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Teagan’s gonna terrorize you!

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged , , , , on January 8, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Coupeville High School sophomore Teagan Calkins delivered a breakout performance Monday, fueling a big varsity win. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

Some people eat chicken soup when they’re sick.

For Coupeville High School varsity girls’ basketball coach Megan Richter, the best (temporary) cure for her illness is seeing her sophomore sensation play like a wild woman.

Sparked by a breakout performance by Teagan Calkins, the Wolves rallied twice Monday, before burying visiting Auburn Adventist Academy 38-24.

The non-conference victory lifts CHS to 5-6 on the season, with a road trip to Orcas Island Friday up next on the schedule.

Coupeville has already beaten the Vikings once this year, but that game didn’t count in the league standings. Second time around, it most certainly does.

The Wolves will roll into that conference showdown carrying a two-game winning streak and with Calkins and Madison McMillan, who had 12 points Monday, coming off of season-best scoring performances.

Richter only went six players deep against Auburn and got strong work from everyone on the floor.

The Eagles were combative, however, jumping out to a 7-1 lead, before holding on to carry a 10-7 lead into the first break.

The wham-bam duo of Mia Farris and Jada Heaton hit the boards hard for Coupeville in the opening frame, helping keep the hometown squad in the game.

Farris put one of her boards right back up for a bucket, while yanking down another, spinning, and feeding Heaton for a quick two points off of another carom.

Auburn nailed a jumper to open the second quarter, then Coupeville claimed its first lead of the night thanks to an 11-0 tear.

McMillan drilled the bottom out of the net on a three-ball, while also making off with a steal she turned into a breakaway bucket, while Calkins shot up the gut, splitting defenders for another key score during the run.

Madison McMillan eyeballs the net before sending it a gift.

A late three-ball, coming on a pullup jumper from an Eagle gunner, cut Coupeville’s lead back to 18-15 at the half, but the Wolves never flinched.

They did give up seven straight points to open the third, falling behind 22-18, but then promptly went into lock-down mode on defense.

Coupeville closed the third on a 9-0 surge, and the game itself on a 20-2 explosion.

Key to the game-clinching rally was a play on which Farris ripped a ball free from a rival, then flicked a pass to McMillan, who rose to the skies and drained her second three-ball of the game.

CHS converted several offensive rebounds into buckets in the game’s waning minutes, with Calkins hitting a jaw-dropping turnaround jumper off of one.

Not content to stop there, the rising star smashed her way through the lane on back-to-back scoring runs, with McMillan setting up both on superb passes.

It was a night to remember for Calkins, who entered play having scored 16 career varsity points, then almost doubled that in one game.

With her and McMillan combining for 25 points, they outscored Auburn by themselves.

But just to make things safe, Marti banked in five, while Farris and Heaton slapped home four points each.

While Lyla Stuurmans didn’t score on this night, “The Franchise” was her usual nimble self on defense, springing around and putting the fear of God into any Eagle even slightly thinking about firing off a shot.

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Balanced scoring, beautiful win

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged , , , , on January 8, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Ari Cunningham is a lock-down defender. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

Now that’s some depth.

With 10 players scoring Monday night, the Coupeville High School JV girls’ basketball team blitzed visiting Auburn Adventist Academy from every angle.

Leading from start to finish, the Wolves grounded the Eagles, rolling to a 37-18 non-conference victory in their first game in almost a month.

Now 3-4 on the season, CHS has nabbed back-to-back wins — with the first of those coming way back on Dec. 19.

After that win over Forks, the JV sat, with only Coupeville’s varsity making trips to Eastern Washington for holiday tournament play and then to Darrington.

And now, basking in another win, the young guns will sit again for eight days, as the next foe on the schedule, Orcas Island, only has a varsity squad this season.

Kassie O’Neil’s squad is slated to return to action Jan. 16 with a home rumble against La Conner, and hopefully their coach will be able to join them.

She was out sick Monday, but fellow Wolf coach Lark Gustafson stepped in and led the team to the win.

What he got was extremely well-balanced scoring, with four different players tying for top honors with six points apiece.

“Good team game,” Gustafson said. “Lots of good hustle and able to get everyone some playing time.”

He praised his roster of rock ’em, sock ’em warriors, with a special shoutout to one of Coupeville’s key scrappers.

