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JV boys chomp Spartans

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged , , , , on December 17, 2022| Leave a Comment »

Camden Glover slaps in a bucket. (Morgan White photo)

Let the Wolves run wild.

Coupeville High School JV boys’ basketball coach Hunter Smith did just that Saturday, unleashing his pack and letting them savage host Forks.

Blowing the game open with a big second-quarter run, and getting points from all nine guys in uniform, the Wolves turned an early deficit into a runaway 60-40 win.

The non-conference victory sends Coupeville’s young guns into the holidays with a 2-3 record.

The boys JV doesn’t return to action until a home game Jan. 6 against Orcas Island, in what will be the league opener.

Saturday’s bout in the town which gave the world both Ron Bagby and Twilight was a tense affair early, with Forks clinging to a 17-13 lead at the first break.

Camden Glover paced Coupeville in that opening frame, pouring in six points with strong work in the paint, but the Spartans held a slight edge.

Which promptly vanished in a hail of Wolf buckets, as CHS went on a game-busting 24-6 tear across the second eight-minute segment of the game.

The Porter twins led the attack, combining for 14 of their 20 points in the second quarter, with Johnny edging Jack 8-6 during the tear.

Up 37-23 at the half, Coupeville continued to pull away after the halftime break.

Wolf fab frosh Malachi Somes popped a third quarter three-ball and liked it so much, he came back to nail a second trey as CHS pushed its lead out to 19 points.

Coupeville got something from everyone, with the Porter boys leading the scoring attack with 10 points apiece.

Hunter Bronec (9), Aiden O’Neill (8), Glover (8), Somes (6), Chase Anderson (5), Yohannon Sandles (2), and Carson Field (2) also scored, with Sandles sinking a pair of free throws for his first high school points.

Chase Anderson heads to the hoop. (Morgan White photo)

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Slow start stings JV girls

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged , , , , on December 17, 2022| Leave a Comment »

Teagan Calkins fires off a shot. (Jackie Saia photo)

Liza Zustiak is part of the sisterhood.

The Coupeville High School freshman tallied her first bucket as a high school hoops star Saturday, providing the biggest bright spot during a long, somewhat rough afternoon for the JV girls basketball squad.

Stung by a slow start, the Wolves fell 38-16 at Forks, dropping their record to 2-3 in non-conference play.

Coupeville’s young guns get some time to work on things, not playing again until the new year.

Next up for the JV girls is a home game Jan. 4 against Granite Falls.

Until then, Wolf coach Kassie O’Neil and her squad will try and rediscover their groove.

“We did not play our game (today),” O’Neil said. “Got a lot of work to do.

“But hopefully we can use these failures to propel us forward and learn from,” she added. “That’s really all we can do right now.”

Forks took control of the game early, jumping on Coupeville to the tune of 17-4 in the first quarter.

Things got better after that, with the Wolves battling their hosts to a 6-6 tie in the second frame and putting up a close fight in the fourth quarter.

But CHS also went scoreless in the third, and that eight-minute drought didn’t help matters.

Madison McMillan and Kierra Thayer paced the Wolves with six points apiece, with Zustiak and Kayla Arnold each adding a bucket.

Brynn Parker, Teagan Calkins, Bryley Gilbert, Skylar Parker, Reese Wilkinson, Jada Heaton, and Desi Ramirez-Vasquez also saw floor time for Coupeville.

Madison McMillan leads the JV girls in scoring this season. (Jackie Saia photo)

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Wolves shine on field, in classroom

Posted in awards, tagged , , , , on December 16, 2022| Leave a Comment »

Willie Smith loves it when a plan comes together. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Academics. Athletics. Excellence.

Achieving high standards, Coupeville High School is ranked third out of 61 schools in the 2B classification in the first Scholastic Cup standings.

The rankings, which are compiled by the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association, “recognize performance in the classroom as well as on the playing surface.”

Team athletic performances at the state tournament level of competition matters, as does team academic performance, and school-wide sportsmanship.

Coupeville notched 355 points for the fall season, placing them behind just Saint George’s (585) and Okanogan (435).

Cle Elum-Roslyn and Liberty (Spangle) round out the current top five with 240 points.

Coupeville’s points came courtesy a number of teams.

The girls’ cross country squad collected 100 points for being the 2B scholastic state champs, and another 30 points for finishing 8th as a team at the state meet.

Wolf boys’ soccer picked up 80 points for having the second-best GPA among 2B teams, while Coupeville’s female booters brought in 30 for placing 7th in the classroom.

Football’s first trip to the state playoffs since 1990 was worth 20 points, while the gridiron giants earned another 30 points for being the 8th best scholastic squad in the classification.

Rounding out the effort, boys’ cross country notched 40 points for a 5th place GPA showing, while Coupeville’s athletic programs were handed another 25 points for school-wide sportsmanship.

Scholastic Cup standings will be updated after the winter season, with the winning schools announced at the end of spring sports.

