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Big city, big results

Posted in Track, tagged , , , , , on April 25, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Lydia Price set a PR in the 3200 Thursday at Lynden. (Parker Hammons photo)

They squared off with the big-timers and did pretty well.

The Coupeville High School track and field squad traveled to rainy Lynden Thursday and went toe-to-toe, and javelin throw-to-javelin throw with three athletic powerhouses.

The 2A hosts swept to both team titles, while 3A Ferndale, 1A Nooksack Valley, and lil’ 2B Coupeville battled it out behind the Lions.

The Wolves eventually won three individual titles, with Katie Marti (Javelin), Reese Wilkinson (Discus), and Nick Guay (High Jump) occupying the top step on the awards podium.

Overall Coupeville athletes racked up 44 PRs in their next-to-last regular season meet.

Next up is the Sunny and 70’s Invitational at Lakewood High School Saturday (the hammer throw is Friday), and then it’s off to start the postseason jaunt as the calendar flips to May.

Speed demon Preston Epp slows down long enough for his image to be caught on film. (Thomas Studer photo)

 

Thursday’s results:

 

GIRLS:

100 — Issabel Johnson (16th) 14.81

200 — Devin Neveu (15th) 33.15 *PR*; Ivy Rudat (16th) 33.87; Reagan Callahan (17th) 34.54 *PR*

400 — Neveu (5th) 1:12.66; I. Rudat (9th) 1:17.87; Callahan (10th) 1:18.02 *PR*; Ayden Wyman (11th) 1:19.88

800 — Lyla Stuurmans (5th) 2:41.00; Kayla Crane (7th) 2:48.00 *PR*; Aleera Kent (8th) 2:52.00

1600 — Kent (2nd) 6:16.48; Crane (3rd) 6:20.43 *PR*; Lydia Price (10th) 7:16.19

3200 — Price (4th) 15:07.10 *PR*; Aleksia Jump (5th) 15:57.23

100 Hurdles — Myra McDonald (8th) 21.88; Lexis Drake (10th) 22.63

300 Hurdles — Drake (5th) 1:00.75

4 x 100 Relay — Jump, Carly Burt, Johnson, Drake (5th) 58.35

4 x 200 Relay — Stuurmans, Burt, Johnson, Drake (5th) 2:04.38

Shot Put — Katie Marti (3rd) 30-06.25; Reese Wilkinson (4th) 28-08.25; Erica McGrath (10th) 23-01.50; Alysia Burdge (18th) 20-01.50

Discus — Wilkinson (1st) 107-00 *PR*; McGrath (4th) 73-03; Marti (5th) 68-07; Callahan (16th) 49-06 *PR*; Burdge (28th) 40-03

Javelin — Marti (1st) 99-11; Burdge (15th) 58-02; McGrath (18th) 48-01; Wilkinson (19th) 46-07

High Jump — Wyman (4th) 4-04; Frankie Tenore (8th) 3-10; McDonald (8th) 3-10

Pole Vault — Burt (3rd) 7-00; Johnson (7th) 5-06; Jump (7th) 5-06; I. Rudat (9th) 5-06

Long Jump — Stuurmans (2nd) 14-04.25

Aleera Kent preps the jump pit. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

 

BOYS:

100 — Nehemiah Myles (11th) 12.08; Preston Epp (12th) 12.13 *PR*; Marquette Cunningham (14th) 12.22 *PR*; Davin Houston (16th) 12.35 *PR*; Dayvon Donavon (25th) 12.74; Marcelo Gebhard (29th) 12.94 *PR*; Alex Merino-Martinez (30th) 12.98; Matthew Ward (31st) 12.99 *PR*; Cael Wilson (33rd) 13.10 *PR*; Matthew Kuzma (36th) 13.33 *PR*; Timothy Nitta (46th) 13.85

