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To the final point, to the final buzzer!!

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged , , , , on December 3, 2018| Leave a Comment »

Kylie Chernikoff had a team-high seven rebounds and three steals Monday, as the Coupeville JV went toe-to-toe with 2A Sequim. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

It’s all about the lessons.

Do you take them in? Do you build on them? Do they foster growth?

The Coupeville High School JV girls basketball squad is young (11 of 14 players are freshmen) and still finding its way.

So, while losses like the 35-20 defeat the Wolves absorbed Monday in Sequim hurt in the moment, they can be the start of something bigger as athletes adjust to the difference between high school ball and what came before.

“Attitude and effort are the only things in life you can control,” said Coupeville coach Amy King, and it’s a stark truth.

While the non-conference loss to a 2A school drops the Wolves to 0-2 on the season, they can look to how they responded in the second half as a positive to build on.

Coupeville could not get a shot to drop for much of the first half Monday, with buckets from Kylie Chernikoff and Anya Leavell the only small solace in a 19-4 deficit.

The Wolves struggled to break Sequim’s half-court man press, which made it hard to even get shots launched.

“We had turnover after turnover,” King said. “Passing the ball into the waiting hands of Sequim, who used that to fast break.”

Things took a turn for the positive after Coupeville coaches delivered a halftime pep talk/come to God moment.

“We challenged the team to get out of their own heads and start playing basketball,” King said. “The energy needed to elevate from everybody, talk on defense and get scrappy.”

And scrappy they got, as Leavell and Kiara Contreras led a defensive stand, going after the ball with ramped-up intensity instead of sitting back and letting the play come to them.

With Chernikoff, Ja’Kenya Hoskins and Abby Mulholland cleaning the boards with authority, CHS pushed the flow of the game, playing Sequim even in the second half (16-16), while winning the battle in the fourth quarter 10-4.

“We were stirring up some energy, started moving the ball better and getting open shots,” King said. “We moved the ball like we knew how, and we changed our press break enough to get a few longer passes down the court, which made their defense scramble a little bit.

“If we had played that way in the first half, the game may have turned out a little different.”

Izzy Wells paced the Wolves with eight points, all coming in the second half, while snagging six rebounds.

Leavell netted six, with Chernikoff, Mollie Bailey and Hoskins adding two points apiece to round out the Wolf scoring.

Coupeville’s leader on the glass was the always hard-charging Chernikoff, who ripped down seven rebounds to go with her team-high three steals.

Hoskins added six boards, with Contreras and Kylie Van Velkinburgh each doling out two assists.

All 11 CHS girls in uniform Monday played, with Alana Mihill, Lily Leedy and Morgan Stevens also seeing floor time.

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Daniel Olson is a beast!!

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged , , , , on December 3, 2018| Leave a Comment »

Daniel Olson torched Sequim for 25 points Monday as the Coupeville boys JV hoops squad won its second-straight game. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

You can’t stop Daniel Olson, and you can’t contain him. All you can do is try and get out of his way.

The Coupeville High School sophomore found his groove Monday and didn’t stop at merely singing the nets while playing in Sequim.

Instead, Olson burnt the whole joint down, tickling the twines for a season-high 25 to spark the Wolf JV to a 58-43 win over their 2A foes.

The road non-conference victory lifts the Coupeville young guns to 2-1 on the still-young season.

Olson’s outburst, the most points dropped by any Wolf, boy or girl, varsity or JV, this year, was spread out across all four quarters.

He banked home four buckets in the first quarter, added five points in the second, tossed in another four in the third, then exited with a bang, flicking eight through the net in the final period.

That fourth-quarter assault included a pair of long three-balls, as Olson continued to drop bombs even while headed back to the bus.

Most of his scoring help came from the Rampagin’ Rickner Brothers, as sophomore TJ went for a career-high 10 and freshman Grady rattled the rims for a season-best eight.

The Rickners combined to hit three treys, with the younger brother “winning” that battle 2-1.

Logan Martin added seven points, Tucker Hall banked home four, while Cody Roberts and Miles Davidson rounded out the offensive explosion with a bucket apiece.

