifts to the hoops gods.

Fellow seniors Glover and Aiden O’Neill combined for eight points during the tear, forcing East Jefferson to try and account for multiple incoming bogeys, while missing out on stopping any of them.

The Rivals did claw back, a bit, cutting a 23-7 deficit at the first break back down to 25-17 midway through the second quarter.

Coupeville’s answer?

More Anderson, slashing to the hoop on give-and-go plays.

More Glover, asserting his dominance down low every time he touched the ball.

And a bit of razzle-dazzle from Davin Houston, taking a break from terrorizing the Rivals on defense to hit a swooping layup which had highlight reel written all over it.

Up 35-22 at the half, Coupeville kept up the pressure in the third quarter.

Glover grabbed center stage, with eight more points in the frame, but Houston also returned for another swooping bucket which showed off his high-energy hops, and then Easton Green made his presence known.

A largely unsung role player who embraces doing the kind of dirty work which warms a coach’s heart, the Wolf senior got his biggest offensive showcase Tuesday night.

Green slipped a pair of free throws through the net, bounced outside to drill the bottom of the net out on a three-ball, then came around later in the game to slash to the hoop and knock down a layup off a perfect entry pass.

Everything was rosy at 55-35 heading into the fourth, at which point the Wolves decided to give their coach a brief burst of angina.

East Jefferson hit back-to-back three-balls to key an 11-0 surge which cut the lead back to single-digits and make the always-calm Brad Sherman ever so slightly hunch his shoulders.

Not to worry, however, as the Wolves stiffened up on defense, holding the Rivals to just a single point over the game’s final four minutes, stretching the final margin back to 15 and assuring they would not be running lines from now until Friday.

For the first time this season, CHS had two players top 20 points in the same game, with Anderson banking in 25, and Glover powering his way to 21.

With his season-best performance, Glover joins the 150-point career club (he’s actually sitting at 160), while his running mate continues to move up into rarefied air.

Anderson, now with 663 career points, bounces from #29 all-time to #26 on the Wolf boys’ scoring chart, passing Jason McFadyen (654), Wade Ellsworth (659), and Pat Bennett (659) and moving within five of #25 Foster Faris (668).

Green and O’Neill each popped for seven Tuesday, while Houston knocked down four, and Malachi Somes and Liam Blas saw floor time.

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Rough night for young guns

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged Boys Basketball, CHS Wolves, East Jefferson, JV, Nathan Coxsey on December 9, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Brian Thompson, seen during soccer season, is part of a young, promising Wolf JV basketball squad. (Julie Wheat photo)

Back to the drawing board.

After three very competitive games to open the season, the Coupeville High School JV boys’ basketball squad hit a rut in the road Tuesday, falling 58-18 to visiting East Jefferson.

The non-conference loss, coming to a 1A program which combines students from two high schools — Port Townsend and Chimacum — drops the Wolves to 1-3, with a road trip to Orcas Island set for Friday.

With a young, resilient squad at their beck and call, CHS coaches can expect a strong bounce back.

Not much went right for the Wolves against East Jefferson, with the host team falling behind 13-2 after one quarter of play and 26-8 by the halftime break.

Things didn’t get much better from there, as the visiting Rivals then scorched the nets for 21 points in the third quarter alone.

Coupeville did spread out its offensive workload, with Nathan Coxsey leading the way with five points.

Carson Grove (3), Josh Stockdale (3), Jayden McManus (2), Trent Thule (2), Ayden Warren (2), and Liam Lawson (1) also scored, with Brian Thompson, Chris Zenz, and Jaden Flores Garcia seeing floor time for the Wolves.

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Sweep city for red-hot Wolves

Posted in Boys Basketball, Middle School, tagged Boys Basketball, CMS Wolves, Gracen Joiner, Kamden Ratcliff, Sultan on December 8, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Jacob Lujan clamps down on defense. (Julie Wheat photos)

The Wolves swept the Turks right out of town.

Playing in their next-to-last set of games Monday, the Coupeville Middle School boys’ basketball squads romped to three wins in as many games against visiting Sultan, dominating for a solid three-hours-plus.

The CMS boys wrap their season next Monday, Dec. 15, with a home rumble against South Whidbey, but first, they’ll have some time to pause and reflect on a set of stellar performances.

How the day played out:

Level 1:

The final score doesn’t tell the true tale.

While the scorebook will tell you Coupeville beat Sultan 49-40, the Wolves were actually up 49-26 midway through the fourth quarter when they cleared the bench.

And while the feisty Turks took advantage to make a late run, there was never any doubt CMS would walk off with a bit of revenge for a loss at Sultan way back in the season opener.

Now 3-4 on the campaign, Coupeville’s top team has won three of its last four and is clicking on both ends of the floor.

That was evident Monday, as the Wolves bolted out to a 17-8 lead after one quarter of play, and never looked back.

