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Lauren Grove will foul a girl (if she needs to)!!

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged Basketball, CHS Wolves, JV girls, Lauren Grove, season stats on February 15, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Jenn Spark tied for the Wolf JV girls’ team lead in free throw percentage. (John Fisken photos)

Carlie Rosenkrance (right) led the JV in scoring before being bumped up to varsity.

An entire season, compiled neatly into one graph.

That’s what looking at season-ending stats is like, though, of course, just viewing the numbers doesn’t begin to tell you the tale of the highs, the lows, the big moments, the triumphs and heartbreak that go into every year of basketball.

But we’re here to look at stats, and stats for the Coupeville High School JV girls’ basketball team, which won on a consistent basis in 2013-2014.

Twice they held opponents scoreless for an entire half (once they stretched that to three quarters) and the Wolves outscored their foes 456-454 this year (359-350 in Cascade Conference play).

Looking through the stats, some leaders pop out.

Kailey Kellner, despite joining the team late after moving to Whidbey from England, hit more three-point bombs (5) than the rest of her 14 teammates combined (4 — Emily Coulter hit two, while Skyler Lawrence and Mattea Miller each hit one).

Carlie Rosenkrance netted the most free throws (16), while Wynter Thorne and Jenn Spark had the best percentage at the line, each knocking down 67% of their shots.

When it came to playing rough and tumble, no one was more effective than defensive standout Lauren Grove. She was whistled for a team-high 33 fouls, edging out Tiffany Briscoe (29) and Kellner (23), but that’s because:

A) She was always on top of the ball and frequently made off with steals, kick-starting the Wolf offense

and

B) The refs are blind.

All 15 girls to pull on the red and black scored this year, which is always one of Wolf JV coach Amy King’s goals.

The scoring stats:

Carlie Rosenkrance (88)
Wynter Thorne (60)
Kailey Kellner (44)
Skyler Lawrence (38)
Lauren Grove (36)
Monica Vidoni (35)
Mattea Miller (34)
Sophia Jebrail (31)
Tiffany Briscoe (25)
Emily Coulter (22)
Jenn Spark (18)
McKayla Bailey (14)
McKenzie Bailey (7)
Erin Josue (2)
Aura Corredor (1)

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Scrappy to the final buzzer!!

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged Amy King, Basketball, CHS Wolves, JV girls on February 9, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Tiffany Briscoe, one of many promising freshmen on this year’s Wolf JV squad. (John Fisken photos)

Erin Josue: “No, YOU may not have MY basketball. Silly girl…”

Back row (left to right) Aura Corredor, Kailey Kellner, Erin Josue, Mattea Miller, Jenn Spark, McKenzie Bailey, Skyler Lawrence. Front: Lauren Grove, Emily Coulter, Sophia Jebrail, Tiffany Briscoe. (Amy King photo)

And their normal personalities…

“The score doesn’t tell the story of the game.”

That’s a lesson Coupeville High School JV girls’ basketball coach Amy King imparted to her squad after they closed out their season Saturday with a 40-19 loss at King’s.

A bumped-up schedule, to allow for rest days before the start of the district playoffs for the Wolf varsity, forced Coupeville to play back-to-back games in less than 24 hours.

Than, there’s the reality that, after blasting Granite Falls Friday night, the Wolves were facing a King’s JV squad that could hold its own, or beat, several of the varsity teams in the Cascade Conference.

Sure enough, the host Knights came out ramped-up, scoring six before Coupeville managed to get a shot off.

But then, as they have done in almost every game this season, the Wolves reached down, found their composure and got tough. They might not have been able to hang with the sports factory children of privilege for the entire game, but they didn’t roll over.

“One thing I love about this team is that any of us coaches instruct them on the floor, during quarter breaks or during time outs and they just go out and perform,” King said. “During the game we could tell that we were getting in King’s heads.

“We scored in every quarter, we hustled our butts off the entire game and we forced turn-overs.”

The scrappiness went to the very final play, as, instead of conceding an easy bucket at the buzzer, sophomore Jenn Spark chased down and denied a runaway Knight.

“They got a steal and one of their players driving towards their basket and right behind her came Jenn … Jenn was flying!,” King said. “She caught up, got her hand in for a steal of her own, both players went down and the ball rolled out of bounds.

“So much better than a King’s shot!”

Spark’s play was symbolic of the never-say-die effort that came from every Wolf up and down the roster. It’s been that way all season and nothing changed in the finale.

“Lauren (Grove) was a dynamo on defense all night,” King said. “She stayed on their ball handlers, slowing them down, taking a few steals off them and causing turn-overs.

“Tonight we had many defenders that just made me so proud,” she added. “Sophia (Jebrail) took a charge in the second half. Kailey (Kellner) stole the ball several times, driving it down the floor. McKenzie (Bailey), Lauren and Emily (Coulter) got loud on their defense, I’m sure making sure the people they were guarding knew they were there.”

When the ball came off the rim, freshmen Skyler Lawrence and Tiffany Briscoe flew to the ball.

“I have never seen Skyler play the level of defense she did tonight in the second half. She was everywhere!,” King said. “And when she pulled a defensive rebound she did not wait to find a guard to pass it to — she drove it to safety before passing it off.

“In the fourth quarter every possession that King’s had was challenged,” she added. “Tiffany turned up her defensive effort, if that is even possible. As our girls subbed in and out, every one of them took over where the other left off.”

