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Logan Downes, your new Coupeville High School boys’ basketball career scoring king. (Photo by CHS Yearbook Staff)

One man stands alone.

Coupeville High School boys’ basketball launched in 1917, and 107 seasons later Logan Downes has reached the mountain top.

The Wolf senior officially became the #1 scorer in program history Saturday, reaching the mark when he sank a three-ball midway through the second quarter against visiting Neah Bay.

It was 5:36 PM, Pacific Standard Time, and a record which had stood for 54 years finally fell.

Downes finished the game with 23 points, pushing his career total to 1,150.

That breaks a mark set in 1970 by Jeff Stone and tied in 2006 by Mike Bagby.

That duo both recorded 1,137 points during their time in a Wolf uniform, with Stone playing three seasons — 9th graders weren’t eligible for varsity games back then — and Bagby four.

Downes is now #4 overall in school history, chasing Coupeville female legends Brianne King (1,549), Novi Barron (1,270), and Makana Stone (1,158).

The third and final son of Angie and Ralph to play for CHS, Logan follows in the footsteps of big bros Hunter (89 points) and Sage (64).

The young gun opened his high school hoops career during a Covid-shortened freshman season, knocking down 52 points.

He followed up with 172 as a sophomore — playing a key role on a team which won league and district titles en route to the state tourney — before pumping in 554 as a junior.

“There’s more where that came from!” (Bailey Thule photo)

Downes has 372 and counting as a senior, averaging 24.8 a night for a Wolf team which sits at 11-4.

Coupeville has five games left on the regular season schedule, then a possible playoff run.

Downes coach, Brad Sherman, who is the #9 scorer in program history with 874 points, has had an up-close view of his gunner’s career arc.

“It’s been a joy to watch Logan grow as a player and person these past four years,” he said. “Really just proud of him, and how hard he’s worked to be the player he is.

Logan is a competitor, through and through – you can see it in every aspect of his game.

“For him to reach this milestone is a testament to the hours he’s put in and his drive to be the best he can be to help his team succeed.

“I’ve never heard him mention the scoring record – but what I continually hear him talk about is how to win games. That’s who he is.”

Stone got to 1,137 by scoring 176 as a sophomore, 317 as a junior, and a school-record 644 as a senior.

He would go on to play college basketball before long, successful runs as a teacher, coach, and administrator with Oak Harbor High School.

Looking back at his own glory days, Stone offers congratulations to the two players who joined him at the pinnacle.

Logan sounds like a solid player on a winning team, that’s what it’s all about!” he said.

“I don’t know about Mike, but I didn’t have a clue on records back when I played, I just wanted to win and do something that hadn’t been done before and that was go to state.

“The career scoring record is long overdue, quite frankly it should have been broken by Mike when he played.”

Stone, who knocked down jumpers in the days of really short shorts and only two points for a bucket even if you shot it from the parking lot, admits he envies the current generation a bit.

“It would have been fun though to play in an era that included dunking, the three-ball and not to mention four years! GO WOLVES!”

Bagby went 137-222-414-364, playing alongside Sherman in the early days of his career.

Part of a family which features numerous big-time scorers, from sister Ashley and brother Jason to dad Ron, who did his damage while growing up in Forks, he agrees with Stone about the importance of individual accomplishments fueling team success.

Coupeville is 49-19 with Downes in the lineup, something the “old school” Wolves appreciate.

“Congratulations to Logan,” Bagby said.

“Not only has he been a great scorer, it’s important to point out the Wolves won a lot of games in Logan’s time at Coupeville. Something he should be extremely proud of.

“Not to mention a state tourney appearance.

“I’m looking forward to watching how much he smashes that scoring title,” he added.

“And I’m sending good vibes to those Wolves as they head down the stretch pushing for another playoff run.”

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Jeff Stone, a legend at multiple local high schools, attacks the course at a fundraiser event. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

If you golf, the paparazzi will be there.

Responding to the thunk of drivers hitting balls, and the gentle sizzle of hotdogs on the grill, wanderin’ camera clicker John Fisken haunted the Whidbey Golf Course recently.

The links were abuzz thanks to an annual fundraiser for Oak Harbor High School athletics, with a considerable crowd in attendance.

The pics seen above and below have at least one Coupeville connection to make them semi-relevant to a blog which doesn’t normally cover the Wildcats all that closely.

Plus, I’m not going to say no thanks to free photos, am I?

Not likely.

 

To see everything Fisken snapped on the day, pop over to:

https://www.johnsphotos.net/Events/OHHS-Golf-Tournament-2023-06-03/

 

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Logan Downes, with 224 points through two seasons, is the top active scorer in the Coupeville High School boys basketball program. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

It’s ever evolving.

