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Mia Farris rolls to the hoop. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

Wolf fans check out the latest stats (or their sweet, sweet sandwiches).

Call them the Magnificent Seven.

As we head towards the final week of the regular season, with the promise of playoff action on the horizon, seven Coupeville High School hoops players have cracked triple digit scoring.

But they’re just the tip of the iceberg, as hardwood heroes on all four Wolf teams continue to fill up the bucket.

A look at up to the moment scoring totals for everyone in a CHS uniform this winter:

 

Varsity girls
(13 games):

Maddie Georges – 110
Audrianna Shaw – 82
Izzy Wells – 64
Carolyn Lhamon – 48
Savina Wells – 47
Gwen Gustafson – 30
Lyla Stuurmans – 28
Ja’Kenya Hoskins – 24
Abby Mulholland – 22
Nezi Keiper – 19
Alita Blouin – 11
Katie Marti – 6
Mia Farris – 4

 

Varsity boys
(14 games):

Xavier Murdy – 196
Caleb Meyer – 152
Logan Downes – 141
Alex Murdy – 121
Grady Rickner – 108
Hawthorne Wolfe – 106
Logan Martin – 44
Cole White – 33
Dominic Coffman – 19
Jonathan Valenzuela – 8
Nick Guay – 2
Zane Oldenstadt – 2

 

JV girls
(10 games):

Madison McMillan – 62
Katie Marti – 50
Brooklyn Thayer – 34
Gwen Gustafson – 32
Desi Ramirez-Vasquez – 26
Skylar Parker – 19
Mia Farris – 17
Kayla Arnold – 16
Reese Wilkinson – 13
Lyla Stuurmans – 12
Bryley Gilbert – 7
Jada Heaton – 5
Nezi Keiper – 3
Edie Bittner – 2
Yodnum Nakakul – 2

 

JV boys
(10 games):

Nick Guay – 74
Hunter Bronec – 68
Ryan Blouin – 61
Zane Oldenstadt – 36
Mikey Robinett – 30
Hurlee Bronec – 25
Quinten Simpson-Pilgrim – 22
Jack Porter – 15
William Davidson – 10
Johnny Porter – 8
Landon Roberts – 8
Carson Field – 2

Sarah Wright kicked off her junior year of college softball. (Photo poached from Sylvia Arnold)

Wright in action this weekend. (Photo property Sewanee: University of the South)

She’s back in business on the diamond.

Coupeville High School grad Sarah Wright got her junior season of college softball started in style this weekend, playing in four games for Sewanee: The University of the South.

The former Wolf and her Tigers teammates traveled from Tennessee to Georgia, where they faced off with Albany State University.

While Sewanee lost all four games, Wright piled up two hits — including a double — two runs, two RBI, and two stolen bases, while playing both catcher and third base.

The last two seasons have been shortened by the pandemic, but Sewanee has a full 38-game schedule set for 2022. Games run through mid-April.

Wright, who was a multi-sport star (volleyball, soccer, basketball, softball) and Valedictorian during her time in Coupeville, is majoring in politics.

Sewanee returns to action next weekend, Feb. 11-12, when it travels to Mississippi for the MUW Invitational.

Wright and Co. will play two games apiece against tourney host Mississippi University for Women and Covenant College.

Lyla Stuurmans is a dead-eye shooter. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

All Alex Murdy can smell is success.

Things are getting serious.

The four 1B schools in the seven-team Northwest 2B/1B League started the playoffs this past week, while the 2B schools continue to wrap up conference action.

Coupeville High School has two nights of regular season play left to finish, with both the boys and girls traveling to La Conner Thursday, Feb. 10.

After that, the Wolf girls celebrate Senior Night and host Friday Harbor Feb. 12.

Postseason action for the 2B schools starts with the district tournament Feb. 15 and 17, with all the action going down in Coupeville.

The Wolf boys have clinched their playoff berth and are in the driver’s seat to claim the #1 seed, while the CHS girls are a win away from sealing their own invite to districts.

