
Sophomore Kalia Littlejohn has heated up on the offensive end in recent games, moving up to #4 on her team in scoring. (John Fisken photos)
A fight and a runaway.
That’s what we’re facing as the chase for Olympic League championship banners plays out in the basketball world.
On the boys side, Port Townsend sits literally one win away from clinching a title and knocking off two-time defending champ Chimacum.
Take care of the Cowboys Tuesday, and the RedHawks will have swept the three-game season series from their arch-rivals.
A win would put them three up on Chimacum with three to play, while owning the tie-breaker.
It would also be Port Townsend’s sixth league victory in a season where neither Coupeville or Klahowya could possibly win more than five.
While the RedHawks don’t want to celebrate early — they did blow a two-game lead to the Cowboys last season — it’s hard to picture the change at the top not happening.
On the girls side, Coupeville, as it has from day one of the league in 2014, controls its own destiny.
The Wolves are 4-0 in league this season (with three of those wins by double digits) and 22-0 all-time, but Port Townsend is hanging around.
PTHS, which fell 39-29 to Coupeville in the two school’s first meeting, is just a half game back of the Wolves after pulling out last-second wins against Chimacum and Klahowya.
The Wolves head to Port Townsend this Friday for a first-place showdown, then host the RedHawks in the regular season finale Feb. 4.
Where things sit through Monday morning:
Olympic League girls basketball:
School | League | Overall |
COUPEVILLE | 4-0 | 9-3 |
Port Townsend | 4-1 | 8-4 |
Chimacum | 1-4 | 7-7 |
Klahowya | 0-4 | 3-9 |
Olympic League boys basketball:
School | League | Overall |
Port Townsend | 5-0 | 10-3 |
Chimacum | 3-2 | 3-9 |
COUPEVILLE | 1-4 | 1-12 |
Klahowya | 1-4 | 2-11 |
And scoring stats for Coupeville’s varsity players:
Girls:
Kailey Kellner – 99
Mia Littlejohn – 74
Mikayla Elfrank – 67
Kalia Littlejohn – 41
Lindsey Roberts – 36
Lauren Rose – 30
Lauren Grove – 27
Tiffany Briscoe – 23
Sarah Wright – 13
Kyla Briscoe – 7
Charlotte Langille – 2
Allison Wenzel – 2
Boys:
Hunter Smith – 185
Gabe Wynn – 131
Brian Shank – 84
Ethan Spark – 74
Hunter Downes – 36
Joey Lippo – 16
Cameron Toomey-Stout – 16
Steven Cope – 9
Ariah Bepler – 5
Jered Brown – 5