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.
