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JV girls fight until final moment

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged CHS Wolves, girls basketball, JV, La Conner, Madison McMillan, season finale on February 10, 2022| Leave a Comment »

Freshman Madison McMillan led the Wolf JV in scoring this season. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

Playing from behind is tough.

The Coupeville High School JV girls basketball team got stronger as the game went on Thursday but couldn’t catch host La Conner.

Despite outscoring the Braves in the second half, the young Wolves ultimately fell 32-22 in their season finale.

The loss leaves Coupeville’s final record at 3-4 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 3-8 overall.

The Wolves hit the floor ready to rumble, fighting for rebounds and loose balls, but an ice-cold shooting touch in the early going made things tough.

The ball skipped off the rim, rolled around and popped back out, and thoroughly failed to cooperate with Coupeville’s shooters as they slipped behind 7-0.

Kayla Arnold put a rebound back up and in to finally crack the scoreless run, but by then nearly six minutes had been erased from the clock.

Trailing 9-2 at the first break, the Wolves got buckets from Brooklyn Thayer and Madison McMillan in the second quarter, but the deficit widened to 19-6 by halftime.

The break seemed to help, however, as Coupeville battled La Conner even through a 9-9 third quarter, before claiming dominance in a game-closing 7-4 surge in the fourth.

Desi Ramirez-Vasquez had the hot hand in the second half, draining a pair of three-balls.

The first one was set up by a nice kick-out pass from Skylar Parker, while the second one was all Desi, all day.

The sophomore sparkplug stole the ball, beat a mad path down court, then suddenly slammed on the brakes and banked home a three-ball from somewhere deep in the parking lot, earning some oohs and ahs.

Desi Ramirez-Vasquez played strongly on both ends of the floor in Thursday’s finale.

Coupeville’s defense was key in the late game run, with Mia Farris and Jada Heaton both coming up with big plays to thwart the La Conner offense.

Ramirez-Vasquez led the Wolves with six points, while Thayer and McMillan backed her up with four apiece.

Katie Marti, Farris, Arnold, and Heaton all chipped in with a bucket, while Bryley Gilbert, Parker, and Reese Wilkinson also saw floor time.

Final season scoring stats:

Madison McMillan – 66
Katie Marti – 52
Brooklyn Thayer – 38
Gwen Gustafson – 32
Desi Ramirez-Vasquez – 32
Mia Farris – 19
Skylar Parker – 19
Kayla Arnold – 18
Reese Wilkinson – 13
Lyla Stuurmans – 12
Bryley Gilbert – 7
Jada Heaton – 7
Nezi Keiper – 3
Edie Bittner – 2
Yodnum Nakakul – 2

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CHS girls chase playoff dream

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged CHS Wolves, Friday Harbor, girls basketball, Northwest League, Savina Wells on February 5, 2022| Leave a Comment »

Nezi Keiper was one of eight Wolves to score Friday in a key road win. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

Advantage, Wolves.

Rampaging on the road Friday, the Coupeville High School varsity girls basketball team rolled to a big win and moved a step closer to clinching a playoff berth.

Taking apart host Friday Harbor to the tune of 39-25, the Wolves improve to 5-3 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 7-6 overall.

Who the victory came against is almost as important as the fact CHS claimed the rout.

Coupeville, Friday Harbor, and La Conner — the three 2B schools in the NWL — are fighting for two postseason slots.

La Conner has already clinched one berth and is all but assured of being the #1 seed.

With its win Friday, Coupeville pushes Friday Harbor to the edge of elimination.

Beat the Wolverines a second time next Saturday, Feb. 12, this time in Coupeville on Senior Night, and CHS is the #2 seed to the district tourney and plays Auburn Adventist Feb. 15 in a loser-out, winner-to-state game.

But if they should lose that regular season finale, the Wolves will immediately play Friday Harbor again Feb. 14 in a tiebreaker game for that last playoff spot.

Short answer: Friday Harbor can’t lose again, and Coupeville has two chances to win one game (but would prefer to do it in just one game).

Now that it’s all as clear as mud, on to this Friday’s win, in which the Wolves overcame the absence of three key players.

Lyla Stuurmans, Alita Blouin, and Carolyn Lhamon were all sidelined for various reasons, but their teammates more than handled things, with eight different players scoring for CHS.

The game was a tense affair through the first eight minutes, with Friday Harbor clinging to a 9-8 lead at the first break.

After that, the Wells sisters went to work, combining for seven points in the second frame as Coupeville went on a 12-6 run.

Older sister Izzy knocked down a pair of buckets, lil’ sis Savina rippled the nets on a three-ball, and the Wolves went to the locker room up 20-15.

