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Living on the edge!!

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged , , , , , on January 31, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Wiley (John Fisken photo)

   Wiley Hesselgrave is Coupeville’s top scorer this season, averaging 12 a game. (John Fisken photo)

The door to the playoffs is still open, but it’s closing fast.

Riddled with injuries, the Coupeville High School boys’ basketball squad is limping to the finish line, in dire need of a win to keep its season alive.

After suffering a 58-39 loss at Klahowya Friday, the Wolves sit at 5-11 overall and 1-5 in Olympic League play.

That puts them in last place in the four-team league, trailing Chimacum (5-1), Klahowya (4-2) and Port Townsend (2-4) and facing a must-win game Tuesday.

The top three teams make the postseason.

If they make the ferry trip across to Port Townsend and beat the Redhawks for a second time this season, things will look a lot better. That would slide them into a third-place tie and give them the tiebreaker.

If they lose, however, they’re done.

Two back with two to play (home games against Chimacum Feb. 6 and Klahowya Feb. 9) and Port Townsend owning the tiebreaker would eliminate Coupeville from postseason contention.

Friday night the Wolves had three decent quarters and one terrible one.

Coming out of the halftime locker room trailing by just six, Coupeville went ice-cold from the field in the third quarter, sealing its fate.

Outscored 16-3 over an eight minute stretch, the Wolves, who were playing without Joel Walstad, Ryan Griggs, Gabe Wynn, Jared Helmstadter and Dalton Martin, were unable to stop the Eagles from putting the game out of range.

The team’s most potent offensive weapon, junior Wiley Hesselgrave, did his best to keep CHS in the game, throwing down 23, but the Wolves only got scoring from three other players.

Aaron Curtin and Risen Johnson each popped for six, while Aaron Trumbull, fighting through his own injury issues, banked home four.

Second quarter blues kill JV:

Injuries also hurt the JV squad, as top scorers DeAndre Mitchell and Hunter Smith were limited to just a quarter of play so they could slide up and replace missing players on the varsity team.

After a close first quarter (9-9), Klahowya surged to a 17-point halftime spread on its way to a 55-33 win.

The loss dropped the young Wolves to 6-9 overall, 3-3 in Olympic League play.

They’ll get a chance to get back on their winning ways when they face Port Townsend, a team they’ve beaten twice this season.

“Three games to go. Trying to go 6 and 3 in conference,” said Wolf coach Dustin Van Velkinburgh. “We look to get Gabe Wynn back Tuesday in Port Townsend. We will see how things go.”

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Leyva nets another one!!

Posted in Boys Soccer, tagged , , , , on April 2, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Tanner Kircher suffered a concussion and cruised clavicle in Tuesday's loss. (John Fisken photos)

Tanner Kircher suffered a concussion and bruised clavicle in Tuesday’s loss. (John Fisken photos)

Sean Donley set up Abraham Leyva's third goal of the season.

Sean Donley set up Abraham Leyva’s third goal of the season.

It’s a battle between buddies.

Coupeville High School sophomore soccer stars Abraham Leyva and Zane Bundy are vying for the team lead in scoring this season, with each young gun having netted three goals in the first four games.

Running mates up front for the Wolves, the duo have played select soccer together and are clicking as a two-headed threat for Kyle Nelson’s squad.

Tuesday, it was Leyva’s turn, as he found the back of the net during a physical game in Lakewood.

With the host Cougars ganging up on Bundy, who had scored in three straight games, Lakewood was able to hold off Coupeville, however, eking out a 2-1 victory.

The loss dropped the Wolves to 2-2 overall, 1-2 in the Cascade Conference. Both of Coupeville’s losses have been one-goal affairs.

CHS played without midfielders Cameron Boyd, who had his tooth broken off by a knee in the previous game, and Jason Knoll, who has a hurt ankle.

The Wolves also lost a third player, when sophomore defender Tanner Kircher left the game and had to make a visit to a local hospital after suffering a concussion and a bruised clavicle.

Even without key players, Coupeville took Lakewood almost to the wire.

A defense headed up seniors Brett Arnold and Jared Dickson shut down the Cougars for huge chunks of game time, only to have Lakewood senior Randy Anaya slip in the eventual game-winner in the game’s final moments.

It was Anaya’s second goal of the night.

Leyva’s goal was set up by Sean Donley, who notched an an assist.

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Ladies! Ladies! Stop hitting yourself!!

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged , , , , on January 14, 2014| 1 Comment »

Tiffany Briscoe (33), living in the land of the flying elbows. (Shelli Trumbull photo)

Tiffany Briscoe (33), hard at work in the land of the flying elbows. (Shelli Trumbull photo)

Soccer star Jenn Spark makes the jump to the hardwood.

Jenn Spark (John Fisken photo)

Injuries continue to wreak havoc with the Coupeville High School girls’ basketball program.

Even as senior captain Breeanna Messner returns to action Tuesday at Granite Falls — after missing Saturday’s loss to Mount Vernon Christian after smacking her head on the hardwood a night before — the Wolves will be down several players.

The biggest impact will be felt by the loss of junior post Hailey Hammer, who may be out several weeks after hurting her ankle in the MVC game.

On crutches as recently as Monday, her absence costs the Wolf varsity (5-5 overall, 2-3 in Cascade Conference play) a starter.

“She went to the doctor yesterday and they did x-rays. Not broken. Wants to see her again next week,” said mom Linda Hammer. “They want to make sure she didn’t tear anything. I think she just rolled it.”

“It’s pretty swollen still and it’s bruising nicely,” she added. “I’m hoping she’s only out a couple weeks.”

The Coupeville JV squad has dealt with injuries all season, as well.

Miranda Engle (ankle) never saw the floor before her season was scrubbed, while McKenzie Bailey is currently wearing a sling as she recovers from a nasty fall at Sultan.

Joining them on injured reserve — at least for a bit — are sophomore Jenn Spark and freshman Tiffany Briscoe, who both have taken knocks to the head recently.

Briscoe’s came on the basketball court, while Spark slipped and whacked her noggin on a muddy soccer field in Shelton Sunday while playing with her select soccer team.

Both are expected to be out for at least a week as a cautionary measure.

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Wolf cheer captain takes bad tumble!!

Posted in Cheer, tagged , , , on January 9, 2014| 5 Comments »

Emilee Crichton: Best of the best

Emilee Crichton: Best of the best

Emilee Crichton is used to tumbling, but not like this.

The Coupeville High School senior, a captain on the Wolf cheer squad, suffered a badly bruised kidney and chest wall Wednesday after a hard fall.

The fall did NOT take place during cheer, but I am prohibited from telling you where or how she fell or the slightly embarrassed Ms. Crichton, who is my next door neighbor, has implied she might send me on a similar fall.

The injury will sideline her from leading her cheer squad for several weeks at least, and possibly the remainder of the basketball season, said mom Vicki Crichton-Wells.

“She hit very hard,” said Crichton-Wells. “We took her to the ER after school and thank goodness no broken ribs.

“Doc said she is grounded for at least two weeks,” she added. “We are just glad she is OK.”

Even when she was potentially knocked loopy, Crichton knew that wasn’t enough to avoid going toe-to-toe with Coupeville’s #1 education enforcer.

“Dang kid still wanted to go to school,” said her mom. “Didn’t want to miss English, she said, because Mrs. Ballard was giving them a new essay…”

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