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“I was very proud of the way they all played!!”

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged , , , , on December 20, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Tiffany Briscoe snatched six boards, helping spur a defensive-orientated win Friday. (John Fisken photo)

Tiffany Briscoe snatched six boards, helping spur a defensive-orientated win Friday. (John Fisken photo)

Orcas had the height. Coupeville had the heart.

Overcoming a size disadvantage and a very productive swing player who banged away in the paint, the Coupeville High School JV girls’ basketball team bounced host Orcas Island 36-23 Friday.

The win lifted the young Wolves to 5-3 on the season heading into the Christmas break.

CHS has 10 days between games, not returning to the court until Dec. 29, when it hosts Vashon.

After making the long trip to Orcas, Coupeville came out a bit slowly, but then found a different gear.

Down 6-4 after one quarter, the Wolves went on a 14-4 tear in the second quarter to blow things open.

The points came from everywhere, with five different players tallying buckets in the quarter.

Even with leading scorer Kailey Kellner on the bench with foul trouble, the Wolves were able to use a big advantage on the boards to spur the scoring frenzy.

Orcas rallied briefly in the third behind their top gun, Jessie Nicholls, who returned from a first-half ankle injury to pour in 11 of her game-high 13 points in the quarter.

Using the same shot over and over, she was fairly unstoppable.

Until the speedy duo of Lauren Rose and Lauren Grove clamped down on the Orcas ball-handlers, preventing them from getting the rock to Nicholls.

Making off with frequent steals, the duo frustrated the Vikings and Coupeville put the game away with a solid final quarter.

“I was very proud of the way they all played,” said Coupeville coach Amy King. “This game they really all came together and moved the ball well. It’s a nice way to go into the winter break.”

While the Laurens spurred the defensive attack, all of the Wolves chipped in with stellar effort.

“Kyla (Briscoe) was strong on defense and Allison (Wenzel) and Brisa (Herrera) both had a good defensive night,” King said. “We really did a good job of anticipating the passes.

“Tiffany (Briscoe) played tough as always and Skyler (Lawrence) always proves why she belongs on the court, three very strong rebounds and a steal. She made it hard for Orcas to drive like they had hopes to.”

Kellner paced the Wolves with a team-high 12 points, while Rose banged away for eight. Kyla Briscoe (6), Lawrence (4), Grove (4) and Tiffany Briscoe (2) rounded out the scoring attack.

The battlin’ Briscoes combined to pull down 11 boards, led by Tiffany’s six, while Wenzel snatched five caroms and Grove hauled in four rebounds.

Rose pick-pocketed six steals.

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The opening act rocked!!

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged , , , , on December 17, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Brisa Herrera

Brisa Herrera (33) scored her first basket of the season Wednesday. (John Fisken photos)

Kailey

Kailey Kellner continued her season-long streak of torrid shooting, dropping in a game-high 15.

The night started off beautifully.

While the varsity game would turn out to be an apathetic disaster, the Coupeville High School JV girls’ basketball squad looked impressive during their time on the court Wednesday.

Busting out an 11-0 second quarter that sealed the deal, the Wolves strolled past visiting Friday Harbor 38-20 in a game that wasn’t even remotely close.

Twice stretching the lead out as far as 21 points, a much-more aggressive Coupeville squad (now 4-3) benefited from having a confident trio at the forefront of its attack.

Lauren Rose, in the lineup for the first time this season, pumped in eight points in the first half, continually harassing timid Friday Harbor ball-handlers into turnovers.

Then the second half became the Kailey Kellner Show, as the sophomore shooting sensation banged home 14 of her game-high 15 after the break.

She hit three consecutive jumpers in the third to spark a 10-0 run, then swished four more buckets during an 8-2 streak in the fourth.

After almost all of her buckets, she punctuated the made shot with a slight downward wave of her fingertips as the ball hit the bottom of the net, honoring a tradition dear to the heart of all stone cold killers masquerading as outside bombers.

Helping set up the duo was Lauren Grove, who was charged up on defense and nimbly set up numerous fast breaks for the Wolves, who set the pace and never allowed Friday Harbor to get comfortable.

The visitors stayed close for a quarter, trailing just 6-4 after the opening eight minutes.

Then the Wolves picked up the intensity and broke the will of their opponents, holding them scoreless for an entire quarter.

Rose hit for three baskets, two on set-ups from Grove, while the biggest fan cheer went to Brisa Herrera, who banked home her first bucket of the season to cap the run.

Coupeville spread the offensive love around, with six of the eight players who suited getting into the scoring column.

Kellner was backed by Rose (8), Grove (6), Kyla Briscoe (4), Skyler Lawrence (3) and Herrera (2).

Allison Wenzel and Tiffany Briscoe failed to score, but both chipped in with stellar efforts on defense, with Wenzel rising up to swat away a shot as her braided ponytail whipped through the air like Indiana Jones‘ bullwhip.

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Beat the clock! Win the day!!

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged , , , on December 13, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Lauren Grove

Lauren Grove and the Wolf JV girls’ hoops squad have won three of their last four games. (John Fisken photo)

Beat the ferry? Check.

Beat Klahowya? Check part two.

Playing second for once, and with one eye on a clock ticking down to a preset departure time, the Coupeville High School JV girls’ basketball squad kept its composure Friday, held its lead and closed the deal.

Using a stellar defensive stand at the end, the Wolves made it a two-win night for the CHS girls’ hoops program, bouncing the host Eagles 36-32.

Not bad considering the young guns got off to a bit of a slow start as they stretched out their muscles.

“We actually came out a bit slow in the first quarter,” said Coupeville coach Amy King. “Road trip and sitting through the varsity game, I guess.

“Still, we were able to spread out our offense and get the key open so we could run our offense,” she added. “All the girls did a good job on defense, talking and moving well.”

