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(Truly) young guns hang tough in opener

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged , , , , , on May 20, 2021| Leave a Comment »

Coupeville 8th grader Madison McMillan, playing on the high school JV team, led her squad in scoring in their season opener. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Say hello to the next generation, early.

Unlike a lot of other Northwest 2B/1B League schools, Coupeville High School is fielding two girls basketball squads this season.

With program numbers down, the Wolves salvaged their JV team by allowing 8th graders to play high school ball, and more than half the girls in uniform Thursday were middle school students by day, high school hoops hotshots by night.

And the (truly) young guns held up well, accounting for two-thirds of their team’s points in a closer-than-it-sounds 35-24 loss to visiting Orcas Island.

Coupeville was within a point through the first two quarters, and trailed by just three heading into the fourth, but that final frame stung, with the older Vikings closing on a 12-4 tear.

Coaching her team in a game for the first time in 15 months, Wolf JV hoops guru Megan Smith was realistic with her expectations, and pleased with much of what she saw.

“We had some really good moments of greatness and some of not so much,” she said. “We are super young with not a lot of players that have experience, and that’s okay, we just have some more work to do is all.

“It was good to see them out on the court and actually playing the game!”

With true high schooler Jessenia Camarena leading the way in the early going, the Wolves trailed just 8-7 after one quarter and 16-15 at the halftime break.

Masks in place and no fans in the gym, per Orcas School District request, Coupeville hung tough, exiting the third quarter down just 23-20.

Madison McMillan paced the Wolves with a team-high eight points in her high school hoops debut, while Camarena banged home seven, Lyla Stuurmans knocked down six, Katie Marti flipped in a bucket, and Morgan Stevens swished a free throw.

McMillan, Stuurmans, and Marti, along with fellow Wolf hoopsters Pamela Morrell, Bryley Gilbert, and Kassidy Upchurch, are all 8th graders.

Also seeing floor time for Smith’s squad were Reese Wilkinson, Skylar Parker, and Desi Ramirez.

With Orcas Island and Friday Harbor the only other NWL teams fielding a girls JV squad this season, Coupeville’s second team will play just four games, while other Wolf teams get 10-12 contests.

One of those comes up quick, however, as CHS travels to Friday Harbor this Saturday.

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Close loss, no quit

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged , , , , on May 20, 2021| Leave a Comment »

Dominic Coffman rattled the rims for 13 points Thursday afternoon. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Dominic Coffman is putting in the work.

The Coupeville High School sophomore dropped in 13 points, including six in the fourth quarter Thursday as the Wolf JV boys dropped a thriller 46-43 to visiting Orcas.

Then, long after the Vikings had headed back to the ferry, Coffman paced the hardwood in the big gym, firing up shots and working on his game with coach Hunter Smith.

It’s the sign of a player who hungers for wins, and bigger success, and is willing to put in extra work to get there.

Coffman and his teammates, who sit at 0-2 after the home loss, have come close in both their games this season.

In game one, a cold shooting performance in the fourth doomed the Wolves against Mount Vernon Christian.

This time out, Coupeville found its shooting touch, with Coffman and William Davidson both knocking down key buckets down the stretch, but Orcas found just a little extra.

Finishing the game with an 11-8 run across the final frame, the Vikings broke open a tie game while denying the Wolves a win in a game which was played with no fans.

The Orcas School District has requested that for all games involving its teams this school year, but if Coupeville’s players missed the roar of the crowd, they hid it well.

The Wolves jumped out to an 11-8 lead after one quarter of play, with Jonathan Valenzuela making the nets bounce for six points in the first eight minutes.

The second quarter wasn’t as kind to CHS, as Orcas used a 17-8 surge to turn its deficit into a six-point advantage at the half.

At which point the Wolves reached down deep and put together a 16-10 third quarter in which five different players slapped home points.

Valenzuela, who paced Coupeville with a game-high 14, tossed in five in the frame, with Cole White adding four.

That set up a tense finale, and, while the Wolves didn’t prevail, the building blocks for success continue to be laid.

Valenzuela (14) and Coffman (13) combined to pump in 27 of Coupeville’s 43 points, while Davidson banked home six, and White tickled the twines for four.

Mikey Robinett, Nick Guay, and Ryan Blouin rounded out the scoring attack, with each Wolf gunner banking in a bucket.

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Parents go renegade, plan own prom

Posted in Not sports? Tough!, tagged , , , , on May 20, 2021| Leave a Comment »

“Let’s dance!” (Photo property Paramount Pictures)

They’re going Footloose in Cow Town.

No word yet if Kevin Bacon will make an appearance, but Coupeville High School parents are planning their own, non-school Prom for two weeks after graduation.

It goes down Saturday, June 26th at 8 PM at Mile Post 19 Farm (18997 SR 20).

