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Bad break for Wolf girls

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged , , , , , on January 11, 2022| Leave a Comment »

A pre-game injury Tuesday sent Coupeville gunner Alita Blouin to the ER. (Photos courtesy Suzan Georges)

Blouin suffered a broken ankle during player introductions.

One loss hurts more than the other.

While an undermanned Coupeville High School varsity girls basketball team fell 43-23 Tuesday to high-powered Mount Vernon Christian, that was the least of its worries.

Missing three players, including two starters, before the night began, the Wolves also lost starting guard Alita Blouin when she broke her ankle right before tip-off.

The injury happened when “The Assassin” landed wrong while jumping during pre-game player introductions.

Coupeville, which was also missing Izzy Wells, Gwen Gustafson, and Savina Wells, still put up a fairly remarkable fight against the Hurricanes.

The first time these teams played, the Wolves fell behind 29-2 during a 55-24 loss.

This time around, even with all the confusion and missing firepower, CHS was still within 12-8 midway through the second quarter before MVC began to pull away.

Maddie Georges got the Wolves on the board early with a crisp layup, before Lyla Stuurmans and Audrianna Shaw hit back-to-back buckets to close out the first quarter.

Stuurmans got her points off of a steal, poking the ball away, then beating the defense to the other end, while Shaw dazzled with a sweet running scoop shot in the paint.

Down just 10-6 at the first break, Coupeville got another basket from Shaw before the Hurricanes began to show off their firepower.

A 12-0 run midway through the second quarter pushed the deficit out to 24-8 and Coupeville only scored a single bucket in the third frame.

But down 31-12 heading into the final period, the Wolves dug deep and played the Hurricanes virtually even across the final eight minutes.

Coupeville was moving the ball crisply in the fourth quarter, with teammates setting up their running mates for easy buckets.

Georges dished to Carolyn Lhamon for a score in the paint, while a Ja’Kenya Hoskins steal and pass set up Shaw.

Then it was Stuurmans turn to feed Hoskins for two, right after Georges slid in front of a rampaging Hurricane player to collect a charging call.

All seven Wolf players to see the floor Tuesday played with fiery intensity, with Abby Mulholland and Nezi Keiper hitting the boards with wild abandon.

But if there was a player of the game award to be given out, you could make a great case for Hoskins, who delivered her most-complete performance of the season.

Snatching board after board, poking balls free, even skying high to reject an MVC shot late in the game, the eternally happy Wolf senior brought the full Ja’Kenya Hoskins experience to the spotlight, and her fan club loved every moment.

Shaw finished with a team-high eight points, while Stuurmans (6), Hoskins (3), Georges (2), Mulholland (2), and Lhamon (2) also scored.

With the loss, Coupeville completes its roughest stretch of the schedule, a three-game death march against MVC, La Conner, then MVC again.

Now 3-3 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 4-4 overall, the Wolves are in third-place in the seven-team NWL, chasing La Conner (6-0, 11-0) and MVC (5-1, 9-2).

Thanks to the schedule being thrown asunder by holidays, weather, and the pandemic, CHS now has a week off, returning to action Jan. 18 against Darrington.

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Wolves, Hurricanes stage battle royal

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged , , , , on January 11, 2022| Leave a Comment »

Hunter Bronec dropped in a team-high 12 points Tuesday as Coupeville’s JV waged a tense battle with Mount Vernon Christian. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

There’s a learning curve.

With six freshmen and six sophomores, the Coupeville High School JV boys basketball team is a young squad still fine-tuning its game.

Tuesday night’s tilt with visiting Mount Vernon Christian is a perfect example.

The Wolves, playing for only the second time in a month thanks to bad weather, the holidays, and the pandemic, fell 43-39 to the Hurricanes.

But that score doesn’t really reflect the wild twists and turns experienced by a Coupeville team which now sits at 1-2 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 1-4 overall.

The Wolves came out ice cold, almost got run off the floor to begin things, then got sizzlin’ hot and roared all the way back from a 17-point deficit to reclaim the lead.

Only to see the game slip away in the waning moments thanks to an unbelievable MVC advantage at the free throw line.

In the end, veteran CHS coach Randy Bottorff was left to softly shake his head as he reflected on the battle royal while standing in a now-quiet gym.

“They’re getting there,” he said. “Some bumps along the way, but they’re learning.”

MVC blew out to a 17-8 lead after one quarter of play, raining down buckets from all directions on the Wolves.

But this Coupeville squad is a resilient one, and it went right back to work, flipping the score on the Hurricanes in the next frame.

Nick Guay went off for five points in the second quarter, including draining a three-ball, and CHS got scoring from six different players during its own 17-8 tear.

With the game knotted at 25-25 at the half, Coupeville pushed ahead in the third quarter thanks to the wham-bam combo of Guay and Hunter Bronec, who combined to outscore MVC 10-7.

But the win wasn’t to be, as the Hurricanes repeatedly went to the foul line down the stretch, using an 11-4 run to close the game and keep their record spotless.

MVC hit 17 of 25 at the free throw stripe in the game, while Coupeville was … 0-1.

Owen Heinze, who paced Mount Vernon with 17 points, was 11-13 himself on charity shots, and the Wolves couldn’t overcome the disparity.

“They were strong enough to get to the line, and we weren’t,” Bottorff said. “We’ll keep working on getting the guys to move their feet on defense, and not get caught reaching.”

Hunter Bronec finished with a team-high 12 points for Coupeville, while Guay banked in 11 and Zane Oldenstadt knocked down six.

Hurlee Bronec (4), Carson Field (2), Ryan Blouin (2), and Mikey Robinett (2) also scored for the Wolves, with Landon Roberts, William Davidson, Quinten Simpson-Pilgrim, and Jack Porter also seeing floor time.

