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Welcome to blowout city, baby

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged , , , , on December 17, 2019| Leave a Comment »

Chris Ruck scored his first three points of the season Tuesday as Coupeville’s JV drilled visiting Chimacum. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

It was not a fair fight.

Two boys JV basketball teams stepped onto the floor of the Coupeville High School gym Tuesday night, but one squad had a lot more weapons.

Like, a LOT more weapons.

Dropping points from every angle, Coupeville annihilated visiting Chimacum 59-12 in a game which could have been even more lopsided if CHS coach Chris Smith hadn’t done his best to control the carnage.

Now 4-2 on the season, and a flawless 2-0 at home, the Wolves didn’t allow the Cowboys to score a point through the first 11 minutes of a 32-minute contest.

Coupeville actually started a bit slowly, with shots popping out, rimming off, and finding new, creative ways not to go down.

But the Wolves kept shooting, and eventually found their groove, pushing an 8-0 first quarter lead out to 14-0 before Chimacum finally banked home a shot with five minutes left in the second frame.

If the Cowboys were thinking of celebrating that bucket, they didn’t have time to, however, as Coupeville promptly closed out the half with a 20-0 run.

Daniel Olson and Grady Rickner, who would later in the night swing up to make their first varsity appearances of the season, both banged away for six points during the surge.

Things continued to go all Coupeville, all the time in the second half, as the Wolves responded to Chimacum opening the third quarter with a three-ball by closing the game with a 25-7 surge.

A running clock made things a little less painful for the Cowboys, and Smith did his best to limit his team’s shots and spread out the offense in the late going.

Olson finished with a game-high 14, outscoring Chimacum by himself, while Logan Martin singed the nets for 10, and Alex Murdy and Rickner knocked down eight apiece.

Also getting into the scorebook were Sage Downes (6), Alex Jimenez (6), Cody Roberts (4), and Chris Ruck (3).

Jimenez accounted for two of Coupeville’s three successful shots from behind the three-point arc, while Ruck scored for the first time this season, earning a roar from a pro-Chris crowd.

Also seeing floor time for the Wolves were Miles Davidson, TJ Rickner, and Andrew Aparicio, with all three hitting the boards (and sometimes the floor) with great intensity.

Coupeville’s young guns play three games this week, with all at home. Up next is Port Townsend Thursday, then Nooksack Valley Saturday.

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Never back down, never surrender

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged , , , , on December 17, 2019| Leave a Comment »

Chris Cernick had six points, six rebounds, and two blocks Tuesday for Coupeville’s C-Team. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Backs against the wall, they played their best.

The Coupeville High School C-Team boys basketball squad knew it would be in for a rough night Tuesday, hitting the road to play Mount Vernon’s freshmen.

The Bulldogs attend a 4A school, while the Wolves rep a 2B-sized student body spending its final year in 1A.

Plus, Mount Vernon has been especially strong, routing teams left and right.

So, when I tell you the Bulldogs rolled to a 65-13 win, it’s not a huge surprise.

But just because they lost doesn’t mean the Wolves, who sit at 1-2 on the season, went down easy.

Sparked by the play of Chris Cernick, Coupeville put together its best stretch of the game in the fourth quarter, holding its own while being nipped just 10-9.

“Chris had a good game for our team,” said CHS coach Patrick Upchurch. “He led with two blocks, six rebounds, and really aggressive defense to help lead the charge in the fourth quarter.”

Cernick, a second-year hoops player who also doubles as a soccer star, popped for six points, sharing team-high honors with Ty Hamilton.

Alex Wasik slid a free throw through the twine to round out Coupeville’s scoring.

Also seeing floor time for the Wolves were Nick Armstrong, Ben Smith, Dominic Coffman, Simon Shelley, Brayden Coatney, Coen Killian, and Josh Upchurch.

While Coupeville’s varsity and JV have two games left before winter break, neither of their opponents fields a C-Team, so the young Wolves don’t play again until the first week of January.

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Triple the fun, triple the joy

Posted in Boys Basketball, Middle School, tagged , , , , on December 16, 2019| Leave a Comment »

Jack Porter swoops in to nab a runaway basketball. (Morgan White photos)

Quinten Simpson-Pilgrim goes strong to the hoop.

Cole White can’t be stopped.

Logan Downes flies in for a bucket.

