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Canucks carpet bomb Wolves!!

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged Basketball, CHS Wolves, fall ball, Makana Stone, Three Point Bombs on November 10, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Lindsey Roberts, seen here in action earlier this season, drained a picture-perfect three Sunday. (John Fisken photo)

The Wolves listen to coach Scott Hay (left) during a timeout. (Amy King photo)

Canadian hail can be deadly.

At least when it’s a hail of three point bombs being buried from long range, as it was Sunday.

Down just seven at the half, the Coupeville girls’ basketball “fall ball” squad fell 63-34 to a trey-addicted Canuck team in their season finale.

The Wolves got close early in the second half, only to have their opponents open up on them, draining three after three after ever-lovin’ three.

Seemingly any shot the Canadians put up, no matter the distance, went into the bottom of the bucket on this day.

Makana Stone led the resistance, pouring in 12 points, snatching nine rebounds, blocking two shots and making off with a pair of steals, while Rachael Arand chipped in with eight points and nine rebounds.

Kailey Kellner and Lindsey Roberts each popped their own three-pointer, with Kellner tossing in a pair of free throws.

Kacie Kiel, Mia Littlejohn and Monica Vidoni added a bucket apiece to round out the Wolf scoring.

When the Canadians actually missed a shot, the Wolves were quick to snatch up the rebound, with Kiel (4), Lauren Grove (3), Tiffany Briscoe (3), Vidoni (2) and Littlejohn (2) all putting their name on the stat sheet.

Grove added two steals while Littlejohn doled out a pair of assists.

Coming off a successful, winning “fall ball” season, the Wolves will turn around and take the floor for the start of practice for the high school season Nov. 17.

CHS coaches David and Amy King, who were fans during fall ball — Scott Hay and Lark Gustafson ran the Wolf squad — were pleased with the level of commitment they saw from the Coupeville players who carved out time on their busy schedules to keep ballin’.

“We’d like to thank the girls who participated, for taking their time in the off-season to get better,” Amy King said. “The parents who were there every week supporting and to Scott and Lark for taking their personal time to be at the open gyms and make the trip to Burlington or Sedro Woolley every Sunday.”

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That’s us, kickin’ your butt!!

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged Basketball, CHS Wolves, Lindsey Roberts, Makana Stone, Rachael Arand on November 3, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Makana Stone (Eileen Stone photo)

Kacie Kiel (John Fisken photo)

The second half belongs to the Wolves.

Bursting out of the halftime locker room full of confidence, the Coupeville girls’ basketball “fall ball” squad throttled South Whidbey Sunday, using a 25-2 run to blow open a close game.

Trailing 13-10 and struggling a bit, the Wolves found their mojo once Makana Stone started playing like a beast and rolled to a very convincing 35-15 win.

Stone opened the second half with several quick buckets, one off a sparkling pass from Kacie Kiel, and once she opened up the offense, all the Wolves started to pop from distance.

Kiel, Stone, Rachael Arand, Lauren Grove and Lindsey Roberts all torched the net with sweet outside jumpers.

The Wolves wrap up their “fall ball” season Sunday, with practice for the high school season starting Nov. 17.

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Pesky Canucks edge valiant Wolves!!

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged Basketball, CHS Wolves, fall ball, Makana Stone, One Pass Ahead, Rachael Arand on October 20, 2014| Leave a Comment »

CHS freshman Mia Littlejohn has been a key performer for the Wolf “fall ball” girls’ basketball squad. (John Fisken photo)

One Pass Ahead finished one basket ahead.

Taking advantage of a second-half slowdown from the Coupeville girls’ basketball “fall ball” squad, OPA, a Canadian squad, stole away a 26-24 game Sunday afternoon.

The loss dropped the Wolves to 3-2.

Coupeville had a narrow 15-14 lead at the half, but, despite one heads-up play by Rachael Arand, couldn’t keep the same flow going after halftime. The Wolves were running a smooth offense, but the basketball gods were unkind, as shots repeatedly popped out or rolled off the rim at the last second.

Arand made sure the ball went down and stayed down on her stellar play, however.

At the line for one free throw after scoring a basket, she rimmed out her charity stripe shot.

Only, no one on the line moved, apparently all forgetting Arand only had one free throw attempt, and not two.

