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Long trip, close game

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged , , , , on December 9, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Hunter Bronec storms to the basket. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

It’s a 226-mile trip from Coupeville to Forks and back.

And while Monday’s trek to Ron Bagby’s hometown didn’t produce a win for the Coupeville High School varsity boys’ basketball squad, the hope is that lessons were learned.

Lessons that will pay off down the road for Brad Sherman’s squad, which is 1-3 but a few plays away from being 3-1.

Monday’s mashup mirrored the majority of Coupeville’s games thus far — a slow start, a hot finish, but a clock which runs out too soon.

Despite charging back in the second half, the Wolves, a team with very little varsity experience, fell 55-47 in the non-conference clash.

It wasn’t for lack of effort, as Coupeville hit five of its six three-balls in the second half, while outscoring the Spartans 14-13 and 16-11 across the final two quarters.

Unfortunately for the Wolves, they came out of the break trailing 31-17, after Forks used a 19-9 run in the second quarter to take control of things.

The Spartans nailed four of their six shots from behind the three-point arc during that frame to put the Wolves on their heels.

While the two squads matched each other on shots from the parking lot, Coupeville convincingly won the free throw shooting part of the night.

The Wolves netted 11 of 20 shots, tying their best performance of the season, while Forks went a godawful 2-14 from the charity stripe.

Chase Anderson slices past a defender.

CHS spread its offense out between seven players Monday, with junior Chase Anderson netting a season-high 21 to lead the attack.

That scoring outburst propels him from 291 career points to 312 and moves him into the top 100 scorers in the 108-year history of Wolf boys’ basketball.

Anderson, sitting at #96 all-time with home games against Orcas Island and Morton-White Pass set for Friday and Saturday, slips past John Beasley (293), Noel Criscuola (298), Blake Day (299), Noah Roehl (301), Allen Black (305), and Ben Hayes (306).

Jack Porter (7), Camden Glover (6), Hunter Bronec (5), Hurlee Bronec (4), Landon Roberts (2), and Johnny Porter (2) also scored at Forks.

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Share the ball, share the win

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged , , , , on December 7, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Camden Glover, seen with his brothers, scored 20 points Saturday afternoon to spark Coupeville to its first win of the season. (Photo courtesy Stevie Glover)

I love it when a plan comes together.

Playing their best ball of the short season Saturday, the Coupeville High School varsity boys’ basketball squad smacked visiting Clallam Bay to snap a two-game losing streak.

Leading from start to finish, with four guys scoring in double digits and the team having its best free throw shooting performance so far, the Wolves romped to a 76-53 win.

The victory lifts CHS to 1-2 heading into a week where it will square off with Forks, Orcas Island, and Morton-White Pass.

After tough bouts with Mount Baker and South Whidbey in which the Wolves had to fight from behind all game, this time Brad Sherman’s team seized the advantage and never let it go.

They did it by sharing the ball, hitting the boards with intensity, and not being ruffled by a Clallam Bay team which tried (and largely failed) to impose its physical will.

Hurlee Bronec and Camden Glover netted back-to-back buckets in the paint to open the scoring, and the Wolves got points from six different players during a 21-13 run in the first quarter.

The Battlin’ Bronec Brothers keyed things, with Hurlee rampaging down low and Hunter slipping outside to splash home a three-ball, but everyone on the floor had a contribution to make.

That never changed as the game went on.

While the fouls began to pile up, on both sides, and Clallam Bay made several mini-runs, Coupeville had an answer each time.

Once the lead got to double-digits at 24-13 — thanks to Chase Anderson converting a breakaway layup and free throw after getting hammered — it never went back to single-digits again.

Coupeville pushed the lead out to 38-22 at the half, and did so by converting its free throws, which had been a bit of a stumbling block across the first two games.

Then, coming out of the locker room, Sherman unleashed Glover on the Bruins, and the burly Wolf tore apart the defense for 10 of his team-high 20 points in the third quarter.

He did it a variety of ways, both powering through the paint for buckets — even while being whacked by 101 defender arms — and by curling outside and draining three-balls right in the face of the defense.

With Glover on a rampage, Coupeville carried a 59-43 lead into the fourth, before closing with a vengeance.

Nine of 10 Wolves to hit the floor scored, with Easton Green adding some fiery pop on the defensive side of the floor.

Glover finished with a varsity career-high 20 points, while Hurlee Bronec (14), Anderson (13), and Jack Porter (10) also had hot hands.

Hunter Bronec (7), Johnny Porter (6), Landon Roberts (2), Carson Field (2), and Malachi Somes (2) also scored, with Field and Somes recording their first varsity buckets.

It was a historical night for Hunter Bronec, as well, as he cracked the 100-point barrier for his varsity career when he converted a bucket off of an offensive rebound in the third quarter.

