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JV girls cruise to road win

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged , , , , on January 12, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Willow Leedy-Bonifas fires off a pass under pressure. (Teagan Calkins photo)

Everything was clicking.

And I mean everything.

Getting contributions from all 11 players in uniform Monday, the Coupeville High School JV girls’ basketball team rolled to an impressive road win.

Scorching host Auburn Adventist Academy 42-12, the Wolves get to 2-7 and head home to prepare for a Friday night showdown with Darrington.

Alita Blouin’s squad was dominant Monday in every aspect of the game, rolling out to a 14-3 lead by the first break.

From there, the Wolves stretched the lead to 22-7 at the half and 35-9 through three quarters of play.

CHS spread out the offensive love, with Ava Lucero rippling the nets for a game-high 12 points and Cami Van Dyke banking in 11 of her own.

Lucero splashed home a pair of three-balls, while Van Dyke knocked down a fourth quarter trey to keep Auburn at bay.

Anna Powers (6), Taylor Marrs (6), Zayne Roos (5), and Willow Leedy-Bonifas (2) rounded out the balanced attack, while Finley Helm, Elizabeth Marshall, Allie Powers, Olivia Hall, and Emma Cushman also saw floor time.

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Auburn rallies late, tips Wolf JV boys

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged , , , , on January 12, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Brian Thompson pulls up for a jumper. (Jackie Saia photo)

He who scores last often scores best.

Pulling out the game in the final two-minutes plus, the Auburn Adventist Academy JV boys’ basketball squad held off hard-charging Coupeville Monday, making off with a 45-37 victory.

The road loss, coming against a non-conference foe, drops the Wolves to 4-6 on the season, with a home clash against Darrington on Friday next up on the schedule.

Monday’s melee started badly for Coupeville, then got a lot better, before falling apart a bit down the home stretch.

Auburn scraped out a 7-4 lead through one quarter of play, before really ramping things up with a 20-8 surge in the second frame.

The Wolves didn’t buckle, however, as they roared back behind a third-quarter scoring explosion from Khanor Jump.

The CHS sophomore pumped in eight of his game-high 16 in the frame to help propel his squad on a 17-4 burst, cutting the deficit all the way back to just 31-29.

But it wasn’t to be for the Wolves, as Auburn nailed a couple of late three-balls to hold on for the narrow win.

Jayden McManus banked in eight points in support of Jump, while Liam Lawson (6), Josh Stockdale (5), and Ayden Warren (2) also scored.

Trent Thule, Chris Zenz, Brian Thompson, Nathan Coxsey, and Jaden Flores Garcia also saw floor time for the Wolves.

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“Definitely a learning experience for all of us”

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged , , , , on January 9, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Zayne Roos powers her way to the basket. (Jackie Saia photo)

Sometimes you run into the wall, and sometimes the wall just flat out falls on you.

Friday night was the latter for a young Coupeville High School JV girls’ basketball squad which endured some rough stretches during a 61-14 loss on La Conner’s home floor.

The defeat drops the Wolves to 0-4 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 1-7 overall, but could be a catalyst if lessons are learned.

“Definitely a rougher game,” said CHS coach Alita Blouin. “We haven’t played such a high-speed team until today, so we got beat a lot in transition.

“I think the girls worked really hard today,” she added. “Definitely a learning experience for all of us though.”

The game was actually fairly close for the first eight minutes, and the last eight minutes.

It was the middle 16 minutes which was a killer, unfortunately.

Down just 8-5 at the first break, with Ava Lucero accounting for all of her team’s points, Coupeville had hope.

Then La Conner kicked it into a higher gear, ripping off 26-2 and 19-0 tears in the second and third quarter, respectively, and things got a lot bleaker.

Still, the eternally scrappy Wolves rallied in the final frame, holding their own as the host Braves only outscored them 8-7 down the stretch.

The game was the first for a CHS team this winter to feature both teams being perfect at the free-throw line, though, admittedly, there were only three freebies in the contest, with La Conner hitting both of their tries and Lucero netting Coupeville’s lone attempt.

