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Limited games, much talent

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged CHS Wolves, girls basketball, John Fisken photos, JV, Katie Marti, Skylar Parker on May 23, 2021| Leave a Comment »

Kassidy Upchurch leads off a collection of Wolf JV basketball pics. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

We’re giving them a little extra love and hype.

The Coupeville High School JV girls basketball squad is working just as hard as the other three Wolf hoops teams.

But they’re still going to play a lot less games, as only two of the other six schools in the Northwest 2B/1B League are fielding girls JV programs this school year.

While Coupeville’s varsity teams are scheduled to play 12 games apiece, and the Wolf JV boys have a 10-game set (no Concrete), the JV girls get four tilts.

They played two of those in the first week of the season, losing to Orcas Island, then clobbering Friday Harbor.

Now, they don’t get a game again until June 5 and 8, sitting out while their varsity counterparts play five times.

While they, and us, wait for those contests, here’s a look at some of the young Wolves.

Skylar Parker

Pam Morrell

Katie Marti

Jessenia Camarena

Bryley Gilbert

Morgan Stevens

Desi Ramirez

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Shoot the rock, check the standings

Posted in Basketball, standings, tagged Boys Basketball, CHS Wolves, girls basketball, Northwest League, standings on May 23, 2021| Leave a Comment »

“Hey, let me in! I want to see those sweet, sweet standings!!” (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

“So do we.”

One week in, three to play.

High school hoops are officially underway in the Northwest 2B/1B League, and a couple of things are already clear.

On the girls side, La Conner is, as always, a beast.

The 2B Braves have polished off Concrete 88-10, Friday Harbor 62-15, and Darrington 87-6, while also stepping outside the NWL to beat 1A power King’s 44-39.

There’s also a second beast, with 1B Mount Vernon Christian having beaten Coupeville 54-14, Concrete 75-17, and Orcas Island 62-16.

La Conner and MVC play June 1 and 15, and barring any kind of Covid-related shenanigans, it would appear the Braves and Hurricanes will slug it out for the title.

On the boys side, things are much more topsy-turvy.

Orcas Island sits atop the standings at 3-1, but lost Saturday to Mount Vernon Christian, a team Coupeville already whacked.

For the Wolves, if their buzzer-beater Saturday at Friday Harbor had stayed in the bucket, they’d be 2-1 and in a second-place tie.

It didn’t, so, for the moment, CHS is a game-and-a-half back of the top spot, though things could radically change in week two.

The Wolves, both boys and girls, play three times this coming week, with home games against Concrete Tuesday and La Conner Thursday, followed by a trip Friday to the wilds of Darrington.

That’ll take us to the halfway point of this pandemic-altered 12-game season, and may provide a bit more clarity on which boys team will rise to the top.

Maybe.

Where things stand through May 23:

Northwest League boys basketball:

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

Northwest League girls basketball:

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

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Stuurmans is a savage

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged CHS Wolves, Friday Harbor, girls basketball, JV, Lyla Stuurmans, Madison McMillan on May 22, 2021| Leave a Comment »

Coupeville 8th grader Lyla Stuurmans scored 16 points in two quarters Saturday, lifting the high school JV to a road win, capping a busy day in which she also scored her first varsity points. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Lyla Stuurmans played a lot like her coach did back in the day.

Limited to just two quarters Saturday, after also playing in the varsity game, the 8th grader pumped in 16 points to spark the Coupeville High School JV girls basketball squad to a big win on Friday Harbor.

With the 34-20 victory, the Wolves even their season record at 1-1.

Coupeville JV coach Megan Smith filled up the basket as a player, and she sits as the #4 varsity scorer in Wolf girls history.

Stuurmans may still have a ways to go to get to Smith’s level, but the silky-smooth shooter has already shown she can drop buckets with the best of them.

After scoring her first varsity points earlier in the day, Stuurmans went off for 12 points in the first quarter of the JV contest, including nailing a three-ball from behind the arc.

With fellow 8th grader Madison McMillan adding six points to the cause, the Wolves jumped all over Friday Harbor, pounding out to an 18-2 advantage by the first break.

