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Big shots and big pix!!

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged Basketball, CHS Wolves, Gabe Wynn, Jacobi Pacquette-Pilgrim, John Fisken photos on January 23, 2017| Leave a Comment »

Gabe Wynn was hyped-up before tip-off Friday, and it carried over to the game, as he nailed a school record seven treys. (John Fisken photos)

Jean Lund-Olsen triggers the play under the watchful eye of coach Dustin Van Velkinburgh.

Stella Johnson is counting down the days until she’s a high school star.

Ethan Spark works the runway.

Jacobi Pacquette-Pilgrim, who celebrates his birthday Tuesday, banks home a bucket.

Don’t mean a thing without the pics.

Hard-working photographer to the stars John Fisken swung by the CHS gym Friday to snap some glossies as the Wolf boys battled Port Townsend, and the photos above are courtesy him.

To see more (purchases fund college scholarships for CHS student/athletes) pop over to:

http://www.johnsphotos.net/Sports/20162017-Coupeville-BB/CHS-BBB/20170120-vs-Port-Townsend/

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On a rampage!!

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged Basketball, CHS Wolves, Jacobi Pacquette-Pilgrim, Sean Toomey-Stout, winning streak on December 13, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Sean Toomey-Stout, seen here in practice, scorched the nets for 14 Tuesday as the Wolf JV won its third straight. (John Fisken photo)

They are in a groove.

Leading from start to finish Tuesday (except for a brief 2-2 tie), the Coupeville High School JV boys’ basketball squad rolled to its third straight win.

Torching visiting Klahowya 45-36, the Wolves improved to 4-2 overall, 2-1 in 1A Olympic League play.

Unlike its varsity counterparts, who struggled in the early going before clicking, the Wolf young guns came out blazing.

Sean Toomey-Stout banked home a bucket to open things, and then, after Klahowya responded with a layup of its own, things became one-sided really quickly.

Riding five points in the opening quarter from Toomey-Stout and four from Koa Davison, the Wolves bolted out to a 13-4 lead at the first break and never looked back.

The quarter-capping basket was a display of raw power from CHS frosh Jacobi Pacquette-Pilgrim.

Wrestling a rebound away from three Eagles, he spun and powered right back up for the put-back, while finding time to chest-bump one of his defenders off his feet.

Klahowya didn’t go down easy, making several runs to inch within a shot or two of taking the lead.

Each time they did, however, Dustin Van Velkinburgh’s squad didn’t lose its cool and refused to give the lead away.

Clinging to a two-point lead shortly before the half, the Wolves closed on a 7-1 tear, with Pacquette-Pilgrim pounding home another bucket and Toomey-Stout dropping five more.

Things got dangerous again, at 29-28 seconds before the end of the third quarter, and 39-36 with two minutes in the game.

Both times CHS stepped up.

The first time the Wolves put together a 10-2 surge, sparked by a long trey from Mason Grove and a sweet hook shot under extreme duress from Davison.

With the game on the line, Coupeville closed things the old fashioned way, scoring the game’s final six points on free throws.

Jered Brown hit three, Davison netted two and Toomey-Stout swished the final point, while Dawson Houston came off the bench to haul in a game-icing rebound.

Toomey-Stout paced the Wolves with a game-high 14, while Grove scored all 10 of his points during a second-half rampage.

Davison banked home eight in support, Brown popped for five and Ulrik Wells and Pacquette-Pilgrim, who were a deadly duo on the glass all night, dropped in four apiece.

Houston, Nikolai Lyngra and Tucker Hall all saw floor time as well for the high-flying Wolves.

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Above the rim!!

Posted in Boys Basketball, Football, tagged Basketball, CHS Wolves, football, Good Burger, Jacobi Pacquette-Pilgrim, Smooth Criminal on June 22, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Jacobi Pacquette-Pilgrim (John Fisken photos)

Jacobi Pacquette-Pilgrim lines up a free throw during a game this past winter. (John Fisken photos)

“All your rebounds are mine!!”

Screw the basket supports in tight, just in case.

As he prepares to make the leap up to high school ball, Jacobi Pacquette-Pilgrim has set his sights on (eventually) playing above the rim.

