Hawthorne Wolfe, seen here in an earlier game, dropped in 14 Monday for the CMS 7th graders. (John Fisken photo)
The big dog was gone, but his schoolmates still howled.
A game after scorching Forks for 26 points, Coupeville Middle School hoops sensation Caleb Meyer was a world away Monday — visiting his mother’s family in New Zealand.
Without their rampaging beast in the paint, the CMS 7th graders put up a strong fight, but fell 55-36 to host Port Townsend.
Meanwhile, Coupeville’s 8th graders put together their most complete game of the season, but were nipped 35-30.
The losses dropped the CMS 7th graders to 2-2 and the 8th graders to 0-4 on the season.
The younger squad got another big game from their other lethal scoring weapon — fleet-footed gunner Hawthorne Wolfe — as he hit for a team-high 14, including a pair of three-balls.
Coupeville put up most of its offense in the first half, scoring 24 before the break, then hit a cold stretch with their shooting touch.
Still, they spread the scoring wealth around, with seven other players joining Wolfe in the scoring column.
Connor Barton drained six, Cody Roberts and Logan Martin knocked down four apiece and Aiden Burdge, Xavier Murdy, Gabe Shaw and Grady Rickner each added a bucket.
Jonathan Carroll and Logan Wertz also saw floor time for CMS.
In the eighth grade game, Jake Mitten made his own run at matching Meyer’s season-high, scoring in all four quarters as he tallied 20 of his team’s 30 points.
After banking home a bucket in the first, he accounted for all seven of Coupeville’s second quarter points, then tallied 11 more in the second half.
Daniel Olson and Sage Downes backed Mitten, both hitting for five. Olson’s points all came in the first quarter, while Downes capped his run with a fourth quarter trey.
Ben Smith (playing on his birthday), Dakota Eck and Alex Jimenez rounded out what is a very thin 8th grade roster.
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