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Hurlee Bronec powers to the hoop. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

It’s ever evolving.

Game to game, season to season, the career scoring chart for Coupeville High School boys’ basketball remains fluid.

Even during the offseason it can change, as we continue to hunt down numbers from 107 seasons of Wolf hoops.

We’ve confirmed at least partial scoring totals for 420 varsity players and are pretty dang solid from the ’60s up to 2024.

But we’re still missing chunks from the olden days, from Tom Sahli’s sophomore campaign in 1951-1952 to countless unknown (to me at least) hardwood heroes of the ’20s and ’30s.

The puzzle will likely never be 100% solved — unless a prairie barn out there conceals a treasure trove of old-school scorebooks — but we’re getting closer and closer.

With a loss Saturday at the state tournament, the 2023-2024 edition of CHS hoops closes its chapter.

We have a new all-time top scorer in Logan Downes, and he and his fellow seniors, and their scoring stats, are now frozen in time like Banky Fisher or Dale Sherman.

Hunter Bronec lines up a free throw. (Bailey Thule photo)

There are four active Wolves on the chart, with Hunter and Hurlee Bronec having one more year to amass points, while Aiden O’Neill and Chase Anderson have two.

Who will join them next year?

Camden Glover? Landon Roberts? Jack and Johnny Porter? Perhaps someone we don’t even know yet, a transfer from another town or country?

That’s part of the mystery which drives us forward, year after year, point after point.

Until we know the answer, here’s where things sit as of Feb. 26, 2024, with active players in bold:

 

Logan Downes – 1305
Jeff Stone – 1137
Mike Bagby – 1137
Randy Keefe – 1088
Mike Criscoula – 1031
Jeff Rhubottom – 1012
Bill Riley – 934
Pete Petrov – 917
Brad Sherman – 874
Denny Clark – 869

Arik Garthwaite – 867
Bill Jarrell – 855
Hunter Smith – 847
Corey Cross – 811
Hawthorne Wolfe – 800
Jack Elzinga – 770
Barry Brown – 769
Hunter Hammer – 755
Steve Whitney – 730
Dan Nieder – 729

Tom Sahli – 719 (**MISSING SEASON**)
Chris Good – 688
Gavin Keohane – 677
Virgil Roehl – 674
Foster Faris – 668
Pat Bennett – 659
Wade Ellsworth – 659
Jason McFadyen – 654
Rich Morris – 637
Kramer O’Keefe – 636

Wiley Hesselgrave – 632
John O’Grady – 611
Greg White – 604
Denny Zylstra – 602
Joe Whitney – 601
Brian Miller – 597
Mike Syreen – 594
Gabe McMurray – 592
Pat Clark – 583
Randy Duggan – 552

Roy Marti – 551
Jim Syreen – 550
Marc Bissett – 549
Gary Hammons – 533
Jerry Zylstra – 527
Brad Miller – 526
Gary Faris – 524
JJ Marti – 520
Cody Peters – 518
David Lortz – 502

Jason Bagby – 499
Xavier Murdy – 482
Pat O’Grady – 472
Harold Buckner – 469
Sean Dillon – 469
Frank Marti – 462
Alex Murdy – 448
Del O’Shell – 440
Tony Ford – 432
Caleb Powell – 421

Mason Grove – 414
Ben Biskovich – 407
Casey Clark – 407
Nick Sellgren – 406
Cole White – 405
Blaine Ghormley – 393
Tom Logan – 385
James Smith – 382
Don Cook – 377
Chad Gale – 373

Cole White netted a fair number of jumpers over the past four seasons. (Parker Hammons photo)

Mike Millenbach – 373
JD Wilcox – 373
Ty Blouin – 369
Caesar Kortuem – 369
Ray Harvey – 368
Pat Brown – 355
Dick Smith – 352
Ethan Spark – 352
Glenn Losey – 350
Timm Orsborn – 345