The long, lanky hoop star, who will be a freshman at CHS in the fall, wants to one day go where few Wolves have gone, at least on a consistent basis.

“My goal as a freshman is to dunk a volleyball, and, by my senior year, dunk consistently,” Pacquette-Pilgrim said.

While playing for CMS, he was the team’s primary weapon in the paint, and, while he plans to play football as well, it’s hoops which earns his highest praise.

“Basketball, because I just have a passion for it that you can’t explain,” Pacquette-Pilgrim said. “I enjoy putting in the work and seeing the results.”

While he has raw talent for days, he’s also aware he won’t be able to just get by on that all the time, especially as the competition increases.

So, he listens to his coaches, and lets them guide him along the path.

“I think my strength as an athlete is that I have stuff that you can’t teach, but I could work on the fundamentals,” Pacquette-Pilgrim said. “Coach (Ryan) King has been the biggest impact on me.

“With both football and basketball he has showed me how to put in the work and he has pushed me to my goals.”

When he’s not working in the arena, Pacquette-Pilgrim enjoys collecting shoes and making music. A big fan of “Good Burger,” he has little problem picking a favorite class … sort of.

“My favorite class is lunch,” he said with a laugh. “If that doesn’t count, than it would be PE.”

Ask him for a favorite song, and he goes old school.

“It would always be “Smooth Criminal” by MJ!”

Cue the music, toss Pacquette-Pilgrim a basketball and let him go to work. The future is going to be a high-flying one.

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Well, no one got hurt…

Posted in Boys Basketball, Middle School, tagged Basketball, CMS Wolves, Jacobi Pacquette-Pilgrim, Sean Toomey-Stout, Stevens on January 11, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Sage Downes, seen here in an earlier game, helped the CMS 7th grade varsity have the closest game of the afternoon Monday. (John Fisken photos)

Jean Lund-Olsen scored buckets in two separate games.

Some days you’re rolling and others you just get rolled.

Monday was the second kind of day for the Coupeville Middle School boys’ basketball program, as all four of its teams were routed by visiting Stevens.

It was the final home game for the Wolf boys (they travel to Sequim Thursday to wrap the season), but, facing off with a ginormous school that feeds 2A Port Angeles, Coupeville had little chance for a sweet swan song.

At the eighth grade level, with a couple of players missing, the Wolves fielded seven players for their varsity game and just six for the JV contest.

Stevens, by contrast, routinely swapped out all five players at the same time, running in platoons on a regular schedule.

Buoyed by fresh legs, Stevens steamrolled to 56-20 (varsity) and 57-12 (JV) wins in 8th grade play.

Across the hall in the middle school gym, their 7th grade counterparts picked apart the Wolves 48-25 (varsity) and 48-12 (JV).

8th grade varsity — An atrocious start, with CMS falling behind 16-0 midway through the first, proved impossible to overcome.

Sean Toomey-Stout finally broke the drought for the Wolves, picking up a loose ball and taking it coast to coast for a bucket.

A sweet running hook off the fingertips of Mason Grove and a couple of soft jumpers from Jacobi Pacquette-Pilgrim were the highlights the rest of the way, but Stevens used a sizable height and strength advantage to control the game in the paint.

Coupeville put together its best run in the fourth, with Toomey-Stout and Pacquette-Pilgrim both tossing in four.

Toomey-Stout’s buckets, coming on consecutive possessions, were the prettiest of the day, as the left-hander muscled his way past his defender, went airborne, then hung in the air, leg kicking out as he drained the jumper.

Pacquette-Pilgrim topped the scoring chart with eight, while Toomey-Stout (6), Grove (2), Jean Lund-Olsen (2) and Jered Brown (2) penciled in their names as well.

8th grade JV — The Wolves had trouble controlling the ball and getting into any kind of offensive flow, not hitting their first basket until late in the second quarter.

Things went uphill a bit in the second half, when hard-working Omar Moralez scored all six of his points.

The first bucket came on a pullback jumper, as he charged into a pack of Stevens players, then fell back and lofted up the ball over the outstretched hands of multiple defenders.

His other baskets both came off of rebounds.

One of them, after he ripped a rebound away from a rival, banked in off the glass with 0:01 on the clock in the third, raising the biggest cheer of the afternoon from the Wolf high school players in attendance.