200 — Cunningham (9th) 25.34 *PR*; Blake Burrows (11th) 25.72 *PR*; Donavon (13th) 26.06 *PR*; Ezekiel Allen (15th) 26.31 *PR*; Matthew Ward (16th) 26.57 *PR*; Kuzma (18th) 26.95 *PR*; Quinten Simpson-Pilgrim (20th) 27.58; Dane Hadsall (22nd) 27.66 *PR*; Nitta (25th) 28.62 *PR*; Ethan Walling (26th) 28.63; Axel Marshall (27th) 29.26 *PR*

400 — Burrows (7th) 58.11; Wilson (10th) 1:00.63; Kuzma (11th) 1:01.55 *PR*; Hadsall (11th) 1:01.55; Simpson-Pilgrim (13th) 1:01.58; Hank Milnes (14th) 1:01.99; Solomon Rudat (18th) 1:05.92; Walling (21st) 1:06.92 *PR*

800 — Kenneth Jacobsen (5th) 2:25.22 *PR*; Carson Field (7th) 2:27.51; Thomas Strelow (9th) 2:31.25; Santiago Ojeda Fernandez (10th) 2:38.04; S. Rudat (12th) 2:43.67; Preston Howard (13th) 2:46.56

1600 — Field (4th) 5:11.08; Jacobsen (7th) 5:14.59 *PR*; Malachi Somes (8th) 5:15.96; Strelow (11th) 5:25.08; Allen (12th) 5:26.04; George Spear (16th) 5:30.20; Walling (21st) 6:10.99 *PR*; Howard (24th) 6:17.90; Sam Richards (26th) 6:58.33; Damiano Giacobbe (28th) 7:06.77

3200 — Spear (3rd) 11:49.61 *PR*; Nicholas Wasik (8th) 13:16.30; Marshall (10th) 13:32.65

110 Hurdles — Spear (6th) 24.84 *PR*

300 Hurdles — Mikey Robinett (6th) 51.60; Spear (8th) 58.42 *PR*

4 x 100 Relay — Cunningham, Houston, Epp, Nick Guay (3rd) 46.89

4 x 400 Relay — Myles, Burrows, Epp, Guay (3rd) 3:54.42

Shot Put — Zane Oldenstadt (5th) 37-07.75 *PR*; Zac Tackett (7th) 37-06; Robinett (9th) 35-11.75 *PR*; Zachary Saho (13th) 35-01 *PR*; Gebhard (14th) 31-08 *PR*; Jacobsen (27th) 27-05 *PR*; Jacob Schooley (29th) 26-00.50 *PR*; Mason Butler (30th) 25-09.50; Giacobbe (36th) 18-08.75; Zach Blitch (37th) 18-06.50 *PR*

Discus — Tackett (3rd) 112-09; Oldenstadt (5th) 93-04; Butler (11th) 89-04; Schooley (12th) 87-03; Saho (23rd) 67-01 *PR*; Wasik (27th) 55-10; Peerapong Prombut (27th) 55-10; Giacobbe (30th) 49-00; Blitch (31st) 46-06

Javelin — Gebhard (12th) 113-03; Somes (20th) 97-02; Robinett (25th) 92-06; Schooley (27th) 85-05 *PR*; Butler (30th) 75-07; Hadsall (36th) 70-00; Wasik (38th) 65-08 *PR*; Ojeda Fernandez (39th) 62-09; Nitta (40th) 61-07; Giacobbe (41st) 59-08 *PR*; Prombut (47th) 43-00

High Jump — Guay (1st) 5-08; Houston (4th) 4-10

Pole Vault — Marshall (10th) 7-00

Long Jump — Myles (6th) 17-01.50; Robinett (12th) 15-08.25; Burrows (13th) 15-07; Merino-Martinez (15th) 15-00.25; Somes (18th) 14-06; Marshall (19th) 14-05; S. Rudat (22nd) 14-00.50; Ojeda Fernandez (23rd) 13-08.25; Field (24th) 13-03.25; Hadsall (25th) 13-03; Captain Teuscher (26th) 12-07; Kuzma (27th) 12-05.50; Walling (28th) 12-01; Howard (29th) 11-10

