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Still in there swinging!!

Posted in Basketball, Wolves in college, tagged , , , , , on February 7, 2018| Leave a Comment »

   Coupeville grad Kailey Kellner has played in all 22 games as a freshman at D’Youville College. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Fight till the end.

With their playoff hopes all but extinguished and trailing by 30 heading into the fourth quarter Wednesday, the D’Youville College women’s basketball squad could have easily given up.

Instead, the plucky Spartans, and Coupeville grad Kailey Kellner, fought back, carving away more than a third of their deficit with a 19-8 surge to close the game.

Time ran out, though, and D’Youville fell 61-42 to host Hilbert College, dropping the Spartans to 4-11 in Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference play, 5-17 overall.

The Spartans, stuck in ninth-place in the 10-team league, sit three games back of the final playoff spot with three to play.

Hilbert (14-1, 17-5) is atop the conference and closing in on a league title.

Kellner, a freshman, came off the bench to play 18 minutes Wednesday, tossing in a pair of free throws, snagging five rebounds (second-best on the team) and rejecting a Hilbert shot.

For the season, she has 53 points, 57 rebounds, 24 assists, five blocks and eight steals.

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Defend the court!!

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged , , , , on February 7, 2018| Leave a Comment »

   Ema Smith helps anchor a bruising defense which has carried Coupeville to the playoffs. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

One game, with everything riding on it.

Having made it in the postseason as the #2 seed out of the Olympic League, the Coupeville High School girls basketball squad gets a little reward mixed with a lot of danger.

The pay-off is a home playoff game 6 PM Saturday against Bellevue Christian, the #3 seed from the Nisqually League.

The danger comes with the battle royal being a loser-out game.

Win, and the Wolves get revenge for a non-conference loss earlier this season to the Vikings.

Plus, and this is probably the biggie, a victory sends Coupeville to the double-elimination portion of districts Feb. 14-17, where three of four teams will punch their ticket to the state tourney.

Here’s what you need to know before you head to the CHS gym this Saturday:

 

Ticket prices:

Cash only (no bills over $20), no checks

Adults: $8.00
Students (with ASB): $5.00
Students (without ASB): $8.00
Senior Citizens (62+): $5.00
Elementary school students: $4.00

 

How the teams compare:

Records – Coupeville (8-13); BC (12-8)

RPI rankings – Coupeville (#56); BC (#17)

Last meeting: BC beat Coupeville 51-29

Point differential – Coupeville (662-747); BC (914-692)

Seniors – Coupeville – Allison Wenzel, Kyla Briscoe, Mikayla Elfrank; BC – Catherine Dugoni, Jasmine Hathaway, Nicole Bloch 

Coaches – Coupeville – David King; BC – Mark DeJonge

 

To see the layout for the whole district hoops tourney, the final one CHS will play in District 3 before moving to the North Sound Conference and District 1 next year, pop over to:

http://www.olympicleague.com/tournament.php?tournament_id=2521&sport=1

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21 and counting!!

Posted in Basketball, Wolves in college, tagged , , , , on February 6, 2018| Leave a Comment »

   Coupeville grad Makana Stone (middle) has helped lead Whitman to a 21-1 record this season. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Their names are similar, but their games are not.

The Whitman College women’s basketball squad is as hot as any in the nation right now, and nothing changed Tuesday as it faced down Whitworth University.

The Blues, ranked #2 in the most-recent NCAA D-III coach’s poll, made it 21 straight wins, thumping their hosts 83-49.

Now, Whitman and its sophomore sensation, Coupeville grad Makana Stone, carry their 13-0 mark in the Northwest Conference (21-1 overall) into the biggest game of the year.

That comes this Saturday, Feb. 10, when Whitman makes its final regular season road trip, heading to Newberg, OR to face George Fox (11-1, 18-3).

The first time the two teams met, back in Jan. 12, Whitman won 77-71 in Walla Walla.

Tuesday, the Blues ran into a Whitworth squad hovering in the bottom third of their nine-team league, and quickly dispatched the Pirates.

After jumping out 16-9 at the first break, Whitman stretched the lead to 10 by halftime, then decimated Whitworth in the second half.

A 32-14 third quarter surge destroyed any chances the Pirates had to stage a comeback, allowing the Blues to clear their bench and cruise home for the win.

Stone was a warrior in the paint, dropping in 10 points, hauling down a college career-high 14 rebounds, dealing out two assists, pilfering a steal and soundly rejecting a Whitworth shot.

Seven of those boards came on the offensive glass.

It was the 12th time Stone has recorded double digit rebound totals in a game during her two years at Whitman, with her previous single-game high being 11 caroms retrieved.

For the season, she has 290 points (#2 on the team), 153 rebounds (#1), 42 assists, four blocks and 16 steals.

Stone is shooting 53% from the field (124 of 223) and 76% from the line (42-55).

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Fan pics are here to stick!!

Posted in Basketball, Fashionable Fans, tagged , , , , on February 6, 2018| Leave a Comment »

   Wolf spikers Ashley Menges (top) and Emma Smith pause in their off-season training to cheer on their classmates. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

   It’s the same spirit shown by CHS athletes (l to r) Teo Keilwitz, Lauren Bayne and Payton Aparicio, who rep Cameron Toomey-Stout, Ethan Spark and Hunter Smith, respectively.

   Coupeville Schools Superintendent Dr. Jim Shank (middle) shares a joke with CHS Principal Duane Baumann (left) and Athletic Director Willie Smith.

   With no game in Oak Harbor, a few Wildcat fans made the trek to Cow Town to root for the Wolves.

   Kali Barrio considers bringing the heat. “Next guy who elbows my baby maybe doesn’t make it back to the bus…”

Catherine Lhamon is ready for her close-up, even if her companion is not.

   Justine McGranahan (middle) and Amy Briscoe chat, while CHS softball coach Kevin McGranahan contemplates how many pairs of long johns he’ll need to wear once “spring” sports start on the damp, wind-torn prairie.

   In a sea of phones, Menges (waving), Emma Mathusek (second from right) and Maya Toomey-Stout (far right) remain vigilent.

Photos falling like raindrops.

Thanks to the fastest portrait-clicker in the biz, the jacked-out-of-his-mind-on-Diet-Coke John Fisken, I have a slight surplus of pics at the moment.

The ones above, which capture fans at a recent Coupeville High School boys basketball game, are courtesy him.

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Their time, their court!!

Posted in Girls Basketball, Middle School, tagged , , , , on February 5, 2018| Leave a Comment »

   CMS 8th grader Katelin McCormick is counting down the days until her season starts Feb. 15. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.com)

The 7th grade Wolves pause for a group snap.

   7th grader Maddie “Mad Dog” Georges is ready to make her middle school hoops debut.

   The Wolf 8th grade squad includes a number of players from a very-successful SWISH hoops team which won a league title recently.

   Anya Leavell enters her 8th grade hoops season coming off of a strong SWISH campaign.

Like ships passing in the night.

High school basketball is headed down the backstretch, with playoffs starting this week, but middle school hoops are far from done.

Having taken control of the court, the Wolf girls kick off their 10-game season Feb. 15 with home games against Chimacum.

As they get ready under the direction of coaches Dustin Van Velkinburgh and Alex Evans, we have a sneak peak at (most of) the Wolves.

While not every player was in attendance when photos were snapped, the majority of them took time to meet with John Fisken, and the result can be seen above.

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