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Cousins burn nets in narrow loss

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged CHS Wolves, girls basketball, Haylee Armstrong, JV, Sultan, Tenley Stuurmans on December 10, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Haylee Armstrong (left) and Capri Anter (middle) combined to rattle the rims for 22 points Saturday in Sultan. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

Pretend the second quarter didn’t happen.

In that scenario, the Coupeville High School JV girls’ basketball team would have left Sultan Saturday night with a win.

Unfortunately for the Wolves, the scorebook keepers insist on following the rules, and that leaves Cow Town’s hardcourt warriors on the short end of a 38-31 score.

The non-conference road loss drops CHS to 1-1 on the season, with a busy week ahead.

The young Wolves, who played three 8th graders Saturday, vie at home twice in the next six days, while hopping on the bus once.

Wednesday night they host Orcas Island, then it’s off to Friday Harbor on Friday, before a return visit to the CHS gym Saturday to square off against South Whidbey.

That night the Wolf JV will be part of the 50th anniversary of their school’s girls’ hoops program.

Saturday in Sultan, Kassie O’Neil’s squad came out sharp, jumping to an 8-3 lead at the first break.

Freshman Haylee Armstrong had the hot hand, banking in four of her game-high 15 points in the first frame, while Lexis Drake and Bryley Gilbert added buckets.

Kassie O’Neil’s hardcourt warriors play at home twice this coming week.

The second quarter didn’t go quite as well, however, as the host Turks used a 17-6 surge to snatch the lead back.

Down 20-14 at the break, the Wolves kept things close in the second half.

Capri Anter scored all five of her team’s points in the third, as CHS hung tough in a 6-5 defense-first frame, before the teams put together a 12-12 donnybrook in the finale.

Cousins accounted for 22 of Coupeville’s 31 points, with Anter popping for seven to back Armstrong’s 15.

8th grader Tenley Stuurmans rippled the nets for five, while Drake (2) and Gilbert (2) rounded out the scoring attack.

Desi Ramirez-Vasquez, Ari Cunningham, and Chelsi Stevens also saw floor time, with the latter two in that group being 8th graders who are playing up this winter.

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Wolf JV bashes Bush

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged Boys Basketball, CHS Wolves, Jack Porter, JV, The Bush School on November 29, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Davin Houston (left) and Aiden O’Neill (center) had big games Wednesday in Seattle. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

It was close for a hot second.

OK, maybe two seconds.

And then the Coupeville High School JV boys’ basketball squad flipped a switch, lit the jets, and ran their hosts off the floor while playing Wednesday night at The Bush School in Seattle.

For one brief moment, the Wolves trailed 6-5 in the early going, and then, wham, bam, go put some ice on your dome, as CHS romped to a 54-20 victory.

The non-conference win, coming against a 1A foe, lifts Coupeville’s JV to 1-1 on the season.

The Wolf young guns will largely be fans this Saturday when their varsity counterparts host Toledo — though a couple of guys will swing up to join the #1 team — not returning to action as a team until Dec. 9, when they travel to Sultan.

Thanks to Toledo not having a second unit, new JV coaches Craig Anderson and Jon Roberts will coach their first five games on the road.

Which just gives them, and their team, a chance to use the out of town run to get everything in sync before they make their home debut.

Wednesday night the Wolves struck first, with Aiden O’Neill going coast to coast to get the scoreboard up and going, before Bush crawled back into the game.

The host Blazers only held the advantage for about the length of time needed for Coupeville to bring the ball up court once, however.

Jack Porter pulled off a three-point play the hard way, banging his way inside for a bucket and free throw, and the Wolves were off to the races.

Up 11-6 at the first break, CHS poured it on in the second frame, stretching its advantage out to 27-10 by the half.

O’Neill was a fireball, picking off passes, careening in for buckets, and teaming up with Landon Roberts to pile up a ton of assists.

If Bush had any grand plans to mount a comeback, those plans died on the white board.

Jack and Johnny Porter were twin terrors on the boards in the third quarter, while Camden Glover pounded the ball down low.

The best scoring play may have come when freshman Davin Houston made off with a steal and hit Roberts in stride for the breakaway bucket.

The fourth quarter was nothing but good times, as Coupeville romped to a 14-0 run across the final eight minutes.

Capping things off was a three-ball from O’Neill, the ball launching from the parking lot and splashing home for an emphatic exclamation point to the game.

For their part, Coupeville’s coaching duo, who moved up from the middle school program to helm the JV, celebrated their first high school win with a couple small nods to each other.

