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Free throw struggles haunt Wolf boys

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged , , , , on January 4, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Chase Anderson flies in for a bucket. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

New year, old problem.

The calendar has rolled into 2025, but a season-long cold spell at the free throw line continues to haunt the Coupeville High School varsity boys’ basketball team.

Way down the road in Wahkiakum Saturday, the Wolves netted just six of 18 at the charity stripe, leaving way too many points on the rim in what became a nail-biting 60-59 loss.

The non-conference defeat, coming against a dangerous foe, drops Coupeville to 2-8 on the season.

Brad Sherman’s squad still has plenty to play for, however, with eight of its next nine games coming against Northwest 2B/1B League rivals.

The Wolves, 1-1 in conference play, travel to Friday Harbor next Tuesday, Jan. 7, before hosting La Conner in a Friday night rumble.

The Wolves return to their own gym Jan. 10 for a major conference rumble with La Conner.

While Coupeville’s win/loss record isn’t what had been hoped for, five of the eight losses have been by single digits.

Heading into the heart of conference play, free throws loom huge.

The Wolves have consistently gotten to the line more than their rivals this season but have largely failed to take advantage of that advantage.

Saturday was a perfect example, with CHS getting to the stripe 18 times, while Wahkiakum only had 10 free throws, netting five.

Coupeville shot 33% at the line, in a contest where one made shot sends the game to overtime, and two gives the visitors a win.

Even with their free throw issues, the Wolves kept the game close until the final moments.

Chase Anderson and Hurlee Bronec combined to score 14 in the first quarter as CHS played its hosts to a 17-17 stalemate.

Down 31-29 at the half, the Wolves surged in the third quarter, with six different players tallying points during a 20-12 run.

That staked Coupeville to a 49-43 lead heading into the fourth, but Wahkiakum put together its own 17-7 streak to turn the tide of the game.

Trailing by four with mere seconds to play, the Wolves got a three-ball from Anderson to slash the deficit to one, but time ran out on the guys in red and black.

Anderson finished with a game-high 23 points, while twin towers Hurlee and Hunter Bronec both banked in 10 points in support.

Landon Roberts (6), Jack Porter (5), Malachi Somes (3), and Camden Glover (2) also scored.

Both of the Battlin’ Bronec Brothers hit personal milestones in the first game of 2025.

With his 10 points, Hunter reaches exactly 150 for his varsity career, while Hurlee cracks the 100-point club, sitting with 107 and counting.

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Wolves rumble, but Turks triumph

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged , , , , on December 20, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Hunter Bronec dances in the paint. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

This one slipped away.

Despite leading for much of the game Friday, the Coupeville High School varsity boys’ basketball squad couldn’t quite seal the deal.

That allowed visiting Sultan to make off with a 55-47 non-conference victory, running its winning streak to four after opening the season with seven straight losses.

Coupeville heads into the Christmas break with a 2-5 record and will look to kick off its own winning streak with a trip to Central Washington University Dec. 27-28.

The Wolves will play Toledo and Kittitas on their Eastern Washington jaunt, before starting 2025 with trips to Wahkiakum and Friday Harbor, not playing in the CHS gym again until Jan. 10.

Friday’s battle royal with Sultan started in favor of the Wolves, with Johnny Porter knocking down a jumper before Hunter Bronec and Camden Glover buried back-to-back three-balls.

Six different Wolves scored in the first frame as CHS built a 16-9 lead fueled by sharing the ball and playing solid defense.

While the “D stayed strong, Coupeville’s offense went into a bit of a deep freeze after that, with single digit scoring in both the second and third quarters.

Still, the Wolves clung to the lead, holding on to a 23-22 advantage at the half, then getting the first bucket of the second half on a spinning layup from Hurlee Bronec.

Sultan finally grabbed the lead for the first time midway through the third, using a 7-0 tear to get ahead 29-25.