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Fight until the end!!

Posted in Basketball, tagged , , , , , on November 27, 2018| Leave a Comment »

Freshman Izzy Wells scored a team-high six points Tuesday as the Coupeville JV girls hoops team kicked off its season against Meridian. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Teams coached by Amy King don’t give up.

Regardless of the sport, whether it be volleyball, basketball or softball, that has been a trademark during her run on the sideline at Coupeville schools.

So it shouldn’t come as much of a surprise that the Wolf JV girls hoops squad played its strongest ball Tuesday at a moment when many teams would have simply quit.

Closing on a 10-2 run, including scoring the game’s final four baskets, Coupeville couldn’t catch Meridian on opening night, but it did give the visitors something to think about as they exited.

And while the Wolves fell 49-22, the grit showed at the end, with all the points rattled home by freshmen, speaks well for the future.

The late run came largely courtesy three players — Izzy Wells, Ja’Kenya Hoskins and Kylie Van Velkinburgh — who have grown up playing together on SWISH teams.

Wells knocked down three buckets during the final surge, one coming off a put-back on an offensive rebound, while Van Velkinburgh showed off a varied skill set.

On back-to-back plays, she first hauled down a rebound and fed Hoskins for a basket, then swished a long shot from the top that was a millimeter away from being a three-ball.

The strong finish made up some for a hot-and-cold opening act for the Wolves.

Coupeville fell behind 10-3 at the first break, unable to hit a field goal in the first eight minutes.

It got worse, as CHS didn’t hit a shot from the field until the 2:25 mark of the second quarter, when Anya Leavell coaxed a soft runner to drop.

At that point, the Wolves had scraped out seven points, all on free throws, with Hoskins, Mollie Bailey, Kiara Contreras and Kylie Chernikoff all hitting from the charity stripe.

The star of the second quarter was a young woman with a Coupeville connection, who, unfortunately for the Wolves, was wearing a Meridian uniform.

Freshman Malaysia Smith, daughter of former CHS boys basketball coach Anthony Smith, made her high school debut a strong one, carving up the Wolf defense for nine of her game-high 15 points in the second frame.

Leavell netted a long jumper in the third quarter and was the only Wolf to hit from the field until Coupeville’s fourth-quarter run.

Wells paced CHS with six points, Hoskins banked in five and Leavell popped for four, while Contreras (2), Van Velkinburgh (2), Bailey (2) and Chernikoff (1) rounded out the scoring attack.

While they didn’t score on opening night, Lily Leedy, Morgan Stevens, Ivy Leedy and Alana Mihill also saw floor time for the Wolves.

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Future bright for young spikers!!

Posted in Volleyball, tagged , , , , , on October 24, 2018| 1 Comment »

Ivy Leedy and the Wolf JV volleyball team capped a successful season with a rout of Sultan. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

They closed with a scream.

A scream of triumph and joy, yes, but also a warning to other teams – the next generation of Coupeville High School volleyball stars is here, and they’re ready to kick your fanny.

Back-to-back sizzlin’ aces off of the fingertips of freshman Izzy Wells capped the Wolf JV’s three-set sweep of visiting Sultan Wednesday, and it gave Chris Smith’s players the perfect punctuation to their season.

Riding a 25-15, 25-15, 26-24 win over the Turks, Coupeville’s next gen team finished the season 4-6 in North Sound Conference play, 6-7 overall.

The young Wolves, a work in progress, were a play or two from winning as many as nine matches this season, with a few rumbles slipping away in the final points.

That wasn’t the case on the last night of the regular season though, as CHS, with predominantly freshman on the floor in the final set, drove a stake through the heart of the Turks.

The two teams waged a tense back-and-forth affair in the final frame, with Anya Leavell rising up and giving a star performance.

She lashed a kill to stake the Wolves to an early 10-4 lead, and strong runs at the service stripe from Noelle Daigneault and Abby Mulholland sent the third set in the direction of a runaway, much like the first two frames.

Sultan fought back, however, trying to scratch out some redemption, and eventually held a set point at 24-23.

