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Ari Cunningham clamps down on defense. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Some things are clicking. Some things need to be worked on.

The Coupeville Middle School girls’ basketball teams made their debut Thursday, squaring off with next-door neighbor South Whidbey.

While the Falcons escaped with narrow wins in all three contests, the host Wolves made fourth quarter rallies each time out and shared the scoring load.

But what killed comeback hopes was an unforgiving rim on free throw attempts, as the CMS squads combined to net just 4-29 from the charity stripe.

Still, even there, the positive was the Wolves showed a far superior ability to get to the line in the first place, with South Whidbey going just 2-8 overall.

How the day played out:

 

Level 1:

It was a defensive struggle for much of the game, with South Whidbey eking out a 25-17 win.

Ari Cunningham netted a free throw to account for Coupeville’s lone first quarter point, with the Wolves trailing 3-1 at the break.

From there the Falcons held on to an 8-6 advantage at the half, before stretching the lead to 19-9 through three quarters.

The Wolves put together their best offensive surge in the fourth, with Cunningham, Lillian Ketterling, Sydney Van Dyke, and Adie Maynes scoring down the stretch.

Cunningham paced CMS with seven points, while Tenley Stuurmans (3), Ketterling (3), Maynes (2), and Van Dyke (2) rounded out the attack.

Laken Simpson, Tamsin Ward, Ava Lucero, Chelsi Stevens, Olivia Hall, and Taylor Marrs also saw floor time for the Wolves.

 

Level 2:

Coupeville closed the game on an 8-0 run in the fourth quarter but couldn’t quite get all the way back in a 24-19 loss.

South Whidbey inched out to an 8-6 lead after one, stretched it to 20-11 by the half, then coasted into the fourth frame up 24-11 after the Wolves went scoreless in the third.

Willow Leedy-Bonifas got Coupeville’s offense re-started in the final quarter, tossing in a pair of buckets to give her a team-high eight points, while her teammates were locked-down on defense.

Kennedy O’Neill banked in five points to back up Leedy-Bonifas, with Amelia Crowder, Sophia Batterman, and Rhylin Price each recording a bucket.

Amaiya Curry, Isabella de Souza Oliveira Mc Fetridge, and Elizabeth Marshall rounded out the CMS roster.

 

Level 3:

A slow first quarter hurt the Wolves, but they closed strongly during a 22-18 loss.

South Whidbey claimed the lead after a 10-0 run in the first, before the two teams battled dead even through the second and third frames.

Trailing 18-8 heading into the fourth, Coupeville rallied for a game-closing 10-4 run behind the shooting of Kaleigha Millison and Brooklyn Pope.

The duo finished the game with eight and six points, respectively, while Cassandra Powers and Emma Cushman both rattled the rim for a bucket.

Also seeing floor time were Zariyah Allen, Claire Lachnit, Zayne Roos, and Cameron Van Dyke.

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“Excuse me, coming through. Pardon me … get out of my way, sister!!” (Jackie Saia photo)

A pause, and then the hardwood life returns.

The 50th season of Coupeville High School girls’ basketball closed Tuesday, which just means the countdown to the 51st season is underway.

Other athletic pursuits come and go, but God’s Chosen Sport is eternal.

Through good weather and bad, through school days and summer afternoons, the pursuit of hoops excellence rolls on, every young woman in a Wolf uniform chasing the greatest scorer in school history.

Her name is Brianne King, and no one, boy or girl, has come close to racking up numbers like she did in the late ’90s and early 2000’s.

But never say never.

Jeff Stone held his share of the CHS boys’ basketball career scoring record for 54 years, until Logan Downes came calling in 2024.

Go back four years, to a freshman season cut down to 12 games by the pandemic, and who among us would have assumed the current Wolf senior would be standing atop the mountain?

Which is a way of saying, you never know.

Haylee Armstrong. Tenley Stuurmans. Tamsin Ward.