Triple Jump — Cunningham (6th) 33-07; Milnes (8th) 33-00; Ward (10th) 31-07; Simpson-Pilgrim (11th) 30-02.50 *PR*

Davin Houston glides over the bar. (Thomas Studer photo)

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Wolf track stars among state’s best

Posted in Track, tagged , , , , on April 22, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Katie Marti (right) is one of the best shot-put throwers in the state. (Mia Farris photo)

There’s movement on the charts.

After several weeks of having four Wolves on the top 10 lists for 2B athletes, the Coupeville High School track and field team has added to its numbers.

Coming off of strong performances at a home meet, CHS juniors Lyla Stuurmans and Katie Marti join Reese Wilkinson, Cael Wilson, and Nick Guay among the state’s current best.

At the same time, Carly Burt, through no fault of her own, slips off the charts for the moment, as several pole vaulters passed her best height.

But never fear, the week ahead presents two more opportunities for the Wolves to throw down top times, heights, and distances.

Coupeville is slated to travel to Lynden Thursday and Lakewood Saturday as the regular season comes to an end.

Where the Wolves land on the top 10 charts through April 22:

 

GIRLS:

400 — Lyla Stuurmans (8th) 1:04.72

Shot Put — Katie Marti (8th) 33-05

Discus — Reese Wilkinson (9th) 105-09

Long Jump — Stuurmans (5th) 15-08

 

BOYS:

High Jump — Nick Guay (3rd-tie) 6-00

Pole Vault — Cael Wilson (4th-tie) 11-00

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Long track trek, stellar results

Posted in Track, tagged , , , , on April 13, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Wolf junior Ayden Wyman, in only her third day as a high jumper, won the event Saturday in Forks. (Amber Wyman photo)

They came, they saw, they competed really well in the time they had.

The Coupeville High School track and field team put in five hours Saturday at the Forks Lion Club Invitational, then had to hightail it so as not to miss the ferry.

That kept the Wolves from vying in several events, with things such as the 200 and 4 x 400 relay falling by the wayside.

Still, even with their premature departure, the Wolves, who were in action for the first time since March 28, held up well in the team standings.

The CHS girls, repping a 2B school, claimed third, trailing just 1A Klahowya and 2A Olympic, while Coupeville’s boys earned fifth among eight teams.

Port Angeles, a 2A school, won the boys’ team title.

Overall, the Wolves claimed first-place in four events and set 48 PR’s, putting smiles on the faces of their tired coaches.

“Despite having to leave early, it was a good post-spring break meet,” said Bob Martin.

“Hard to believe we’re only 18 days away from our league championship!!!”

CHS returns to action next Wednesday, April 17, when it hosts the Coupeville Classic Invite. This time, no Wolf is going home early.

Marquette Cunningham flies the friendly skies. (Parker Hammons photo)

 

Saturday’s results:

 

GIRLS:

100 — Issabel Johnson (8th) 14.28 *PR*; Tirsit Cannon (13th) 14.62

400 — Devin Neveu (4th) 1:09.80 *PR*; Ivy Rudat (9th) 1:15.82 *PR*; Reagan Callahan (13th) 1:20.46; Ayden Wyman (17th) 1:22.66; Frankie Tenore (18th) 1:27.78

800 — Kayla Crane (8th) 2:55.33

1600 — Aleera Kent (7th) 6:12.24 *PR*; Crane (9th) 6:41.95

3200 — Aleksia Jump (4th) 15:54.94; Lydia Price (5th) 16:19.46

100 Hurdles — Myra McDonald (7th) 21.52 *PR*; Lexis Drake (11th) 23.19; Tenore (12th) 23.96

300 Hurdles — Drake (3rd) 1:01.22; McDonald (6th) 1:04.06

4 x 100 Relay — Jump, Carly Burt, Johnson, Jasmine Castellanos (1st) 57.68

4 x 200 Relay — Stuurmans, Castellanos, Johnson, Burt (3rd) 1:59.54

Shot Put — Reese Wilkinson (2nd) 29-07.50; Katie Marti (7th) 26-06; Erica McGrath (17th) 21-05.50; Alysia Burdge (21st) 20-03.50

