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Lose? I think not!!

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged , , , , , on January 30, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Lauren Rose (John Fisken photos)

Lauren Rose is showing five fingers, one for each victory in Coupeville’s current winning streak. (John Fisken photos)

Skyler Lawrence sparked the Wolves with 11 points and seven boards Friday.

Skyler Lawrence sparked the Wolves with 11 points and seven boards Friday.

ABC. Always be closing.

While it’s very possible none of the eight young women on the Coupeville High School JV girls’ basketball team have every heard of, much less seen, the 1992 salesmen-going-crazy film  “Glengarry Glen Ross,” they lived out its credo Friday night.

Refusing to buckle after visiting Klahowya used a 12-2 fourth quarter run to snatch away the lead, the Wolves pulled off a flawless final minute to net their fifth straight win.

Closing on a 7-1 surge, with two buckets coming off of steals and another off of a ferocious offensive rebound, CHS snagged a frantic 40-35 win that would have left Wolf coach Amy King hoarse, if she wasn’t already losing her voice to a cold.

Now a shiny 11-5 overall, 6-0 in Olympic League play, Coupeville got the win by remaining composed, remaining focused and being stone-cold, bad-ass assassins.

When your nine-point lead slips away and the clock won’t run out fast enough to save you, most teams would crumble.

Not the Wolves.

A 31-22 lead turned into a 34-33 deficit in a mere heartbeat, the game seemingly slipping away.

Then Coupeville slammed the brakes on. Hard.

Kailey Kellner shredded two defenders to snag an offensive rebound, putting it back up and in to reclaim the lead, before steals by Lauren Rose and Tiffany Briscoe broke Klahowya’s back.

Rose fed Kyla Briscoe, who banged home a layup.

With Coupeville pressing the ball-handler, the Eagles panicked, allowing Tiffany Briscoe to go airborne on the next play, pick off a pass Richard Sherman-style, and find Kellner for the punctuation mark.

The final 60 seconds mirrored the way the first half had ended.

After struggling out of the gate — the JV played second Friday and it seemed to throw both teams off a bit in the opening minutes — Coupeville closed the half on a 10-3 run to take a 17-16 lead in at the half.

Lauren Grove banked home a jumper, then cut inside and took a pass from Skyler Lawrence for a quick layup, while Lawrence scored six during the run.

The final bucket was a marvel of passing, as the Wolves whipped the ball around the perimeter before Lawrence banked home a shot over two defenders that left her fingers a mere micro-second before the buzzer sounded.

With Kellner, the team’s leading scorer, slowed a bit by illness, Lawrence stepped up to fill the gap, dropping in a team-high 11 points.

She got plenty of support, as Kyla Briscoe (8), Grove (6), Tiffany Briscoe (5), Kellner (5, all in the game’s final minute), Rose (4) and Allison Wenzel (1) all chipped in.

Brisa Herrera was the lone Wolf to not make the scoring column, but the freshman was a feisty fighter in the rebounding pit.

While she saved her scoring for crunch time, Kellner did snag 10 boards and make off with three steals. Grove and Lawrence each hauled in seven boards.

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“Full team effort, full team win!!”

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged , , , , on January 21, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Kailey Kellner popped for a game-high 13 in Wednesday's Wolf JV win. (John Fisken photo)

   Kailey Kellner hit for a game-high 13 in Wednesday’s Wolf JV win. (John Fisken photo)

Relentless.

Pouring it on in every quarter, the Coupeville High School JV girls’ basketball team thrashed visiting Chimacum 46-13 Wednesday night.

The squad’s fifth win in its last seven games, it lifted the young guns to 8-5 overall, 3-0 in Olympic League play.

And while she appreciates every win, the way it was earned made JV coach Amy King especially happy.

“Full team effort, full team win!,” she said. “It always starts with playing hard defense and the offense will come.