Mikey Robinett has the magic touch.

Big wins, big excitement, big cleanup.

Playing in front of their home fans Monday, the Coupeville Middle School boys basketball squads swept three games from visiting Langley, claiming Island supremacy.

But the basketball wasn’t the only thing hitting the floor, as one fan related.

“You missed an epic night of middle school basketball … one poor soul playing for South Whidbey couldn’t handle the dominating pressure of our offense and upon exiting the court vomited all over the place.

“It was like something out of the movies, crowd reaction and all.”

Sadly, I wasn’t front row center for the unexpected side show, as I was down in Freeland clearing land for my sister and offering up plenty of dead trees and gnarled stumps to the great fire god Beavis.

However, having been trapped in the Coupeville gym during the Great Food Poisoning Game a couple years back, when Wolf players were heaving into trash cans on the bench, I’m pretty sure by “sadly” I mean “sweet sassy molassy, I dodged a bullet.”

But anyway, the basketball was good, from what I hear, so there’s that.

How it played out Monday (as deduced from scanning score-books):

 

Level 1:

Coupeville added to its roster, then went and blew out Langley 54-24 in the afternoon’s biggest romp.

The win lifts the Wolves to 3-6 headed into their season finale Thursday at home against Granite Falls.

CMS coach Greg White promoted several players from Level 2, and liked what he saw.

“Team 1 saw some new energy from Tim (Nitta), Hunter (Bronec), Hurlee (Bronec), and Johnny Porter,” he said.

“Those boys have been playing too well in practice and games to not move them up.”

The Wolves came out hot, jumping on Langley in the first quarter behind the shooting of ace gunner Logan Downes.

With the 8th grader popping for 11 of his game-high 27 in the opening frame, Coupeville went to the first break up 13-6.

After a 9-9 second-quarter battle royal kept things in place, the Wolves put the game away in the third, mashing the Cougars 22-4 behind the triple threat trio of William Davidson, Downes, and Cole White.

With his 27-point explosion, Downes brings his season average to 19 a night, while White chipped in with nine Monday and Davidson banked home seven.

Nitta (5), Zane Oldenstadt (4), and Hunter Bronec (2) rounded out the scoring, while Landon Roberts, Ryan Blouin, Nick Guay, Porter, and Hurlee Bronec all saw solid floor time.

 

Level 2:

The third quarter was magic for the Wolves one more time, as an 11-2 run broke open a tie game.

Coupeville’s most-successful team held on down the stretch, capturing a 29-21 win to run its record to 6-2-1 on the season.

Up until the third quarter, the game was a tense, back-and-forth affair, with CMS up by two at the first break, before Langley knotted the game up at the half.

Mikey Robinett did much of the damage for the Wolves, pounding home four of his 13 points in the third.

Blouin (5), Guay (5), Quinten Simpson-Pilgrim (4), and Davidson (2) all scored, with Jack Porter, Hurlee Bronec, and Johnny Porter chipping in with tough-nosed defense.

 

Level 3:

The big break-through.

After coming close several times this season, the young Wolves nabbed their first win of the season, winning 29-22.

Now 1-6 overall, the third CMS squad put the game away thanks to … wait for it … a strong third quarter.

Up 8-4 after one frame, then 12-8 at the half, the Wolves went on a 14-8 tear coming out of the break and that was that.

Five different Coupeville players scored in the third quarter, as the Wolves shared the ball and made smart choices.

Harlan Mouw and Nathan Ginnings led the way, tossing in 10 and nine points, respectively, and Justin Jansen popped for six.

Carson Fields and JP Edoukou each added two points to the attack, while Jesus Madrigal, Chris Villarreal, Jordan Bradford, and Alex Clark brought the hustle and heart.

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Foul affair for Wolf boys

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged , , , , , on December 14, 2019| Leave a Comment »

With 11 points Saturday, Hawthorne Wolfe becomes the first CHS hoops player to pass 100 for the season. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Free throws killed them.

A huge disparity at the charity stripe was too much to overcome for the Coupeville High School varsity boys basketball team Saturday in Seattle.

While the Wolves drilled all four of their freebies, The Bush School went 18-24, all in the second half, and knocked off their visitors 53-40.

The non-conference loss, coming in Coupeville’s second game in less than 24 hours, drops it to 2-4 on the season.