Discus — Wilkinson (1st) 88-11; McGrath (5th) 78-00; Marti (6th) 75-10; Burdge (20th) 45-07; Callahan (22nd) 44-04 *PR*

Javelin — Marti (3rd) 88-02; Burdge (13th) 54-05; Wilkinson (15th) 52-04; McGrath (16th) 50-06

High Jump — Wyman (1st) 4-04 *PR*; McDonald (2nd) 4-02 *PR*; Drake (6th) 4-00 *PR*

Long Jump — Stuurmans (3rd) 14-04 *PR*; Burt (12th) 12-04.50; Cannon (13th) 11-11 *PR*; I. Rudat (14th) 11-09.50 *PR*

 

BOYS:

100 — Preston Epp (9th) 12.19 *PR*; Marquette Cunningham (14th) 12.24 *PR*; Davin Houston (14th) 12.47 *PR*; Dayvon Donavon (20th) 12:52; Alex Merino-Martinez (32nd) 13.03; Marcelo Gebhard (35th) 13.19; Matthew Ward (39th) 13.35; Matthew Kuzma (43rd) 13.43 *PR*; Timothy Nitta (44th) 13.54 *PR*

400 — Epp (5th) 54.99; Nehemiah Myles (12th) 57.68 *PR*; Dane Hadsall (23rd) 1:01.25 *PR*; Quinten Simpson-Pilgrim (27th) 1:02.53; Kuzma (32nd) 1:04.17 *PR*; Hank Milnes (33rd) 1:04.40; Solomon Rudat (35th) 1:05.64; Captain Teuscher (38th) 1:09.75 *PR*

800 — Carson Field (7th) 2:22.92; Cael Wilson (13th) 2:27.41 *PR*; Kenneth Jacobsen (14th) 2:28.39 *PR*; Ezekiel Allen (17th) 2:35.83; Thomas Strelow (18th) 2:35.88; Santiago Ojeda Fernandez (22nd) 2:43.02; S. Rudat (23rd) 2:43.18; Preston Howard (28th) 2:49.48; George Spear (29th) 2:53.26

1600 — Field (3rd) 5:05.24; Malachi Somes (8th) 5:17.94; Spear (10th) 5:22.75; Jacobsen (11th) 5:23.59 *PR*; Strelow (16th) 5:35.14; Allen (17th) 5:35.38 *PR*; Howard (27th) 6:21.38; Sam Richards (30th) 6:46.55 *PR*; Damiano Giacobbe 7:05.99 *PR*

110 Hurdles — Axel Marshall (7th) 21.65 *PR*; Mikey Robinett (9th) 23.17 *PR*

300 Hurdles — Robinett (8th) 52.08

4 x 100 Relay — Cunningham, Wilson, Epp, Nick Guay (4th) 47.58; Houston, Kuzma, Hadsall, Ward (8th) 50.81

Shot Put — Zane Oldenstadt (13th) 33-11.50; Robinett (14th) 33-02.50; Guay (16th) 31-10.75 *PR*; Gebhard (23rd) 28-08.50; Mason Butler (32nd) 26-00; Jacob Schooley (33rd) 25-05 *PR*; Jacobsen (34th) 25-03; Nick Shelly (36th) 22-03.25 *PR*; Giacobbe (38th) 18-08.50; Zach Blitch (40th) 17-01.50 *PR*