From there it was all easy street, with Coupeville pushing the lead out to 24-4 at the half and 30-10 by the end of the third quarter.

Friday Harbor finally found a fighting chance in the fourth, scoring half of its points and trimming the margin just a bit before the buzzer ended things.

McMillan finished with 10 points to back Stuurmans and her 16, while Skylar Parker netted a pair of buckets to nab her first four points of the season.

Jessenia Camarena and Katie Marti rounded out the scorers, with two points apiece, while Bryley Gilbert, Pam Morrell, Kassidy Upchurch, Morgan Stevens, Reese Wilkinson, and Desi Ramirez also saw floor time.

With most of the Northwest 2B/1B League schools not fielding girls JV teams this season, the Wolves only have a four-game schedule, instead of the 12 their varsity counterparts are set to play.

That means the Coupeville second crew doesn’t play again until June 5, when they travel to Orcas Island, and June 8, when they host Friday Harbor in a rematch of Saturday’s bout.

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Second-half surge seals sweet success

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged Audrianna Shaw, CHS Wolves, Friday Harbor, girls basketball, road win on May 22, 2021| Leave a Comment »

Sophomore sharpshooter Ryanne Knoblich scored her first varsity points Saturday, helping Coupeville storm to a big road win. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

Savina Wells rifles a pass to Maddie Georges, who cracked an exclusive scoring club.

“They finally busted out as a team.”

Roaring out of the halftime locker room, the Coupeville High School varsity girls basketball squad obliterated host Friday Harbor in the second half Saturday.

Turning a one-point halftime deficit into a double-digits victory, the Wolves captured a 38-25 win, and put a smile on coach Scott Fox’s face.

“After coming out flat from an early morning reveille and long ferry ride, we turned it up and came out firing on all cylinders in the second half,” he said.

“They all contributed. This was a great road win for a young team.”

Coming hot on the heels of a narrow loss at home less than 48 hours before, the victory lifts Coupeville to 1-2 at the quarter mark of this pandemic-altered 12-game season.

The Wolves now head home for back-to-back home games, with Concrete coming to Whidbey Tuesday, May 25, before Northwest 2B/1B League powerhouse La Conner arrives two days later.

Those are challenges for other days, however. For the moment, let Coupeville bask in the glow of victory.

Saturday’s game tipped at 11:30 AM, which meant the Wolves left their own gym at 7:45.

Once on the floor, they stayed close, leading 7-5 after one quarter, before slipping behind 12-11 at the half.

The third quarter was all Coupeville, however, with junior guard Audrianna Shaw throwing down seven of her game-high 12 points to spur an 18-8 Wolf run.

She got plenty of help, with Kylie Van Velkinburgh adding five in the quarter, while Maddie Georges banked in three, Izzy Wells popped for two, and Carolyn Lhamon tickled the twines for a free throw.

The Wolves kept the defensive pressure on through the fourth quarter, coasting in for the win.

Georges, Coupeville’s sophomore point guard, made a little history in the final frame, swishing a three-ball to officially move into the 100-point club.

With six points Saturday, she sits with 102 points, and is the 101st Wolf girl to hit triple-digits since the CHS girls program began in 1974.

Passing Monica Vidoni (97), Lupine Wutzke (98), and Sue Wyatt (100), Georges is now #100 on the career scoring chart, a small burst away from shooting even higher.

It wasn’t the only history, as sophomore Ryanne Knoblich and 8th grader Lyla Stuurmans both knocked down buckets in the fourth, scoring their first varsity points, joining an exclusive club which now numbers 233 girls.

Stuurmans is in an even-more exclusive club, as she and Savina Wells are the only 8th grade girls to score in a CHS varsity hoops game.

On the day, Shaw led the books with 12 points, including a pair of long-range three-balls.

The always-efficient Izzy Wells (6), Georges (6), Van Velkinburgh (5), Lhamon (3), Stuurmans (2), Knoblich (2), and Savina Wells (2) also scored.

Anya Leavell, making her season debut, and Morgan Stevens both saw solid floor time for the Wolves.

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