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Viking girls deny CHS key road win

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged , , , , on January 24, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Jada Heaton, working hard in the paint. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

“The stars were not aligned for us today.”

A long trip to Orcas Island Friday ended in a bit of frustration for the Coupeville High School varsity girls’ basketball squad and coach Megan Richter.

“We just couldn’t put together a run for long enough and when we did, they always came back and answered,” she said.

“Just wasn’t it for us today.”

By the time the clock ticked to 0:00, Coupeville was looking at a 45-36 loss to a team it beat 41-38 the first time around.

The defeat drops the Wolves to 4-3 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 7-8 overall heading into a home clash Tuesday with league leader Mount Vernon Christian.

With her Wolves sitting in third place in the seven-team conference, Richter is keeping a positive mindset.

“All we can do is smooth out the bumps and move on to our next game with a better and more focused mindset,” she said.

If you take away the first quarter Friday, Coupeville would have won the game by a single point.

But those first eight minutes, when the Wolves fell behind 16-6 to the Vikings, came back to haunt the visitors.

The two teams battled to an 8-8 tie in the second frame, before Orcas narrowly “won” the third quarter 10-9.

The Wolves closed with their own triumph, holding a 13-11 advantage in the fourth as Danica Strong went off for eight of her team-high 11 points.

Strong and Teagan Calkins, who also tallied 11 points, both drilled the bottom out of the net on a trio of three-balls, with CHS holding a 6-5 advantage on shots from the parking lot.

Katie Marti drains one of her 300 career varsity points.

Mia Farris banked in six points in the second half to back the duo, with Madison McMillan (4), Katie Marti (3), and Lyla Stuurmans (1) rounding out the offensive attack.

Jada Heaton and Tenley Stuurmans also saw floor time for the Wolves.

It was a historic night for Marti, as the senior guard reached an even 300 points for her varsity career.

She is the 37th Wolf girl to crack that club for a program which started play in 1974.

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Furious JV rally falls just short

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged , , , , on January 24, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Mahkai Myles powers his way to the hoop. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

They almost made it all the way back.

Unfortunately for the Coupeville High School JV boys’ basketball team, a furious fourth quarter rally Friday night couldn’t quite save the Wolves.

CHS slashed a double-digit deficit down to a single bucket on Orcas Island, but time ran out, allowing the Vikings to escape with a narrow 46-43 victory.

The loss drops the Wolves to 4-2 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 5-5 overall, with three games left on the 2024-2025 schedule.

Coupeville came out cold, falling behind 19-5 after one quarter of play, which left it scrambling all night.

The Wolves trimmed the Vikings lead down a bit, pulling within 27-17 at the half, before trailing 37-26 through three frames.

CHS hit both of its three-balls in the fourth, with Mahkai Myles and Carson Grove draining treys to spur a 17-9 rally.

Unlike the varsity game, where Orcas spent much more time at the free throw line, Coupeville got the benefit of the ref’s whistles in the JV rumble but failed to convert.

While the Vikings were just 4 of 13 at the free throw line, the Wolves were 11-26, letting way too many shots slide off the rim on a night where a handful of points would have changed their fate.

Davin Houston finished with a team-high 13 points to pace CHS, with Grove knocking down nine and Riley Lawless powering through the paint for seven.

Myles (5), Khanor Jump (4), Malachi Somes (2), Easton Green (2), and Sage Arends (1) also scored, with Liam Blas bringing the heat on the defensive side of the floor for the Wolves.

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Wolf boys continue late season surge

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged , , , , on January 24, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Camden Glover rumbles in the paint. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

Now it’s a true winning streak.

Holding off a feisty, free throw-friendly Orcas Island squad Friday, the Coupeville High School varsity boys’ basketball squad claimed its third straight victory.

Led by an explosive game from senior big man Hurlee Bronec, the Wolves escaped with a 52-47 triumph on the road and a season sweep of the always-tough Vikings.

Now 5-2 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 6-10 overall, Brad Sherman’s squad heads into a huge week, with clashes against conference leaders Mount Vernon Christian and La Conner up next on the schedule.

The Wolves, who won despite suffering a huge disparity at the foul line — Orcas hit 21 of 26 free throws to Coupeville’s 5-10 performance — led from start to finish Friday night.

Hurlee Bronec, who has been playing like a beast in the paint in 2025, poured in 11 points in the first quarter to spark CHS to an 18-15 lead.

From there, Coupeville used a 12-2 surge in the second — this time powered by the other Battlin’ Bronec Brother, one Hunter — to push the lead out to 30-17 at the half.

While Orcas cut the deficit down to 43-35 through three quarters, the Vikings were never able to catch the Wolves.