Discus — Oldenstadt (3rd) 103-10; Schooley (10th) 87-02 *PR*; Butler (16th) 74-11; Nicholas Wasik (24th) 68-10 *PR*; Shelly (25th) 67-08; Teuscher (28th) 62-04 *PR*; Blitch (34th) 53-04 *PR*; Giacobbe (35th) 52-09; Peerapong Prombut (36th) 51-04

Javelin — Gebhard (14th) 98-09; Somes (18th) 97-03; Robinett (20th) 94-08; Hadsall (26th) 80-06 *PR*; Wilson (27th) 80-02 *PR*; Ward (29th) 79-11; Nitta (31st) 78-07 *PR*; Schooley (32nd) 77-10; Butler (37th) 71-01; Shelly (38th) 68-03; Wasik (41st) 58-10 *PR*; Ojeda Fernandez (42nd) 58-01; Prombut (44th) 50-04 *PR*; Giacobbe (46th) 47-02 *PR*

High Jump — Guay (1st) 6-00; Houston (4th) 5-02; Marshall (4th) 5-02 *PR*; Simpson-Pilgrim (6th) 5-00; Wilson (6th) 5-00

Long Jump — Myles (10th) 16-10.50; Field (19th) 14-11.50; Marshall (20th) 14-08.50; Teuscher (21st) 14-06 *PR*; Howard (22nd) 14-05 *PR*; S. Rudat (27th) 13-05.50; Strelow (32nd) 12-07.50 *PR*; Merino-Martinez (33rd) 11-11; Richards (34th) 10-11 *PR*

Triple Jump — Cunningham (5th) 35-11; Marshall (7th) 35-00

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Home honor, defended

Posted in Track, tagged , , , , , on March 20, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Cael Wilson touches the heavens as he finishes first in the pole vault. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

Welcoming six other schools to Cow Town Wednesday, the Coupeville High School track and field team put on a show, picking up eight wins and 55 PR’s.

That carried the Wolves to a pair of team titles, as well, with the boys rolling and the girls pulling out a thriller.

Coupeville’s male athletes finished with 144.6 points, well ahead of runner-up Mount Vernon Christian, which tallied 117.5.

La Conner (115.2) closed out the top three, with Orcas Island, Friday Harbor, Lopez Island, and Concrete rounding out the remainder of the team title chase.

On the girls’ side of things, individual wins from Reese Wilkinson (Discus), Lyla Stuurmans (1600), and Carly Burt (Pole Vault) propelled the Wolves to a 137-135 win over MVC.

La Conner tallied 127 points, with Lopez, Friday Harbor, and Orcas well back.

Reese Wilkinson lets it rip in the discus, an event she won.

Coupeville senior Nick Guay paced the boys’ squad, winning the high jump and running a leg on triumphant 4 x 100 and 4 x 400 relay units.

Other winners included Carson Field (3200) and Cael Wilson (Pole Vault).

Preston Epp joined Guay in running on both victorious relay teams, with Hank Milnes, Quinten Simpson-Pilgrim, Wilson, and Marquette Cunningham each appearing once.

While the Wolves excelled in the spotlight, CHS coach Bob Martin also paid tribute to the many people who stepped up to help the school pull off a successful home meet.

“The day was not solely about the athletes competing on the track today,” he said. “It was equally about the volunteers from our community and the competing teams who came together; we were impressed!”

Keeping an eagle eye on things.

Martin also praised athletes and coaches from Coupeville’s rival schools.

“The day presented its fair share of challenges,” he said.

“Despite encountering some delays due to technical issues with our camera system, we were impressed by the patience and support demonstrated by the teams in attendance.”

Coupeville’s younger athletes will get back at it this Saturday, Mar. 23, when they compete at the Stanwood Frosh/Soph Invitational.

The full Wolf roster returns to action Mar. 28 with a Northwest 2B/1B League meet in Mount Vernon.