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Wolf boys atop league standings

Posted in Basketball, standings, tagged , , , , , on January 9, 2022| Leave a Comment »

Alex Murdy and Co. are outjumping all opponents. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

It was the perfect storm, if you wanted very few games played.

The aftereffects of snow and ice mixed with the never-ending pandemic shuffle to keep most Northwest 2B/1B League basketball teams off the court this past week.

On the boys side of things, only one of nine scheduled games was actually played, with Coupeville running La Conner off the floor.

Things were slightly more active for girls hoops squads, with an emphasis on the word slightly.

La Conner KO’d Coupeville’s girls, while Mount Vernon Christian blasted Concrete a few days later.

Then, Saturday night, La Conner broke triple-digits, shellacking Concrete in a savage 104-14 win.

Other than that, six of nine scheduled games failed to have a tip-off.

The week ahead is pretty barren, as well, at least for Coupeville, which currently only has one set of games on the schedule.

The Wolves host MVC Tuesday, Jan. 11, with the boys game a showdown for sole possession of first-place in the NWL.

After that, barring pesky Covid positives, or frogs raining down from the skies, CHS goes full-tilt, with four games in five days between Jan. 18-22.

Maybe.

Until then, here are where things stand through games of Jan. 8:

 

Northwest League boys basketball:

School League Overall
Coupeville 4-0 6-0
MV Christian 3-0 6-2
Darrington 1-1 3-3
Friday Harbor 1-2 2-4
La Conner 1-2 3-5
Orcas Island 1-2 3-4
Concrete 0-4 1-7

 

Northwest League girls basketball:

School League Overall
La Conner 6-0 10-0
MV Christian 4-1 8-2
Coupeville 3-2 4-3
Darrington 1-2 3-4
Orcas Island 1-2 2-5
Friday Harbor 1-3 1-6
Concrete 0-6 2-7

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Wolves held in check by Hurricanes

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged , , , , , on December 18, 2021| Leave a Comment »

First-year varsity head coach Megan Smith has the Coupeville girls at 4-2 heading into the holiday break. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

The rim was unforgiving.

Held to a season-low in points Friday, the Coupeville High School varsity girls basketball squad hit a rare pothole.

Unable to sustain much of a charge against host Mount Vernon Christian, the Wolves fell 55-24, snapping a three-game winning streak.

The loss drops Coupeville to 3-1 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 4-2 overall, heading into the holiday break.

Defending NWL champs La Conner sits atop the standings at 4-0, while CHS and MVC are tied for second-place, a game back with eight more conference clashes coming in 2022.

Coupeville is off for two-weeks plus, not playing any games, league or non-league, until Jan. 4.

Entering play Friday, Coupeville had tallied between 36 and 59 points every time out. That streak ended, however.

The Wolves fell behind 8-0 after one quarter, then were staring at a 29-2 deficit by the time the halftime break rolled around.

Coupeville’s only first half bucket came courtesy of a putback off of a rebound by Izzy Wells, and CHS didn’t score again until the 3:22 mark of the third quarter.

Trailing 39-2 when Audrianna Shaw drilled a three-ball, the Wolves found a second wind, something which pleased its leader.

“We showed up halfway through the third (quarter) and finally started to play,” said Coupeville coach Megan Smith. “It was a big learning game for us.

“I’m bummed for them, but they saw that we could play with the top dogs,” she added. “It’s all about confidence, and we finally gained it.”

The Wolves put together their best offensive showing in the fourth quarter, winning the eight-minute battle 16-12.

Delivering a nice jolt of energy was junior sniper Alita Blouin, who banged away for a team-high 11 points in her season debut.

Crashing through the defense and drawing frequent fouls on her foes, “The Assassin” revived memories of her middle school days, when she terrorized anyone who dared to step to her on the hardwood.

Running mate Maddie Georges backed up Blouin with five points, including a late three-ball, while Shaw (3), Izzy Wells (2), Nezi Keiper (1), Savina Wells (1), and Ja’Kenya Hoskins (1) also scored.

While the team’s shooting touch was AWOL early, Coupeville’s hustle and grit on defense were always evident, with Keiper and Carolyn Lhamon hitting the boards with intensity.

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JV girls push undefeated rivals to edge

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged , , , , on December 17, 2021| Leave a Comment »

Madison McMillan banked home six points Friday night. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

It slipped away.

Unable to hold on to a lead late, the Coupeville High School JV girls basketball team fell just short Friday night at Mount Vernon Christian.

Up by six points headed into the fourth quarter, the young Wolves were outscored 14-2 in the final frame, setting the final deficit at 35-29.

The loss drops Coupeville to 1-1 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 1-3 overall, heading into the holiday break.

MVC’s second squad is a perfect 4-0 after escaping from the Wolves.

With Saturday’s games at South Whidbey postponed, CHS doesn’t hit the floor again for a game until Jan. 4.

Friday, the Wolves were in control of the game for much of the night, jumping out to a 10-4 lead at the first break.

MVC closed the gap to 18-15 by halftime, but Coupeville asserted itself with a 9-6 run in the third quarter.

Unfortunately for the Wolves, that was where the buckets stopped dropping.

Meanwhile, the Hurricanes rode a big fourth-quarter performance from sophomore Kiera Link, who went off for 10 of her game-high 14 points in the final eight minutes.

Freshman Katie Marti paced Coupeville with 10 points, including a pair of three-balls, while Gwen Gustafson knocked down eight, and Madison McMillan rippled the nets for six.

Nezi Keiper (3) and Reese Wilkinson (2) rounded out the scoring, with Mia Farris, Jada Heaton, Brooklyn Thayer, Kayla Arnold, Skylar Parker, Lyla Stuurmans, and Bryley Gilbert earning floor time.

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