Jessenia Camarena chucked in a bucket Tuesday night, helping the Coupeville JV as it battled King’s. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)
It’s all about learning from your mistakes.
The Coupeville High School JV girls basketball squad is a solid team, often inspired, but Tuesday night it ran into a better version of itself.
Facing a King’s team which took advantage of any errors, the Wolves fell 41-18 in their final trip to Shoreline.
With the loss, Coupeville slips to 5-2 in North Sound Conference action, 9-4 overall.
The young Wolves have three games left on their schedule, all at home, and a chance to finish strongly.
The JV hosts Granite Falls Friday, then welcomes South Whidbey and La Conner to town the following week.
While her team fell to the always-strong Knights, CHS coach Megan Smith came away from the contest feeling pretty good about things overall.
“We played well, but they played better,” she said. “They really capitalized on our mistakes and used them to their advantage.
“The nice thing about games like this is it really shows us what we truly need to work on.”
Tuesday’s tilt was largely decided in the first quarter, as King’s bolted out to a 13-2 lead and never looked back.
Coupeville kept things much closer over the next two frames, but, even then, the Knights used 9-4 and 9-5 runs to stretch the margin out.
Wolf freshman Ryanne Knoblich had the hot hand for the visitors, banging home eight points, including four in the final quarter.
Joining her in the scoring column were Alita Blouin (5), Anya Leavell (2), Jessenia Camarena (2), and Gwen Gustafson (1).
Morgan Stevens, Ella Colwell, Mollie Bailey, Kylie Van Velkinburgh, and Audrianna Shaw also saw floor time for the Wolves.
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