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Stone sparkles, Blues stumble

Posted in Basketball, Wolves in college, tagged , , , , on December 7, 2019| Leave a Comment »

Coupeville’s Makana Stone collected 22 points and 10 rebounds Saturday in a college basketball brawl between highly-ranked teams. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Sometimes your A-game isn’t enough.

Coupeville’s Makana Stone played a sensational game in the big-time spotlight Saturday, but she and her Whitman College women’s basketball team still suffered their first loss.

Reaching the end of a season-opening seven-game road trip, the Blues fell 78-58 in Belton, Texas to the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, the #7 team in NCAA D-III.

Whitman, which came into the game ranked #12 in the most-recent national poll, falls to 6-1 on the season.

The Blues head back to Walla Walla, where they will play their next six games, starting with the home opener Dec. 13 against the University of Maine at Fort Kent.

Playing in the second game of a back-to-back affair in Texas, Stone threw down 22 points and snared 10 rebounds, both game highs.

Unfortunately, the rest of the Blues lost their shooting touch all at the same time.

While Stone rattled home nine of 14 shots from the field, including netting both of her three-point attempts, the rest of the Whitman roster combined to net 33% on 14-42 shooting.

The Blues still stayed relatively close, at least for awhile, trailing just 19-14 after one quarter of play and 35-28 at the half.

Whitman was unable to mount a sustained comeback, however, and Mary Hardin steadily padded out the lead, using 22-15 and 21-15 runs across the final two quarters to set the final margin.

Stone added two assists and two blocks while playing 33 minutes.

On the season, the former Wolf has tallied 117 points, 50 rebounds, 11 assists, 11 steals, and eight blocks, while shooting 47-79 (59.4%) from the floor and 21-26 (80.7%) at the free throw line.

Saturday’s game was Stone’s 90th as a collegiate player, and with 1,045 points, she moves ever closer to 7th place (1,056) on the Whitman women’s career scoring list.

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Conlisk takes skills to next level

Posted in Track, Wolves in college, tagged , , , , , on December 7, 2019| Leave a Comment »

Coupeville grad Danny Conlisk, a two-time state champ, ran in his first college meet Saturday in South Dakota. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

It’s a whole new world for Danny Conlisk.

The Coupeville High School grad, a two-time state champion during his days as a Wolf, made his college track and field debut Saturday.

Running in the Yellow Jacket Holiday Classic at Black Hills State University in Spearfish, South Dakota, Conlisk claimed a 1st in the 4 x 4 and a 2nd in the 400.

A freshman at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, he was running on an inside track for the first time.

His school has an outdoor facility, but the Hardrockers begin with the indoor season, before moving to the traditional outdoor season in the spring.

Conlisk’s first collegiate race was the 400, and he blitzed to a time of 52.40 seconds.

“Not a bad start,” said mom Dawnelle. “He said the corners were tight. Six turns vs. his normal four.”

Conlisk closed out the meet running the second leg on a relay unit which hit the tape in 3:29.31.

The next meet for the Hardrockers arrives Jan. 18, when they travel to Nebraska for the Chadron Invite.

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Streubel lands big gridiron honor

Posted in Football, Wolves in college, tagged , , , , , on December 6, 2019| Leave a Comment »

Former Wolf Nick Streubel, here with his sister and niece, continues to collect college football awards. (Photo courtesy Amanda Jones)

Don’t go, we have more awards.

Coupeville’s Nick Streubel has already graduated from Central Washington University and played the final football game of his stellar collegiate career, but the honors continue to flow in.

The former Wolf was recently tabbed as an All-Conference player for the third time, while also being named the Great Northwest Athletic Conference Offensive Lineman of the Year.

Now the red-shirt senior has been named for the second time to the All-Super Region 4 team.

Streubel, who anchored Central’s line at center as the Wildcats won a third-straight league crown, was a First Team selection, while teammate Tyren Sams, a defensive back, made the Second Team.

With the All-Region honor tucked away, The Big Hurt is eligible now for All-American status.

After playing football, basketball, and track and field during his Coupeville High School days, Streubel spent six seasons on the CWU gridiron squad.

He red-shirted his freshman season, then later missed a year with a medical red-shirt after breaking his hand into about a zillion pieces.

Through it all, Streubel was a standout when on the field, and ended his career as a captain and the face of Wildcat football, adorning much of the team’s branding this season.

Central rolled up 504.7 yards of total offense per game this season, best in their league, and ninth-best among all NCAA D-II teams.

Streubel and Co. also surrendered just 13 sacks all season.

