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Stone sparkles on center stage!!

Posted in Basketball, tagged Basketball, Makana Stone, overtime, University of Puget Sound, Whitman on February 10, 2017| Leave a Comment »

Makana Stone (23), seen here during last year's state tournament, notched team-highs in points and rebounds Friday. (John Fisken photo)

Makana Stone (23), seen here during last year’s state tourney, notched 16 points and 11 rebounds Friday for Whitman College. (John Fisken photo)

Everything but the win.

Coupeville’s Makana Stone, making her sixth start as a college basketball player, put together her best performance of the season Friday night, while facing her most accomplished rival.

But, in the end, Stone’s team-high 16 points and 11 rebounds, some of which fueled a wild fourth quarter comeback for Whitman, couldn’t stop the University of Puget Sound from clinching a league title.

UPS, after blowing a 17-point lead in memorable fashion, rallied in overtime to down the Blues 89-82.

The win lifts the Loggers to 13-0 in Northwest Conference play, 21-1 overall, while Whitman slides to 10-3, 19-3.

The Blues drop into a second-place tie with George Fox with three games to play, but have the upper hand, having beaten the Bruins the first time around.

Whitman plays 1-21 Pacific Lutheran Saturday, before closing the regular season at home Feb. 17-18 against Lewis & Clark and the aforementioned George Fox.

Both times Puget Sound and Whitman played this season the game hinged on missed free throws in the final seconds and then went to an extra period.

In the first meeting the Blues missed the charity shots, while this time it was UPS star Samone Jackson who clanked two free throws with 20 seconds in regulation.

Puget Sound was clinging to a two-point lead at the time, and, with the reprieve, Whitman knotted things up when Casey Poe netted a pair of free throws of her own with 13 ticks on the clock.

That the Blues even had a chance to tie things up was extraordinary.

After battling to a 41-41 tie at the break, UPS went nuclear on Whitman in the third quarter, hitting 64% of their shots while outscoring the Blues 30-13.

But, instead of breaking, Whitman, sparked by two fourth-quarter blocks by Stone (plus a silky jumper, three rebounds and a key assist) roared back in the game’s final minutes.

Going into lock-down mode on defense, the Blues limited UPS to just 13% shooting in the final quarter, pulling off the 26-9 comeback.

Stone sliced through the paint for a layup at the 2:37 mark of overtime to stake Whitman to an 82-81 lead, but after that her squad struggled to get another shot off.

The Blues didn’t get another attempt airborne until the 0:33 mark, then missed a pair of treys and a jumper in a final effort to catch UPS.

Using all 27 of her minutes to maximum impact, Stone scored her 16 points off of 8 of 11 shooting, while adding three assists and two blocks to go with her 11 boards.

Through 22 games, she has 135 points (6.1 a night), 129 rebounds (5.9), 24 assists, 12 steals and nine blocks.

Stone is #2 on the team in rebounding, even with coming off the bench in her first 16 games, and is tied for #2 in field goal percentage, hitting 51% (60 of 117).

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Heartbreak, but also hope!!

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged Basketball, Chimacum, CHS Wolves, Hunter Downes, man bun, overtime on January 6, 2017| Leave a Comment »

Hunter Smith knocked down a team-high 15 Friday night in an overtime loss. (John Fisken photos)

Gabe Wynn tossed in 11, including a one-of-a-kind three ball.

So much went right, that what didn’t, hurts worse.

The Coupeville High School boys’ basketball squad, thin on bodies, thin on experience and still battling to find its groove, looked as good Friday night as it has at any point this season.

The Wolves played smart team ball to open things, didn’t break when visiting Chimacum made its big run, and rallied late to force overtime.

But truly awful free-throw shooting prevented Coupeville from winning in regulation, and a dagger of a three-ball in the extra period knifed its final chance, sending the Wolves tumbling to a 63-56 loss that never should have been.

The loss drops CHS to 1-4 in Olympic League play, 1-11 overall. It also, for the moment, knocks them out of a playoff spot.

The top three teams in the league go to the postseason, and right now that’s Port Townsend (3-0), two-time defending league champ Chimacum (3-1) and Klahowya (1-3).

Coupeville still largely controls its own fate, with four league games left including the third and deciding match-up with Klahowya, who the Wolves have split with.

CHS doesn’t play another league game until Jan. 20, with its next three being non-conference affairs against Sequim, Mount Vernon Christian and North Mason.

