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Wolf JV claims OT thriller

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged Boys Basketball, CHS Wolves, Jonathan Valenzuela, JV, Mount Vernon Christian, overtime thriller on June 3, 2021| Leave a Comment »

William Davidson and the Coupeville JV have won three straight games. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

They called in the legend.

With Coupeville High School JV boys basketball coach Hunter Smith not available Thursday, the Wolves turned to hardwood guru Randy Bottorff, and he made all the right calls down the stretch.

Guided by their mentor, the CHS young guns won a wild one, toppling visiting Mount Vernon Christian 48-46 in an overtime thriller.

The victory keeps a hot streak burning, as Coupeville has won three straight and carries a 3-3 record into a Saturday road trip to Orcas Island.

Thursday’s tilt was a nice bit of revenge for the Wolves, who lost by 16 the first time these teams played.

Trailing 11-5 at the first break, Coupeville dug down deep and put together two strong quarters in a row.

A 14-8 run in the second, powered by six points from Jonathan Valenzuela, knotted the game at 19-19, before a 15-10 third quarter surge staked CHS to a 34-29 lead heading into the final frame.

Playing their second game in a 24-hour period, the Wolves hit the wall a bit in the fourth quarter, allowing MVC to play catch-up, but overtime belonged to the home team.

Valenzuela dropped in five of his team-high 12 points in the extra period, with running mate Cole White tickling the twines for a crucial free throw.

With all five Wolves on the floor playing stiff man-to-man defense, Coupeville forced MVC into a weak shot at the buzzer to seal the win.

“We were gassed, but our guys showed a great deal of resiliency,” Bottorff said. “I’m pretty proud of them.”

Dominic Coffman made the nets jump to the tune of 10 points in support of Valenzuela’s 12, with White (9), Nick Guay (8), Logan Downes (6), Zane Oldenstadt (2), and William Davidson (1) also scoring.

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Valenzuela sizzles, Wolves romp

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged Boys Basketball, CHS Wolves, Jonathan Valenzuela, JV, La Conner on June 2, 2021| Leave a Comment »

Jonathan Valenzuela torched the nets for 23 points Wednesday night, pacing the Coupeville JV boys basketball squad to a big road win. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

The net was sending a message to Jonathan Valenzuela Wednesday night.

“Keep shooting.”

So the Coupeville High School sophomore did just that, raining down 23 points, including hitting four three-balls, to spark the Wolf JV boys hoops squad to a wire-to-wire road win.

Coming out on top 39-23 at La Conner, Valenzuela and his running mates won their second-straight game, improving to 2-3 on the season.

The Wolves get an immediate chance to keep their hot streak alive, returning home Thursday to host Mount Vernon Christian in another Northwest 2B/1B League rumble.

Wednesday’s scrap was over almost before it began, with Coupeville running out to a quick 8-0 lead and never looking back.

Valenzuela opened things with a layup and a soft runner in the paint, Cole White popped in for a steal and breakaway bucket, then Valenzuela banked in another basket and the net was poppin’.

For the Wolves at least, as La Conner struggled to score against an amped-up CHS defense,

Coupeville led 10-2 at the first break, pushed it out to 20-5 by the half, then strolled in with a 30-18 advantage through three quarters.

Valenzuela knocked down back-to-back treys twice, first in the second quarter, then again in the fourth frame.

The second of his four three-balls was maybe the most-impressive, as it rustled the net at the very last millisecond, beating the shot clock by the smallest of margins.

Another Valenzuela bomb from behind the arc was set up by a nice pass from William Davidson, who also came around to have his own unique shooting situation.

While a lot of high school shooters aim for the rim when shooting free throws, the Wolf freshman showcased a different, and much-more successful, style.

Using the glass like a pool hustler, Davidson banked in both of his attempts, the ball kissing the backboard and plopping happily through the net with a satisfied lil’ sigh.

Scoring often gets the headlines, but rebounding and hustle on defense are keys to hoops success, and Coupeville has a group of down ‘n dirty scrappers.

Freshmen Zane Oldenstadt and Mikey Robinett, in particular, stood out for their glass-cleaning and opponent-scaring ability Wednesday night.

In the scorebook, White rattled home four points in support of Valenzuela’s season-high 23, while Robinett (3), Logan Downes (3), Davidson (2), Oldenstadt (2), and Nick Guay (2) all hit nothing but net.

Quinten Simpson-Pilgrim, Dominic Coffman, Andrew Williams, Nathan Ginnings, Alex Wasik, and Ryan Blouin all saw floor time, as CHS coach Hunter Smith nimbly juggled his stacked lineup.

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Cold finish dooms JV boys

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged Boys Basketball, CHS Wolves, Jonathan Valenzuela, Mount Vernon Christian, season opener on May 18, 2021| Leave a Comment »

Nick Guay scored six points Tuesday in Mount Vernon as the Coupeville JV boys basketball team made its season debut. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

The fourth quarter didn’t go as planned.

Locked in a back-and-forth battle with host Mount Vernon Christian Tuesday, the Coupeville High School JV boys basketball squad was playing step for step with the Hurricanes.

Then, things fell apart a bit, as a scoring drought in the final frame doomed any comeback tries.

