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CMS girls hit the hardwood

Posted in Girls Basketball, Middle School, tagged , , , , on February 11, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Laurel Crowder led all Wolf scorers on opening day. (Photo courtesy Brooke Crowder)

“We did a lot of things really well.”

Coming off their season opener Wednesday against visiting South Whidbey, the Coupeville Middle School girls’ basketball teams have players with a lot of potential and a willingness to put in the work.

That always gets a stamp of approval from the coaches.

While the Wolves “took lots of shots that unfortunately didn’t fall,” they did “open (up) the floor with good spacing and drove to the hoop,” said CMS coach Brooke Crowder.

Even with the day’s third game cancelled at the last moment, Crowder and fellow Wolf hardwood guru Kassie O’Neil got floor time for 27 Wolves on opening day, with 12 of the young guns recording their first points of the new campaign.

How things played out:

 

Level 1:

Coupeville hung tough with a high-powered South Whidbey squad but couldn’t overcome the wham-bam combo of 8th graders Jayda Coleman and Ellie Linaberry, who sparked the Cougars to a 42-29 win.

The duo combined to account for 38 of the visitor’s points, with Coleman rattling the rim for 28 by herself.

The Wolves were down just 15-9 at the first break and stayed within 19-14 at the half, before South Whidbey pulled away with a 14-8 run in the third quarter.

Coupeville’s balanced offensive attack was led by 7th grader Laurel Crowder, who banked in eight points, while Cami Van Dyke (5), Finley Helm (4), Emma Green (4), Kaleigha Millison (3), Claire Lachnit (3), and Aubrey Flowers (2) also scored.

Green, Millison, and Lachnit all hit paydirt from long distance, splashing home a three-ball apiece.

Zayne Roos, Anna Powers, Addison Jacobson, Ava Alford, and Annabelle Cundiff rounded out the rotation for the Wolves.

 

Halle Black made her CMS hardwood debut Wednesday, joining a long line of family members who have played hoops in Coupeville. (Photo courtesy Mandi Black)

 

Level 2:

Both teams brought the defensive heat with South Whidbey ultimately escaping with a 20-9 victory.

The Cougars led from start to finish, but the game was a close one, with the visitors up 8-3 through one quarter, 10-5 at the half, and 14-7 heading into the final frame.

Juniper Dotson, Nikolette Dunham, Millie Somes, and Daisy Leedy-Bonifas all knocked down a bucket for CMS, while Bella Sandlin netted a free throw to round out the scoring.

Also seeing action for the Wolves were Halle Black, Ellie Callahan, Danielle Halsing, Arianna Vinson, Leah Hernandez, Sophia Burley, Amira Anunciado, Ruby Folkestad, Reagan Green, and Sabrina Judnich.

 

What’s up next:

Coupeville hits the road for three straight, traveling to Granite Falls (Feb. 18), Sultan (Feb. 19), and Northshore Christian Academy (Nov. 24).

The Wolves finally return to the CMS gym Feb. 26, when they’ll square off with King’s.

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Road warriors roll in regular season finale

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged , , , , on February 6, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Haylee Armstrong was on fire Friday, scoring 24 points. (Jackie Saia photo)

Sweet, sweet, consistent revenge.

The first time the Coupeville High School varsity girls’ basketball team squared off with Friday Harbor, the Wolves bolted out to a double-digit lead, before crumbling during their worst 10-minute stretch of the season.

Friday night, playing their regular season finale on the road, Scout Smith’s squad avoided any repeat stumbles and emerged with a very satisfying 52-42 win.

The triumph lifts the Wolves to 2-8 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 5-13 overall, snaps a four-game losing skid, and sends CHS into the postseason on a positive note.

Coupeville kicks off the double-elimination District 1/2 tourney Feb. 12, with six teams chasing three tickets to the state tourney.

Their opening opponent, and whether the Wolves begin at home or on the road, will be revealed Saturday night after the bracket is released.

Friday night was all about hitting the bottom of the net, as Coupeville had three players reach double-digit scoring.

Leading the way was Haylee Armstrong, who torched the net for nine points as the two teams battled to an explosive 16-16 tie through the first quarter.

The Wolves cracked the game open in the second frame, using a 19-7 tear fueled by five different gunners rattling the rim for points.

Teagan Calkins had the hottest hand in the quarter, rippling the net for seven points, but Armstrong was right on her heels, banking in another six.

From there, CHS stretched the advantage to 40-28 through three quarters, before coasting in for the win.

With very little help from the refs, apparently, but a lot from their hosts.

Friday Harbor was handed 15 free throw attempts, but clanked 10 of those, while Armstrong netted both of her shots during Coupeville’s one, and only, trip to the charity stripe.

The junior guard finished with a game-high 24 points, which lifts her to 290 career points, pushing her into a tie for #40 on the CHS girls’ career scoring list with … her current coach, Scout Smith.

Calkins knocked down 14 Friday, which moves “The Red Dragon” into #26 all-time for a Wolf program launched in 1974, leaving the senior just 11 points shy of reaching 400.

And the third Wolf to reach double digits?

That was sophomore Tenley Stuurmans, and with her 10 points Friday she becomes the 67th CHS girl to score 200 career points. She’ll head into the playoffs at #64 with 209 points and counting.

Kennedy O’Neill and Adeline Maynes both tossed in a bucket to round out the scoring, with Arianna Cunningham and Danica Strong bringing the defensive heat.

