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A mere bump in the road

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged , , , , on January 28, 2020| Leave a Comment »

Mollie Bailey was one of five Coupeville varsity players to score Tuesday as the Wolves played state power King’s for likely the final time. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

They still control their own playoff destiny.

So, that’s the positive to take away.

Despite absorbing a rough loss Tuesday in Shoreline to state title contender King’s, the Coupeville High School girls varsity basketball team is just a win from clinching third-place in the North Sound Conference.

The Wolves, who suffered through a cold shooting performance, greatly helped along by a Knights squad which is brutally-efficient, fell 54-13 to the private school power.

The loss drops Coupeville to 4-3 in league play, 10-5 overall, with two regular-season games to play.

King’s (5-0, 14-4), which is only playing fellow NSC teams once this season, sits atop the standings, followed by Cedar Park Christian (7-1, 14-5).

Thanks to South Whidbey (3-5, 9-10) falling to Sultan (2-5, 6-11) Tuesday, the Wolves are a game-and-a-half up on their next-door neighbors.

Win Friday at home against cellar-dweller Granite Falls (0-7, 3-15), and Coupeville clinches the #3 seed to the double-elimination district playoffs, which begin Feb. 10.

Tuesday night was likely the final time the Wolves will play King’s, barring a playoff meeting, as Coupeville returns to 2B next school year.

Before it goes, CHS got a reminder of why the Knights perennially rep one of the best hoops programs in the state, in any classification.

Bolting out to a 17-4 lead after one quarter of play, King’s just got better from there, rolling to 17-0 and 16-2 advantages in the next two frames.

While the Wolves didn’t play terribly, and actually came out on top 7-4 in the fourth quarter, pretty much no one on the roster could get the rim to play nicely.

“We couldn’t throw a pea in the ocean,” mused CHS coach Scott Fox. “King’s pressure was good, and we couldn’t generate any offense.

“That combo gets you in the loss column.”

The Wolves got their fair share of solid looks at the basket, but nothing wanted to drop.

“We played hard and one after another of our shots rolled around the rim and fell out,” Fox said. “One of those nights … on to (play) Granite Falls!”

Freshman Carolyn Lhamon came off the bench to score a team-high four points, all in the final frame, while Scout Smith added three, with all of her scoring coming courtesy free throws.

Chelsea Prescott, Mollie Bailey, and Avalon Renninger rounded out the offense with two points apiece, while Audrianna Shaw, Izzy Wells, Hannah Davidson, Kylie Van Velkinburgh, Tia Wurzrainer, Anya Leavell, and Maddie Georges saw floor time.

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“We played well, they played better”

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged , , , , on January 28, 2020| Leave a Comment »

Jessenia Camarena chucked in a bucket Tuesday night, helping the Coupeville JV as it battled King’s. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

It’s all about learning from your mistakes.

The Coupeville High School JV girls basketball squad is a solid team, often inspired, but Tuesday night it ran into a better version of itself.

Facing a King’s team which took advantage of any errors, the Wolves fell 41-18 in their final trip to Shoreline.

With the loss, Coupeville slips to 5-2 in North Sound Conference action, 9-4 overall.

The young Wolves have three games left on their schedule, all at home, and a chance to finish strongly.

The JV hosts Granite Falls Friday, then welcomes South Whidbey and La Conner to town the following week.

While her team fell to the always-strong Knights, CHS coach Megan Smith came away from the contest feeling pretty good about things overall.

“We played well, but they played better,” she said. “They really capitalized on our mistakes and used them to their advantage.

“The nice thing about games like this is it really shows us what we truly need to work on.”

Tuesday’s tilt was largely decided in the first quarter, as King’s bolted out to a 13-2 lead and never looked back.

Coupeville kept things much closer over the next two frames, but, even then, the Knights used 9-4 and 9-5 runs to stretch the margin out.

Wolf freshman Ryanne Knoblich had the hot hand for the visitors, banging home eight points, including four in the final quarter.

Joining her in the scoring column were Alita Blouin (5), Anya Leavell (2), Jessenia Camarena (2), and Gwen Gustafson (1).

Morgan Stevens, Ella Colwell, Mollie Bailey, Kylie Van Velkinburgh, and Audrianna Shaw also saw floor time for the Wolves.

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Tough night in Shoreline

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged , , , , , on January 21, 2020| Leave a Comment »

Chris Ruck was one of eight JV players to score Tuesday night against always-tough King’s. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

Mason Grove hit four treys as part of a team-high 14 points in the varsity game.