 

Wednesday’s results:

**Times and places in girls 100, 300 Hurdles, and 4 x 100, and boys 200 in flux**

 

GIRLS:

100 — Issabel Johnson (6th) 14.52; Tirsit Cannon (7th) 14.56

200 — Ivy Rudat (12th) 33.59; Reagan Callahan (14th) 35.08 *PR*

400 — Callahan (5th) 1:23.38 *PR*; Frankie Tenore (7th) 1:2403 *PR*

800 — Kayla Crane (2nd) 2:56.25; Callahan (7th) 3:33.11 *PR*

1600 — Lyla Stuurmans (1st) 6:18.06; Crane (2nd) 6:33.0; Lydia Price (7th) 7:21.38 *PR*; Ayden Wyman (9th) 7:29.20

3200 — Price (2nd) 15:13.47 *PR*; Aleksia Jump (4th) 15:35.79 *PR*

100 Hurdles — Lexis Drake (9th) 22.71 *PR*; Tenore (10th) 23.64 *PR*

300 Hurdles — Stuurmans (2nd) 53.35 *PR*; Drake (5th) 54.11; Myra McDonald (9th) 56.01

4 x 100 Relay — Johnson, Drake, McDonald, Cannon (4th) 1:02.00

4 x 200 Relay — Carly Burt, Wyman, I. Rudat, McDonald (7th) 2:18.47

4 x 400 Relay — Burt, I. Rudat, Wyman, Stuurmans (3rd) 5:15.75

Shot Put — Reese Wilkinson (2nd) 28-06; Katie Marti (3rd) 28-03.25; Erica McGrath (5th) 23-08.50 *PR*; Alysia Burdge (6th) 21-07.75 *PR*

Discus — Wilkinson (1st) 104-04.50 *PR*; Marti (3rd) 83-06.50; McGrath (4th) 81-06.50; Burdge (8th) 56-06 *PR*

Javelin — Marti (2nd) 91-10; Burdge (8th) 64-09; McGrath (10th) 56-03; Wilkinson (11th) 53-00

Pole Vault — Burt (1st) 6-06; Johnson (2nd) 6-06 *PR*; Jump (4th) 6-00

High Jump — Burt (8th) 4-00 *PR*

Long Jump — Stuurmans (7th) 12-10 *PR*; I. Rudat (12th) 11-0.25; Tenore (15th) 10-07

 

BOYS:

100 — Dayvon Donavon (7th) 12.52; Marcelo Gebhard (10th) 13.10 *PR*; Matthew Ward (11th) 13.13; Alex Merino-Martinez (15th) 13.21; Dane Hadsall (18th) 13.42; Timothy Nitta (19th) 13.44; Matthew Kuzma (21st) 13.48; Ethan Walling (27th) 14.06

200 — Nick Guay (2nd) 25.10; Marquette Cunningham (7th) 26.47; Quinten Simpson-Pilgrim (8th) 27.56 *PR*; Ward (13th) 28.10; Merino-Martinez (18th) 29.20; Kuzma 31.10 (21st) *PR*, Hadsall (23rd) 31.13; Nitta (24th) 31.20

400 — Preston Epp (2nd) 55.41; Simpson-Pilgrim (8th) 1:02.12; Hank Milnes (9th) 1:02.22; Solomon Rudat (13th) 1:05.24 *PR*

800 — Carson Field (2nd) 2:16.15 *PR*; Thomas Strelow (8th) 2:33.08; S. Rudat (10th) 2:33.41 *PR*; Santiago Ojeda Fernandez (11th) 2:34.19 *PR*; Preston Howard (15th) 2:41.97 *PR*; Devin Neveu (17th) 2:57.12 *PR*; Sam Richards (18th) 3:08.41 *PR*

1600 — Field (2nd) 5:04.21; Kenneth Jacobsen (8th) 5:28.01; Strelow (9th) 5:28.64; Howard (18th) 6:18.73 *PR*; S. Rudat (19th) 7:15.03 *PR*; Damiano Giacobbe (20th) 7:23.94 *PR*