Making the immediate counter, Coupeville went off for its own run, with Chase Anderson hitting a fadeaway and a three-ball before zipping a pass to Hunter Bronec to set-up another trey.

Unfortunately, Sultan had the counter-counter, surging back ahead at 36-32 exiting the third, then holding tough in the fourth.

Anderson banked in a bucket at the shot clock buzzer to cut the lead to 43-38, but the Turks put the game away in dramatic fashion, ripping off four baskets in about 45 seconds to make it 51-38.

The game’s final moments belonged largely to Coupeville, with Anderson outscoring Sultan 9-4 by himself to close the contest. But time stops for no man, and the game clock hit 0:00 too fast for a full comeback.

With his game-high 25 points, Anderson becomes the 66th Wolf boy to crack the 400-point club across the last 108 seasons.

The CHS junior heads to Eastern Washington sitting with 402 career points and counting.

Hunter Bronec banked in eight points Friday to back Anderson, with Hurlee Bronec (5), Glover (3), Jack Porter (2), Johnny Porter (2), and Landon Roberts (2) also scoring.

Malachi Somes rounded out the Wolves to see floor time in the final home game of 2024.

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Anderson explodes, Wolves win thriller

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged , , , , on December 14, 2024| 1 Comment »

Chase Anderson splashes home another bucket. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

“The boys played with so much heart all night.”

Kicking off Northwest 2B/1B League play with a bang Friday, the Coupeville High School varsity boys’ basketball squad survived a wild one, holding off visiting Orcas Island 72-67 in two overtimes to take an early advantage in the conference standings.

The win lifts the Wolves, who host non-league foe Morton-White Pass Saturday, to 2-3 overall, 1-0 in NWL play, and earns the stamp of approval from CHS hoops guru Brad Sherman.

“It was a great game,” he said, then headed off to bed to dream about more wins.

Friday’s rumble featured Wolf junior Chase Anderson banking in a career-high 42 points — just six off of Jeff Stone’s school-record 48, which has stood since 1970 — and nerve-wracking plays from both teams down the stretch.

Coupeville shot out to a 16-10 lead after one quarter, only to see Orcas trim the deficit back down to 29-26 at the half.

Up 49-45 after three, the Wolves still had a 58-55 lead up until Joe Stephens drilled his fourth, and final, three-ball with just 10 seconds left in regulation.

With the ball in its hands, Coupeville got multiple shots up in the frantic final seconds, but none would drop.

Enter the refs, who whistled Orcas for a foul, sending the Wolves to the line with 0:00 on the clock, holding two opportunities to win the game.

The first freebie hit the front of the rim, the second slid off the side, and fans got extra action, whether they wanted it or not.

In the first overtime, the call went the other way, but the result was eerily similar.

With the game knotted at 63, Orcas was handed two charity shots with seven seconds on the clock and promptly clanked both.

It was fitting, as the Vikings, who netted eight of nine free throws in regulation, were just 3-9 across the two extra periods. In contrast, Coupeville was 8-16 in regulation but rebounded to go 8-10 at the line in overtime.

While a wild Wolf shot at the buzzer failed to break the tie in the first overtime, the second extra four-minute stretch decisively belonged to the hometown hoops heroes.

Anderson and Hunter Bronec netted huge buckets in the second overtime, while Hurlee Bronec iced the win with precision free throw shooting in the final moments.

Jack Porter finished with nine points, while both Battlin’ Bronec Brothers netted six.

Landon Roberts knocked down five, Camden Glover banked in four, and Johnny Porter, Easton Green, and Malachi Somes all saw floor time in the thriller.

For Anderson, it was a career-making night.

Scoring four points in the first, 12 in the second, 16 in a torrid third, four in the fourth, and six more in overtime, he joins a very short list of Wolves to crack 40 in a varsity game, players such as Jeff Stone, Allen Black, and Logan Downes.

In one night, Anderson jumps from 312 career points to 354, moving from #96 to #77 on the school’s career scoring chart, which has been compiled across 108 seasons.

