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Gone, but not forgotten!!

Posted in Boys Basketball, Girls Basketball, tagged , , , on February 11, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Foreign exchange student Sophia Jebrail seemed to enjoy every second she played in America. (John Fisken photos)

   Foreign exchange student Sophia Jebrail seemed to enjoy every second she played in America. (John Fisken photos)

Aura Corredor skies for the rebound.

Aura Corredor skies for the rebound.

Wiley Hesselgrave enters to a great fanfare.

Wiley Hesselgrave enters to a great fanfare.

Lauren Grove looks to pass over the top of the defense.

Lauren Grove looks to pass over the top of the defense.

Clay Reilly operates in the open court.

Clay Reilly operates in the open court.

Jimmy Myers shows his support for Carlie Rosenkrance.

Jimmy Myers shows his support for Carlie Rosenkrance.

Rosenkrance, who has moved up to varsity full-time for the playoffs, drives hard to the hoop in a JV game.

 Rosenkrance, who has moved up to varsity full-time for the playoffs, drives hard to the hoop in a JV game.

Oscar Liquidano (42) clamps down on defense.

Oscar Liquidano (42) clamps down hard on defense.

Only one of Coupeville High School’s four basketball teams is still playing.

As the Wolf varsity girls (9-11) prepare to kick off the double-elimination district playoffs tonight at Mount Baker (10-10), the girls’ JV, boys’ varsity and boys’ JV teams have wrapped their seasons.

But, even as the players from those squads disperse, with many moving on to planning for the start of spring sports March 3, there’s a ton of photographs to still sift through.

So, start sifting and let your mind ramble back through the seasons just wrapped.

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“Our girls played tough the entire game!!”

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged , , on February 5, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Skyler Lawrence will not be trifled with on the boards.

  Skyler Lawrence, seen here in an earlier game, has been a force on the boards all year. (John Fisken photo)

Count only the two-point baskets and it was a tie.

Unfortunately for the Coupeville High School JV girls’ basketball squad, host Archbishop Thomas Murphy got to count its three-point bombs and free throws as well Tuesday, and that carried the Wildcats to a 42-23 victory.

Both squads banged home 11 buckets apiece, but a huge advantage at the charity stripe (10 of 19 for ATM, 1 of 7 for CHS) and a couple of timely treys shifted the balance of the game.

The Wolves went down swinging, however.

“Our girls played tough the entire game; a lot of shots went up and just wouldn’t fall,” Coupeville coach Amy King said. “ATM pressed us off and on all night, but only slowed us down a little – really didn’t cause turn-overs or affect us more than that.”

Players up and down the Wolf roster stepped up, with Erin Josue “playing a very good game” and Aura Corredor making off with “a perfect steal.”

“Erin put a halt on ATM’s main ball-handler and just did a great job sprinting the court,” King said. “Emily (Coulter) had to step in again to play point guard position twice and stepped up and did a nice job.”

“Mattea (Miller) was very steady the entire night, also stealing the ball and working her magic on defense,” she added.

Kailey Kellner was charged-up on defense, picking off passes left and right and teaming with fellow front-court mate Skyler Lawrence to frustrate ATM with their rebounding.

“It seemed that Kailey and Skyler had a system for rebounding during free throws,” King said. “Kailey would beat ATM to get a hand on the ball, even though she was mostly only able to tip it, but she tipped it to the waiting Skyler, who would grip it in steel fingers and either kick it out or put it back up as a shot.

“I counted at least three times in that quarter where it was Skyler against three ATM players,” she added. “Maybe when they reached in to grab the ball from her their hands got caught in her grip and they couldn’t let go, but she was strong like always and didn’t let them get in her way.”

Capping the night for King was the continued growth of freshman Tiffany Briscoe.

“She has really picked up her game over the past few weeks, talking and helping her teammates, blocking out and coming out of nowhere to rebound,” King said. “I really appreciate all the effort she puts in on both ends of the court.”

Lawrence paced the Wolves with six points, all coming in the third quarter, while Miller tossed in five, Briscoe banged home four and Coulter, Sophia Jebrail, Jenn Spark and Kellner each dropped in a bucket.

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Black ‘n blue? Oh, Sultan was in town…

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged , , , on January 31, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Skyler Lawrence (left) and Briscoe, smiling now but ready to unleash defensive terror on their foes.

Skyler Lawrence (left) and Tiffany Briscoe may smile a lot, but they’re nobody’s pushovers. (Amy Briscoe photo)

It was one of those kinds of nights.

The sort of Friday night when you face a rough-and-tumble Sultan squad that’s not fond of making the long trip to Whidbey Island, and you get as many bruises as points scored.

That number would be 26 for the Coupeville High School JV girls’ basketball team, with at least 17 of those bruises going to freshman post Tiffany Briscoe, who spent much of the game being hammered to the floor.

But, since she’s a born-and-bred tough girl, she would bounce back up each time, smile mostly still intact on her face, and try to tuck renegade strands of hair back into place before the next freight train smacked into her.

Her resilience under fire — and the taco salad, cookies and cupcakes supplied to the team after the game by her mom, Amy — were the big highlights for a Wolf squad that scrapped to a 20-20 tie midway through the third, before eventually falling 39-26.

With swing players Wynter Thorne, McKayla Bailey and Monica Vidoni having moved up full-time to the varsity and freshman point guard Carlie Rosenkrance limited in her JV playing time, so she’d be available for varsity action if needed, the Wolves were looking for someone to step up and take the reins.