They’ve been playing boys basketball at Coupeville High School for 105 years now, the program’s history stretching from 1917 to 2022.

And I’ve been chasing scoring stats for 101 of those years.

Well, maybe not that long, but there are days where the pursuit seems never-ending, a mad mix of half-forgotten scorebooks and often faulty memories.

Unless we can build a time-machine and go back and find an old-school secretary and convince her to stash all the records in one spot, we’ll probably never have a 100% complete scoring list.

But you can make the Hall of Fame shooting 50%, so, all things being equal, we’re doing fairly well.

What I do have is a list which covers 406 players and gets a little closer to being complete every time something from the past resurfaces.

This season we got a big boost when old-school scoring ace Jack Elzinga reached out to me and delivered stats from one of the two biggest missing years in my Indiana Jones-style pursuit of buckets.

Toss in a little tweaking in other areas, add this year’s totals, and viola, we present a pretty complete chart.

Enjoy.

 

CHS boys basketball career scoring totals — active players in bold:

Jeff Stone – 1137
Mike Bagby – 1137
Randy Keefe – 1088
Mike Criscuola – 1031
Jeff Rhubottom – 1012
Bill Riley – 934
Pete Petrov – 917
Brad Sherman – 874
Denny Clark – 869
Arik Garthwaite – 867

Bill Jarrell – 855
Hunter Smith – 847
Corey Cross – 811
Hawthorne Wolfe – 800
Jack Elzinga – 770
Barry Brown – 769
Hunter Hammer – 755
Steve Whitney – 730
Dan Nieder – 729
Tom Sahli – 719 (**MISSING SEASON**)

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
Denny Zylstra – 602
Joe Whitney – 601
Brian Miller – 597
Mike Syreen – 594
Gabe McMurray – 592
Pat Clark – 583
Randy Duggan – 552
Roy Marti – 551

Jim Syreen – 550
Marc Bissett – 549
Gary Hammons – 533
Jerry Zylstra – 527
Brad Miller – 526
Gary Faris – 524
JJ Marti – 520
Cody Peters – 518
David Lortz – 502
Jason Bagby – 499

Xavier Murdy – 482
Pat O’Grady – 472
Harold Buckner – 469
Sean Dillon – 469
Frank Marti – 462
Del O’Shell – 440
Tony Ford – 432
Caleb Powell – 421
Mason Grove – 414
Ben Biskovich – 407

Casey Clark – 407
Nick Sellgren – 406
Blaine Ghormley – 393
Tom Logan – 385
James Smith – 382
Don Cook – 377
Chad Gale – 373
Mike Millenbach – 373
JD Wilcox – 373
Ty Blouin – 369

Caesar Kortuem – 369
Ray Harvey – 368
Pat Brown – 355
Dick Smith – 352
Ethan Spark – 352
Glenn Losey – 350
Timm Orsborn – 345
Robin Larson – 342
Byron Fellstrom – 340
Kevin Faris – 339

Michael Vaughan – 337
Jim Yake – 331
Aaron Trumbull – 330
Brad Brown – 328
Charlie Tessaro – 328
Utz Conard – 326
Ian Smith – 324
David Ford – 323
Bob Rea – 320
Chris Marti – 319

Gabe Wynn – 316
Nick Streubel – 314
Ben Hayes – 306
Allen Black – 305
Noah Roehl – 301
Blake Day – 299
Noel Criscuola – 298
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
Richard Hammons – 248
Casey Larson – 247
Don Schreiber – 247

Brandon Huff – 245
Grady Rickner – 245
Brad Haslam – 235
Sean Toomey-Stout – 235
Geoff Hageman – 227
Curt Youderian – 226
Logan Downes – 224
Rich Vaughan – 219
Ed Wood – 219
Joel Walstad – 217

Richard Cook – 216
Ryan Keefe – 214
Jordan Ford – 210
Alex Murdy – 206
Andrew Mouw – 204
Vance Huffman – 203
Tim Quenzer – 202
Alan Hancock – 198
Shawn Ryan – 197
Mitch Aparicio – 195

John Engstrom – 195
Trevor Tucker – 194
Roy Mattox – 191
Dale Sherman – 188
Scott Stuurmans – 188
Pat Millenbach – 181
Caleb Meyer – 179
Wayne Hardie – 178
Chris Cox – 177
Evan Tingstad – 177

Jerry VandWerfhorst – 177
Anthony Bergeron – 176
Mike Ankney – 173
Ron Naddy – 172
Dale Libbey – 169
Roger Sherman – 168
Tim Walstad – 168
Randy Blindauer – 166
Mark Bepler – 165
Chad Brookhouse – 163

