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Unforgiving rims deny JV girls

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged , , , , on June 5, 2021| Leave a Comment »

Morgan Stevens was one of five Wolves who scored Saturday in a JV game on Orcas Island. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Some games the basket likes you, some games it doesn’t.

Unfortunately for the Coupeville High School JV girls basketball squad, Saturday was one of those latter times.

With the rims on Orcas Island being unforgiving, the Wolves, who were also missing two starters, fell 45-22 to the Vikings.

The loss drops the CHS young guns to 1-3 heading into their season finale at home Tuesday, June 8.

Friday Harbor, which Coupeville thrashed the first time around, is the opponent in that one.

Saturday, the Wolves were without Katie Marti and Madison McMillan, but the 10 girls who made the long trip were ready and rarin’ to go, and gave maximum effort.

“We had a lot of good shots, but nothing seemed to fall for us,” said CHS coach Megan Smith.

“Missing a few key players forced some girls to play in different positions and sometimes it was a scramble,” she added. “But, as always, proud of what we did.”

Orcas jumped out to a 9-4 lead after one quarter of play, then stretched the margin to 24-13 by the half and 29-19 heading into the fourth.

A 16-3 tear by the Vikings over the course of the game’s final eight minutes makes the final margin look worse than it really was most of the way.

Coupeville was led by 8th grader Lyla Stuurmans, who banked in 14 points, including all nine of her team’s points in the second quarter.

She had a bit of a duel with Orcas gunner Lili Malo, who also tallied nine in the second frame, finishing with a game-high 20 on her home floor.

Jessenia Camarena (3), Morgan Stevens (2), Desi Ramirez (2), and Reese Wilkinson (1) also scored for Coupeville, with Bryley Gilbert, Skylar Parker, Pam Morrell, Kassidy Upchurch, and Kayla Arnold all seeing floor time.

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Wolf JV claims OT thriller

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged , , , , , 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 , , , , 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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Limited games, much talent

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged , , , , , on May 23, 2021| Leave a Comment »

Kassidy Upchurch leads off a collection of Wolf JV basketball pics. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

We’re giving them a little extra love and hype.

The Coupeville High School JV girls basketball squad is working just as hard as the other three Wolf hoops teams.

But they’re still going to play a lot less games, as only two of the other six schools in the Northwest 2B/1B League are fielding girls JV programs this school year.

While Coupeville’s varsity teams are scheduled to play 12 games apiece, and the Wolf JV boys have a 10-game set (no Concrete), the JV girls get four tilts.

They played two of those in the first week of the season, losing to Orcas Island, then clobbering Friday Harbor.

Now, they don’t get a game again until June 5 and 8, sitting out while their varsity counterparts play five times.

While they, and us, wait for those contests, here’s a look at some of the young Wolves.

Skylar Parker

Pam Morrell

Katie Marti

Jessenia Camarena

Bryley Gilbert

Morgan Stevens

Desi Ramirez

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Strong effort, no win

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged , , , , on May 22, 2021| Leave a Comment »

Cole White hit for a team-high 16 Saturday. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

A bounce here, a bounce there.

The Coupeville High School JV boys basketball team played strongly Saturday at Friday Harbor, but couldn’t seem to quite get over the hump against their undefeated foes.

A buzzer-beating three-ball at the end of the first half hurt, and, though they crawled back to within six points in the waning moments, the Wolves fell 57-46.

The loss drops Coupeville’s JV to 0-3 on the season, while their Friday Harbor counterparts improve to 3-0.

The host Wolverines jumped out to an early advantage, leading 13-8 at the first break, before stretching the margin to 31-22 by the half.

It should have been closer, but Friday Harbor caught a favorable rim, with a last-second heave running around the oval, hitting nearly every angle, before somehow flopping through the hoop as the halftime horn sounded.

Coupeville kept at it, playing the Wolverines nearly even in the second half, and getting the deficit down to 50-44 in the late going.

But despite the hot shooting touch of swing players Cole White and Jonathan Valenzuela, time ran out for the Wolves as Friday Harbor closed the game on a 7-2 run.

White paced CHS with 16, including netting a pair of three-balls, while Valenzuela backed him up with a solid 13-point effort.

Nick Guay (7), Zane Oldenstadt (4), Dominic Coffman (2), Quentin Simpson-Pilgrim (2), and Mikey Robinett (2) also scored, while Andrew Williams, Ryan Blouin, and Nathan Ginnings saw floor time.

Coupeville’s next opponent, Concrete, doesn’t have an active JV program, so the young Wolves next take the court Thursday, May 27 when La Conner visits Whidbey Island.

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