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Scrappy JV girls finish strong

February 6, 2026 by David Svien

Willow Leedy-Bonifas clamps down on the ball during a tense moment. (Jackie Saia photos)

The record is deceptive.

While the Coupeville High School JV girls’ basketball squad finished with a 2-11 record, many of their games were like the barnburner played Friday night in the season finale.

Squaring off with host Friday Harbor, the young Wolves were a shot away from forcing overtime, but had the clock run out on them in a 32-29 loss.

That speaks well for a team which featured multiple 8th graders and showed steady progress all season long for coaches Alita Blouin and Lark Gustafson.

Friday’s finale featured the return of red-hot gunner Ava Lucero, who has been battling illness.

Back on the floor, the Wolf sophomore went off for a game-high 18 points to pace her team, with Cami Van Dyke nailing a pair of three-balls en route to six points of her own.

Anna Powers and Willow Leedy-Bonifas rounded out the attack with a bucket apiece, with Olivia Hall, Emma Cushman, Elizabeth Marshall, Zayne Roos, and Taylor Marrs also seeing floor time.

Elizabeth Marshall (23) and Anna Powers move in for the rebound.

 

Final season scoring stats:

Ava Lucero – 122
Cami Van Dyke – 56
Anna Powers – 45
Willow Leedy-Bonifas – 37
Zayne Roos – 22
Taylor Marrs – 20
Olivia Hall – 12
Finley Helm – 12
Emma Cushman – 4
Elizabeth Marshall – 3

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Wolf boys hit a bump in the road

February 6, 2026 by David Svien

Riley Lawless (34) ain’t letting anyone into the paint, no sir. (Aleksia Jump photo)

Dang those midrange jumpers.

Despite dominating from behind the three-point arc and at the free throw line Friday, the Coupeville High School varsity boys’ basketball team couldn’t overcome a hail of old school field goals and lost a crucial one.

Falling 51-41 at Friday Harbor in the regular season finale, the Wolves slip to 4-6 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 7-11 overall and will likely open the playoffs on the road.

Coupeville won’t know its opening foe or the location until Saturday evening, when the bracket for the double-elimination District 1/2 tourney is released.

For now, Brad Sherman’s squad will have 24 or so hours to reflect on a game where it shot out to an early lead, before hitting some rough spots on offense down the stretch.

With Camden Glover splashing home a pair of three-balls in the early moments, CHS jumped out to a 17-12 lead at the first break and was still up 22-16 midway through the second frame.

But Friday Harbor made its move right before the halftime buzzer, hitting a field goal to snap a 27-27 tie.

From there the Wolverines pulled away in the second half, using a 13-7 run in the third to push the advantage to 42-34 and never giving back the lead over the game’s final 16 minutes.

While Coupeville ultimately lost on the scoreboard, it did win the three-ball battle 6-2, while hitting 11 of 18 free throws while Friday Harbor was just 1-4 at the charity stripe.

Chase Anderson popped for a game-high 17 points to pace the Wolves, with Camden Glover (14), Davin Houston (8), and Malachi Somes (2) also getting their names in the book.

Carson Grove, Liam Blas, Aiden O’Neill, and Riley Lawless also saw floor time for CHS.

Two Wolves hit personal milestones in the game with Houston cracking the 100-point club — he has 103 and counting — and Anderson moving from #9 to #8 on the Wolf boys career scoring chart.

The Coupeville senior has tallied 920 points and passes ’90s star Pete Petrov (917) with his performance on Friday Harbor.

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CMS girls boast deep roster

February 6, 2026 by David Svien

CMS 8th grader Zayne Roos (12), seen here in a high school game, will get a second hoops season this winter at the middle school level. (Jackie Saia photo)

Five days until tipoff.

Coupeville Middle School kicks off a new eight-game season of girls’ basketball this coming Wednesday, Feb. 11, when the Wolves host South Whidbey.

CMS coaches Brooke Crowder and Kassie O’Neil currently have a 29-player roster to draw from, including four eighth graders who also stepped up and played for the high school JV team earlier this winter.

That quartet is comprised of Anna Powers, Finley Helm, Cami Van Dyke, and Zayne Roos.

 

The opening day roster:

 

6th grade:

Halle Black
Ellie Callahan
Juniper Dotson
Nikolette Dunham
Danielle Halsing
Leah Hernandez
Daisy Leedy-Bonifas

 

7th grade:

Sophia Burley
Laurel Crowder
Ruby Folkestad
Reagan Green
Abby Hunt
Bella Sandlin
Milly Somes

 

8th grade:

Ava Alford
Amira Anunciado
Annabelle Cundiff
Aubrey Flowers
Emma Green
Finley Helm
Addison Jacobson
Sabrina Judnich
Claire Lachnit
Kaleigha Millison
Anna Powers
Emily Rains
Zayne Roos
Cami Van Dyke
Arianna Vinson

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Click-click, bye-bye

February 6, 2026 by David Svien

John Fisken (left) is leaving the internet behind. Sort of. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

The internet is forever, or at least until you stop paying your website provider.

Longtime local prep sports photographer John Fisken, who put the camera down at the end of the 2024-2025 school year, is divesting himself of his archives as well.

Now a man of leisure, the Diet Coke-fueled paparazzi will permanently shut down his John’s Photos web site in April, ending online access to thousands of images he snapped at Whidbey sports events, as well as some non-sports pics.

So, if you’ve been hankering to get a glossy copy of something he shot, you’ve got about two months left to get crackin.’

After that, the website and the email associated with it (john@johnsphotos.net) go dead, and Fisken will no longer be checking the concurrent Facebook page for messages.

You have been warned…

 

To check out Fisken’s work before it fades out for good, pop over to:

https://www.johnsphotos.net/

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Coupeville connection equals football excellence

February 2, 2026 by David Svien

Rain or shine, Chase Anderson is a gridiron giant. (Julie Wheat photo)

Chase Anderson will be traveling East in June.

The Coupeville High School senior was named to the West Roster for the Earl Barden Classic, the annual all-star game which pits the top football players in classes 2A, 1A, 2B, and 1B.

The game will be played at Spokane’s East Valley High School Saturday, June 20, with a 1:00 PM kickoff.

Anderson, who was a First-Team All-Conference pick at three positions (quarterback, kicker, and linebacker), is listed as a running back on the all-star roster.

The West will be coached by Devin Snyder of Cascade Christian, while the East is led by Eric Berg of East Valley.

Coupeville’s top gun is the only Whidbey Island player and only Northwest 2B/1B League player to make the cut this year, and one of just two from this region, with Shia Webster of 2A Anacortes also included.

Lyal Viers (1) and Andy Penrod (9) share a moment with Coupeville’s Camden Glover after their teams played earlier this season. (Tammy Glover photo)

Two of Anderson’s teammates do have Coupeville connections, however, as cousins Lyal Viers and Andy Penrod from 1A Cedar Park Christian are both on the West roster as well.

Viers and Penrod are the sons of sisters (and CHS grads) Sarah and Stephanie Engle, respectively, while Andy’s dad is Videoville alumni Isaiah Penrod.

Grandparents include the “Dave’s” — former Coupeville Town Marshal Dave Penrod and the late, great Pastor Dave Engle.

For Anderson, the selection continues a trend of Wolf gridiron stars getting the call to the big game, as he follows in the footsteps of former Coupeville stars like Mike Bagby, Josh Bayne, Dominic Coffman, and Ryan Labrador.

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