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Tenley Stuurmans, breaking ankles and taking names. (Jackie Saia photo)

The buckets keep droppin’ and the stat keepers stay busy.

We’re another week into the high school basketball season, and several milestones popped up along the way.

Chase Anderson reached 300+ points for the second season in a row — while also tallying his 900th career point — and fellow Coupeville senior Camden Glover passed 200 points during his final campaign.

Also, CMS 8th graders River Simpson, Kamden Ratcliff, and Diesel Eck made their high school hoops debut, and the entire trio recorded points in a JV win over La Conner.

Overall, the Wolves have combined to rattle the rim for 2,421 points as we head into the final week of the regular season.

Where we sit through Feb. 2:

 

GIRLS:

Varsity
(17 games):

Haylee Armstrong – 168
Tenley Stuurmans – 136
Teagan Calkins – 133
Danica Strong – 76
Arianna Cunningham – 46
Adeline Maynes – 40
Kennedy O’Neill – 40
Capri Anter – 8
Lexis Drake – 8
Sydney Van Dyke – 8

 

JV
(12 games):

Ava Lucero – 104
Cami Van Dyke – 50
Anna Powers – 43
Willow Leedy-Bonifas – 35
Zayne Roos – 22
Taylor Marrs – 20
Olivia Hall – 12
Finley Helm – 12
Emma Cushman – 4
Elizabeth Marshall – 3

 

BOYS:

Varsity
(17 games):

Chase Anderson – 304
Camden Glover – 207
Aiden O’Neill – 95
Davin Houston – 92
Malachi Somes – 60
Carson Grove – 32
Riley Lawless – 27
Easton Green – 21
Liam Blas – 16
Mahkai Myles – 12
Sage Arends – 10

 

JV
(15 games):

Jayden McManus – 124
Josh Stockdale – 103
Liam Lawson – 92
Khanor Jump – 77
Nathan Coxsey – 65
Carson Grove – 49
Ayden Warren – 21
River Simpson – 13
Brian Thompson – 13
Trent Thule – 8
Diesel Eck – 4
Chris Zenz – 4
Jaden Flores Garcia – 2
Kamden Ratcliff – 2

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Teagan Calkins explodes skyward to win the tip. (Jackie Saia photo)

The first finish line is in sight.

Concrete and Darrington, the 1B schools in the Northwest 2B/1B League, have wrapped regular season basketball play, and begin playoff action this coming week.

Meanwhile, the conference’s five 2B teams play their finales Tuesday and Friday.

For Coupeville that means hitting the road Friday, Feb. 6 for a trip to Friday Harbor.

After that is the double-elimination District 1/2 tourney for the Wolves and their fellow 2B schools, with play kicking off Feb. 12.

As we head down the stretch, a look at where things currently sit:

 

Northwest League boys’ basketball:

School League Overall
MV Christian 8-0 15-4
Orcas Island 7-1 12-6
Darrington 5-3 12-6
Friday Harbor 4-4 4-14
Coupeville 4-5 7-10
Concrete 1-7 5-16
La Conner 0-9 0-18

 

Northwest League girls’ basketball:

School League Overall
MV Christian 8-0 16-2
La Conner 8-1 13-5
Concrete 5-3 15-5
Orcas Island 4-4 10-8
Friday Harbor 3-5 7-11
Coupeville 1-8 4-13
Darrington 0-8 4-12

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Chase Anderson drains a jumper. (Jackie Saia photo)

Let’s not get cute about it.

You only win a basketball game one way – by scoring more points than the other team.

Yes, defense, hustle plays, making the right pass, sacrificing your body to take a charge, they all matter greatly.

Because they set up a team to score, which is how wins and losses are made.

Points are also the one and only stat which it has been halfway possible to track across the 109-year history of varsity basketball at Coupeville High School.

So, we celebrate the scorers, and we document as best we can who has put the ball in the bucket, whether it’s Roy Armstrong in 1925, Danette Beckley in 1984, or the girls and boys currently repping the red and black.

And Friday night, we reached a milestone in the long and winding road of Wolves hitting the bottom of the net, as CHS senior Chase Anderson cracked the 900-point club.