“Ari (Cunningham) might not have had a lot of points,” Gustafson said. “But she had great steals and rebounds and hustle.”

Coupeville edged out to a 6-2 lead after a defensive-orientated first quarter, before stretching the margin to 12-6 by the half.

The third quarter was where the Wolves really brought the heat, however, going on a 14-4 rampage to blow things wide open.

Five different CHS players scored in the frame, with 8th grader Adie Maynes leading the way, as she torched the nets for all six of her points.

Haylee Armstrong, Brynn Parker, and Lexis Drake matched her total on the night, with Tenley Stuurmans banking in four points.

Bryley Gilbert (2), Capri Anter (2), Taylor Marrs (2), Chelsi Stevens (2), and Cunningham (1) rounded out the attack, with Ava Lucero clamping down on the defensive end of the floor.

Ava Lucero looks for an open teammate.

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Offense clicks, Wolves thrash Loggers

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged , , , , on January 5, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Lyla Stuurmans and her crew put together a strong offensive performance Friday in Darrington. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

The offense was en fuego.

Kicking off 2024 in grand fashion, the Coupeville High School varsity girls’ basketball team poured in a season-high Friday, thrashing host Darrington 57-14.

The victory lifts the Wolves to 1-1 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 4-6 overall, and could be a huge confidence builder going into the second half of the season.

Coupeville has been inspired on defense at times, but struggled to generate consistent offense, scoring 25 or fewer points in six of its first nine games.

Something changed Friday, and in a big way, as the Wolves opened the game on a 25-0 tear, then closed it on another 25-0 run.

Everyone was dialed in, with nine different players scoring, including Reese Wilkinson and Kayla Arnold notching their first varsity points.

In the early going it was Lyla Stuurmans with the hot hand, burying a pair of silky jumpers before scampering back on defense to harass and terrorize anyone foolish enough to wander into her part of the court.

A steal and breakaway bucket for Katie Marti stretched the first quarter lead out to 9-0, then it was time for Mia the Magnificent to take center stage.

Mixing in free throws with jumpers, steals with rebounds, Mia Farris poured in nine points in the final three minutes of the opening frame, powering CHS to a 23-0 lead at the first break.

Megan Richter discusses strategy. “The ball … put it in the basket.”

Now, the Wolves did calm down for a bit after that, but just for a bit.

Stuurmans went coast to coast to open the second quarter, before Darrington finally netted its first bucket 10.5 minutes into the game.

Once they finally unlocked the riddle of the rim, the Loggers hung tough, trailing 30-7 at the half, before getting the lead down to 32-14 after a run to open the third quarter.

Super sophomore Teagan Calkins, who spent the night crashing hard to the hoop, brought an end to Darrington’s brief comeback hopes however, swishing a free throw and kicking off the game’s second 25-0 tear.

Katie Marti closed the third with a three-ball from the side, followed by an out of control run up the middle where the ball bounced high off the rim, looked around at the crowd for a moment or two, then somehow caught just the right angle and slid through the net as the Wolves went bonkers.

The fourth quarter was all Wolves, with Calkins, Farris, and Marti taking turns dropping daggers.

Wilkinson, a hard-working defensive dynamo, got her reward late, popping in her first varsity basket off of a rebound and dish from Farris, before team sparkplug Jada Heaton closed things with her own putback.

Marti led all scorers, raining down 17 as she broke a tie with mom Christi Messner on the CHS girls career scoring chart.

The fiery one got plenty of help, with Farris slipping 15 points through the net, while Calkins hit a varsity career-high eight.

That burst of offense carried Mia the Magnificent to entrance into the 100-point club for her high school varsity preps career.

Stuurmans (6), Haylee Armstrong (3), Wilkinson (2), Arnold (2), Madison McMillan (2), and Heaton (2) rounded out the season-best explosion at the points factory.

Skylar Parker, Bryley Gilbert, and Brynn Parker also saw floor times for the Wolves, who return home Monday to face non-conference foe Auburn Adventist Academy.

 

No JV game:

Darrington is not fielding a second team this season, so Kassie O’Neil’s squad had the night off.

