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High-flying Falcons scorch Wolves

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged , , , , on January 12, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Aiden O’Neill (left) and Carson Grove play aggressive defense in an earlier game. (Melanie Wolfe photo)

The winning streak hit a bump in the road.

The Coupeville High School varsity boys’ basketball squad entered play Monday having won three of its last four games but couldn’t get past Auburn Adventist Academy.

The Falcons, who are in the top 10 in the state’s current RPI rankings for 2B schools, jumped on the visiting Wolves from the opening tip and ran away with a 66-35 victory.

The non-conference loss drops CHS to 4-7 on the season, with back-to-back home games against Darrington and Napavine set for this Friday and Saturday.

Brad Sherman’s squad fell behind 17-7 in the first quarter Monday and never got back into the game.

Auburn pushed the lead out to 39-20 at the half, then 51-30 through three quarters, cruising in for a victory which lifts it to 6-2 on the campaign.

Coupeville got most of its scoring from the duo of seniors Camden Glover and Chase Anderson, who banked in 15 and 12 points respectively.

Davin Houston (3), Carson Grove (2), Malachi Somes (2), and Aiden O’Neill (1) also chipped in to the scoring effort, while Nathan Coxsey, Liam Blas, Riley Lawless, and Easton Green rounded out the rotation.

The host team was effective from everywhere on the floor, with Auburn holding a 5-3 advantage on three-balls while also netting seven of nine free throws.

Coupeville got to the line more often than the Falcons did, but couldn’t take advantage, finishing just 10-19 from the charity stripe.

With his 12 points, Anderson moves to 777 for his high school career, which pushes him from #18 to #16 all-time on a CHS boys’ scoring chart which started in 1917.

He passed old-school Wolf legends Barry Brown (769) and Jack Elzinga (770) while in Auburn, with Hawthorne Wolfe (800) and Corey Cross (811) next up.

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Long trip, strong effort

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged , , , , , on January 3, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Nathan Coxsey drills a jumper during warmups. (Jackie Saia photo)

Time to knock the rust off.

Back in action after a nearly three-week gap between games due to the holidays, the Coupeville High School JV boys’ basketball team hit the floor Saturday a long way from home.

Playing Morton-White Pass in a non-conference bout, the Wolves mostly held their own, but couldn’t quite get past their hosts, falling 52-42.

The loss drops CHS to 2-5 on the season, with a home game Tuesday against league rival Friday Harbor next up on the schedule.

The Wolves shooting touch sputtered a bit in the early going Saturday, with the visitors falling behind 14-8 at the first break.

From there, Coupeville hung tough, staying within 22-16 at the half and 37-26 through three quarters.

With Khanor Jump leading the way in the fourth, the Wolves closed with their best offensive effort of the day in the final frame, a good omen for the days ahead.

CHS got points from five players, with Josh Stockdale scoring in all four quarters as he racked up a team-high 13 points.

Liam Lawson (10), Nathan Coxsey (8), Jump (8), and Ayden Warren (3) also kept the scorebook keeper busy, with Trent Thule, Chris Zenz, and Brian Thompson rounding out the rotation.

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Wolves stay feisty on long road trip

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged , , , , on January 3, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Danica Strong played a stellar defensive game Saturday night. (Julie Wheat photo)

Forget about the third quarter and it was a nail-biter.

Having traveled way down the road Saturday, the Coupeville High School varsity girls’ basketball squad squared off with a very-strong Morton-White Pass team and held its own.

Other than in the third quarter.

The host Timberwolves used a 21-7 surge in that frame to capture a 54-38 non-conference win, getting to 8-3 on the season while dropping a scrappy CHS squad to 2-7.

After playing its last four games on the road, Coupeville returns home Tuesday for a Northwest 2B/1B League brawl with Friday Harbor, and Scout Smith’s road warriors will be ready.

Much of what the Wolves did Saturday worked, from strong team-wide rebounding efforts to a balanced offensive attack.

Trailing just 11-10 at the first break with senior Teagan Calkins having rained down eight points fueled by a pair of three-balls, Coupeville was bidding for the upset.

MWP slightly stretched the margin out to 25-20 at the half, then pulled away with a decisive burst in the third.

Even then, the Wolves fought back, closing the game on an 11-8 run sparked by a rampaging Tenley Stuurmans.

The sophomore sensation finished with a team-high 11 points, while Haylee Armstrong, Coupeville’s top scorer this season, added 10 more to her total.

Calkins (9), Arianna Cunningham (6), and Adeline Maynes (2) rounded out the offense for CHS, with Danica Strong, Kennedy O’Neill, and Lexis Drake also seeing floor time.

