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Kellner spurs Spartan win!!

Posted in Basketball, Wolves in college, tagged Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference, Basketball, CHS Wolves, D'Youville College, Kailey Kellner, three-balls on November 25, 2018| Leave a Comment »

Coupeville’s Kailey Kellner, here with parents Tim and Jennifer, knocked down a pair of three-balls Sunday to help D’Youville College win a basketball thriller. (Photo courtesy Kellner family)

Things are on the upswing in New York.

Coupeville grad Kailey Kellner and the D’Youville College women’s basketball team are off to a 3-2 start on the season after pulling out a 69-66 thriller Sunday against Cazenovia College.

That’s a marked turnaround from a season ago, when the Spartans finished 5-20 and claimed only one non-conference victory.

Now, D’Youville has already tripled that number, giving them a boost heading into their first round of Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference games.

During Kellner’s freshman season, the Spartans finished ninth in the 10-team league. Right now, they boast the second-best record of any team from the conference.

D’Youville will get a big test this coming Wednesday, Nov. 28, when it hosts defending league champ Hilbert, which sits at 5-2 in non-conference play.

Winning tightly-contested games, like the Spartans did Sunday, bodes well for the future, though.

The two squads went toe-to-toe, shot-to-shot, swapping razor-thin leads at every break.

D’Youville was up by a single point, 17-16, at the end of the first quarter, while Cazenovia rebounded to claim a 35-34 advantage at the half.

The Spartans poured in 22 third-quarter points, their best showing of the game, to edge ahead 56-55 heading into the fourth, then clamped down on defense to close out the win.

Kellner was a big part of the win, coming off the bench to drop a season-high seven points in 16 minutes of action.

She knocked down a pair of long three-balls, slid a key free throw through the net at the end of the second quarter and also snagged two rebounds and made off with a steal.

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“It all worked out perfect!!”

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged Anya Leavell, Basketball, CHS Wolves, jamboree, Lindsey Roberts on November 24, 2018| Leave a Comment »

Coupeville High School freshman Ja’Kenya Hoskins saw action in both varsity and JV games Saturday during the season-opening Sedro-Woolley Jamboree. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

The Wolves wait to take the floor. (Amy King photo)

Everyone loves jamborees.

For the players, it’s a chance to get on the court and face someone besides your own teammates.

And for coaches, it’s a chance to gauge where their team is without having to worry too much about wins and losses.

So, with the regular-season opener looming Tuesday, the Coupeville High School girls hoops squad hit the road Saturday, landing at the Sedro-Woolley Jamboree.

The event drew nine schools, ranging from 1B to 4A, and both Wolf teams finished the night with a split.

But, like it said up top, wins and losses were not priority #1.

“Our mission with the jamboree was to get game jitters out and see what we have learned in our two weeks of practice,” said Coupeville coach David King. “As coaches we (he and wife Amy) came away pleased with the effort and results.”

Varsity:

Coupeville fell by two to 2A Bellingham, then toppled Darrington 12-9 in the nightcap.

Lindsey Roberts paced the Wolves on offense, while freshmen Izzy Wells and Ja’Kenya Hoskins stepped up to replace missing varsity players.

“Effort and attitude played a big part” in the frosh getting the call, David King said.

The duo each played one of two games for the varsity, while junior Tia Wurzrainer and sophomore Mollie Bailey also made their varsity debuts, playing in both games.

The Wolves almost pulled off an upset against a foe from a much-bigger school, staying close to Bellingham and pulling within a bucket with just 15 seconds to play.

“We had good ball movement up until the end,” King said. “But a defender stepped in front and stole the ball.”

While two wins would have been extra sweet, Coupeville’s coach was pleased with a lot of what he saw from his squad.

“Varsity played well on defense and did a very good job with executing our plays many times.”

JV:

The second unit “fell behind early to Lakewood and tried climbing back in, but ran out of time,” in its finale, but that couldn’t dim the glow from the opening rumble.

Squaring off with Bellingham, the Wolves built a 10-4 lead, then withstood a wild comeback that saw the game knotted up as time ran down in the short game.

Not content to play for the tie, Coupeville pulled out a buzzer-beater special.

Wolf point guard Kiara Contreras snagged an in-bounds pass, put the ball on the floor, then launched a pass that zipped most of the length of the court before landing on the fingertips of teammate Anya Leavell.

Her fellow fab frosh promptly knocked out the bottom of the net with a game-winner from the baseline, bringing her teammates to their feet.