Dawson Houston added four, while Aram Leyva and Gavin Knoblich each netted a free-throw for CMS.

7th grade varsity — Jake Mitten was the lone Wolf to reach double digits, powering to a team-high 14 in the closest game of the day.

Daniel Olson tossed in four, Dakota Eck hit for three and Matthew Kelley and Sage Downes each chipped in with a bucket to round out the scoring.

7th grade JV — Tucker Hall and Michael Laska led the way with three apiece, while Ben Smith, Alex Jimenez and Lund-Olsen netted two apiece.

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Keep on fighting!!

Posted in Boys Basketball, Middle School, tagged Basketball, Ben Smith, CMS Wolves, Jacobi Pacquette-Pilgrim, Sean Toomey-Stout, Sequim on December 15, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Jacobi Pacquette-Pilgrim tossed in seven in Monday’s 8th grade varsity game. (John Fisken photos)

CMS 7th grade coach Randy King imparts wisdom from his 25+ years as a hoops coach.

Wolf 7th grader Jake Mitten (23), seen here in an earlier game, dropped in 12 points on his 13th birthday.

Ryan King was a happy man.

When his Coupeville Middle School 8th grade JV boys’ basketball squad held off visiting Sequim 28-23 Monday, he was the only one of three CMS hoops coaches to nab a victory.

Bob Martin came close, but his 8th grade varsity fell 44-35, while both of Randy King’s 7th grade squads put up plucky battles against teams blessed with impressive height and sharp outside shooters.

While the 7th grade varsity was bounced 60-28 and the JV fell 30-13, both teams did have their bright spots.

Overall, it wasn’t a bad showing against a much larger school.

Sequim plays at the 2A level in high school, while Coupeville is the smallest 1A school in all the state.

A look at the day that was:

8th grade Varsity:

The Wolves played the visitors even in the second half (19-19), but couldn’t overcome an 11-6 second-quarter deficit that pretty much decided things.

Sean Toomey-Stout banged home nine to pace CMS, while Jered Brown (8), Jacobi Pacquette-Pilgrim (7), Mason Grove (7), Koa Davison (2) and Jean Lund-Olsen (2) rounded out the scorers.

Ulrik Wells and Omar Moralez also saw floor time for Coupeville.

8th grade JV:

Soccer star Aram Leyva took Ryan King’s advice and rampaged at the basket all afternoon, pouring in a career-high 14 to spark the victory.

Down 10-6 at the break, the Wolves turned it on in the second half to the tune of 22-13.

Gavin Knoblich popped for six, while Trevor Bell (4), Andrew Martin (2) and Dawson Houston (2) also penciled their names into the scoring column.

James Wood, Jaylen Nitta, Tucker Hall and Johnathon Partida rounded out the day’s roster.

7th grade varsity:

There was a moment when this one seemed like it would be close.

A 6-0 run, with a driving jumper from Daniel Olson, a breakaway bucket off a steal from Michael Laska and a power move in the paint from Jake Mitten, knotted things up at 8-8.

Unfortunately, the Wolves went ice cold at that exact moment, letting Sequim close the half on an 18-2 run.

Coupeville made a couple of small runs in the second half (7-3 and 9-4), but was hurt badly when Sequim responded with much larger runs (10-0 and 15-0).

The best play of the afternoon for the Wolves came in the final moments of the third, when Matthew Kelley kicked the ball two-thirds the length of the court, dropping the ball into Sage Downes hands for a quick layup.

Mitten paced CMS with 12, while Olson got hot late for 10.

Downes added four, while Laska’s bucket was a crowd pleaser, especially among the middle school girls in attendance.

Dakota Eck didn’t score, but joined with Laska to put in solid work as pesky ball-hawks on defense.

7th grade JV:

A slow first half (18-3) doomed the Wolves, but they went down fighting, battling virtually even in the second half.

Ben Smith was like a bolt of lightning, hitting for a team-high six and continually pushing the ball hard at the defense.

Playing with no fear, he attacked again and again, while also scrambling for every loose ball and showing his teammates what boundless energy really looks like.

Wood, Nitta and James Mayne each added a bucket, Partida slid a free-throw through the net and Gage Powers, Alex Jimenez and Hall all chipped in with hustle and general scrappiness.

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