Robin Larson – 342
Byron Fellstrom – 340
Kevin Faris – 339
Michael Vaughan – 337
Jim Yake – 331
Aaron Trumbull – 330
Brad Brown – 328
Charlie Tessaro – 328
Utz Conard – 326
Ian Smith – 324

David Ford – 323
Bob Rea – 320
Chris Marti – 319
Gabe Wynn – 316
Nick Streubel – 314
Ben Hayes – 306
Allen Black – 305
Noah Roehl – 301
Blake Day – 299
Noel Criscoula – 298

John Beasley – 293
Risen Johnson – 291
Brian Fakkema – 290
Matt Frost – 290
Mike Mallo – 282
Keith Jameson – 277
Terry Roberts – 277
Kit Manzanares – 275
Boom Phomvongkoth – 275
Zepher Loesch – 274

Alex Evans – 272
Aaron Curtin – 271
Tyler King – 270
Joe Tessaro – 270
Eric Hopkins – 265
Harvey Wainio – 265
Chase Anderson – 260
Rick Keefe – 259
Troy Blouin – 256
Sean Callahan – 256

Greg Fellstrom – 248
Richard Hammons – 248
Casey Larson – 247
Don Schreiber – 247
Brandon Huff – 245
Grady Rickner – 245
Brad Haslam – 235
Sean Toomey-Stout – 235
Geoff Hageman – 227
Curt Youderian – 226

Rich Vaughan – 219
Ed Wood – 219
Joel Walstad – 217
Richard Cook – 216
Ryan Keefe – 214
Nick Guay – 213
Jordan Ford – 210
Andrew Mouw – 204
Vance Huffman – 203
Tim Quenzer – 202

Alan Hancock – 198
Shawn Ryan – 197
Mitch Aparicio – 195
John Engstrom – 195
Trevor Tucker – 194
Roy Mattox – 191
Dale Sherman – 188
Scott Stuurmans – 188
Ryan Blouin – 185
Pat Millenbach – 181

Caleb Meyer – 179
Wayne Hardie – 178
Chris Cox – 177
Evan Tingstad – 177
Jerry VandWerfhorst – 177
Anthony Bergeron – 176
Mike Ankney – 173
Ron Naddy – 172
Dale Libbey – 169
Roger Sherman – 168

Tim Walstad – 168
Randy Blindauer – 166
Mark Bepler – 165
Chad Brookhouse – 163
Jered Brown – 156
Monty Moore – 155
Geoff Wacker – 154
Bill Baas – 153
Ulrik Wells – 152
Jim Faris – 151

Steve Konek – 149
Gavin O’Keefe – 149
Ryan McManigle – 148
Ryan Griggs – 147
Hugh Abell – 145
George Libbey – 142
Sandy Roberts – 134
Craig Anderson – 132
Scott Franzen – 129
Ben Etzell – 127

Gavin Knoblich – 126
Len Buckner – 125
Brian Shank – 125
Joey Lippo – 121
Jessie Smith – 119
Scott McGraw – 116
Christian Townsdin – 116
Mitch Pelroy – 115
Taylor Ebersole – 114
Eric Taylor – 112

Jim Casey – 111
Jacobi Pilgrim – 111
Jonathan Valenzuela – 110
Brian Barr – 108
Joe Donellon – 101
Jason McManigle – 101
Bryan Hamilton – 99
Brian Knoll – 98
Morgan Payne – 96
Christian Lyness – 95

Koa Davison – 94
Ted Weber – 91
Hunter Downes – 89
James Meek – 89
Dan Miller – 89
Steve Bissett – 87
Hunter Bronec – 87
Andrew Cashen – 87
Carson Risner – 86
John Sinema – 86

Nick Morris – 83
Dominic Coffman – 81
Logan Martin – 81
Roy Armstrong – 80
Cameron Toomey-Stout – 80
Caleb Valko – 78
Ross Buckner – 77
Matt Shank – 77
JJ Johnson – 76
Duane Score – 76