“Our defense was solid through the game, which was good, because we struggled on offense throughout the game,” King added. “We weren’t making smart passes or moving the ball well. Luckily we had a few steals and rebounds to get things going.”

The Wolves jumped out to an 11-2 lead after one quarter, stretched that to 18-6 at the break and broke things wide open with a 28-5 second half.

The fourth quarter belonged to Skyler Lawrence, who went for eight of her 10 points in the period.

“Skyler seemed to be open every time down the court. Pass it in and she put up four bank shots in a row,” King said. “It was great to see her patience, confidence and no rush, just took the shots and was rewarded.”

The Wolves got hustle and effort all the way down their eight-player roster, with King tossing extra compliments to a few.

“The Lauren’s (Rose and Grove) got after their point guard while Kailey (Kellner) anticipated passes, getting a steal or tapping the ball out of bounds,” King said. “She did a good job of forcing them to make turn overs.

“Allison (Wenzel) and Brisa (Herrera) were both moving really well and denying passes, looking for the chance to just latch onto the ball.”

Kellner paced Coupeville with 13 points, five rebounds and seven steals while Lawrence added eight rebounds and a steal to her 10 points.

Rose (10 points, two rebounds, six steals), Grove (eight points, five rebounds, four steals), Kyla Briscoe (two points, four rebounds, two steals), Tiffany Briscoe (two points, eight rebounds), Wenzel (one point, five rebounds) and Herrera (three rebounds) filled up the stat sheet.

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Comeback queens strike again!!

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged , , , , on January 18, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Kailey Kellner (John Fisken photosO

Kailey Kellner has led the Wolf JV in scoring this season. (John Fisken photos)

Tiff

After missing several games with an injury, Tiffany Briscoe’s return to the floor has given the Wolves a spark on defense.

Something changed in the locker room.

Down by a bucket at the break, the Coupeville High School JV girls’ basketball squad erupted in the third quarter Saturday, running host Mount Vernon Christian off the floor.

Using a 16-3 surge sparked by the deadly shooting of Kailey Kellner, the Wolves took a close game and blew it wide open, romping to a 42-25 win.

With four wins in their last six games, the young Wolves are now 7-5 on the season.

The key to the second half surge came when CHS took advantage of the openings in the MVC defense, said Wolf coach Amy King.

“There were a lot of gaps and we just weren’t seeing the open lanes or driving the ball well,” she said. “I challenged them to not get so caught up in running the plays that they missed the easy plays.

“Kailey came out on fire and took over. She anticipated their passes, stole the ball, drove it fast up the court and was able to find the openings to the basket over and over,” King added. “When their defense tried to stop her, both Lauren’s (Grove and Rose) and Kyla (Briscoe) did the same.

“Once our rampage started we just never looked back.”

Coupeville’s ability to kick-start its game and work as a unit impressed people on both sides of the ball.

“After our game, the athletic director from MVC paid the team a very high compliment,” King said. “He has not seen a team work so well together, listening to what their coach told them and doing what was asked of them.”

The Wolves got contributions from all seven of their active players, with Kellner pacing the offense with 13 points, five rebounds, four steals and a blocked shot.

Rose and Skyler Lawrence were hot on Kellner’s tail, pouring in eight apiece while Lawrence “made her presence known in the middle and took care of their tallest girl by just playing hard defense.”

“The entire team stepped up with help defense and just doing all that we practice,” King said. “The girls played a complete game. As a team.”

Grove pumped in five points, Allison Wenzel hit for four and the battlin’ Briscoes, Tiffany and Kyla, both swished a bucket apiece to round out the scoring.

Lawrence (six boards), Kyla Briscoe (five rebounds, six steals), Rose (three rebounds, five steals), Grove (four rebounds, four steals, two blocks) and Tiffany Briscoe (three rebounds, two steals) all filled up the stat sheet.

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Beat the clock! Win the day!!

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged , , , on December 13, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Lauren Grove

Lauren Grove and the Wolf JV girls’ hoops squad have won three of their last four games. (John Fisken photo)

Beat the ferry? Check.