Lauren Grove did so, directing traffic for much of the game — when she wasn’t being smacked in the face or flung to the floor — and her two first-quarter buckets helped spur Coupeville to a 12-10 lead.

McKenzie Bailey’s three-point bomb from downtown capped the first quarter, while fellow guard Emily Coulter rained down a one-handed trey that kicked off the second half and made her dad scream like a (very happy) wild man.

The Wolves fell behind by eight near the end of the third quarter, then used a 5-2 run capped by a banked-in jumper from Skyler Lawrence to get back to five at 30-25.

After that, Coupeville’s shots went ice cold, however, allowing the visiting Turks to close the game on a 9-1 run.

If nothing else, the Wolves shared the ball well, with nine of their 11 players scoring.

Coulter, Grove and Rosenkrance led the way with four apiece, while Kailey Kellner and Bailey both added three. Rounding out the scoring list with a bucket apiece were Sophia Jebrail, Briscoe, Lawrence and Mattea Miller.

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Second half surge (almost) saves Wolf JV girls!!

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged , , , on January 29, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Erin Josue, seen here in an earlier game, and her teammates rallied in the second half Tuesday. (John Fisken photo)

   Erin Josue, seen here in an earlier game, and her teammates rallied in the second half Tuesday. (John Fisken photo)

Call it a split.

After badly losing the first half Tuesday at South Whidbey, the Coupeville High School JV girls’ basketball team responded to a halftime talk from coach Amy King and came out and convincingly won the second half.

Unfortunately, when both scores were added together, the first-half deficit was too much for the Wolves to overcome, as they fell 30-21. Still, the second half rally was a positive.

“I guess my stern motherly tone did something to them at halftime,” King said with a laugh. “Because we came out and played a much better half!”

Trailing 22-6 coming out of the break, Coupeville turned up its defensive heat, keyed by freshmen Lauren Grove and Mattea Miller.

“They did a great job on defense – Lauren put pressure on the ball and Mattea picked them up when they got past Lauren,” King said. “Mattea, Tiffany (Briscoe) and Kailey (Kellner) came up with some key stops and steals later in the game.

“We settled down a little on our offense and actually ran the plays, making better and stronger passes and better choices,” she added. “The girls who often forget to look at scoring started looking at the basket.”

Kellner and fellow frosh Skyler Lawrence controlled the boards in the second half, as the Wolves put a little bit of fear into the Falcons.

“Skyler had great rebounds and proved that when she wants the ball, just stay out of her way,” King said. “Kailey also went in for some hard-fought rebounds.

“A South Whidbey player made the mistake of trying to grab onto one that Kailey had and paid the price with landing on the floor. Hard.”

The second-half intensity made up for a “pretty flat” opening 16 minutes, and bodes well for Coupeville as they prepare to face off with Friday Harbor in a non-conference game Wednesday.

Miller paced the Wolves against South Whidbey with seven points, while Carlie Rosenkrance drained all six of her points in the fourth quarter. McKayla Bailey popped for four and Grove and Kellner each chipped in with a bucket.

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Down goes Goliath!!

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged , , , , on January 21, 2014| Leave a Comment »

The Wolf JV squad was in a great mood Tuesday. (Robert Bishop photo)

   The Wolf JV squad was in a great mood Tuesday as it romped to a huge win over big, bad Cedarcrest. (Robert Bishop photo)

Surprise!

Skyler Lawrence is a force to be reckoned with in the paint, a ferocious rebounder and powerful inside presence.

Then she goes and shocks the world with a perfectly-banked three-point bomb, after hauling in a long in-bounds pass that almost went over her head, and you realize there is no way to contain her.

The trey staked the Coupeville High School JV girls’ basketball team to a five-point lead going into the fourth quarter Tuesday night, effectively putting an emphatic stamp on what would turn into a huge victory.

Paced by seven points apiece from Lawrence and fellow freshman Kailey Kellner, and two big plays at the end from junior swing player Wynter Thorne, the Wolves bounced visiting Cedarcrest 46-36.

With nine different players scoring, it was a win for small schools everywhere, as the smallest 1A school in the state (225 students in grades 9-11) soundly beat the biggest 2A school (691 students) in the 1A/2A Cascade Conference.

Other than a momentary letdown in the second quarter, Coupeville controlled every aspect of the game, virtually start to finish.

Down 4-2 early, the Wolves ripped off 10 straight points to end the first quarter.

Kellner, the best British sports import since David Beckham, drilled back-to-back jumpers, then, after Lawrence slammed home a rebound, Kellner went outside and lofted a three-point bomb of her own that touched nothing but net.

A free throw from Lauren Grove capped the surge and the game could have been called at that point.

The visiting Red Wolves managed to shave the lead down after that, but Coupeville never gave it all back. Every time Cedarcrest would pull to within two or three points, another Wolf would pull off a quick bucket to re-stretch the lead.

Sophia Jebrail and Carlie Rosenkrance did the honors in the third, before Lawrence dialed up long distance.

Then, in the fourth, it was a nifty jumper under extreme duress from hard-charging frosh Mattea Miller.

Cedarcrest’s final hopes were doused when Thorne scored four points in four seconds. First she hit a tough one-handed turn-around jumper, then she stole the ball and zipped in for a game-icing layup.

Thorne netted six to back-up Kellner and Lawrence, while Miller and Rosenkrance dropped in four apiece.

McKayla Bailey popped for three, Jebrail and Tiffany Briscoe each hit a bucket — with Briscoe’s coming with a second to play — and Grove tickled the twine with her free throw.

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