Among the all-timers he passes are Nick Streubel, David Ford, Bob Rea, Utz Conard, Robin Larson, and Aaron Trumbull.

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Wolves set the nets ablaze

Posted in Basketball, tagged , , , , on December 11, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Capri Anter slices to the hoop. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

The odometer is clicking along.

Coupeville High School basketball players have combined to score 551 points across the first 14 games.

While there are early leaders, no one is running away with a scoring title just yet.

On to this weekend, with four home games against Orcas Island Friday, and four more against Morton-White Pass Saturday.

The nets keep poppin’, and the scorekeepers keep recordin’.

 

Varsity – Girls
(4 games)

Teagan Calkins – 34
Mia Farris – 22
Katie Marti – 22
Haylee Armstrong – 17
Danica Strong – 17
Madison McMillan – 10
Lyla Stuurmans – 9
Tenley Stuurmans – 9
Jada Heaton – 5
Capri Anter – 4

 

JV – Girls
(3 games)

Adeline Maynes – 28
Haylee Armstrong – 19
Tenley Stuurmans – 15
Ava Lucero – 13
Ari Cunningham – 10
Chelsi Stevens – 4
Lexis Drake – 3
Capri Anter – 3
Sydney Van Dyke – 2

 

Varsity – Boys
(4 games)

Chase Anderson – 52
Jack Porter – 41
Camden Glover – 34
Hurlee Bronec – 33
Hunter Bronec – 21
Landon Roberts – 12
Johnny Porter – 10
Carson Field – 2
Malachi Somes – 2

 

JV – Boys
(3 games)

Davin Houston – 22
Carson Grove – 19
Easton Green – 16
Liam Blas – 10
Riley Lawless – 8
Malachi Somes – 8
Sage Arends – 7
Nathan Coxsey – 6
Mahkai Myles – 2

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Long trip, close game

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged , , , , on December 9, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Hunter Bronec storms to the basket. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

It’s a 226-mile trip from Coupeville to Forks and back.

And while Monday’s trek to Ron Bagby’s hometown didn’t produce a win for the Coupeville High School varsity boys’ basketball squad, the hope is that lessons were learned.

Lessons that will pay off down the road for Brad Sherman’s squad, which is 1-3 but a few plays away from being 3-1.

Monday’s mashup mirrored the majority of Coupeville’s games thus far — a slow start, a hot finish, but a clock which runs out too soon.

Despite charging back in the second half, the Wolves, a team with very little varsity experience, fell 55-47 in the non-conference clash.

It wasn’t for lack of effort, as Coupeville hit five of its six three-balls in the second half, while outscoring the Spartans 14-13 and 16-11 across the final two quarters.

Unfortunately for the Wolves, they came out of the break trailing 31-17, after Forks used a 19-9 run in the second quarter to take control of things.

The Spartans nailed four of their six shots from behind the three-point arc during that frame to put the Wolves on their heels.

While the two squads matched each other on shots from the parking lot, Coupeville convincingly won the free throw shooting part of the night.

The Wolves netted 11 of 20 shots, tying their best performance of the season, while Forks went a godawful 2-14 from the charity stripe.

Chase Anderson slices past a defender.

CHS spread its offense out between seven players Monday, with junior Chase Anderson netting a season-high 21 to lead the attack.

That scoring outburst propels him from 291 career points to 312 and moves him into the top 100 scorers in the 108-year history of Wolf boys’ basketball.

Anderson, sitting at #96 all-time with home games against Orcas Island and Morton-White Pass set for Friday and Saturday, slips past John Beasley (293), Noel Criscuola (298), Blake Day (299), Noah Roehl (301), Allen Black (305), and Ben Hayes (306).

Jack Porter (7), Camden Glover (6), Hunter Bronec (5), Hurlee Bronec (4), Landon Roberts (2), and Johnny Porter (2) also scored at Forks.

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