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High school hoops (finally) return

Posted in Basketball, standings, tagged , , , , on January 5, 2020| Leave a Comment »

Jacobi Pilgrim and friends return to the court Tuesday after a 16-day break between games. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

They should be well-rested.

The Coupeville High School basketball teams return to action this coming week.

Finally.

What was supposed to be a 12-day gap between games instead stretched out to 16 when Friday’s non-conference tilts at Chimacum were erased by high winds which made the Port Townsend ferry run dicey.

That boat is out of the picture now, and the Wolves are set to kick off the 2020 portion of the 2019-2020 season Tuesday night.

The Coupeville girls are at home, playing Cedar Park Christian with sole possession of first-place in the North Sound Conference at stake, while the Wolf boys travel to Granite Falls.

Then both CHS programs play at home Friday, with Sultan the foe.

As we (finally) move back into hardwood action, a look at the current league standings:

 

North Sound Conference girls basketball:

School League Overall
CPC-Bothell 2-0 8-4
Coupeville 1-0 6-2
King’s 0-0 7-2
South Whidbey 1-1 5-6
Granite Falls 0-1 2-8
Sultan 0-2 3-6

 

North Sound Conference boys basketball:

School League Overall
King’s 1-0 5-7
South Whidbey 1-0 8-2
Coupeville 0-0 3-5
CPC-Bothell 1-1 5-5
Granite Falls 1-1 3-6
Sultan 0-2 1-8

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Stone, Whitman cap perfect weekend

Posted in Basketball, Wolves in college, tagged , , , , on January 4, 2020| Leave a Comment »

Makana Stone and Whitman College women’s basketball are a sparkling 10-1 on the season. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

One weekend into league play, and things look pretty darn good.

Sparked by a 14-point, 11-rebound performance from Coupeville’s Makana Stone, the Whitman College women’s basketball team rolled to another win Saturday night.

Decimating visiting Pacific Lutheran University 69-56 in a game which could have been an even bigger blowout, the Blues won their fourth straight game.

With the victory, Whitman, ranked #13 in NCAA D-III, sits at 2-0 in Northwest Conference play, 10-1 overall.

The Blues are tied atop the league standings with Pacific (2-0, 8-3) and Willamette (2-0, 8-3), a team they play next weekend.

Stone and Co. return to action next Friday, January 10, against Lewis & Clark (0-2, 1-9), then play Willamette the next day.

Both games will be in Walla Walla, on Whitman’s home floor at the Sherwood Athletic Center.

Facing off with PLU, the Blues came out aggressively, running the Lutes off the floor in the game’s opening minutes.

Stone slapped home a layup to open the scoring, sparking a 13-0 run to effectively put the game on ice before the first quarter was even done.

Whitman led 17-3 at the first break, then stretched its lead out to 34-16 at the half, and 54-31 by the end of the third quarter.

Facing off largely against the Blues bench players, PLU put together a 25-15 run in the fourth quarter to make the game seem a bit closer than it was in reality.

Stone, who tied with Mady Burdett for team-high scoring honors, tossed in all 14 of her points across the first three quarters.

Her 11 boards were a game-high, and the former Wolf ace also made off with a steal during 27 minutes of action.

On the season, Stone has 163 points, 92 rebounds, 14 assists, 14 steals, and 12 blocks.

She’s hit 67-122 (54.9%) from the field and 27-33 (81.8%) at the free throw line.

Saturday’s game was the 94th of Stone’s collegiate career, and the former CHS star grabbed her 700th rebound in a Blues uniform, finishing the night with 704.

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Back in action, back to winning

Posted in Basketball, Wolves in college, tagged , , , , , on January 3, 2020| Leave a Comment »

Coupeville’s Makana Stone had 12 points and 12 rebounds Friday as Whitman used a fourth quarter surge to claim a league win. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

There was some rust, but it fell off by the time things got serious.

Returning to the floor after a 19-day winter break, the Whitman College women’s basketball team roared to life in the fourth quarter Friday, using a 22-10 run to grab a come-from-behind 60-51 win over the University of Puget Sound.

Kicking off the Northwest Conference schedule on their home court in Walla Walla, the Blues, who got 12 points and 12 rebounds from Coupeville’s Makana Stone, improve to 9-1 on the season.

Whitman will try and go 2-0 in league play when it hosts Pacific Lutheran University (0-1, 5-5) Saturday afternoon at the Sherwood Athletic Center.

Friday’s game, the first of four straight at home for the Blues, was a tense affair for much of the night, with neither team able to pull away through the first three quarters.

UPS led 13-11 after one, the teams were tied 28-28 at the half, then the Loggers clung to a 41-38 advantage headed into the final quarter.

That was when Whitman seized control, thanks to their senior star and a pair of hard-charging freshmen.

Stone, who is 69 points shy of becoming the #6 scorer in Whitman women’s basketball history, opened the fourth with an eye-popping shot.

Catching the ball on the left side and rising high above her defender, the former Wolf dropped in a jumper which rattled around the rim, popped up, popped down, popped up again, then settled through the net.

Back within 41-40, Whitman pushed hard on defense, with freshmen twins Caira and Shaira Young, the pride of Las Vegas, coming off the bench to ignite the fire.

Forcing turnovers, the Blues immediately converted, taking the lead for good on back-to-back three-balls from Shaira Young.

UPS got back within three points twice in the final stretch, first at 46-43, then later at 52-49, but Whitman held strong both times and never cracked.

The first time, the Blues answered with back-to-back buckets inside from Kaylie McCracken and Katie Stahl, then they closed the game by scoring their final 10 points at the free throw line.

