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8th grade ace Cameron Van Dyke, seen here during volleyball season, made her high school hoops debut Tuesday night. (Julie Wheat photo)

Victory was in their grasp but slipped away.

Playing with four 8th graders in the lineup Tuesday, the Coupeville High School JV girls’ basketball team led at the end of the first, second, and third quarters.

Just not the fourth.

Using a 9-2 tear to end the game, visiting South Whidbey made off with a 32-27 win on opening night to claim the advantage in the Island rivalry.

With former Wolf hoops star Alita Blouin making her debut as JV coach, CHS edged out to a 6-4 lead by the first break, before stretching the advantage to 19-12 by halftime.

The second half was firmly in favor of the Falcons, however, as the visitors sliced away at the lead with an 11-6 run in the third quarter before holding the Wolves to just a single bucket in the final frame.

CHS did have balanced scoring, getting points from six of the nine players in uniform.

Ava Lucero paced the Wolves with a team-high eight points, while Willow Leedy-Bonifas knocked down seven.

Anna Powers (6), Cameron Van Dyke (2), Finley Helm (2), and Ellie Marshall (2) rounded out the offensive attack, with Emma Cushman, Allie Powers, and Zayne Roos also seeing floor time for Blouin’s squad.

Van Dyke, Roos, Helm, and Anna Powers are all 8th graders, and get to double up, playing high school ball before having the chance to also play at the middle school level when that season unfolds in 2026.

The Wolf JV, which is currently scheduled to return to action next Tuesday, Dec. 9 against East Jefferson, may actually get to play before then.

Eastside Prep, which comes to Coupeville Dec. 6, originally said it wouldn’t have a JV squad, but that may have changed.

If so, the move will be confirmed later this week.

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Danica Strong drills a jumper. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

Two veterans and a rising star.

As we sit here on the eve of a new basketball season, the Coupeville High School girls’ hoops squad is lighting up social media with the announcement of its captains for the 2025-2026 campaign.

Seniors Danica Strong and Teagan Calkins will join with sophomore Tenley Stuurmans to lead the way for the Wolves, who open play Tuesday night at home against archrival South Whidbey.

The CHS girls tip at 5:15 PM, with the varsity boys set to clash with the Falcons at 7:00.

Teagan Calkins hangs out with her fan club.

Calkins, who led the Wolves in scoring as a junior, starts the new season with 242 career varsity points, just five shy of cracking the top 50 scorers in program history.

Her fellow captains made their CHS varsity hoops debuts last season, with both following in the footsteps of family members.

Strong, who began her high school hardwood career in Whatcom County, is the daughter of Danette Beckley, currently #47 all-time on the Wolf girls’ career scoring chart with 249 points.

Meanwhile Tenley Stuurmans is the younger sister of Lyla Stuurmans (#45 with 257 points), the only girl in school history to play five seasons of varsity basketball.

Tenley Stuurmans hits the jets.

 

The official Instagram post about the new captains:

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Scout Smith (left) will coach the CHS varsity girls’ basketball team this winter. (Julie Wheat photo)

They’re changing up roles, for a season.

Coupeville High School girls’ basketball head coach Megan Richter is slated to deliver baby #2 shortly after the season tips off, so she’s handing off a chunk of her duties to JV coach Scout Smith.

Smith will slide into the main chair, with Lark Gustafson and Alita Blouin running the second squad during the 2025-2026 campaign.

While she won’t be front and center for a bit, Richter will be available as a resource and intends to be back on the sideline fulltime next season.

For now, though, “I’ll be around for the first couple of weeks as long as my body allows, but Scout is in charge from the beginning to the end this season.”

Smith, who scored 290 points during her time as a player with the Wolf hoops program, just wrapped her first season as varsity head coach with CHS volleyball.

A former CHS Female Athlete of the Year winner, she played volleyball, basketball, and softball for the school, helping lead both the spikers and diamond dandies to state as a team captain.

After graduating with degrees from the University of Washington and Gonzaga, she returned to her alma mater as a teacher and coach.

For her part, Smith is ready and raring to get going.

“I am super excited to lead this team this year,” she said.

“We have a great group of girls. A lot of really talented athletes and they are a blast to work with.

“I’m really glad I get to continue working with so many of the same players I just had in volleyball.”

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Teagan Calkins is back to burn the nets down. (Parker Hammons photo)

The “Red Dragon” is on the rise.

Teagan Calkins enters her senior year on the hardwood having scored 242 varsity points, which puts her #52 all-time for a Coupeville High School girls’ hoops program which kicked off in 1974.

