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Furious rally falls just short

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged , , , , , on January 31, 2020| Leave a Comment »

Logan Martin scored 14 points during a fourth-quarter rally Friday. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

One more minute and they likely win.

Storming back in a hail of shots Friday, the Coupeville High School boys JV basketball team almost erased a 20-point fourth-quarter deficit.

Almost, but not quite.

With Logan Martin banging home 14 of his team-high 20 points in the final frame, the Wolves outscored visiting Granite Falls 22-6, before time ran out in a 51-47 loss.

The defeat evens Coupeville’s mark at 4-4 in North Sound Conference games, while dropping the young guns to 9-7 overall heading into their season finale.

That arrives Tuesday, when the Wolves travel to Sultan.

Friday’s game was full of wild swings, as Coupeville fell behind 21-6 after the first eight minutes.

Things didn’t get much better for Chris Smith’s squad after that, as the deficit stretched out to 38-18 at the half.

A defensive-minded third quarter, in which the two squads scrapped to a hard-earned 7-7 tie, kept things tough on the Wolves, but then their shooting touch returned.

Martin, who has been scorching the nets across the past two weeks, couldn’t be contained, while Grady Rickner (5) and Daniel Olson (3) combined to provide some aid.

While Granite managed to run the clock out on the Wolves, the hometown gunners did get scoring from eight of the 10 players who hit the floor.

Martin’s 20 led the way, while Olson and Grady Rickner each finished with eight.

Alex Jimenez (3), Miles Davidson (2), Sage Downes (2), Cody Roberts (2), and TJ Rickner (2) also scored, with Chris Cernick and Andrew Aparicio providing support on the defensive side of the floor.

Tuesday’s trip to Sultan will give the Wolves a shot at a 10th win, while also allowing a JV scoring champ to be crowned.

It’s a taut battle, as Olson (142), Downes (140), Martin (133), and Grady Rickner (133) are all pouring in points on a consistent basis.

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“I couldn’t be more proud of them!”

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged , , , , on January 31, 2020| Leave a Comment »

Morgan Stevens and the Coupeville JV are 10-4 on the season. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Take them down early and never let them back in the game.

That was the mindset Friday for the Coupeville High School girls JV basketball squad, as they roared out to a big lead and rolled to a 41-27 win over visiting Granite Falls.

With the victory, the Wolves improve to 6-2 in North Sound Conference action, 10-4 overall, with two games left on the schedule next week.

The JV squad hosts South Whidbey this coming Tuesday and La Conner Thursday.

In that second game, the young guns will have the solo spotlight, as the Wolf varsity has that night off as it preps for the playoffs.

Friday night, CHS jumped out to a 10-6 lead after one quarter of play, with swing players Anya Leavell and Audrianna Shaw each slapping home four points.

After that, the Wolves put the big hurt on the Tigers, riding an eight-point second-quarter explosion from Ella Colwell to shove the lead out to 25-11 by the half.

While the second half was an even fight — literally, as the teams played to 8-8 ties in both the third and fourth quarters — Coupeville coach Megan Smith was able to get floor time for 15 girls, including one making her debut.

Maylin Steele, a first-year player, has been practicing with the team and learning the game, but hadn’t suited up until Friday night.

On the floor for the first time, the Wolves got her the ball and she responded, dropping in a bucket to etch her name into the scorebook.

“It was truly an awesome moment for Maylin and the team!,” Smith said. “I couldn’t be more proud of them all.

“We played one of our best games yet! The girls came out swinging and never let down.”

Colwell finished with a game-high 12 points to lead the Wolf attack, while Leavell and Shaw backed her up, each finishing with six.

Alita Blouin (5), Gwen Gustafson (4), Abby Mulholland (4), Ryanne Knoblich (2) and Steele (2) also scored, with Natalie Castano, Claire Mayne, Jessenia Camarena, Heidi Meyers, Morgan Stevens, Kylie Van Velkinburgh, and Mollie Bailey seeing floor time.

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Always scrappy, always battlin’

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged , , , , on January 31, 2020| Leave a Comment »

Freshman Ty Hamilton splashed home a team-high nine points Friday as Coupeville’s C-Team battled with visiting Granite Falls. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Fewer bodies, more improvement.

As the season has gone on, the Coupeville High School boys C-Team basketball squad has taken a hit in roster size, but the players who remain continue to show great growth.

Playing with seven players Friday, Patrick Upchurch’s squad hung tough all night before falling 45-29 to visiting Granite Falls.

The young Wolves drop to 1-7 in North Sound Conference play, 2-10 overall, heading into their season finale this coming Tuesday at Sultan.

Win or lose, the C-Team is a scrappy band of ballhawks, and they showed that once again Friday while making their season debut in the big gym.

Down 6-0 at the start, the Wolves clawed their way back into the game, closing the first quarter on a 6-2 tear.

The surge kicked off with Coen Killian draining a three-ball from the top of the arc, then continued through Ty Hamilton slashing hard to the hoop for a bucket, before Killian came back around to net a free throw.

The second quarter was the one frame where Coupeville’s shooting touch vanished, and it hurt.

With just a pull-up jumper on the move from Dominic Coffman, the Wolves found themselves on the short end of a 9-2 stretch, and never were able to fully recover.

CHS made a stand, however, with both teams pouring it on in the third quarter.

After combining to score 25 points in the first half, Coupeville and Granite united to put 23 more up on the board across the eight-minute frame.

Four different Wolves banked home a bucket in the quarter, with the prettiest coming from freshman Nick Armstrong, who rolled under his defender, then popped up and nailed a jumper which barely rippled the net on its way through.

Coupeville got the lead back down to 10 early in the fourth, courtesy an Alex Wasik layup set up by a bullet pass off of Coffman’s magic fingers, but time eventually ran out on the young Wolves.

Hamilton finished with a team-high nine points, with Coffman (6), Brayden Coatney (4), Wasik (4), Killian (4), and Armstrong (2) also scoring.

Josh Upchurch rounded out the Wolf roster, hitting the boards hard and earning a nod of approval from his coach/father.

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Droppin’ buckets, snappin’ shots

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged , , , , , on January 31, 2020| Leave a Comment »

Gavin Knoblich lines up a shot. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

Mica Shipley strikes a pose.

Nick Armstrong grapples for control of the ball.

Sage Downes flies to the promised land.

Cody Roberts gets his squad running.

Coen Killian fills up the stat sheet.

Middle school players hail their hero, CHS gunner Hawthorne Wolfe.

Mason Grove breaks down the defense.

Every squeak of the shoe accompanied by a click of the camera.

The Coupeville High School boys basketball teams were busy Tuesday night, facing off with arch-rival South Whidbey, and that allowed wanderin’ paparazzi John Fisken a chance to deploy his many cameras.

The pics seen above are courtesy him, but are just the start of what he shot.

To see everything Fisken snapped, and possibly purchase some glossy memories, pop over to:

https://www.johnsphotos.net/Sports/Coupeville-Basketball-2019-2020/BBB-2020-01-28-vs-South-Whidbey/

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Just here for the hoops show

Posted in Basketball, Fashionable Fans, tagged , , , , on January 29, 2020| Leave a Comment »

Trinity McGee (center, in headband) and associates lead off a collection of pics showing Wolf fans in their natural habitat – the gym. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

The fans have claimed the spotlight.

In between snapping pics of basketball action this winter, wanderin’ paparazzi John Fisken has also snagged an assortment of photos depicting the wide world of Wolf supporters.

They put the fan in fantastic.

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