Beat Klahowya? Check part two.

Playing second for once, and with one eye on a clock ticking down to a preset departure time, the Coupeville High School JV girls’ basketball squad kept its composure Friday, held its lead and closed the deal.

Using a stellar defensive stand at the end, the Wolves made it a two-win night for the CHS girls’ hoops program, bouncing the host Eagles 36-32.

Not bad considering the young guns got off to a bit of a slow start as they stretched out their muscles.

“We actually came out a bit slow in the first quarter,” said Coupeville coach Amy King. “Road trip and sitting through the varsity game, I guess.

“Still, we were able to spread out our offense and get the key open so we could run our offense,” she added. “All the girls did a good job on defense, talking and moving well.”

While they might not have been as spry as normal, the Wolves (3-2 on the season) were effective, staking themselves to a 9-4 lead after one quarter.

The early highlight came courtesy of Lauren Grove, who made a sharp cut to the basket, and, as her defender went one way and the girl’s shoes the other, took a perfect pass and banked it up for a quick bucket.

Not content to stop there with the razzle-dazzle, CHS hit again.

This time, Kailey Kellner, wandering out in three-point land, drew two defenders and whipped a pass past them into the waiting hands of Kyla Briscoe.

Boom. Two points, and two downcast Eagles.

Rebounding machine Skyler Lawrence made her first appearance of the season in the second quarter and had an immediate impact.

“Skyler made her presence known with her rebounding,” King said. “She, Tiffany (Briscoe), Kyla and Allison (Wenzel) were powerhouses with ripping rebounds all night.”

With Coupeville controlling the boards, Kellner stepped up and got electric, pouring in 14 of her team-high 15 in the middle two periods.

“Kailey had the magic touch and their defense just didn’t stop her,” King said.

Klahowya fought back one final time, cutting the lead to a basket as time was running down.

Enter Mattea Miller, exit any chance of forcing an overtime that probably couldn’t have been played anyway due to time constraints.

With the Wolves digging in, Miller picked Klahowya’s pocket with six seconds to play, out-running the Eagles for a game-clinching shot off the glass.

“Great way to end the game!” said a jubilant King.

Kellner added five boards and a blocked shot to go with her 15 points, while running mate Miller swished eight and snagged two rebounds.

Grove (4), Lawrence (4), Kyla Briscoe (3) and Tiffany Briscoe (2) rounded out the scorers, while the battlin’ Briscoes both hauled in eight boards apiece.

Wenzel (6), Lawrence (6), Grove (4) and Brisa Herrera (1) also brought down rebounds.

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Three times the birthday fun!!

Posted in Happy birthday, tagged , , , , on October 1, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Clockwise, from left, are Dalton Martin, Skyler Lawrence and Grey Rische.

Clockwise, from left, are Dalton Martin, Skyler Lawrence and Grey Rische.

Wolf Nation was not born in a day, but huge chunks of it apparently were.

Today might not be the single biggest blizzard of birthdays involving CHS athletes — Aug. 13 had five, headed up by all-world Valen Trujillo — but Oct. 1 has got some sparkle to it.

At least three young guns all popped into the world on this day, and little did anyone know they would all one day be starring for the red and black.

Dalton Martin started as a football player, morphed into a tennis ace and has brought the heat on the basketball court and track oval.

Grey Rische is a man for all seasons, playing tennis (where he often teams up with brother Jared Helmstadter for doubles), basketball and track.

And Skyler Lawrence is a standout on the basketball court (where I have yet to see another player pull a rebound away from her grasp … ever) and as a track thrower.

The trio share several things beyond a birthday and a school.

All three are hard workers, both in athletics and the classroom, seem to have a genuine sense of joy when they’re playing and stand as solid citizens.

Oct. 1 was very, very good to Wolf athletics and we wish the trio much cake and well wishes. You guys (and gal) deserve nothing less.

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