And we shall never see you again.

With Coupeville High School finally being granted a chance to return to 2B status starting next school year, the chances the Wolves will play private school power King’s in coming seasons is extremely limited.

Tuesday night the CHS boys basketball teams made the trip to Shoreline for their farewell tour, absorbing three more losses to one of the state’s premier hoops programs.

Instead of rehashing it all across three articles, we’re going to compress it into one, and then move on, with the Knights in our rearview mirrors.

At least in this sport, since the Coupeville girls basketball teams make their final trip to Shoreline Jan. 28, and then there’s spring sports.

But soon, very soon.

So, about tonight…

 

Varsity:

King’s is playing for nothing less than a state title this season.

Featuring a power-packed team that can kill you inside or outside, the Knights convinced most of the North Sound Conference teams to only play them once, and not twice.

With extra spots open on the schedule, the private school juggernauts added 2A and 3A schools to the mix, and went to Arizona for a big-time holiday tourney.

So, while King’s might be just 9-8 on the season (5-0 in league play), it’s a very-deceptive win-loss record.

Tuesday night went about as expected, as six-foot-seven sophomore sensation Tyler Linhardt pumped in 27 points across the first three quarters and King’s rolled to an 81-29 win.

The loss drops Coupeville to 1-4 in league action, 4-9 overall, though Wolf coach Brad Sherman emerged from the game with a positive mindset.

“We fought hard against a very, very tough team,” he said. “Proud of the effort, attitude, and fight in our guys.

“Ready to get back to work tomorrow. Still a lot of season left!”

Coupeville, which is still very much in the fight for either the 4th or 5th playoff seed from the NSC, has five regular-season games left, starting with a trip Friday to Bothell to play Cedar Park Christian.

Tuesday night the Wolves fell behind 20-6 after one quarter, then got roughed up 27-0 in the second frame.

The second half was much better, as CHS stayed competitive through the game’s final 16 minutes.

Mason Grove paced Coupeville with 14 points, all after the break, including hitting four three-balls.

His support crew included Hawthorne Wolfe (7), Koa Davison (2), Sean Toomey-Stout (2), Jacobi Pilgrim (2), and Gavin Knoblich (2), while Jered Brown, Jean Lund-Olsen, and Xavier Murdy all saw floor time.

Not to be lost in the defeat were personal milestones for three Wolf players.

Pilgrim’s bucket gives him exactly 100 points for his prep career, making him the 186th CHS boy to reach triple digits in 103 seasons of hoops action.

While the senior big man was notching that honor, backcourt gunners Grove and Wolfe continued their assault on the career scoring chart.

Grove, a senior, now sits with 321 points, and he moved from #90 to #85 all-time Tuesday, passing five former Coupeville players, ranging from old school star Bob Rea to recent alumni Gabe Wynn and Nick Streubel.

Meanwhile, Wolfe, just a sophomore, now has 335 points, and he broke out of a three-way tie with Brad Brown and Charlie Tessaro at #78, then passed Aaron Trumbull (330) and Jim Yake (331) to land at #76 on the career chart.

 

JV:

A four-game winning streak came to a stop for Coupeville, as Chris Smith’s squad fell 62-30.

Even with the loss, the Wolves are still sitting strong at 4-1 in league, 8-4 overall.

King’s jumped out to an 18-7 lead, then steadily added to the margin, until CHS fought the Knights to an 8-8 standstill in the fourth quarter.

Logan Martin and Sage Downes were twins on the night, both scoring a team-high eight points, while also both netting a pair of three-balls.

Also scoring for Coupeville were TJ Rickner (4), Grady Rickner (3), Chris Ruck (2), Alex Murdy (2), Chris Cernick (2), and Daniel Olson (1).

Alex Jimenez, Miles Davidson, Andrew Aparicio, and Cody Roberts rounded out the roster, all seeing floor time for the Wolves.

 

C-Team:

Improvement was the key word.

Despite playing without starters Ty Hamilton and Ben Smith, the young Wolves increased their scoring total seven times from last season.

Back then, CHS fell 60-3, while Tuesday night, it hung tough in a 63-21 loss.

The defeat drops Coupeville to 0-4 in league play, 1-7 overall.

Freshman Dominic Coffman spurred the much-improved offensive attack, rattling home a team-high nine points, while Brayden Coatney added six.

Coen Killian and Alex Wasik both dropped three-balls to round out the scoring, with Coffman also hitting on a shot from behind the arc.

