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A million little points!!

Posted in Basketball, tagged , , , , on July 27, 2017| 7 Comments »

Hoops hotshot Jeff Stone (top, left) is joined by (clockwise from top right) Mike Bagby, Randy Keefe, Jeff Rhubottom, Bill Riley, Pete Petrov, Brad Sherman, Denny Clark, Arik Garthwaite, and Bill Jarrell.

Want to impress people with random stats? I’m here for you.

As I pursue the basketball history of Coupeville High School, I’ve reached a milestone, having tracked down (fairly complete) scoring stats for every boys basketball season from 1960-61 to 2016-2017.

That’s 57 seasons and provides a pretty good overview of the Wolf program.

Now, CHS hoops has been playing since 1917, so I still have work ahead of me, though those early decades (with the possible exception of the ’50s) are fairly certain to be low-scoring affairs.

But, as I take a momentary break from digging through the dusty archives, let’s pause a moment and see if you can guess the answer to a bit of trivia.

Over those past 57 seasons, as shorts got longer, three-point bombs became a reality, and numerous sets of brothers passed through the school, how many players do you think scored at least one point in a varsity basketball game?

If you guessed 328 players, you’re either uncanny … or you looked ahead and cheated.

Either way, that’s what my research shows.

Having plowed through newspaper articles (some more helpful than others), yearbooks and (when they could be found) score-books, here’s everyone who put the ball into the hoop for the Wolves from 1960-2017.

With one small caveat. No one is claiming this is 100% correct down to the last point.

When your research is in a million little pieces and scattered to the wind, if you can walk away and say, “Hey, this is 98.6% correct,” then I think we’re OK.

And I feel OK.

CHS boys varsity basketball scorers (1960-2017) — * indicates active player:

