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History beckons, who answers?

Posted in Basketball, tagged , , , , on January 8, 2026| Leave a Comment »

The number worn by Taylor Marrs (and Haylee Armstrong and Larry Bird) is the goal. (Teagan Calkins photo)

The hunt goes on, season after season, game after game.

Five of the six scoring records for Coupeville High School varsity basketball players have been in place for 20+ years, with three of them set BEFORE the three-point shot was added to the prep game.

During my time writing about Wolf athletics (1990-2026), I have seen exactly one new milestone set, when Logan Downes claimed the boys’ career scoring mark, passing the duo of Jeff Stone and Mike Bagby during his senior season in 2024.

That he did so even after having the start of his high school run affected by a pandemic which erased games is remarkable, and a testament to Logan’s burning passion to overcome every obstacle.

As we plow through the 2025-2026 hoops season, questions linger.

Who is the next great scoring star for Wolf Nation? Or, for that matter, will any of these marks ever fall?

Only time will tell, though I like to dream there’s a little Coupeville kid out there right now, in the rain, shooting buckets until the net shrinks in the moisture and darkness finally drives them inside.

Dream big, shoot better.

 

Coupeville High School’s current basketball scoring records:

 

GIRLS:

Game — Judy Marti (32) — 1983

Season — Brianne King (446) — 2000-2001

Career — Brianne King (1,549) — 1999-2003

 

Most recent run at history:

Makana Stone scored 427 points during her senior season in 2015-2016.

 

BOYS:

Game — Jeff Stone (48) — 1970

Season — Jeff Stone (644) — 1969-1970

Career — Logan Downes (1,305) — 2021-2024

 

Most recent run at history:

Logan Downes torched the nets for 554 points as a junior in 2022-2023. The next season, he dropped in 527.

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CHS cheer rocks the gym

Posted in Cheer, tagged , , , , on January 7, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Elle Peterson gets the crowd fired up. (Jackie Saia photos)

Night in, night out, they bring big energy.

Whether providing a spirit boost during wins or losses, the Coupeville High School cheer squad can always be counted on to do its job and do it with deep commitment.

The pics seen above and below capture just some of the moments when the Wolves were busy blowing the roof off the gym this winter.

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Strong scorches nets on birthday

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged , , , , on January 6, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Danica Strong scored a team-high 13 points Tuesday on her 18th birthday. (Photo courtesy Danette Beckley)

She was born for this.

While celebrating her 18th birthday Tuesday, Coupeville High School senior Danica Strong proved to be the deadliest shooter in a Wolf uniform, raining down a trio of three-balls en route to a team-high 13 points.

The game itself didn’t end the way her fans wanted, as an absolutely brutal 10-minute-plus stretch threw things off after a super-strong start, eventually sending CHS to a 63-48 loss to visiting Friday Harbor.

But, for those who wanted to witness Dakota’s big sis make the nets bounce, they got their money’s worth.

Tuesday’s tilt, the first home game of 2026, was a Jekyll ‘n Hyde affair which drops Coupeville to 0-3 in Northwest 2B/1B League action, 2-8 overall.

When the Wolves were on the rampage, they impressed on both ends of the floor. But when the rim turned unforgiving, it made for a mountain of frustration.

The first quarter was a thing of beauty, to be sure, with Scout Smith’s squad flying from end to end, ripping down rebounds, terrorizing shooters, and knocking down buckets at a dizzying rate.

Haylee Armstrong opened things with a three-ball from the right side — part of a nine-point run by the Wolf junior in the opening frame — and CHS bolted out to a 23-14 lead by the first break.

Everything was dropping for Coupeville early on, whether it was from behind the arc, at the free throw line, or in the paint.

Strong slapped home a layup off of a strong entry pass from Teagan Calkins, while Adeline Maynes, Tenley Stuurmans, and Arianna Cunningham all drilled jumpers on the move, each basket generating a roar from the crowd.

Things slowed down a bit in the second quarter, with Friday Harbor pulling back within 28-27, but the Wolves had an answer, hitting three straight buckets to end the half on a positive note.

Freshman Kennedy O’Neill converted a basket off of another laser pass from Calkins, while Armstrong and Stuurmans provided back-to-back jumpers, and things were looking good.

Until they weren’t.

Coupeville’s shooting touch, which had been so flawless, suddenly went AWOL and stayed that way for quite some time.

Up 34-27 with seconds to go in the second quarter, the Wolves went without a field goal across the entire third frame and several minutes into the fourth, allowing Friday Harbor to crack open the game with a 27-1 tear.

What had been a romp unexpectedly turned into a 54-35 deficit, with the pain not broken until Strong rippled the nets on a three-ball to finally stop the bloodbath.

Coupeville played the final six minutes in much the same way it had handled business in the opening quarter, closing on a 13-9 mini-run, but it was too late to fully recover.

Strong finished with 13 points, while Armstrong (12), Stuurmans (9), Cunningham (5), O’Neill (4), Calkins (3), and Maynes (2) also scored, with Sydney Van Dyke chipping in on the defensive end of the floor.