He did it against La Conner, as part of a 20-point performance in a 66-36 win over the Braves.

How rare is the accomplishment for a player repping Wolf Nation?

Of the 687 Wolves who I’ve been able to document scoring in a varsity game — 432 boys and 255 girls — Anderson is just the ninth boy, and 14th player overall, to reach the mark.

Broken down further, that means he’s part of the top 2% of scorers among all basketball players who have pulled on a varsity Coupeville uniform.

 

Welcome to the club:

Brianne King – 1,549
Logan Downes – 1,305
Zenovia Barron – 1,270
Makana Stone – 1,158
Mike Bagby – 1,137
Jeff Stone – 1,137
Randy Keefe – 1,088
Megan Smith – 1,042
Mike Criscoula – 1,031
Jeff Rhubottom – 1,012
Bill Riley – 934
Ann Pettit – 932
Pete Petrov – 917
Chase Anderson – 903 (active)

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Tickets? We don’t need to punch no stinkin’ tickets!

Or win any games…

When the District 1/2 playoffs start Feb. 12 every one of the five 2B schools in the seven-team Northwest 2B/1B League will be sending both its boys and girls basketball teams to the postseason.

Yes, even the La Conner boys, who are currently 0-17 with two regular season games left to play.

Even they get some.

We already knew both 1B schools — Concrete and Darrington — would advance to their own tourney.

But this year, unlike in previous seasons, they’re sweeping all the 2B schools into the playoffs as well.

The boys’ tourney will be a seven-team rumble, with Coupeville, Mount Vernon Christian, La Conner, Orcas Island, and Friday Harbor being joined by Auburn Adventist Academy and Summit Atlas from District 2.

On the girls’ side of things, it’s a six-team fracas, with the NWL teams joined by Auburn Adventist Academy.

Both tourneys are double elimination, with seeding announced Feb. 7. Tune in then to find out whether Coupeville’s teams get to play at home or not.

From bi-districts, two boys’ teams and three girls’ teams advance to state this season.

 

To see the so-far empty brackets, pop over to:

 

Girls:

https://www.wpanetwork.com/wiaa/brackets/tournament.php?act=view&tournament_id=4989

 

Boys:

https://www.wpanetwork.com/wiaa/brackets/tournament.php?act=view&tournament_id=4987

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Carson Grove has racked up points for two teams this season. (Jackie Saia photos)

Eight players have hit triple digits.

With three games left in the regular season, Coupeville High School basketball players have combined to rattle the rim for 2,146 points.

Leading the way are four girls and four boys — five at the varsity level and three playing JV — who have cracked 100.

Where things sit through Jan. 26:

 

GIRLS:

Varsity
(15 games):

Haylee Armstrong – 160
Teagan Calkins – 128
Tenley Stuurmans – 124
Danica Strong – 72
Kennedy O’Neill – 40
Adeline Maynes – 36
Arianna Cunningham – 32
Capri Anter – 8
Sydney Van Dyke – 8
Lexis Drake – 7

 

JV
(10 games):

Ava Lucero – 104
Cami Van Dyke – 43
Anna Powers – 37
Willow Leedy-Bonifas – 27
Zayne Roos – 15
Taylor Marrs – 14
Olivia Hall – 10
Finley Helm – 10
Elizabeth Marshall – 3
Emma Cushman – 2

 

BOYS:

Varsity
(15 games):

Chase Anderson – 272
Camden Glover – 174
Aiden O’Neill – 84
Davin Houston – 69
Malachi Somes – 57
Carson Grove – 30
Riley Lawless – 27
Easton Green – 17
Liam Blas – 15
Mahkai Myles – 12
Sage Arends – 10

 

JV
(13 games):

Jayden McManus – 107
Josh Stockdale – 103
Liam Lawson – 72
Khanor Jump – 69
Nathan Coxsey – 60
Carson Grove – 49
Ayden Warren – 15
Brian Thompson – 10
Trent Thule – 8
Chris Zenz – 4
Jaden Flores Garcia – 2

Smart passes set up big baskets.

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