Mady Burdett, who paced Whitman with a game-high 15 points, swished five of those charity shots, while Stone and McCracken came up with huge rebounds in the waning moments.

McCracken finished with 12 points to tie Stone, with Shaira Young netting all eight of her points in the fourth quarter.

On the season, Stone sits with 149 points (she has 1,077 for her career), 81 rebounds, 14 assists, 13 steals, and 12 blocked shots.

She’s 60-109 (55%) from the field, and 27-33 (81.8%) at the free throw line.

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Mother Nature plays havoc with hoops schedule

Posted in Basketball, tagged , , , , on January 3, 2020| Leave a Comment »

High winds affecting the Coupeville/Port Townsend ferry run Friday prevented Gavin Knoblich and Co. from traveling to Chimacum. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

The wait for basketball to return will go on a bit longer than expected.

Coupeville High School was slated to return from a 12-day break Friday, with three teams planning to set sail to the mainland to play Chimacum.

Mother Nature had other ideas.

Shortly before the Wolves were set to meet at the CHS gym, school officials announced Coupeville’s teams wouldn’t be traveling after all.

The Coupeville to Port Townsend ferry run had been disrupted off and on Friday by high winds and choppy seas, but was back on schedule as of 1:52 PM.

The Wolves were scheduled to leave Whidbey on the 2:45 ferry.

But, with a wind advisory having been stretched out to 10 PM, the chance Coupeville’s hoops stars would be stuck on the other side overnight — or have to take a much-longer return route — became a definite possibility.

Friday’s games, which would have featured girls and boys varsity games, as well as boys JV (Chimacum has no girls JV), were non-conference affairs.

They are also the second set of non-league games removed from the schedule due to wind, as Coupeville’s trip to play Port Townsend December 19 was also sidelined.

There is a slight possibility both matchups will be rescheduled, but put plenty of emphasis on that word “slight.”

With league play kicking into high gear next week for everyone involved, and a far greater emphasis put on getting those games in, it’s unlikely any of the officials at the three schools involved will spend much time looking for open dates.

Coupeville will now be coming off a 16-day break when it returns to play Tuesday.

The Wolf girls host Cedar Park Christian, while the CHS boys travel to Granite Falls, with both games being North Sound Conference bouts.

All Coupeville teams are home Friday, Jan. 10, as well, with Sultan on tap that night.

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Wolf girls prosper, boys in a drought

Posted in history, tagged , , , , on January 2, 2020| Leave a Comment »

Softball has the most-recent state tourney team win among Coupeville High School sports programs, thanks to the play of Mollie Bailey and friends. (Karen Carlson photo)

It’s been awhile.

The last time a Coupeville High School boys team won a game at the state tournament, in any sport, Ronald Reagan was the President of the United States.

The day was May 23, 1987 and the Wolf baseball team beat White Swan 2-0 as it wound its way to a 3rd place showing.

Since then, nada.

After beating White Swan, the ’87 CHS diamond men fell 14-7 to Morton, beginning what now sits at a 33-year streak without a team win in a state tourney game for Coupeville’s male athletes.

And I stress the word TEAM, as CHS sports programs where the athletes compete as individuals, have produced big success in that time, topped off by state champs in track and cross country.

Take a look at sports where success hinges on a team, however, and Wolf boys are in a long dry spell.

Wolf baseball (0-5), football (0-2), basketball (0-2), and soccer (0-2) have made it to the big dance multiple times in the past three decades, but none have won since ’87.

That has given the CHS girls a chance to play catch-up, and they have in a big way.

The ’87 baseball win was the fourth state tourney triumph by a Wolf boys team, while the Coupeville girls have now won 16 times.

The first victory came courtesy of the girls basketball squad in 2000, with the most recent W captured by the 2019 softball sluggers.

As we approach the 50th anniversary of the first CHS team to make it to state, in any sport, the 1970 boys basketball team, it’s well past time for modern-day Wolf boys to recapture past glory.

Until they do, the stat sheet speaks for itself, and it tells us this — CHS girls rule the school.

 

State tourney history for CHS team sports (compiled by WIAA):

 

Baseball:

First trip: 1973
Most-recent trip: 2014
Total trips: 9
State tourney wins: 2
Schools beaten: Kittitas, White Swan
Best finish: 3rd in 1987

 

Boys Basketball:

First trip: 1970
Most-recent trip: 1988
Total trips: 5
State tourney wins: 2
Schools beaten: Columbia (Burbank), Montesano
Best finish: No trophies

 

Boys Soccer:

First trip: 2009
Most-recent trip: 2010
Total trips: 2
State tourney wins: None
Schools beaten: None
Best finish: No trophies

 

Football:

First trip: 1974
Most-recent trip: 1990
Total trips: 4
State tourney wins: None
Schools beaten: None
Best finish: No trophies

 

Girls Basketball:

First trip: 1998
Most-recent trip: 2016
Total trips: 7
State tourney wins: 7
Schools beaten: Freeman, Onalaska, Overlake, Winlock, River View, Cascade Christian, Zillah
Best finish: 6th in 2002

 

Softball:

First trip: 2002
Most-recent trip: 2019
Total trips: 3
State tourney wins: 5
Schools beaten: Cle Elum, Royal, Okanogan, Napavine, Deer Park
Best finish: 3rd in 2002

 

Volleyball:

First trip: 2001
Most-recent trip: 2017
Total trips: 5
State tourney wins: 4
Schools beaten: King’s, Freeman, Toutle Lake, Zillah
Best finish: No trophies

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