While they might not have been as spry as normal, the Wolves (3-2 on the season) were effective, staking themselves to a 9-4 lead after one quarter.

The early highlight came courtesy of Lauren Grove, who made a sharp cut to the basket, and, as her defender went one way and the girl’s shoes the other, took a perfect pass and banked it up for a quick bucket.

Not content to stop there with the razzle-dazzle, CHS hit again.

This time, Kailey Kellner, wandering out in three-point land, drew two defenders and whipped a pass past them into the waiting hands of Kyla Briscoe.

Boom. Two points, and two downcast Eagles.

Rebounding machine Skyler Lawrence made her first appearance of the season in the second quarter and had an immediate impact.

“Skyler made her presence known with her rebounding,” King said. “She, Tiffany (Briscoe), Kyla and Allison (Wenzel) were powerhouses with ripping rebounds all night.”

With Coupeville controlling the boards, Kellner stepped up and got electric, pouring in 14 of her team-high 15 in the middle two periods.

“Kailey had the magic touch and their defense just didn’t stop her,” King said.

Klahowya fought back one final time, cutting the lead to a basket as time was running down.

Enter Mattea Miller, exit any chance of forcing an overtime that probably couldn’t have been played anyway due to time constraints.

With the Wolves digging in, Miller picked Klahowya’s pocket with six seconds to play, out-running the Eagles for a game-clinching shot off the glass.

“Great way to end the game!” said a jubilant King.

Kellner added five boards and a blocked shot to go with her 15 points, while running mate Miller swished eight and snagged two rebounds.

Grove (4), Lawrence (4), Kyla Briscoe (3) and Tiffany Briscoe (2) rounded out the scorers, while the battlin’ Briscoes both hauled in eight boards apiece.

Wenzel (6), Lawrence (6), Grove (4) and Brisa Herrera (1) also brought down rebounds.

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Plenty of fight in these Wolves!!

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged , , , , on December 8, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Kailey Kellner scored a team-high 11 Monday in her team's loss. (John Fisken photo)

Kailey Kellner had a deadly shooting touch Monday, scoring a team-high 11. (John Fisken photo)

There were huge chunks of the game that felt like a win.

And while that wasn’t reflected on the scoreboard — where the Coupeville High School JV girls’ basketball team fell 32-17 to visiting Mt. Baker Monday to drop to 2-2 — it doesn’t make it any less true.

If you were looking, there were major positives.

Wolf sophomore Kailey Kellner continues to grow into a team leader, scoring all her team’s points until midway through the third.

Refusing to bend to aggressive Mountaineer defenders, she pounded the ball inside, then popped outside and drilled long-distance jumpers on her way to an 11-point performance.

Fellow sophomore and feisty spark-plug Lauren Grove made her presence felt when she elevated and rejected a Mt. Baker shot while on the run.

Coming from behind the shooter while zooming like the track star she is, Grove got nothing but ball, a fact everyone but the ref acknowledged.

Keeping alive a night-long trend, he whistled her for a foul. Then looked guilty.

With a non-stop series of tweets, it looked like the Wolves would lose most of their seven players before halftime, yet somehow avoided that fate.

In a bit of a surprise, the refs later swallowed their whistles and only one player (Kellner) fouled out, and not until the game’s final minute.

That came during Coupeville’s best defensive stand.

Trailing 28-12 entering the fourth, the Wolves refused to crumple, holding Baker scoreless for almost six full minutes.

With Kellner, Grove, Kyla Briscoe, Tiffany Briscoe, Brisa Herrera and (especially) Allison Wenzel getting chippy and fighting for loose balls, Mattea Miller capped the stand with a superb sacrifice.

Frantically back-pedaling to get ahead of a Mountaineer fast break, she snapped into position at the last possible second, held her ground and got leveled by an out-of-control dribbler to successfully draw the charge.

The collision rocked her off her feet but as the ref whistled an offensive foul, Miller let a smile smile play on her lips. But just for a second and then she was all business again, as usual.

More proof that, even in a loss, the Wolf young guns are a team to be respected.

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The boards belong to us!!

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

Lauren Grove (John Fisken photos)

   Having gotten properly stretched in the early days of practice, Lauren Grove and Co. are now a lean, mean, rebounding machine. (John Fisken photos)

Mattea Miller

   Mattea Miller, dreaming of the night she’d score 10, snag five boards, block two shots and make off with two steals. That night turned out to be Friday.

Low on players, high on talent.

Despite starting the night with just six active players — making for a very thin bench, with only Brisa Herrera around to keep coach Amy King company at tip-off — the Coupeville High School girls’ JV squad rebounded like a rabid pack of Wolves Friday and held off visiting Darrington 26-20.

The victory evened the squad’s record at 1-1 on the season.

Missing key players Lauren Rose, Tiffany Briscoe and Skyler Lawrence, Coupeville didn’t offer King many options. Turns out she didn’t need them.

After a tentative start, the Wolves ran the Loggers off the floor in the middle part of the game, outscoring Darrington 18-4 over the course of the second and third quarters.

The decisive run was fueled by a passion for boards, as CHS combined to haul in 34 of them.

Kailey Kellner was top gun, snatching 10 rebounds, while Kyla Briscoe (8), Allison Wenzel (6), Lauren Grove (5) and Mattea Miller (5) all got their hands on a fair share of caroms as well.

When they weren’t gathering in boards, the Wolves were redirecting Darrington’s shots.

CHS rejected seven attempts, led by Kellner, who said no-no-no to three Logger tries.

Miller paced Coupeville in the scoring column, hitting a pair of long-range three point bombs en route to a game-high 10 points.

Kellner banged away for seven, Grove popped for six and Briscoe notched the first points of her short high school career with three.

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