A win Friday would have been huge, both in terms of positioning in the league standings, and in the psychological boost it would have offered the Wolves.

“I wanted it for the kids,” said Coupeville coach Anthony Smith. “I’m proud of the way we went at it. It was a good team effort, from the whole team.

“We keep battling and getting better,” he added. “It was there … it was there.”

The Wolves had battled back from a 10-point deficit (a 13-0 Chimacum run to open the second quarter was the only stretch that really stung Coupeville), and reclaimed the lead late in the fourth.

Ethan Spark split two defenders for a driving layup to knot the game up at 47, then the Hunter-to-Hunter connection gave CHS mometary control.

Flying full-tilt down the floor, Hunter Smith sucked the defense in, then rose up and fired a vicious pass over the top to Hunter Downes.

The ball hit his mitts with a bang, but the battle-hardened Downes, who enjoyed his best offensive performance of the season, held on, then spun the ball over his shoulder for a game-breaking layup.

Neither team blinked in the final two minutes, with Chimacum packaging a pair of buckets in the paint around another basket from Spark to leave things at 51-51.

Both squads had a chance to take the advantage at the charity stripe in a rough-and-tumble game that featured more than its fair share of fouls, but couldn’t do it.

Downes hit one of two to push the lead to 52-51, before the Cowboys slid one freebie through the nets, then clanked the second the very next time down the floor.

There were no Stephen Curry’s in the gym Friday, as the two schools combined to make just 26 of 50 free throws.

While Chimacum (10-19) edged Coupeville (16-31) at 52.6% to 51.6%, it was the sheer number of misses, and the fact they came from everyone on the floor, that really killed the Wolves.

The final 73 seconds of action was a tense, defensive battle, with neither team able to budge the scoreboard.

Spark narrowly missed on a three-ball with four ticks on the clock, while Chimacum’s half-court chuck at the buzzer went way wide right.

Once in overtime, things broke quickly, and badly.

Two quick Cowboy buckets off of transition put Coupeville in a hole, though it did battle back.

Gabe Wynn took an offensive rebound pack up for a bucket, then Wynn and Downes each made one of two at the line to pull the Wolves within 58-56.

Needing a defensive stand, CHS instead watched its plans crumble as Chimacum knocked down a three-ball with 38 seconds to play, effectively ending the night on a sour note.

It had started so positively, with the Wolves running out to a 9-6 lead after the first eight minutes, despite not getting a single point from their top two scorers, Hunter Smith and Wynn.

Instead, it was Downes, with four, including a gorgeous trey from deeeeeeeeeeep in the left corner, leading the way.

Brian Shank added three and Steven Cope hit a soft jumper after backing his man down to close the quarter, while Coupeville’s defense held Chimacum scoreless for the game’s first four minutes.

The Cowboys got their fairly annoying, man-bun-wearing bench to its happy place by raining down the first 13 points of the second quarter, but the Wolves didn’t break.

CHS closed the half on a 7-2 tear, sparked by two buckets from Shank, to get back to within three, then snatched the lead back at 38-35 in the third.

It came off of a trey from Wynn on which the ball hit the rim, popped upwards, curled around the glass, froze in mid-air to get its picture taken, then dropped softly through the net.

Hunter Smith paced the Wolves with 15, while Wynn and Downes each knocked down 11.

Spark (9), Shank (7) and Cope (3) rounded out the scoring attack, while Joey Lippo, Ariah Bepler and Cameron Toomey-Stout brought the defensive heat.

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Wolves weather storm, win thriller!!

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged Basketball, CHS Wolves, Kalia Littlejohn, Lindsey Roberts, Orcas Island, overtime on December 31, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Kailey Kellner (left) and Lindsey Roberts combined for 14 points and 28 rebounds Friday as Coupeville won in overtime. (John Fisken photo)

It’s not how you start, it’s how you finish.

Overcoming a rocky beginning, the Coupeville High School girls’ basketball squad came roaring back late Friday, turning a double-digits deficit into a wild one-point overtime win.

Pulling out a 42-41 non-conference thriller at Orcas Island, the Wolves, who hadn’t played in nine days, soared to 6-3 heading into the new year.

Coupeville, which has played seven of nine games on the road this season, will stay in road warrior mode next week, when it faces perhaps its biggest test of the season.

The Wolves, 2-0 in 1A Olympic League play, travel to Port Townsend (2-0) Tuesday and Chimacum (1-2) Friday.

