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Wolves run and gun, Falcons swoon

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged , , , , on January 24, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Chase Anderson swoops to the hoop. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

Cole White bleeds, Coupeville leads.

Whether it’s a full-blown geyser or a little scratch, when the pale prairie point guard displays even a little bit of red, the Wolf varsity boys’ basketball squad usually finds inspiration.

Wednesday night was no different, as White got dinged (but just a bit) and CHS romped to a 68-42 win over visiting South Whidbey.

The non-conference Island rivalry victory lifts Coupeville to 13-4 heading into a major matchup Saturday in Puyallup against always-dangerous Chief Leschi.

The Wolves prepped for their clash with the Warriors, who are also 13-4, by picking apart their next-door neighbors.

Jumping on the Falcons early, Coupeville mixed four first-quarter three-balls from Logan Downes with a series of breakaway buckets to stake themselves to a 26-8 lead at the first break.

South Whidbey was down just 7-6 midway through the opening quarter, before White spurred his team into action.

First, he collected an offensive charge on a rumbling, stumbling Falcon, before immediately stinging his rivals at the other end of the court on a sweet lil’ runner in the paint.

After that it was Downes ripping off treys like he was a World War II machine gunner, spraying bullets everywhere, with almost all of them hitting their target.

Coupeville continued to pour it on in the second frame, opening things on a torrid 11-2 run to stretch the lead all the way out to 37-10.

The Falcons had no answer for the Wolves, as Downes continued to splash down bombs from behind the arc, while White and Chase Anderson ran laps around their defenders, outsprinting them end to end on breakaways.

A three-ball from Ryan Blouin shoved the advantage out to 28 points, before the visitors (slightly) carved things down to trail “just” 40-18 at the half.

The Wolves celebrate another bucket.

The treys kept dropping, and the net kept popping, as the third quarter played out, with Downes (twice), Nick Guay, and Blouin connecting as CHS turned the game into a blowout at 62-30 heading into the fourth.

With the starters having long since departed to chill on the sideline, Wolf bench players wrapped things up.

Coupeville’s last bucket might have been its best, with sophomore swing player Aiden O’Neill slashing around the defense to convert a three-point play the hard way.

South Whidbey, which had been outscored 30-0 from the three-point line, finally got one to drop as the final buzzer sounded, but it was (way) too little, (way) too late.

Downes paced all scorers with 29 points, hitting seven treys, and becomes the first Wolf boy to compile two 400+ point seasons.

He threw down 554 points as a junior, and now has 416 in his final go-around, the sixth-best single-season total for a CHS boy across 107 seasons.

White knocked down 12 in support, with Anderson (10), Guay (7), Blouin (6), O’Neill (3), and Hurlee Bronec (1) also tallying points.

Anderson and Blouin reached personal milestones in the win, with the former cracking the 200-point club and the latter joining the 150-point club.

William Davidson, Quinten Simpson-Pilgrim, Mikey Robinett, Hunter Bronec, Zane Oldenstadt, and Timothy Nitta also saw floor time as the Class of 2024 improved to 51-19 as varsity hoops players.

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Hardwood heroes earn academic honors

Posted in awards, tagged , , , , on January 16, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Cole White (left) and Ryan Blouin — kind of a big deal. (Photo property Coupeville Schools)

They’re 40% of the starting lineup for the Coupeville High School boys’ basketball team, and 100% of the Lions Club students of the quarter.

Wolf seniors Ryan Blouin and Cole White, who kick off a busy week of hoops action Tuesday at home against La Conner, paused momentarily in their pursuit of hardwood excellence to claim their awards.

Blouin, a sweet-shooting three-ball terror, and younger brother of Alita, is the son of Shawn and June.

He juggles basketball with scooping tasty cones at Kapaw’s Iskreme and fulfilling community service projects with the National Honor Society.

Bringing in a 3.97 GPA while taking an eye-boggling number of AP classes, Ryan also works with youth basketball players in his (limited) free time.

With his tutelage, a bevy of mad gunners are learning to chuck it from the cheap seats — and make those treys.

Cole White, whose parents are School Board Prez Morgan and urban legend Greg, also refs and works with little kids learning the ways of the hardwood.