3200 — Field (1st) 11:30.36 *PR*; George Spear (2nd) 12:59.02

110 Hurdles — Cael Wilson (3rd) 19.09

300 Hurdles — Mikey Robinett (5th) 49.07 *PR*

4 x 100 Relay — Cunningham, Wilson, Epp, Guay (1st) 47.92; Hadsall, Walling, Nitta, Ward (4th) 52.26

4 x 400 Relay — Epp, Simpson-Pilgrim, Milnes, Guay (1st) 3:54.66; Jacobsen, Blake Burrows, Strelow, Cunningham (4th) 4:14.92

Shot Put — Zac Tackett (2nd) 37-01 *PR*; Zane Oldenstadt (8th) 31-09; Gebhard (11th) 29-08.50; Robinett (15th) 26-10.25; Zachary Saho (18th) 24-08.75 *PR*; Jacobsen (24th) 22-10.75 *PR*; Mason Butler (27th) 22-03.50; Giacobbe (32nd) 19-03.75 *PR*

Discus — Tackett (2nd) 117-02.25; Oldenstadt (5th) 109-0.25; Butler (11th) 83-00 *PR*; Jacob Schooley (13th) 80-00 *PR*; Gebhard (20th) 65-08.25; Saho (21st) 62-09 *PR*; Peerapong Prombut (26th) 53-02.25 *PR*; Giacobbe (30th) 40-08.25 *PR*

Javelin — Gebhard (7th) 107-09 *PR*; Robinett (13th) 92-01 *PR*; Ward (17th) 85-09 *PR*; Butler (21st) 82-06; Schooley (22nd) 77-03; Ojeda Fernandez (28th) 67-10 *PR*; Hadsall (29th) 66-04 *PR*; Giacobbe (39th) 46-10 *PR*; Prombut (40th) 44-11 *PR*

Pole Vault — Wilson (1st) 10-06; Axel Marshall (3rd) 8-00 *PR*

High Jump — Guay (1st) 5-10; Davin Houston (2nd) 5-04; Marshall (7th) 5-00 *PR* Simpson-Pilgrim (7th) 5-00; Wilson (7th) 5-00

Long Jump — Robinett (6th) 16-08 *PR*; Marshall (9th) 15-08.25 *PR*; Ojeda Fernandez (11th) 15-06 *PR*; Merino-Martinez (12th) 15-03.75; Walling (13th) 14-08.50; Kuzma (15th) 14-04 *PR*; Field (17th) 14-03; S. Rudat (18th) 13-11 *PR*

Triple Jump — Cunningham (4th) 34-00; Milnes (5th) 33-10

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Different night, different hero

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged , , , , , on February 12, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Cole White popped for a career-high 23 points Monday to spark Coupeville to a playoff win on the road. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

They possess many hands, and all of them are going to slap you upside the head.

The Coupeville High School varsity boys’ basketball players are dead set on getting back to the promised land, and they’re carving a trail of success, one well-timed knockout punch at a time.

Monday night the spotlight shone brightly on often unsung heroes like Cole White, Nick Guay, and Hurlee Bronec, as they sparked the Wolves to a 64-50 win in their District 1/2 playoff opener at Auburn Adventist Academy.

Playing on a funky court, with a wobbly rim on one end and a staircase to nowhere on the other, in a joint that resembles an old-school airport hangar, Coupeville overcame foul trouble and a slow start and now sits a win away from returning to the state tourney.

Coupeville, 16-5 after the win, hosts La Conner (15-6) Wednesday night at 7:00 PM in the Bi-District title game.

It’ll be the third meeting this season for the Northwest 2B/1B League co-champs, with the Braves taking game one 69-68, before the Wolves rebounded to claim the rematch 65-54.

The victor in meeting #3 earns a ticket to state, as Coupeville tries to get to the big dance for the second time in the last three years.

Auburn Adventist (17-4) and Northwest Christian of Lacey (6-11), which fell 74-29 to La Conner Monday, play at 5:15 Wednesday at CHS in a loser-out game.

