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Cunningham sparkles in tough loss

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged , , , , , on January 30, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Arianna Cunningham scored a team-high 10 points Friday night in the regular season home finale. (Jackie Saia photo)

They don’t quit.

That was shown once again Friday night, as the Coupeville High School varsity girls’ basketball team rebounded to play its best ball in the fourth quarter during an otherwise rough game against visiting La Conner.

Facing off with a hot-shooting Braves squad which also dominated on the boards, the Wolves scored nearly half their points in the final frame before falling 57-29.

The loss leaves Coupeville at 1-8 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 4-13 overall, with just a Feb. 6 road trip to Friday Harbor left on the regular season schedule.

After that, the Wolves will take part in the double-elimination District 1/2 tourney, one of six teams chasing three tickets to state.

CHS will learn its opening opponent, and whether that game is on the road or at home, the day after the regular season ends.

Squaring off with La Conner, which is solidly the number #2 squad in the NWL behind powerhouse Mount Vernon Christian, the Wolves started strongly.

At least for the first three minutes.

Coupeville forced a shot clock violation on the game’s opening possession, before Wolf senior Danica Strong later rippled the nets on a three-ball to give her team its only lead of the night at 3-2.

Then things went off the road and down a deep, dark ravine.

Owning the boards and getting big buckets from senior gunner Maeve McCormick, La Conner ripped off a 17-2 run to end the opening quarter, carrying a 19-5 lead into the first break.

Things got bleaker from there, as the Wolves could only manage a single basket in the second quarter, courtesy a rebound put back up and in by Arianna Cunningham.

Down 37-7 at the half, with shots finding every possible way to roll off the rim or pop back out of the net, Coupeville eventually fell behind 51-10 late in the third quarter.

That triggered a running clock, but it also seemed to trigger Scout Smith’s squad, which hunkered down and made a solid stand over the game’s final 10 minutes.

CHS closed the third on a 6-0 spurt, with Cunningham draining three free throws, before finally finding a consistent shooting groove in the final quarter.

Haylee Armstrong and Tenley Stuurmans both knocked down six points in the fourth, while the Wolf defense ramped up in intensity, led by Cunningham, who was a beast on the boards as usual.

While defense has been her primary calling card this season, Cunningham also showcased some solid offensive mojo Friday, pacing CHS with a season-high 10 points.

Stuurmans (6), Armstrong (6), Strong (4), Teagan Calkins (2), and Adeline Maynes (1) also wrote their name in the scorebook, with Kennedy O’Neill, Lexis Drake, Sydney Van Dyke, and Capri Anter rounding out the roster.

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JV boys juggle roster, win again

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged , , , , on January 30, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Jayden McManus powers to the hoop. (Duke Kutz photo)

The pieces may change, but the result remains the same.

Coupeville High School JV boys’ basketball coaches Craig Anderson and Jon Roberts welcomed three 8th graders to the roster Friday, with the new hoops stars meshing with their veteran teammates to capture another victory.

Pulling away in the second half, the Wolves bounced visiting La Conner 52-38, claiming the program’s sixth win in its last eight games.

Now 7-2 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 8-7 overall, the JV wraps its season next Friday, Feb. 6 with a road trip to Friday Harbor.

Friday’s rumble with La Conner had a different look, as 8th graders Kamden Ratcliff, Diesel Eck, and River Simpson made their high school debuts, called up to counteract a roster which has taken a hit in numbers recently.

All three had an immediate impact, combining for 19 points in the win.

The first half of Friday’s showdown was an even battle, with La Conner carrying a 16-15 lead into the first break, before Coupeville knotted things up at 25-25 heading to the halftime locker room.

CHS began to pull away in the third, with six different players scoring during a 16-10 run, before putting the game on ice in the fourth.

Simpson led the way in the final frame, tossing in six of his 13 points, while fab frosh Liam Lawson paced the Wolves with a team-high 14, including hitting eight free throws.

Jayden McManus (8), Ayden Warren (4), Eck (4), Nathan Coxsey (4), Brian Thompson (3), and Ratcliff (2) also tallied points, with Khanor Jump and Trent Thule seeing floor time.

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Feisty JV girls keep on fighting

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged , , , , on January 30, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Anna Powers looks to kick the ball out to a shooter. (Jackie Saia photo)

Every game a lesson, every game a chance to build for the future.

While the win/loss record isn’t the best for the Coupeville High School girls’ JV basketball team, the effort and grit shown by the young Wolves is.