A fellow tasty treat purveyor at Kapaw’s, his spot in the National Honor Society is a given, since Riley’s big bro boasts a sweet ‘n lowdown 4.0 GPA while strolling through any AP classes they can throw at him.

The Lions Club honors two seniors per quarter, with attitude, scholarship, community service, sportsmanship, inspiration, contribution to school, and congeniality part of the assessment.

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Wrecking crew lays waste to another foe

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged , , , , , on January 12, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Cole White scored his 300th point Friday as Coupeville crunched league rival Orcas Island. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

The Avengers had a Hulk.

Coupeville has a Zane Oldenstadt.

Pretty much the same thing, just with less green skin and more facial hair, but the same ability to crush a rival’s body and soul.

Springing off the bench in the fourth quarter Friday, Brad Sherman’s secret weapon shone brightly in crunch time, punching home the biggest buckets of his hoops career to ice yet another Wolf win.

With Oldenstadt delivering back-to-back daggers to gut host Orcas Island, Coupeville’s varsity boys’ basketball squad kept rolling, claiming a 64-59 win.

The victory lifts the Wolves to 3-0 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 10-2 overall.

And now CHS heads home, with four straight games set to go down in front of Cow Town’s vocal fan base.

The first two of those contests — Tuesday against La Conner (2-0, 9-5) and Friday against Mount Vernon Christian (6-0, 6-9) — will play a huge factor in Coupeville’s bid to win a second conference crown in the last three seasons.

To get to that promised land, the Wolves need to flex like they did in the waning moments Friday night.

Or maybe put the hammer down for an entire 32 minutes, embrace the blowout, and keep from giving their coach an ulcer by jumping out to a big lead, giving most of it back, then backhanding fools.

With the temps outside flirting with single digits, Coupeville took a few minutes to find its shooting rhythm in the early going.

Whether their collective fingers were bent from potential frostbite, or the occasional Arctic wind gust curling its way into the gym and shooting up everyone’s shorts gave them pause, the Wolves fell behind 12-4 midway through the first quarter.

CHS needed a spark, and it got it in the form of some dynamic defensive stands, drawing a pair of offensive charges on madly careening Orcas shooters.

Logan Downes and Cole White bounced off the floor, sacrificing their butts and backs for iron man glory, and the game changed on a dime.

Back-to-back three balls, flying off the fingertips of Downes and Chase Anderson — the second trey set up by a Nick Guay rebound — turned the tide, with a pair of free throws capping an 8-0 run to close the frame.

The Orcas scoreboard operator tried to stop the Wolf surge the old-fashioned way, by awarding one of Coupeville’s three-balls to the hometown crew, but an eagle-eyed Brad Sherman wasn’t playing that game.

With his team’s honor restored, and the game knotted at 12-12 heading into the second, the hardcourt wizard unleashed full-court Hell on his opponents.

Hurlee Bronec absorbed another offensive charge to blunt the Orcas attack, while Chase Anderson flew around the court, making off with a loose ball and slapping home a breakaway layup to give the Wolves a lead they would never relinquish.

Five different Coupeville players scored in the second frame as the lead was pushed out to 32-26 at the half, and that was just the start.

Ryan Blouin dropped a three-ball to open the third, the ball barely making the net move as it splashed through, before Downes and Anderson added their own bombs from beyond the arc.

A runner from Downes closed the frame, pushing the advantage to 49-37, and then Coupeville got the margin all the way out to 14 midways through the fourth.

Perhaps getting caught thinking about possible weekend plans, the Wolves hit a small lull after that, allowing a scrappy, opportunistic Orcas squad to creep back to within 57-51.

Coupeville senior Zane Oldenstadt is a wild beast. Hide the women and children (and anyone who has to try and guard him on the hardwood). (CHS Yearbook staff photo)

Enter Oldenstadt, and bow to your new king.

Despite not having shot all night, despite not having played all night, the burly senior squeezed the basketball until it almost popped before crashing hard to the hoop for back-to-back buckets.

One came off of a loose ball — well, it was loose after Oldenstadt forcibly separated it from an Orcas player who felt the shockwave all the way down in his tender vittles — the other set up by a Hunter Bronec rebound and feed.