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No rust on Stone, Blues

Posted in Basketball, Wolves in college, tagged , , , , , on December 6, 2019| Leave a Comment »

Makana Stone had 13 points and 12 rebounds Friday in Texas as Whitman remained undefeated. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Ten days off, and still just as red hot and rollin’.

Returning from sabbatical, the Whitman College women’s basketball team rolled into Texas Friday and immediately laid down a beatin’, thrashing host Concordia University 82-55 behind a double-double from Coupeville’s Makana Stone.

The former Wolf tossed in 13 points, snared a game-high 12 rebounds, dealt out four assists, and still had time to pick up a blocked shot and a steal.

With their second non-conference win over the Tornados, who they also beat in the season opener at the Whit Classic in Spokane, the Blues improve to 6-0 on the season.

Whitman, ranked #12 in NCAA D-III, leaves Austin behind, and travels to Belton Saturday.

It faces the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor (4-1), then returns to Walla Walla, where it will finally play a home game.

After a seven-game road trip to open the season, the Blues host the Kim Evanger Raney Classic Dec. 13-15, playing two home games against the University of Maine at Fort Kent and Buena Vista University.

Then comes a nearly three-week break before the 16-game Northwest Conference schedule tips off Jan. 3.

Friday night, the game was a little closer than expected, at least at first, with Whitman clinging to a 15-14 lead at the first break.

Then, Stone took over and the Blues rapidly started to pull away.

Scoring eight of her points in the second quarter, Coupeville’s shining star helped Whitman stretch its lead to 34-24 at the half, then 59-37 after three quarters of play.

The Blues got contributions up and down the roster, with Kaylie McCracken popping for 14 points to pace the squad.

On the season, Stone has 95 points, 40 rebounds, nine assists, 11 steals, and six blocks. She’s shooting 38-65 (58.4%) from the floor and 19-24 (79.1%) from the free throw line.

Friday’s game included two career milestones for the former Wolf, as she collected her 650th rebound (she has 652 now) and cracked the 2,000 minute mark (she’s sitting at 2,020).

Saturday’s game against Mary Hardin-Baylor will be the 90th of Stone’s career, and with 1,023 points, she is closing in on 7th place (1,056) on the school’s career scoring chart.

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Makana milestone, Whitman win

Posted in Basketball, Wolves in college, tagged , , , , on November 25, 2019| Leave a Comment »

Coupeville’s Makana Stone has netted 1,000+ points as both a high school and college basketball player. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Four digits, ring ’em up.

Hitting a major milestone Monday, Coupeville’s Makana Stone powered the Whitman College women’s basketball team to its fifth-straight win.

The former Wolf became just the ninth female player in school history to crack 1,000 career points — achieving the feat on her first basket of the night — as she and the Blues rolled to a 71-52 victory against Whittier College in California.

Now 5-0 on the season, Whitman is off until Dec. 6, when it plays Concordia University in Austin, Texas.

Stone, who scorched the nets for 1,158 points during her high school career, has 1,010 points at the collegiate level, with 20 regular season games (plus a potential postseason run) left to play.

She’s #3 in CHS hoops history (trailing just Brianne King and Novi Barron and ahead of all-time Wolf boys co-leaders Jeff Stone and Mike Bagby), and is now #8 among Whitman women.

Entering play Monday with 998 points, Stone tossed in 12 against Whittier, netting that on 5-8 shooting from the floor and 2-3 from the line.

Having passed Lizzy Washburn, who scored 1,003 points between 2002-2006, she has seven players left to chase.

Casey Poe, who was a junior and senior when Stone was a freshman and sophomore, sits at #6 with 1,145 points, while Katie Rubenser (1,693) and Jennifer McClure (1,639), who played together from 1990-1994, top the charts.

Monday night, Whittier came out and drilled a three-ball to open things, then Whitman went to work, using a 10-0 run to retake the lead and effectively ice the win early.

Capping the surge, Stone swished a jumper at the 5:30 mark of the first quarter to reach 1,000 points.

From there, the Blues kept their feet smashed through the gas pedal, turning a 21-9 advantage at the first break into a 37-23 halftime bulge, then a 55-38 lead through three quarters.

Mady Burdett paced Whitman with a team-high 17 points, notching five treys along the way, while Stone, Kaelan Shamselden, and Caira Young netted 12 apiece.

Playing 26 minutes, Stone added a season-high four steals, two rebounds, and two assists to her line on the stat sheet.

Through five games, she’s scored 82 points, snatched 28 rebounds, made off with 10 steals, dealt out five assists, and rejected five shots.

Stone is shooting 32-55 (58.1%) from the floor and 18-23 (78.3%) at the line.

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