There will be a DJ, food, and bonfire, with a King, Queen, and court announced.

CHS has not held any dances during the 2020-2021 school year because of the ongoing pandemic.

The press release from senior moms:

Prom has not been cancelled for our JR’s and Seniors!

An event will be hosted on June 26th (Non school related.)

Our kids deserve this. But the community will need to volunteer and get involved.

Destination is in place and DJ already reserved. We will need to come together to make this great for our children.

Please message Stephanie Grimm Streitler (360-622-6059) if you want to join us in making this happen.

Also please no negative comments as our hearts are in it for the right reason. ❤️

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Take a photo, it’ll last longer

Posted in Basketball, tagged , , , , on May 19, 2021| Leave a Comment »

Hunter Smith leads off a look at CHS basketball coaches. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

A roster will help tell you who the players are, but the coaches don’t wear jerseys with numbers on them.

So, here you go, crisp photographic evidence of the men and women currently calling the shots for Coupeville High School basketball.

Which makes it easier next time you show up, autograph book in hand.

It’s a public service is what I’m saying.

Greg White

Megan Smith

Brad Sherman

Randy Bottorff

Scott Fox

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Hawk soars, Wolves growl

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged , , , , on May 19, 2021| Leave a Comment »

Hawthorne Wolfe rippled the nets for 38 points Tuesday, most by a Coupeville player since the 2003-2004 season. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

They waited. And they worked. Then they worked some more.

When the moment finally arrived Tuesday, when the Coupeville High School varsity boys basketball squad reclaimed the court for the first time in 465 days, the Wolves were ready.

Given a chance to play again, Hawthorne Wolfe, Xavier Murdy, and Co. made the night memorable, raining down pain on host Mount Vernon Christian in an action-packed 72-63 win.

The victory opens a new season and a new story for Coupeville, which is returning to the Northwest 2B/1B League after a long absence.

And that first welcome back featured Wolfe, the sharp-shooting guard who lives and breathes, and probably dreams, hoops, going bonkers.

Scoring all 20 of Coupeville’s second quarter points, the junior torched the joint for 38 points, the most by a Wolf since Allen Black banked in 39 against Concrete during the 2003-2004 season.

It was just 10 points off the 48 points scored by Jeff Stone against Darrington in 1970’s district title game, a school record which has stood untouched for 51 years.

The third 30-point game of his prep career, Tuesday’s performance lifts Wolfe from #55 to #50 on the CHS boys career scoring chart, which dates back to 1917.

With 448 points and counting, he passes Mason Grove (414), Caleb Powell (421), Tony Ford (432), Del O’Shell (440), and Gary Hammons (443).

Next up are Frank Marti (462) and Sean Dillon (469), with Stone and Mike Bagby tied at #1 with 1,137 points apiece.

Wolfe got off to a decent start Tuesday, rattling home nine points in the first quarter, with Xavier Murdy adding five, and Alex Murdy and Daniel Olson each dropping in a bucket during an 18-14 run.

But the second quarter belonged to Hawk, who scored from all angles, outpacing MVC 20-13 by himself to stake Coupeville to a 38-27 halftime lead.

Wolfe drained three treys, three two-point buckets, and five free throws during his second-quarter assault on the rim, then turned the spotlight over to fellow junior Grady Rickner.

After a brief cameo in a playoff game at the end of his sophomore season, this was Rickner’s varsity coming-out party and he responded, scorching the Hurricane defense for 10 points in the third quarter.

MVC managed to cut the margin down to single-digits thanks to a 14-10 advantage in the frame, however, and the fourth quarter was a back-and-forth battle.

Coupeville never blinked, with Wolfe tacking on another nine points down the stretch, with Olson, Logan Martin, Xavier Murdy, and Grady Rickner all scoring in the fourth.

“It was a good game. MVC was tough, and physical. Proud of our guys resilience tonight,” said Coupeville coach Brad Sherman. “Every time MVC started to make a run, somebody stepped up and made a big play.

“Was really great to see our guys come together as a team, keep composed when it was needed late, and pull out the league win,” he added. “After the long break, certainly a nice way to start.”

Wolfe’s 38 points were backed by Grady Rickner (12), Xavier Murdy (8), Olson (8), Martin (4), and Alex Murdy (2), while Sage Downes, TJ Rickner, and freshman Logan Downes all saw floor time.

With his first four varsity points, Logan Martin becomes the 394th Coupeville boy to score in a varsity game, and the second in his family.

Older brother Dalton tallied 47 points in the 2014-2015 season.

Coupeville returns to action Thursday with a home match-up against Orcas Island, which is 2-0 after beating Concrete and Friday Harbor.

There will be no fans at that game, per the request of the Orcas School District.

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