Or a 3rd grader working on her shot right now.

They could be the one who joins Downes in shocking the world.

You’ll never know if you don’t keep coming back, season after season, documenting bucket after bucket.

A gym, a basketball, a dream — who knows how they’ll play out?

“These shoes? Why, thank you for asking, Mia. These are my special sweet shooting shoes!! I put ’em on, every shot hits nothing but net!!” (Bailey Thule photo)

 

CHS girls’ hoops career scoring (1974-2024), with active players listed in BOLD:

Brianne King – 1549
Zenovia Barron – 1270
Makana Stone – 1158
Megan Smith – 1042
Ann Pettit – 932
Ashley Ellsworth-Bagby – 892
Terry Perkins – 673
Lexie Black – 622
Kristan Hurlburt – 598
Tina Lyness – 594

Marlene Grasser – 574
Judy Marti – 545
Brittany Black – 502
Jen Canfield – 497
Erica Lamb – 497
Emily Vracin – 467
Tina Barker – 464
Vanessa Davis – 448
Lindsey Roberts – 448
Maureen Wetmore – 438

Sarah Powell – 425
Mika Hosek – 424
Cassidi Rosenkrance – 423
Maddie Georges – 407
Ashley Manker – 404
Shawna West – 388
Katie Smith – 374
Whitney Clark – 359
Amy Mouw – 353
Tracy Taylor – 350

Kailey Kellner – 339
Amanda Allmer – 331
Misty Sellgren – 331
Taniel Lamb – 330
Marie Grasser – 321
Mia Littlejohn – 317
Amanda Fabrizi – 299
Scout Smith – 290
Bessie Walstad – 288
Hailey Hammer – 282

Madeline Strasburg – 261
Carly Guillory – 260
Sarah Mouw – 259
Julie Wieringa – 252
Danette Beckley – 249
Chelsea Prescott – 249
Marlys West – 247
Kendra O’Keefe – 244
Breeanna Messner – 235
Hilary Kortuem – 231

Ema Smith – 228
Mikayla Elfrank – 227
Annette Jameson – 223
Beth Mouw – 216
Lisa Roehl – 216
Alita Blouin – 215
Audrianna Shaw – 212
Linda Cheshier – 210
Katie Marti – 208
Izzy Wells – 204

Your active scoring leader, one Katie Marti. (CHS Yearbook Staff photo)

Pam Jampsa – 202
Julia Myers – 202
Kim Warder – 193
Lyla Stuurmans – 192
Kacie Kiel – 188
Stephanie Clapp – 185
Kassie Lawson – 184
Heather Davis – 182
Jaime Rasmussen – 181
Trudy Eaton – 180

Heidi Bepler – 179
Jodie Christensen – 174
Aimee Messner – 168
Danielle Vracin – 167
Sherry Bonacci – 165
Marie Hesselgrave – 165
Marilyn Brown – 164
Hayley Ebersole – 163
Yashmeen Knox – 163
Traci Perkins – 161

Suzette Glover – 159
Carolyn Lhamon – 153
Jai’Lysa Hoskins – 151
Jennifer Bailey – 150
Emily Young – 149
Vanessa Bodley – 146
Joli Smith – 142
Jennie Cross – 140
Mia Farris – 135
Savina Wells – 133

Taya Boonstra – 132
Sarah Burgoyne – 126
Christi Messner – 125
Kayla Lawson – 124
Avalon Renninger – 123
Gwen Gustafson – 122
Cheryl Dunn – 119
Ryanne Knoblich – 119
Hannah Davidson – 116
Jill Whitney – 116

Sarah Wright – 115
Laurie Estes – 114
Debbie Snyder – 113
Tiffany Briscoe – 111
Madison McMillan – 110
Lauren Escalle – 109
Sally Biskovich – 108
Kara Harvey – 108
Kalia Littlejohn – 106
Kyla Briscoe – 104

