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Auburn rallies late, tips Wolf JV boys

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged , , , , on January 12, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Brian Thompson pulls up for a jumper. (Jackie Saia photo)

He who scores last often scores best.

Pulling out the game in the final two-minutes plus, the Auburn Adventist Academy JV boys’ basketball squad held off hard-charging Coupeville Monday, making off with a 45-37 victory.

The road loss, coming against a non-conference foe, drops the Wolves to 4-6 on the season, with a home clash against Darrington on Friday next up on the schedule.

Monday’s melee started badly for Coupeville, then got a lot better, before falling apart a bit down the home stretch.

Auburn scraped out a 7-4 lead through one quarter of play, before really ramping things up with a 20-8 surge in the second frame.

The Wolves didn’t buckle, however, as they roared back behind a third-quarter scoring explosion from Khanor Jump.

The CHS sophomore pumped in eight of his game-high 16 in the frame to help propel his squad on a 17-4 burst, cutting the deficit all the way back to just 31-29.

But it wasn’t to be for the Wolves, as Auburn nailed a couple of late three-balls to hold on for the narrow win.

Jayden McManus banked in eight points in support of Jump, while Liam Lawson (6), Josh Stockdale (5), and Ayden Warren (2) also scored.

Trent Thule, Chris Zenz, Brian Thompson, Nathan Coxsey, and Jaden Flores Garcia also saw floor time for the Wolves.

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Balanced scoring, sweet victory

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged , , , , on January 9, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Liam Blas scored his first varsity points Friday night as Coupeville scorched La Conner. (Jackie Saia photos)

It was a good old-fashioned beatdown, in every way.

Squaring off with La Conner Friday night, the Coupeville High School varsity boys’ basketball squad skipped the three-ball, racking up one of its best offensive showings of the season while relying on two-point field goals and free throws.

Leading from start to finish, the Wolves romped to a 64-30 road win, capturing their third victory in their last four games.

It’s the third time this season Coupeville has put up 60+ points in a contest, and the first time they have done so without the three-ball.

Instead, the Wolves made 24 field goals and rippled the nets on 16 of 23 charity shots.

Brad Sherman’s squad is now 1-3 in Northwest 2B/1B League action, 4-6 overall, with a busy week ahead.

The Wolves travel to Auburn Adventist Academy this coming Monday, before hosting Darrington Friday and Napavine Saturday.

They’ll head into that three-game stretch coming off of a solid team-wide performance, with eight of the 10 players who saw floor time at La Conner racking up points.

Coupeville blew out to a 19-6 lead by the first break, before really ramping things up with a 22-4 run in the second quarter.

Up 41-10 at the half, the Wolves got plenty of playing time for everyone in the second half, while coasting in with 13-10 and 10-10 performances across the game’s final two quarters.

Senior big man Camden Glover dominated, throwing down a game-high 18 points to pace CHS, while sweet-shooting sophomore Carson Grove netted 13 and senior Chase Anderson banked in 12.

Carson Grove drives to the bucket.

Aiden O’Neill (6), Liam Blas (5), Davin Houston (4), Malachi Somes (4), and Riley Lawless (2) also scored, with Nathan Coxsey and Easton Green rounding out the rotation.

On a night when the Wolves shared the scoring load across the board, three players achieved personal milestones.

Anderson, who now has 765 career points, slides past Hunter Hammer (755) into 18th place all-time for a CHS boys’ program which launched in 1917, and is hot on the heels of Barry Brown (769) and Jack Elzinga (770).

Meanwhile, Glover cracks the 200-point club and sits with 213.

And Blas, a sophomore who has been relentless on the boards for the Wolves, dropped in his first varsity points.

He’s the 433rd Coupeville boy who I’ve been able to document doing so, and with his five-point performance, already finds himself in a tie for #397 all-time.

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Wolf JV boys thrash Braves

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged , , , , on January 9, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Jayden McManus knocked down 17 points Friday night in a big road win. (Julie Wheat photo)

Jayden McManus was locked into seek-and-destroy mode.

As were his teammates as well.

Sparked by a game-high 17 points from the three-ball-happy McManus Friday, the Coupeville High School JV boys’ basketball squad crushed host La Conner 52-32 in a wire-to-wire win.

The road victory lifts the young Wolves to 3-1 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 4-5 overall, and has them on a two-game winning streak.

Next up is another trip, this one to Auburn Adventist Academy Monday, before CHS welcomes Darrington to Whidbey Island next Friday for a league clash.

Squaring off with La Conner, the Wolves came out ready to rumble, jumping out to a 16-3 lead at the first break.