Unable to get the basket to accept any of their gifts, the young Wolves were outscored 13-0 over the game’s final eight minutes, eventually falling 44-28 in their season opener.

Coupeville, playing for first-year coach Hunter Smith — the 12th leading varsity scorer in the 104 seasons of CHS boys basketball — played strongly for much of the game.

With Jonathan Valenzuela and Nick Guay combining for all their scoring in the early going, the Wolves trailed just 12-9 at the first break.

CHS clamped down on defense in the second quarter, and led by Zane Oldenstadt’s four points — which included a perfect 2-2 trip to the charity stripe — the Wolves shaved the deficit down to 19-17 by the half.

While MVC pushed the margin back to three at 31-28 coming out of the third, anything seemed possible.

Unfortunately, at least for Wolf fans, the hot hand in the final quarter belonged to Owen Heinze, who tallied seven of his game-high 12 points down the stretch, spurring the Hurricanes to their first win.

Valenzuela paced Coupeville with a team-high nine points, including his team’s lone three-ball, while Guay pumped in six and Dominic Coffman rumbled for five.

Oldenstadt (4), William Davidson (2), and Cole White (2) rounded out the CHS scorers, with Andrew Williams, Ryan Blouin, and Quinten Simpson-Pilgrim also seeing floor time.

Wolf young guns Mikey Robinett, Alex Wasik, and Nathan Ginnings were also along for the trip.

Coupeville returns home Thursday to face Orcas Island in a game with no fans, then travels to Friday Harbor Saturday to cap a busy opening week in a pandemic-compressed month-long schedule.

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Diamond men nipped by league champs

Posted in Baseball, tagged CHS Wolves, Friday Harbor, Jonathan Valenzuela, Northwest League, road trip on April 2, 2021| Leave a Comment »

Cody Roberts was one of eight Wolves to collect a hit Friday afternoon. (Morgan White photos)

The little things were a killer.

Playing a must-win game Friday, the Coupeville High School baseball squad outhit host Friday Harbor 10-5, yet still fell 8-6 on the scoreboard.

The difference was the five errors the Wolves committed, the eight walks they surrendered, and the runners they left aboard.

With the loss Coupeville drops to 6-3 in this pandemic-shortened season, while Friday Harbor (9-0) — the only team the Wolves have lost to — clinches the Northwest 2B/1B League title.

The trip was originally supposed to be a doubleheader, but with the first game running long, darkness on the horizon, and a champion crowned, the nightcap was cancelled.

Coupeville went into the afternoon knowing it still had a shot of at least sharing the league crown, but only if it swept both scheduled games from the Wolverines.

That would have left the two squads deadlocked at 8-2 heading into Saturday’s finales.

Instead, the Wolves will look to build on their positives from Friday and bounce back strongly against winless La Conner during a final, no-ferry-required road trip.

Facing off with the crafty, but not overpowering Wolverines, Coupeville went down 1-2-3 in the top of the first, then almost did the same to their hosts.

Unfortunately, they came up one batter short, and got stung.

After CHS pitcher Jonathan Valenzuela whiffed the first two Friday Harbor batters, the Wolverines took advantage of a pair of errors wrapped around a walk to ignite a fire.

Two singles made for decent kindling, and what looked like it would be a scoreless tie after one became a 3-0 deficit Coupeville would never quite overcome.

The Wolves had opportunity, as senior Daniel Olson led off the second inning with a resounding triple.

Only he died at third, when Friday Harbor’s pitcher dodged a bullet three straight times.

A Hawthorne Wolfe single also went for naught in the third, and by the time Coupeville found its scoring touch, it trailed 5-0 entering the top of the fourth.

That was Coupeville’s best frame, with a walk to Sage Sharp, singles from Valenzuela, Cody Roberts, and Peyton Caveness, and another big three-bagger — this one from super sophomore Scott Hilborn — putting four runs on the board.

The Wolves knotted things at 5-5 with a run in the fifth, with Sharp and Valenzuela collecting base-knocks, but Friday Harbor promptly reclaimed the lead.

CHS stranded a pair of runners in the sixth, after freshmen Caveness and Zane Oldenstadt got aboard on singles, before almost rallying in the seventh.

Zane Oldenstadt, collecting base-knocks.

Friday Harbor made its own errors, dropping a third strike and booting another ball, allowing the Wolves to trim things to 8-6, but that was as far as it went.

Valenzuela (who had eight K’s on the mound) and Caveness each had a pair of singles, with Wolfe, Sharp, Olson, Hilborn, Roberts, and Oldenstadt chipping in with a hit apiece.

Cole White and Xavier Murdy rounded out the very-young Wolf lineup, in which five of 10 players to see action Friday were freshmen or sophomores.

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Sunny days, snappy pics

Posted in Baseball, tagged baseball, CHS Wolves, Jonathan Valenzuela, Miles Davidson, Scott Hilborn on March 15, 2021| Leave a Comment »

Cody Roberts snaps off a pitch. (Morgan White photos)

One field, many angles.

Wolf mom Morgan White popped up here, then over there, as she worked her way around the diamond Friday, capturing the Wolf baseball squad hard at work.

The pictures above and below are courtesy her.