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Chase Anderson heads off in pursuit of buckets. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

Chase is once again on the chase.

With the start of a new high school boys’ basketball season approaching, the stat keepers are once again firing up their pens and pencils.

Coupeville has been active on the hardwood since 1917, and I’ve managed to document 428 players who’ve scored in a varsity game.

With many old-school scorebooks lost to time (or still buried in someone’s barn or attic), the numbers aren’t complete, and likely never will be. But we get closer and closer, while making sure to record what’s going down in the present.

Which brings us back to Chase Anderson, who sits at #36 all-time with 599 points heading into his senior season.

Now, reasonably, he’s a longshot to get all the way to #1, needing 707 more points to slip past Logan Downes, with the CHS single season record of 644 by Jeff Stone having stood untouched since 1970.

But never say never.

Anderson is one of six active players on the list, though others will likely join them as the 2025-2026 season plays out.

So, sharpen that pencil and let the nets bounce.

 

CHS boys’ basketball
(1917-2025)
*Active players in bold*:

 

Logan Downes – 1305
Jeff Stone – 1137
Mike Bagby – 1137
Randy Keefe – 1088
Mike Criscoula – 1031
Jeff Rhubottom – 1012
Bill Riley – 934
Pete Petrov – 917
Brad Sherman – 874
Denny Clark – 869

Arik Garthwaite – 867
Bill Jarrell – 855
Hunter Smith – 847
Corey Cross – 811
Hawthorne Wolfe – 800
Jack Elzinga – 770
Barry Brown – 769
Hunter Hammer – 755
Steve Whitney – 730
Dan Nieder – 729

Tom Sahli – 719 (**MISSING SEASON**)
Chris Good – 688
Gavin Keohane – 677
Virgil Roehl – 674
Foster Faris – 668
Pat Bennett – 659
Wade Ellsworth – 659
Jason McFadyen – 654
Rich Morris – 637
Kramer O’Keefe – 636

Wiley Hesselgrave – 632
John O’Grady – 611
Greg White – 604
Denny Zylstra – 602
Joe Whitney – 601
Chase Anderson – 599
Brian Miller – 597
Mike Syreen – 594
Gabe McMurray – 592
Pat Clark – 583

Randy Duggan – 552
Roy Marti – 551
Jim Syreen – 550
Marc Bissett – 549
Gary Hammons – 533
Jerry Zylstra – 527
Brad Miller – 526
Gary Faris – 524
JJ Marti – 520
Cody Peters – 518

David Lortz – 502
Jason Bagby – 499
Xavier Murdy – 482
Pat O’Grady – 472
Harold Buckner – 469
Sean Dillon – 469
Frank Marti – 462
Alex Murdy – 448
Del O’Shell – 440
Tony Ford – 432

Caleb Powell – 421
Mason Grove – 414
Ben Biskovich – 407
Casey Clark – 407
Nick Sellgren – 406
Cole White – 405
Blaine Ghormley – 393
Tom Logan – 385
James Smith – 382
Don Cook – 377

Chad Gale – 373
Mike Millenbach – 373
JD Wilcox – 373
Ty Blouin – 369
Caesar Kortuem – 369
Ray Harvey – 368
Pat Brown – 355
Dick Smith – 352
Ethan Spark – 352
Glenn Losey – 350

Timm Orsborn – 345
Robin Larson – 342
Byron Fellstrom – 340
Kevin Faris – 339
Michael Vaughan – 337
Jim Yake – 331
Aaron Trumbull – 330
Brad Brown – 328
Charlie Tessaro – 328
Utz Conard – 326

Ian Smith – 324
David Ford – 323
Bob Rea – 320
Chris Marti – 319
Gabe Wynn – 316
Nick Streubel – 314
Ben Hayes – 306
Allen Black – 305
Noah Roehl – 301
Blake Day – 299

Noel Criscoula – 298
John Beasley – 293
Risen Johnson – 291
Brian Fakkema – 290
Matt Frost – 290
Hurlee Bronec – 288
Mike Mallo – 282
Keith Jameson – 277
Terry Roberts – 277
Kit Manzanares – 275

Boom Phomvongkoth – 275
Zepher Loesch – 274
Alex Evans – 272
Aaron Curtin – 271
Tyler King – 270
Joe Tessaro – 270
Eric Hopkins – 265
Harvey Wainio – 265
Rick Keefe – 259
Troy Blouin – 256

Sean Callahan – 256
Greg Fellstrom – 248
Richard Hammons – 248
Casey Larson – 247
Don Schreiber – 247
Brandon Huff – 245
Grady Rickner – 245
Brad Haslam – 235
Sean Toomey-Stout – 235
Geoff Hageman – 227

