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   Ema Smith captures the mood of everyone in Coupeville when we think about OlympicLeague.com these days. 

Coupeville fans are told, again and again, that there is one “official” site for Olympic League news, schedules and standings.

But what if that site makes an error, then compounds it day after day, for 17 days?

And what if that site doesn’t want to hear from me or you, or pretty much anyone, that they are doing a mediocre (at best) job?

Welcome to http://www.olympicleague.com/, where incompetence is the flavor of the day … day after day after day.

So, what am I wailing about?

Jump back in time 17 days (so, two-plus weeks), land on the afternoon of Jan. 6 and the Coupeville girls basketball team beat Klahowya 29-23.

At which time, the big brains behind the Olympic League site updated both team’s overall win/loss records, but did NOT do the same for their league marks.

A small error at the time, but one compounded when day after day after day, they refuse to use two small key strokes to fix the issue.

And why is this big, at least relatively speaking?

Because most people (including a lot of newspaper writers) just take a quick scan of said standings when talking or writing about how teams are doing.

Which presently show Coupeville at 3-2 and Klahowya at 1-4.

Which isn’t true.

If you pop into the schedule for either CHS or KSS and go down and manually count up the league games, you wind up with 4-2 and 1-5 respectively, which rightfully places the Wolves in a first-place tie with Port Townsend heading into Friday’s showdown between those two squads.

But 99.6% of people aren’t going to go do that, so they buy the incorrect 3-2 and 1-4 records.

Is this end-of-the-world type of stuff? Probably not, but I am easily chafed, frequently vocal and have plenty of time on my hands to be irritating as all get out, so here we are.

Do your one job, OlympicLeague.com!

Do it for the kids!

Or just do it to get me to stop whining.

But do it!

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   Former Wolf Makana Stone heads off to collect her second Northwest Conference Player of the Week honor this season. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

She’s a two-timer.

Coupeville grad Makana Stone was picked Monday as the Northwest Conference women’s basketball Player of the Week, the second time she’s notched the honor during the 2017-2018 season.

This time around the Whitman College sophomore was honored for a spectacular road trip to Oregon Jan. 19-20.

Stone threw down 18 points against Linfield, then topped that with a new single-game college career high of 23 in a battle with Willamette.

The Blues won both games, running their winning streak to 16 games.

Whitman, ranked #4 in the NCAA D-III Women’s Basketball Coaches Association poll, sits at 8-0 in league play, 16-1 overall.

Stone has been a big part of the success, teaming with All-American senior Casey Poe to form the league’s most deadly one-two combo.

The former Wolf leads Whitman in scoring, rebounding and field goal percentage this season.

The Player of the Week honor was Stone’s second, as she was also honored Dec. 11, after claiming MVP honors at the Whitworth Holiday Classic.

Having returned to Walla Walla, Whitman hosts two games this weekend, with the University of Puget Sound swinging by Friday, followed by Pacific Lutheran University a day later.

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   The hoops legends of the ’70s reunited. Left to right, it’s Randy Keefe, Bill Jarrell and Jeff Rhubottom. (Renae Mulholland photos)

   Dale Sherman, a beast on the boards in the ’60s, and daughter Shannon, a star cheerleader in the late ’80s.

   Darrell Dyer, who operated the clock at CHS basketball games for decades, has a smile and firm handshake for all.

   Foster Faris (green jacket), a star on the hardwood in the ’70s, embraces his coach, Bob Barker.

   The current score table crew, l to r, announcer Moose Moran, Martin Mazdra and the greatest score-book operator to ever put pencil to paper – June Mazdra.

   Ryan O’Keefe (left), possibly up to shenanigans with fellow Wolf hoops alumni Rusty Bailey (center) and Keith Jameson.

L to r, returning legends Utz Conard, Denny Clark, Pat Clark and Keefe.

Dorothy Keefe (red jacket) keeps an eye on her “boys.”

There were more points in the CHS gym Friday than there are stars in heaven.

The 101-year anniversary of Wolf boys basketball brought out almost every living major scoring star of the past, outside gunners and inside bangers alike.

As hoops stars from the ’40s through 2018 mingled, Renae Mulholland, who grew up cheering for her brothers (the Keefe boys) and their friends, snapped these pics and was nice enough to share them with us.

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   Jean Lund-Olsen floats in the air for an eternity before softly nailing a sweet lil’ jumper. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

   Ace tennis duo Sage Renninger (left) and Payton Aparicio make sure everyone remembers what Wolf legend-in-the-making Hunter Smith looks like.

   Hope Lodell (left) and Sylvia Arnold (gently) compete for the title of World’s Nicest Person.

Oh Chimacum, you wouldn’t like Kyle Rockwell when you make him mad.

Jered Brown gets ready to slice ‘n dice the defense.

   Man, myth or urban legend? Cameron Toomey-Stout, AKA “Camtastic,” is all that and more.

Alex Jimenez only has eyes for the man on the other end of this pass.

“My good sir, I do not believe I gave you permission to take my photo!!”

A cameraman’s work never stops.

In between capturing action-packed images on film, local photo bug John Fisken always grabs some human interest pics as well, which makes him enormously popular in these parts.

The pics above, a mix of on and off court, come to us from Friday night’s CHS boys basketball games against visiting Chimacum.

To see everything Fisken shot, pop over to:

http://www.johnsphotos.net/Sports/Coupeville-basketball-2017-2018/BBB-2018-01-19-vs-Chimacum/

And, when you do, remember, purchases help fund college scholarships for Coupeville student/athletes.

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   Wolf girls hoops coaches David and Amy King have their squad smack-dab in the race for a fourth-straight Olympic League crown. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Biggest game of the year?

Biggest game of the year.

Both Coupeville High School varsity basketball teams face a major test next Friday, Jan. 26, with one Wolf team vying for a league title and the other fighting for its playoff life.

With finals going down next week at CHS, the Wolf athletic schedule is light, with just the one game.

After that, both squads cap the regular season the week of Jan. 29-Feb. 3 with three games in six days.

Friday’s bouts are the main attraction, though.

The Coupeville girls, who have overcome injuries and defections, are jelling and have won four of six heading into a home game against Port Townsend where the winner will have sole possession of first-place in the Olympic League.

For the Wolf boys, Friday is a tricky affair, as they both travel to face the RedHawks and have to win to keep their postseason dreams alive.

While girls basketball sends three teams to the playoffs this season, only two boys squads will punch a ticket in 2018.

As we prepare for RedHawkAgeddon, a look at varsity scoring and league standings through Jan. 21:

Girls:

Lindsey Roberts 123
Mikayla Elfrank 99
Sarah Wright 81
Ema Smith 64
Kyla Briscoe 58
Kalia Littlejohn 38
Scout Smith 36
Chelsea Prescott 27
Hannah Davidson 8
Allison Wenzel 3
Avalon Renninger 1

Boys:

Hunter Smith 296
Ethan Spark 188
Joey Lippo 75
Hunter Downes 42
Mason Grove 42
Cameron Toomey-Stout 24
Jered Brown 21
Kyle Rockwell 19
Dane Lucero 10
Gavin Knoblich 2
Ulrik Wells 2
Jacobi Pilgrim 1

Olympic League girls basketball:

School League Overall
COUPEVILLE 4-2 6-11
Port Townsend 4-2 6-9
Chimacum 3-3 6-9
Klahowya 1-5 3-12

Olympic League boys basketball:

School League Overall
Klahowya 5-1 10-7
Port Townsend 4-2 8-7
COUPEVILLE 3-3 5-11
Chimacum 0-6 0-10

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