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Milestones rain down in rivalry win

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged , , , , , on January 17, 2020| Leave a Comment »

Senior sharpshooter Scout Smith rattled the rims for 13 Friday as Coupeville bounced arch-rival South Whidbey. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

They were a two-woman wrecking crew.

Outscoring South Whidbey by themselves Friday, Scout Smith and birthday girl Chelsea Prescott torched the nets for 13 points apiece, lifting the Coupeville High School varsity girls hoops squad to a major rivalry win.

Getting stronger as the night went on, the Wolves rolled to a 34-25 road win in Langley, improving to 3-1 in North Sound Conference action.

Now 8-3 overall, Coupeville won by clamping down on defense, hitting some key three-balls, and overcoming another shaky night at the free throw line.

The Wolves connected on just 3-12 at the charity stripe, continuing a season-long struggle, but made up for it in every other facet of the game.

On the day she celebrated her 17th birthday, Prescott had the hot hand early, banking in five points in the opening quarter to stake CHS to a 10-8 lead.

From there, the Wolves steadily pulled away, using 10-4 and 10-6 surges across the next two frames to build a 30-18 lead heading into the fourth.

Prescott continued to bang away on the offensive end, while her senior running mate found life fun behind the three-point arc.

Smith drained a pair of three-balls in the second quarter, then came back for another trey in the third, offering up something South Whidbey had no answers for on this night.

With their twin 13-point efforts, both of Coupeville’s shooting stars continue to climb up the CHS girls hoops career scoring chart, which covers 1974-2020.

Smith, now with 239 points, jumps from #50 to #46, passing Mikayla Elfrank (227), Ema Smith (228), Hilary Kortuem (231), and Breeanna Messner (235).

Prescott, just a junior, has tallied 224 points as a high school player, and is on the cusp of also breaking into the Top 50.

She moved from #54 to #51 Friday, elbowing past Beth Mouw (216), Lisa Roehl (216), and Annette Jameson (223).

Coupeville also got scoring from Avalon Renninger (4), Maddie Georges (2), and Hannah Davidson (2) Friday, while Carolyn Lhamon, Izzy Wells, Tia Wurzrainer, and Kylie Van Velkinburgh saw floor time.

Renninger reached a milestone of her own, as her final point of the night, a third-quarter free throw, was the 100th of her career.

Friday’s win kicked off a five-game road trip for the Wolves, who are scheduled to play three times next week.

CHS travels to Granite Falls Monday, Cedar Park Christian Friday, and Port Townsend Saturday.

The first and third games are make-up games after snow and wind, respectively, got in the way the first time around.

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Heartbreak on the hardwood

Posted in Basketball, Wolves in college, tagged , , , , , on January 17, 2020| Leave a Comment »

Makana Stone singed the nets for 13 points Friday, but Whitman fell in a one-point thriller. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

They only trailed once, but it was one time too many.

Playing on the road in Oregon Friday, the Whitman College women’s basketball team lost a 19-point lead and fell 65-64 to Pacific University in a first-place showdown.

The defeat, coming in a game in which the Blues roared out to an 11-0 lead and dominated play for a considerable amount of time, drops them to 4-1 in Northwest Conference play, 12-2 overall.

It snaps a six-game winning streak for Whitman, which plays at George Fox University Saturday, while Pacific, picked to finish 5th in the preseason poll, sits atop the nine-team league at 5-0, 11-3.

The Boxers, who never led until the game’s final 71 seconds Friday, have won seven straight.

Fighting back after Whitman savaged it in the early going, Pacific tied the game up with a hair over three minutes to play, but immediately fell back behind.

Coupeville’s Makana Stone slid a free throw through the net with 1:52 to play to stake Whitman to its final lead at 62-60, but the Blues couldn’t land the knockout punch.

Whitman failed to connect on a field goal over the final two minutes and 43 seconds, and didn’t score at all between the 1:52 and 0:04 mark of the fourth quarter.

That left the door open for Pacific, and Kaylssa Kleinschmit answered, banging home a three-ball to put the Boxers up 63-62 with 1:11 to play.

Under pressure, Whitman turned the ball over several times in the final minute, while Pacific stretched the lead out to 65-62 thanks to free throws.

The Boxers actually missed four of six freebies in the final moments, and had to foul Whitman to deny them a chance to toss up a potentially game-tying three-ball.

Blues freshman Shaira Young netted both of her chances at the line, pulling Whitman within 65-64, then Pacific clanked its own charity shots with just three ticks on the clock.

But a miracle finish wasn’t in the books, as the Boxers picked off the Blues inbounds pass to end the game and send the local fans into hysterics.

Kaylie McCracken paced Whitman with 22 points, while Mady Burdett rained down 14, with 10 of those in a torrid first quarter.

Stone finished with 13 points, three rebounds, two assists, and a blocked shot.

On the season, the former Wolf has 214 points, 113 rebounds, 18 assists, 18 steals, and 13 blocks, while shooting 87-164 from the field and 38-48 at the free throw line.