Strong anchored Coupeville’s defense, ripping down six rebounds and rejecting three shots, while Calkins also snared six boards.

Armstrong, Cunningham, and Maynes each collected five rebounds apiece as the Wolves fought for every carom.

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Cold start derails upset bid

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged , , , , on December 13, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Davin Houston torched the nets for a varsity career-high 19 points Friday afternoon. (Julie Wheat photo)

A strong finish. Balanced scoring. Better than average free throw shooting.

There were a lot of positives Friday afternoon for the Coupeville High School varsity boys’ basketball team as it played its first road game of the year.

Unfortunately for the Wolves, there was just one negative — a cold start — and it proved to be too much to overcome in a 63-56 loss on Orcas Island.

With the defeat to the undefeated (3-0) Vikings, the Wolves slip to 0-1 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 1-4 overall, with a home game against Mount Vernon Christian set for Tuesday.

Friday’s rumble featured the varsity boys playing first, and whether it was the long ferry ride or something else, Coupeville wasn’t clicking at first, falling behind 18-4 through one quarter of play.

Orcas sank four of its five three-balls in the opening frame, with Viking gunner Joe Stevens nailing three as he singed the nets for 13 of his team-high 19 points to set the early pace.

After that, however, the Wolves found their rhythm, outscoring their hosts 52-45 the rest of the way.

Coupeville cut the deficit down to 31-22 at the half, saw it get nudged back out to 45-34 after three quarters, then poured in 22 points across the game’s final eight minutes.

CHS didn’t get to the free throw line as often as Orcas did, but shot with much more consistency once there, sinking 17-22 attempts while the Vikings clanked their way to a 14-29 performance.

Brad Sherman’s squad also had the kind of balanced scoring any coach likes to see, with three different players landing in double figures.

Davin Houston, who had 11 varsity points to his credit coming into the contest, went off for a game-high 19, scoring in every frame and doing it in a variety of ways.

The Wolf junior knocked down a pair of three-balls, as did senior Chase Anderson, who had 13 points, while Camden Glover banged home 16 while controlling the paint.

Malachi Somes (4), Riley Lawless (2), and Aiden O’Neill (2) also tallied points, with Liam Blas, Carson Grove, and Easton Green seeing floor time.

With his 13 points, Anderson gets to 676 and moves from #26 to #24 on the CHS boys career scoring chart, passing ’70s legend Foster Faris (668) and ’90s big man Virgil Roehl (674).

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Scrappy Wolves wage hardwood war

Posted in Boys Basketball, Middle School, tagged , , , , , on November 22, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Kamden Ratcliff left it all on the floor Thursday. (RayLynn Ratcliff photo)

It was a split decision.

Playing on the road in Everett Thursday, the Coupeville Middle School boys’ basketball teams nabbed a nailbiter win and a hard-fought loss while squaring off with Northshore Christian Academy.

It was the third straight trip off-Island for the road warriors, who now get to stick to Whidbey the rest of the way.

Coupeville has four of its final five games at home, beginning with a bout with Granite Falls this coming Tuesday, Nov. 25, along with one short trek to Langley to face South Whidbey.

 

How Thursday played out:

 

Team #1:

Coupeville came out on fire but hit a bit of an offensive lull in the middle of the game, eventually falling 55-40.

The Wolves put up a spirited battle, however, with Diesel Eck (13), Kamden Ratcliff (12), and River Simpson (9) combining to score 34 of their team’s points.

Ratcliff was an equal opportunity threat, pounding the boards and “handling the ball with grace and composure” as he “made action happen with his drives!”

Gracen Joiner rattled the rim for four points in support, while Trey Stewart and Colton Ashby rounded out the offense by netting a free throw apiece.

Xander Beaman and Darius Stewart also saw floor time for the Wolves.

Les Queen rolls to the hoop for a bucket. (Jackie Queen photo)

 

Team #2:

Balanced scoring was the key, as eight different Wolves made the net bounce during a 38-37 win.

Les Queen paced CMS, scoring in all four quarters as he racked up a game-high 15 points.

Abel O’Neil (7), Braxten Ratcliff (4), Henry Purdue (4), Xander Flowers (2), Hayden Maynes (2), Brady Sherman (2), and Nico Strong (2) also kept the scorebook keeper busy.

Rounding out the roster were Liam Stoner, Mario Martinez, Brayden Grinstead, and Dreyke Mendiola.

 

Team #3:

Northshore only goes two teams deep, so the Wolves sat this one out.

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