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All the memories! All the emotions!!

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged , , , , on January 18, 2018| 2 Comments »

The shooting shirts for Friday’s Coupeville High School boys basketball anniversary game. (Brad Sherman photo)

One night only. Friday! Friday!! Friday!!!

Tomorrow — Friday, Jan. 19, 2018 — marks the biggest moment in Coupeville High School boys basketball history since, well, probably forever.

Or, at least since the Wolves, playing in front of 2000+ fans in 1970, became the first Whidbey Island hoops team to win a district title.

That’s kind of the defining moment for the program right there.

But this Friday, when Coupeville plays host to Chimacum (JV 3:30, varsity 5:15), will be the culmination of 101 years of Wolf hoops.

The date marks the exact anniversary of the first basketball game in CHS history, a 29-7 shredding of Langley in 1917, and the school is throwing a huge party.

All former Wolf boys basketball players, coaches, managers, stat keepers, time-clock operators, trainers, cheerleaders and fans are invited to come home and cram the gym.

Doesn’t matter if you were an All-League player or support crew — we want EVERYONE to show.

The game program will be an expanded one, chock full of stories written by yours truly and tons o’ vintage photos.

At halftime, that 69-70 team and the top 15 career scorers will be recognized, and after the game the party kicks into high gear.

Local shutterbug extraordinaire John Fisken is going to take an epic “team” photo featuring all the former and current Wolves in attendance.

After that, take a few steps outside the gym doors and head to the health room down the hall (don’t even have to go outside!).

Once there, current Wolf basketball moms will have cake and everyone gets a chance to mingle, remember past glory and make up new stories about how much better the game was in their day.

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College ball calls Kellner back to NYC!!

Posted in Basketball, Wolves in college, tagged , , , , on January 4, 2018| Leave a Comment »

   After a trip home over the holidays, Kailey Kellner is back on the basketball court in New York. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Back at it and time to get the rust knocked off.

Coupeville grad Kailey Kellner and her D’Youville College teammates returned to the hard court Thursday, the first time they had seen action in almost a month.

The last time the Spartans took the floor was Dec. 9, and it showed a bit, as D’Youville couldn’t quite find its rhythm in a 70-48 loss to visiting Alfred State.

The non-conference defeat drops the squad to 3-7, but they sit at 2-1 in league play.

After this, the Spartans play 15 straight conference tilts, starting with a road trip Saturday to face Franciscan.

D’Youville hung tough for a quarter Thursday, trailing just 17-15 at the first break.

After that Alfred State steadily pulled away, with a 21-11 run in the fourth quarter the final huge nail in the coffin.

Kellner finished with three points, hitting a trey, and four rebounds.

She’s played in every game this season for D’Youville, starting four, and is averaging 3.3 points and 2.4 rebounds a night in her freshman campaign.

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One night, 100 years of Wolf hoops!!

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged , , , , on January 2, 2018| 1 Comment »

   As the #8 scorer in school history and the current coach of the Wolves, Brad Sherman combines the past, present and future of Coupeville High School basketball. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

It’s been quite the century.

Mark your calendars for Jan. 19, set aside the night and join Coupeville High School in celebrating 100 years of Wolf boys basketball.

Coupeville hosts Chimacum that night (3:30 JV/5:15 varsity) and, by pure kismet, it’s the exact date the first hoops game was played in school history.

CHS beat Langley 29-7 on Jan. 19, 1917, kicking off a 7-3 run through its inaugural season.

To mark the moment, Coupeville is inviting all former players and coaches to show up for the Chimacum game.

A special program, looking back through the program’s history, will be handed out and Wolf hardwood greats will be honored.

After the game, all former Wolf hoops players and coaches will be invited down to the court, so that local photographer John Fisken can immortalize the moment with an epic group photo.

Whether you played a hot minute or scored 1,000 points, Jan. 19 is about tying the past, present and future of Wolf basketball together.

Don’t be square, be there.

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Play like it’s 1999!!

Posted in Basketball, tagged , , , , on December 23, 2017| Leave a Comment »

   Mike Bagby goes up for two, while CHS football coach Jon Atkins applies some defense. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

Gavin O’Keefe drives the lane.

Scott Stuurmans (with ball) and Jason Bagby tangle like it’s the old days.

“We’re gettin’ old, man…”

Joel Walstad prepares to get nasty.

Gavin Keohane flies the friendly skies.

Erik King, defensive dynamo for hire.

Ron Bagby (left) and Noah Roehl discuss the meaning of life.

You can go home again.

The annual Tom Roehl Roundball Classic, an alumni hoops tourney dedicated to the memory of a former longtime Wolf coach, played out Saturday in the CHS gym.

Those on hand were there to remember their coach, raise money for scholarships to be given out in his name, and see who still had game (and who had spent too much time on the couch).

After a year down, Red Pride rebounded to win the title, beating the Coupeville Cows 59-48 in an all-Coupeville championship.

Last year’s tourney winners, Prestige World Wide, fell in the semifinals this time around.

Photographer John Fisken wandered by the gym and delivers the photos seen above.

To see everything he shot (all pics can be downloaded for free), pop over to:

http://www.johnsphotos.net/Events/2017-Tom-Roehl-Round-Ball-Classic/

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Clash of titans on its way!!

Posted in Basketball, tagged , , , , on November 27, 2017| Leave a Comment »

   Former Wolf hoops legend Jason Bagby lays down some defensive heat during a past Roehl Round-Ball Classic. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Who still has game?

The biggest, baddest and most anticipated alumni basketball tourney in all the land returns to the prairie Saturday, Dec. 23.

The Tom Roehl Round-Ball Classic goes down in the Coupeville High School and Middle School gyms that day, with action kicking off at 9 AM.

After falling to an Oak Harbor team in 2016, Coupeville’s Red Pride is expected to lead the challengers, seeking a return to form and a sixth title.

The all-day hoops tourney, which annually draws teams from Coupeville, Oak Harbor, South Whidbey, Anacortes and Mukilteo, honors a former longtime coach.

Roehl was an assistant football coach at CHS for 19 seasons, while also leading the Central Whidbey Youth Athletic Association’s basketball program for two decades. He passed away in 2003.

The tourney raises money for scholarships which are given out by his family to students in Coupeville and South Whidbey.

For more info and to register, pop over to:

http://www.tjroehl.org/2017-registration-page.html

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