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Haylee Armstrong is killin’ folks!!

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged , , , , , on January 23, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Haylee Armstrong sees your defense, and she is not impressed. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

Mama said knock you out, so Haylee Armstrong went and threw some haymakers.

Raining down 20 of her career-high 30 points in the second half Tuesday, the Coupeville High School freshman turned a JV game against visiting Concrete from a nailbiter to a blowout.

The Wolves went into the locker room up by just a single point, only to come away with a 47-26 victory thanks to their hot-shooting guard.

The win lifts Kassie O’Neil’s squad to 1-3 in Northwest 2B/1B League action, 4-6 overall, with a road trip to Chief Leschi Saturday next up on the schedule.

Tuesday’s rumble with Concrete was a sticky one for the first 16 minutes, as the two teams exchanged body blows, warily circling one another.

Armstrong popped for 10 in the first half, propelling the Wolves to an 8-4 lead after one and a narrow 16-15 advantage as everyone heading in for pep talks and (maybe) orange slices.

Whether she got to nibble on citrus or not, the fab frosh came out flexin’ in the second half.

Raining down 11 points in the third quarter alone, Armstrong spurred an 18-8 run to bust the game wide open.

She had some help, with Tenley Stuurmans and Capri Anter combining for seven points in the frame, and the Wolves kept the heat cranked up in the fourth quarter.

Closing on a 13-3 tear, CHS slammed the door shut, locked it, and threw the key away.

While Armstrong’s 30 was the best performance by any Wolf girl this season, varsity or JV, she wasn’t the only young gun to score.

Anter backed up her cousin with a solid seven-point effort, while Stuurmans (6), Brynn Parker (2), and Ari Cunningham (2) also kept the scorekeeper busy.

Ava Lucero, Lexis Drake, Bryley Gilbert, Adie Maynes, Taylor Marrs, and Chelsi Stevens rounded out the rotation for the Wolves, who have four games left in their season.

Ava Lucero dares a foe to try and get past her.

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Wolf girls endure devilish loss

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged , , , , on January 20, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Madison McMillan lines up a shot. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

It’s been a rough weekend.

Paired off with two of the best teams in the state, the Coupeville High School varsity girls’ basketball team absorbed a pair of bushwhacking beatdowns.

After falling to Mount Vernon Christian Friday, the Wolves tipped off with visiting Neah Bay Saturday and got blasted 65-12.

Worse, junior standout Mia Farris, the team’s #2 scorer and a dangerous defender, crashed hard to the floor in the second quarter against the Red Devils, eventually leaving the gym on crutches.

Early reports indicate the injury wasn’t as bad as first feared, however, a slim ray of sunshine for the Wolves.

Now sitting at 5-10 after Saturday’s non-conference loss, CHS will get back at it next week with games against Concrete and Chief Leschi, neither of whom are close to the caliber of MVC and Neah Bay.

CHS coach Megan Richter plots strategy during a timeout.

The Red Devils are super quick and blitz from every angle, something the Wolves had trouble with.

The game was firmly in Neah Bay’s hands after the visitors rolled out to a 19-1 lead after one quarter of play.

CHS netted just a Teagan Calkins free throw in the opening frame, and while it picked up a few more points after that, they were few and far between.

The Wolves scored half of their 12 points in the second quarter, with Katie Marti popping for five — a three-point play the hard way on a bank shot and free throw, and a pair of charity shots later.

Reese Wilkinson, who came off the bench to pound the boards while fans ogled her hand-crafted jewelry and carvings displayed on her Instagram page, also slipped a free throw through the twines.

Trailing 36-7 at the half, Coupeville could only muster a pair of field goals the rest of the way.

Skylar Parker drilled a third-quarter three-ball, while Lyla Stuurmans sank a late jumper to close the scoring.

Marti finished with a team-high five points, with Skylar Parker (3), Stuurmans (2), Calkins (1), and Wilkinson (1) also scoring.

Kayla Arnold, Brynn Parker, Jada Heaton, Madison McMillan, Haylee Armstrong, Bryley Gilbert, and Farris also saw floor time for Megan Richter’s squad.

 

For those wondering, here’s Wilkinson’s Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/reese.w1234/

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Hurricanes howl, but Wolves drop some bombs

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged , , , , on January 20, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Katie Marti is coming for all your records before the next family barbecue. (Coupeville High School Yearbook Staff photo)

Katie Marti is halfway home to having all the family bragging rights, female division.

Banking in a trio of three-balls Friday night against Mount Vernon Christian, the Wolf junior moved into a tie with Aunt Aimee (Messner) Bishop on the Coupeville High School girls’ basketball career scoring chart.

Katie, now sitting with 168 points, already passed Aunt Rose Marti (57) and mom Christi Messner (125), with Cousin Breeanna Messner (235) and Aunt Judy Marti (545) still ahead.

And, since I said “female division,” that means we’re not worrying about dad Frank Marti or any of Katie’s many uncles and male cousins.

At least at the moment.

While Katie’s offensive explosion, all of which came in the first quarter, wasn’t enough to totally derail a very-good MVC squad, it does provide a positive from a 68-24 loss.

