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Summer hoopin’, had me a blast

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged , , , , , on July 5, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Logan Downes (left) and Brady Sherman beat the heat with a little help from their biggest … fan.

Every season is basketball season.

Other sports have their positives, but hoops is God’s chosen sport, so playing it year-round is only fair.

And, while Coupeville High School’s sharp shooters might not truly play all 12 months, they have been taking advantage of school being out to get in some games and clinics.

The photos above and below, which come to us courtesy Wolf Moms Dina Guay and Angie Downes, capture hardwood life during the hot months.

Mikey Robinett (left) and Nick Guay bask in Eastern Washington sun.

Timothy Nitta (left) and Ryan Blouin visualize drilling three-ball after three-ball.

The schedule was full at summer camp.

Hittin’ the open road in pursuit of hardwood fools to school.

But first, some solid protein.

William Davidson joins Guay and Blouin to form The Wrecking Crew.

Ready to drop 100 on the scoreboard operator.

No license, radio playing AC/DC at full blast, and punch the pedal through the metal.

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Go East, young hoops stars

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged , , , , on July 3, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Wolf hoops guru Brad Sherman (grey shirt) plots strategy. (Michael Davidson photo)

Turn up the heat, turn up the intensity.

Coupeville High School boys’ basketball coaches packed 24 Wolf players into various cars and trucks and headed East this past Thursday, landing in Spokane for a weekend full of hoops.

Gonzaga University was the destination, with a three-day basketball camp at the home of the Bulldogs the reward.

Playing at all hours in a heat not seen back in Cow Town, the Wolves got plenty of floor time.

Coupeville played seven varsity games, as well as appearing in six JV games, with the spare hours featuring clinics put on by Zags staff and players, as well as team bonding time.

Coupeville seniors, and their support crew. (Photo courtesy Charlotte Young)

“I need you to go in like a wrecking ball.” (Michael Davidson photo)

Looking for an opening in the defense. (Michael Davidson photo)

Getting ready for game time. (Michelle Glass photo)

Reppin’ Cow Town in a hoops mecca. (Courtney Simpson-Pilgrim photo)

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Wolf duo taste college baseball life

Posted in Baseball, tagged , , , , on June 29, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Wolf baseball stars Landon Roberts (left) and Chase Anderson, fueling up for the day. (Jon Roberts photo)

They’re on a pizza-eating tour of Eastern Washington.

Coupeville High School athletes are spending some of the first days of summer hanging out at Gonzaga University, picking up pointers to help fine-tune their games.

The Wolf boys’ basketball team will be in Drew Timme land — no word on whether coach Brad Sherman grew a mustache for the trip — this weekend for a hoops team camp.

Two Cow Town stars made the trip a little earlier, with Landon Roberts and Chase Anderson attending the Zags Baseball Prospect Camp.

The event, aimed at Class of 2025 and 2026 athletes, attracted a strong group of diamond dogs who hailed from multiple states.

Players arrived from Texas, California, Idaho, and Montana, among others.

All in attendance worked with Gonzaga coaches, picking up defensive and offensive instruction, plus nabbing a session with the school’s strength and conditioning coach.

Coupeville’s best enjoy the smell of college baseball grass. (Jon Roberts photo)

Toss in pizza, talks laying out NCAA rules and recruiting info, and then a nine-inning game with coaches from other colleges eyeballing the action.

Anderson, who is headed into his sophomore year at CHS, took the mound, tossing two innings.

The lanky hurler whiffed four, while Roberts, an incoming junior, worked a frame in right field, then another at first base.

The Wolves switched up after that, with Roberts also working two innings on the bump, striking out a pair of rivals, while Anderson lurked in left field.

At the plate, Roberts walked, struck out, and lashed a laser to second base which was inches away from being a hit.

Anderson collected a base-knock, earned a free pass, and lofted a long fly out to cap things.

“Overall, this was an amazing day of baseball for these boys,” said Wolf Dad, and Coupeville coach, Jon Roberts.

“Most of these kids, we will see at D1 level teams in three years!”

Now, it’s off to the lake for a day, before a slight zig to meet back up with their basketball teammates at Gonzaga.

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Wolves enjoy summer hoop dreams

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged , , , , on July 3, 2022| Leave a Comment »

Camden Glover nabs a photo op with mom Stevie before heading off to basketball camp at Gonzaga University. (Photos courtesy CHS parents and coaches)

Travel as a pack, play as a pack.

Coupeville High School boys basketball coaches brought 21 players to Eastern Washington this past week, where the Wolves participated in a team camp at Gonzaga University.

The trip comes on the heels of CHS hoops stars rumbling to a title in the Skagit County Parks and Rec Summer League, where Coupeville finished 7-1.

Ready to rumble in Eastern Washington.

With the Wolf program coming off a season in which the varsity won league and district titles before advancing to the state tourney, the continued growth points to more big things on the horizon.

“(We had an) amazing experience (at Gonzaga),” said Coupeville head coach Brad Sherman.

“Saw us grow a lot as a team and we had a ton of fun together.”

Wolves (left to right) Landon Roberts, William Davidson, and Zane Oldenstadt keep a watchful eye on the action unfolding below.

 

The Gonzaga camp crew:

 

Players:

Chase Anderson
Ryan Blouin
Hunter Bronec
Hurlee Bronec
William Davidson
Logan Downes
Carson Field
Camden Glover
Nick Guay
Alex Murdy
Zane Oldenstadt
Aiden O’Neill
Jack Porter
Johnny Porter
Landon Roberts
Mikey Robinett
Yohannon Sandles
Quinten Simpson-Pilgrim
Malachi Somes
Jonathan Valenzuela
Cole White

 

Coaches:

Jon Roberts
Brad Sherman
Hunter Smith
Greg White

The big time.

But first, the thrill of their 10,000th ferry trip.

Chase Anderson triggers a play.

Leaving it all on the floor.

Dinner!

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They hit her, Crownover hits right back

Posted in Softball, Wolves in college, tagged , , , , on October 27, 2019| 1 Comment »

Veronica Crownover, prairie legend. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Some good hits, some bad hits.

Coupeville grad Veronica Crownover continues to tear up the diamond for the Washington State University club softball team, even if the weather in Pullman doesn’t exactly scream “let’s go outside.”

The former Wolf collected six base-knocks over the weekend, while also absorbing a fair amount of pain, as the Cougars won two of three games against visiting Gonzaga.

After splitting a doubleheader Saturday, winning 12-11 and falling 13-3, Crownover and Co. closed out the series with a 14-2 win Sunday.

WSU sits at 4-2 on the season, with a road trip to the University of Oregon coming up in two weeks.

Crownover’s bat was smokin’ in sub-40 degree weather (rain and wind drove temps a lot lower before the weekend was done), as the freshman first-baseman collected two singles in each of the three games.

She also picked up some black and blue marks, as she took a pitch to the shin, fouled a ball off her foot, then was later plunked in the elbow.

During her Coupeville days that was known as getting “Nicoled,” in honor of teammate and best bud Nicole Laxton, who had an uncanny ability to get drilled by opposing pitchers.

The worst of the three injuries was the shot to the elbow, which left a black circle on her now-swollen arm.

Wazzu’s coach took her out of the game, but then reinserted her as a courtesy runner for another player, a first for Crownover, who has been playing softball since she could walk.

Putting an exclamation point on her wild weekend, she promptly scored as a pinch runner, proving she can do it all.

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