Kelly Snyder – 104
Sue Wyatt – 100
Lupine Wutzke – 98
Monica Vidoni – 97
Christine Barr – 95
Lauren Grove – 95
Babette Owensby – 93
Toni Thiefault – 92
Jennifer Pettit – 85
Laura Young – 83

Marnie Bartelson – 81
Cheryl Pangburn – 79
Courtney Arnold – 78
Tonnalea Rasmussen – 78
Sharon Jolly – 75
Amanda Manker – 73
Beth Cavanaugh – 72
Wynter Thorne – 68
Rachelle Solomon – 64
Lindsey Sherwood – 61

Ann Kahler – 60
Teagan Calkins – 59
Ja’Kenya Hoskins – 59
Chelsea Rosenkrance – 59
Judy Wallace – 58
Rose Marti – 57
Jean Wyatt – 57
Jennifer Eelkema – 55
Christine Larson – 53
Courtney Boyd – 52

Jada Heaton – 52
Kari Johnson – 52
Erin Ryan – 52
Anya Leavell – 51
Nicole Shelly – 50
Traci Barker – 49
Paige Mueller – 49
Stephanie Kipp – 48
Lynn Wilson – 47
Andilee Murphy – 46

Janiece Jenkins – 43
Meghan Metlow – 43
Tia Wurzrainer – 43
Jessy Caselden – 41
Karen Jampsa – 40
Jennifer Meyer – 40
Jill Keeney – 39
Suzanne Enders – 38
Mandi Murdy – 37
Shawn Diem – 35

Min Powell – 35
Abby Mulholland – 32
Lauren Rose – 32
Tammie Hardie – 31
Nezi Keiper – 29
Shannon Rutledge – 29
Taylor Sherman – 29
Anna Myhr – 28
Kirsty Croghan – 27
Lori Friswold – 27

Sarah Vass – 27
Tina Jansen – 26
Kim Stuurmans – 26
Kathy Jolly – 25
Shelby Kulz – 25
Kylie Van Velkinburgh – 25
Melissa Cox – 23
Haley Marx – 23
Haylee Armstrong – 21
Lori Hart – 21

Haylee Armstrong, ready to make the scoreboard jump. (Jackie Saia photo)

Skylar Parker – 21
Allison Wenzel – 21
Courtney Williams – 21
Aleshia McFadyen – 20
Nancy Dyer – 18
Dina Lanphere – 18
McKenzie Bailey – 17
Carol Estes – 17
Kristina Clark – 16
Dawn Clampet – 15

Nicole Laxton – 15
Mollie Bailey – 14
Lindsey Tucker – 13
Jeannette Fixel – 12
Tammy Shubat – 12
Nikki Snyder – 12
Kelly Ankney – 11
Naomi Prater – 11
Michelle Riddle – 11
Emily Wodjenski – 11

Alyssa Kelley – 10
Zarah Leaman – 10
Toni Hudson – 9
Georgie Smith – 9
Cindy Bennett – 8
Susan Estes – 8
Ami Garthwaite – 8
Eileen Hanley – 8
Keri Iverson – 8
Kristine Macnab – 8

Michelle Smith – 8
Carlie Rosenkrance – 7
McKayla Bailey – 6
Lexi Boyer – 6
Rhiannon Ellsworth – 6
Debbie Johnson – 6
Grace LaPoint – 6
Skyler Lawrence – 6
Corrin Skvarla – 6
Janie Wilson – 6

Kayla Arnold – 5
Katy Bennett – 5
Penny Griggs – 5
Marissa Slater – 5
Denise McGregor – 4
Jessica Sherwood – 4
Kara Warder – 4
Reese Wilkinson – 4
Christina Mowery – 3
Samantha Roehl – 3

Ashlie Shank – 3
Jamie Townsdin – 3
Brenda Belcher – 2
Rusty Brian – 2
Carol Davis – 2
Lisa Davis – 2
Nicole Fuller – 2
Bryley Gilbert – 2
Cathy Higgins – 2
Daisy Kent – 2

Katie Kiel – 2
Charlotte Langille – 2
Brynn Parker – 2
Morgan Stevens – 2
Tracy Barber – 1
Amy Biskovich – 1
Corinne Gaddis – 1

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Lyla Stuurmans would appreciate it if you would get out of her face. (Jackie Saia photo)

The building blocks are in place.