The defeat, coming against the #3 team in 1B, drops Coupeville to 1-4 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 5-9 overall.

Up next is a Saturday rumble at home with the #1 team in 1B, Neah Bay.

Will the Red Devils leave their starters in and continue to shoot three-balls two minutes deep into the fourth quarter, like the Hurricanes did?

Only time will tell.

Perhaps MVC, flustered a bit by Marti’s assault from behind the arc, felt the need to pour it on late to appease a chattering fan base which loudly protested a ref’s call while ahead by 40.

In a game in which those same officials in black and white gave Coupeville exactly zero free throw attempts, I’m sure that one pro-Wolf call must have chilled Hurricane fans to the bone.

Marti, with no help from the refs, even when she was being tweaked, twisted, and tossed about while standing two inches in front of them, kept things close early with her treys.

The first one cut the margin to 4-3, the second one sliced the lead to 10-6, and the third one, an improbable bank shot from an odd angle, snipped the deficit to 12-9.

After that, Mount Vernon used its superior speed and height, plus a little friendly help from the rules crew, to pull away.

Up 18-9 at the first break, the ‘Canes stretched the margin out to 39-18 at the half.

It could have been worse, but Wolf gunner Mia Farris went off for nine points in the second quarter, including the best shot of the night.

With the clock racing to 0:00 as the locker room beckoned, the Wolf junior threw her hands up in frustration, with the ball going along for the ride.

It hung in the air for a very long second, stuck its tongue out at the visiting fans, then splashed home for three points as the Wolves went bonkers.

Things took a downturn after that, with MVC ripping off 23 straight points to open the third quarter, setting off a running clock.

Making things (slightly) better was the sight of one ref being hit twice, once by each team.

Coupeville scrapper Teagan Calkins knocked the ball off the official’s face at close range, before a Hurricane ballhandler drilled a pass off the dude’s knee.

At least we hope it was his knee…

Teagan Calkins, dreaming about throwing the ball off someone’s face. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

CHS coach Megan Richter gave floor time to 11 players, with Farris (13), Marti (9), and Calkins (2) combining to handle all the scoring.

Madison McMillan, Haylee Armstrong, Brynn Parker, Jada Heaton, Kayla Arnold, Reese Wilkinson, Skylar Parker, and Lyla Stuurmans also went into the trenches, fighting for rebounds and eyeballing the refs.

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Young, scrappy, and building for the future

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged , , , , , on January 19, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Tenley Stuurmans flies into action. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

The young guns are ahead of the curve.

Six of the 11 players on the Coupeville High School JV girls’ basketball team are just 8th graders, pulling double duty.

Starting Monday those scrappers will join their fellow middle schoolers for the CMS season, while still playing out the rest of this campaign with the high school squad.

It’s a baptism of fire, and Kassie O’Neil’s youngest players are holding up well.

“They’re playing really good right now,” said the CHS hardwood guru. “Love to see it.”

Those 8th graders accounted for half the points Friday during a 56-29 loss to a much-more experienced Mount Vernon Christian squad.

While the home defeat drops the Wolves to 0-3 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 3-6 overall, learning under fire is invaluable for the growth of Coupeville’s future stars.

One of the precocious group, Tenley Stuurmans, paced Coupeville Friday, popping for a team-high nine points.

The latest in a string of strong hoops players to emerge from her clan, Lyla’s lil’ sis banked in four of those points in the opening quarter as CHS hung tough, trailing 19-10 at the first break.

MVC steadily pushed the lead out from there, to 29-17 at the half and 47-21 after three quarters of play, but the Wolves stayed scrappy to the end.

Adie Maynes, doing double duty as she hones her hardwood skills. (Coupeville High School Yearbook Staff photo)

With 8th grader Adie Maynes going off for all five of her points in the final frame, while Stuurmans added another three, Coupeville fought until the final buzzer sounded.

Five Wolves recorded points in the clash, with Stuurmans (9), Brynn Parker (7), Maynes (5), Bryley Gilbert (4), and Haylee Armstrong (4) all putting their name into the scoring column.

Taylor Marrs, Chelsi Stevens, Ari Cunningham, Lexis Drake, Ava Lucero, and Capri Anter also saw floor time for the Wolves, who return to action with a home game Jan. 23 against league rival Concrete.

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Wolf girls add late season bout

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged , , , , on January 19, 2024| Leave a Comment »

The body is motionless, but the brain is always buzzing. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Senior Night will NOT be the last home game for the Coupeville High School girls’ basketball teams.

CHS Athletic Director Willie Smith, working the phones until the end, has found an extra contest for the Wolves.

The foe is Orting, and the Cardinals will make a 190-mile round trip to Cow Town Saturday, Feb. 3 to play varsity and JV games.

The non-conference rumbles slot between the aforementioned Senior Night Feb. 2 against Friday Harbor, and a regular season-ending road trip Feb. 6 to La Conner.

Tipoff is 2:00 PM for JV and 3:45 for varsity.

Orting, which is a 2A school, plays in the South Puget Sound League.

The Cardinals varsity currently sits at 4-7, while its JV is 2-7.

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