Curt Youderian – 226
Hunter Bronec – 223
Rich Vaughan – 219
Ed Wood – 219
Joel Walstad – 217
Richard Cook – 216
Ryan Keefe – 214
Nick Guay – 213
Jordan Ford – 210
Andrew Mouw – 204

Vance Huffman – 203
Tim Quenzer – 202
Alan Hancock – 198
Shawn Ryan – 197
Mitch Aparicio – 195
John Engstrom – 195
Trevor Tucker – 194
Roy Mattox – 191
Dale Sherman – 188
Scott Stuurmans – 188

Ryan Blouin – 185
Pat Millenbach – 181
Jack Porter – 180
Caleb Meyer – 179
Wayne Hardie – 178
Chris Cox – 177
Evan Tingstad – 177
Jerry VandWerfhorst – 177
Anthony Bergeron – 176
Mike Ankney – 173

Ron Naddy – 172
Dale Libbey – 169
Roger Sherman – 168
Tim Walstad – 168
Randy Blindauer – 166
Mark Bepler – 165
Chad Brookhouse – 163
Jered Brown – 156
Monty Moore – 155
Geoff Wacker – 154

Bill Baas – 153
Ulrik Wells – 152
Jim Faris – 151
Steve Konek – 149
Gavin O’Keefe – 149
Ryan McManigle – 148
Ryan Griggs – 147
Hugh Abell – 145
George Libbey – 142
Sandy Roberts – 134

Craig Anderson – 132
Scott Franzen – 129
Ben Etzell – 127
Gavin Knoblich – 126
Len Buckner – 125
Brian Shank – 125
Joey Lippo – 121
Jessie Smith – 119
Scott McGraw – 116
Christian Townsdin – 116

Camden Glover muscles his way to the hoop.

Camden Glover – 115
Mitch Pelroy – 115
Taylor Ebersole – 114
Eric Taylor – 112
Jim Casey – 111
Jacobi Pilgrim – 111
Jonathan Valenzuela – 110
Brian Barr – 108
Joe Donellon – 101
Jason McManigle – 101

Bryan Hamilton – 99
Brian Knoll – 98
Morgan Payne – 96
Christian Lyness – 95
Koa Davison – 94
Ted Weber – 91
Hunter Downes – 89
James Meek – 89
Dan Miller – 89
Landon Roberts – 88

Steve Bissett – 87
Andrew Cashen – 87
Carson Risner – 86
John Sinema – 86
Nick Morris – 83
Dominic Coffman – 81
Logan Martin – 81
Roy Armstrong – 80
Cameron Toomey-Stout – 80
Caleb Valko – 78

Ross Buckner – 77
Matt Shank – 77
JJ Johnson – 76
Duane Score – 76
Quinten Farmer – 75
Matt Ortega – 75
Mike Ellsworth – 74
Don Spangler – 72
John Zimmerman – 72
Joe Bruzas – 71

Jason Fisher – 71
Tony Prosser – 70
Les Jacobson – 69
Tom Conard – 68
Dean Grasser – 68
Matt Bepler – 67
Zack Swerdfeger – 66
Ron Lanphere – 65
Sage Downes – 64
Ben Hancock – 63

Randy Stone – 63
Mike Brown – 62
Jason McDavid – 62
Jeremy Staples – 62
Brian Hageman – 61
Erik King – 61
David Davis – 60
Tom Mueller – 59
Brandy Ambrose – 58
Sam Kieth – 58

Steve Smith – 58
Martin Walsh – 58
Matt Helm – 57
Dennis Terrell – 57
Drew Chan – 56
DeAndre Mitchell – 56
Daniel Olson – 56
Ellis Schultz – 56
Dave Stoddard – 56
CJ Smith – 54

Larry Zylstra – 54
Asa Owensby – 52
Marc Aparicio – 51
Chris Chan – 51
Joe Kelley – 51
Marvin Darst – 50
Troy Hurlburt – 49
Stanley Bruzas – 48
Dalton Engle – 48
Jerry Helm – 48

Dalton Martin – 47
Eddie Fasolo – 45
Doug Speers – 45
Banky Fisher – 44
Keith Dunnagan – 42
Zane Oldenstadt – 42
Gaylord Stidham – 41
Erick Harada – 40
James Jorgensen – 40
Nevin Miranda – 40

Jeff Thomas – 40
John Wyatt – 40
John Moskeland – 39
Danny Bonacci – 36
Chuck Ruthford – 36
Charlie Toth – 36
Jim Marti – 35
Zeb Williams – 35
Robert Cushen – 34
Dante Mitchell – 34

