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A cool-down before things get red-hot!!

Posted in Basketball, tagged , , , , on December 23, 2018| Leave a Comment »

Jacobi Pilgrim and his CHS basketball teammates have a two-week break between games. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

One leg down, one to go.

Coupeville High School basketball squads wrapped up the 2018 portion of the 2018-2019 hoops season, heading into a two-week winter break after games Saturday at Nooksack Valley.

What’s ahead when they return? Most of the league schedule.

The Wolf girls, who sit in a tie atop the North Sound Conference, have eight games remaining on their regular season schedule, all against league foes.

The CHS boys, meanwhile, have nine tilts left, and plenty of time to improve on their current fourth-place status in the six-team conference.

Things kick off Jan. 4 with a trip to Shoreline to face King’s, then regular season action rolls through Feb. 1, with both teams having four varsity home games remaining.

After that, hopefully, both programs will advance to the postseason, where solid play and a little luck could turn into a run to the state tourney.

While you rest and regroup, a look at where we are, through Dec. 23:

 

North Sound Conference girls basketball:

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

 

North Sound Conference boys basketball:

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

 

CHS girls basketball varsity scoring:

Lindsey Roberts – 92
Chelsea Prescott – 59
Ema Smith – 54
Scout Smith – 47
Avalon Renninger – 35
Hannah Davidson – 10
Nicole Laxton – 10
Tia Wurzrainer – 10
Mollie Bailey – 8
Izzy Wells – 5
Anya Leavell – 2
Ja’Kenya Hoskins

 

CHS boys basketball varsity scoring:

Hawthorne Wolfe – 84
Sean Toomey-Stout – 48
Ulrik Wells – 46
Mason Grove – 44
Jered Brown – 40
Gavin Knoblich – 22
Koa Davison – 11
Jacobi Pilgrim – 6
Dane Lucero – 2
Jean Lund-Olsen

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Bard of the hardwood lets fly!!

Posted in Basketball, tagged , , , , , , on December 22, 2018| Leave a Comment »

Freshman Kiara Contreras, an Energizer Rabbit in a Wolf uniform, had a sensational blocked shot Saturday for the Coupeville JV hoops squad. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

It wasn’t the prettiest of games, but we’re not going to focus on that for very long.

Instead, if you keep reading, we have the world debut of a poem by a hoops coach, written while camped in a bouncing bus on the back-roads of America.

Yeah, you’re not getting that in the Seattle Times, now, are you?

But first, a few quick notes.

Yes, Nooksack Valley, using a full lineup of varsity swing players, beat the Coupeville High School JV girls basketball squad 54-24 Saturday.

With the non-conference loss, the Wolf young guns head into a 12-day break between games sporting a solid 4-4 record.

If you’re looking for statistical highlights, we have Kylie Van Velkinburgh, dropping a team-high seven points and snatching three rebounds, and Izzy Wells, going for six and nine.

Anya Leavell (5), Audrianna Shaw (2), Kiara Contreras (2), Abby Mulholland (1), and Morgan Stevens (1) also scored, while Ja’Kenya Hoskins tore down six boards.

Shaw and Mollie Bailey each dealt out two assists, while Contreras, the Energizer Bunny in a Wolf uniform, delivered the night’s loudest play.

Chasing down a Nooksack player from behind, the CHS guard sprinted from half court, went airborne, then rejected the Pioneer shot from behind at the very last second, LeBron James-style.

“She (Kiara) brought the most energy as always,” said Coupeville coach Amy King. “Everyone else took the court and did what they could do. Move the ball, help their teammates, play the best defense they could.”

And now on to the world-exclusive, as King, the Bard of the Hardwood, delivers a poem to send us into winter break.

“Amy started writing her poem when we got on the bus and before we made our stop for food,” said CHS varsity coach (and proud husband) David King. “Less than 30 minutes. What a talent she has.”

 

A long trip up North,
No, not to North Pole
The Grinch is named Nooksack
We got in a hole

The game was a tough one
We did what we could
We were getting down on ourselves
But still did some good

They had one defender
Always harassing the guard
We found ways around it
But made it too hard

They stole like the Grinch would
They laughed as they shot
Their coach strayed out of his box
And finally got caught.

We weren’t watching the score
Though their book got it wrong
Thanks to Heidi and Nicole
For keeping it strong

The game was the normal
Back and forth fight
And every girl on our team
Did all they could for the night

Audri, Mollie, Kiara and
Anya led us up top
Ja’Kenya, Abby, Morgan
Izzy, Kylie pulled out all the stops

Kiara had a shot block
Surely heard from outside,
And Izzy, a spin move,
Her defender along for the ride.