“We got off to a good start, played tough D, and shared the ball as allowed,” Jon Roberts said.

“Got some playing time in with a few who didn’t get much or any at Mt Baker. Good win for the squad.”

Jack Porter paced the Wolves with a game-high 14 points, while Johnny Porter threw down 11 in support.

O’Neill (9), Jayden McManus (6), Houston (6), Glover (4), Roberts (2), and Riley Lawless (2) joined the offensive attack, with Sage Arends also seeing floor time.

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JV boys rally late, fall just short

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged Aiden O'Neill, Boys Basketball, CHS Wolves, JV, Mount Baker on November 27, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Camden Glover was unstoppable in the fourth quarter Monday night. (Jackie Saia photo)

Two more minutes, and it’s a different result.

Riding a torrid fourth quarter performance from sophomore sensation Camden Glover, the Coupeville High School JV boys’ basketball squad almost pulled out a road win against a tough foe in Monday’s season opener.

But the clock was merciless, and host Mount Baker held on to escape with a 45-41 non-conference victory.

The Wolves started strong, and finished even stronger, but were tripped up by a third quarter which saw them outscored 19-8.

That turned an 18-16 halftime advantage into a 35-26 deficit heading into the final frame, and it ultimately proved to be just a little too much for CHS to overcome.

Not that Glover didn’t try, pouring in 13 of his team-high 14 points over the game’s final eight minutes, including singing the nets on a pair of three-balls.

Coupeville spread its offense out in the first quarter, getting scoring from six different players to take a 14-13 lead into the first break.

Aiden O’Neill paced the Wolves with four points in the early going, but everyone was clicking.

After combining to score 27 points in the first frame, the two teams went into a defensive struggle in the second quarter, with CHS eking out a 4-3 advantage.

For the game, six of the seven Wolves to see the floor scratched their names in the scoring column, led by Glover’s 14.

Landon Roberts peppered the nets for eight, with O’Neill and Jack Porter both knocking down six points apiece.

Johnny Porter added four, while Riley Lawless banked in three, and Davin Houston came off the bench to provide an energy boost for the Wolves.

Coupeville’s JV returns to action Wednesday, when it travels to Seattle to face The Bush School.

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“They brought heart!”

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged CHS Wolves, girls basketball, JV, Mount Baker, season opener, Teagan Calkins on November 27, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Haylee Armstrong and the Wolf JV basketball squad earned a big win in their season opener. (Jackie Saia photo)

So, I’ve got good news, and news which will probably keep me awake at night.

The good news first.

Playing with skill and passion, the Coupeville High School JV girls’ basketball squad opened a new season in style Monday, bouncing host Mount Baker 44-41.

Holding off a foe from a bigger school, and on the road, brought a huge smile to the face of Wolf coach Kassie O’Neil.

“We have a lot of things to improve on, but they brought heart, and you could see it!” she said while bouncing in a bus somewhere on the backroads of Washington state.

O’Neil unleashed eight players on the hardwood, and every one of them gave her something back in return.

“Teagan (Calkins) had a ton of fast break lay ins,” O’Neil said. “Capri (Anter) was a beast on rebounding and putting it back up.

“We went out in a press, and it frazzled them.”

Coupeville came out on fire, jumping out to a 10-4 lead after one quarter of play, with Calkins scoring half of that tally.

She got help from Bryley Gilbert and Haylee Armstrong, then the Wolves held on through a brief Mount Baker rally in the second frame to carry an 18-16 lead into the locker room.

And this is where I break out in a cold sweat…

Coupeville lost its scorekeeper at the half, which means I have no way of knowing who scored the 26 points put up by the Wolves across the third and fourth quarters.

For someone addicted to stats, especially scoring stats, I have one word for you … AAAGGGGGOOOONNNNYYYY.

But I shall go on, probably forever haunted. If you catch me sitting in a gym in the future, staring wistfully into the great abyss, now you’ll know why.

But anyway. Back to reality.

From what we do have, Calkins led the Wolves with nine points in the first half, with Gilbert (5), Armstrong (2), and Anter (2) banking in buckets.

Brynn Parker, Dakota Strong, Desi Ramirez-Vasquez, and Lexis Drake also saw floor time for Coupeville.

The Wolf JV girls don’t play their next game until Saturday, Dec. 9, when they travel to the wilds of Sultan for another non-conference game.

Plenty of time for me to stare into the abyss and come to terms with the loss of my precious numbers.

Maybe…

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