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Wolf JV savages Loggers

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged , , , , on January 17, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Kyle McCrimmon lines up a shot. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

We may never know the final score for sure, but it was a win.

A big, big win.

Playing for the first time in a week, the Coupeville High School JV boys’ basketball squad crunched host Darrington Friday night, running the Loggers off their own court.

Was the final score 47-18, as the scoreboard showed?

Or 52-18, as the book has it?

Mysteries, eternal mysteries, doomed to fade into the fog of memory.

For now, just call it a victory, one which lifts the Wolves to 4-1 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 5-4 overall, and hands the CHS young guns their third consecutive W.

It was a game dominated by the visitors, as Coupeville dropped in the first 13 points to open things, before eventually settling for a 13-2 lead after one quarter, and a 27-9 advantage at the half.

From there, the Wolves continued to bang away, caressing Darrington’s unique backboards with their picture-perfect shots.

Five different CHS players drained a three-ball, with nine of 12 scoring on the night.

We’re going with the 52 points shown in the books — this is Coupeville Sports, after all, and we’re unabashedly homers — with Riley Lawless leading the way with eight.

Mahkai Myles (7), Easton Green (7), Kyle McCrimmon (6), Malachi Somes (5), Carson Grove (5), Davin Houston (5), Sage Arends (5), and Liam Blas (4) round out the scoring in this scenario, with Nathan Coxsey, Khanor Jump, and Jayden Little also seeing floor time.

The Wolf young guns will sit out next Tuesday’s home games with Concrete, as the Lions are having trouble fielding a second unit, but return to action Jan. 24 when CHS travels to Orcas Island.

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Late surge upends JV boys

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged , , , , on December 20, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Riley Lawless powers to the hoop. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

The first three chapters? Great.

The finale? Not as much fun.

Giving up a late run to visiting Sultan Friday, the Coupeville High School JV boys’ basketball team fell 47-37 in its last game before winter break.

Now 2-4 on the season after the non-conference loss, the Wolf young guns don’t return to action until Jan. 7, when they travel to Friday Harbor.

Friday’s fracas with Sultan was a back-and-forth affair, with CHS leading much of the way.

Up 13-7 after one quarter, the Wolves were still on top at 21-18 heading into halftime.

While Sultan used a 13-10 mini-run in the third to knot things up at 31-31, the game was right there for the grabbing.

Unfortunately for Coupeville, it was the Turks who did the grabbing, powering to the finish line with a 16-6 tear across the game’s final eight minutes.

While they lost, the Wolves did have balanced scoring, with seven different players hitting the bottom of the net.

Riley Lawless led the way with a team-high nine points, with Davin Houston (8), Mahkai Myles (5), Liam Blas (5), Carson Grove (5), Malachi Somes (3), and Kyle McCrimmon (2) also scoring.

It was McCrimmon’s first points of the season.

Nathan Coxsey, Jayden Little, Sage Arends, and Khanor Jump also hit the floor for the Wolves.

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He is the law!!

Posted in Football, tagged , , , , on October 10, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Try to escape the iron grip of Riley Lawless? As if. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

A mere 29 years ago, Sylvester Stallone stared into the camera while making Judge Dredd and intoned, “I am the law!”

And while it’s probably fairly unlikely that current Coupeville High School sophomore Riley Lawless has ever watched that 1995 “cinema classic,” he’s upholding Sly’s mantra.

Mainly by making sure no one, and I mean no one, gets away from his tackles on the gridiron.

As seen in the pics above and below, Lawless (and his Grip o’ Death) is one huge reason the Wolf defense has sparked CHS football to a 4-1 start this season.

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Hoops stars net awards, letters

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

Hunter Bronec owns the paint. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

They shoot, they score.

Whether on the hardwood or at a season-ending awards banquet, Coupeville High School basketball players racked up big-time success this season.

The Wolf boys’ varsity shared a league title, captured the Bi-District crown outright, and advanced to the state tourney for the second time in three seasons.

The Wolves celebrate adding more hardware to the trophy case.

Meanwhile the JV hoops stars torched nearly everyone in sight, racking up a 14-2 mark while running most foes off the floor.

With the basketballs put away and uniforms turned in, the Wolves gathered as a unit one final time Tuesday, with Brad Sherman and his coaching staff handing out letters and awards.

In the year’s biggest non-surprise, senior Logan Downes was hailed as the varsity Player of the Year.