The Coupeville High School varsity girls’ basketball team narrowly missed the playoffs this time around, stung by a couple of losses in which the offense dried up at inopportune times.

But there were a whole ton of moments when everything clicked into place for the Wolves, promising a bright future.

And that future could come to bloom next season, with nine of 12 players, including all five starters, slated to return for CHS coach Megan Richter.

The top seven scorers on a team which finished 2-6 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 7-13 overall (but could have easily been 13-7 with a tweak here and there) are all underclassmen.

Starters Mia Farris, Jada Heaton, Madison McMillan, Lyla Stuurmans, and Katie Marti are juniors, while Teagan Calkins is a sophomore and Haylee Armstrong a freshman.

Give them some time to fine-tune their offensive skill set, let them grow and mature in the heat of softball, track, and volleyball seasons, and plop them back on the hardwood next year, and things could get dynamic.

All five of Coupeville’s starters this season can return next year. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

La Conner, who they closed with, shares a lot of similarities with the Wolves — young players bursting with potential, finding their way to achieving the kind of success their predecessors enjoyed.

For this season, at least, the Braves proved to be just a hair further along the path.

Using its team-wide speed to its advantage, La Conner jumped out to a 14-6 lead after one quarter of play Tuesday night.

McMillan kept the Braves honest by knocking down a couple of early buckets, while Farris chased down a rival and rejected her shot to the delight of her teammates.

Coupeville came out strongly in the second quarter, chopping its deficit back to 16-11, but then was stung by one of those infamous offensive dry spells.

La Conner closed the frame on a 7-2 run, with just a roller from Stuurmans slowing the bleeding, then rippled the nets for the first six points of the third quarter.

That staked the Braves to their biggest lead of the night, at 29-13, and put a bit of panic in the heart of Wolf fans around the world.

To which Stuurmans said, “Calm down, Skippy, I got this.”

The ever springy one, bounding around on both ends of the floor, tossed in five points to key a 7-0 Wolf run, cutting things back to 29-20 heading into the fourth.

Now in her fourth season of CHS basketball, having first repped the red and black as a precocious 8th grader, Stuurmans capped the mini run with a pull-up jumper so pretty it made the basketball gods smile.

Unfortunately for the Wolves, that was as close as they would get to catching La Conner, with both teams going into an offensive slow-down in the final quarter.

McMillan banked in a bucket off of a long lob by Marti, but it was Maeve McCormick who delivered the dagger.

The Brave gunner scrambled to the sideline to save a ball seemingly intent on escaping into the inky darkness of the great outdoors, looped back to the top of the arc, and calmly flicked home a three-ball to deliver the punctuation point.

For Coupeville, McMillan and Stuurmans collected eight and seven points, respectively, while  Marti (4), Heaton (2), and Calkins (2) also scored.

 

Final season scoring stats:

Katie Marti – 152
Mia Farris – 104
Madison McMillan – 104
Lyla Stuurmans – 62
Teagan Calkins – 59
Jada Heaton – 50
Haylee Armstrong – 21
Skylar Parker – 19
Kayla Arnold – 5
Reese Wilkinson – 4
Bryley Gilbert – 2
Brynn Parker – 2

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With the high school season done, Taylor Marrs is off to play middle school hoops. (Jackie Saia photos)

They took advantage of every moment they had.

The Coupeville High School JV girls’ basketball squad was limited to 13 games this season, while their varsity counterparts got 20, thanks to rival schools maybe not being as committed as the Wolves are to playing God’s Chosen Sport.