Quinten Farmer – 75
Matt Ortega – 75
Mike Ellsworth – 74
Don Spangler – 72
John Zimmerman – 72
Joe Bruzas – 71
Jason Fisher – 71
Tony Prosser – 70
Les Jacobson – 69
Tom Conard – 68

Dean Grasser – 68
Matt Bepler – 67
Zack Swerdfeger – 66
Ron Lanphere – 65
Sage Downes – 64
Ben Hancock – 63
Randy Stone – 63
Mike Brown – 62
Jason McDavid – 62
Jeremy Staples – 62

Brian Hageman – 61
Erik King – 61
David Davis – 60
Tom Mueller – 59
Brandy Ambrose – 58
Sam Kieth – 58
Steve Smith – 58
Martin Walsh – 58
Matt Helm – 57
Dennis Terrell – 57

Drew Chan – 56
DeAndre Mitchell – 56
Daniel Olson – 56
Ellis Schultz – 56
Dave Stoddard – 56
CJ Smith – 54
Larry Zylstra – 54
Asa Owensby – 52
Marc Aparicio – 51
Chris Chan – 51

Joe Kelley – 51
Marvin Darst – 50
Troy Hurlburt – 49
Stanley Bruzas – 48
Dalton Engle – 48
Jerry Helm – 48
Dalton Martin – 47
Eddie Fasolo – 45
Doug Speers – 45
Banky Fisher – 44

Keith Dunnagan – 42
Zane Oldenstadt – 42
Gaylord Stidham – 41
Erick Harada – 40
James Jorgensen – 40
Nevin Miranda – 40
Jeff Thomas – 40
John Wyatt – 40
John Moskeland – 39
Hurlee Bronec – 37

Danny Bonacci – 36
Chuck Ruthford – 36
Charlie Toth – 36
Jim Marti – 35
Zeb Williams – 35
Robert Cushen – 34
Dante Mitchell – 34
Sid Mudgett – 34
Dave Brandt – 33
Ryan Kelley – 33

Brian Roundy – 32
Richard Barber – 31
Joe Libbey – 31
Ray Cook – 29
Tim Leese – 29
Ralph Lindsay – 29
Kyle Rockwell – 29
Rick Marti – 28
Toby Martinez – 28
Daniel McDonald – 28

Joe Rojas – 28
Todd Smith – 28
Scott Sollars – 28
Richard Benson – 27
Mike Duke – 27
John Holmes – 26
Lewis Berry – 25
Mark Short – 25
Tim Youderian – 25
Jared Helmstadter – 24

Trent Diamanti – 23
Trevor Mueller – 22
Dan Schleiffers – 22
William Davidson – 21
Jay Roberts – 21
Dustin Van Velkinburgh – 21
Matt Douglas – 20
Jordan Emerson – 20
Dane Lucero – 20
Dean Strom – 20

Scott Fisher – 19
Scott Losey – 19
Bud Merryman – 19
Matt Petrich – 19
Jason Raymond – 19
Rob Blouin – 18
Rick Keith – 18
Marvin Mitchell – 18
Guy Walker – 18
Gary Boyke – 17

Jim Keith – 17
Jean Lund-Olsen – 17
Cedric McIntosh – 17
TJ Rickner – 17
Rick Frieze – 16
Frank Nelson – 16
Chad Nixon – 16
Josh Wilsey – 16
Steven Cope – 15
Eric Dyer – 15

Mike Lester – 15
Brad Rogers – 15
Henry Edwards – 14
Todd Brown – 13
DJ Kim – 13
LaVerne Arnold – 12
Mike Eaton – 12
Guy George – 12
Kole Kellison – 12
Glen Lanphere – 12

Desmond Bell – 11
Bill Hamilton – 11
Howard Libbey – 11
Ken Pickard – 11
Jon Roberts – 11
Chris Squires – 11
Ben Winkes – 11
Jermiah Copeland – 10
Ron Edwards – 10
Travis Hooker – 10

