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Wolves ready for ESPN closeup

Posted in Cheer, tagged , , , , on January 7, 2020| Leave a Comment »

Melia Welling and the CHS competitive cheer squad have qualified for nationals in Orlando, but need your help to get there. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Get your cameras ready.

With just a month until the National High School Cheerleading Championship takes over the stage at Disney World in Orlando, Coupeville’s squad is hard at work.

In between working on routines, the Wolves are in fundraising mode for the trip, while also finding time to drop hype videos such as the one seen below.

CHS, which returned to the competitive cheer game last year, ending a six-year dry spell, claimed 3rd place at the 2018 state meet.

Now, the Wolves and second-year coach BreAnna Boon have qualified for nationals, an event Coupeville last competed in back in 2006.

The squad — 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 — needs to raise $8,000 to cover expenses for the trip.

The event itself runs February 7-9 and is piped into 100 million homes across 32 countries on ESPN2 and ESPNU.

To help the Wolves reach their goal, you can donate in person at Peoples Bank (107 S. Main) or contact Boon at Chscheer@outlook.com.

CHS cheer has a 501(c)(3) number, so any and all donations can be used as a tax write-off, with receipt provided.

 

CHS cheer at work:

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Stone earns college hoops honor

Posted in Basketball, Wolves in college, tagged , , , , on January 7, 2020| Leave a Comment »

Makana Stone opened a new year with back-to-back double-doubles for Whitman, earning Athlete of the Week honors from the Northwest Conference. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Makana Stone kicked off a new year in style.

The Coupeville High School grad was honored Monday by the Northwest Conference as its Women’s Basketball Student/Athlete of the Week.

Stone, a senior at Whitman College, was honored for the second time this season, having already been picked December 9.

She shares honors for week eight of the season with men’s basketball player Ben College (really his last name) of Whitworth and Linfield swimmers Molli Hartzell and Noah Cutting.

Returning from a three-week winter break, Stone threw down back-to-back double-doubles this past weekend, leading Whitman to a sweep over the University of Puget Sound and Pacific Lutheran University.

The Blues are 2-0 in league play, 10-1 overall, and ranked #13 in NCAA D-III.

Stone collected 12 points and 12 rebounds against UPS, then went off for 14 and 11 against PLU.

On the season, the former Wolf standout is averaging 14.8 points and 8.4 boards a night, both of which tops the Blues stat sheet.

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Wolf girls get a smidge of respect

Posted in Basketball, tagged , , , , on January 6, 2020| Leave a Comment »

CHS senior Tia Wurzrainer plays for the #17 girls basketball team in 1A. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

The basketball overlords like us, sort of.

With the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association now posting RPI numbers, the Coupeville High School girls basketball team is trending upwards.

The Wolf boys, however, are still looking for their fair share of love.

As of Monday morning, the CHS girls sit at #17 out of 65 schools in 1A, while the boys are #57 among 63 teams.

RPI, or Rating Percentage Index, is used by the WIAA to seed teams in the postseason, beginning when the final 16 teams in each classification advance to regionals – the first round of the state tourney.

You still have to make it to regionals on your own, advancing through districts and/or bi-districts, and finishing the regular season in the top 16 in the RPI rankings guarantees nothing.

But, advance to regionals, as the Wolf girls last did in 2016, and then the WIAA takes the survivors and plugs them into games based on where the system has them ranked.

Until we get to that level of play, RPI is just for bragging rights.

The system looks at each team’s winning percentage, their opponents winning percentage, and their opponents’ opponents winning percentage.

It does not take into consideration whether a school played against opponents from higher or lower classifications, and puts no emphasis on point differential.

The biggest stumbling block to RPI is it depends on schools accurately reporting scores to MaxPreps, which … think of something tactful to say … has been … problematic at best.

But ignore all that! Cause the WIAA would like you to do just that.

So, under this flawed, but improving, system, the Coupeville girls, who boast a 6-2 record, are holding up well.

Cashmere (9-0) holds the #1 spot on the girls side, with Warden (9-0), Lynden Christian (8-1), Connell (8-0), and Freeman (7-2) rounding out the current top five.

Coupeville’s fellow North Sound Conference teams sit at #7 (King’s), #19 (Cedar Park Christian), #49 (Sultan), #50 (South Whidbey), and #58 (Granite Falls).

