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Basketball brackets bounce into view

Posted in Basketball, tagged , , , , on February 7, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Adeline Maynes charges into the playoffs. (Jackie Saia photo)

It’s the ferry life for them.

The Coupeville High School varsity basketball teams start the double-elimination District 1/2 basketball tourney this coming Thursday, Feb. 12 and both Wolf squads will be on the road.

And right back where they just played.

Yes, both the CHS boys (7-11) and Wolf girls (5-13) are headed to Friday Harbor for a third game against their arch-rivals.

Scout Smith’s girls’ squad will hit the floor on a high, having beaten the Wolverines 52-42 in the regular season finale to split the season series.

Meanwhile, Brad Sherman’s hardcourt warriors hope that the third time is the charm, as they were swept by Friday Harbor during the regular season.

To check out the brackets, and map out a possible path to state, pop over to:

 

Girls:

https://www.wpanetwork.com/wiaa/brackets/tournament.php?act=view&tournament_id=4989

 

Boys:

https://www.wpanetwork.com/wiaa/brackets/tournament.php?act=view&tournament_id=4987

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Road warriors roll in regular season finale

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged , , , , on February 6, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Haylee Armstrong was on fire Friday, scoring 24 points. (Jackie Saia photo)

Sweet, sweet, consistent revenge.

The first time the Coupeville High School varsity girls’ basketball team squared off with Friday Harbor, the Wolves bolted out to a double-digit lead, before crumbling during their worst 10-minute stretch of the season.

Friday night, playing their regular season finale on the road, Scout Smith’s squad avoided any repeat stumbles and emerged with a very satisfying 52-42 win.

The triumph lifts the Wolves to 2-8 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 5-13 overall, snaps a four-game losing skid, and sends CHS into the postseason on a positive note.

Coupeville kicks off the double-elimination District 1/2 tourney Feb. 12, with six teams chasing three tickets to the state tourney.

Their opening opponent, and whether the Wolves begin at home or on the road, will be revealed Saturday night after the bracket is released.

Friday night was all about hitting the bottom of the net, as Coupeville had three players reach double-digit scoring.

Leading the way was Haylee Armstrong, who torched the net for nine points as the two teams battled to an explosive 16-16 tie through the first quarter.

The Wolves cracked the game open in the second frame, using a 19-7 tear fueled by five different gunners rattling the rim for points.

Teagan Calkins had the hottest hand in the quarter, rippling the net for seven points, but Armstrong was right on her heels, banking in another six.

From there, CHS stretched the advantage to 40-28 through three quarters, before coasting in for the win.

With very little help from the refs, apparently, but a lot from their hosts.

Friday Harbor was handed 15 free throw attempts, but clanked 10 of those, while Armstrong netted both of her shots during Coupeville’s one, and only, trip to the charity stripe.

The junior guard finished with a game-high 24 points, which lifts her to 290 career points, pushing her into a tie for #40 on the CHS girls’ career scoring list with … her current coach, Scout Smith.

Calkins knocked down 14 Friday, which moves “The Red Dragon” into #26 all-time for a Wolf program launched in 1974, leaving the senior just 11 points shy of reaching 400.

And the third Wolf to reach double digits?

That was sophomore Tenley Stuurmans, and with her 10 points Friday she becomes the 67th CHS girl to score 200 career points. She’ll head into the playoffs at #64 with 209 points and counting.

Kennedy O’Neill and Adeline Maynes both tossed in a bucket to round out the scoring, with Arianna Cunningham and Danica Strong bringing the defensive heat.

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Wolf boys hit a bump in the road

Posted in Basketball, tagged , , , , , on February 6, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Riley Lawless (34) ain’t letting anyone into the paint, no sir. (Aleksia Jump photo)

Dang those midrange jumpers.

Despite dominating from behind the three-point arc and at the free throw line Friday, the Coupeville High School varsity boys’ basketball team couldn’t overcome a hail of old school field goals and lost a crucial one.

Falling 51-41 at Friday Harbor in the regular season finale, the Wolves slip to 4-6 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 7-11 overall and will likely open the playoffs on the road.

Coupeville won’t know its opening foe or the location until Saturday evening, when the bracket for the double-elimination District 1/2 tourney is released.

For now, Brad Sherman’s squad will have 24 or so hours to reflect on a game where it shot out to an early lead, before hitting some rough spots on offense down the stretch.

With Camden Glover splashing home a pair of three-balls in the early moments, CHS jumped out to a 17-12 lead at the first break and was still up 22-16 midway through the second frame.

But Friday Harbor made its move right before the halftime buzzer, hitting a field goal to snap a 27-27 tie.

