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   Pat O’Grady, the #2 scorer on the greatest offensive machine in school history, the 1969-1970 Wolves, lofts a sweet jumper. (Photos courtesy Jeff Stone)

   Jeff Stone torched the nets for 644 points during his senior season, the best single-season performance in Whidbey Island history.

   Coupeville coaches Bob Barker (with clipboard) and Craig Pedlar (far right) unleash destruction.

Corey Cross (12) rolls to the hoop, while Stone (34) awaits a possible rebound.

Tim Quenzer rises to the moment.

15 days until the biggest reunion in Coupeville High School basketball history.

Jan. 19 marks the 101st anniversary of the first hoops game in school history (a 29-7 win over Langley), and the Wolf boys host Chimacum that night.

Tip-off is 3:30 (JV) and 5:15 (varsity).

The program will honor that first game, the immortal 1969-1970 Coupeville squad and the top 15 scorers in program history.

At the half, that ’69-’70 unit, which won the first district title in Whidbey Island history and still holds the school scoring records 48 years down the road, will be honored.

Then, at the conclusion of the game, every current and former CHS player, coach, manager and stat keeper in attendance will be asked to take part in an epic “team” photo shot by John Fisken.

As we count down the days to Jan. 19, I’m looking for any and all Coupeville boys basketball photos.

If you have some you’d like to share, shoot them to me at davidsvien@hotmail.com.

The ones above, capturing the ’69-’70 warriors in action, come to me from that team’s top scorer, Jeff Stone. He got them from his coach, Bob Barker.

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   As the #8 scorer in school history and the current coach of the Wolves, Brad Sherman combines the past, present and future of Coupeville High School basketball. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

It’s been quite the century.

Mark your calendars for Jan. 19, set aside the night and join Coupeville High School in celebrating 100 years of Wolf boys basketball.

Coupeville hosts Chimacum that night (3:30 JV/5:15 varsity) and, by pure kismet, it’s the exact date the first hoops game was played in school history.

CHS beat Langley 29-7 on Jan. 19, 1917, kicking off a 7-3 run through its inaugural season.

To mark the moment, Coupeville is inviting all former players and coaches to show up for the Chimacum game.

A special program, looking back through the program’s history, will be handed out and Wolf hardwood greats will be honored.

After the game, all former Wolf hoops players and coaches will be invited down to the court, so that local photographer John Fisken can immortalize the moment with an epic group photo.

Whether you played a hot minute or scored 1,000 points, Jan. 19 is about tying the past, present and future of Wolf basketball together.

Don’t be square, be there.

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   Mikayla Elfrank, Coupeville’s leading scorer, could miss 4-6 weeks after suffering an avulsion fracture. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

The Year of the Injury at Coupeville High School just keeps getting worse and worse.

Following on the heels of a football campaign in which most of the team’s top play-makers were lost to season-ending injuries, now basketball has taken a substantial hit of its own.

Wolf senior Mikayla Elfrank, the leading scorer on the girls hoops squad, went down midway through the third quarter Friday against Orcas Island.

She landed awkwardly, grabbed at her ankle and had to be eventually assisted off the floor by CHS coach David King.

A doctor’s visit confirmed Elfrank has an avulsion fracture, an injury where a tendon or ligament pulls off a piece of the bone.

Surgical intervention is generally not required, but she’ll be on crutches and most likely wearing a boot. Recovery time is usually pegged at four to six weeks.

There are five weeks left in regular-season play for the Wolves.

Currently sitting at 2-8 overall, 0-1 in Olympic League play, Coupeville has 11 games remaining on its schedule, with the final one, Senior Night against Chimacum, set for Feb. 3.

The district playoffs run Feb. 9-17.

While it’s likely she won’t be on the court for much of the stretch run as CHS makes a bid for a fourth-straight league title, Elfrank is determined to suit up again.

“I’m hoping to be back towards the end of the season,” she said. “It sucks, but I tend to heal fast.”

Elfrank, who gives the Wolves an electric presence on both ends of the floor, has tossed in a team-high 99 points in the first 10 games.

She has 227 for her career, putting her #47 all-time in Wolf girls hoops history.

With Elfrank absent, juniors Lindsey Roberts (67 points), Ema Smith (41) and Sarah Wright (38) will likely shoulder more of the scoring duties.

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   Heidi Meyers gives volleyball teammate Catherine Lhamon a new ‘do. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

The past and future of Wolf boys basketball hang out together.

   Fomer CHS foreign exchange student/tennis superstar Iris Ryckaert (left) renuites with Wolf buddies Breeanna Messner (middle) and Madeline Roberts.

   Back from college, Photo Goddess McKenzie Bailey allows mom Donna (left) and grandma Cheryl to get in on her fun.

It’s a mess of Messners.

Ethan Spark’s family show up to support their favorite hoops star.

Maddy Hilkey admires Spark’s taste in overcoats.

The Hunter Smith fan club holds an in-season meeting.

Alumni, current players and family, all mushed together.

Recent Coupeville High School basketball games brought out a dizzying array of fans, and photo whiz kid John Fisken used his faster-than-the-speed-of-light camera to document it all.

The proof sits above.

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   You have to put the ball in the bucket to win basketball games. (Maddie Vondrak photo)

The calm before the storm.

The week surrounding Christmas is notoriously slow in the world of high school basketball, and 2017 was no exception.

Coupeville played just one game, having sat out the previous eight days, and now sits six days before its next game, thanks to New Year’s Day.

While both of the Wolf squads fell to non-conference foe Orcas Island, the boys loss was highlighted by Hunter Smith going off for a game-high 25 points.

Through the first nine games of the season, the senior guard is averaging 19.3 a game, which has allowed him to continue flying up the school’s career scoring chart.

Smith currently sits #24, and, if he continues at his current pace, could have a shot at breaking into the top 10 for both single-season and career scoring performances.

On the girls side of the ball, senior Mikayla Elfrank is out in front at a whisper below 10 points a night, with everyone hoping her ankle injury Friday was just a temporary setback.

Varsity scoring totals and league standings through Dec. 31:

Girls:

Mikayla Elfrank 99
Lindsey Roberts 67
Ema Smith 41
Kalia Littlejohn 38
Sarah Wright 38
Kyla Briscoe 28
Scout Smith 24
Chelsea Prescott 10
Allison Wenzel 3
Hannah Davidson 2

Boys:

Hunter Smith 174
Ethan Spark 87
Joey Lippo 26
Hunter Downes 21
Mason Grove 15
Jered Brown 14
Kyle Rockwell 11
Dane Lucero 5
Cameron Toomey-Stout 3
Gavin Knoblich 2
Ulrik Wells 2
Jacobi Pilgrim 1

Olympic League girls basketball:

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

Olympic League boys basketball:

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

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