Jeff Stone 1137
Mike Bagby 1104
Randy Keefe 1088
Jeff Rhubottom 1012
Bill Riley 934
Pete Petrov 917
Brad Sherman 874
Denny Clark 869
Arik Garthwaite 867
Bill Jarrell 855
Corey Cross 811
Barry Brown 769
Hunter Hammer 759
Steve Whitney 730
Dan Nieder 729
Chris Good 688
Gavin Keohane 677
Virgil Roehl 674
Foster Faris 668
Pat Bennett 659
Wade Ellsworth 659
Jason McFadyen 654
Rich Morris 637
Kramer O’Keefe 636
Wiley Hesselgrave 632
John O’Grady 611
Greg White 604
Joe Whitney 601
Brian Miller 597
Mike Syreen 594
Gabe McMurray 592
Randy Duggan 552
Roy Marti 551
Jim Syreen 550
Marc Bissett 549
Brad Miller 526
JJ Marti 520
Gary Faris 518
Cody Peters 518
David Lortz 502
Jason Bagby 499
Pat O’Grady 472
Sean Dillon 469
Hunter Smith 465 (*)
Frank Marti 462
Del O’Shell 440
Tony Ford 432
Caleb Powell 421
Ben Biskovich 407
Casey Clark 407
Nick Sellgren 406
Tom Logan 385
James Smith 382
Chad Gale 373
JD Wilcox 373
Ty Blouin 369
Caesar Kortuem 369
Ray Harvey 368
Pat Brown 355
Dick Smith 352
Glenn Losey 350
Timm Orsborn 345
Robin Larson 342
Byron Fellstrom 340
Kevin Faris 339
Michael Vaughan 337
Aaron Trumbull 330
Brad Brown 328
Charlie Tessaro 328
Ian Smith 324
David Ford 323
Bob Rea 320
Chris Marti 319
Gabe Wynn 316
Nick Streubel 314
Utz Conard 313
Ben Hayes 306
Allen Black 305
Noah Roehl 301
Blake Day 299
John Beasley 293
Risen Johnson 291
Brian Fakkema 290
Matt Frost 290
Mike Mallo 282
Keith Jameson 277
Terry Roberts 277
Kit Manzanares 275
Boom Phomvongkoth 275
Zepher Loesch 274
Alex Evans 272
Aaron Curtin 271
Tyler King 270
Joe Tessaro 270
Eric Hopkins 265
Harvey Wainio 265
Rick Keefe 259
Troy Blouin 256
Sean Callahan 256
Greg Fellstrom 248
Casey Larson 247
Jim Yake 247
Brandon Huff 245
Brad Haslam 235
Geoff Hageman 227
Curt Youderian 226
Ed Wood 219
Joel Walstad 217
Richard Cook 216
Ryan Keefe 214
Jordan Ford 210
Andrew Mouw 204
Vance Huffman 203
Tim Quenzer 202
Alan Hancock 198
Shawn Ryan 197
Trevor Tucker 194
Mike Millenbach 188
Dale Sherman 188
Scott Stuurmans 188
Wayne Hardie 178
Chris Cox 177
Evan Tingstad 177
Jerry VandWerfhorst 177
Anthony Bergeron 176
Mike Ankney 173
Ron Naddy 172
Dale Libbey 169
Tim Walstad 168
Randy Blindauer 166
Mark Bepler 165
Chad Brookhouse 163
Noel Criscuola 162
Monty Moore 155
Geoff Wacker 154
Bill Baas 153
Jim Faris 151
Steve Konek 149
Gavin O’Keefe 149
Ryan McManigle 148
Ryan Griggs 147
Hugh Abell 145
Ethan Spark 136 (*)
Craig Anderson 132
Mitch Aparicio 130
Scott Franzen 129
Ben Etzell 127
Pat Millenbach 126
Brian Shank 125
Jessie Smith 119
Scott McGraw 116
Christian Townsdin 116
Mitch Pelroy 115
Taylor Ebersole 114
Eric Taylor 112
Brian Barr 108
Joe Donellon 101
Jason McManigle 101
Bryan Hamilton 99
Brian Knoll 98
Morgan Payne 96
Christian Lyness 95
Ted Weber 91
James Meek 89
Dan Miller 89
Steve Bissett 87
Andrew Cashen 87
Carson Risner 86
John Sinema 86
Roy Mattox 83
Nick Morris 83
Caleb Valko 78
Ross Buckner 77
Matt Shank 77
JJ Johnson 76
Duane Score 76
Quinten Farmer 75
Matt Ortega 75
Mike Ellsworth 74
John Zimmerman 72
Jason Fisher 71
Tony Prosser 70
Les Jacobson 69
Tom Conard 68
Dean Grasser 68
Matt Bepler 67
Zack Swerdfeger 66
Ron Lamphere 65
Ben Hancock 63
Randy Stone 63
Mike Brown 62
Jason McDavid 62
Jeremy Staples 62
Brian Hageman 61
Erik King 61
David Davis 60
Tom Mueller 59
Brandy Ambrose 58
Steve Smith 58
Martin Walsh 58
Matt Helm 57
Dennis Terrell 57
Drew Chan 56
DeAndre Mitchell 56
Ellis Schultz 56
CJ Smith 54
Asa Owensby 52
Marc Aparicio 51
Chris Chan 51
Joe Kelley 51
Marvin Darst 50
Troy Hurlburt 49
Dalton Engle 48
Jerry Helm 48
Dalton Martin 47
Eddie Fasolo 45
Keith Dunnagan 42
Erick Harada 40
James Jorgensen 40
Nevin Miranda 40
Jeff Thomas 40
John Wyatt 40
Danny Bonacci 36
Hunter Downes 36 (*)
Charlie Toth 36
Jim Marti 35
Zeb Williams 35
Dante Mitchell 34
Dave Brandt 33
Ryan Kelley 33
Joey Lippo 33 (*)
Brian Roundy 32
Richard Barber 31
Ray Cook 29
Tim Leese 29
Ralph Lindsay 29
Rick Marti 28
Toby Martinez 28
Daniel McDonald 28
Joe Rojas 28
Todd Smith 28
Scott Sollars 28
Richard Benson 27
Mike Duke 27
John Holmes 26
Cameron Toomey-Stout 26 (*)
Mark Short 25
Tim Youderian 25
Jared Helmstadter 24
Trent Diamanti 23
Trevor Mueller 22
Dan Schleiffers 22
Jay Roberts 21
Dustin Van Velkinburgh 21
Matt Douglas 20
Jordan Emerson 20
Dean Strom 20
Scott Fisher 19
Scott Losey 19
Matt Petrich 19
Jason Raymond 19
Rob Blouin 18
Rick Keith 18
Marvin Mitchell 18
Gary Boyke 17
Jim Keith 17
Cedric McIntosh 17
Rick Frieze 16
Chad Nixon 16
Josh Wilsey 16
Steven Cope 15
Eric Dyer 15
Mike Lester 15
Brad Rogers 15
Henry Edwards 14
Todd Brown 13
DJ Kim 13
Mike Eaton 12
Guy George 12
Kole Kellison 12
Desmond Bell 11
Bill Hamilton 11
Ken Pickard 11
Jon Roberts 11
Chris Squires 11
Ben Winkes 11
Ron Edwards 10
Travis Hooker 10
Daniel Graham 9
Kyle King 9
Bruce Seiger 9
Fred Wyatt 9
Erik Anderson 8
Rob Fasolo 8
Kraig Gordon 8
Robert Shafer 8
Dave Wells 8
Charlie Cook 7
Brian Folkestad 7
Wayne Hesselgrave 7
Ed Cook 6
Chuck Hardee 6
Kevin King 6
Robert Kirkwood 6
Nic Anthony 5
Ariah Bepler 5 (*)
Jered Brown 5 (*)
Scott Davidson 5
JD Myers 5
Nate Steele 5
Andrew Bird 4
Bill Boze 4
Jason Legat 4
Morgan Roehl 4
Rusty Bailey 3
Luke Currier 3
Frank Mueller 3
Tracy Wilson 3
Teo Benson 2
Norm Enders 2
Chris Locke 2
Jeremy McCormick 2
Rich McCormick 2
Denny Moss 2
Tony Sherman 2
Stephen Stietenroth 2
Robbie Wanamaker 2
Oscar Liquidano 1

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Don’t stop till you get to the top!!