While it wasn’t their birthdays, two Wolves hit personal career scoring milestones in the game.

Armstrong is the 66th CHS girl since 1974 to crack the 200-point club (she sits at #63 all-time with 205), while Stuurmans, a sophomore, joins the 150-point club with 152 and counting.

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Shooting woes haunt CHS boys

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged , , , , on January 6, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Aiden O’Neill left it all on the floor Tuesday in a rivalry rumble. (Jackie Saia photo)

Who shrank the rim?

Suffering through its worst collective shooting night of the season Tuesday, the Coupeville High School varsity boys’ basketball team ultimately had no answers for a feisty Friday Harbor crew.

With shot after shot rimming out and skipping away, the Wolves were unable to push their winning streak to three games, instead falling 46-34.

The loss, coming in the first home game of 2026, knocks CHS to 0-3 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 3-6 overall, with a trip Friday to La Conner offering a chance for a bounce-back.

Friday Harbor entered the night with an 0-10 record, though two of those defeats were by just a single bucket.

Regardless of their record, the Wolverines always come hard with a physical, hustling style of play, and Tuesday was no different.

The visitors bolted out to a quick 7-0 lead, as Coupeville couldn’t get a shot to go down for the first four-and-a-half minutes.

The Wolves finally broke through on a three-ball off of the fingertips of Chase Anderson but still trailed 11-5 at the first break and looked out of sync.

Things seemed to get better — a LOT better — in the second quarter, as senior gunner Aiden O’Neill ripped off three consecutive treys, before Anderson pushed CHS into the lead for the first time at 17-15 thanks to yet another three-ball.

Coupeville netted five shots from beyond the arc in the first half but didn’t get its first old-fashioned field goal until Anderson powered his way through the paint for a three-point play the hard way with just nine seconds left in the half.

Friday Harbor responded immediately, however, banking in a runner right before the halftime buzzer to carry a 21-20 lead into the break.

Whatever positive mojo the Wolves had going in the waning moments of the first half evaporated fairly quickly in the third quarter, with another string of shots clanking off the rim or popping back out after starting to go down.

The visitors surged to a 30-22 lead, Coupeville clawed back to within 33-28 at the end of the third after key buckets from Carson Grove and Davin Houston, then Friday Harbor pulled away for good early in the final frame.

A Wolverine three-ball that banked in off the glass a millisecond before a 24-second shot clock violation was a particularly nasty killer, blunting any lingering hopes of a comeback for the hometown hardwood heroes.

Coupeville’s scoring was limited to just four players — its smallest total of the season — with Anderson leading the way with 18 while O’Neill knocked down 11.

Houston (3) and Grove (2) wrapped things up, with Liam Blas, Riley Lawless, Camden Glover, and Malachi Somes rounding out the rotation.

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Liam Lawson has got that killer gene

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged , , , , on January 6, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Liam Lawson, draining game winners and taking names. (Julie Wheat photo)

It’s in his DNA.

Coupeville High School freshman Liam Lawson comes from a family full of cold-blooded hardwood assassins, and he’s more than ready to keep the tradition alive.

Drilling a pair of fourth-quarter three-balls Tuesday, including the game winner with just a few ticks left on the clock, Lawson sparked the Wolf JV boys’ basketball team to a 37-34 win over visiting Friday Harbor to create the first great prairie athletic memory of 2026.

The win, Coupeville’s only one in four contests against the Wolverines on this day, lifts the CHS young guns to 2-1 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 3-5 overall.

It also writes another successful chapter in a tale which has warmed the hearts of Central Whidbey hoops fans for years.

Back in the day, it was Liam’s mom, “Killer Kassie” (Lawson) O’Neil who dined, more than once, on the sweet, sweet tears of the private school prima donnas, shafting King’s with multiple buzzer-beaters.

Equally dangerous were aunts Katie Smith and Kayla Lawson, and great-grandpa Dale Sherman wasn’t too shabby himself.

Jump forward to 2026, and the game was knotted at 34-34 with the ball in the hands of the Wolves and the clock ticking down.

Enter Liam, who hit nothing but the bottom of the net, setting off a (somewhat) premature celebration, as CHS coaches implored their players to stop hugging and get back on defense as the buzzer hadn’t yet sounded.

Friday Harbor didn’t have an answer, however, and the win was assured, capping a game in which CHS led at every major juncture.

Lawson and Jayden McManus combined to net 10 points in the first quarter as Coupeville built a 13-10 lead, and the Wolves stretched their advantage to 25-15 by the half.

The final 16 minutes were a bit more of an adventure, as Friday Harbor sliced the deficit back to 31-25 through three quarters, before forcing the late tie.

McManus finished with a team-high 14 points, while Lawson rattled the rims for 12.

Khanor Jump (6), Josh Stockdale (4), and Brian Thompson (1) also scored, with Trent Thule, Ayden Warren, and Chris Zenz rounding out the rotation.

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