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Hardball squad falls in road opener

Posted in Baseball, tagged , , , , on March 20, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Wolves (l to r) Camden Glover, Carson Grove, Landon Roberts, and Jesus Madrigal rep the red and black. (Stevie Glover photo)

Improvement, if not yet a win.

Game #2 for a rebuilding Coupeville High School baseball program was a definite step in the right direction.

While the young Wolves fell 7-2 to East Jefferson Thursday in Port Townsend, nearly everything across the board was trending upwards for the visitors after a blowout loss in their opener.

This time around, Coupeville put runners on base in every inning and was a base knock or two away from really making a surge.

The pitching was still electric at times, with three Wolves combining to rack up 11 strikeouts, and the game was close for a good chunk.

But one problem from opening day still lingered — too many errors on defense — and that ultimately undid CHS and sent it to 0-2 on the season.

The Wolves struck first Thursday, plating their first run of the campaign in the top of the first, after Camden Glover ripped an RBI double to right to send Carson Grove sprinting home.

Starting pitcher Coop Cooper retired five of the first six batters he faced, and the lead held up until East Jefferson scratched out a run in the bottom of the second thanks to a pair of Wolf miscues.

Coupeville stranded a pair of runners in the third, then got stung hard for the only time in the bottom half of the frame.

The host team only racked up four hits all day, but they all came in the same inning, and combined with a pair of Wolf errors and a passed ball, East Jefferson built a 5-1 lead.

CHS continued to put runners on board but was unable to bring any of them around to score.

Glover rocketed a two-out triple in the fifth, while Trent Thule and Riley Lawless both walked in the sixth, but all to no avail.

Two more Wolf errors and two more East Jefferson runs in the sixth moved the deficit to 7-1, before Coupeville rallied to push a runner across in its final at-bats.

Walks to Roberts and Glover started things off, a Cooper single kept the bags jumpin’, and a fielder’s choice RBI off the bat of Jayden Little scored his team’s second run.

Cooper (5 K’s), Grove (5 K’s), and Roberts (whiffed the only batter he faced) combined to give Coupeville’s pitching staff a second-straight game of 10+ strikeouts.

The Wolves hit the road again this Saturday, traveling to Blaine to makeup a game rained out last weekend.

 

Thursday stats:

Coop Cooper — One single, one walk
Camden Glover — One double, one triple, one walk
Carson Grove — One walk
Riley Lawless — Two walks
Landon Roberts — One single, one walk
Trent Thule — Two walks

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Can’t kill a quality program

Posted in Baseball, tagged , , , , on March 13, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Camden Glover returns to anchor the Wolf offense and defense. (Ryan Blouin photo)

It’s a whole new world.

After advancing to the state tourney two seasons in a row, the Coupeville High School baseball team had to fight just to keep the program alive this spring.

Losses to graduation, family moves, injuries, and veteran players opting not to suit up left Wolf coach Steve Hilborn and his staff scrambling.

But they got there, relying on a core group which didn’t flake out like others, and will open the season Saturday with a road trip to Blaine.

The roster is thin, but the spirit is strong among those who remain committed.

“Looks like we’ll have a team. We have 11 right now,” Hilborn said. “Several kids new to baseball but with lots of potential.

“We’re working on basics and having fun,” he added. “And that’s the name of the game.”

Landon Roberts is a rare veteran on a rebuilding Wolf team. (Sherry Bonacci photo)

Leading the way will be senior Landon Roberts, who pitched, played first base, and patrolled the outfield last season.

Juniors Camden Glover and Coop Cooper provide big arms and steady bats, while freshmen Carson Grove and Jayden Little are back for a second year of varsity baseball.

Joining them will be a group of newcomers including senior Jesus Madrigal, making the jump from team manager to on-field player.

Sophomore big man Riley Lawless, freshmen Leo Rodriguez and Phin Rhodes, and 8th graders Trent Thule and Chris Zenz round out the current roster.

Junior Aiden O’Neill, a starter in center field last season, is sidelined as he recovers from surgery after a football injury but will be a key part of the team’s support crew from his perch on the bench.

Carson Grove, already a grizzled vet and just a freshman. (Mindy Grove photo)

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A last shot (or two) of hoops glory

Posted in Basketball, tagged , , , , on February 26, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Tenley Stuurmans celebrates with Haylee Armstrong (front) after the sophomore sensation hit a game-winning bucket in a playoff game. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

The games are over, but the photos go on forever.

Pics continue to trickle in long after the final buzzer went off for the Coupeville High School hoops teams.

The images above and below, a mix of girls’ and boys’ action, come to us courtesy John Fisken.

To see his camera work in the future, pop over to:

https://www.johnsphotos.net/

 




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Take your pick of some pics

Posted in Photos, tagged , , , , on February 25, 2025| Leave a Comment »

It’s like a scene from The Lion King. Sort of. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

It’s a collection of random photos.

With high school basketball having reached the finish line in Coupeville, we’re cleaning out the leftover pics, so here you go.

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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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