McManus poured in six points in the opening frame, one of five Coupeville players to score in the game-busting assault on the hoop, and things were well underway.

While La Conner hung tough to battle to a 9-9 tie in the second quarter, the Wolves added to their lead in the second half, outscoring the Braves 12-8 and 15-12 across the final two quarters.

CHS hit four shots from behind the three-point arc, with McManus ringing up three of those successful splashes.

Liam Lawson added the fourth trey and he, Josh Stockdale, and Nathan Coxsey each scored six to back up McManus and Khanor Jump, who knocked down 12 points.

Brian Thompson (2), Jaden Flores Garcia (2), and Trent Thule (1) rounded out the offense, with Chris Zenz and Ayden Warren also seeing floor time for the Wolves.

The Wolves listen as coach Craig Anderson lays out some strategy. (Jackie Saia photo)

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Son of a Wolf, star in his own right

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged , , , , on January 8, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Xavier Ochoa

The Coupeville Sports “bump” is real.

Maybe.

Mere weeks after being featured on the #1 prep athletic blog in the state (prove it’s not!), Oak Harbor High School senior Xavier Ochoa is pulling in the honors.

The Wildcat hoops star, whose mom Lexi (Boyer) Ochoa once roamed the hardwood for Coupeville, was tabbed as an Athlete of the Week winner Thursday by the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association.

Xavier, whose dad Danny also wore the purple and gold back in the day, received the honor after racking up 45 points, 26 rebounds, 12 assists, and four steals across two recent games.

Oak Harbor, a 3A school which plays in a highly competitive 1A/2A/3A league featuring state basketball heavyweights such as Lynden Christian, Anacortes, and Lynden, is 3-8 on the season.

In the WIAA writeup, Ochoa was hailed for his “all-around game and leadership.

“(His) consistency, court vision, and defensive tenacity make him a complete player and a key contributor to his team’s success.”

Each week during the school year, the WIAA honors a male and female athlete from each classification (4A, 3A, 2A, 1A, 2B, 1B).

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Shooting woes haunt CHS boys

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged , , , , on January 6, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Aiden O’Neill left it all on the floor Tuesday in a rivalry rumble. (Jackie Saia photo)

Who shrank the rim?

Suffering through its worst collective shooting night of the season Tuesday, the Coupeville High School varsity boys’ basketball team ultimately had no answers for a feisty Friday Harbor crew.

With shot after shot rimming out and skipping away, the Wolves were unable to push their winning streak to three games, instead falling 46-34.

The loss, coming in the first home game of 2026, knocks CHS to 0-3 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 3-6 overall, with a trip Friday to La Conner offering a chance for a bounce-back.

Friday Harbor entered the night with an 0-10 record, though two of those defeats were by just a single bucket.

Regardless of their record, the Wolverines always come hard with a physical, hustling style of play, and Tuesday was no different.

The visitors bolted out to a quick 7-0 lead, as Coupeville couldn’t get a shot to go down for the first four-and-a-half minutes.

The Wolves finally broke through on a three-ball off of the fingertips of Chase Anderson but still trailed 11-5 at the first break and looked out of sync.

Things seemed to get better — a LOT better — in the second quarter, as senior gunner Aiden O’Neill ripped off three consecutive treys, before Anderson pushed CHS into the lead for the first time at 17-15 thanks to yet another three-ball.

Coupeville netted five shots from beyond the arc in the first half but didn’t get its first old-fashioned field goal until Anderson powered his way through the paint for a three-point play the hard way with just nine seconds left in the half.

Friday Harbor responded immediately, however, banking in a runner right before the halftime buzzer to carry a 21-20 lead into the break.

Whatever positive mojo the Wolves had going in the waning moments of the first half evaporated fairly quickly in the third quarter, with another string of shots clanking off the rim or popping back out after starting to go down.

The visitors surged to a 30-22 lead, Coupeville clawed back to within 33-28 at the end of the third after key buckets from Carson Grove and Davin Houston, then Friday Harbor pulled away for good early in the final frame.

A Wolverine three-ball that banked in off the glass a millisecond before a 24-second shot clock violation was a particularly nasty killer, blunting any lingering hopes of a comeback for the hometown hardwood heroes.

Coupeville’s scoring was limited to just four players — its smallest total of the season — with Anderson leading the way with 18 while O’Neill knocked down 11.

Houston (3) and Grove (2) wrapped things up, with Liam Blas, Riley Lawless, Camden Glover, and Malachi Somes rounding out the rotation.

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