Mikey Robinett – 10
Daniel Graham – 9
Kyle King – 9
Bruce Seiger – 9
Jimmy Sullivan – 9
Fred Wyatt – 9
Erik Anderson – 8
Dave Bowers – 8
Rob Fasolo – 8
Kraig Gordon – 8

Cody Roberts – 8
Robert Shafer – 8
Dave Wells – 8
Charlie Cook – 7
Bobby Engle – 7
Brian Folkestad – 7
Wayne Hesselgrave – 7
Aiden O’Neill – 7
Ed Cook – 6
Tucker Hall – 6

Quinten Simpson-Pilgrim walks into history, forever a part of an exclusive club. (Bailey Thule photo)

Chuck Hardee – 6
Kevin King – 6
Robert Kirkwood – 6
Quinten Simpson-Pilgrim – 6
George Smith – 6
Nic Anthony – 5
Ariah Bepler – 5
Scott Davidson – 5
JD Myers – 5
Timothy Nitta – 5

Nate Steele – 5
Ron Zylstra – 5
Andrew Bird – 4
Bill Boze – 4
Miles Davidson – 4
Ralph Engle – 4
Jason Legat – 4
Morgan Roehl – 4
Rusty Bailey – 3
Luke Currier – 3

Frank Mueller – 3
Tracy Wilson – 3
Teo Benson – 2
Norm Enders – 2
Chris Locke – 2
Jeremy McCormick – 2
Rich McCormick – 2
Fred Meadors – 2
Denny Moss – 2
Tony Sherman – 2

Marion Sill – 2
Stephen Stietenroth – 2
Robbie Wanamaker – 2
Paul Baher – 1
Bill Engle – 1
Robert Engle – 1
Bob Franzen – 1
Meryl Gordon – 1
Oscar Liquidano – 1
Raleigh Sherman – 1

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Losers yap. Winners smile. Zane Oldenstadt is a winner. (Michelle Glass photo)

He who celebrates last, celebrates loudest.

Yappy Friday Harbor varsity boys’ hoops players acted like they won a state title when they claimed an early lead Friday night in Coupeville.

By the time they exited Cow Town? Those same Wolverines had a lot less to say, after being eliminated from playoff contention.

Celebrating Senior Night in style, a Coupeville squad which features nine 12th graders held firm while being poked, prodded, and verbally harassed, claiming a 56-52 win and keeping alive its own dream of winning a league title.

Now 6-1 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 14-5 overall, the Wolves are a half-game off of La Conner (6-0, 13-5) heading into a road trip to square off with those Braves on the mainland Feb. 6.

Friday’s win clinches a district playoff berth for CHS, but a win over La Conner, which it lost to by a single point the first time around, will give Coupeville at least a share of the NWL title.

Seeding for the four-team, double-elimination, two-teams-advance-to-state district tourney is still in flux, with La Conner also playing Friday Harbor in the regular-season finale Feb. 9.

If the Wolves and Braves finish with the same record, the latter of those teams gets the #1 seed thanks to a pre-season tiebreaker draw by league athletic directors.

But if La Conner loses its final two games, Coupeville snatches the #1 seed and hosts its district opener.

All other tourney games will be at CHS regardless, with the Wolves playing host.

Having clinched a trip to the playoffs, the Coupeville seniors are guaranteed of playing on their home floor again. Still, they made sure Senior Night counted.

It began with the program’s all-time leading scorer, Logan Downes, who was injured just moments into his team’s last game and sat out the majority of that non-conference clash at Chief Leschi.

Logan Downes catches a photo op with the future of the Wolf hoops program. (Angie Downes photo)

Beginning, and ending, Friday night with a walking boot on his left leg, the senior gunner played through the pain, and had the hot hand in the first quarter.