With 1,142 career points, Stone is four points from passing former teammate Casey Poe to claim 6th place on the Whitman women’s basketball career scoring list.

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Brutal start dooms CHS boys

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged , , , , , on January 17, 2020| Leave a Comment »

Jered Brown tossed in seven points Friday as Coupeville battled Island rival South Whidbey. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Throw out the first three minutes and it was a battle royal.

Recovering strongly after a brutal opening, the Coupeville High School varsity boys basketball squad played host South Whidbey even over the game’s final 29 minutes Friday night.

Unfortunately, that early 14-0 deficit proved to be the difference in a 64-50 loss.

The road defeat drops the Wolves to 1-2 in North Sound Conference action, 4-7 overall, while the high-flying Falcons soar to 3-1, 11-3.

Back in a live game for the first time in seven days, after snow prevented it from playing earlier in the week, Coupeville stumbled badly coming out of the tip-off.

With more turnovers (four) than shot attempts (one) in the first 180 seconds, the Wolves had no answers for the tall, quick Falcons.

Once CHS coach Brad Sherman got his players locked-in, however, they proved capable of holding their own.

With Mason Grove and Sean Toomey-Stout combining for nine points, the Wolves closed the first quarter on an 11-9 mini-surge.

Coupeville’s shooting went ice-cold for a stretch in the second frame, allowing South Whidbey to stretch the margin from 23-11 after one to 38-18 at the half, but there was hope.

Grove rained down a pair of three-balls in both the third and fourth quarters, and the Wolves used 18-15 and 14-11 runs across the final two quarters to shave away at the lead.

The Wolf senior had a hot touch from behind the arc all night, hitting at least one three-ball in every quarter as he rang up seven treys on his way to a team-best 23 points.

But while one CHS player torched the nets, the host Falcons got big-time scoring from a pair of players, with Carson Wrightson and Sterling Patton banking in 23 apiece to tie Grove for game-high honors.

While his one-man shooting show ultimately couldn’t save Coupeville, Grove notched a personal milestone, cracking the Top 100 on his school’s boys basketball career scoring chart.

With his 23 points, he passed 12 former Wolf greats Friday, including Tyler King, Aaron Curtin, and Brian Fakkema.

Grove sits with 291 points, tied with Risen Johnson at #96 for a Coupeville hoops program currently in its 103rd season.

Xavier Murdy and Jered Brown were Grove’s primary back-ups Friday, both dropping in seven points, including a three-ball apiece.

Koa Davison (6), Sean Toomey-Stout (5), and Jacobi Pilgrim (2) also scored for Coupeville, with Jean Lund-Olsen, Hawthorne Wolfe, and Gavin Knoblich seeing floor time.

Thanks to weather make-ups, Coupeville has a busy week ahead.

The Wolf boys host Cedar Park Christian Monday, travel to King’s Tuesday, get a road-rematch with CPC Friday, then host Port Townsend Saturday.

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CHS gym will rock again (one day)

Posted in Band, Cheer, Fashionable Fans, tagged , , , , , on January 16, 2020| Leave a Comment »

Raven Vick lays down a funky beat. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

Lindsey (left) and Sherry Roberts, the only mother/daughter combo to have both won CHS Female Athlete of the Year honors.

Gabe Shaw plays a merry tune.

Kylie Van Velkinburgh’s fan club gets ready to get loud.

Sylvia Arnold (left) and Barbi Ford, possibly up to shenanigans.

Time to blow the roof off this place.

One set of bleachers, many emotions.

Wolf cheerleaders Sofia Peters (back) and Emily Fiedler kill time before their performance.

“When we’re in high school, we’re gonna rock this joint!”

The noise shall return.

Coupeville’s ongoing battle with snow has kept its high school gym fairly quiet this week.

That will change next week, barring any surprises from Mother Nature, when live basketball returns.

The Wolf boys welcome Cedar Park Christian to town Monday, January 20, then return to their home floor Saturday, Jan. 25 to face Port Townsend.

Both affairs are reschedules of games denied by weather, the former thanks to snow, the latter to wind.

While you wait to once again camp out on the rock-hard CHS bleachers, a look at those who might be joining you.

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Three cheers for pancake power

Posted in Cheer, Fundraisers, tagged , , , , on January 16, 2020| Leave a Comment »

Pancakes are calling your name.

Your stomach can help the Coupeville High School cheer team.

The Wolf cheerleaders are hosting a pancake fundraiser at Applebee’s in Oak Harbor this Saturday, January 18, with proceeds going to help fund a trip to nationals in Orlando.

Cost is $10, and the event runs from 9-11 AM.

Put some pancakes in your tummy and you’d be helping Ashleigh Battaglia, Ella Bueler, Karyme Castro, Coral Caveness, Emily Fiedler, Ja’Tarya Hoskins, Dawson Houston, Marenna Rebischke-Smith, Mica Shipley, Gavin St Onge, Bella Velasco, and Melia Welling.

For more info or questions, contact BreAnna Boon at (360) 720-1071 or Alia Houston at (360) 914-1630.

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