 

To see a complete breakdown of the standings, pop over to:

http://www.wiaa.com/cupranking.aspx?SecID=346

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If they’re travelin’, they’re winnin’

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged , , , , on December 16, 2022| Leave a Comment »

CHS coach Megan Richter has her team playing strongly on the road. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

They like life on the bus.

After whacking host Sedro-Woolley 41-29 Thursday, the Coupeville High School varsity girls’ basketball squad remains flawless away from home.

The non-conference win, coming against a 2A school, lifts the 2B Wolves to 3-2 overall, and a pristine 2-0 in road clashes.

So, it’s probably a good thing Coupeville’s next three games involve a trip off-Island.

The Wolves visit bat country Saturday for a showdown with Forks, before heading to Ellensburg after Christmas for a two-day tourney which will also involve Chelan, Kittitas, and Sultan.

Thursday night’s clash took a major turn for the positive in the second quarter.

Trailing 11-7 at the first break, Coupeville completely took all the air out of the opposing fans with an 11-0 surge across the game’s second eight-minute span.

Gwen Gustafson accounted for six of those points, and the fuse was lit.

The Wolves finally surrendered a few points in the third quarter, but just a few, using a 15-6 run to put the game solidly on ice.

While Sedro rallied a bit down the stretch, the Cubs were never able to get their deficit back down under double digits, allowing Coupeville to enjoy its stroll back to the bus.

When she’s not hanging out with the parents, Alita Blouin is a dagger-dropping hoops assassin.

Alita Blouin, droppin’ bombs and takin’ names, led the Wolves with a team-high 11 points, while running mate Maddie Georges added nine.

Both of the Wolf sharpshooters knocked down a three-ball over the Sedro defense.

Gustafson (7), Lyla Stuurmans (6), Ryanne Knoblich (4), Carolyn Lhamon (3), and Katie Marti (1) rounded out the well-balanced attack, with Mia Farris terrorizing the Cubs on defense.

With her nine points, Georges continues to move upwards into ever-rarer air on the CHS girls’ basketball career scoring chart.

The Wolf senior is eight points away from cracking the 300-point club and passed program legends Bessie Walstad (288) and Scout Smith (290) Thursday, while moving from #39 all-time to #37 on a list which began back in 1974.

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Rough night, but it’s just a night

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged , , , , on December 16, 2022| Leave a Comment »

Wolves Cole White (front) and Logan Downes ponder their place in the universe. (Chloe Marzocca photo)

One step at a time.

A new-look Coupeville High School varsity boys’ basketball team has opened the season with four of its first six games coming against schools from higher classifications.

It’s been a learning experience for the Wolves, one which is hopefully preparing them for defending their Northwest 2B/1B League title.

Thursday night, playing at home for the second time in a 24-hour period, Coupeville hit a bit of a rough patch, falling 50-29 to 2A Sedro-Woolley.

It was a game where the Wolves held their own in the second quarter and dominated in the fourth yet took it on the chin in the other two frames.

The non-conference loss drops CHS to 2-4 heading into a road trip Saturday to Forks.

That clash with the Spartans marks the first time this season the Wolves will face off with a fellow 2B school.

The goal for Coupeville will be to take what it learned while getting run over by Sedro and turn it into positives.

And there were some strong moments for the Wolves, just not in the early going.

Alex Murdy dropped a pair of runners to provide Coupeville’s only offense in the first quarter, while Sedro ran circles around its hosts while building a 16-4 lead.

A three-ball to open the second frame pushed the Cubs out in front by 15 points, and that’s where the margin remained for the rest of the first half.

Coupeville clamped down more on defense, and got some tentative bursts of offense, but couldn’t quite get everything to gel at the same time.

That set up a fairly miserable third quarter, with the Wolves absorbing a 16-2 Cub run fueled by a trio of three-balls.

Mixing up his lineup in the final frame, CHS coach Brad Sherman found a unit which clicked, and the Wolves refused to go quietly.

Coupeville closed the night on a 13-3 tear, with Ryan Blouin and Jonathan Valenzuela dropping buckets while they and their teammates increased the defensive intensity.

The Wolves got under the skin of Sedro-Woolley’s coach a bit, and his whining to the refs earned him a rebuke from the guys in the striped shirts.

So, there was that, which was nice.

Overall, Coupeville’s 29 points was its lowest total of the season, by far, as the Wolves rattled the rims for between 54 and 81 in all of its previous games.

Murdy banked in eight to pace the Wolves, with Logan Downes (6), Blouin (5), Valenzuela (4), Nick Guay (2), Dominic Coffman (2), and Chase Anderson (2) also scoring.

Mikey Robinett, Cole White, Jermiah Copeland, Quinten Pilgrim-Simpson, Zane Oldenstadt, and William Davidson rounded out the roster.

Chase Anderson heads to the rim. (Chloe Marzocca photo)

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