Where things stand through games of Feb. 5:

 

Northwest League boys basketball:

School League Overall
Coupeville 10-0 14-0
MV Christian 9-2 13-4
Orcas Island 4-4 8-6
La Conner 3-4 5-10
Friday Harbor 4-6 6-8
Darrington 2-6 4-9
Concrete 0-10 2-15

 

Northwest League girls basketball:

School League Overall
La Conner 10-0 18-1
MV Christian 9-2 14-3
Coupeville 5-3 7-6
Friday Harbor 4-6 5-9
Orcas Island 3-5 5-8
Darrington 2-6 5-9
Concrete 0-11 3-15

Stone a stat machine

Makana Stone gets shots up in practice. (Photo property Leicester Riders)

Right back at it, filling up the stat sheet.

Coupeville’s Makana Stone kept the number crunchers busy Saturday in England, racking up 14 points, six rebounds, four steals, and an assist as the Leicester Riders rolled to a blowout win.

Paced by their American assassin, the Riders bounced the Durham Palatinates 88-59 in Women’s British Basketball League action.

The victory came in the quarterfinals of the WBBL Trophy competition, one of two in-season tournaments mixed in with regular season games.

Leicester, now 12-5 on the season, returns to league play Feb. 20 against the Newcastle Eagles, while the WBBL Trophy semifinals will be played at a to-be-determined later date.

Saturday, it was all Riders, all the time, as the squad came out and scorched their rivals.

Up 19-10 at the first break, Leicester stretched the margin to 39-21 by halftime, then 60-44 through three quarters.

Stone was one of five Riders players to ring up double digits scoring, with Alison Lewis leading the way with 17 off the bench.

Oceana Hamilton (14), Brooklyn Mcalear (13), and Anna Lappenkuper (11) joined the hot shooters club.

Stone, who is in her first season as a professional hoops player, has recorded 134 points, 93 rebounds, 21 assists, and 17 steals.

Nezi Keiper was one of eight Wolves to score Friday in a key road win. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

Advantage, Wolves.

Rampaging on the road Friday, the Coupeville High School varsity girls basketball team rolled to a big win and moved a step closer to clinching a playoff berth.

Taking apart host Friday Harbor to the tune of 39-25, the Wolves improve to 5-3 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 7-6 overall.

Who the victory came against is almost as important as the fact CHS claimed the rout.

Coupeville, Friday Harbor, and La Conner — the three 2B schools in the NWL — are fighting for two postseason slots.

La Conner has already clinched one berth and is all but assured of being the #1 seed.

With its win Friday, Coupeville pushes Friday Harbor to the edge of elimination.

Beat the Wolverines a second time next Saturday, Feb. 12, this time in Coupeville on Senior Night, and CHS is the #2 seed to the district tourney and plays Auburn Adventist Feb. 15 in a loser-out, winner-to-state game.

But if they should lose that regular season finale, the Wolves will immediately play Friday Harbor again Feb. 14 in a tiebreaker game for that last playoff spot.

Short answer: Friday Harbor can’t lose again, and Coupeville has two chances to win one game (but would prefer to do it in just one game).

Now that it’s all as clear as mud, on to this Friday’s win, in which the Wolves overcame the absence of three key players.

Lyla Stuurmans, Alita Blouin, and Carolyn Lhamon were all sidelined for various reasons, but their teammates more than handled things, with eight different players scoring for CHS.

The game was a tense affair through the first eight minutes, with Friday Harbor clinging to a 9-8 lead at the first break.

After that, the Wells sisters went to work, combining for seven points in the second frame as Coupeville went on a 12-6 run.

Older sister Izzy knocked down a pair of buckets, lil’ sis Savina rippled the nets on a three-ball, and the Wolves went to the locker room up 20-15.

From there Coupeville stretched the margin out to 31-19 through three quarters, then ran the clock out on their hosts.

Izzy Wells dropped in a game-high 10 points to fuel the balanced Wolf attack, with Nezi Keiper, Maddie Georges, and Audrianna Shaw chipping in with six apiece.

Savina Wells (5), Ja’Kenya Hoskins (2), Gwen Gustafson (2), and Abby Mulholland (2) also scored, while Katie Marti brought energy off the bench.

CHS players enjoy the action.