Pulling off his own tribute to Willis Reed (look it up on Wikipedia, teenagers), Downes knocked down a trio of three-balls, then slashed to the hoop for a bucket on a feed from Cole White to cap an 11-point performance in the game’s first seven minutes.

While Friday Harbor jumped out to an 11-6 lead, then prematurely celebrated, Coupeville chipped away at the lead.

White and William Davidson, whose fan club rocked personalized t-shirts, joined Downes in scoring in the opening frame, with the Wolves pulling back within 17-16 at the break.

Showcasing its depth, Brad Sherman’s squad turned to Nick Guay and Chase Anderson in the second quarter, with the lanky duo combining for 15 points as Coupeville used an 18-8 run to claim the lead for good.

Guay pushed the Wolves ahead, rippling the net on a silky sideline jumper, while Anderson, flying pell-mell end-to-end, slapped home a breakaway bucket to stake CHS to a 34-25 lead at the half.

Coupeville pushed its advantage out as far as 14 points in the second half, with Downes getting hot again and Anderson continuing to rampage like a wild beast, gloriously annoying Friday Harbor on seemingly every play.

The lead was at 48-36 heading into the fourth, with the Wolves still up 53-40 midway through the final frame.

But give Friday Harbor some credit — it is a resilient team and one always capable of making a run.

Which the Wolverines demonstrated one final time, carving the lead down to 55-51 late, with a little help from the refs.

The guys in the striped shirts ignored a blatant travel in the middle of the court on a play in which the visitors drained a three-ball, while allowing the yapping to progressively grow.

Anderson drilled a late jumper over the Friday Harbor defense, and Downes hit a key free throw in the final seconds, but the Wolverines got plenty of extra chances.

Despite Friday Harbor’s players endlessly bitching from opening tip to postgame discussion over whether losers get to stop at McDonald’s, it was the Wolves who had the game’s only technical foul called on them.

With five seconds to play and Coupeville up by five.

That set up a potential game-tying finish, but Friday Harbor choked, missing one of two free throws and failing to hit a three-ball at the buzzer.

Coupeville is going to the playoffs. Friday Harbor is not. (Michelle Glass photo)

Basking in the afterglow of the win, and punching their playoff ticket, any Wolf looking at the book would have seen the kind of balanced scoring which delights a coach.

Downes scraped out 19 while playing on one normal leg, and now sits at 1,213 for his career, while Anderson banked in 14.

White (8), Guay (7), Hunter Bronec (3), Ryan Blouin (3) — thanks to a killer fourth-quarter three-ball — and Davidson (2) also scored, with Zane Oldenstadt, Hurlee Bronec, and Quinten Simpson-Pilgrim hitting the boards with authority.

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Quinten Simpson-Pilgrim and friends are 12-4 after drilling Concrete. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

“We’d love it if every game was like this.”

The Coupeville High School boys’ basketball coaching staff was in a righteous mood Tuesday, basking in the afterglow of a 66-30 win over visiting Concrete.

It wasn’t just the win, which lifts the Wolves to 5-1 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 12-4 overall, but how the win was accomplished.

CHS put three guys into double digit scoring — including a career-best performance from bearded banger Zane Oldenstadt — got points from nine players and gave floor time to 13.

That should leave the Wolf starters fresh as they kick off a three-games-in-five-days stretch, while giving the role players a chance to earn big cheers from their home fans.

So, exactly the kind of game you want coming off a fairly lackluster performance Saturday against Neah Bay in a rare loss.

This time around, the Wolves hit the floor with purpose and passion, sharing the ball, making the small plays, and never once taking their collective foot off the gas pedal.

Concrete’s one and only lead came at 3-2 extremely early in the first quarter, and then it was fun times under the bright lights for the run-and-gun Wolves.

Chase Anderson drilled a short jumper to put CHS ahead for good, then snatched a rebound and fed Logan Downes for a three-ball and the rout was on.