Sid Mudgett – 34
Johnny Porter – 34
Dave Brandt – 33
Ryan Kelley – 33
Brian Roundy – 32
Richard Barber – 31
Joe Libbey – 31
Ray Cook – 29
Tim Leese – 29
Ralph Lindsay – 29

Kyle Rockwell – 29
Rick Marti – 28
Toby Martinez – 28
Daniel McDonald – 28
Joe Rojas – 28
Todd Smith – 28
Scott Sollars – 28
Richard Benson – 27
Mike Duke – 27
John Holmes – 26

Lewis Berry – 25
Mark Short – 25
Tim Youderian – 25
Jared Helmstadter – 24
Trent Diamanti – 23
Trevor Mueller – 22
Dan Schleiffers – 22
Malachi Somes – 22
William Davidson – 21
Jay Roberts – 21

Dustin Van Velkinburgh – 21
Matt Douglas – 20
Jordan Emerson – 20
Dane Lucero – 20
Dean Strom – 20
Scott Fisher – 19
Scott Losey – 19
Bud Merryman – 19
Matt Petrich – 19
Jason Raymond – 19

Rob Blouin – 18
Rick Keith – 18
Marvin Mitchell – 18
Guy Walker – 18
Gary Boyke – 17
Jim Keith – 17
Jean Lund-Olsen – 17
Cedric McIntosh – 17
TJ Rickner – 17
Rick Frieze – 16

Frank Nelson – 16
Chad Nixon – 16
Josh Wilsey – 16
Steven Cope – 15
Eric Dyer – 15
Mike Lester – 15
Brad Rogers – 15
Henry Edwards – 14
Todd Brown – 13
DJ Kim – 13

LaVerne Arnold – 12
Mike Eaton – 12
Guy George – 12
Kole Kellison – 12
Glen Lanphere – 12
Desmond Bell – 11
Bill Hamilton – 11
Howard Libbey – 11
Ken Pickard – 11
Jon Roberts – 11

Chris Squires – 11
Ben Winkes – 11
Jermiah Copeland – 10
Ron Edwards – 10
Travis Hooker – 10
Mikey Robinett – 10
Daniel Graham – 9
Kyle King – 9
Bruce Seiger – 9
Jimmy Sullivan – 9

Fred Wyatt – 9
Erik Anderson – 8
Dave Bowers – 8
Rob Fasolo – 8
Kraig Gordon – 8
Cody Roberts – 8
Robert Shafer – 8
Dave Wells – 8
Charlie Cook – 7
Bobby Engle – 7

Brian Folkestad – 7
Wayne Hesselgrave – 7
Aiden O’Neill – 7
Ed Cook – 6
Tucker Hall – 6
Chuck Hardee – 6
Kevin King – 6
Robert Kirkwood – 6
Quinten Simpson-Pilgrim – 6
George Smith – 6

Nic Anthony – 5
Ariah Bepler – 5
Scott Davidson – 5
JD Myers – 5
Timothy Nitta – 5
Nate Steele – 5
Ron Zylstra – 5
Andrew Bird – 4
Bill Boze – 4
Miles Davidson – 4

Ralph Engle – 4
Jason Legat – 4
Morgan Roehl – 4
Rusty Bailey – 3
Luke Currier – 3
Davin Houston – 3
Frank Mueller – 3
Tracy Wilson – 3
Teo Benson – 2
Norm Enders – 2

Carson Field – 2
Easton Green – 2
Chris Locke – 2
Jeremy McCormick – 2
Rich McCormick – 2
Fred Meadors – 2
Denny Moss – 2
Tony Sherman – 2
Marion Sill – 2
Stephen Stietenroth – 2

Robbie Wanamaker – 2
Paul Baher – 1
Bill Engle – 1
Robert Engle – 1
Bob Franzen – 1
Meryl Gordon – 1
Oscar Liquidano – 1
Raleigh Sherman – 1

Katie Marti celebrates her excellence with Coupeville High School track and field coach Bob Martin. (Christi Messner photo)

She came in like a wrecking ball.

A pure supernova comprised of equal parts wild energy, good-times cheer, and often remarkable athletic talent, Katie Marti left an impact on Coupeville sports like few others.

Both mom (Christi Messner) and dad (Frank Marti) hail from prairie families with long, rich athletic histories, and Katie added her own glow to those legacies before graduating from CHS this past spring.

During her time as a Wolf, the most irrepressible of irrepressible ones played volleyball, basketball, softball, and track and field — when she wasn’t sliding across the desktop in the press box or cartwheeling across the gym floor, chasing her teammates and tackling them in exuberant bear hugs.