Jered Brown – 156
Monty Moore – 155
Geoff Wacker – 154
Bill Baas – 153
Ulrik Wells – 152
Jim Faris – 151
Steve Konek – 149
Gavin O’Keefe – 149
Ryan McManigle – 148
Ryan Griggs – 147

Hugh Abell – 145
George Libbey – 142
Sandy Roberts – 134
Craig Anderson – 132
Scott Franzen – 129
Ben Etzell – 127
Gavin Knoblich – 126
Len Buckner – 125
Brian Shank – 125
Joey Lippo – 121

Jessie Smith – 119
Scott McGraw – 116
Christian Townsdin – 116
Mitch Pelroy – 115
Taylor Ebersole – 114
Eric Taylor – 112
Jim Casey – 111
Jacobi Pilgrim – 111
Brian Barr – 108
Joe Donellon – 101

Jason McManigle – 101
Bryan Hamilton – 99
Brian Knoll – 98
Morgan Payne – 96
Christian Lyness – 95
Koa Davison – 94
Ted Weber – 91
Hunter Downes – 89
James Meek – 89
Dan Miller – 89

Steve Bissett – 87
Andrew Cashen – 87
Carson Risner – 86
John Sinema – 86
Nick Morris – 83
Logan Martin – 81
Roy Armstrong – 80
Cameron Toomey-Stout – 80
Caleb Valko – 78
Ross Buckner – 77

Matt Shank – 77
JJ Johnson – 76
Duane Score – 76
Quinten Farmer – 75
Matt Ortega – 75
Mike Ellsworth – 74
Don Spangler – 72
John Zimmerman – 72
Joe Bruzas – 71
Jason Fisher – 71

Tony Prosser – 70
Les Jacobson – 69
Tom Conard – 68
Dean Grasser – 68
Matt Bepler – 67
Zack Swerdfeger – 66
Ron Lanphere – 65
Sage Downes – 64
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
Sam Kieth – 58
Steve Smith – 58

Martin Walsh – 58
Matt Helm – 57
Dennis Terrell – 57
Drew Chan – 56
DeAndre Mitchell – 56
Daniel Olson – 56
Ellis Schultz – 56
Dave Stoddard – 56
CJ Smith – 54
Larry Zylstra – 54

Asa Owensby – 52
Marc Aparicio – 51
Chris Chan – 51
Joe Kelley – 51
Marvin Darst – 50
Troy Hurlburt – 49
Stanley Bruzas – 48
Dalton Engle – 48
Jerry Helm – 48
Dalton Martin – 47

Eddie Fasolo – 45
Doug Speers – 45
Banky Fisher – 44
Keith Dunnagan – 42
Gaylord Stidham – 41
Erick Harada – 40
James Jorgensen – 40
Nevin Miranda – 40
Jeff Thomas – 40
John Wyatt – 40

John Moskeland – 39
Cole White – 39
Danny Bonacci – 36
Chuck Ruthford – 36
Charlie Toth – 36
Jim Marti – 35
Zeb Williams – 35
Robert Cushen – 34
Dante Mitchell – 34
Sid Mudgett – 34

Dave Brandt – 33
Ryan Kelley – 33
Brian Roundy – 32
Richard Barber – 31
Joe Libbey – 31
Ray Cook – 29
Tim Leese – 29
Ralph Lindsay – 29
Kyle Rockwell – 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
Lewis Berry – 25
Mark Short – 25

Jonathan Valenzuela – 25
Tim Youderian – 25
Jared Helmstadter – 24
Trent Diamanti – 23
Trevor Mueller – 22
Dan Schleiffers – 22
Dominic Coffman – 21
Jay Roberts – 21
Dustin Van Velkinburgh – 21
Matt Douglas – 20

Jordan Emerson – 20
Dane Lucero – 20
Dean Strom – 20
Scott Fisher – 19
Scott Losey – 19
Bud Merryman – 19
Matt Petrich – 19
Jason Raymond – 19
Rob Blouin – 18
Rick Keith – 18

Marvin Mitchell – 18
Guy Walker – 18
Gary Boyke – 17
Jim Keith – 17
Jean Lund-Olsen – 17
Cedric McIntosh – 17
TJ Rickner – 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
LaVerne Arnold – 12
Mike Eaton – 12
Guy George – 12

Kole Kellison – 12
Glen Lanphere – 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
Jimmy Sullivan – 9
Fred Wyatt – 9
Erik Anderson – 8
Dave Bowers – 8
Rob Fasolo – 8
Kraig Gordon – 8
Cody Roberts – 8

Robert Shafer – 8
Dave Wells – 8
Charlie Cook – 7
Bobby Engle – 7
Brian Folkestad – 7
Wayne Hesselgrave – 7
Ed Cook – 6
Nick Guay – 6
Tucker Hall – 6
Chuck Hardee – 6