Scoring stats for that first campaign have (so far) been lost to time, since the newspaper of the day failed to document the season outside of one short, stat-free paragraph.

But, other than that, I’ve been able to document 250 players — including five active ones — who’ve made the net jump over the years.

Calkins is just a five-spot away from cracking the top 50 and seems primed to finish much higher than that, while three of the other four active players are underclassmen who have multiple seasons left to play.

As we get ready to tip-off a new season, where things currently stand:

 

CHS girls’ basketball
(1974-2025)
*Active players in bold*:

 

Brianne King – 1549
Zenovia Barron – 1270
Makana Stone – 1158
Megan Smith – 1042
Ann Pettit – 932
Ashley Ellsworth-Bagby – 892
Terry Perkins – 673
Lexie Black – 622
Kristan Hurlburt – 598
Tina Lyness – 594

Marlene Grasser – 574
Judy Marti – 545
Brittany Black – 502
Jen Canfield – 497
Erica Lamb – 497
Emily Vracin – 467
Tina Barker – 464
Vanessa Davis – 448
Lindsey Roberts – 448
Maureen Wetmore – 438

Sarah Powell – 425
Mika Hosek – 424
Cassidi Rosenkrance – 423
Maddie Georges – 407
Ashley Manker – 404
Shawna West – 388
Katie Smith – 374
Whitney Clark – 359
Amy Mouw – 353
Tracy Taylor – 350

Kailey Kellner – 339
Katie Marti – 332
Amanda Allmer – 331
Misty Sellgren – 331
Taniel Lamb – 330
Marie Grasser – 321
Mia Littlejohn – 317
Amanda Fabrizi – 299
Scout Smith – 290
Bessie Walstad – 288

Hailey Hammer – 282
Madeline Strasburg – 261
Carly Guillory – 260
Sarah Mouw – 259
Lyla Stuurmans – 257
Julie Wieringa – 252
Danette Beckley – 249
Chelsea Prescott – 249
Mia Farris – 247
Marlys West – 247

Kendra O’Keefe – 244
Teagan Calkins – 242
Breeanna Messner – 235
Hilary Kortuem – 231
Ema Smith – 228
Mikayla Elfrank – 227
Annette Jameson – 223
Beth Mouw – 216
Lisa Roehl – 216
Alita Blouin – 215

Audrianna Shaw – 212
Linda Cheshier – 210
Izzy Wells – 204
Pam Jampsa – 202
Julia Myers – 202
Kim Warder – 193
Kacie Kiel – 188
Stephanie Clapp – 185
Kassie Lawson – 184
Heather Davis – 182

Jaime Rasmussen – 181
Trudy Eaton – 180
Heidi Bepler – 179
Madison McMillan – 176
Jodi Christensen – 174
Aimee Messner – 168
Danielle Vracin – 167
Sherry Bonacci – 165
Marie Hesselgrave – 165
Marilyn Brown – 164

Hayley Ebersole – 163
Yashmeen Knox – 163
Traci Perkins – 161
Suzette Glover – 159
Carolyn Lhamon – 153
Jai’Lysa Hoskins – 151
Jennifer Bailey – 150
Emily Young – 149
Vanessa Bodley – 146
Joli Smith – 142

Jennie Cross – 140
Savina Wells – 133
Taya Boonstra – 132
Sarah Burgoyne – 126
Christi Messner – 125
Kayla Lawson – 124
Avalon Renninger – 123
Gwen Gustafson – 122
Cheryl Dunn – 119
Ryanne Knoblich – 119

Hannah Davidson – 116
Jill Whitney – 116
Sarah Wright – 115
Laurie Estes – 114
Debbie Snyder – 113
Tiffany Briscoe – 111
Lauren Escalle – 109
Sally Biskovich – 108
Kara Harvey – 108
Kalia Littlejohn – 106

Haylee Armstrong is a bucket away from cracking triple digits as a varsity hoops star. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Kyla Briscoe – 104
Kelly Snyder – 104
Sue Wyatt – 100
Haylee Armstrong – 98
Lupine Wutzke – 98
Monica Vidoni – 97
Christine Barr – 95
Lauren Grove – 93
Babette Owensby – 93
Toni Thiefault – 92

Jada Heaton – 87
Jennifer Pettit – 85
Laura Young – 83
Marnie Bartelson – 81
Cheryl Pangburn – 79
Courtney Arnold – 78
Tonnalea Rasmussen – 78
Sharon Jolly – 75
Danica Strong – 75
Amanda Manker – 73