Posted in Hall o' Fame, tagged , , , , , , on September 20, 2015| 2 Comments »

The blockers who drove the 1990 CHS football squad are joined by (bottom, l to r) Hunter Hammer, Randy King, Kyra Ilyankoff and Tina (Lyness) Joiner.

   The blocking crew who powered the 1990 CHS football squad are joined by (bottom, left to right) Hunter Hammer, Randy King, Kyra Ilyankoff and Tina (Lyness) Joiner.

Winners, through and through.

That perfectly describes the members of the 13th class to be inducted into the Coupeville Sports Hall o’ Fame.

A diverse group with some crossover, they all had high standards and left behind big marks, though one is still adding to his legacy at Coupeville High School.

Joining their brethren under the Legends tab at the top of the blog are Kyra Ilyankoff, Hunter Hammer, Randy King, Tina (Lyness) Joiner and the 1990 CHS football squad.

Our first inductee, Ilyankoff, was a powerhouse on the volleyball court and in the track stadium.

As a spiker, she owns school records for most blocks in a game and a season, while as a thrower, she placed in the top four at state as a javelin hurler three times.

With a second, third and fourth place medal to her name, it was only injuries that kept Ilyankoff from going a flawless four-for-four from 2008-2011.

A serene, sweet-natured young woman who had a fiery, intense drive deep in her soul, she will always stand tall when we talk about Wolf athletes who simply wowed us.

Standing tall came naturally to Hammer, since the camera-lovin’ force of nature eventually grew to a lanky six-foot-seven.

On the basketball court, he was a dominant force on very successful squads (his 2009-2010 team went 16-5, best in a long time for CHS boys’ hoops), before joining track as a thrower his final two seasons, shattering long-held school marks and claiming three medals at state.

Through it all, he broke the mold by refusing to play dour like a lot of male high school athletes do when it came time for photos to be taken.

He loved having his photo snapped, and the camera loved him, thus launching the first in a line of solid gold Photo Bomb champions at CHS.

Others have come for his title in the years since, but Hunter was, is, and will always be, The Man.

Hammer’s coach in both his sports, King, has the longest current tenure of any CHS coach.

After 20+ years on the hardwood as boys’ varsity basketball coach, he stepped away, but then returned to coach middle school hoops in recent years, while continuing to lead the Wolf track program.

A teacher and sometimes football PA announcer, King has done it all and I find it hard to believe there will ever be a day when he’s not at the school, helping to guide a new generation of athletes.

And we’re certainly not going to wait for him to retire to induct him into our Hall.

Our fourth inductee, the hoops artist formerly known as Miss Lyness, was an assassin with a sweet soul.

One of the nicest people to ever trod the earth, Tina completely tamped that down when she strode onto the basketball court.

A standout player with ice in her veins when it came time to put the ball into the hoop, she was a key part of making history.

Her short eight-footer at the buzzer as a senior lifted Coupeville to a stunning 43-42 upset of dastardly ATM, knocking the private school power out of the playoffs and sending the Wolves to state.

That 1999-2000 squad would go on to become the first CHS team, in any sport, to win a game at state, kick-starting a decade’s worth of excellence in the program, but all of that would never have happened if she hadn’t dropped the dagger.

And now Tina has a young son who is showing signs of being a golf/fishing/whatever-sport-he-wants-to-play prodigy, meaning she might have helped to kick-start a new wave of excellence that will pay off for Wolf Nation down the road.

Topping our inductees on this day is a team that, without much argument, can lay claim to being the best in its sport ever produced by Cow Town.

The 1990 gridiron warriors, led by a talented senior class that left school in spring of ’91, went 9-0, winning a Northwest League title while outscoring opponents 258-107.

Led by a power running game and a cerebral, highly-efficient quarterback in senior Jason McFadyen, the Wolves rolled all the way to hosting a state playoff game.

Buffeted by Whidbey wind, Coupeville fell to Rainier in a state quarterfinal game Nov. 10, 1990, but that lone loss can’t mar what came before.

And, cementing their status, no other Wolf football team has stepped up to match their unbeaten mark or make it back to state in the 25 years since they last strode the gridiron at Mickey Clark Field.