But when the CHS young guns hit the hardwood, they were a scrappy bunch who showed continued improvement every time out.

In her second year at the helm of the JV program, former Wolf ace Kassie O’Neil guided her squad through a campaign which wrapped Tuesday with a rumble at La Conner.

Coupeville fell 64-36 to a strong Braves squad, finishing 2-4 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 5-8 overall.

But while the high school season is done, six Wolf 8th graders who played above their grade level will keep on keepin’ on, moving on to play another eight games for the middle school program.

Ari Cunningham, Taylor Marrs, Ava Lucero, Tenley Stuurmans, Adie Maynes, and Chelsi Stevens start that season Thursday at home against South Whidbey.

The Wolf JV came out on fire Tuesday, battling La Conner almost even for eight minutes.

Ready to attack.

Bryley Gilbert dumped in six points and Haylee Armstrong rattled the rim for the first of her two three-balls as Coupeville headed to the break down just 15-14.

The second quarter was a killer, however, as the Braves used a 21-3 surge to stretch the halftime lead out to 36-17.

The Wolves fought back in the second half, once again playing their hosts almost straight up, as Stuurmans knocked down nine of her team-high 11 points after the break.

Gilbert finished with seven in support of her young teammate, while Armstrong (6), Maynes (5), Capri Anter (3), Lucero (2), and Brynn Parker (2) also scored.

Stevens, Cunningham, Marrs, and Lexis Drake rounded out the Wolf roster, with all seeing floor time.

 

Final scoring stats:

Haylee Armstrong – 134
Tenley Stuurmans – 90
Bryley Gilbert – 59
Adie Maynes – 36
Capri Anter – 33
Brynn Parker – 29
Lexis Drake – 16
Teagan Calkins – 9
Ari Cunningham – 9
Taylor Marrs – 6
Chelsi Stevens – 5
Ava Lucero – 4

**Missing 26 points​​**

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Chelsi Stevens is one of six 8th graders playing both high school and middle school hoops. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

There is power in numbers.

Coupeville Middle School girls’ basketball coaches have so many athletes this winter, they’ve been able to field four teams.

Since other Cascade League schools only have 2-3 squads, that requires a bit of work to ensure every Wolf will see the floor.

After some scrambling by CHS/CMS Athletic Director Willie Smith, Coupeville’s fourth team will play on Saturday afternoons, with Jerry Helm and Eric Wagner coaching.

Coaches Bennett Richter (left) and Brooke Crowder share practice stories with Bob Martin, a veteran of the middle school wars.

The first three squads, under the tutelage of coaches Bennett Richter and Brooke Crowder, have an eight-game Cascade League schedule which kicks off Thursday at home against South Whidbey.

That group includes six 8th graders who doubled up this winter and also played high school basketball.

In the list below, those two-timers are indicated by an **.

 

Coupeville’s massive 45-player roster:

Ava Alford
Zariyah Allen
Sophia Batterman
Amelia Crowder
Annabelle Cundiff
Ari Cunningham **
Amaiya Curry
Emma Cushman
Isabella de Souza Oliveira Mc Fetridge
Marina Flood
Isley Garcia Fernandez
Hazel Goldman
Emma Green
Olivia Hall
Finley Helm
Addison Jacobson
Lillian Ketterling
Claire Lachnit
Emma Leavitt
Willow Leedy-Bonifas
Ava Lucero **
Taylor Marrs **
Elizabeth Marshall
Olivia Martin
Inara Maund
Adie Maynes **
Kaleigha Millison
Kennedy O’Neill
Brooklyn Pope
Pria Powell
Allison Powers
Annaliese Powers
Cassandra Powers
Rhylin Price
Selah Rivera
Zayne Roos
Katelyn Sellers
Laken Simpson
Sage Stavros
Chelsi Stevens **
Tenley Stuurmans **
Cameron Van Dyke
Sydney Van Dyke
Tamsin Ward
Marin Winger

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