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Young guns makin’ net magic

Posted in Boys Basketball, Middle School, tagged , , , , on December 7, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Time to stop ‘n pop. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Six down, two to play.

The Coupeville Middle School boys’ basketball teams are 75% through their season, with matchups against Lakewood and South Whidbey still looming on the schedule.

As they prep for the home stretch, a look at individual scoring stats so far:

 

Les Queen – 72
Diesel Eck – 56
Chayse Van Velkinburgh – 31
Gracen Joiner – 26
Jonathan Kappes – 26
Kamden Ratcliff – 26
Calvin Kappes – 23
Cyrus Sparacio – 23
Darius Stewart – 21
Colton Ashby – 13
River Simpson – 10
Liam Stoner – 10
Trey Stewart – 9
Henry Jackson – 7
Xander Beaman – 6
Jacob Lujan – 4
Kion Tellery – 4
Aiden Wheat – 4
Trenton Thule – 3
Cole Van Dyke – 3
Jack Bailey – 2
Elijah Cole – 2
Talon Gamble – 2

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JV boys run away with win

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged , , , , on December 6, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Freshman Liam Blas knocked down eight points Friday in a road win. (Photo courtesy Stephanie Blas)

Thrive, and then survive.

Using an inspired run across the middle two quarters Friday, the Coupeville High School JV boys’ basketball team built itself a fairly comfortable lead on host South Whidbey, then played keep-away long enough at the end to run the clock out.

Heading home with a 34-28 win, and a 1-1 record on the season, the young Wolves can look to those 16 minutes in the middle of the game as a true highlight.

Coupeville actually trailed 7-4 at the first break, before going on a big run in the second frame to carry a 20-11 lead into the half.

The Wolves, with freshman Carson Grove poppin’ three balls from the parking lot, then stretched the advantage out to 32-17 through three.

“We clamped down with good D and spread the ball around,” said CHS coach Jon Roberts.

“Our help defense and hedging really made a big difference.”

With Coupeville’s bench playing most of the fourth quarter, the Falcons made a run to shave the lead down from 15 to six but ultimately couldn’t keep the clock from hitting all zeroes.

The Wolves spread out their offense, with eight different players putting their name into the scorebook.

Grove led the way with nine points, while Liam Blas popped for eight and Easton Green banked in six.

Malachi Somes (4), Sage Arends (2), Mahkai Myles (2), Riley Lawless (2), and Davin Houston (1) also scored, with Jayden Little, Kyle McCrimmon, Khanor Jump, and Nathan Coxsey all seeing floor time.

While Coupeville’s varsity plays Saturday, Clallam Bay doesn’t have a JV, so the Wolf young guns will be off until a Monday road trip to the wilds of Forks.

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Slow start, strong finish

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged , , , , on December 6, 2024| Leave a Comment »

CHS coach Brad Sherman is looking for some answers. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Game #2 shared too many characteristics with game #1.

Despite a late rally Friday, the Coupeville High School varsity boys’ basketball team came up short in Langley, falling 45-37 to South Whidbey.

The non-conference loss, which drops the Wolves to 0-2 on the young season, was marked by poor free throw shooting and having to spend most of the game playing from behind.

That was a bad combo against Mount Baker in the opener, and it was a bad combo again.

In both games Coupeville was aggressive and got to the free throw line far more often than its opponent, but then watched way too many charity shots slide off the rim.

The Wolves made just 15 of 30 from the stripe in the opener, and went 7-22 Friday in a game where those shots could have changed the outcome.

Relegated to playing in a ramshackle side establishment while South Whidbey continues to finish work on its destroyed-by-a-flood main gym, the Wolves came out cold against the Falcons.

Down 11-4 after one quarter, things got worse in the second frame, as the Falcons used a hail of three-balls from Cody Redford to build a 35-12 lead.

Something clicked coming out of halftime, however, as the Wolves went on an 18-7 run in the third.

Jack Porter went off for six of his team-high 12 in the frame, with Chase Anderson and Hurlee Bronec adding four apiece, and the lead was down to 42-30.

Clamping down on defense, Coupeville shaved off four more points from the deficit over the game’s final eight minutes but couldn’t find enough buckets of its own to get all the way back.

Chase Anderson and a Falcon battle for the opening tip. (Tammy Glover photo)

While Jack Porter’s 12 was tops, he got support from Hurlee Bronec (8), Camden Glover (5), Hunter Bronec (5), Anderson (4), Johnny Porter (2), and Landon Roberts (1).

With his bucket Johnny Porter becomes the 424th Wolf boy (across 108 seasons) who I’ve been able to document as having scored in a varsity game.

Malachi Somes and Carson Field both saw floor time as well for Coupeville, while Redford topped South Whidbey with 14 points.

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