Coupeville Sports

X-Man fills up the stat sheet

June 2, 2021 by David Svien

Xavier Murdy leads the CHS boys hoops squad in rebounds, assists, and steals. (Jackie Saia photo)

Xavier Murdy gets around.

The Coupeville High School junior has a motor which never quits, and a knack for doing all the small things which matter a lot on the basketball court.

As the Wolves kick off the second half of their pandemic-altered 12-game season with a trip Wednesday to La Conner, we take a look at the stats behind the game.

Murdy, who is also the team’s #2 scorer, leads CHS in offensive rebounds, total rebounds, assists, and steals.

Fellow junior Hawthorne Wolfe, who is averaging 24+ points a night, has snagged the most defensive rebounds, while senior TJ Rickner tops the team in blocked shots.

A look at team-wide stats in those categories, plus shooting totals for field goals, three-balls, and free throws through six games:

Player	2FG	3FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	Ast	Stl	Blk

D. Olson	8/23	1/4	4/8	4	11	15	9	4	1
A. Murdy	5/15	0/2	6/9	2	9	11	6	9	1
L. Downes	8/13	2/5	4/11	3	7	10	12	2
G. Rickner	15/27	4/9	10/19	9	12	21	12	4	1
H. Wolfe	25/50	19/51	36/49	5	29	34	14	13
C. Roberts	2/8	0/0	0/1	4	1	5	1		1
X. Murdy	16/29	4/20	8/13	34	27	61	21	16
L. Martin	4/13	1/13	2/3	4	15	19	8	6	2
C. White	1/5	0/0	0/0	2	1	3		1
S. Downes	6/22	0/2	5/7	8	9	17	2	5	1
T. Rickner	4/10	0/0	3/9	8	6	14			3
J. Valenzuela	2/3	1/1	0/0	1	1	2	2

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Make a difference, join the booster club

June 1, 2021 by David Svien

Be all you can be. Join the Coupeville Booster Club. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

All hands on deck.

The Coupeville Booster Club plans to go full tilt into next school year, and is putting the call out for those interested in joining the group.

There will be a membership meeting Wednesday, June 2 at the Penn Cove Taproom (103 S. Main – across from the elementary school). Things kick off at 6 PM.

As the pandemic fades and sports and activities get back to normal status, the booster club will be extra-busy, and is in need of new blood.

Parents of both high school and middle school students are encouraged to attend the meeting.

Board members have voting rights, work on projects throughout the year such as the annual crab feed fundraiser, and get to be at the forefront of funding Wolf athletes and coaches.

From supplying athletic letters, to making sure athletes have snacks on road trips, to helping CHS coaches purchase new equipment, to maintaining the Wall of Fame in the gym, the Booster Club is the motor which drives Wolf Nation.

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Wolf hoops legend nets golf title

June 1, 2021 by David Svien

Jeff Stone

He shoots and scores.

Coupeville basketball legend Jeff Stone still has the magic touch, but these days he’s tearing up the golf course and not the hardwood.

The man who still holds CHS basketball game, season, and career scoring records 51 years after graduation, was at the front of the field May 29-30 at Whidbey Golf Club’s Mountain Mist Men’s Invitational.

Stone won low net at the tourney, winning a $750 purse, while Nick Krantz captured the low gross title.

Darren Justus came out on top in the chipping contest, with the “closest to the hole” competitions being won by Chris Robinson, Michael Lacey, Lucas Horrobin, and Thomas Kidd.

Back before putting together a long, successful run as a teacher, coach, and athletic director at Oak Harbor High School, Stone was a standout three-sport athlete at CHS.

His biggest impact came on the basketball court, where he went on to be a college player.

Stone’s marks of 48 points in one game, 644 in a season, and 1,137 in a career still stand as the best in the 104-year history of Wolf boys hoops.

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Let the camera steal your soul

May 31, 2021 by David Svien

Ryanne Knoblich leads off a collection of CHS basketball portraits. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

Welcome back to portrait season.

Before the current hoops campaign began, John Fisken stopped by the Coupeville High School gym to snap close-up pics of almost every Wolf basketball player.

As the season unfolds, we’re dispersing said portraits in a somewhat haphazarded manner, and today eight more glossy images pop up on the internet.

There’s two pics for each of the four CHS hardwood teams, chosen in our best eenie-meenie-minie-moe fashion.

Logan Martin

Reese Wilkinson

Nathan Ginnings

Anya Leavell

Alex Murdy

Kayla Arnold

Narciso Lopez

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Scramble for hardwood supremacy heats up

May 30, 2021 by David Svien

Gwen Gustafson and Co. have won three of their last four games. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Halfway home, and the battle rages on.

Both Coupeville High School varsity basketball teams sit at 3-3 with six games left to play, though the odds of a conference title for the Wolves greatly varies.

The CHS boys, who could be 5-1 if two plays go differently, are two games back of first-place, and have a legitimate shot of shaking the standings up in the second half.

The Wolves have already handed Mount Vernon Christian its only loss, and the Hurricanes gave Orcas Island its lone defeat.

The Vikings may sit atop the standings at the moment, but nothing seems safe as the hunt for a boys title continues.

On the girls side, however, it’s a two-team race to hang a banner, and no one else is getting into the mix.

Coupeville is a game out of third, but there is no realistic way its gets a top-two finish.

La Conner and MVC are both 5-0 in league play, 6-0 overall heading into a Tuesday clash, and have decimated the other Northwest 2B/1B League schools.

Counting their non-conference tilts (the Braves beat Kings, the Hurricanes KO’d Lummi Nation), La Conner has outscored its foes 438-106, while MVC is at 386-96.

The Wolf girls have a tough week ahead, as they face La Conner and MVC back-to-back, playing the former on the road Wednesday, before hosting the latter Thursday.

A road trip to Orcas Saturday to square off with the team they’re chasing for third-place caps a busy schedule.

The CHS boys play the same trio, at the same locations, with a chance to make some waves.

The La Conner rumble is a rematch, after they lost 59-57 on a last-second bucket at home this past Thursday, then the Wolves go toe-to-toe with the current top two in the standings.

Let the basketballs hit the nets!

Where things stand through May 30:

Northwest League boys basketball: