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Snow basketball tonight

Posted in Basketball, tagged , , , , on January 14, 2020| Leave a Comment »

Wintery weather conditions will prevent Kylie Van Velkinburgh and Co. from playing basketball Tuesday. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Mother Nature strikes again.

The 2019-2020 Coupeville High School basketball season continues to be jumbled by weather-related incidents.

After twice being tripped up by wind storms, this time around it’s snow bedeviling the Wolves.

CHS was slated to send its girls squads to Granite Falls Tuesday, while the boys teams were set to welcome Cedar Park Christian to town.

With both of those rival schools closing due to the wintery weather, however, gyms everywhere will remain silent.

The games, which are North Sound Conference rumbles, will be rescheduled and the hope is to do it fast.

The girls games at Granite Falls have been bumped to Thursday.

If weather improves, the Wolf boys will play at home Wednesday.

Those games would be set for 5 PM (JV and C-Team) and 6:45 (varsity).

In a twist, the Wolf C-Team would actually play Sultan in the middle school gym, and not CPC, as that game was already on the schedule for Wednesday.

The C-Team could then possibly pick up the Cedar Park game at a later date, said CHS Athletic Director Willie Smith.

Of course, continued snow and ice could make this all moot.

Friday, all five CHS hoops teams are scheduled to travel to Langley to face South Whidbey.

Temperatures are projected to be in the 40’s Island-wide by then.

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Plenty of fight, but no win

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged , , , , on January 8, 2020| Leave a Comment »

Hannah Davidson was a defensive dynamo Tuesday as Coupeville scrapped with Cedar Park Christian. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

“Put this one on me. Put it on the coach and not the girls.”

A lot of things conspired to trip up the Coupeville High School varsity girls basketball team Tuesday night, as it fell 51-35 to visiting Cedar Park Christian.

Battling for sole possession of first place in the North Sound Conference, the Wolves looked at times, especially in the first half, like a team which was a bit rusty coming off a 16-day break.

At other times, such as when the Wolves played the Eagles to a tie in the second half, Coupeville looked very good.

Even with the loss, the Wolves still boast a 6-3 record, and are 1-1 in league play, with a long way to go.

Cedar Park (3-0, 9-4) may have the early edge, but the Eagles (and Wolves) have yet to face King’s, and will meet again Jan. 24 in Bothell.

For first-year CHS coach Scott Fox, the night had genuine moments of success.

“The second-half effort was much better,” he said. “We were coming off a long break and they jumped on us early, but we fought hard.

“I liked our effort in getting to the basket, and that we didn’t back down,” Fox added. “We need to eliminate some mental mistakes, but they’re things we can work on.”

Coupeville came in knowing it wanted to do its best to slow down defending league MVP Irena Korolenko.

Based on film study, where her support crew clanked its fair share of shots, Fox felt confident in essentially daring the other Eagles to beat Coupeville.

You play the odds, and sometimes the odds come back to bite you, as Cedar Park dropped four treys during a 19-9 first quarter, with Korolenko accounting for only one of those three-balls.

“That’s on me … I must have watched the wrong film,” Fox said with a small chuckle.

Korolenko opened the game with a three-ball from the top of the arc, netted another trey early in the second quarter, then coasted home with six free throws as she finished with a fairly-quiet 12 points.

But her presence was invaluable for the Eagles, whether it was her ability to quickly bring the ball up-court, preventing Coupeville from trapping, her quick, efficient passing, or her rock-solid defense.

Sparked by their quietly-lethal team leader, the other Cedar Park players all filled their assigned roles, making it hard for the Wolves to find too many cracks in their collective games.

Coupeville hung tough, trailing just 19-11 after Avalon Renninger slashed inside for a bucket to open the second quarter.

But then came the one time the Wolves truly sputtered all night, with the Eagles reeling off 11 straight points to go up by double-digits.

After that, CHS made inroads, fought with intensity, and scrapped to the end, but never got the lead back down under 13 at any point.

Chelsea Prescott, showing no fear, went hard at the heart of the Eagle defense again and again, picking up eight of her team-high 12 points at the free-throw line.