Another trey, this one flying off the fingertips of Ryan Blouin, staked the Wolves to a 15-8 lead at the first break.

From there, Coupeville steadily stretched the advantage, with first Anderson, then Hunter Bronec, reeling off three straight buckets.

Five different Wolves scored in the second frame, with Oldenstadt converting putbacks and Downes outsprinting the defense on breakaways, as CHS pushed things out to 36-17 at the half.

Bearded banger Zane Oldenstadt arrives to inflict damage and destruction. (CHS Yearbook Staff photo)

Cole White stepped up to showcase the hot hand in the third, with the final one of his three baskets in the frame coming on a wild play.

A ballet of destruction, playing out precisely in favor of the Wolves, it began with Nick Guay bounding airborne to punch the ball half the length of the floor, before Anderson chased down the errant orb a half-inch away from stepping on the end line.

Flicking the ball back to White, he watched in fascination as his older teammate stopped on a dime, throwing the shot down in one smooth motion as Lion defenders skidded past, silent screams etched on their faces.

Things got really brutal for Concrete in the fourth, as they discovered a painful secret.

Once unleashed, you can’t put Oldenstadt back in the bottle.

Like a genie granting all the wishes — even the one for more wishes — the burly Wolf senior ripped off eight straight points to cap the greatest offensive display of his career.

Known for his rebounding, love of planting fools on their butt while patrolling the paint, and willingness to wear a hollowed-out pumpkin on his head at Halloween, Oldenstadt finished with a hyped-up 12 points.

This, after scoring 13 points total across the first 15 games.

It brought a big smile to CHS coach Brad Sherman’s face as he scanned the scorebook, while Oldenstadt’s faithful fans chanted “More playing time! More playing time!!”

Downes led the Wolves with 15, and on the night when he was honored for becoming the #1 scorer in CHS boys’ basketball 107-year history this past weekend, he passed yet another milestone.

With 1,165 points and counting, he slips past Makana Stone (1,158) to become #3 all-time at the school regardless of gender.

Next up? Novi Barron (1,270), then Brianne King (1,549).

Anderson slapped home 14 to slide in between Downes and Oldenstadt, while White (8), Hunter Bronec (7), Blouin (5), Aiden O’Neill (2), Mikey Robinett (2), and Guay (1) also scored.

William Davidson gets frisky. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

William Davidson, Timothy Nitta, Quinten Simpson-Pilgrim, and Hurlee Bronec also saw floor time for the Wolves, who host South Whidbey Wednesday before traveling to Puyallup Saturday to play Chief Leschi.

 

No JV action:

Coupeville’s red-hot ‘n rollin’ second unit had the night off Tuesday, as the Lions don’t have a JV boys’ team this season.

The Wolf young guns, sitting at 10-2 on the season, return to action Wednesday with a home game against South Whidbey.

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“Tell me all about it when I wake up.” (Charlotte Young photo)

It was a beautiful brawl in Cow Town.

And while the good guys lost on points (or one point) this time out, it was far from a KO.

Stung by a furious finish from visiting La Conner Tuesday, the Coupeville High School varsity boys’ basketball team fell 69-68 in a game decided in the final, frantic seconds.

The loss drops the Wolves to 3-1 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 10-3 overall, and, for the moment, slips them to third place in the standings.

But CHS gets another crack at La Conner (3-0, 10-5), and hosts league leader Mount Vernon Christian (6-0, 6-9) Friday, offering a quick chance to throw things asunder.

The Wolves still have seven games left on the regular season schedule, with four of those being conference rumbles.

While a league title would look nice on the wall, it’s the three-team battle between La Conner, Friday Harbor, and Coupeville which decides which two 2B schools advance to the playoffs.

With Tuesday’s win, the Braves are 2-0, while the Wolves sit at 1-1. Having lost to both those teams, the Wolverines bring up the rear at 0-2.