The survivor of that rumble squares off Saturday with the title game loser for the second berth to state being offered to District 1/2 teams.

Monday’s tilt in Auburn began with rain slashing down outside, and the host Falcons banging away from long-range.

Back-to-back three-balls early helped the home team jump out to a 14-6 lead, and then Coupeville lost sophomore sparkplug Chase Anderson, who picked up three fouls in about four minutes.

Apparently, the hometown refs had shiny new whistles and wanted to try them out.

Four different Wolves eventually ended up with four fouls apiece, but none fouled out, and CHS made up for the foul disparity by winning the free-throw shooting contest.

With Anderson handcuffed to the bench, Coupeville coach Brad Sherman shuffled his lineup, and everything, and everybody, immediately clicked.

The Wolves closed the quarter on a 14-6 rampage, with four different players knocking down buckets.

Hurlee Bronec gets dynamic.

Guay and Logan Downes rippled the net with their own back-to-back treys, while White and Hurlee Bronec slapped home layups off of crisp passes from the ever-alert Downes.

Auburn hit a three-ball right before the buzzer to knot things up at 18-18 heading into the first break, before scoring off of a rebound to open the second frame.

That would be the last truly happy moment for the Falcons, however, as Coupeville immediately reclaimed the lead and never let it go the rest of the night.

A 14-0 surge, with White twice throwing down three-point plays the hard way, deflated Auburn, and it didn’t get easier from there for the hosts.

Downes also converted a three-point play on a slash to the bucket plus a free throw, as the Wolves caressed the net, converting all nine of their charity shots in the quarter.

Up 38-28 at the half, Coupeville let Auburn get a little taste of comeback fever in the third frame, but just a little.

The Falcons cut the deficit down to five thanks to their success from behind the arc, but then the Wolves handed the ball to Downes and let him go blow things up.

In four contests against Auburn Adventist over the past two seasons, the Wolf senior has rattled the rims for 40, 24, 30, and 24 points, and he seems to take great delight in ramming home the fatal dagger.

Downes closed the third by tossing in eight points during a 10-2 run, while flinging a note-perfect lob to White, who was tiptoeing through the paint, for the other score, and CHS was on its way.

The lead was 53-40 heading into the fourth quarter, and the Wolves shoved it all the way out to 18 late in the game.

Another 9-0 surge, this one fueled by seven points from the “can’t miss, won’t miss” White, pushed the game dangerously close to blowout country, before Auburn sliced a few points off the lead in the waning moments.

Nick Guay doesn’t fear your defense, fool.

Coupeville’s final bucket, coming on a swooping layup from Guay, was a milestone moment, as the lanky senior became the fourth active Wolf to crack the career 200-point club.

CHS got a solid one-two punch at the top of the scorebook, with Downes dropping in 24 and White banking in a career-best 23.

That pushes Downes to 476 points for the season, the third-best single-season effort put up by a Wolf boy across 107 campaigns.

The only guys ahead of him?

Jeff Stone, who scorched the nets for 644 in 1969-1970, and Downes himself, as he threw down 554 last year as a junior.

With his career night White continues to push for his own milestone moments.

He’s sitting with 389 points, good for #66 all-time on the CHS career scoring chart, and he and dad Greg (#33 at 604) are seven points shy of combining for a sweet 1,000.

Guay added nine Monday to get to 200, while the Battlin’ Bronec Brothers combined for six, with Hurlee sinking four and Hunter notching two points while terrorizing folks on defense.

Ryan Blouin, coming off his own career night a game ago, added a bucket this time while zipping passes left and right, and Wolf bangers William Davidson and Zane Oldenstadt provided lock-down defense in the paint.

And Chase Anderson?

Maybe next time the refs will stop calling ticky-tacky fouls, let him stay on the floor, and marvel at his hops when his butt isn’t super-glued to a chair.

One can only hope.

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