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Here there be giants!!

Posted in Basketball, tagged , , , , on July 19, 2017| Leave a Comment »

   Utz Conard (22) rules the hardwood in the early ’60s. (Photos courtesy Tom Conard)

The ’59-’60 Wolves finished even with Darrington and shared a league title.

Conard sails in for a bucket.

   The ’60-’61 team included Denny Clark, one of the highest-scoring players in Wolf hoops history.

The early ’60s were a strong time for Coupeville High School basketball.

With local legends like Denny Clark, Utz Conard and Robin Larson rampaging across the hardwood, the Wolves were frequent title contenders.

The photos above capture a few moments out of time from seasons during that time period, and come to us courtesy Tom Conard, who followed his dad onto the court.

And he did pretty well for himself.

The younger Conard was a member of the ’87-’88 CHS squad which stands as the last Wolf boys hoops team to make it to the state tourney.

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Hoops glory, reborn!!

Posted in Boys Basketball, Memories, tagged , , , , , , on February 3, 2016| Leave a Comment »

The starting five from '67-68. (PHotos courtesy Jeff Stone)

Coupeville’s high-scoring starting five from 1967-1968. (Photos courtesy Jeff Stone)

A first-hand account of the scoring machine.

A first-hand account of the scoring machine.

Stats, stats and more stats.

Stats, stats and more stats.

Tourney time.

Tourney time.

Team picture day captures the full squad, including Wayne Hesselgrave, uncle to current Wolf star Wiley Hesselgrave.

   Team picture day captures the full squad, including Wayne Hesselgrave, uncle to current Wolf star Wiley Hesselgrave.

It was a time of giants.

From the late 1960s on through the 1970s, Coupeville High School had an especially impressive run in athletics.

Like a lot of history, the tale of those Wolves is scattered in bits and pieces these days, but we’re starting to pull it together, as everyone works together and digs through their scrapbooks and newspaper clippings.

The photos above are from the 1967-1968 boys’ basketball season, when a high-powered CHS squad rolled to a 9-3 mark in league play en route to districts.

Among their players was Jeff Stone, who, two years later, carried Coupeville to the state tourney for the first time in school history.

At this point he was a fast-rising sophomore who had yet to torch the nets for a school-record 48 in a game, but the seeds were being planted.

The photos are courtesy him, and give us a fun ride in the Wayback Machine.

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