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Tough foe, righteous rumble

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged , , , , , on December 17, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Hurlee Bronec towers over the defense. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

It was there, then it was gone.

The Coupeville High School varsity boys’ basketball team played host Mount Vernon Christian even through the first eight minutes Tuesday night.

Then things got tough.

The host Hurricanes ramped up their offensive effort across the second and third frames, and the Wolves watched one slip away, falling 69-52.

The loss drops Coupeville to 1-1 in Northwest 2B/1B League action, 2-4 overall.

Still, the Wolves are just a game back of league leader La Conner (2-0) with eight conference bouts left on the schedule, with the first of those coming against winless Friday Harbor Jan. 7.

A rematch against MVC is set for Jan. 28 in Coupeville.

For now, Brad Sherman’s squad will play its next four games against non-league rivals, starting with a home clash against Sultan Friday night.

Squaring off with the Hurricanes, Coupeville battled to a 10-10 tie at the first break but then was overwhelmed 23-11 in the second frame.

MVC kept up the pressure in the third with a 23-16 surge, before the Wolves closed things with a 15-13 run of their own in the fourth.

Chase Anderson, coming off of a career-best 42-point explosion in Coupeville’s last game, paced CHS with a game-high 23.

That gives the junior 377 career points and pushes him from #77 to #69 on the program’s all-time scoring chart, which covers 108 seasons of Wolf boys’ hoops action.

Among the eight former CHS greats he passed Tuesday were Don Cook, Chad Gale, and JD Wilcox.

Easton Green flies into action.

Hunter Bronec (8), Camden Glover (7), Hurlee Bronec (6), Jack Porter (4), Easton Green (2), and Landon Roberts (2) also scored, with Green recording his first varsity points thanks to a fourth-quarter jumper.

The junior guard is the 427th CHS boy I’ve been able to document scoring in a varsity hoops game between 1917 and today.

Johnny Porter, Malachi Somes, and Carson Field rounded out the active roster Tuesday, all seeing floor time.

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Hoops season picks up steam

Posted in Basketball, standings, tagged , , , , on December 15, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Do they dare look at the standings? (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Freeze the records!

If the season stopped right now, both the Coupeville High School girls’ and boys’ basketball teams would be league champs.

Of course, no one has played more than one conference rumble so far, so there’s still a very long way to go in reality.

Next week brings two games for the Wolves, with a road trip to Mount Vernon Christian Tuesday and home clashes with Sultan Friday.

After that. winter break hits, with the CHS varsity programs going to Eastern Washington for tourney tilts, and the JV teams getting a break in the schedule.

Where things stand through Dec. 15:

 

Northwest League boys’ basketball:

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

 

Northwest League girls’ basketball:

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

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Anderson explodes, Wolves win thriller

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged , , , , on December 14, 2024| 1 Comment »

Chase Anderson splashes home another bucket. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

“The boys played with so much heart all night.”

Kicking off Northwest 2B/1B League play with a bang Friday, the Coupeville High School varsity boys’ basketball squad survived a wild one, holding off visiting Orcas Island 72-67 in two overtimes to take an early advantage in the conference standings.

The win lifts the Wolves, who host non-league foe Morton-White Pass Saturday, to 2-3 overall, 1-0 in NWL play, and earns the stamp of approval from CHS hoops guru Brad Sherman.

“It was a great game,” he said, then headed off to bed to dream about more wins.

Friday’s rumble featured Wolf junior Chase Anderson banking in a career-high 42 points — just six off of Jeff Stone’s school-record 48, which has stood since 1970 — and nerve-wracking plays from both teams down the stretch.

Coupeville shot out to a 16-10 lead after one quarter, only to see Orcas trim the deficit back down to 29-26 at the half.

Up 49-45 after three, the Wolves still had a 58-55 lead up until Joe Stephens drilled his fourth, and final, three-ball with just 10 seconds left in regulation.

With the ball in its hands, Coupeville got multiple shots up in the frantic final seconds, but none would drop.

Enter the refs, who whistled Orcas for a foul, sending the Wolves to the line with 0:00 on the clock, holding two opportunities to win the game.

The first freebie hit the front of the rim, the second slid off the side, and fans got extra action, whether they wanted it or not.

In the first overtime, the call went the other way, but the result was eerily similar.

With the game knotted at 63, Orcas was handed two charity shots with seven seconds on the clock and promptly clanked both.

It was fitting, as the Vikings, who netted eight of nine free throws in regulation, were just 3-9 across the two extra periods. In contrast, Coupeville was 8-16 in regulation but rebounded to go 8-10 at the line in overtime.

