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Wolf JV girls carve up Rivals

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged Ava Lucero, CHS Wolves, East Jefferson, home win, JV on December 9, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Ava Lucero nails a jumper. (Julie Wheat photo)

They turned up the heat midway through the night.

Dominating the second and third quarters Tuesday, the Coupeville High School JV girls’ basketball team pulled away for a convincing 38-24 win over visiting East Jefferson to give coach Alita Blouin her first victory.

The non-conference triumph lifts the Wolves to 1-2 on the season heading into their first road trip of the season, which comes Friday with a trek to Orcas Island.

Tuesday’s tilt, against a 1A program which combines athletes from Chimacum and Port Townsend High School, was a close one for the first eight minutes.

Cami Van Dyke banked in a pair of buckets and Willow Leedy-Bonifas drained a three-ball in the opening frame, but the teams were locked up in a 7-7 tie at the first break.

After that, however, Blouin’s squad blew past the Rivals, outscoring them 10-3 in the second and 9-2 in the third to build a 26-12 advantage.

East Jefferson rallied a bit, scoring half of its points during a 12-12 tussle in the fourth, but the Wolves refused to break, coasting in for the win.

Coupeville got a huge chunk of its offense from the duo of Ava Lucero and Leedy-Bonifas, who went off for 15 and 11 points respectively.

Van Dyke chipped in with eight, while Anna Powers and Finley Helm each added a bucket to top off the scoring.

Olivia Hall, Emma Cushman, Zayne Roos, Elizabeth Marshall, and Taylor Marrs all saw floor time as well in the inaugural win.

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Splashin’ buckets all day long

Posted in Basketball, tagged Aiden O'Neill, Ava Lucero, Basketball, CHS Wolves, scoring stats on December 7, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Riley Lawless delivers a gift to the hoop gods. (Julie Wheat photos)

Sharpen your pencils and get ready to rumble.

With a new season of high school hoops under way, the role of the scorebook keeper looms large.

Here in Coupeville, we have June Mazdra, who has been doing pristine books for three decades-plus. Advantage, us.

Once the Wolves hit the road, we’ll see if we stay as blessed but hope springs eternal.

With one week in the books, and many more to go, a look at individual scoring stats for all four CHS squads, with numbers updated through Dec. 7:

GIRLS:

Varsity
(2 games):

Tenley Stuurmans – 20
Haylee Armstrong – 18
Teagan Calkins – 16
Danica Strong – 4
Adeline Maynes – 3
Capri Anter – 2
Ari Cunningham – 2
Lexis Drake – 2
Kennedy O’Neill – 2
Sydney Van Dyke – 2

JV
(2 games):

Ava Lucero – 15
Anna Powers – 14
Cameron Van Dyke – 13
Willow Leedy-Bonifas – 7
Finley Helm – 6
Elizabeth Marshall – 2

Willow Leedy-Bonifas watches a shot splash home.

BOYS:

Varsity
(3 games):

Chase Anderson – 39
Camden Glover – 24
Aiden O’Neill – 22
Malachi Somes – 18
Mahkai Myles – 12
Sage Arends – 8
Davin Houston – 4
Carson Grove – 3
Easton Green – 2
Riley Lawless – 2

JV
(3 games):

Josh Stockdale – 25
Nathan Coxsey – 19
Carson Grove – 19
Liam Lawson – 18
Jayden McManus – 12
Khanor Jump – 6
Trent Thule – 3
Ayden Warren – 2
Chris Zenz – 2
Brian Thompson – 1

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CHS young guns learn under fire

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged Ava Lucero, CHS Wolves, Eastside Prep, Finley Helm, girls basketball, JV on December 6, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Finley Helm fires a pass. (Julie Wheat photo)

Two teams, two different game plans.

There wasn’t a high school JV girls’ basketball game originally on the schedule for Saturday, as Eastside Prep initially said it only had a varsity.

But the Eagles changed their minds late, giving Coupeville’s second unit some unexpected, and appreciated, floor time.