It would be nice, on this anniversary, if the school would step up and honor the ’90 squad, though it doesn’t seem likely. Coupeville, unlike other schools, often lets its athletic past go to waste, which is a shame.

But whether they get their moment back on the field or not, we here at Coupeville Sports can remember them, and induct them, as a team, into our Hall.

Together, one more time, they are:

Ron Bagby (head coach)
Brian O’Hara (assistant coach)
Jon Prater (assistant coach)
Tom Roehl (assistant coach)

Brian Barr
Ben Biskovich
Troy Blouin
Danny Bonacci
Todd Brown
Ross Buckner
Ted Clifton
Matt Cross
Sean Dillon
Chris Frey
Scott Gadbois
Les Hall
Brad Haslam
Van Kellems
Scott Kirkwood
Eric Lester
Mark Lester
Kit Manzanares
Frank Marti
Jason McFadyen
Craig McGregor
Gerald McIntosh
Jason McManigle
David McMillan
Jerimiah Prater
Virgil Roehl
Ben Russell
Ryan Samplawski
Todd Smith
Joseph Staples
Nate Steele
Kevin Steiner
Aaron Williams
Tracy Wilson

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Hunter Hammer: All-American (again)!!

Posted in A freakin' American hero, Track, Wolves in college, tagged , , , , on May 3, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Hunter Hammer, All-American college track athlete and accomplished baby-sitter.

Hunter Hammer, All-American college track athlete and accomplished baby-sitter.

Hunter Hammer is a two-timer.

All-American that is. Two-time All-American.

The former Coupeville High School basketball and track legend finished third in the shot put at the National Christian College Athletic Association finals in Rome, Georgia this weekend, earning that status.

Representing Trinity Lutheran, his final throw in the shot put went 14.60 meters.

He was an All-American last year in the discus, an event he took 13th in this time around.

Hammer also placed fifth in the hammer throw (45.85 meters), and the ten points he earned accounted for more than half of his team’s 19 points.

The Trinity Lutheran men finished 15th in the team standings, with Shorter University taking home the NCCAA championship banner.

Hammer’s female teammates placed 22nd overall.

During his time as a Wolf, the six-foot-seven, wildly outgoing Hammer broke almost all of the school’s throwing records, while also being a dominant player for the boys’ basketball squad.

After graduation, he competed at Everett Community College for two seasons before joining the brand-new track program at Trinity.

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Still The King!!

Posted in A freakin' American hero, Happy birthday, tagged , , , , , , on March 25, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Hunter Hammer: Force of Nature

Hunter Hammer: Force of Nature

Yesterday, Coupeville Sports officially passed half a million page views all-time.

A fair amount of those views came to us courtesy of one large-livin’ legend, Hunter Hammer.

A six-foot-seven basketball and track juggernaut who devoted a fair amount of time to being a goofball, Mr. Hammer, who turns 22 today, is gold, Jerry, gold.

I’m sure he’s got much going on today, so I won’t burden him down with hundreds of rambling words about what a great guy he is, on and off the court.

Instead, we’ll just bow to the one true Page Hit King, and wish him a birthday that matches up to his stature.

Never change, Huntah!

Sincerely, all your fans.

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Hammer movin’ on up!!

Posted in Softball, tagged , , , , , on March 15, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Hailey Hammer puts pen to scholarship paper. (Linda Hammer photos)

Hailey Hammer puts pen to scholarship paper. (Linda Hammer photo)

Hammer in her natural habitat.

Hammer in her natural habitat.

Get ready Everett. The thunder is coming to town.

Coupeville High School senior softball slugger Hailey Hammer will be packing up her booming bat after graduation and taking her high-powered offensive game to the next level.

She has signed a letter of intent to play at Everett Community College next year, becoming the second Wolf in as many years to net a college softball scholarship.

Hammer follows in the footsteps of former teammate Madeline Roberts, who is currently a freshman at Shoreline Community College, one of Everett’s rivals in the Northwest Athletic Conference.

By choosing Everett, Hammer is also following in the footsteps of older brother Hunter Hammer, who was a successful track thrower and basketball player at the school.

For Hailey, the chance to become a Trojan was an easy one.

“It has been one of my tops since the beginning,” she said. “It’s close to home, runs in the family, with Hunter going we’ve made several trips over there and I loved the staff and coaches there.

“It was a great experience trying out for the team and I was ecstatic when they offered me a spot with a scholarship.”

Before she goes, though, she has one last high school season to play.

The Wolves are scheduled to kick off their softball season Monday against Sultan (4 PM), though that might be dicey with all the rain that fell Sunday.

But, eventually, the season will kick off and it will be Hammer’s 12th as a varsity player at CHS.

She has been the rare player to be a varsity fixture in three sports (volleyball, basketball, softball) for all four years of high school.

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