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Scrappy JV girls finish strong

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged , , , , on February 6, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Willow Leedy-Bonifas clamps down on the ball during a tense moment. (Jackie Saia photos)

The record is deceptive.

While the Coupeville High School JV girls’ basketball squad finished with a 2-11 record, many of their games were like the barnburner played Friday night in the season finale.

Squaring off with host Friday Harbor, the young Wolves were a shot away from forcing overtime, but had the clock run out on them in a 32-29 loss.

That speaks well for a team which featured multiple 8th graders and showed steady progress all season long for coaches Alita Blouin and Lark Gustafson.

Friday’s finale featured the return of red-hot gunner Ava Lucero, who has been battling illness.

Back on the floor, the Wolf sophomore went off for a game-high 18 points to pace her team, with Cami Van Dyke nailing a pair of three-balls en route to six points of her own.

Anna Powers and Willow Leedy-Bonifas rounded out the attack with a bucket apiece, with Olivia Hall, Emma Cushman, Elizabeth Marshall, Zayne Roos, and Taylor Marrs also seeing floor time.

Elizabeth Marshall (23) and Anna Powers move in for the rebound.

 

Final season scoring stats:

Ava Lucero – 122
Cami Van Dyke – 56
Anna Powers – 45
Willow Leedy-Bonifas – 37
Zayne Roos – 22
Taylor Marrs – 20
Olivia Hall – 12
Finley Helm – 12
Emma Cushman – 4
Elizabeth Marshall – 3

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CMS girls boast deep roster

Posted in Girls Basketball, Middle School, tagged , , , , on February 6, 2026| Leave a Comment »

CMS 8th grader Zayne Roos (12), seen here in a high school game, will get a second hoops season this winter at the middle school level. (Jackie Saia photo)

Five days until tipoff.

Coupeville Middle School kicks off a new eight-game season of girls’ basketball this coming Wednesday, Feb. 11, when the Wolves host South Whidbey.

CMS coaches Brooke Crowder and Kassie O’Neil currently have a 29-player roster to draw from, including four eighth graders who also stepped up and played for the high school JV team earlier this winter.

That quartet is comprised of Anna Powers, Finley Helm, Cami Van Dyke, and Zayne Roos.

 

The opening day roster:

 

6th grade:

Halle Black
Ellie Callahan
Juniper Dotson
Nikolette Dunham
Danielle Halsing
Leah Hernandez
Daisy Leedy-Bonifas

 

7th grade:

Sophia Burley
Laurel Crowder
Ruby Folkestad
Reagan Green
Abby Hunt
Bella Sandlin
Milly Somes

 

8th grade:

Ava Alford
Amira Anunciado
Annabelle Cundiff
Aubrey Flowers
Emma Green
Finley Helm
Addison Jacobson
Sabrina Judnich
Claire Lachnit
Kaleigha Millison
Anna Powers
Emily Rains
Zayne Roos
Cami Van Dyke
Arianna Vinson

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Cunningham sparkles in tough loss

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged , , , , , on January 30, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Arianna Cunningham scored a team-high 10 points Friday night in the regular season home finale. (Jackie Saia photo)

They don’t quit.

That was shown once again Friday night, as the Coupeville High School varsity girls’ basketball team rebounded to play its best ball in the fourth quarter during an otherwise rough game against visiting La Conner.

Facing off with a hot-shooting Braves squad which also dominated on the boards, the Wolves scored nearly half their points in the final frame before falling 57-29.

The loss leaves Coupeville at 1-8 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 4-13 overall, with just a Feb. 6 road trip to Friday Harbor left on the regular season schedule.

After that, the Wolves will take part in the double-elimination District 1/2 tourney, one of six teams chasing three tickets to state.

CHS will learn its opening opponent, and whether that game is on the road or at home, the day after the regular season ends.

Squaring off with La Conner, which is solidly the number #2 squad in the NWL behind powerhouse Mount Vernon Christian, the Wolves started strongly.

At least for the first three minutes.

Coupeville forced a shot clock violation on the game’s opening possession, before Wolf senior Danica Strong later rippled the nets on a three-ball to give her team its only lead of the night at 3-2.

Then things went off the road and down a deep, dark ravine.

Owning the boards and getting big buckets from senior gunner Maeve McCormick, La Conner ripped off a 17-2 run to end the opening quarter, carrying a 19-5 lead into the first break.

Things got bleaker from there, as the Wolves could only manage a single basket in the second quarter, courtesy a rebound put back up and in by Arianna Cunningham.

Down 37-7 at the half, with shots finding every possible way to roll off the rim or pop back out of the net, Coupeville eventually fell behind 51-10 late in the third quarter.

That triggered a running clock, but it also seemed to trigger Scout Smith’s squad, which hunkered down and made a solid stand over the game’s final 10 minutes.

CHS closed the third on a 6-0 spurt, with Cunningham draining three free throws, before finally finding a consistent shooting groove in the final quarter.

Haylee Armstrong and Tenley Stuurmans both knocked down six points in the fourth, while the Wolf defense ramped up in intensity, led by Cunningham, who was a beast on the boards as usual.

While defense has been her primary calling card this season, Cunningham also showcased some solid offensive mojo Friday, pacing CHS with a season-high 10 points.

Stuurmans (6), Armstrong (6), Strong (4), Teagan Calkins (2), and Adeline Maynes (1) also wrote their name in the scorebook, with Kennedy O’Neill, Lexis Drake, Sydney Van Dyke, and Capri Anter rounding out the roster.

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