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Orcas, Darrington bail on JV girls’ games

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged , , , , , on January 2, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Wolf JV players wait for a chance to thump someone. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

They’re going to miss out on the hum of bus tires on asphalt.

The schedule for the Coupeville High School JV girls’ basketball squad took a hit Tuesday, with both Orcas Island and Darrington cancelling the remainder of their seasons due to a “lack of players.”

The change, which does not affect varsity action, eliminates two road trips for Kassie O’Neil’s team of young hoops hotshots.

Coupeville’s JV girls will now miss a trek to the wilds of Darrington this Friday, Jan. 5, and an island-hopping escapade Jan. 12.

Sitting at 2-4 coming into 2024, the Wolf JV has actually already played Orcas once, in a non-league game in which the Vikings poached CHS stars Haylee Armstrong and Bryley Gilbert to have enough players to field a full five-player unit.

As the schedule sits today, O’Neil’s crew has seven games remaining, with five at home.

First up is Auburn Adventist Academy, which travels to Cow Town Jan. 8.

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Wolf girls rack up personal milestones in road loss

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged , , , , on December 21, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Bryley Gilbert scored her first varsity points Thursday in Ellensburg. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

It’s a mixed bag.

On the one hand, the Coupeville High School varsity girls’ basketball squad got scoring from seven players Thursday, including a first timer.

On the other hand, the Wolves missed a lot of shots, continuing a season-long trend, during a 58-24 loss to Kittitas in a game played at Central Washington University in Ellensburg.

The non-conference defeat sends Megan Richter’s squad into the holiday break at 3-6, with questions to be answered.

A Wolf team trying to find a consistent flow on offense gets two weeks to sharpen its collective shot-making skills before a return to action.

That will come Jan. 5, when Coupeville travels to Darrington to kick off the 2024 portion of the schedule.

While the Wolves were swept in back-to-back games during their Eastern Washington journey, there were bright spots.

Freshman Haylee Armstrong made her varsity debut Wednesday, scored her first bucket the same night, then came back around to lead CHS in scoring a night later.

With nine points across two games, she’s already proving she deserves to play at this level.

The Wolves also welcomed a new player to the sisterhood Thursday, as junior Bryley Gilbert became the 244th girl to score in a varsity game in the 50 years the program has been active.

While the newcomers got their moment in the spotlight, the veterans also had stretches where they played superb ball on the trip.

Katie Marti, for one, reached a personal milestone of her own Thursday, tying mom Christi Messner on the career scoring chart.

If the fiery heartbeat of the Wolves were to suddenly retire — not something anyone wants to see, mind you — she’d finish with 125 points, equal to her mom.

Though, technically, since Marti comes before Messner alphabetically, Katie is actually ahead of her Madre.

Still, it would be better for the feisty point guard to keep on pulling on the Wolf uniform for another season-and-a-half and leave mamacita firmly in the rearview mirror.

Reese Wilkinson, always scrappy on the defensive end of the floor.

And there was one more personal milestone reached on the trip, as Lyla Stuurmans cracked the 150-point club by dropping a three-ball in the first quarter against Kittitas.

When Jada Heaton followed the trey up by converting a bucket off of an offensive rebound moments later, the Wolves were looking good, trailing just 9-5.

Kittitas swished its own three-point bomb to close out the opening quarter, then stretched the lead to 20-6 in the second frame, before the Wolves made their best sustained run of the game.

Madison McMillan drilled a three-ball through the bottom of the net, followed by two Stuurmans free throws to get the margin down under ten, and hopes of a comeback soared.

But it wasn’t to be, as Coupeville failed to hit back-to-back scores during the remainder of the game, allowing the Coyotes to steadily pull away.

Armstrong came up big in the second half, racking up all of her team-high seven points after the break.

A three-ball wedged between a pair of rebound put-backs showcased the varied talents of the young gun, while Marti chipped in with a pair of buckets — one on a slash inside, the other on a long jumper.

With the clock winding down, Gilbert rose up and let fly, rippling the net to become a made woman.

Stuurmans finished with five points to back up Armstrong’s seven, while Marti (4), McMillan (3), Heaton (2), Gilbert (2), and Mia Farris (1) rounded out the attack.

Reese Wilkinson, Kayla Arnold, and Teagan Calkins also saw floor time for the Wolves, bringing hustle and defensive grit.

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