There was still a hair over 90 seconds to play after that, but the game was firmly in the win column for the Wolves the moment Oldenstadt’s second shot creased the net.

Coupeville closed things out with precision work at the free-throw line, including Cole White draining the 300th point of his varsity prep hoops career, and it was victory cigars all around.

Or hand warmers.

Downes tickled the twines for a game-high 31 points, and the senior sniper passed one more legend on the night, moving into 7th on the all-time Wolf basketball scoring list.

With 1,066 points and counting, he’s 4th among Coupeville boys.

Friday, Downes passed current CHS girls’ basketball coach Megan (Smith) Richter, who tallied 1,042 points during her standout career.

That leaves him chasing just Randy Keefe (1,088), Jeff Stone and Mike Bagby (1,137), Makana Stone (1,158), Novi Barron (1,270) and Brianne King (1,549).

Anderson rang up 12 points Friday to back up Downes, with Blouin (7), Oldenstadt (4), Hurlee Bronec (4), White (4), and Hunter Bronec (2) also scoring.

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Shoot, score, take a siesta

Posted in Basketball, tagged , , , , on December 24, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Jack Porter comes in hot. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

Now the numbers sit for a bit.

The holidays are upon us, putting a temporary freeze on the pursuit of scoring excellence for Coupeville High School basketball players.

Games return Jan. 5, when the Wolves hop on the bus and trek off to Darrington.

Until then, an up-to-the-moment look at individual scoring stats for CHS hoops stars.

Wolf JV players await their moment in the spotlight.

 

Varsity – Girls
(9 games)

Katie Marti – 67
Mia Farris – 54
Madison McMillan – 44
Lyla Stuurmans – 23
Jada Heaton – 21
Haylee Armstrong – 9
Skylar Parker – 8
Teagan Calkins – 6
Bryley Gilbert – 2

 

JV – Girls
(6 games)

Haylee Armstrong – 60
Tenley Stuurmans – 39
Bryley Gilbert – 28
Capri Anter – 14
Teagan Calkins – 9
Lexis Drake – 8
Adie Maynes – 6
Brynn Parker – 6
Taylor Marrs – 4
Chelsi Stevens – 3
Ari Cunningham – 2

**Missing 26 points​​**

 

Varsity – Boys
(9 games)

Logan Downes – 211
Cole White – 84
Chase Anderson – 63
Ryan Blouin – 52
Hunter Bronec – 33
Nick Guay – 19
Hurlee Bronec – 17
William Davidson – 8
Zane Oldenstadt – 4
Quinten Simpson-Pilgrim – 4
Mikey Robinett – 2

 

JV – Boys:
(6 games)

Jack Porter – 69
Camden Glover – 67
Johnny Porter – 49
Aiden O’Neill – 45
Landon Roberts – 40
Riley Lawless – 17
Davin Houston – 10
Easton Green – 8
Jayden McManus – 6
Makai Myles – 4
Malachi Somes – 3

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Attack as a team, reignite the dream

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged , , , , on December 22, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Wolf ace Logan Downes is escorted to the bus by his security detail. “No autographs! I said Mr. Downes will NOT be signing autographs today!!” (Angie Downes photo)

Simmer down, Beavis.

Less than a day after seeing things go sideways against Kittitas, the Coupeville High School varsity boys’ basketball team reasserted itself as a hoops squad with strong postseason potential.

Returning to the floor at Central Washington University in Ellensburg, the Wolves put on a cold-blooded beatdown, thumping Cle Elum-Rosalyn 58-32 Friday morning.

This time, Coupeville’s shots stayed in the bucket, instead of bouncing out, and their defensive closeouts were superb.

With a season-high 14 players hitting the hardwood, and 10 of them scoring, the Wolves ran the Warriors off the court and now head into the Christmas break boasting a 7-2 record.

Brad Sherman’s squad, which handed their coach his 60th win at the helm of the Wolf program, doesn’t play again until Jan. 5.

That will be a road game at Darrington as Coupeville opens the chase for a Northwest 2B/1B League title.