Lucero finished with a team-high eight points, while Zayne Roos, Anna Powers, and Willow Leedy-Bonifas each chipped in with a bucket.

Cami Van Dyke, Olivia Hall, Emma Cushman, Taylor Marrs, Allie Powers, and Elizabeth Marshall all saw floor time as well for the Wolves, who return to action next Friday with a home game against Darrington.

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Wolf JV boys thrash Braves

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged , , , , on January 9, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Jayden McManus knocked down 17 points Friday night in a big road win. (Julie Wheat photo)

Jayden McManus was locked into seek-and-destroy mode.

As were his teammates as well.

Sparked by a game-high 17 points from the three-ball-happy McManus Friday, the Coupeville High School JV boys’ basketball squad crushed host La Conner 52-32 in a wire-to-wire win.

The road victory lifts the young Wolves to 3-1 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 4-5 overall, and has them on a two-game winning streak.

Next up is another trip, this one to Auburn Adventist Academy Monday, before CHS welcomes Darrington to Whidbey Island next Friday for a league clash.

Squaring off with La Conner, the Wolves came out ready to rumble, jumping out to a 16-3 lead at the first break.

McManus poured in six points in the opening frame, one of five Coupeville players to score in the game-busting assault on the hoop, and things were well underway.

While La Conner hung tough to battle to a 9-9 tie in the second quarter, the Wolves added to their lead in the second half, outscoring the Braves 12-8 and 15-12 across the final two quarters.

CHS hit four shots from behind the three-point arc, with McManus ringing up three of those successful splashes.

Liam Lawson added the fourth trey and he, Josh Stockdale, and Nathan Coxsey each scored six to back up McManus and Khanor Jump, who knocked down 12 points.

Brian Thompson (2), Jaden Flores Garcia (2), and Trent Thule (1) rounded out the offense, with Chris Zenz and Ayden Warren also seeing floor time for the Wolves.

The Wolves listen as coach Craig Anderson lays out some strategy. (Jackie Saia photo)

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Liam Lawson has got that killer gene

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged , , , , on January 6, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Liam Lawson, draining game winners and taking names. (Julie Wheat photo)

It’s in his DNA.

Coupeville High School freshman Liam Lawson comes from a family full of cold-blooded hardwood assassins, and he’s more than ready to keep the tradition alive.

Drilling a pair of fourth-quarter three-balls Tuesday, including the game winner with just a few ticks left on the clock, Lawson sparked the Wolf JV boys’ basketball team to a 37-34 win over visiting Friday Harbor to create the first great prairie athletic memory of 2026.

The win, Coupeville’s only one in four contests against the Wolverines on this day, lifts the CHS young guns to 2-1 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 3-5 overall.

It also writes another successful chapter in a tale which has warmed the hearts of Central Whidbey hoops fans for years.

Back in the day, it was Liam’s mom, “Killer Kassie” (Lawson) O’Neil who dined, more than once, on the sweet, sweet tears of the private school prima donnas, shafting King’s with multiple buzzer-beaters.

Equally dangerous were aunts Katie Smith and Kayla Lawson, and great-grandpa Dale Sherman wasn’t too shabby himself.

Jump forward to 2026, and the game was knotted at 34-34 with the ball in the hands of the Wolves and the clock ticking down.

Enter Liam, who hit nothing but the bottom of the net, setting off a (somewhat) premature celebration, as CHS coaches implored their players to stop hugging and get back on defense as the buzzer hadn’t yet sounded.

Friday Harbor didn’t have an answer, however, and the win was assured, capping a game in which CHS led at every major juncture.

Lawson and Jayden McManus combined to net 10 points in the first quarter as Coupeville built a 13-10 lead, and the Wolves stretched their advantage to 25-15 by the half.

The final 16 minutes were a bit more of an adventure, as Friday Harbor sliced the deficit back to 31-25 through three quarters, before forcing the late tie.

McManus finished with a team-high 14 points, while Lawson rattled the rims for 12.

Khanor Jump (6), Josh Stockdale (4), and Brian Thompson (1) also scored, with Trent Thule, Ayden Warren, and Chris Zenz rounding out the rotation.

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