River Simpson, Diesel Eck, and Kamden Ratcliff took turns setting the net on fire, while birthday boy Gracen Joiner skied high to deliver an impressive blocked shot which set off the Wolf faithful.

With the Wolf defense clamping down on the Turks, Coupeville got out and ran, pushing the pace and catching Sultan napping several times.

Simpson was very effective in the early minutes, drilling a runner, swishing a pullup jumper in traffic, then tossing a three-ball through the bottom of the net with a quick flick of his wrist.

When the Turks tried to stem his scoring, the Wolf 8th grader fired off passes to his teammates, who continued the destruction.

Eck hit three buckets in the first frame, with two of those coming off of offensive rebounds, while Ratcliff kicked off a perfect run for the Wolves at the free throw line, before pilfering the ball and streaking away for a layup.

Coupeville notched all six of its charity shots in the game, with Ratcliff, Simpson, and Trey Stewart each draining both of their chances.

Sultan hung tough, slicing a point off the lead to get back within 27-19 at the half, but could make little inroads overall, as both Eck and Xander Beaman came up big with blocked shots, while Trey Stewart was flying end-to-end for gorgeous breakaway buckets.

The Wolves busted the game wide open in the third, opening with an 8-0 run sparked by Eck channeling a young Shaquille O’Neal in the paint, before Aiden Wheat capped the quarter with a textbook perfect play.

Snagging a long offensive rebound, he immediately rolled ever so slightly to his right, went airborne again, and drained a jump shot from the side to put an exclamation point on things.

Six more points in a row to open the fourth staked CMS to its biggest lead at 49-26, before head coach Alex Evans made sure to get his supporting crew some solid minutes on the floor.

Coupeville’s attack was led by Eck, who banged away for 18 points, while Simpson added 13, and Trey Stewart banked in 12.

Ratcliff (4) and Wheat (2) rounded out the scorers, with Beaman, Colton Ashby, Joiner, Darius Stewart, and Jacob Lujan all chipping in with hard work on defense.

Aiden Wheat (far left), Trey Stewart (1), and Co. celebrate in an earlier game.

Level 2:

Coupeville’s hottest team made it five wins in a row, romping to a 47-17 rout to get to 6-1 on the season.

Five different Wolves scored in the first quarter as CMS built a 9-2 lead, with Coupeville big man Les Queen swatting shots left and right as he prevented Sultan from getting any kind of shooting rhythm going.

While the Turks did hang tough for a few moments, crawling back within 11-8 midway through the second, that was when RayLynn Ratcliff’s squad flipped the switch.

Coupeville ended the half on a 12-0 tear, with Queen scoring eight and Braxten Ratcliff and Brady Sherman swishing sweet jumpers, then kept the pedal through the metal after halftime.

Braxten Ratcliff went off on a scoring binge to open the third, rattling the rim for the first seven points of the half, while the Wolf defenders hit the board with a savage intensity.

Queen finished with a game-high 18 points, outscoring Sultan by himself, while Ratcliff notched 12 while playing in perhaps the brightest pair of pink basketball shoes ever seen on a Cow Town court.

Xander Flowers (6), Brayden Grinstead (3), Hayden Maynes (2), Abel O’Neil (2), Sherman (2), and Nico Strong (2) also scored, with Mario Martinez and Henry Purdue seeing floor time for the Wolves.

Hayden Maynes dares you to try and drive.

Level 3:

The only game in which the Wolves trailed, but just for a hot second.

Down 4-2, Jaylen Nitta’s team rallied quickly, then poured it on to capture a 37-13 victory which lifts them to 2-4 on the season.

Luke Blas opened the scoring for Coupeville with a twirling jumper, while Logan Flowers and LJ Schultz banged home back-to-back buckets to send CMS to the first break holding an 11-6 lead.

Once again, the offense was sparked by scrappy play on defense, with Burke Winger rejecting a Sultan shot, and Logan Dees hitting the floor to battle for loose balls.

The Wolves shoved the lead all the way out to 21-6 late in the second quarter, with Flowers capping a personal run of seven straight points by draining a three-ball set up by a pinpoint pass from Blas.

Coming out of halftime, the Wolves got creative, running multiple lob plays, with Blas and Gabe Reed slipping past the defense, hauling in high, arcing passes, and ringing up points with twisting layups.

While the offensive attack slowed down a bit in the fourth quarter, with the two teams combining for just five points, the defensive intensity only ratcheted up.

Vincent Alguire and Winger kept the glass spotless, hauling down rebounds on a regular basis, while Oliver Miller was a rampaging madman (in a good way), frequently disrupting passes and poking balls free to keep the Turks from getting shots off.

Logan Flowers paced the Wolves in scoring, popping the nets for a season-high 16 points, while Blas (8), Schultz (6), Reed (4), and Dreyke Mendiola (3) also kept the scorebook keeper busy.

Miller, Logan Dees, Jon Driscoll, Alguire, Dom Durbin, Jack Bailey, Winger, and Gabe Ketterling rounded out the roster.