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Nipped in the end!!

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged , , , , , on December 7, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Brian Shank (John Fisken photo)

   Brian Shank, seen here in practice, knocked down a season-high 13 Wednesday night at Chimacum. (John Fisken photo)

Talk about riding the see-saw.

Playing their first league game of the year Wednesday, the Coupeville High School boys’ basketball team played superb defense in the first and third quarters at Chimacum.

Unfortunately, the Wolves couldn’t stop the host Cowboys in the second or fourth, and fell 48-40.

The loss drops Coupeville to 0-3 overall, 0-1 in 1A Olympic League play.

Facing off with the two-time defending league champs, the Wolves came out strongly, holding an 8-5 lead at the first break.

But then the see-saw crashed in the second, as the Cowboys rode a 19-10 surge over the next eight minutes to stake themselves to a 24-18 lead at the break.

Even as the score was slipping away a bit, one bright spot in the second was the play of Brian Shank.

The Wolf senior, who had three points through the first two games, erupted for seven in the quarter in a bid to keep the Wolves close.

Shank dropped another four in the third, while Hunter Smith picked up the hot hand, drilling nine of his team-high 15 as CHS put together its best run of the night.

A 13-5 advantage in the quarter put Coupeville up by a bucket entering the final eight minutes, but the pendulum swung back just as fast.

Using three treys and eight free throws down the stretch, the Cowboys matched their second quarter output, and a 19-9 closing run gave them the win.

Smith’s 15 paced Coupeville, while Shank banked home 13, Gabe Wynn hit for six, Hunter Downes popped for four and Ethan Spark netted a pair of free throws to round out the scoring.

JV nipped:

Incompetent scoreboard operating prevented the Wolves from possibly forcing overtime in a 60-57 loss.

Since the board said 63-55, CHS coach Dustin Van Velkinburgh had no clue a trey in the final seconds would have allowed Coupeville to knot things up.

After the final buzzer sounded, both team’s scorekeepers pointed out the mistake, but, by then it was too late.

The loss drops the Wolf JV to 1-2 overall, 0-1 in league play.

Freshmen Jered Brown went off for 23 in a game in which 10 Wolves scored.

Sean Toomey-Stout hit for seven and Kyle Rockwell knocked down six while Jacobi Pacquette-Pilgrim, Mason Grove and Ulrik Wells each chipped in with four apiece.

Koa Davison (3), Tucker Hall (3), Dawson Houston (2) and Nikolai Lyngra (1) also scratched their names in the book.

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The streak lives!!

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged , , , , on December 7, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Mia Littlejohn, seen here during fall ball, had a team-high 13 Wednesday in Coupeville's win. (John Fisken photo)

   Mia Littlejohn, seen here during fall ball, had a team-high 13 points Wednesday in Coupeville’s win. (John Fisken photo)

A win is a beautiful thing.

Whether it’s by one point or 50 points, you put a W in the book, especially at home, and any little issues get swept to the side in the soft afterglow.

Case in point, the Coupeville High School girls’ basketball squad, which wasn’t perfect all game Wednesday, but was pretty close when it mattered.

Holding visiting Chimacum to just a single field goal over the final 12-minutes-plus, the Wolves broke open a tie game and ran away with a 41-28 victory in the 1A Olympic League opener for both schools.

The win, the third straight for Coupeville, lifts it to 3-1 overall, 1-0 in league play.

The Wolves also kept alive the second-longest winning streak in league history, improving to 19-0 in conference games dating back to the Olympic League’s debut in 2014.

Only Klahowya girls’ soccer has a longer active streak, having gone 20-0 over three complete fall seasons.

Coupeville, which trailed by five points midway through the second quarter, put the game on ice by thoroughly dominating the final quarter and a half.

Mikayla Elfrank broke a 22-22 tie when she slipped a pair of free throws through the twines with a little over four minutes left in the third, and then the Wolf defense got rabid.

Holding Chimacum without a field goal until a meaningless layup in the final 10 seconds of the game, CHS closed the game on a 19-6 tear, with five Wolves sharing the scoring load.

Tiffany Briscoe knocked down two more shots from the charity stripe, before Elfrank turned a mid-air steal into a breakaway bucket to close the third.

