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Wolves dig deep for gutsy win

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged Boys Basketball, CHS Wolves, Friday Harbor, Hurlee Bronec, Northwest League on January 7, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Tuesday’s win gives the Wolves much to holler about. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

Win when it matters most.

Showcasing nerves of steel, the Coupeville High School varsity boys’ basketball team held on Tuesday to claim a major win on Friday Harbor.

Turning back a frantic late-game rally by their hosts, the Wolves headed back to the ferry with a 47-43 win and their first victory of 2025.

Now 2-1 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 3-8 overall, Coupeville snaps a five-game losing skid and pulls within a half game of the top spot in conference play.

La Conner, who CHS hosts Friday, and Mount Vernon Christian, are currently atop the seven-team league with 2-0 records.

Chase Anderson, Brad Sherman, and Co. return home Friday for another key league clash.

Tuesday’s tilt was a huge step forward for Coupeville, which has played seven of 11 games on the road while enduring a tough non-conference slate.

The Wolves claimed the lead early Tuesday, then continued to pull away, frame by frame, until the fourth quarter.

A 14-8 lead after one became a 25-18 advantage at the half, then a 40-27 margin through three quarters.

While the Wolverines mounted a fierce comeback in the waning moments, with Pierce Kleine pouring in 10 of his game-high 20 in the final frame, Coupeville held tough.

Chase Anderson and Hunter Bronec netted key free throws to ice the win, and Brad Sherman’s squad escaped a gym which has been one of the toughest for them to play in during their time in the Northwest League.

The Wolves split the offensive load, with senior big man Hurlee Bronec going off for a varsity career-best 16 points, while Anderson knocked down 15.

Jack Porter (8), Hunter Bronec (4), Malachi Somes (2), and Camden Glover (2) also scored, while Johnny Porter, Landon Roberts, and Davin Houston saw floor time in the win.

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They’re deadly from distance

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged CHS Wolves, Danica Strong, Friday Harbor, girls basketball, Haylee Armstrong, three-balls on January 7, 2025| Leave a Comment »

A day after her birthday, Danica Strong knocked down 10 points Tuesday in a big road win. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

Bombs away.

Burying a season-high eight three-balls Tuesday, the Coupeville High School varsity girls’ basketball squad buried host Friday Harbor 48-20.

The win, which was sparked by a huge second half run from the Wolves, lifts Megan Richter’s team to 2-1 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 5-6 overall.

A pristine 2-0 in 2025, Coupeville gets to play at home for the first time in three weeks this Friday, when it welcomes La Conner to Whidbey for a conference clash.

If the Wolves come out shooting like they did Tuesday, it’ll be a long night for the Braves.

CHS had five different players net a shot from behind the arc Tuesday, with Katie Marti, Danica Strong, and Haylee Armstrong each hitting a pair of treys.

Lyla Stuurmans and Teagan Calkins also connected on three-balls, as the Wolves strafed their rivals while living out in Damian Lillard country.

Coupeville restaged this celebration multiple times while playing on Friday Harbor.

The game was actually a nailbiter for a bit, before Coupeville really got locked in on the offensive end of the floor.

Up 11-6 after one quarter, the Wolves carried just a 14-12 lead into the halftime locker room.

After that, it was all Coupeville, all the time, however.

CHS blew the game open with a 16-5 tear in the third, with Calkins and Strong each tallying eight of those points, before Armstrong went nuclear in the final frame.

The Wolf sophomore slapped home all 11 of her points in the fourth as Coupeville cruised to the finish line on an 18-3 run.

Coupeville got points from seven of 10 players, with Armstrong (11), Strong (10), Calkins (9), and Marti (9) providing the bulk of the offense.

Lyla Stuurmans chipped in with five, while Jada Heaton and Madison McMillan both banked in a bucket to round things out.

Capri Anter, Mia Farris, and Tenley Stuurmans also saw floor time for the Wolves in the resounding win.

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Hot finish, cool win

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged Boys Basketball, CHS Wolves, Davin Houston, Friday Harbor, JV, Liam Blas on January 7, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Davin Houston drills a jumper. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

They hadn’t played in nearly three weeks, so they made sure their return was special.

Closing the game on a 7-0 run, the Coupeville High School JV boys’ basketball squad roared from behind on the road Tuesday, upending host Friday Harbor 34-31.

The victory, coming in the Wolves first contest since Dec. 20, lifts the CHS young guns to 2-1 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 3-4 overall.

Tuesday’s clash was a tense back-and-forth affair, and it looked like Friday Harbor was going to pull out the win when it went ahead 31-27 late in the fourth quarter.

But Coupeville, which got points from five different players in the final frame, responded with lock-down defense and some big buckets at the end.

Mahkai Myles and Malachi Somes got the Wolves back to a tie, before freshman Liam Blas and sophomore Davin Houston combined to slam the door shut on the Wolverines.