From there the Wolverines pulled away in the second half, using a 13-7 run in the third to push the advantage to 42-34 and never giving back the lead over the game’s final 16 minutes.

While Coupeville ultimately lost on the scoreboard, it did win the three-ball battle 6-2, while hitting 11 of 18 free throws while Friday Harbor was just 1-4 at the charity stripe.

Chase Anderson popped for a game-high 17 points to pace the Wolves, with Camden Glover (14), Davin Houston (8), and Malachi Somes (2) also getting their names in the book.

Carson Grove, Liam Blas, Aiden O’Neill, and Riley Lawless also saw floor time for CHS.

Two Wolves hit personal milestones in the game with Houston cracking the 100-point club — he has 103 and counting — and Anderson moving from #9 to #8 on the Wolf boys career scoring chart.

The Coupeville senior has tallied 920 points and passes ’90s star Pete Petrov (917) with his performance on Friday Harbor.

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Hardwood teams ramp up for playoffs

Posted in Basketball, tagged , , , , on February 1, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Teagan Calkins explodes skyward to win the tip. (Jackie Saia photo)

The first finish line is in sight.

Concrete and Darrington, the 1B schools in the Northwest 2B/1B League, have wrapped regular season basketball play, and begin playoff action this coming week.

Meanwhile, the conference’s five 2B teams play their finales Tuesday and Friday.

For Coupeville that means hitting the road Friday, Feb. 6 for a trip to Friday Harbor.

After that is the double-elimination District 1/2 tourney for the Wolves and their fellow 2B schools, with play kicking off Feb. 12.

As we head down the stretch, a look at where things currently sit:

 

Northwest League boys’ basketball:

School League Overall
MV Christian 8-0 15-4
Orcas Island 7-1 12-6
Darrington 5-3 12-6
Friday Harbor 4-4 4-14
Coupeville 4-5 7-10
Concrete 1-7 5-16
La Conner 0-9 0-18

 

Northwest League girls’ basketball:

School League Overall
MV Christian 8-0 16-2
La Conner 8-1 13-5
Concrete 5-3 15-5
Orcas Island 4-4 10-8
Friday Harbor 3-5 7-11
Coupeville 1-8 4-13
Darrington 0-8 4-12

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Wolves run Braves off the floor

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged , , , , , on January 30, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Davin Houston works his way towards a rebound. (Jackie Saia photo)

Balance. All about the balance.

With eight players scoring Friday, and three hitting for double-digits, the Coupeville High School varsity boys’ basketball squad ran visiting La Conner off the floor.

With a 66-36 win on Senior Night, the Wolves get to 4-5 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 7-10 overall.

Next up is the regular season finale Feb. 6, on the road at Friday Harbor, then the start of the double-elimination District 1/2 tourney Feb. 12.

That royal rumble features seven schools fighting for two tickets to state, with the Wolves learning their path when the bracket is released the day after the regular season ends.

Friday night an old rivalry wrote a new chapter, and this tale featured Coupeville (almost) leading from start to finish.

Technically La Conner forged a pair of ties in the first quarter, knotting things up at 3-3 and 7-7, but the Braves never led and never really threatened to do so either.

Coupeville closed the opening quarter with back-to-back buckets from Chase Anderson and Camden Glover to shatter that last tie, before pulling away for good in the second quarter.

CHS senior Aiden O’Neill, a quiet warrior who has bravely fought through multiple injuries across the last four years, banked in a rebound to crack the 100-point career scoring club and set the Wolves off on their game-busting run.

From there, Glover and Anderson traded baskets, with the former shredding the defense in the paint and the latter rampaging from end to end, often after snagging key steals.

Up 33-16 at the half, Coupeville saw its advantage whittled down to 37-26 midway through the third but never blinked.

Davin Houston tickled the twines with a silky three-ball from the left side — Coupeville’s only trey on the night — and Brad Sherman’s squad closed the quarter on a 14-4 surge.

Included in that run was a bucket from Anderson which pushed him up and over the 900-point mark, making him just the ninth Wolf boy to do so across 109 seasons of CHS basketball.

The fourth quarter was an eight-minute highlight reel, as the Wolves continued to pour in buckets, with many of them set up by pinpoint passes.

Anderson was wheeling and dealing, while Glover launched a floor-length lob which hit O’Neill in mid-stride for a breakaway bucket.

Putting together the kind of balanced book every coach loves to see, Coupeville got a game-high 22 points from Glover, 20 from Anderson, and 10 from Houston.

O’Neill (6), Easton Green (4), Carson Grove (2), Malachi Somes (1), and Liam Blas (1) rounded out the attack, with Riley Lawless and Nathan Coxsey also seeing floor time for the Wolves.

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