Friday night, squaring off with high-powered La Conner in the home finale, the Wolves were without leading scorer Ava Lucero, but still put up a solid fight in a 54-23 loss.

The defeat drops CHS to 0-7 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 2-10 overall, with one game left on the JV schedule.

That comes next Friday, Feb. 6, when Coupeville travels to Friday Harbor.

Trying to hold down the Braves, Alita Blouin’s squad had its best scoring efforts in the second and fourth quarters.

Trailing 15-3 at the first break, the Wolves powered up their attack behind Willow Leedy-Bonifas and Zayne Roos and popped for 11 points in the second frame.

La Conner was ultimately too much for its hosts, however, stretching the lead to 34-14 at the half and 46-17 through three quarters of play.

Roos paced the Wolves with a team-high seven points, with Leedy-Bonifas (6), Taylor Marrs (4), Cami Van Dyke (2), Anna Powers (2), and Finley Helm (2) also scoring.

Olivia Hall, Emma Cushman, Elizabeth Marshall, and Allie Powers rounded out the rotation for Coupeville.

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Splash sisters fall to balanced Braves

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged , , , , , on January 10, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Kennedy O’Neill hits the floor ready to go. (Jackie Saia photo)

They made it rain but still got washed away.

The Coupeville High School varsity girls’ basketball squad nailed a season-high eight three-balls Friday night in La Conner, but ultimately couldn’t overcome a consistent, relentless Braves squad.

Despite the long-range barrage, the Wolves fell 60-44, dropping their record to 0-4 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 2-9 overall.

CHS will get a chance to bounce back next week, when it travels to Auburn Adventist Academy Monday before hosting Darrington Friday in a conference rumble.

Friday’s showdown in La Conner featured a lot of successful shots from behind the arc, with Teagan Calkins and Haylee Armstrong each splashing home a trio of treys, while Arianna Cunningham and Adeline Maynes netted a solo three-ball apiece.

The Braves countered by hitting from just about everywhere, racking up five three-balls of their own, and a whole lot of two-point field goals.

La Conner sharpshooters Faith Jenkins and Maeve McCormick each went off for 10 points in a single quarter to spark the hometown hardwood heroes, finishing the game with 24 and 15 points, respectively.

That allowed the Braves to take a narrow 9-7 lead after one quarter of play and stretch it out to 22-14 at the half and 42-31 through three frames.

Armstrong and Calkins paced Coupeville, scoring 13 points apiece, while Tenley Stuurmans added eight in support.

Maynes (3), Cunningham (3), Danica Strong (2), and Kennedy O’Neill (2) also scored for the Wolves, as all seven girls to hit the floor for Scout Smith’s team tallied points.

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“Definitely a learning experience for all of us”

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged , , , , on January 9, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Zayne Roos powers her way to the basket. (Jackie Saia photo)

Sometimes you run into the wall, and sometimes the wall just flat out falls on you.

Friday night was the latter for a young Coupeville High School JV girls’ basketball squad which endured some rough stretches during a 61-14 loss on La Conner’s home floor.

The defeat drops the Wolves to 0-4 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 1-7 overall, but could be a catalyst if lessons are learned.

“Definitely a rougher game,” said CHS coach Alita Blouin. “We haven’t played such a high-speed team until today, so we got beat a lot in transition.

“I think the girls worked really hard today,” she added. “Definitely a learning experience for all of us though.”

The game was actually fairly close for the first eight minutes, and the last eight minutes.

It was the middle 16 minutes which was a killer, unfortunately.

Down just 8-5 at the first break, with Ava Lucero accounting for all of her team’s points, Coupeville had hope.

Then La Conner kicked it into a higher gear, ripping off 26-2 and 19-0 tears in the second and third quarter, respectively, and things got a lot bleaker.

Still, the eternally scrappy Wolves rallied in the final frame, holding their own as the host Braves only outscored them 8-7 down the stretch.

The game was the first for a CHS team this winter to feature both teams being perfect at the free-throw line, though, admittedly, there were only three freebies in the contest, with La Conner hitting both of their tries and Lucero netting Coupeville’s lone attempt.

Lucero finished with a team-high eight points, while Zayne Roos, Anna Powers, and Willow Leedy-Bonifas each chipped in with a bucket.

Cami Van Dyke, Olivia Hall, Emma Cushman, Taylor Marrs, Allie Powers, and Elizabeth Marshall all saw floor time as well for the Wolves, who return to action next Friday with a home game against Darrington.

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