Coupeville coaches Nathan Barton (grey) and Ben Olson (white) have a moment with their squad. (Pat Kelley photos)
One win in the books, the Wolves prepare for weekend play.
There’s more than one star in the family.
A day after older brother Dalton snapped Coupeville High School’s all-time mark in the discus, Logan Martin captured his own magical moment.
Banging home a bucket in the waning moments Friday night, off of a pass from Miles Davidson, Martin lifted Coupeville’s 6th grade SWISH boys’ basketball squad to a huge 25-23 upset of Meridian.
The win, coming on the road at LaVenture Middle School in Mt. Vernon, was in a seeding game for the two-day Tulip Tournament, which kicks off Saturday.
Coupeville will open against Sedro-Woolley (11:15 AM tip) at La Conner Middle School.
Dedicating Friday’s game to teammate Bennet Boyles, who has been in and out of Children’s Hospital with an illness, the Wolves came out extremely scrappy Friday night.
Hawthorne Wolfe went for six points in the early going, and that, combined with buckets from Caleb Meyer and Martin, gave Coupeville a 10-0 lead.
The Wolves cooled a bit after that, but held on, with six of the eight players in attendance scoring.
Meridian rallied late, nailing a three-ball and taking advantage of the absence of Meyer, who fouled out in the fourth, to knot things at 23.
Davidson made off with a steal, however, feeding Martin for what would be the game-winning bucket.
After Meridian missed a pair of free throws which could have tied the game back up, speedy Wolf guard Connor Barton ran the clock out to cue the celebration.
Before foul trouble nailed him, Meyer paced Coupeville with eight points, five boards and two assists.
Wolfe banked home six, Martin knocked down four, Barton tickled the twines for three and Davidson and Danny Barajas each chipped in with a bucket to round out the scoring.
Coupeville hit the boards aggressively, with Martin (6), Barajas (6), Davidson (6), Wolfe (4), Cody Roberts (2) and Jacob Kendall (1) all snatching caroms.
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