Kellner paced the Wolf scoring attack, hitting for six, while Coulter joined her in banging down a long trey. Carlie Rosenkrance, Mattea Miller, Jebrail, Spark and Lawrence each chipped in with a bucket.

“Our girl’s confidence and skills have come so far from those first few games,” King said. “That effort was there all night from every Coupeville player.

“I am truly going to miss this group of girls!”

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Thought you had a chance? Think again!!

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged big win, CHS Wolves, JV girls, Skyler Lawrence on February 7, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Mattea Miller brings the ball up-court under pressure.

Mattea Miller, seen here in an earlier game, and her teammates rolled to a big win Friday against a squad from a 2A school. (John Fisken photo)

Lauren Grove (right) lays down The Stare O' Death on Mt. Vernon Christian. (Shelli Trumbull photo)

Lauren Grove (3) has been locked-in on defense all season. (Shelli Trumbull photo)

For one play, Granite Falls thought it was in the game.

Visiting Coupeville Friday night, the Tiger JV girls’ basketball team kicked off the game by banking in a long, arcing three-point bucket.

That was the last time they had a chance.

After that it was all Wolves, all the time, as CHS broke the game open with a 15-0 run, closed it with a 16-2 surge and rolled to a not-as-close-as-it-might-sound 38-15 victory.

With nine of its 12 players scoring, led by eight apiece from Skyler Lawrence and Carlie Rosenkrance, Coupeville outplayed Granite in every facet of the game.

The Wolves were stronger on the boards, fought with much more ferocity for loose balls, worked the ball with crisper passing and, while they didn’t hit all their shots, nailed the ones they needed to sap Granite Falls’ fight.

Lawrence, who banged home a bucket in each of the four quarters, was a prime example.

She would not, could not, be denied when a rebound was anywhere within two zip codes of her.

If Lawrence’s fingers even grazed a ball, they would snap down on the sphere like a steel trap and the ball could not be pried back out by even the most determined of Tigers.

Five different Wolves scored as Coupeville reeled off 15 straight from midway through the first until right before halftime.

Rosenkrance hit for five during the surge, Lawrence converted a pair of offensive boards into buckets and Lauren Grove, Mattea Miller and Tiffany Briscoe banged home two points apiece.

Granite Falls finally stopped the bleeding with a desperation trey that, against all hope, stayed in the bucket.

But then, bam, the Wolves flipped the switch again, with Grove and Emily Coulter harassing the Tiger ball-handlers into a string of turnovers, shot clock violations and traveling calls.

At one point Granite failed to get a shot off on five consecutive aborted trips down the floor. With most of their shots failing to land anywhere near the rim, it might not have mattered, however.

Grove hit for five to back up the inside-outside tandem of Lawrence and Rosenkrance, while Miller netted four. Briscoe (3), Coulter (3), Jenn Spark (3), Sophia Jebrail (2) and McKenzie Bailey (2) rounded out the scorers.

Kailey Kellner, Erin Josue and Aura Corredor all chipped in with hustle and defensive intensity, with Kellner making off with a nifty steal and feed to Grove for a breakaway bucket.

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Mission accomplished!!

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged Aura Corredor, Basketball, CHS Wolves, JV girls on January 30, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Aura Corredor (center) with fellow basketball player Sophia Jebrail (left) and CHS cheerleader Camilla Rische.

Count it. Everyone has scored.

With a roster that has swelled as high as 15 or 16 players at times this season, Coupeville High School JV girls’ basketball coach Amy King has had a balancing act to conduct.

Try and get wins, but also get floor time for all of her players, regardless of skill level or experience.

One final bit of business — having every player score this season — was accomplished Wednesday when foreign exchange student Aura Corredor broke into the scoring column.

A newcomer to the sport, the native of Cali, Colombia slid a free-throw through the net during a 38-26 loss to visiting Friday Harbor, then got the full-on treatment from her teammates.

“The actual thrill of the night was when Aura tried to put up a shot and got fouled,” King said. “With this being her first year ever playing basketball and not getting a lot of time on the court so far this year, she was a bit nervous going to the free throw line.

“She’s been working hard on her shots in practice so we all had full confidence in her,” she added. “Her first shot went in and the bench erupted and the crowd got loud.”

Corredor followed up the free throw by collecting her first floor burn of the season (“It was exciting to watch her dive in and try for the rebound”) after narrowly missing her second shot.

The rest of the young Wolves imitated her, giving four hard-played quarters, but coming up short against a Friday Harbor team that used its taller players to control the game.

Coupeville played minus its two swing players — McKayla Bailey and Wynter Thorne — and with limited help from leading scorer Carlie Rosenkrance, as all three saw extended time in the night’s varsity game, which the Wolves won.

Kailey Kellner paced the CHS attack with nine points, including a three-pointer, while Mattea Miller and Lauren Grove banged away for four apiece. Sophia Jebrail (3), Rosenkrance (2), Tiffany Briscoe (2), Skyler Lawrence (1) and Corredor (1) rounded out the scoring chart.

With four games left on the schedule, King is excited with much of what she has seen this season, while a bit sorry to see it near an end.

“This team has a lot of talent and drive. We continue to fight and battle and play as a team,” she said. “And it isn’t always just the same few girls who step up every game and excel – they all have stepped up through this season and make me so proud.

“This group all has great attitudes and whether on the bench or the court they are supporting their team and working hard. I am so impressed with the improvement from them all,” King added. “Win or lose – they are a great group of girls and its sad that we have only one more week together.”

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