The new year will also offer Logan Downes a chance to make history, as the senior is just 11 points away from becoming the sixth Wolf boy, and tenth CHS hoops star overall, to crack 1,000 points.

With 989 and counting, Angie and Ralph’s youngest trails just Jeff Rhubottom (1012), Mike Criscuola (1031), Randy Keefe (1088), Mike Bagby (1137), and Jeff Stone (1137) on the Coupeville career chart.

Downes fellow senior, point guard Cole White (284), is also chasing legends, needing just 10 points to crack the all-time top 100, a club where dad Greg (604) sits at #33.

One Wolf got an early start on the milestones, as Ryan Blouin used the final game of 2023 as the setting for scoring his 100th career point.

Alita’s lil’ brother, a noted three-ball terror, is the 196th Wolf boy to score triple digits in the 107-year history of CHS hoops.

Did hoops whisperer Randy Bottorff make it on the bus to come back to Whidbey? Someone go check this time! (Angie Downes photo)

Friday’s dismantling of Cle Elum was methodical, with Coupeville’s ballhawks attacking viciously on defense, getting out quickly on the break, and sharing the ball as the Warriors tried to keep up with each new incoming dagger.

The game was briefly tied at 2-2, but the Warriors never led, and the Wolves made sure their foes would spend much of the game stumbling backwards as bodies flew by them.

Downes slashed inside for a bucket off of a give-and-go, then rifled a three-ball through the net, the ball arcing like a rainbow, before splashing home.

Toss in an end-to-end run by the lanky White, and another three-ball — this one off the fingertips of sophomore Chase Anderson — and CHS was out to a 12-4 lead before Cle Elum’s fans could even begin to complain about the refs.

From there the Wolves pushed the advantage to 20-8 at the first break, with the Battlin’ Bronec Brothers, Hurlee and Hunter, winning their clash with Cle Elum’s imposing, but slow, center.

Perhaps the twins have a secret history of ballet, or perhaps they were just born with fast-moving toes.

Either way, the Bronecs, with some help from Zane Oldenstadt and William Davidson as the game progressed, shut the paint down and kept it shut down.

The scoring slowed a bit in the second quarter, but Coupeville suffered no letdowns, outscoring Cle Elum in every frame.

Anderson and Downes combined for all nine of their team’s points in the second, with the Wolves going up by as many as 17, then coasting in at the half with a 29-15 lead.

Showcasing his versatility, Downes, who was playing through a hurt hand, opened the third by launching a pair of full court passes to teammates who were off to the races.

“Someone get my security guy! This dude is touching my basketball.” (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

“Man, they get out fast!” was the muttered response of one chattery Cle Elum fan as White and Anderson pulled down the airborne missiles and slapped home layups.

Meanwhile, one of Brad Sherman’s young sons, rockin’ a vintage Cole White jersey from the “olden” days, excitedly bounced in his seat while eyeballing rival fans.

“He got you today! I’ll be back in a decade or so to make you cry again!!!”

Coupeville kept up its intensity, not allowing the Warriors to shave the lead down like Kittitas did a night earlier, while peppering the net with shot after shot, most of them successful.

Blouin netted a long three-ball, Nick Guay slid a silky jumper through the twines, and White converted another breakaway, this time on a pass from Anderson.

It was pick your poison time for Cle Elum, and every dose was fatal.

Up 45-22 after three, the Wolves never let the lead drop below 21 points, while getting floor time for everyone in uniform.

That included the varsity debut of Landon Roberts, the second appearance with the top team for Aiden O’Neill, and Mikey Robinett’s first bucket of the season.

That basket came off of an offensive rebound, as the Wolf senior outwrestled two Warriors in a wild free-for-all as the clock roared down to 0:00.

It capped the most-balanced offensive attack of the season, with Anderson popping for a season-best 17 points to earn top honors.

Downes tossed in 16, White rippled the nets for six, and Blouin got the scorekeeper to write a five next to his name in the book.

Hurlee Bronec (4), Quinten Simpson-Pilgrim (2), Robinett (2), Hunter Bronec (2), Oldenstadt (2), and Guay (2) also scored, with Davidson, O’Neill, Roberts, and Timothy Nitta earning floor time.

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