Taking advantage, the graceful tower of power swooped into the key, snagged her rebound and put it back up and in, completing a four-point play as everyone gaped at her.

Makana Stone paced the Wolves with eight points, 10 rebounds, five steals, a block and an assist, while her running mate, Arand, poured in seven points and hauled down 11 rebounds.

Kailey Kellner tossed in six and Mia Littlejohn banked home three to round out Coupeville’s scoring.

Littlejohn, Kacie Kiel, Monica Vidoni and Lauren Grove nabbed two rebounds apiece, while Kiel handed out two assists and Vidoni registered a teeth-rattling blocked shot.

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Red hot and rollin’!!

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged Basketball, CHS Wolves, fall ball, Makana Stone, Monica Vidoni, Rachael Arand on October 6, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Monica Vidoni rolls hard to the hoop. (John Fisken photos)

Makana Stone (right) makes dang sure her player isn’t getting to any rebounds.

The undefeated Wolf squad brings out the gun show.

Kailey Kellner slices ‘n dices.

Can’t be beat. Won’t be beat.

Overcoming a rash of turnovers and some early cold shooting, Coupeville’s “Fall Ball” girls’ hoops squad pounded Marysville-Pilchuck 30-21 Sunday in a game that was more of a blowout than the score might sound.

Now 3-0, the Wolves (and their one ringer from Bush High School) were the much stronger squad, but allowed their hosts to hang around for awhile.

Monica Vidoni banged inside for the game’s opening bucket, and that already equaled as many field goals as Marysville would get in the entire first half.

But numerous fouls called on a somewhat-tired Wolf squad allowed Marysville to stroll to the free throw line on numerous occasions.

Sinking six of their freebies (Coupeville only had three free throw attempts the entire game) kept the Tomahawks close at the half, trailing just 14-8.

The Wolves turned up the heat a bit in the second half, getting many of their buckets off of fast breaks.

When they didn’t convert the first time, they controlled the boards with the trio of Vidoni, Makana Stone and Rachael Arand dominating in the paint and got second, third and fourth shots.

Arand, the lone non-CHS player on the Wolf squad, paced Coupeville with nine points, while hauling down five boards and rejecting four Marysville shots.

Vidoni (seven points, four rebounds, two blocks) and Stone (four points, 12 rebounds, three assists, three steals) filled up the stat sheet, with Kacie Kiel, Lauren Grove, Kailey Kellner, Mia Littlejohn and Tiffany Briscoe each dropping in a bucket in support.

Kiel, Kellner and Briscoe each had two rebounds.

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Go home Canada! You can’t beat Whidbey!!

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged Basketball, Bush High School, CHS Wolves, Makana Stone, Rachael Arand on September 29, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Wynter Thorne and her Wolf hoops teammates are rolling through a successful “off season.” (John Fisken photo)

Still rollin’.

Spreading the offense around, with three players in double figures, Coupeville’s girls’ hoops squad improved to 2-0 in “fall ball” play after drilling a Canadian team Sunday.

The Wolves, paced by Rachael Arand’s 16-point, 10-rebound performance, bounced the Panthers 45-32 in a knock-down battle.

Coupeville had superior height and a deeper bench, which eventually overcame the Canucks, who were “fast, tough and extremely scrappy.”

Coming out hot, the Wolves rolled to an early 10-2 lead, before a rash of turnovers threatened to squash their chances.

Down 23-17 at the half, Coupeville started to click midway through the second half.

Utilizing its bench, it had players flying in and out of the game, kept the pace quicker than the Panthers wanted it, and eventually ran the Canadians out of the gym.

Arand, the team’s lone non-Wolf (she lives on South Whidbey and plays for Bush High School), was backed by the killer one-two combo of Kailey Kellner and Makana Stone.

Kellner dropped in 10 of her 12 points in the second half, while hauling down nine boards on the day.

Stone filled the stat sheet with 10 points, a team-high 16 rebounds, three blocks, three steals and three assists.

Monica Vidoni dropped in five and Lindsey Roberts added a bucket to round out the scoring.

The entire squad rebounded strongly, with Vidoni (4), Kacie Kiel (3), Mia Littlejohn (3), Lauren Grove (2), Wynter Thorne (2) and Roberts (1) all chipping in.

Kiel also added two blocks.

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