That comes on the heels of the program’s all-time leading scorer winning Northwest 2B/1B League MVP and being tabbed as an All-State player.

Cole White snagged Defensive Player of the Year for the varsity, while Ryan Blouin earned the Wolf Award.

Rounding out the night’s honorees were Nick Guay (Sixth Man Award), Thomas Studer (Heart of Service Award), and Chase Anderson (Sunrise Award).

Eight of Coupeville’s nine seniors played all four years for the Wolves, with Zane Oldenstadt, William Davidson, Mikey Robinett, and Quinten Simpson-Pilgrim joining Downes, White, Blouin, and Guay.

On the JV side of things, Aiden O’Neill was tabbed as Player of the Year, with Camden Glover (Offense) and Landon Roberts (Defense) also hailed for their work.

Jack Porter took home the Wolf Award, with Riley Lawless noted for his work as Sixth Man of the Year.

Riley Lawless (right) gets down ‘n dirty.

 

Varsity letter winners:

Chase Anderson
Ryan Blouin
Hunter Bronec
Hurlee Bronec
William Davidson
Logan Downes
Nick Guay
Timothy Nitta
Zane Oldenstadt
Mikey Robinett
Quinten Simpson-Pilgrim
Cole White

 

Varsity participation certificates:

Aiden O’Neill
Landon Roberts

 

JV participation certificates:

Sage Arends
Camden Glover
Easton Green
Davin Houston
Riley Lawless
Jayden McManus
Mahkai Myles
Aiden O’Neill
Jack Porter
Johnny Porter
Landon Roberts
Malachi Somes

 

Managers:

Kyle McCrimmon 
David Somes
Thomas Studer 

Throwing fear into rivals everywhere.

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Once more unto the bus

Posted in Boys Basketball, Middle School, tagged , , , , on December 7, 2022| Leave a Comment »

Wyatt Fitch-Marron scored six points Wednesday. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

No more road trips.

Wednesday’s trek to Everett to face Northshore Christian Academy was the final time this season the Coupeville Middle School boys’ basketball squad will bounce across the backroads of America.

After this the Wolves cap the 2022 season with a pair of home rumbles, welcoming Sultan to The Rock Monday, Dec. 12, before hosting South Whidbey two days later.

Those games will put a bow on a season of learning and improvement, as CMS coaches Craig Anderson, Jon Roberts, and Jaylen Nitta continue to finetune the collective skillsets of their assembled players.

How the final off-Island excursion went:

 

Level 1:

Northshore played a “staggering press” and drove the Wolf ballhandlers bonkers in a lopsided 45-8 win.

The hosts went up 34-0 at the half, as Coupeville struggled to adapt while missing leading scorer Jayden McManus, who was out sick.

“Missing Jayden again is a true bummer,” Roberts said. “He is a KEY competitor on our team.

“His inside presence on defense keeps the other team off. On offense his inside game opens up our outside game. Alas that didn’t happen.”

Roberts was pleased, however, with how his team responded in the second half.

Instead of hanging their heads and accepting the loss, the Wolves manned up and fought Northshore virtually even across the third and fourth quarters.

“What I did see was a team after halftime that used the anger of being nearly beat to pulp to find a lower gear and the result was far better defensive play,” Roberts said.

“Steal attempts, riding players hard to the bucket and picking up fouls. Getting rebounds and going HARD back to the bucket.

“Coaches emphasized grit, toughness in practice on Tuesday. We saw some of this today.”

Riley Lawless paced CMS with four points, while Davin Houston and Chayse Van Velkinburgh each popped for a bucket.

Carson Grove, Sage Arends, Mahkai Myles, Joshua Stockdale, and Nic Laska helped round out the Wolf roster.

 

Level 2:

Northshore is the only Cascade League school not to field three teams, so Coupeville combined players from its second and third squads in a 47-14 loss.

Wyatt Fitch-Marron had the hot hand for the Wolves, rattling the rims for a team-high six points, while Roger Merino-Martinez (4), Jacob Barajas (2), and Liam Lawson (2) also scored.

Lawson had the shot of the afternoon, as Katie Smith’s nephew knocked down a long jumper where he was mere inches away from getting credit for a three-ball.

Hunter Atteberry, Nathan Niewald, Brantley Campbell, Charles Hart, Zach Blitch, Dylan Robinett, Kenneth Jacobsen, and Khanor Jump also saw floor time for CMS.

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