As a spiker, she saw varsity floor time all four seasons, and was a certified star the last two, running the Wolf offense from her position at setter.

Flipping another note-perfect set skyward. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

The stats tell a story, but it’s not the whole story.

Katie, if my numbers add up, compiled 68 kills, 301 digs, two solo blocks, 12 block assists, 1,185 assists, and 143 service aces as a varsity player, leading her squad in assists and aces during both her junior and senior seasons.

Her final campaign was her finest, as she and her fellow seniors carried the Wolves to an 18-2 record and 4th place trophy at the state tourney, remaining undefeated until the last day of the season.

Both the record, and the trophy, are the best ever achieved by a CHS volleyball team, but, like I said, mere stats don’t tell the whole story.

Katie left every last drop of sweat and effort she had out there on the floor, sliding in pursuit of floor burns, refusing to let any ball drop untouched. Cheeks flushed, voice bouncing off the rafters, she pushed herself, and her teammates, to great heights by sheer will power.

She cried, she screamed, she giggled, she screamed some more, she was a freakin’ force of nature, winning a point by punching the ball over the net with the side of her leg and making dang sure every fan, in every gym, would remember her long after she had hung up her uniform.

“Nothing but net, sucker!!” (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

One of the most purely entertaining athletes to ever rep the red and black, Katie carried that roof-raising attitude to basketball, where she tossed in 332 varsity points (good for #32 all-time in CHS girls’ history) and wrecked more than one row of chairs crashing into the bench in pursuit of loose balls.

Capable of raining down pain from three-ball territory or tossing in running one-handed scoop shots while rampaging through the paint, she was once again always worth the price of admission.

An athlete for all seasons, Katie was a stellar softball player as well, before veering off to achieve glory as a track and field thrower.

Over the course of three high school seasons, she piled up 24 wins chucking things, including sweeping shot put, discus, and javelin titles at the district meet her senior year.

A five-time state meet qualifier, Katie brought home a 7th place medal in the shot put during her final campaign, while also competing twice at the state hammer meet, which is its own thing not sanctioned by the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association.

Through it all, she was utterly unique and always worthy of our praise.

From an early age, Katie loved the spotlight, and she loved pulling her friends into that spotlight along with her.

Today we induct Miss Marti into the Coupeville Sports Hall o’ Fame. After this you’ll find her hanging out at the top of the blog, under the Legends tab.

Cause that’s what she is — a one-of-a-kind, living-life-like-she-wants-to, certified Grade-A legend.

“Let’s get this bus movin’. I got places to be, and people to entertain!” (Christi Messner photo)

Coupeville 8th grader Kamden Ratcliff hefts the trophy after he and his youth football team cap a 10-0 season with a championship game win. (Photos courtesy RayLynn Ratcliff)

The road trip was worth it.

Playing as the home team in someone else’s stadium Saturday, the Oak Harbor Football and Cheer League Seniors gridiron squad claimed a title, beating Arlington 28-20.

The victory caps a perfect 10-0 season for the Wildcats.

With no youth football program offered in Coupeville, three Wolves wore the purple and gold this season.

Max MyersDiesel Eck, and Kamden Ratcliff attend school at Coupeville Middle School, and will bring a championship mindset with them when they join the CHS football program.

Whidbey rules the night.

No rain in Pasco for the Coupeville High School boys’ cross country squad. (Photos courtesy Elizabeth Bitting)

Year #8 is in the books.

The revival of Coupeville High School’s cross country program continues to roar along, with 12 Wolves competing Saturday at the state meet in Pasco.

CHS coach Elizabeth Bitting had full boys’ and girls’ teams on the line at the Sun Willows Golf Course, with the former finishing 11th in the 2B team standings and the latter 13th in a 1B/2B mashup.

“It was STATE! They put in the hard work and made it!” the Wolf running guru said. “Each team ran great races.”

Liberty Bell (girls) and Freeman (boys) claimed team crowns, with freshman Grace Walsh of Manson and sophomore Waylon Stoneburger-Schafer of Cle Elum-Roslyn earning individual titles while zipping across a 5,000-meter course.

For Coupeville, senior George Spear and sophomore Mikayla Wagner were the top placers, with Spear making his third appearance at the year’s biggest meet.

The Wolf girls enjoy the last day of the season.

In the girls’ race, the Wolves ran as a pack, with the time spread between their #1 and #5 runners the third smallest of any school, trailing just Liberty Bell and third-place finisher Pope John Paul II.