Towards the end it was noticed
Their #12 needed to score
We would not let that happen
So we defended her more

So the Grinch got the win
But we put up a fight
We get to go eat now
And to all a good night

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“We never quit, and keep fighting!!”

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged , , , , on December 22, 2018| Leave a Comment »

Mollie Bailey netted her first varsity three-pointer Saturday as Coupeville played at Nooksack Valley. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Sometimes final scores are deceptive.

After fighting tooth and nail with a very-good Nooksack Valley squad Saturday, the Coupeville High School varsity girls basketball team hit the skids late, watching a close game turn into what might seem like a rout based on just a quick glance at the score-book.

While the Wolves fell 64-41, snapping a three-game win streak, the non-conference bout was indeed that, a bout, for much of the way.

Coupeville, which has found another level to its offensive attack after a 0-3 start to the season, enters winter break at 4-5.

The Wolves, who are 2-0 in league play, don’t return to the court for a game until Jan. 4, when they travel to Shoreline to face King’s for sole possession of first-place in the North Sound Conference.

The 12-day break offers Coupeville’s players a chance to rest up from any dings and prepare for what’s ahead — eight-straight league games to wrap the regular season.

“One thing that holds true with this team, we never quit and keep fighting until the end,” said CHS coach David King. “We have time to work on some things during this break.

“Coming out of the break we need to look to play a complete game by taking care of the ball and getting back to owning the boards.”

Facing a battle-hardened Nooksack squad which “does a good job of ball rotation and getting the ball inside,” Coupeville struggled out of the gate.

Despite five first-quarter points from senior Ema Smith, the Wolves, repeatedly beaten on the boards, trailed 17-8 at the first break.

Things settled down quite a bit after that, however.

“In the second quarter, we started to tighten things up on the defensive end,” King said. “We held our own and kept the game within striking distance.”

While the Wolves weren’t quite able to chip away at the lead, they did keep the score close in the second (10-7) and third (12-11) quarters, and held an 8-4 advantage midway through the fourth.

Back within 44-34 and on a mini-surge, Coupeville was making a run.

And then it wasn’t.

Back-to-back Wolf turnovers turned into successful three-balls from Pioneer shooters, and once Nooksack hit a couple of treys, it couldn’t stop.

Raining down six shots from behind the arc, the host team closed the game on a 21-7 tear to make the final score look more lopsided than it should have.

Still, even in a loss to a top-notch team, Coupeville continues to play at a higher level than it did in the opening weeks of the season.

“We played well in spurts; we had good ball movement and looked to make the extra pass,” King said. “We also got to play some zone (defense), so that was good to get some reps in.”

Ema Smith paced the Wolves with a team-high 13 points, while Chelsea Prescott added nine points and a team-high seven rebounds.

Lindsey Roberts (eight points, five rebounds, three assists), Scout Smith (four points, two steals), Avalon Renninger (three points, three assists), Mollie Bailey (three points), Hannah Davidson (a free throw and three rebounds), and Nicole Laxton (three rebounds, two blocks) also filled up the stat sheet.

Fab frosh Izzy Wells, Anya Leavell and Ja’Kenya Hoskins all saw floor time, while three of their older teammates hit personal milestones in the game.

With her eight points, Roberts surges to 390 for her career, moving past Shawna West (388) into #24 on the Wolf girls all-time scoring list.

Scout Smith is just the 97th player in the history of the girls program (1975-2018) to top 100 career points, now sitting with 103.

And topping things off, Bailey connected on her first three-ball as a varsity player.

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Nicked at Nooksack!!

Posted in Basketball, tagged , , , , , on December 22, 2018| Leave a Comment »

Gavin Knoblich netted six points Saturday as Coupeville clashed with Nooksack Valley. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

JV players (l to r) Cody Roberts, Miles Davidson, Chris Ruck and Tucker Hall watch the action in an earlier game.

And now they rest.

A long week came to an end Saturday for the Coupeville High School boys basketball players, a week full of wind and rain and no power and cancelled games and, finally, a trip to Nooksack Valley.

While none of the three Wolf squads came away with a win against the host Pioneers, there were bright spots for all.

Plus, there’s now a two-week rest period between games, time for any dings and bruises to heal, and, hopefully, for the power to come back on and stay on.

Coupeville doesn’t play again until Jan. 4, when it travels to Shoreline to face King’s and kick off the heart of the North Sound Conference season.

Here’s how Saturday’s action broke down:

 

Varsity:

It was a nail-biter for eight minutes, then a barrage of Nooksack shots went and ruined things.