With the home crowd vocal in its support, the Wolf JV forced a side out to even things, then tossed the ball to Wells, who has been aces with her serve game all season.

One swing of the arm, two swings of the arm, and the celebration was on, as Sultan couldn’t get a finger on either of her offerings, as both serves skipped merrily by.

The late comeback capped a match that Coupeville otherwise dominated.

The opening set was all about power, with Maddie Vondrak mashing the ball, scattering Turks before her with every titanic blow.

When she wasn’t launching rockets, the Wolf sophomore showcased a complete game, flying high to stuff a would-be Sultan kill, before twirling in mid-air on another play, flicking a winner between two Turks.

Vondrak had plenty of help, as Zoe Trujillo lashed lasers from the sides, while Leavell smashed a kill from mid-court which ripped off some paint on the back line as it landed.

Coupeville was on point with its service game, as well, getting strings of points from Jaimee Masters, Lucy Sandahl and Ivy Leedy.

The second set was a virtual repeat of the first, started off with a run of aces by Sandahl, then punctuated by a stuff at the net from Kylie Van Velkinburgh and a low, screaming winner which sprang off of the palm of Masters and scorched the net as it went over.

Willow Vick pounded away at the service line to finish the middle set, and her run of four straight points ended on a perfect note.

Twirling the ball, she glanced at twin sister Raven, then fired a scorcher which slammed into the court, then exploded upward into a Sultan players face, completely knocking the hapless Turk off her feet.

Across the net, Willow Vick stamped her feet and pumped her fists while her teammates jumped in joy, providing a clear portrait of what’s likely to come in the future.

A whole lot of Wolf celebrations and a whole lot of time spent picking themselves off the floor for their rivals.

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Young spikers go toe-to-toe!!

Posted in Volleyball, tagged , , , , , on October 15, 2018| Leave a Comment »

Eryn Wood played strongly Monday as the Coupeville JV spikers battled South Whidbey through three torrid sets. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Second match, same as the first.

The JV volleyball squads from Coupeville and South Whidbey played twice this season, and the result was identical – the Wolves roll early, the Falcons swoop in at the end.

Monday, CHS roared to a lopsided win in the opening set, crushing the visitors 25-15, but then came up short in the final two frames, falling 25-19, 25-13.

The loss drops Coupeville’s young guns to 3-4 in North Sound Conference play, 5-5 overall.

Just like the first time these two JV teams faced off, back in late Sept. in Langley, the Wolves came out all guns firing.

Monday, Zoe Trujillo elevated and ripped a rival’s knee cap off with a ferocious spike to open the match, and that was just the beginning.

A nasty ace off the fingertips of Lucy Sandahl, followed by a block from Abby Mulholland and a kill from Izzy Wells, and Coupeville had a lead it wouldn’t relinquish.

Raven Vick and Sandahl each ripped off stellar runs at the service line to pad the lead, with Trujillo providing the snappiest point when she slipped in from the left side at the last second to drop a running tip which had the Falcons swinging at nothing but air.

Once again, Coupeville looked like it would put the match away in the second set, jumping out to a lead.

But once again, that lead slipped away, never to be regained.

Maddie Vondrak unleashed like a coiled spring exploding, driving a ball between two defenders for a kill, then immediately struck again, this time dancing in air while using just the tips of her fingers to reach up and snuff out a would-be-Falcon point.

That followed a sensational smash off the back line from Kylie Van Velkinburgh, and things were sailing along nicely. Until they weren’t.

The Wolves didn’t trail until 17-16, but once they found themselves on the short end of the score, they couldn’t get back in front.

Trujillo made a spectacular running save on one point, however, popping the ball back into play.

That gave Vondrak a chance to arc a high, looping shot over her shoulder, with the ball splashing down deep on the other side of the net for an unexpected, and thrilling, point.

With their swing players (Sandahl, Vondrak, Vick and Trujillo) unavailable in the third set, CHS coach Chris Smith went to his freshmen in the final frame, and they put up a strong effort against more seasoned foes.

Eryn Wood and Noelle Daigneault caught the spotlight, with the former dropping in several winners with a variety of sweet hits, while the latter lashed a booming ace on her very first serve.

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