“The girls pushed themselves hard,” Bitting said. “Ivy (Rudat) and Allie (Powers) were our first time state runners. They both ran solid races and have goals for next season.

Mikayla (Wagner) has been battling an injury but didn’t let that hold her back. She left it all out on the course and has earned some well-deserved healing time off.

Devon (Wyman) has been fighting off a cold the past few weeks but today you would not have known. She ran one of her best races of the season,” Bitting added.

Aleksia (Jump), our lone senior in the pack, ran her last state race of her high school career. She pushed herself, encouraged her teammates, her presence within the team will be missed.

“This girls’ team was more than just a team, they bonded, enjoyed each other’s company, laughed, they became family. I am excited to see what’s to come next season.”

CHS seniors (l to r) George Spear, Aleksia Jump, and Ezekiel Allen.

Bitting also came away impressed with her boys’ squad, which captured league and district titles in the same season for the first time since the 1970’s.

“The boys, the school history making boys! They ran amazingly,” she said. “What a group!

“The freshmen in the group, Cyrus (Sparacio) and Ossian (Merkel), truly added to the team. Their talents will take them far. This first year shaped them some but they still have so much more to give.

Beckett (Green) and Isaiah (Allen), our sophomores, last year attended state as nonrunners #8 and #9, this year they made it and ran!! They both ran a strong race. They encouraged and pushed each other. The pack mentality is within them. Keep your eyes on them.

“Our lone junior Kenny (Jacobsen) always pushed himself and will continue to push himself. He ran a strong solid race.”

Topping things off are her two senior boys, Spear and Ezekiel Allen, who will depart along with Jump.

George and Zeke – wow! Just wow! They will be missed!” Bitting said.

“They added so much to the team. Today they left it all on the course and both PR’d! So impressive.”

For now, the run is done, but with nine of Saturday’s 12 state meet participants scheduled to return, plus a solid group at home to join them, the future is bright.

“Next season there will be new faces, but the energy and dedication will be the same,” Bitting said.

 

Saturday results:

 

GIRLS:

Mikayla Wagner (46th) 21:58.90
Ivy Rudat (83rd) 23:26.90
Aleksia Jump (92nd) 23:47.80
Devon Wyman (101st) 24:20.80
Allie Powers (114th) 24:53.80

 

BOYS:

George Spear (40th) 18:08.10
Ezekiel Allen (46th) 18:18.20
Cyrus Sparacio (64th) 18:41.20
Kenneth Jacobsen (86th) 19:08.30
Ossian Merkel (117th) 20:06.50
Beckett Green (127th) 20:21.10
Isaiah Allen (130th) 20:41.50

Davin Houston scored six touchdowns as a junior. (Parker Hammons photos)

They reached the end of the road, way down the road.

Playing Friday in Raymond, the Coupeville High School football team scored first, but couldn’t keep it going, ultimately falling 48-14 to Pe Ell/Willapa Valley in a loser-out, winner-to-state playoff tilt.

With the loss, the Wolves finish 1-8, while PWV gets to 7-3 and will find out its next opponent Sunday when the 16-team bracket for the 2B tourney is announced.

After traveling 100+ miles for the matchup with a District 4 powerhouse, Coupeville struck gold early, as Davin Houston hauled in a touchdown toss from Chase Anderson, plunging in for his sixth score of the season.

Unfortunately for the Wolves that was where the trips to the end zone ended, at least for a while, as PWV began to pound away on both sides of the ball.

The Titans tied things up, moved ahead, then piled on the points en route to a 27-7 halftime lead.

Another touchdown early in the third quarter stretched Coupeville’s deficit out to 35-7, before Anderson connected with Aiden O’Neill on a scoring strike to get the Wolves into double-digits.

With the penalties piling up for the visitors, PWV closed things out by punching in two more touchdowns in the late going to set the final score.

Coupeville loses six seniors, with O’Neill, Anderson, Marquette Cunningham, Jayme Carranza, Malachi Somes, and Camden Glover set to graduate next spring.

But the Wolves can return four of the six players who scored a touchdown this year, plus a bunch of heavy hitters such as Jackson Sollars, Ira Volpentesta, and Riley Lawless.

Rugged lineman Riley Lawless is slated to return next fall.

 

Final season scoring stats:

 

Touchdowns:

Chase Anderson – 9
Davin Houston – 6
Aiden O’Neill – 3
Liam Blas – 2
Nathan Coxsey – 1
Josh Stockdale – 1

 

PATs:

Anderson – 16

 

Conversions:

Houston – 1

 

Points:

Anderson – 70
Houston – 38
O’Neill – 18
Blas – 12
Coxsey – 6
Stockdale – 6