Hurlee Bronec and Chase Anderson combined for all 13 of Coupeville’s points in the third frame, while Malachi Somes netted a huge three-ball in the fourth to keep Orcas at bay.

Malachi Somes hit a huge shot in the win over Orcas.

The Wolves got big contributions from all eight players to hit the hardwood, with Hurlee Bronec leading the way with a game-high 21 points.

That pushes him to 199 points for his CHS varsity career, leaving him one point shy of becoming the 141st Wolf boy to crack the 200-point club for a program which launched in 1917.

Anderson banked in nine, with Hunter Bronec (8), Landon Roberts (4), Camden Glover (4), Somes (3), and Jack Porter (3) also scoring.

Johnny Porter rounded out the rotation, bringing intensity to a fired-up Wolf defense.

While Hurlee Bronec is on the cusp of joining the 200-point club, Anderson, currently in his junior season, continues to work his way up the career scoring chart.

He stepped on to the floor Friday as the #50 scorer in CHS boys’ history and departed it at #46, having passed Cody Peters (518), JJ Marti (520), and Gary Faris (524), while tying Brad Miller (526).

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Lions Club honors Wolf cheerleaders

Posted in awards, tagged , , , , on January 24, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Makenna Jonker-Chambers is honored by the Lions Club. (Photos courtesy Robin Bernardy)

Two cheers for the Coupeville Lions Club Students of the Quarter.

Both Pamela Morrell and Makenna Jonker-Chambers are key members of the CHS spirit squad, while also being top-notch students and community members.

The Lions Club honors two Wolf seniors each academic quarter, before picking its Students of the Year at graduation time.

Morrell and Jonker-Chambers, honored Jan. 13, are being tabbed for their efforts during the second academic quarter of the school year.

CHS staff and teachers vote on the awards, with students honored for “community service, effort, character, social relationships, scholarship, and sportsmanship.”

Along with her work as a cheerleader, Jonker-Chambers is on the Executive Board, a member of the National Honor Society, and a participant in the school’s Captain’s Club.

The daughter of Amy Jonker and Donald Chambers pulls down a 3.8 GPA, with her favorite classes including math, biology, and health careers.

Jonker-Chambers, who volunteers as a tutor and with a vacation bible school, plans to attend a four-year university, followed by medical school, with a focus on radiology.

Pamela Morrell

Pamela Morrell, daughter of Jennifer and Frank Morell, is a busy bee, devoting time to the Leo’s Club while also participating in numerous parades.

She works at Kapaw’s Ice Cream and Apple Orchard Daycare.

Carrying a GPA of 3.88, she enjoys her English and sports medicine classes, while balancing cheer, theater, the Captain’s Club, the Sports Medicine Club, and Skills USA.

A member of the National Honor Society, Morrell plans to attend Whatcom Community College, with plans to later transfer to Western Washington University.

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Wolves dazzle with metal and sugar

Posted in Not sports? Tough!, tagged , , , , on January 23, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Cheer captain and artful welder, Kassidy Upchurch is a young woman of many talents. (Lincoln Kelley photos)

Their skills are many.

A batch of Coupeville High School students spent last weekend competing in area competitions with a focus on their work with both metal and sweet sugar.

Shepherded by CHS teacher Lincoln Kelley, the first group of Wolves visited Everett Community College Friday, Jan. 17, where they vied in the SkillsUSA Welding Sculpture, Welding Fabrication, and Technical Welding competitions.

Delanie Lewis, who displayed her project “The Nutty Giraffe,” placed twelfth in Welding Sculpture.

She had a busy day, taking part in an interview, showing her art piece, and taking a written knowledge test.

Meanwhile, Kassidy Upchurch claimed ninth in Technical Welding, where she demonstrated Oxy-Fuel Cutting, Shielded Metal Arc Welding, and the ability to construct a project from blueprints.

Jesus Madrigal and Danica Strong make the sparks fly.

Finally, the trio of Danica Strong, Jesus Madrigal, and Landon Roberts collected fifth place in Welding Fabrication.

The trio followed blueprints, measuring, cutting to length and various dimensions, fitting, and then welding together the pieces.

The result was a jet stove constructed from stock materials that had been provided.

Marz Halstead is on point in the kitchen.

After a few hours of downtime, Kelley was back on the road Saturday, taking Marz Halstead and Tenley Stuurmans to Arlington for a pastry and baking arts contest.

The duo baked a braided bread roll, two types of yeast rolls, a cherry pie, chocolate chip cookies, and biscuits, while also decorating a cake.

Get in my stomach.

Stuurmans placed ninth, with Halstead claiming eleventh place in a very close contest where the difference between first and ninth was less than seventy points.

While it was a long weekend, Kelley came away pleased with the skills shown by his young proteges.

“Great work by every one of our contestants,” he said. “They represented Coupeville very well.”

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