After that, the fourth was a prime example of five players meshing as one, as the Wolves forced a string of turnovers and turned them into easy buckets.

Lauren Grove made off with back-to-back steals, dishing to Lauren Rose and Elfrank for buckets, then was instantly rewarded for her team-first approach.

On the next play back court mate Mia Littlejohn bull-rushed a Chimacum ball-handler, picked her pocket, hip-checked the Cowboy into the third row of seats and flung a note-perfect pass to Grove for a breakaway lay-in of her own.

The play put a decisive stamp on the game, set off the Wolf bench into hysterics and capped a stellar night for Littlejohn.

The junior point guard tossed in a game-high 13, including three treys, made off with four steals, snatched two rebounds and handed out two assists.

Her three-ball timing was nearly flawless, with the first one banking off the backboard, the middle one tying the game heading into halftime and the final bomb pushing the lead into double digits.

Coupeville had opened the game strongly, hitting its first three shots en route to an early 7-2 lead.

Kailey Kellner drained a three-ball from the right corner on the game’s first play, before Briscoe aggressively went to the basket for back-to-back buckets off of set-ups from Littlejohn.

Then the Wolves hit their only down stretch of the night, as suddenly nothing would stay in the basket.

Balls rolled around, popped out and took weird spins, while Chimacum used a 10-0 surge to take its biggest lead of the game.

A trey from Littlejohn and a put-back off of a rebound by Kellner got the Wolves back on track, but they needed another three-ball right before the break to tie things up at 18-18 heading to the locker room.

While in there, CHS coach David King has a discussion with his team about its defensive effort and whatever he said, things clicked.

“We had a lot better energy level in the second half,” King said.

A switch from a zone to a man-to-man defense greatly frustrated Chimacum, and pesky Wolf defenders like Kyla Briscoe and Kalia Littlejohn helped the starters drive the Cowboy ball-handers batty.

When they weren’t getting actual steals, the Wolves forced several turnovers along the sideline as Chimacum players frequently panicked when double-teamed.

Coupeville spread its offense among six players, with Mia Littlejohn’s 13 backed by nine from Kellner and six apiece from Elfrank and Tiffany Briscoe.

Rose knocked down five and Grove added a bucket to round out the scoring.

Kellner snatched a team-high eight rebounds, while Elfrank nabbed six. Grove had four assists to top the team.

Coupeville’s JV team sat out the night, as Chimacum was unable to field a second squad thanks to injuries and ineligible players.

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Wolves chomp Cowboys!!

Posted in Football, tagged , , , , on October 28, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Julian Welling (John Fisken photos)

   Julian Welling and his Wolf teammates captured their third win of the season Friday night, smacking Chimacum 24-6. (John Fisken photos)

Hunter Smith

   Hunter Smith, seen here in an earlier game, hauled in his 10th TD reception of the year, tying the CHS single-season mark.

A true team win.

That’s what the Coupeville High School football squad put together Friday night, riding touchdowns from three different players as it romped to a 24-6 win at Chimacum.

The victory snaps a three-game skid for the Wolves and lifts them to 2-4 in Olympic/Nisqually League play, 3-6 overall.

With one game left on the schedule — next Friday at home against undefeated Cascade Christian — the Wolves have taken a huge step forward from last year’s 1-9 mark.

First-year coach Jon Atkins mixed things up a bit Friday, going for two-point conversions after all three scores.

When Hunter Smith scampered in on attempts after the first and third touchdowns, it was the first successful conversions of the season for CHS.

The Wolves broke the game open early and never let go of the lead.

Hunter Downes dropped the ball into Cameron Toomey-Stout’s hands on an 18-yard scoring strike late in the first quarter to kick things off.

The first of three TD passes on the night for the junior quarterback, it set the tone.

Smith bolted in for two to open an 8-0 lead and Coupeville stretched the margin to double digits with a safety on the first play of the second quarter.

Downes went right back to work, finding the other Toomey-Stout brother, freshman Sean, with a 20-yard pass to run the score to 16-0.

It was the first varsity TD for the young receiver, and a reward, as Sean Toomey-Stout had provided the Wolves with the earlier safety.

He blew up an option play and rode down the pitch man in the end zone.

Coupeville held Chimacum scoreless through the first half, with Cameron Toomey-Stout pilfering a pass — his third pick of the season — and the Wolf line partially blocking a Cowboy punt.

