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Milestones notched, upset bid denied

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged , , , , on January 27, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Camden Glover is the 100th Wolf boy to score 300 or more career points. (Jackie Saia photo)

The offense ran hot and cold.

The Coupeville High School varsity boys’ basketball squad came out on fire Tuesday, jumping on host Mount Vernon Christian for 20 points across the game’s first eight minutes.

But after that, things slowed down considerably for the Wolves, as they watched an upset bid slip away during a 67-43 loss.

The defeat drops Coupeville to 3-5 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 6-10 overall, while MVC remains atop the conference at 7-0, a half-game up on Orcas Island (7-1).

The Wolves get a chance to bounce right back Friday, when they host winless La Conner (0-8, 0-17) on Senior Night, before they close the regular season Feb. 6 at Friday Harbor.

With the playoffs coming up fast, Coupeville once again demonstrated they can often outplay their win/loss record.

With Davin Houston and Camden Glover combining for 15 points, Brad Sherman’s squad jumped on MVC for a 20-15 lead heading into the first break.

But from there the Hurricanes used their size advantage, and some well-timed three-balls, to pull away from the scrappy Wolves.

Up 31-27 at the half, MVC pushed the lead out to 48-34 through three frames, before padding the final margin with a strong fourth quarter.

Coupeville almost matched the ‘Canes from long-range, with the hosts holding a narrow 7-6 lead on made treys, while Mount Vernon was a strong 8-9 at the free throw line.

CHS went 5-8 at the charity stripe.

The Wolves did put three players into double-digits, with Houston (13), Chase Anderson (12), and Glover (11) leading the way.

Aiden O’Neill banked in five points, while Malachi Somes knocked down a bucket to round out the scoring, with Riley Lawless, Liam Blas, Carson Grove, and Easton Green all seeing floor time.

Two Wolves reached personal milestones in the loss, as well.

With his 12 points, Anderson pushes his career scoring total to 883, passing his coach, Brad Sherman (874) to move into 9th place all-time for a CHS hoops program launched in 1917.

Meanwhile, Glover, a fellow senior, finishes the night with exactly 300 points, becoming the 100th Wolf boy to reach that mark across 109 seasons.

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“I’m super proud of how they played”

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged , , , , on January 27, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Cami Van Dyke is part of a pack of talented 8th graders already playing high school basketball. (Teagan Calkins photo)

The growth is real.

While the Coupeville High School JV girls’ basketball team fell 34-17 at Mount Vernon Christian Tuesday, Wolf coach Alita Blouin came away pleased with the grit and hustle she saw from her players.

A squad featuring four 8th graders, and playing without leading scorer Ava Lucero, battled the Hurricanes every step of the way.

“They played the best I have seen the girls play,” Blouin said. “I’m super proud of how they played.

“The score doesn’t reflect it, but just seeing the girls run our offense and play tough defense felt like a win for me.”

With two games left on the schedule, the Wolf young guns are 0-6 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 2-9 overall, and plan to finish strongly against La Conner and Friday Harbor.

With Lucero battling an illness Tuesday, 8th grader Cami Van Dyke stepped in to play point guard, and led CHS with five points, including nailing a three-ball.

She got scoring support from Anna Powers (4), Willow Leedy-Bonifas (2), Olivia Hall (2), Taylor Marrs (2), and Emma Cushman (2), while Finley Helm, Zayne Roos, Allie Powers, and Elizabeth Marshall also saw floor time.

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‘Canes snap Wolf winning streak

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged , , , , on January 27, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Khanor Jump operates in the paint. (Jackie Saia photo)

One team gives them trouble.

Take Mount Vernon Christian off the schedule and the Coupeville High School JV boys’ basketball squad is undefeated in conference clashes this season.

Unfortunately for the Wolves, the Hurricanes pop up twice on their list of opponents, and both times MVC has emerged as the victor.

Such was the case Tuesday, as an undermanned CHS team, hitting the floor with just eight active players, fell 59-26 on the road, snapping a three-game winning streak.

The loss drops Coupeville to 6-2 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 7-7 overall, with two games left to play.

First up is the home finale Friday against La Conner, before the Wolf young guns travel to Friday Harbor Feb. 6 to wrap things up.

Tuesday’s tilt featured a well-balanced, potent MVC team which jumped out to an early lead and never relented.

Up 14-7 at the first break, the ‘Canes stretched the lead out to 28-15 by halftime, then 48-21 through three quarters of play.

While both teams were fairly even at the free throw line, with MVC hitting four of eight and the Wolves netting 4-10, the host team owned a 5-0 advantage when it came to popping the net on three-balls.

Coupeville got scoring from five of eight players, with Jayden McManus banking in nine points and Khanor Jump tickling the twines for eight to lead the way.

Liam Lawson (6), Ayden Warren (2), and Nathan Coxsey (1) also tallied points, with Jaden Flores Garcia, Brian Thompson, and Trent Thule rounding out the rotation for CHS coaches Craig Anderson and Jon Roberts.

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Late surge can’t overcome slow start

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged , , , , on December 16, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Easton Green pushes the ball up court. (Julie Wheat photo)

The first quarter was brutal.

The Coupeville High School varsity boys’ basketball team was not in sync for the first eight minutes Tuesday, and that proved fatal against a strong Mount Vernon Christian squad.