How did Eastside Prep swing the change? By basically playing its varsity in both games.

Almost everyone on the Eagles roster crossed over, with several key varsity players sparking a game-busting 18-0 run in the second quarter in a game eventually won 40-30 by the visitors.

Coupeville, which has no players currently swinging between varsity and JV, and features multiple 8th graders on its JV, got off to a strong start, jumping to a 12-5 lead by the first break.

But the second quarter tsunami swamped the Wolves.

Despite fighting back to outscore their private school rivals 18-17 in the second half, Alita Blouin’s squad fell to 0-2 with the non-conference loss.

Coupeville’s girls, repping a 2B school, have opened with back-to-back games against 1A opponents, and will get a third one Tuesday when East Jefferson comes to Cow Town.

The Wolf JV spread out its offense between four hot shooters, with middle school ace Cameron Van Dyke leading the way with 11 points.

Fellow 8th graders Anna Powers and Finley Helm added eight and four points respectively, while sophomore sparkplug Ava Lucero poured in seven.

Willow Leedy-Bonifas, Olivia Hall, Emma Cushman, Zayne Roos, Taylor Marrs, Elizabeth Marshall, and Allie Powers also saw floor time for the Wolves.

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Strong start, tentative finish

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged Ava Lucero, CHS Wolves, girls basketball, JV, season opener, SWHS Falcons on December 3, 2025| Leave a Comment »

8th grade ace Cameron Van Dyke, seen here during volleyball season, made her high school hoops debut Tuesday night. (Julie Wheat photo)

Victory was in their grasp but slipped away.

Playing with four 8th graders in the lineup Tuesday, the Coupeville High School JV girls’ basketball team led at the end of the first, second, and third quarters.

Just not the fourth.

Using a 9-2 tear to end the game, visiting South Whidbey made off with a 32-27 win on opening night to claim the advantage in the Island rivalry.

With former Wolf hoops star Alita Blouin making her debut as JV coach, CHS edged out to a 6-4 lead by the first break, before stretching the advantage to 19-12 by halftime.

The second half was firmly in favor of the Falcons, however, as the visitors sliced away at the lead with an 11-6 run in the third quarter before holding the Wolves to just a single bucket in the final frame.

CHS did have balanced scoring, getting points from six of the nine players in uniform.

Ava Lucero paced the Wolves with a team-high eight points, while Willow Leedy-Bonifas knocked down seven.

Anna Powers (6), Cameron Van Dyke (2), Finley Helm (2), and Ellie Marshall (2) rounded out the offensive attack, with Emma Cushman, Allie Powers, and Zayne Roos also seeing floor time for Blouin’s squad.

Van Dyke, Roos, Helm, and Anna Powers are all 8th graders, and get to double up, playing high school ball before having the chance to also play at the middle school level when that season unfolds in 2026.

The Wolf JV, which is currently scheduled to return to action next Tuesday, Dec. 9 against East Jefferson, may actually get to play before then.

Eastside Prep, which comes to Coupeville Dec. 6, originally said it wouldn’t have a JV squad, but that may have changed.

If so, the move will be confirmed later this week.

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Diamond memories, captured on film

Posted in Softball, tagged Ava Lucero, CHS Wolves, Jackie Saia, Softball, state tourney on May 25, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Jada Heaton, heart and soul of her team, enjoys the day, as always. (Jackie Saia photos)

Jackie Saia has done it all on the softball diamond.

She was a talented player at several levels back in the day, then led the Coupeville High School sluggers as a coach.

Now, as her own daughter, Teagan “The Red Dragon” Calkins, shines brightly as the Wolf catcher, Saia keeps her camera clicking away, documenting the exploits of her progeny and her teammates.

The CHS teacher and yearbook advisor was in Yakima this weekend, as Teagan and Co. made a successful four-game run at the 2B state tourney, and the pics above and below come to us courtesy of the camera-wielding Wolf Mom.