As they aim to keep their 20-game league winning streak alive, the Wolves are hoping for more of how they played down the stretch Friday, and less of how they opened the game.

Coupeville, which found itself in a 18-8 hole after a rough first quarter, scraped away at the Vikings, but still trailed by seven entering the fourth.

Utilizing a strong press and crafty shot-making, CHS dominated in the final quarter of regulation, however, using a 12-5 surge to knot things up at 38 and give the fans extra action.

Coupeville got something from everyone down the stretch, with Mia Littlejohn knocking down a huge three-ball to spark things.

Lindsey Roberts scored four of her team-high 10 in the fourth, while Kailey Kellner dropped in three and both Kalia Littlejohn and Mikayla Elfrank tickled the twines on a successful free throw.

If the Wolves could have been a bit sharper from the charity stripe, there would have been no need for overtime, as CHS connected on just 11 of 26 free throws on the night.

With neither team able to deliver a knockout punch at the end of regulation, overtime beckoned.

Orcas drew first blood with a bucket, but Kalia Littlejohn immediately sliced through the Viking defense to re-tie the game with a basket of her own.

After that, neither team could hit from the field, but free throws from Mia Littlejohn (tying things at 41) and Kellner (pushing Coupeville ahead 42-41) were crucial.

Orcas had the ball and a chance to win with 2.5 ticks left on the clock, but the Wolves successfully hounded the Vikings ball handler down the sideline, preventing a final shot before time expired.

The finish was quite a turn-around from the start.

A bit rusty from the week-and-a-half break between games, and bothered by illness, the Wolves came out a step slow in the early-afternoon game.

“The first quarter continues to be a struggle for us; today was no different,” said Coupeville coach David King. “Offensively we are slowing the ball down too much and ending a possession with a rushed shot.”

Things picked up, in brief spurts at least, going forward, as the Wolves won the scoring battle in every other quarter.

A huge key was Coupeville’s team-wide defensive effort.

After giving up 18 in the first eight minutes, the Wolves steadily reduced Orcas’ scoring going forth, from eight to seven to five to a meager three in overtime.

Lauren Rose drilled a couple of key shots to set up the fourth quarter rally, while super sophomores Kalia Littlejohn and Roberts played crucial roles all night.

“Seems like this year, from game to game, we have different players stepping up on the offensive end,” King said. “Today it was Lindsey and Kalia.

“Yesterday I challenged Lindsey that the team needs her to be confident on offense and to look to score when she’s open,” he added. “Kalia is a spark plug on defense, but game after game I can see her confidence growing with handling the ball and taking the open shots.”

Eight different Wolves scored, something King loves to see.

“It was truly a team win.”

Kalia Littlejohn dropped in a season-high seven to back Roberts and her 10 points, while Mia Littlejohn (6), Rose (5), Tiffany Briscoe (4), Kellner (4), Elfrank (4) and Kyla Briscoe (2) all scored.

A huge factor in the comeback win was Coupeville’s relentless work on the boards.

Kellner snatched 15 and Roberts hauled in 13 as CHS made off with 52 caroms, including 28 on the offensive end.

“The players aren’t quitting. We talked about getting back into the game with our defense,” King said. “It’s great seeing the fight and will to win games like this.

“Once we put a first half together like our last two second halves we won’t have to climb out of the hole we put ourselves in,” he added. “It’s a process and we are seeing signs that have us headed in the right direction.”

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Do the victory dance (times two)!!

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged Basketball, buzzer beater, CHS Wolves, Hunter Smith, overtime, Ty Eck on February 6, 2016| Leave a Comment »

JJ Johnson drilled three treys Saturday as Coupeville won a thriller. (John Fisken photos)

Brian Shank teamed with Ty Eck to score 43 points Saturday, fueling a come-from-behind OT win for the Wolf JV.

The game-winning play from the varsity game. (Photo courtesy Trent Diamanti)

Hunter Smith is a killer.

The Coupeville High School sophomore capped a stellar performance Saturday by drilling a game-winning three-ball from the corner at the buzzer, lifting the Wolves to a 54-53 victory at Klahowya.

The win snapped a two-game losing streak for CHS and sent them into the postseason with a 9-10 record. Coupeville finished 4-5 in league play.

As the #3 team from the 1A Olympic League, they will open the postseason with a home game next Thursday, Feb. 11. Tip-off is 7 PM.