Kevin King – 6
Robert Kirkwood – 6
George Smith – 6
Nic Anthony – 5
Ariah Bepler – 5
Scott Davidson – 5
JD Myers – 5
Nate Steele – 5
Andrew Bird – 4
Bill Boze – 4

Miles Davidson – 4
Ralph Engle – 4
Jason Legat – 4
Morgan Roehl – 4
Rusty Bailey – 3
Luke Currier – 3
Frank Mueller – 3
Zane Oldenstadt – 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
Marion Sill – 2
Stephen Stietenroth – 2
Robbie Wanamaker – 2
Paul Baher – 1

Bill Engle – 1
Robert Engle – 1
Bob Franzen – 1
Meryl Gordon – 1
Oscar Liquidano – 1
Raleigh Sherman – 1

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Led by its seniors, the CHS boys basketball team is 5-0 and averaging 72.4 points a night. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

52 years later, still the gold standard.

It’s a great, but not legendary, start.

With high school hoops set to resume Tuesday, the Coupeville High School varsity boys basketball team will get a chance to continue its torrid start.

The Wolves, who are set to host La Conner, are 5-0 and have topped 70 points each time out.

With four players averaging double figures — and a fifth missing by just a single bucket — Coupeville is balanced, dangerous, and able to attack a defense from all sides.

Hawthorne Wolfe has rattled the rims for a team-high 67 points so far (13.4 a night), with a pack of teammates hot on his heels.

Fellow senior Caleb Meyer (61), junior Alex Murdy (52), and sophomore Logan Downes (50) are all producing 10+ points a game, with senior Xavier Murdy  just off that pace with 48.

But, these Wolves still have some work to do if they want to be legendary.

That’s because, 52 years down the road, a CHS team from back in the day of short-shorts and no three-point line, is still the standard-bearer.

While the 2021-2022 Wolf squad has opened with 70, 71, 75, 73, and 73-point performances — the program’s best start in more than a decade — the 1969-1970 Coupeville hardwood heroes were even more torrid.

That Wolf squad dropped 102 points on opening night — one of four times they topped triple digits in a 24-game season — then delivered a school-record 114 in game #5.

Through five games, the current team is singing the nets for 72.4 points a night, while the old-school warriors burnt the whole gym down at 85.6 through five contests.

The 69-70 team slowed down (a bit) after that, finishing with a school-record 1,836 points during a 20-4 season.

That translates out to 76.5 a game, and no CHS team has topped the mark since, even with the embrace of the three-ball.

That vintage squad, which featured Jeff Stone dropping a program-record 644 points, was the first Whidbey Island hoops team to win a district title, and the first CHS team to advance to the state tourney.

We still have a long way to go in this campaign — with the specter of the pandemic still threatening to upend things — but there is an unmistakable feeling that the current Wolves could accomplish something special.

Through five games, Brad Sherman’s team has shown a willingness to share the ball, getting it onto the fingertips of whomever has the hot hand that night.

That bodes well for the future.

Will it make for a historical season? Only time will tell.

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Jeff Stone, torching the nets old-school style.

It’s stood the test of time.

Set in an era long before the three-point shot went from novelty to staple of the game, Coupeville High School’s single-game basketball scoring record has remained untouched for almost 52 years.

Jeff Stone, who also owns the school’s single-season scoring mark (644), and is tied with Mike Bagby for the CHS boys career record (1,137), pumped in 48 points in the biggest game of his life.

The explosion came in the 1970 district championship game against Darrington, a game played in front of a reported 2,200 fans.

By the time Stone exited the game, with a full 90 seconds left to play, he had hit 17 of 28 field goal attempts, while netting 14 of 16 free throws.

More importantly, his performance lifted the Wolves to the district hoops title, the first of its kind won by any of Whidbey Island’s three schools.

That sent Coupeville to state — the first trip in any sport for a CHS sports program — and kicked off the most-successful decade in Wolf boys basketball history.

Stone went on to a brilliant college hoops career, then came back around to teach, coach, and be an administrator at Oak Harbor High School.

The game has changed over the past five decades, and yet not a single Wolf player has toppled the 48-point record yet.

Bagby had a run at the mark, as did Allen Black, who once torched Concrete for 39.

Current gunner Hawthorne Wolfe, who kicks off his senior season tonight at home against Oak Harbor, has had several 30+ point games, but is still chasing the king as well.

Actually, both of Coupeville’s single-game records have remained in place for quite some time, with Judy Marti’s 32 in 1983 having never been topped by another Wolf girl.

But, while 38 years (and counting) is truly impressive, 51 years (and counting) is astounding.

Some day the record may fall.

Until then, the hunt goes on, one basket at a time.

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