Of course, the pass could have gone terribly wrong in so many ways, and given Bellingham its own chance to win.

Except Contreras and Leavell, seasoned players with multiple middle school and SWISH seasons under their belts, are cold-blooded killers.

So it was all good.

Both of us (coaches) are saying ‘nooooo’,” King admitted. “But in the end, it all worked out perfect.”

The JV games marked the debut for freshmen Lily Leedy, Kylie Van Velkinburgh, Alana Mihill, Contreras and Leavell, as well as for first-time players Morgan Stevens and Ivy Leedy.

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Stone soars, Whitman rolls!!

Posted in Basketball, Wolves in college, tagged Basketball, CHS Wolves, Makana Stone, Spokane, Whitman on November 24, 2018| Leave a Comment »

Coupeville grad Makana Stone went for 18 points and seven rebounds Saturday as Whitman College drilled McMurry University. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

McMurry University traveled a long way to witness Makana Stone’s excellence live.

The Texas-based War Hawks trekked 1,801 miles from Abilene to get to Spokane, then got thrashed by the Coupeville grad and her college mates.

Having made the journey from Walla Walla for the non-conference bout, Whitman College made sure the return trip would be a pleasant one, savaging McMurry 83-57.

The Blues, who were led by Stone’s 18-point, 7-rebound performance, are now 3-2 heading into the start of Northwest Conference play.

While Whitman heads home, McMurry will hang around the Whitworth Fieldhouse in Spokane and play the arena’s home team Sunday.

Saturday’s game, which was a tuneup before Whitman hosts league rivals Pacific and Willamette next weekend in Walla Walla, was a one-sided affair.

The Blues flew out to a 9-0 lead in the early going before settling for a 22-11 advantage at the first break.

From there, Whitman stretched the margin to 13 at the half and 20 after three quarters.

Stone, who reached double digits in scoring for the fifth time in as many games this season, scored in every quarter as she amassed her game-high points total.

Shooting a solid 8-12 from the field, the Whitman junior scored 11 of her 18 points in the second half, with seven of them coming in the third quarter.

She also blocked two shots, pilfered a steal and doled out an assist in 22 minutes of floor time.

For the season, Stone tops Whitman with 89 points (17.8 a night), 42 rebounds and eight blocked shots.

The former Wolf ace has seven assists and eight steals, and is shooting 55% from the floor (37-67) and 75% from the free-throw line (15-20).

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A minor setback!!

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged Basketball, CMS Wolves, Maddie Georges, Savina Wells, SWISH on November 24, 2018| Leave a Comment »

Gwen Gustafson scored a team-high five points Saturday for the Coupeville 8th grade SWISH girls basketball squad. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Turnabout is fair play. I guess.

Using a key fourth-quarter surge Saturday to nail down the win, Mount Vernon Christian avenged an early-season loss to the Coupeville 8th grade SWISH girls basketball team.

The Wolves entered the final frame trailing by just three, but an 11-4 run by their foes led to a 33-23 defeat.

The loss drops Coupeville to 4-1 on the season, with three regular-season games left to play over the next two weekends.

When these two squads met the first time, back in the season opener, it was the Wolves who came out on top 26-18.

This time around, it was a brawl, for three quarters at least.

Coupeville, getting points from four different players, surged to a 7-6 lead after one quarter, before MVC used 7-5 and 9-7 runs over the next two quarters to claim control of the game.

Free throws were a bugaboo for both teams, but the Wolves, while shooting a slightly higher percentage, were stung by how many points they left on the rim.

MVC only hit 3 of 12 charity shots, but Coupeville, at 7-23, could have reversed the flow of the game with a better run at the stripe.

The Wolves split up their scoring between seven players, with Gwen Gustafson and Maddie Georges topping the team with five points apiece.

Alita Blouin and Savina Wells each tossed in four, while Nezi Keiper (2), Brionna Blouin (2) and Carolyn Lhamon (1) rounded out the offensive attack.

The Hurricanes countered with a two-woman onslaught, as a pair of MVC players combined to rattle home 29 of their team’s 33 points.

Wells, a 6th grader playing two grades up, paced Coupeville on the boards, snagging 10 caroms, while Lhamon snatched seven and Keiper reeled in four.

The Wolves got something from everyone on their 10-player roster, with Hayley Fiedler and Ryanne Knoblich chipping in with two rebounds each, while Lauren Marrs played strongly on defense.

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