It will be a loser-out game against Bellevue Christian, the #4 team from the Nisqually League — a team they beat 53-50 very early in the season.

To see the district bracket, pop over to: http://www.olympicleague.com/tournament.php?tournament_id=1814&sport=3

Smith’s heroics capped a very close game, as the Eagles were looking to avenge a come-from-behind win by Coupeville just a week ago.

The game was knotted at seven after one, before the Wolves crept ahead 19-17 at the half.

Klahowya immediately turned the tables, using a 15-13 third quarter advantage to tie things up again entering the fourth.

With the game winding down, Coupeville was clinging to a 51-50 lead with 55 seconds to play, but went cold from the field.

Klahowya wasn’t much hotter, but crept back ahead 52-51, only to send Coupeville’s Wiley Hesselgrave to the line with a chance to tie with five ticks left on the clock.

The senior guard, normally the best free-throw shooter on the Wolf roster, missed the front end of a one-and-one, and the Eagles added a free throw of their own to pad the margin to two with 2.9 seconds to play.

During his final time-out, Coupeville coach Anthony Smith turned to his assistant, Dustin Van Velkinburgh, who drew up the game-winning play.

Then the Wolves went out and ran Coach V’s play to perfection, with Risen Johnson taking the in-bounds pass and finding Smith for the dagger.

The trey gave Smith 16 for the night, while Gabe Wynn and JJ Johnson each chipped in with nine. Johnson hit one three-ball for every J in his name.

Jordan Ford banged in the paint for seven, while Hesselgrave (5), Risen Johnson (5), Dante Mitchell (2) and Desmond Bell (1) also scored.

JV wins a thriller as well:

Roaring back in the second half, the young guns forced overtime, then pulled away for a 54-49 win.

The Wolves knotted the game at 45, then controlled the extra period to a 9-4 tune to snap a 10-game losing streak and end their season at 3-14.

Defense was a key, as Coupeville held Klahowya to just 16 second-half points.

That helped them overcome a fairly horrifying night at the free-throw line in which they made just 17 of 55 shots.

Ty Eck hit for 25 to pace the Wolves, while Brian Shank knocked down 18, Gabe Eck rattled the rims for seven and Cameron Toomey-Stout chipped in with four.

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Long trip, limited reward!!

Posted in Boys Basketball, Middle School, tagged Basketball, bat country, CMS Wolves, Forks, overtime, Sean Toomey-Stout on January 7, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Daniel Olson and the Wolves fought hard but fell in Forks Thursday. (John Fisken photo)

The Coupeville Middle School boys’ basketball teams ventured into bat country Thursday and returned from Forks (Twilight … bats, you get it) with three losses in three games.

The JV squad, which was a joint venture between the 7th and 8th grade squads, had the best result, pushing their hosts to overtime before falling 33-29.

That game featured a breakout performance by Omar Moralez, who threw down eight of his team-high 12 during a fourth-quarter rally.

Dawson Houston tallied seven in support, Aram Leyva banked home five, Aiden Juras and Gavin Knoblich popped for two apiece and Johnathan Partida swished a free-throw to round out Coupeville’s scoring.

Tucker Hall, Jaylen Nitta, Michael Laska, Gage Powers, Ben Smith and Alex Jimenez also saw floor time in that game.

Coupeville’s varsity squads had a little more trouble scoring, racking up a combined 34 points across two losses in which final scores were buried on the side of the road before boarding the bus home.

The 7th grade Wolves were held to a season-low 14, with Jake Mitten leading the way with eight.

Matthew Kelley added five, including a three-ball, while Daniel Olson netted a free throw.

Sage Downes, Dakota Eck and Smith also saw action for the younger varsity squad.

Coupeville’s 8th grade varsity did a little better, tallying 20 points.

Sean Toomey-Stout was top dog with nine, while Koa Davison added six. Mason Grove netted three, all on free-throws, and Jered Brown dropped in a bucket.

Jacobi Pacquette-Pilgrim, Jean Lund-Olsen, Andrew Martin and Ulrik Wells ventured onto the court in Forks as well.

The Wolves have an immediate turn-around, venturing back on the road Friday to play Blue Heron Middle School in Port Townsend.

That’s a makeup for an earlier set of games that was denied by bad weather and timid ferry captains.

Coupeville has its final home games of the season Monday, Jan. 11 against Stevens (2:45 tip).

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