Jada Heaton, working hard in the paint. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)
“The stars were not aligned for us today.”
A long trip to Orcas Island Friday ended in a bit of frustration for the Coupeville High School varsity girls’ basketball squad and coach Megan Richter.
“We just couldn’t put together a run for long enough and when we did, they always came back and answered,” she said.
“Just wasn’t it for us today.”
By the time the clock ticked to 0:00, Coupeville was looking at a 45-36 loss to a team it beat 41-38 the first time around.
The defeat drops the Wolves to 4-3 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 7-8 overall heading into a home clash Tuesday with league leader Mount Vernon Christian.
With her Wolves sitting in third place in the seven-team conference, Richter is keeping a positive mindset.
“All we can do is smooth out the bumps and move on to our next game with a better and more focused mindset,” she said.
If you take away the first quarter Friday, Coupeville would have won the game by a single point.
But those first eight minutes, when the Wolves fell behind 16-6 to the Vikings, came back to haunt the visitors.
The two teams battled to an 8-8 tie in the second frame, before Orcas narrowly “won” the third quarter 10-9.
The Wolves closed with their own triumph, holding a 13-11 advantage in the fourth as Danica Strong went off for eight of her team-high 11 points.
Strong and Teagan Calkins, who also tallied 11 points, both drilled the bottom out of the net on a trio of three-balls, with CHS holding a 6-5 advantage on shots from the parking lot.
Katie Marti drains one of her 300 career varsity points.
Mia Farris banked in six points in the second half to back the duo, with Madison McMillan (4), Katie Marti (3), and Lyla Stuurmans (1) rounding out the offensive attack.
Jada Heaton and Tenley Stuurmans also saw floor time for the Wolves.
It was a historic night for Marti, as the senior guard reached an even 300 points for her varsity career.
She is the 37th Wolf girl to crack that club for a program which started play in 1974.
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