Despite playing strongly across the game’s final three quarters, the Wolves could never get back over the hump after falling behind 15-3 at the first break and eventually absorbed a 51-32 loss to the visiting Hurricanes.

The defeat drops Brad Sherman’s hardwood aces to 0-2 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 1-5 overall.

Up next, weather permitting, is a trip to Eastern Washington, with non-conference rumbles Friday at Manson and Saturday at Entiat.

Then, there’s a two-week gap between games, with the Wolves returning Jan. 3, 2026, to travel to Morton White-Pass, and not playing at home again for 21 days, when Friday Harbor arrives in Cow Town Jan. 6.

When they do take the floor, the Wolves will want to be the aggressive, opportunistic team of the last 24 minutes Tuesday, and not the one which failed to hit a shot for nearly seven minutes to open things.

Coupeville didn’t get on the board until Malachi Somes roared through the paint for a bucket-and-free-throw combo at the 1:15 mark of the first quarter.

By that point, MVC was up 13-0 and grabbing seemingly every rebound in sight.

Somes three-point play seemed to light a spark in the Wolves, however, and they finally caught full fire in the second frame.

Trailing 16-3 after a Hurricane free throw, CHS launched an 11-4 surge, started by Camden Glover splashing home a three-ball, while Davin Houston got dramatic.

The high-energy rampager snagged the ball, lowered his head, and knocked his defender to the ground — while making it look like the ‘Cane was the aggressor — drilling a fall-away jumper and the ensuing free throw.

A pair of Chase Anderson free throws cut the deficit to 20-14, and it seemed like we were set for a nailbiter.

It wasn’t to be, though.

MVC immediately packaged a pair of three-balls around a steal and breakaway bucket in the next few seconds, and Coupeville would never get the lead back down to single digits for the remainder of the evening.

The Wolves cut the deficit to 10 points twice in the second half, at 28-18 after a swooping bucket from Aiden O’Neill, and at 40-30 after Anderson turned a crisp Glover pass into a careening layup.

But the Hurricanes had a swift answer both times, immediately drilling another three-ball on the very next possession to blunt any comeback hopes.

The visitors finished with seven treys to three from CHS, and it felt like each and every one of those seven came at the absolute worst time for Coupeville.

Anderson finished with a team-high 13 points, with Glover (7), O’Neill (5), Somes (3), Houston (3), and Easton Green (1) also scoring, while Liam Blas, Riley Lawless, and Carson Grove saw floor time as well.

With his performance, Anderson continues his climb up the CHS boys’ basketball career scoring chart, jumping from #24 to #22 all-time on a list started in 1917.

The Wolf senior sits with 689 points, having passed old-school scoring legends Gavin Keohane (677) and Chris Good (688) Tuesday night.

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Hurricanes rain pain from long distance

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged , , , , on December 16, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Adeline Maynes fires off a free throw. (Julie Wheat photos)

The Hurricanes made it rain.

Hitting 11 three-balls Tuesday, including five in the first quarter alone, the Mount Vernon Christian varsity girls’ basketball team rolled past host Coupeville 69-28 in a show of dominance.

The loss drops the Wolves to 0-2 in Northwest 2B/1B League action, 1-4 overall, with a three-game trip to the Trojan Storm Classic in Bellingham next up for Scout Smith’s squad.

Coupeville is slated to play Dec. 29-31, opening against Blaine before squaring off with two as-yet-to-be-named rivals the following days.

The Wolves won’t play another league game until Jan. 6, 2026, when they host Friday Harbor, and won’t see MVC again until a Jan. 27 road trip to the mainland.

That should give Coupeville some time to wash away the bad taste of Tuesday’s first quarter.

Things did not go well for the Wolves across the game’s first seven minutes-plus, with the ‘Canes hitting four consecutive treys as part of a game-opening 21-0 tear.

CHS finally broke through when freshman Kennedy O’Neill crashed hard through the paint with just 43 seconds left in the frame, earning a three-point play the hard way, thanks to a bucket and free throw.

Then the pain resurfaced.

Mount Vernon Christian scored five more points in the first quarter, capping a 26-3 frame by netting a three-ball with a single second remaining on the clock, before scoring three straight buckets to open the second.

Down 32-3, the Wolves hung tough, however, closing the half on a mini run of their own to cut the lead back to 36-10.

A three-ball from Teagan Calkins, set up by a Danica Strong offensive rebound, brought an emotional response from the pro-Wolf crowd, while Strong also played beat the buzzer, banking in a shot with two ticks left to play.

Long-range assassin Danica Strong is locked and loaded.

But while MVC didn’t hit any long-range shots in the second quarter, it got right back down to business in the third, splashing home four more treys to push the margin to 55-16.

There were bright spots for the Wolves, though.

Strong hit paydirt on a pair of three-balls while also coming up big cleaning the glass, while Haylee Armstrong showcased her never-say-die attitude, scoring nine of her 12 points in the fourth.

That gives the junior guard a team-best 50 points through the first five games and leaves her just a bucket shy of reaching 150 for her varsity career.

Armstrong’s 12 points was backed up by Strong (8), Calkins (5), and O’Neill (3), with Tenley Stuurmans, Lexis Drake, Sydney Van Dyke, Capri Anter, Adeline Maynes, and Ari Cunningham all seeing floor time.

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