Trailing by just two at the first break, CHS was outscored 28-9 in the second quarter, eventually falling 73-42.

The non-conference loss sends the Wolves into the break sitting at 1-7.

Coupeville came out strongly, with freshman Hawthorne Wolfe dropping five in the first quarter as Nooksack clung to a 12-10 lead.

Then, the Pioneers found their groove, and never missed a shot again. Like never, ever, ever again.

The second quarter was brutal, though the Wolves hung tough in the third and fourth quarters, but couldn’t chip away at the deficit.

Mason Grove paced Coupeville with a team-high 14 points, hitting a single three-ball in all four quarters.

Wolfe was hot on his heels with 12, included two treys, while Gavin Knoblich popped for six.

Rounding out the CHS attack were Jered Brown (4), Ulrik Wells (4) and Sean Toomey-Stout (2), while Jacobi Pilgrim, Jean Lund-Olsen, Dane Lucero and Koa Davison also saw floor time.

Nooksack sank eight three-balls, and dominated Coupeville at the free throw line, hitting 13-18 compared to 4-9 by the Wolves.

 

JV:

While the varsity was close for a quarter, Coupeville’s second unit stayed with Nooksack for an entire half.

Trailing by just a point at the break, the Wolves went cold in the third quarter, however, and fell 58-37.

The CHS young guns are 4-4 heading into winter break.

Nooksack surged to an early 14-9 lead, but the Wolves responded with their own 14-10 second-quarter run behind the play of a rampaging Xavier Murdy.

Making his high school debut, the fab frosh banged home eight of his team-high 17 points in the second frame.

The difference in the game came after the break, however, as Nooksack used a 17-4 explosion in the third to flip the game on its head.

Then, tacking on a 17-10 surge in the fourth, the Pioneers coasted in for the victory.

Grady Rickner tossed in seven points for Coupeville to back up Murdy’s 17, with Daniel Olson (4), Logan Martin (4), Sage Downes (3) and TJ Rickner (2) also scoring.

Cody Roberts, Tucker Hall, Chris Ruck and Miles Davidson rounded out the active Wolf roster.

 

C-Team:

With just six players in uniform, the Wolves couldn’t match Nooksack’s depth, or its high-powered scoring, falling 44-12.

Coupeville’s best output came in the third quarter, when it netted half its points, proving the resilience of Scott Fox’s young squad.

Chris Cernick led the offensive charge, dropping in five points, while Jaylen Nitta (3), Jonathan Partida (2) and Andrew Aparicio (2) also scored.

Ben Smith and Tony Garcia also saw floor time for CHS.

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Stone, Blues exit 2018 with a bang!!

Posted in Basketball, Wolves in college, tagged , , , , , on December 21, 2018| Leave a Comment »

CHS grad Makana Stone threw down 12 points and snatched nine rebounds Friday, as Whitman rolled to its sixth win in its last seven games. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

They’re heading into the break on a high note.

Roaring from behind Friday, the Whitman College women’s basketball team ended 2018 with a win, scorching The University of Northwestern 73-63.

The victory gives the Blues a two-game sweep at the Hyatt Place December Classic in Santa Cruz, is their sixth win in their last seven games, and lifts them to 8-3 on the season.

Now, Whitman, and its Coupeville star, junior Makana Stone, are off until Jan. 5.

When they return to action, the Blues head into the heart of the league schedule, carrying a 2-0 mark in Northwest Conference games with them when they go to Oregon to face Lewis & Clark College.

Whitman’s final 14 regular-season games are league rumbles, as it chases the conference title which has narrowly eluded it during Stone’s first two seasons on campus.

Wrapping up tourney play in California, the Blues fell behind 21-15 after one quarter against a foe from Minnesota.

Things quickly took a better bounce, however, as Whitman knotted things up at 33-33 at the half, eked out a one-point lead after three quarters, then hammered Northwestern in the final frame.

The Blues took the lead for good at 55-54 a minute into the fourth quarter, after a series of fortunate events initiated by Stone.

First, she went high to reject a shot, then, at the other end of the floor, the former Wolf fed teammate Maegan Martin for a game-busting layup, picking up an assist on the go-ahead bucket.

Stone finished with 12 points, tying Mady Burdett for top honors, as four Blues notched double figures.

She also hauled down nine rebounds, dealt out four assists, rejected three shots and made off with a crucial steal.

On the season, Stone, who leads her team in 13 of 22 statistical categories, has 182 points, 94 rebounds, 20 assists, 16 steals and 17 blocks.

She’s connected on 78-153 field goals and 26-36 free throws.

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