Josh Upchurch, Caleb Sonntag, and Nick Armstrong also saw floor time for Patrick Upchurch’s squad.

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Net yourself some sweet, sweet standings

Posted in Basketball, standings, tagged , , , , on January 12, 2020| Leave a Comment »

Avalon Renninger wheels and deals. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Now, we’re in the thick of it.

With winter break firmly in the rear view mirror — though maybe not winter itself — the basketball race is heating up.

Both Coupeville High School varsity hoops squads currently sit in third place in the six-team North Sound Conference, with plenty of games left to play.

The week ahead offers both Wolf squads a pair of games, weather permitting.

The CHS girls are scheduled to travel to Granite Falls Tuesday, then take a shorter trip down Island Friday to face next door neighbor South Whidbey.

Meanwhile the Coupeville boys get to spend the entire week on The Rock, with Cedar Park Christian set to come to town Tuesday, followed by a Friday trip to Langley with the girls.

As we prep for those games, and the possibility Mother Nature might once again mess around with the plans of basketball fans, a look at where things currently sit:

 

North Sound Conference girls basketball:

School League Overall
CPC-Bothell 4-0 10-4
King’s 1-0 9-2
Coupeville 2-1 7-3
South Whidbey 2-2 7-7
Granite Falls 0-3 2-11
Sultan 0-3 3-7

 

North Sound Conference boys basketball:

School League Overall
King’s 3-0 7-7
South Whidbey 2-1 10-3
Coupeville 1-1 4-6
CPC-Bothell 2-2 7-6
Granite Falls 1-3 3-9
Sultan 1-3 2-10

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Home cookin’, sweet shootin’

Posted in Boys Basketball, Middle School, tagged , , , , on December 4, 2019| Leave a Comment »

Logan Downes pumped in 27 Wednesday, including all 15 of his team’s fourth-quarter points. (Morgan White photo)

So, this is what it’s like to play at home.

After opening the season with four of five games on the road, the Coupeville Middle School boys basketball squads kicked off the second half of the season Wednesday in their own gym.

Facing off with rough-and-ready King’s, the Wolves nabbed a win, while pushing hard for a second one but coming up just short.

How the afternoon played out:

 

Level 1:

Spurred on by the red-hot shooting of Logan Downes, who went off for a season-high 27, the Wolves put a scare into the visiting Knights before falling 49-33.

The loss drops Coupeville’s top squad to 1-4 on the season.

The Wolves split up their scoring load in the first quarter, with Downes, Ryan Blouin, and Zane Oldenstadt each scoring a bucket.

After that, it was the “Logan Gets Buckets” show, as the CMS 8th grader scored 25 of his team’s final 27 points, including all 15 they tallied in the fourth quarter.

The only time a teammate put the ball in the bucket over the final three-fourths of the game was when Cole White knocked down a third-quarter jumper.

Downes has had a hot hand all season, leading all CMS scorers with 95 points across the first six games, a whisper below 16 a night.

While they didn’t score, the trio of Landon Roberts, William Davidson, and Nick Guay provided key support on the defensive end of the floor for the Wolves.

 

Level 2:

Coupeville’s most-successful team continues to roll.

Putting the game away with solid runs in the second and third quarter, the Wolves cruised to a 31-15 win, improving their record to 4-1-1.

The game was close for seven minutes, as CMS clung to a 4-2 lead coming out of the first break.

After that, Timothy Nitta got going, and he carried his team on his back.

Popping for five points in the second and another seven in the third, the sharp-shooting Wolf guard spurred Coupeville to 11-5 and 10-4 surges, keeping King’s at bay.

Nitta finished with a game-high 16, hitting from all angles (six free throws, two regular buckets, and a pair of three-balls), while Quinten Simpson-Pilgrim knocked down six points in support.

Mikey Robinett (4), Nathan Ginnings (3), and Hunter Bronec (2) also scored, with Jack Porter, Hurlee Bronec, and Johnny Porter seeing floor time.

 

Level 3:

A cold-shooting third quarter kept Coupeville’s young guns win-less.

Toss out that frame and it was a one-point affair, but a 10-2 deficit coming out of the halftime break sealed the deal in a 22-15 loss which drops the Wolves to 0-5.

“Team three fought hard, but couldn’t quite make enough shots fall,” said Wolf coach Greg White.

JP Edoukou paced CMS with four points, Justin Jansen (3), Carson Fields (2), Chris Villarreal (2), Harlan Mouw (2), and Jordan Bradford (2) also scored, and Jesus Madrigal rounded out the active roster.

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