Nooksack Valley, the only 1A school to beat the Wolves (their other loss was to 3A Oak Harbor), is nestled in at #8.

On the boys side, where the Wolves are 3-5, big-timers Seattle Academy (8-1), Medical Lake (8-1), Zillah (10-0), Meridian (7-1), and Cashmere (5-2) are the current top five.

NSC teams King’s (#23), South Whidbey (#25), Cedar Park Christian (#28), Granite Falls (#51), and Sultan (#58) get a mixed reaction.

The Knights benefit a bit from the whole “inaccurate reporting to MaxPreps” issue, as they’re currently ranked on a 5-5 record, yet are really 5-7.

Add in those two losses, which came at a tournament in Arizona, and it’s quite possible King’s dips, and South Whidbey, at 8-2, gets a boost.

Either way, it’s just RPI – a good way to start an argument and give bloggers something to ramble on about, if nothing else.

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High school hoops (finally) return

Posted in Basketball, standings, tagged , , , , on January 5, 2020| Leave a Comment »

Jacobi Pilgrim and friends return to the court Tuesday after a 16-day break between games. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

They should be well-rested.

The Coupeville High School basketball teams return to action this coming week.

Finally.

What was supposed to be a 12-day gap between games instead stretched out to 16 when Friday’s non-conference tilts at Chimacum were erased by high winds which made the Port Townsend ferry run dicey.

That boat is out of the picture now, and the Wolves are set to kick off the 2020 portion of the 2019-2020 season Tuesday night.

The Coupeville girls are at home, playing Cedar Park Christian with sole possession of first-place in the North Sound Conference at stake, while the Wolf boys travel to Granite Falls.

Then both CHS programs play at home Friday, with Sultan the foe.

As we (finally) move back into hardwood action, a look at the current league standings:

 

North Sound Conference girls basketball:

School League Overall
CPC-Bothell 2-0 8-4
Coupeville 1-0 6-2
King’s 0-0 7-2
South Whidbey 1-1 5-6
Granite Falls 0-1 2-8
Sultan 0-2 3-6

 

North Sound Conference boys basketball:

School League Overall
King’s 1-0 5-7
South Whidbey 1-0 8-2
Coupeville 0-0 3-5
CPC-Bothell 1-1 5-5
Granite Falls 1-1 3-6
Sultan 0-2 1-8

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Stone, Whitman cap perfect weekend

Posted in Basketball, Wolves in college, tagged , , , , on January 4, 2020| Leave a Comment »

Makana Stone and Whitman College women’s basketball are a sparkling 10-1 on the season. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

One weekend into league play, and things look pretty darn good.

Sparked by a 14-point, 11-rebound performance from Coupeville’s Makana Stone, the Whitman College women’s basketball team rolled to another win Saturday night.

Decimating visiting Pacific Lutheran University 69-56 in a game which could have been an even bigger blowout, the Blues won their fourth straight game.

With the victory, Whitman, ranked #13 in NCAA D-III, sits at 2-0 in Northwest Conference play, 10-1 overall.

The Blues are tied atop the league standings with Pacific (2-0, 8-3) and Willamette (2-0, 8-3), a team they play next weekend.

Stone and Co. return to action next Friday, January 10, against Lewis & Clark (0-2, 1-9), then play Willamette the next day.

Both games will be in Walla Walla, on Whitman’s home floor at the Sherwood Athletic Center.

Facing off with PLU, the Blues came out aggressively, running the Lutes off the floor in the game’s opening minutes.

Stone slapped home a layup to open the scoring, sparking a 13-0 run to effectively put the game on ice before the first quarter was even done.

Whitman led 17-3 at the first break, then stretched its lead out to 34-16 at the half, and 54-31 by the end of the third quarter.

Facing off largely against the Blues bench players, PLU put together a 25-15 run in the fourth quarter to make the game seem a bit closer than it was in reality.

Stone, who tied with Mady Burdett for team-high scoring honors, tossed in all 14 of her points across the first three quarters.

Her 11 boards were a game-high, and the former Wolf ace also made off with a steal during 27 minutes of action.

On the season, Stone has 163 points, 92 rebounds, 14 assists, 14 steals, and 12 blocks.

She’s hit 67-122 (54.9%) from the field and 27-33 (81.8%) at the free throw line.

Saturday’s game was the 94th of Stone’s collegiate career, and the former CHS star grabbed her 700th rebound in a Blues uniform, finishing the night with 704.

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