CHS closes the regular season with a home game against Friday Harbor Feb. 2, then travels to La Conner Feb. 6, before their two rivals mix it up one more time Feb. 9.

Tuesday’s tilt was a wild one, starting one way, taking a drastic detour, then morphing into a non-stop hail of punches being thrown in every direction.

Take just the first quarter and Coupeville was a million miles better than La Conner.

The Wolves came out super aggressive on defense, and threw the fear of God into their arch-rivals, forcing great gobs of turnovers, and using them to set up a fast-paced layup line.

With Chase Andeson and Cole White flying down the floor and hauling in outlet passes from Logan Downes, who was in full-on quarterback mode, Coupeville stormed out to a 12-2 lead, stretched it to 18-4, then headed to the bench up 21-9.

Little worked for the Braves in the opening eight minutes, as their press failed, their offense stalled out, and they looked three steps too slow.

That, unfortunately, was deceptive, as La Conner rediscovered its mojo in the second frame.

A trio of three-balls splashing home helped the Braves, who suddenly got much quicker, and much better at controlling the ball.

Down 16, La Conner stormed all the way back to take the lead before the half.

One second, the Braves were trailing 25-9, the next they were up 33-30 as the teams went to the locker room.

Fifteen straight points to end the half, then a pullup jumper to open the third, made the visitors (and their fans) a bit feisty.

Logan Downes, on his way to one of many buckets. (Parker Hammons photo)

Re-enter Downes, who snatched the ball away and went on his own tear.

Dropping in 14 points in the third quarter, the Wolf senior couldn’t be stopped, scoring in a multitude of ways.

Step back and he nailed a three-ball in your face. Come up on him, and he slashed around you, careening to the basket.

La Conner hung tough but fueled by Downes assault on the basket, the Wolves regained the lead at 50-48 heading into the fourth.

And looked like they were going to pull away.

Another three-ball from Downes, who hit eight treys in the game, plus a breakaway bucket for Anderson — off a Downes pass — pushed the lead to 57-50.

But this was a game of ebbs and flows, and La Conner struck right back, using an 11-2 surge to move back in front at 61-59.

Bam! Bam!

Downes ripped off back-to-back three-balls, CHS reemerged with a 65-61 lead, and both coaches were reaching for the heart medicine.

La Conner, with an assist from the refs, who fouled out Wolf gunners Ryan Blouin and Cole White to reduce Coupeville’s weapons at crunch time, had one final surge, however.

While Ivory Damien and Brayden Pedroza went off for 27 and 24 points, respectively, it was CJ Edwards who delivered the kill shots.

The quicksilver Brave popped a short jumper in the paint to push his squad ahead 67-65, then ignored the wailing of the hometown crowd to ice the game with a pair of late free throws.

Downes banked home a three-ball on the run to cut the final margin from 69-65 to 69-68, but time ran out on the Wolves.

Coupeville got points from seven different players, with their leader tying his season-high with 36 points.

It’s the third-straight 30+ game for Downes, and his sixth of the season.

He’s averaging 24.9 a night and continues to hit major milestones almost every time out.

Downes, who has 1,102 points heading into Friday’s clash with MVC, is now #3 on the all-time CHS boys’ career scoring chart, which spans 107 seasons.

Having passed ’70s wild man Randy Keefe (1,088) Tuesday, he’s just 36 points from knocking off Jeff Stone and Mike Bagby, who sit atop the throne tied with 1,137 points.

After that comes the top three scorers in school history — Wolf female stars Brianne King (1,549), Novi Barron (1,270), and Makana Stone (1,158).

Anderson, moving quickly up the career chart as just a sophomore, banked in 12 points Tuesday in support of Downes, while White (8), Nick Guay (5), Ryan Blouin (3), Zane Oldenstadt (2), and Hunter Bronec (2) also scored.

William Davidson, Hurlee Bronec, and Timothy Nitta also saw floor time for Brad Sherman’s squad.