While a wild Wolf shot at the buzzer failed to break the tie in the first overtime, the second extra four-minute stretch decisively belonged to the hometown hoops heroes.

Anderson and Hunter Bronec netted huge buckets in the second overtime, while Hurlee Bronec iced the win with precision free throw shooting in the final moments.

Jack Porter finished with nine points, while both Battlin’ Bronec Brothers netted six.

Landon Roberts knocked down five, Camden Glover banked in four, and Johnny Porter, Easton Green, and Malachi Somes all saw floor time in the thriller.

For Anderson, it was a career-making night.

Scoring four points in the first, 12 in the second, 16 in a torrid third, four in the fourth, and six more in overtime, he joins a very short list of Wolves to crack 40 in a varsity game, players such as Jeff Stone, Allen Black, and Logan Downes.

In one night, Anderson jumps from 312 career points to 354, moving from #96 to #77 on the school’s career scoring chart, which has been compiled across 108 seasons.

Among the all-timers he passes are Nick Streubel, David Ford, Bob Rea, Utz Conard, Robin Larson, and Aaron Trumbull.

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Big battle, bigger win

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged , , , , , on December 14, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Danica Strong hits nothing but net. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

“It was a battle!”

Facing a strong Orcas Island squad Friday night, the Coupeville High School varsity girls’ basketball team found itself trailing by six points heading into the fourth quarter.

But then, in a move which brought a smile to the face of coach Megan Richter, the Wolves dug deep and rode the cheers of their home fans to a stirring come-from-behind win.

Closing on a 16-7 run, with four different players sharing scoring honors, Coupeville pulled out a 41-38 victory to draw first blood in Northwest 2B/1B League play.

Now 3-2 overall heading into another home game Saturday — a non-conference tilt with Morton-White Pass — the Wolves are starting to jel.

“I’m super proud of these girls and how they stayed in the game and fought until the end,” Richter said.

“Danica (Strong) came up with some big rebounds and put her free throws in when the pressure was on. Our defense was tight, and we worked really well together.

“Things are starting to really come together for us!!”

Strong netted five of her seven points in the white-hot spotlight of the fourth quarter — with all of those late-game tallies coming at the free throw line — while Lyla Stuurmans, Mia Farris, and Katie Marti all chipped in to fuel the frantic finale.

It was an uphill battle for Coupeville, which fell behind 13-6 after one quarter and 22-14 at the half.

The Wolves started to chip away at the deficit with a modest 11-9 surge in the third quarter, then turned things up several notches down the stretch.

Marti, who passed her cousin, Breeanna Messner, to claim 49th on the career scoring chart, paced CHS with 12 points, while Strong (7), Jada Heaton (6), Lyla Stuurmans (6), Farris (6), Madison McMillan (2), and Teagan Calkins (2) also scored.

Fab frosh Tenley Stuurmans brought some defensive heat to her time on the floor, while Haylee Armstrong and Capri Anter were fervent in their vocal support from their perches on the bench.

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Houston, we have another win

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged , , , , on December 13, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Davin Houston

Davin Houston is heating up.

The free-wheeling Coupeville High School sophomore, a fan favorite who always stops to scrimmage after games with elementary school hoops stars, went off for a second straight game Friday night.

By the time Daniel and Alia’s youngest was done, Houston had torched visiting Orcas Island for a season-high 20 points, sparking the Wolf JV boys’ basketball team to a come-from-behind 53-41 win.

The victory, coming in the Northwest 2B/1B League opener, lifts CHS to 2-2 on the season.

And the Wolves will try and keep the good times flowing when they turn right back around Saturday afternoon and host non-conference foe Morton-White Pass.

They’ll take the court led by Houston, who has rattled the rims for 37 points across the last two games, and Mahkai Myles, who singed the nets for a season-best 12 points Friday in support of his running mate.

Orcas came out strongly, jumping ahead 16-9 after one quarter of play, but the Wolves had an immediate response.

With Houston and Myles combining for 14 points in the second frame, CHS went on an 18-4 tear to claim the lead for good.

From there, the Wolves led 35-32 through three, then closed with a vengeance, bombing the Vikings 18-9 in the final period.

Easton Green (6), Malachi Somes (5), Liam Blas (4), Sage Arends (2), Carson Grove (2), and Riley Lawless (2) scored in support of Coupeville’s big two, while Kyle McCrimmon and Nathan Coxsey also saw floor time for coaches Craig Anderson and Jon Roberts.

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