Unfortunately, she was one of the few Wolves to find a rhythm at the charity stripe, as Coupeville struggled to a 13-31 performance on freebies.

CHS closed the game on a 9-5 surge, started by freshman Maddie Georges drilling a jumper to end the third, and capped by senior Hannah Davidson netting a soft runner a tick before the game’s final buzzer.

Prescott’s 12-point performance, her best showing of the season, carried her past a personal milestone, as well.

With a third-quarter free throw, the Wolf junior became the 57th player in Coupeville girls basketball history, which stretches from 1974-2020, to reach 200 career points.

Now sitting with 204 and counting, Prescott passed former greats Kim Warder (193), Julia Myers (202), and Pam Jampsa (202) Tuesday, and is #55 all-time.

Senior Scout Smith also achieved a bit of Wolf hoops history, notching her 224th point to slide past Annette Jameson and become the 50th best scorer in program history.

Smith tallied three points Tuesday, while Renninger and Davidson banked in six apiece.

Izzy Wells (3), Georges (3), and Tia Wurzrainer (2) also scored, with Anya Leavell, Carolyn Lhamon, Mollie Bailey, Audrianna Shaw, and Kylie Van Velkinburgh seeing floor time.

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Wolves thrash, mash Eagles

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged , , , , , on January 7, 2020| 1 Comment »

Heidi Meyers and the Coupeville JV girls are 5-2 after thumping Cedar Park Christian Tuesday night. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

This was a good ol’ beat-down.

Introduce balanced scoring. Add in a ball-hawking, lock-down defense. Then let the bodies hit the floor.

Controlling the game from opening tip to final bucket Tuesday, the Coupeville High School JV girls basketball team drilled visiting Cedar Park Christian.

At 39-23, with the visitors trimming five points off the deficit in the final moments, the score might not immediately jump out to you as a rout.

But it most assuredly was.

Now 2-0 in North Sound Conference play, 5-2 overall, the JV girls were methodical and ruthless against their private school rivals.

The Wolves jumped on the board quickly, with Alita Blouin and Ella Colwell running a note-perfect give-and-go in which The Assassin slashed through the defense like a living machete carving her way through the jungle underbrush.

Very next play, and almost a repeat, with Colwell delivering a perfectly-placed pass, and Blouin crashing to the hoop for another bucket.

The only difference in the plays, on round two, Blouin knocked her defender onto the floor as she slashed by, but did it so confidently the ref just nodded, as if to silently say, “I see you. I fear you. I got nothin’ to say on the matter.”

Playing with confidence, the Wolves jumped all over CPC on defense in the early going, turning a game-opening 8-0 run into an 18-6 lead by the half.

The Eagles got few shots off in the first half, with Morgan Stevens ripping balls loose, Colwell dominating in the paint, and the trio of Blouin, Ryanne Knoblich, and Gwen Gustafson harassing rival ballhandlers into frequent turnovers.

Cedar Park finally got on the scoreboard, but it took the visitors six minutes plus to do so.

And, as soon as the Eagles found a brief spark of life, the Wolves savaged all their hopes and dreams.

Coupeville kicked off a 10-2 run in the second quarter with a play in which three different Wolves meshed their individual talents for the good of the team.

Colwell yanked down a rebound, pivoted and hit Blouin, who promptly took a step and launched a long pass which carried over the heads of the scrambling defenders and dropped onto Gustafson’s finger tips.

Weaving through two final Eagles, Gustafson slapped home the layup, then later came back around to pull off almost the same play, but this time off of a Knoblich half-court heave.

Not every Wolf scored, but every one on the floor contributed, whether it was Claire Mayne and Heidi Meyers scrambling on defense, or Natalie Castano and Jessenia Camarena getting physical with the over-matched Eagles.

Castano delivered a hearty hip check which planted a CPC player into the third row of the bleachers, while Camarena rose up above the masses to soundly reject an Eagle shot and bring a smile to coach Megan Smith’s face.

CHS put the game on ice in the third quarter, closing the frame with an 11-2 surge in which Knoblich and Colwell combined for nine points.

Both Wolves picked up their buckets by going hard to the hoop and daring Cedar Park to stop them.

