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No off days for hoops stars!!

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged Basketball, CHS Wolves, fall ball, Kailey Kellner, Lakewood on September 18, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Kailey Kellner, seen here in last year’s state playoff game, snared 11 rebounds Sunday in a win over Lakewood. (John Fisken photo)

Two very, very different games.

Coupeville High School’s girls’ basketball squad kicked off fall ball action Sunday, and the two halves of its doubleheader couldn’t have had more diverse results.

After being run off the court 41-13 by Burlington-Edison in their opener at Skagit Valley College, the Wolves stormed back to upend former Cascade Conference rival Lakewood 27-25 in the nightcap.

The split, coming against a pair of 2A schools, tips off an eight-game schedule for Coupeville.

The Wolves play doubleheaders Oct. 2, 23 and 30, which gives them a chance to prepare for their regular season.

With high school coaches restricted from coaching teams in the off-season, Sherry Roberts, Aimee Bishop and Kyla Briscoe are calling the shots for CHS, while David and Amy King can only be interested bystanders.

What they witnessed Sunday was an opening game played at a road runners pace, and a finale played at a snails pace.

While they can’t comment, they probably appreciated how the second game played out more than the first.

Burlington, which went 19-4 during last year’s high school campaign, used a full court press and stellar on-ball defense to disrupt the young Wolves offense.

Up 20-4 at the half, the Tigers kept the pressure up in the second half.

While Coupeville was able to put together a solid 10-minute stretch coming out of the break, it wasn’t enough to turn the tide.

Things took a big change for the positive in game two, however.

Settled down and playing much more under control, the Wolves used crisp ball movement and strong defense to thwart Lakewood at every step.

The Cougars had the three-ball going for them — they dropped in four treys in the first half — but Coupeville withstood the barrage, getting scoring from six of the nine players on its roster.

Up 21-15 at the break, the Wolves held off Lakewood down the stretch thanks to their strong work on the boards.

Kailey Kellner paced CHS with 11 rebounds (while also taking two charges), with Lauren Grove and Mikayla Elfrank snagging six caroms apiece.

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Swing back into action!!

Posted in Baseball, Little League, Softball, tagged baseball, Central Whidbey Little League, fall ball, registration, Softball on July 31, 2016| Leave a Comment »

“Wait, so you’re saying we don’t have to stop playing just cause the sun is going to go away?” (John Fisken photo)

Your kids don’t have to put that mitt away just yet.

Central Whidbey Little League is offering fall ball teams this year, with registration starting Monday, Aug. 1.

Practices start in mid-August, with the first games Sept. 10. The season runs through late October.

Current plans call for baseball and softball teams in both Minors (8-9) and Majors (10-11).

Cost is $55 per player, with a $10 discount for additional players in the same family.

For more info pop over to http://www.centralwhidbeylittleleague.com/.

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One final swish!!

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged Basketball, CHS Wolves, fall ball, Kailey Kellner, Sherry Roberts on November 2, 2015| Leave a Comment »

A day after wrapping her high school soccer season, Lauren Grove, seen here in an earlier game, was back hard at work on the court. (John Fisken photo)

Roundball guru Sherry Roberts (red shirt) fires up her troops. (Amy King photo)

Let’s mix it up.

Bringing an end to the fall ball season Sunday, Coupeville High School girls’ basketball players had a wild day.

First they got a win without taking the court, after Bellingham failed to show for the opener of what was supposed to be a doubleheader.

With time on their hands, and anxious to see some action, the Wolves instead teamed up with Sedro-Woolley, which was low on players.

With five Cubs and (eventually) six Wolves operating as a joint hoops squad, they held off a feisty, deep Anacortes squad, running and gunning to a 47-41 win.

Despite a few hurdles — neither team knew the others style of play for one — Sedroville clicked well, with the Wolves shining on the boards and clamping down on defense.

Junior gunner Kailey Kellner was money in the bank, banging away for 10 points, including a long-range trey.

She kept it easy on the statskeeper elsewhere, putting down a three under steals, assists and rebounds.

Mia Littlejohn (six points), Lindsey Roberts (five points, two rebounds), Lauren Grove (four points, two rebounds), Kalia Littlejohn (two points, three rebounds) and Sarah Wright (two rebounds and a steal she took coast-to-coast) rounded out the Wolf contingent.

After a brief break, the Wolves ended the day by facing off with their temporary teammates, pushing 2A Sedro to the end in a narrow 26-18 loss.

Coupeville was stellar on defense in the first half, but came out cold on offense after halftime. Battling through tired legs, the Wolves went scoreless for the first five minutes.

Taking a moment to regroup, and fired up by some words of wisdom from coaches Sherry Roberts and Aimee Bishop, CHS emerged from a timeout much more aggressive and rallied throughout the remaining time on the clock.

Kellner hit the boards like the reincarnation of Dennis Rodman, the Littlejohn sisters and Grove turned up the heat in the back court and the Wolves got steal-happy in the waning moments.

While it wasn’t quite enough to complete the comeback, the second-half surge greatly pleased Coupeville coaches and fans alike.

Mia Littlejohn paced the Wolves in the finale, popping for eight points, snaring three boards and pilfering two steals.