Blas, working aggressively in the paint, ripped down an offensive rebound with the game knotted at 31-31 and fed Houston for what turned into the game-winning jumper.

Then, after forcing a turnover, the Wolves played keep-away with the ball, before Blas got crunched and sent to the free throw line with only a handful of ticks left on the clock.

The fab frosh arced in one of two to ensure Friday Harbor would have to net a three-ball to force overtime, but the Wolverines never got that final shot off, instead throwing the ball away on the game’s final play.

Riley Lawless led a balanced Wolf offense, banging away for a team-high nine points in the win, while Houston finished with six.

Somes (4), Myles (4), Carson Grove (3), Blas (3), Easton Green (2), Sage Arends (2), and Khanor Jump (1) also scored, with Nathan Coxsey and Kyle McCrimmon also seeing floor time.

It was the first high school point for Jump, another hard-playing freshman.

The Wolf bench keeps an eye on the action.

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Eastern trip looms for hoops stars

Posted in Basketball, standings, tagged Basketball, CHS Wolves, Friday Harbor, league standings, Northwest League on December 22, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Wolves Madison McMillan (left) and Tenley Stuurmans are ready to jump into action. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Go East, young man (and woman).

Next week brings Christmas, and then a trip to Central Washington University for Coupeville High School basketball players.

The Wolves are slated to play back-to-back games Friday and Saturday against non-conference foes, bringing the 2024 portion of the season to a close.

The CHS boys clash with Toledo and Kittitas, while the girls flip it around, and open with Kittitas before squaring up with Toledo.

As the Wolves head towards the end of 2024, and the dawn of 2025, a look at where things stand through Dec. 22:

Northwest League boys’ basketball:

School	League	Overall
La Conner	2-0	4-3
Darrington	1-0	4-4
MV Christian	1-0	3-3
Coupeville	1-1	2-5
Concrete	0-1	2-4
Friday Harbor	0-1	0-6
Orcas Island	0-2	1-5

Northwest League girls’ basketball:

School	League	Overall
Concrete	1-0	4-2
La Conner	1-0	3-4
MV Christian	1-0	6-1
Coupeville	1-1	3-4
Friday Harbor	0-0	1-5
Darrington	0-1	4-3
Orcas Island	0-2	5-3

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Gridiron playoff dream denied

Posted in Football, tagged CHS Wolves, football, Friday Harbor, Northwest League, tiebreaker game on November 4, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Hunter Bronec was one of five seniors on a Coupeville High School football team which finished 5-4. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

A strong season ended on a bit of a sour note.

Thanks to a 35-0 loss to Friday Harbor in a tiebreaker half-game played Monday on a neutral field in La Conner, the Coupeville High School football team is headed to the showers.

The Wolves finish 5-4 on the season, while the Wolverines, who are 3-5, advance to play Pe Ell-Willapa Valley (5-4) in a loser-out, winner-to-state game.

Monday’s rumble on a rain-slicked field didn’t change anyone’s win/loss record, but it did determine bragging rights and settle the chase for District 1’s lone postseason berth for 2B teams.

The clash consisted of two 12-minute halves and was necessary since Coupeville and Friday Harbor, the only Northwest 2B/1B League teams playing 11-man football, split their season series.

CHS won the first meeting 18-5 in Cow Town, while Friday Harbor bounced back to take the regular season finale 17-13 on its home turf on Halloween night.

While those two contests were close, Monday’s rubber match was not.

Friday Harbor came out with a simple plan – run, run, and run some more. And it worked.

The Wolverines chewed up five-plus minutes on the opening possession of the game before punching in a touchdown on a short run.

Then, after Coupeville went three-and-out, Friday Harbor went right back to operating a battering ram-style offense, scoring again with a hair over two minutes left in the “first half.”

The Wolf defense played with intensity all season.

Trailing 14-0 at the break, the Wolf offense never really got untracked on the slick La Conner field, and the score got lopsided in the second half.

CHS quarterback Chase Anderson scrambled every which way but loose, and also pegged a couple of successful passes, but Coupeville was ultimately shut out for the first time this season.

While things didn’t end the way they wanted, the Wolves still put together a strong campaign.

Wins over Annie Wright, Klahowya, Cedar Park Christian-Bothell, Friday Harbor, and Winlock give Coupeville its second winning season under third-year coach Bennett Richter.

Monday marked the end of the road for Wolf seniors Marcelo Gebhard, Zander Pulliam, Jack Porter, Hunter Bronec, Johnny Porter, and manager Matthew Campbell.

Coupeville can return five of the eight players who scored this season, however, led by Anderson and Davin Houston, who combined for 17 touchdowns.

Chase Anderson racked up 99 points as Coupeville’s quarterback/kicker.

Final season scoring stats:

Touchdowns:

Chase Anderson – 12
Jack Porter – 8
Davin Houston – 5
Johnny Porter – 4
Liam Blas – 2
Hunter Bronec – 2
Marquette Cunningham – 2
Richmond Bandong – 1