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On their way to deliver another beat-down. (Michelle Glass photo)

Call him Knute Rockne.

Whatever Coupeville High School varsity boys’ basketball coach Brad Sherman said at halftime Saturday, it lit a fire under his squad.

Down by six at the break in Sultan, the Wolves tore up the floor in the second half, turning a nailbiter into a 58-48 romp.

The non-conference road win over a 1A school which is slated to move to 2A next year lifts lil’ 2B Coupeville to 3-1 on the season.

It also gives the Wolves a nice bounce back after taking their first loss of the season and sends them into a busy week on a high note.

CHS hits the road again, and again, playing at Granite Falls Tuesday and Friday Harbor on Friday, before nabbing a rare home game Saturday against archrival South Whidbey.

Playing in front of a chippy crowd in Sultan, the Wolves hung tough during a back-and-forth first half.

Chase Anderson got Coupeville on the scoreboard first, hauling in a long football-style pass from Logan Downes, before the latter nailed a soft jumper of his own.

The Wolf senior had a memorable opening frame, firing another long outlet pass to Cole White for a breakaway layup, and netting the first of his five three-balls.

Downes also put up a shot which got stuck in the gap between the rim and the backboard, though he shrugged that off and kept firing.

Most of a 3-1 team. (Michael Davidson photo)

Up 11-10 at the first break, after thwarting two Sultan shots in the final three seconds, Coupeville opened the scoring in the second quarter thanks to a nifty play from Anderson.

Intended or not — and that was the subject of much debate — the super sophomore froze the defense, appeared to pass the ball to himself by bouncing it off a rival, then slashed to the hoop for a sweet layup.

Sultan responded by mounting its best run of the night, closing the half on a 15-6 run.

A trio of three-balls hurt, while a buzzer-beating turnaround jumper really stung.

Coupeville got a pair of treys, one from Downes and one from Ryan Blouin, during the stretch, but found itself trailing 25-19 at the break.

Not to worry, as Sherman said whatever he said, and, to a man, the Wolves responded.

First up was Downes, who went off for 16 of his season-high 33 points in the third quarter, sticking in knives from every angle and twisting them with wild glee.

Back-to-back three balls tied the game up, and a three-point play the hard way staked Coupeville to a lead it would not relinquish.

White, trying not to get hit in the face by a defender for the third straight game, stayed a step ahead of the Turks, draining a short jumper before slashing to the hoop for a gorgeous layup.

With William Davidson and the Battlin’ Bronec Brothers, twin titans Hunter and Hurlee, hitting the boards with passion, CHS thwarted the Turks from grabbing many second-chance opportunities.

CHS coach Brad Sherman strolls back to the bench as his Wolves prepare to attack. (Michelle Glass photo)

Sultan, down 40-28 late in the third, did cut the deficit back to 42-38 heading into the fourth, but Coupeville had an answer every time.

Anderson, bounding airborne and yanking down a pass like the football receiver he also is, came up with a crunch time bucket, while the Wolves closed things out at the free throw line.

After a Turk three-ball cut the lead down to 50-46 with about 90 seconds to play, Downes crashed through the defense for a game-sealing bucket.

From there, Anderson, White, and Downes calmly flicked charity shots through the rim, each flip of the net a slap to the face of Turk Nation.

Along with the win, the night was rich in history, as Downes moved from #13 to a tie for #9 on the CHS boys’ career scoring list.

Now sitting with 869 points and counting, he’s even with Denny Clark, just six points away from unseating Sherman (874) for #8 on a chart compiled over the course of 107 seasons.

Downes passed Wolf legends Hunter Smith (847), Bill Jarrell (855), and Arik Garthwaite (867) Saturday.

White and Anderson each banked in nine to support Downes and his 33, with Blouin (3), Hunter Bronec (2), and Hurlee Bronec (2) also scoring against the Turks.

Nick Guay, Quinten Simpson-Pilgrim, and Davidson rounded out the rotation.

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