From there Coupeville stretched the margin out to 31-19 through three quarters, then ran the clock out on their hosts.

Izzy Wells dropped in a game-high 10 points to fuel the balanced Wolf attack, with Nezi Keiper, Maddie Georges, and Audrianna Shaw chipping in with six apiece.

Savina Wells (5), Ja’Kenya Hoskins (2), Gwen Gustafson (2), and Abby Mulholland (2) also scored, while Katie Marti brought energy off the bench.

CHS players enjoy the action.

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Everyone scores, everyone wins

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged CHS Wolves, Friday Harbor, girls basketball, JV, Katie Marti on February 4, 2022| Leave a Comment »

Katie Marti scored 10 points Friday as Coupeville’s JV rolled to a road win. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

Yodnum Nakakul achieved the American dream.

The always-upbeat foreign exchange student tossed in her first bucket of the season Friday, becoming the 15th player to score for the Coupeville High School JV girls basketball team.

Sparked by Nakakul’s basket — and a whole lot of other ones, as well — the Wolves romped to a 46-19 win at Friday Harbor.

The win lifts Coupeville to 3-3 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 3-7 overall.

The Wolf JV closes its season next Thursday, Feb. 10 with another road trip, this one to La Conner.

Friday night Coupeville claimed the lead early and never let up.

Katie Marti dropped in a quick four points right out of the gate, and the Wolves ran away with a 9-2 lead after one quarter of play.

From there the Wolves stretched the margin out to 18-5 at the half, then 31-11 heading into the final frame.

Coupeville spread its offense out, led by Marti, who banged in a game-high 10 points.

Mia Farris and Desi Ramirez-Vasquez each added eight points, with Madison McMillan and Skylar Parker raining down five points apiece.

Kayla Arnold (4), Bryley Gilbert (2), Nakakul (2), and Brooklyn Thayer (2) rounded out the attack, with Edie Bittner and Reese Wilkinson also seeing floor time for the Wolves.

Marti made the nets jump, nailing a trio of three-point shots, while Parker also connected from long distance, dialing up a shot from the ferry parking lot.

Bryley Gilbert and associates wrap their season next week.

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Wrong schools, right photos

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged girls basketball, Hadley Eager, John Fisken photos, OHHS Wildcats, SWHS Falcons on February 4, 2022| Leave a Comment »

Oak Harbor freshman Jiana Alcaraz-Carter rumbles down low. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

It’s a conundrum.

The name of the blog is Coupeville Sports, and that hasn’t changed since it debuted back in August, 2012.

Which would imply not a whole lot of the 9,004 articles previously published on here have focused on athletes wearing the uniforms of Oak Harbor or South Whidbey High School.

But … I am a sucker for free photos, and the page hits those pics generate.

So, here we go.

The pics, shot by John Fisken, come from Thursday’s varsity non-conference tilt between the Wildcat and Falcon girls basketball teams, a game won 46-35 by Oak Harbor.

Having already beaten Coupeville, the ‘Cat girls are the unofficial Whidbey Island champs for the 2021-2022 season.

They join Coupeville’s boys, who swept Oak Harbor and South Whidbey to rule the hardwood.

To see more of what Fisken shot Thursday, pop over to:

Oak Harbor:

https://www.johnsphotos.net/Sports/Oak-Harbor-Basketball-2021-2022/GBB-2022-02-03-vs-South-Whidbey/

South Whidbey:

https://www.johnsphotos.net/Sports/South-Whidbey-HS/GBB-2022-02-03-SW-at-Oak-Harbor/

South Whidbey shot-blocker Hadley Eager (14) rules the paint.

Annaleah White lofts a picture-perfect jumper.

Defensive dynamo Nikki Murnane goes into lock-down mode.

Madison Knauer sends a gift to the net.

The Falcons clamp down on Tiana Jackson.

Murnane scans the floor.

Eager looks for an opening in the defense.

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(Basketball) girls on film

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged CHS Wolves, girls basketball, Ja'Kenya Hoskins, John Fisken photos, Nezi Keiper on February 3, 2022| Leave a Comment »

Brooklyn Thayer puts the defense on its heels. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

If you shoot, he will shoot.

Put on a basketball game or two, and it’s likely John Fisken will wander into your gym, accompanied by his many cameras.

Tuesday night featured the Coupeville High School girls teams in action against visiting Sedro-Woolley, and the photos above and below capture the action from varsity and JV rumbles.

To see everything Fisken shot, and ponder buying some early Christmas gifts for Grandma Barb in Boise, pop over to:

https://www.johnsphotos.net/Sports/Coupeville-Basketball-2021-2022/GBB-2022-02-01-vs-Sedro-Woolley/