If the lack of love on foul calls was due to home town refs (just a thought, I wasn’t there), things will hopefully get better for CHS next week, as the Wolves play three straight in Cow Town.

Coupeville hosts Chimacum Tuesday, Port Townsend Thursday, and Nooksack Valley Saturday, then heads off to winter break.

Facing off with The Bush School, the Wolves were whistled for 16 fouls, with two players picking up four apiece.

The host Blazers were only whacked by the refs eight times, with no one on their roster picking up more than two personal fouls.

Maybe the Wolves were just too handsy, or maybe the refs were missing their seeing-eye dogs.

Like I said, I wasn’t there.

But the free throws negated Coupeville’s edge from behind the three-point arc, erased a Wolf halftime lead, and provided the final margin.

The Wolves lost by 13 — the first time this season they have been beat by double digits — and made 14 less free throws than their private school foes.

In the early going, Coupeville rode the three-ball shooting skills of senior Mason Grove and held The Bush School at bay.

Grove splashed down four first-half treys, with three of them coming in the second quarter, as the Wolves turned a razor-thin 5-4 edge after one quarter into a 18-14 bulge at the half.

But while Coupeville added another four three-balls after the break, with sophomore Hawthorne Wolfe netting three, and Grove hitting his fifth, The Bush School started to take control.

The Blazers hit 3-5 at the free throw line in the third quarter, pulling ahead 34-29 headed into the final frame, then went (slowly) bonkers down the stretch, swishing 15-19 at the stripe in the fourth.

Grove paced Coupeville with 15 points, while Wolfe dropped in 11, all in the second half.

That was most of the offense, however, with Sean Toomey-Stout, Ulrik Wells, and Jacobi Pilgrim each adding four, while Jean Lund-Olsen finished with two points.

Jered Brown, Tucker Hall, and Gavin Knoblich all saw floor time for the Wolves, while inside scoring threat Koa Davison sat out after rolling his ankle in Friday’s game.

Two Coupeville players hit personal milestones in the loss.

With his 11 points, Wolfe becomes the first CHS player, boy or girl, to cross the 100-point barrier this season.

After leading the team with 158 as a freshman, he tops the squad again, this time with 103 across the first six games, which is a hair over 17 a night.

With his first of two buckets on the night, Wells hit 100 points for his career.

He’s the fifth active CHS boys player to reach that mark, following Wolfe (261), Grove (239), Toomey-Stout (168), and Brown (125), and the 184th all-time across 103 seasons.

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Wolf JV frozen out in the 4th quarter

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged , , , , on December 14, 2019| Leave a Comment »

Logan Martin dropped in nine points Saturday, but the Coupeville JV fell to The Bush School. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Great set-up, disappointing finale.

Having rallied to tie up the game heading into the fourth quarter Saturday, the Coupeville High School JV boys basketball squad looked to be in good shape.

But the Wolves host in Seattle, The Bush School, proved to be just a little too deadly down the stretch, holding off CHS to escape with a 42-35 win.

The non-conference loss drops Coupeville’s young guns to a still-respectable 3-2 on the season.

And now, having played four of their first five on the road, the Wolves get three straight at home next week, then a long winter break.

CHS hosts Chimacum Tuesday, Port Townsend Thursday, and Nooksack Valley Saturday.

Playing in Seattle, the Wolves fell behind early, then got hot coming out of the halftime break.

Down 8-5 after the first quarter, Coupeville saw the gap widen to 19-13 after the second frame wrapped up.

Perhaps Wolf coach Chris Smith gave a rousing halftime speech, or maybe the Wolves naturally shooting ability just clicked back into place.

Either way, Coupeville was a different team in the third quarter.

With Logan Martin popping for four points to lead the way, five different Wolves scored as CHS used a 13-7 surge to knot the game up at 26-26.

That set up a frantic finale, but one The Bush School managed to control, using a mix of field goals and pressure-packed free throws.

Sage Downes led Coupeville’s offensive attack, making the nets pop for 10 points, while Martin banked in nine and Grady Rickner knocked down eight.

Alex Jimenez (5), Daniel Olson (2), and Cody Roberts (1) also scored, with Downes, Martin, and Jimenez all connecting on three-balls.

Chris Cernick, Alex Murdy, and Miles Davidson also saw floor time for the Wolves.

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