Spoiler alert: the Eagles didn’t have a prayer of doing so.

Knoblich’s best score came on a ferocious drive up the middle of the lane, where she banged home the bucket while absorbing multiple blows which awarded her an ensuing free throw, as well.

Colwell stood tall all game, closing the third and fourth quarters with baskets on which she simply overpowered shorter players down low, abusing them to the delight of her vocal fan club.

The Wolf sophomore center finished with a game-high 10 points, while Gustafson (9), Knoblich (8), Blouin (7), Camarena (3), and Stevens (2) all joined in on the offensive explosion.

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End of the road for booters (for now)

Posted in Girls Soccer, tagged , , , , on October 28, 2019| Leave a Comment »

Genna Wright is one of the key players who can return for Coupeville High School girls soccer next season. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

The end doesn’t erase the journey.

The season came to a close Monday night for the Coupeville High School girls soccer team, as it fell 6-0 in Bothell to Cedar Park Christian.

With the loss, the Wolves were eliminated from the district playoffs and finish at 3-13-2 on the season.

But, after a campaign in which it was stung by injuries, including losing offensive juggernaut Genna Wright way back in the first half of the first game, CHS can look back on the season with pride.

The Wolves, with or without key starters, were very competitive each time on the pitch, and closed with some of their best efforts of the season.

Coupeville won two of its final three games, nipping Sultan 1-0 in a league tiebreaker, then bouncing Mount Baker 4-0 to capture the program’s first-ever playoff win.

CHS coach Kyle Nelson loses five quality seniors to graduation, with Avalon Renninger, Mallory Kortuem, Anna Dion, Tia Wurzrainer, and Natalie Hollrigel departing.

Renninger tallied 12 goals in her four years in a Wolf uniform, which puts her #5 on the career scoring chart, while Kortuem finishes as the #10 all-time scorer with six goals.

The cupboard isn’t bare, however, with Wright, who punched in 17 goals through her first two seasons, set to return for her senior season.

Other top players who can returning include goaltender Mollie Bailey, midfielders Sophia Martin, Carolyn Lhamon, Knight Arndt, and Audrianna Shaw, and defenders Nezi Keiper, Eryn Wood, and Mary Milnes.

 

2019 goal scorers:

Avalon Renninger – 6
Sophia Martin – 4
Anna Dion – 2
Mallory Kortuem – 2
Eryn Wood – 1
Tia Wurzrainer – 1

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One week left to decide fate of soccer universe

Posted in Girls Soccer, tagged , , , , , on October 17, 2019| Leave a Comment »

Tia Wurzrainer and CHS soccer remain in the hunt for a playoff berth. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

The status quo holds.

Three games, three shutouts Thursday left the North Sound Conference girls soccer standings basically unchanged.

Coupeville fell 5-0 at Cedar Park Christian, while King’s bounced Granite Falls 4-0 and South Whidbey eased past Sultan 2-0.

With six days, and two games per team, left in the regular season, South Whidbey (8-0, 12-0-1) and King’s (7-1, 10-4) are headed towards an Oct. 23 showdown in Shoreline.

With the win Thursday, Cedar Park (4-4, 7-5) eased a game ahead of Granite (3-5, 6-7), while Coupeville (1-7, 1-10-2) and Sultan (1-11-2) remain tied for the league’s fifth, and final playoff spot.

The Wolves travel to South Whidbey Oct. 21, then host Granite Falls Oct. 23, while Sultan hosts King’s, then travels to CPC the same days.

If CHS and the Turks remain knotted, having split their regular season match-ups by 1-0 scores, the two teams meet Oct. 24 in Coupeville to play a tiebreaker to decide who’s playoff-bound and who’s banquet-bound.

Thursday night, the Wolves were buffeted by Cedar Park’s shooters, but also the weather.

“It was a rather windy and wet game,” Coupeville coach Kyle Nelson remarked.

The two schools started the night with a JV game which was regarded as a “friendly” since CPC borrowed the Wolves a few players to make even sides.

While no final score was registered, Coupeville’s Lily Leedy did score a hat trick, rattling home three goals for the Wolves.

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