Beth Cavanaugh – 72
Wynter Thorne – 68
Rachelle Solomon – 64
Tenley Stuurmans – 63
Lindsey Sherwood – 61
Ann Kahler – 60
Ja’Kenya Hoskins – 59
Chelsea Rosenkrance – 59
Judy Wallace – 58
Rose Marti – 57

Jean Wyatt – 57
Jennifer Eelkema – 55
Christine Larson – 53
Courtney Boyd – 52
Kari Johnson – 52
Erin Ryan – 52
Anya Leavell – 51
Nicole Shelly – 50
Traci Barker – 49
Paige Mueller – 49

Stephanie Kipp – 48
Lynn Wilson – 47
Andilee Murphy – 46
Janiece Jenkins – 43
Meghan Metlow – 43
Tia Wurzrainer – 43
Jessy Caselden – 41
Karen Jampsa – 40
Jennifer Meyer – 40
Jill Keeney – 39

Suzanne Enders – 38
Mandi Murdy – 37
Shawn Diem – 35
Min Powell – 35
Abby Mulholland – 32
Lauren Rose – 32
Tammie Hardie – 31
Nezi Keiper – 29
Shannon Rutledge – 29
Taylor Sherman – 29

Anna Myhr – 28
Kirsty Croghan – 27
Lori Friswold – 27
Sarah Vass – 27
Tina Jansen – 26
Kim Stuurmans – 26
Kathy Jolly – 25
Shelby Kulz – 25
Kylie Van Velkinburgh – 25
Melissa Cox – 23

Haley Marx – 23
Lori Hart – 21
Skylar Parker – 21
Allison Wenzel – 21
Courtney Williams – 21
Aleshia McFadyen – 20
Nancy Dyer – 18
Dina Lanphere – 18
McKenzie Bailey – 17
Carol Estes – 17

Kristina Clark – 16
Dawn Clampet – 15
Nicole Laxton – 15
Mollie Bailey – 14
Lindsey Tucker – 13
Jeannette Fixel – 12
Tammy Shubat – 12
Nikki Snyder – 12
Kelly Ankney – 11
Naomi Prater – 11

Michelle Riddle – 11
Emily Wodjenski – 11
Alyssa Kelley – 10
Zarah Leaman – 10
Toni Hudson – 9
Georgie Smith – 9
Cindy Bennett – 8
Susan Estes – 8
Ami Garthwaite – 8
Eileen Hanley – 8

Keri Iverson – 8
Kristine Macnab – 8
Michelle Smith – 8
Carlie Rosenkrance – 7
Capri Anter – 6
McKayla Bailey – 6
Lexi Boyer – 6
Rhiannon Ellsworth – 6
Debbie Johnson – 6
Grace LaPoint – 6

Skyler Lawrence – 6
Corrin Skvarla – 6
Janie Wilson – 6
Kayla Arnold – 5
Katy Bennett – 5
Penny Griggs – 5
Marissa Slater – 5
Denise McGregor – 4
Jessica Sherwood – 4
Kara Warder – 4

Reese Wilkinson – 4
Christina Mowery – 3
Samantha Roehl – 3
Ashlie Shank – 3
Jamie Townsdin – 3
Brenda Belcher – 2
Rusty Brian – 2
Carol Davis – 2
Lisa Davis – 2
Nicole Fuller – 2

Bryley Gilbert – 2
Cathy Higgins – 2
Daisy Kent – 2
Katie Kiel – 2
Charlotte Langille – 2
Brynn Parker – 2
Morgan Stevens – 2
Tracy Barber – 1
Amy Biskovich – 1
Corinne Gaddis – 1

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A young Wolf fires off a shot during action at a summer skills camp. (Photos courtesy Megan Richter)

Work today, build for tomorrow.

Coupeville High School basketball coaches welcomed 16 middle school-aged girls to the gym Tuesday and Wednesday for the Firecracker Skills Clinic.

The event gave Wolf hardwood guru Megan Richter and her crew a chance to work with young hoops stars entering grades 6-9.

“We had a great turn out,” Richter said. “Each drill and day we pushed them a little harder and challenged them to do the hard thing, even if it wasn’t perfect.

“We talked a lot about how mistakes are how we learn and grow and it’s okay to make them,” she added.

“Focused a lot on how to be a good teammate and encourage each other to be their best.”

The bright future of Central Whidbey hoops.

While the girls were building their skills set, they were also developing their love for God’s Chosen Sport.

“Most importantly, we learned to find the joy and fun in basketball,” Richter said.

“I’m very proud of the work these girls did and can’t wait to see the growth throughout our program!!”

The sound of success echoes through the CHS gym.

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