The hosts finally cracked the code midway through the third quarter, when they put together a seven-yard scoring pass.

The conversion failed, however, and the Wolves put the game on ice with a pair of plays from Smith.

After having opposing teams fail to throw his way most of the season, the junior finally got a rare crack at an interception, and immediately made off with it.

His third pick of the season, it gives Smith 11 all-time (he had one as a freshman and seven as a sophomore), leaving him just one shy of Josh Bayne’s CHS career record.

Shortly thereafter Smith continued his quest to attack all of Bayne’s records, hauling in his 10th touchdown reception of the season.

The snag ties Bayne’s single-season mark, and was Downes 16th TD pass this season.

He’s spread his scoring strikes out between Smith (10), Cameron Toomey-Stout (4), Jacob Martin (1) and Sean Toomey-Stout (1).

Downes sits two shy of Joel Walstad’s single-season record of 18 touchdown passes, set in 2014, when his primary target was … yep, Bayne.

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Worth the price of admission!!

Posted in Football, Middle School, tagged , , , , on October 26, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Jake Mitten, seen here in an earlier game, scored four touchdowns Wednesday in an overtime thriller. (John Fisken photo)

   Jake Mitten, seen here in an earlier game, scored four touchdowns Wednesday in an overtime thriller. (John Fisken photo)

It was a thriller that kept you guessing until the final play.

A rainy day turned halfway nice, if predictably windy, Wednesday afternoon, allowing Coupeville and Chimacum ample opportunity to wage a knock-down, drag-out middle school battle on the gridiron.

By the time it was done, with the visiting Cowboys pulling out a 35-34 thriller in overtime, there had been something for everyone.

Big pass plays, last second escapes, even a Wolf coach wiping out on the muddy sideline and crashing into the team bench.

The game ended when Chimacum’s line shoved Coupeville’s defense back into the end zone on an extra point conversion run, giving the Cowboys the slimmest of margins.

With the game knotted at 28-28, after Chimacum had pulled off a fourth-down miracle with under a minute to play in the fourth quarter to force the extra period, the two squads took turns trying to punch the ball in from the 10-yard line.

The Wolves had the ball first in OT and hammered the ball in on fourth and goal, with Jake Mitten plunging around the right side for his fourth score of the afternoon.

But, on the ensuing extra point attempt, the Wolves couldn’t get the snap down for kicker Sage Downes and Chimacum players swarmed through the line to smush holder Dakota Eck.

With the ball in their own hands, the Cowboys took one play to score a touchdown — on a run up the middle — and one play to end things, ramming home the game’s final point behind a cloud of dust.

The frantic overtime action capped a game with five lead changes, and a miracle at the end of regulation.

Coupeville had gone ahead 28-20 with three-and-a-half minutes to play thanks to a three-yard scoring run from Mitten and a successful PAT kick from Downes.

Middle school football rewards teams with two for a kick and one for a run or pass on extra point plays — the opposite of high school action — and with Chimacum down by eight and going into the wind, things looked good for the Wolves.

The Cowboys had two miracles (a big one and a very important small one) still in their pocket, however.

First, they slipped a tiny, but quick receiver behind the defense on fourth-and-everything from the 30-yard line, and his TD reception with 47 seconds to play pulled Chimacum to 28-26.

Then, despite kicking into the wind, a burly Cowboy drove the ball through the uprights — by the slimmest of margins — to knot things up.

Somehow, despite there being less than a minute to play in regulation, both teams got the ball back before the buzzer sounded.

Coupeville went four and out and gave Chimacum the ball with 15 seconds to play, then dodged a bullet when Cade Golden tipped away a potential game-winning pass.

With regulation run down, and a ferry awaiting the Cowboys, there was serious discussion at midfield on whether to call the game a tie.

To the delight of players on both sides, and the surprise of onlookers who have grown accustomed to middle school games not being allowed overtime action, the refs shut off the clock and let the teams decide the game on the field.

While Coupeville would have liked to have held on for the win, the Wolf coaches were thrilled to see two similarly-sized schools get a chance to go at it, with neither side backing down.

“They played with their hearts and for each other; loving it!!!,” said CMS head coach Bob Martin. “It was a good day!”

The Wolves stung Chimacum several times, starting with their opening drive.