Kellner (six points, six rebounds, five steals), Grove (two points, four rebounds), Roberts (two points, seven rebounds), Kalia Littlejohn (four rebounds, two steals) and Wright (five rebounds) all chipped in as well.

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Exhausted but elated!!

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged Basketball, CHS Wolves, fall ball, Kailey Kellner, Makana Stone on October 19, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Hours after reigning over the Homecoming dance, Makana Stone poured in 42 points during a fall ball doubleheader Sunday. (John Fisken photos)

Wolf marksman Kailey Kellner was on point, tallying eight points and 15 boards over two razor-thin losses.

Imagine if they weren’t tired.

Coming off of Homecoming week, and, just hours before, the dance itself, the Coupeville High School girls’ basketball team found itself playing a fall ball doubleheader Sunday.

And, despite runnin’ and gunnin’ on tired feet, and with little sleep, the Wolves almost pulled off back-to-back wins against tough competition.

In the end, Coupeville couldn’t quite get over the last hurdle, falling 25-24 to potential future playoff foe Mount Baker and 38-36 to 3A Marysville-Pilchuck.

Overcoming their tiredness to put together their best afternoon of ball so far in league play, the Wolves were patient on offense, battled for rebounds, scrambled after loose balls and showed a great deal of poise.

Reigning 1A Olympic League MVP Makana Stone, the CHS Homecoming Queen, had herself an afternoon to pace the attack.

She opened with 14 points and 13 rebounds against Mount Baker, then got epic against the Tomahawks, jamming home a game-high 28, snatching 14 boards and rejecting a pair of shots.

Her predominately young teammates provided able support, led by Kailey Kellner, who tallied eight points, 15 rebounds and two assists on the day.

The Wolves also got contributions from Sarah Wright (five points, five rebounds), Lauren Grove (two points, four rebounds, three steals, three assists) and Mia Littlejohn (two points, three rebounds, three steals, two assists).

Freshmen Lindsey Roberts (one point, eight rebounds) and Kalia Littlejohn (three rebounds) rounded out the CHS attack.

While Stone was en fuego for most of the afternoon, her teammates all had their moments when they stepped up and snatched the spotlight, as well.

Grove made off with a ball, beat the defense down the floor on a one-woman breakaway, heard the mob coming and calmly slammed on the brakes and went to the left hand for the bucket.

Kellner pulled off a sparkling give-and-go with Stone for a bucket, Wright hit the boards like a wild woman and three of the Wolves teamed up for a defensive gem late in the second game.

With a full-court press on, Kalia Littlejohn drove the player with the ball to the sideline, where big sis Mia and running mate Grove were waiting.

Trapped, the Marysville player stepped out of bounds, turning the ball over, just as Wolf coaches Sherry Roberts and Aimee Bishop had written it up.

Coupeville returns to Skagit county one more time, with a final fall ball doubleheader Nov. 1.

Practice for the high school season, when the Wolves will defend their league title, officially starts Nov. 16.

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Building for better days!!

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged Basketball, fall ball, Kailey Kellner, Makana Stone, Meridian on October 5, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Makana Stone paced Coupeville with 17 rebounds in Sunday’s doubleheader. (John Fisken photos)

Kailey Kellner (second from right) provides some vocal support in a game earlier this season.

Fall ball isn’t really about wins and losses.

Well, every basketball team wants to grab as many victories as possible, and a depleted Coupeville High School girls’ squad didn’t get that done Sunday, but putting in work, in all its forms, is what truly matters.

The off-season sport, with CHS coaches David and Amy King merely interested spectators while former Wolf legends Sherry Roberts, Brittany Black and Kacie Kiel call the coaching shots, is a chance for returning players and newcomers to mesh.

Hopefully.

With only five players available to suit up for much of Sunday’s doubleheader — a 31-19 loss to 3A Mount Vernon and a 39-12 loss to perennial postseason rival Meridian — the Wolves hung close, then ran out of gas against teams with deeper benches.

Foul trouble stung, as well.

Coupeville tacked on two late-arriving players midway through the day, but then had two starters foul out almost immediately, negating the surge in roster size.

With no subs early against Mount Vernon, the Wolves spread out on offense and played a patient style, which worked for a time.

But with tired legs (being out of season, several of the players are pulling double time with their fall sports teams) betraying them, Coupeville struggled in the second half.

The game against Meridian was similar, though with seven players available, all of whom snatched at least one rebound, tiredness was less of a factor.

The twin-bill, filled with big highs and big lows, captured the work-in-progress Wolves in all their glory.

While Coupeville is the defending 1A Olympic League champs, they lost six players to graduation.

The returning stars will need to mesh with a talented, but raw, pack of freshmen who have yet to play a second in an actual high school game.

One of those 9th graders, Sarah Wright, showed strong movement with (and without) the ball, drawing praise from hoops gurus in the crowd.

The consensus was she’s a hard-working fireball ready to explode.

Wolf senior Makana Stone, the Olympic League MVP last year, paced Coupeville with 17 rebounds across the two games.

Lauren Grove (8), Kailey Kellner (7), Wright (6), Mia Littlejohn (3), Lindsey Roberts (3) and Kalia Littlejohn (3) all chipped in on the boards, while Grove, Roberts and Stone collected blocks, as well.

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