After watching the Cowboys eat up nearly seven minutes of clock while marching to a touchdown after taking the kick-off, Coupeville responded with its own score in less than 75 seconds.

Eck broke free for a 31-yard sprint to daylight, then Golden hooked up with Mitten on a 25-yard pass play to put CMS on the doorstep.

From there, it was all Ben Smith, as he took a hand-off and scampered around the left side for a two-yard touchdown run.

Mitten dropped a perfect conversion pass into Golden’s waiting arms for the extra point and the Wolves were up 7-6 and off to the races.

Coupeville’s next two touchdowns came through the air, with Golden flinging the ball into the overcast sky and Mitten hauling it in, then churning away for extra yardage.

The first went 32 yards, the second 75 yards.

In between Golden picked off a Cowboy pass — the only turnover in a very cleanly played game.

Thanks to weather issues that erased a game from earlier in the season, the two teams will reunite in a week, this time at Chimacum.

The Nov. 2 clash will bring the middle school football campaign to an end.

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Roll on, Wolves, roll on!!

Posted in Volleyball, tagged , , , , on October 5, 2016| Leave a Comment »

(John Fisken photos)

That moment when you’re undefeated in league. (John Fisken photos)

Maddy Hilkey

   Maddy Hilkey (left) and the Wolf JV are 6-2 after thrashing Chimacum Tuesday night.

Speed bump? What speed bump?

Adjusting nicely after a brief second-set stumble Tuesday night, the Coupeville High School volleyball squad rallied to down host Chimacum in four sets, staying perfect in league play.

The 25-7, 23-25, 25-19, 25-16 victory lifts the Wolves to 4-0 in 1A Olympic League play, 6-2 overall.

It puts them a game-and-a-half up on Klahowya (2-1) in the standings, while Chimacum (1-3) and Port Townsend (0-3) round out things.

Thanks to a quirk in the schedule, Coupeville will stay flawless in league play for at least two more weeks.

The Wolves play only twice in the next 13 days, facing non-conference foes Port Angeles (Thursday at home, 5:15 varsity only) and Sequim (Oct. 11), before returning to league play Oct. 18.

CHS closes the regular season with five straight league bouts — two apiece against Klahowya and Port Townsend and one against Chimacum — as it seeks its first volleyball league title in 15 seasons.

The last time the Wolf spikers reigned atop the final standings was in 2001.

Back then they resided in the Northwest League and this year’s seniors (Ally Roberts, Tiffany Briscoe and Valen Trujillo) were three years old.

Tuesday night any dreams of championship glory were set firmly on the back burner, as the Wolves focused intently on the matter at hand. For most of the time.

“We came in strong with our serves and got to an early lead,” said CHS coach Cory Whitmore. “We let up on that, they made some adjustments and got momentum.

“Our focus wasn’t all there but we gained it back to finish the game.”

Katrina McGranahan was, as usual, cool as a cucumber in all aspects of the game, and piled up some sweet stats as she kept the young Wolf squad centered.

The junior middle blocker pounded home a team-high nine kills, was remarkably consistent on her hitting and fired off five service aces.

“Katrina had a great game serving but especially attacking,” Whitmore said.

Hope Lodell (five kills, nine digs, five aces), Payton Aparicio (five kills, eight aces) and Ashley Menges (nine assists, five aces) all filled up the stat sheet, while Lauren Rose chipped in with 19 assists and Roberts went low for eight digs.

JV aces another foe:

Kristin Bridges‘ young guns continue to match the varsity, also rolling to their fourth straight victory.

Shredding Chimacum 25-8, 25-8, the Wolf JV also improved to 4-0 in league, 6-2 overall.

The key, as always, was Coupeville’s ability to fire darts from the service line, where the Wolf spikers cranked out 29 aces.

“Our serving really helped us control the game from the start,” Bridges said.

Scout Smith led the way, ripping off 16 winners on her serve, while also finding time to slide forward and hand out five assists.

Hannah Davidson (9), Maddy Hilkey (2) and Zoe Trujillo (2) all nabbed aces as well, with Trujillo’s three kills topping the team.

Nicole Lester and Davidson both recorded a pair of kills, Jillian Mayne added another and Raven Vick rounded out the stat sheet with an assist and a dig.

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