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Wolf C-Team boys on the rise

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged Boys Basketball, C-Team, CHS Wolves, Dominic Coffman, North Sound Conference, SWHS Falcons on January 17, 2020| Leave a Comment »

Nick Armstrong, seen during football season, scored six points Friday as Coupeville’s C-Team basketball squad battled South Whidbey. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Every time out, a positive.

A fairly-inexperienced band of Coupeville High School boys C-Team basketball players continue to show improvement, and Friday’s trip to Langley was no exception.

While the young Wolves fell 56-28 to host South Whidbey, it was one of their best offensive performances of the season.

Plus, a huge chunk of the points came from two guys who haven’t had much chance to put the ball in the hoop this season, always a good sign.

Friday night it was time for Nick Armstrong and Coen Killian to shine, and the duo came through, dropping in a season-high six points apiece.

Add a team-high eight points for go-go guard Dominic Coffman, six for inside enforcer Ben Smith — back in action after a sustained bout with illness — and two for Brayden Coatney, and the offensive attack was nicely-balanced.

While they didn’t score Friday, Coupeville also got strong work from Ty Hamilton, Caleb Sonntag, Josh Upchurch, and Alex Wasik.

The Wolf young guns are set to see tons of floor time this coming week, unless Mother Nature rears her vindictive head.

The C-Team hosts Cedar Park Christian Monday, travels to King’s Tuesday and CPC Friday, then plays a doubleheader in Granite Falls next Saturday.

The Wolves will face-off with both the host Tigers and Sultan that day.

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“We’ll get them when they come to our house!”

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged CHS Wolves, girls basketball, Island rivalry, JV, Ryanne Knoblich, SWHS Falcons on January 17, 2020| Leave a Comment »

Morgan Stevens and the Coupeville JV are a crisp 6-3 on the season. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Mark February 4 on your calendar, cause that’s revenge night.

After being nipped at the very end of a tense struggle with arch-rival South Whidbey Friday, the Coupeville High School JV girls basketball team is all about the pay-back.

The Wolves may have fallen 30-28, absorbing the first ding on their league record, but they’ll be ready for the rematch.

“I’m really proud of these girls and the work they have put in so far this season,” said Wolf JV coach Megan Smith.

“We played really hard and had some fantastic moments!,” she added. “In the end, they just outhustled us and came out on top.

“But we’ll get them when they come to our house!”

Friday’s loss drops Coupeville’s young guns to a still spiffy 3-1 in North Sound Conference play, 6-3 overall.

Back on the floor for the first time in a week, after surviving Snowmageddon 2020, the Wolves had a little trouble with their shooting touch in the early going Friday night.

Unable to hit from the floor, all CHS could rustle up was a free throw apiece from Ella Colwell and Abby Mulholland, and trailed 8-2 at the first break.

And then, in an instant, the Wolves flipped a switch, running off more than half their points during a 17-7 second-quarter explosion.

Freshman Gwen Gustafson flipped the nets skyward, dropping in six in the frame, while Savana Allen and Mulholland added four apiece, and just like that, Coupeville was in the lead.

Up 19-15 at the half, the Wolves were still ahead 23-21 after three quarters, and had their chances to take the game in the fourth.

While it wasn’t to be, CHS did get balanced scoring, with Gustafson pacing the squad with eight points.

She was joined in the scoring column by Mulholland (7), Allen (6), Colwell (3), Alita Blouin (2), and Ryanne Knoblich (2), while Morgan Stevens and Jessenia Camarena also saw floor time.

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Milestones rain down in rivalry win

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged Chelsea Prescott, CHS Wolves, girls basketball, Island rivalry, North Sound Conference, SWHS Falcons on January 17, 2020| Leave a Comment »

Senior sharpshooter Scout Smith rattled the rims for 13 Friday as Coupeville bounced arch-rival South Whidbey. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

They were a two-woman wrecking crew.

Outscoring South Whidbey by themselves Friday, Scout Smith and birthday girl Chelsea Prescott torched the nets for 13 points apiece, lifting the Coupeville High School varsity girls hoops squad to a major rivalry win.

Getting stronger as the night went on, the Wolves rolled to a 34-25 road win in Langley, improving to 3-1 in North Sound Conference action.

Now 8-3 overall, Coupeville won by clamping down on defense, hitting some key three-balls, and overcoming another shaky night at the free throw line.

The Wolves connected on just 3-12 at the charity stripe, continuing a season-long struggle, but made up for it in every other facet of the game.

On the day she celebrated her 17th birthday, Prescott had the hot hand early, banking in five points in the opening quarter to stake CHS to a 10-8 lead.

From there, the Wolves steadily pulled away, using 10-4 and 10-6 surges across the next two frames to build a 30-18 lead heading into the fourth.

Prescott continued to bang away on the offensive end, while her senior running mate found life fun behind the three-point arc.

Smith drained a pair of three-balls in the second quarter, then came back for another trey in the third, offering up something South Whidbey had no answers for on this night.

With their twin 13-point efforts, both of Coupeville’s shooting stars continue to climb up the CHS girls hoops career scoring chart, which covers 1974-2020.

Smith, now with 239 points, jumps from #50 to #46, passing Mikayla Elfrank (227), Ema Smith (228), Hilary Kortuem (231), and Breeanna Messner (235).

Prescott, just a junior, has tallied 224 points as a high school player, and is on the cusp of also breaking into the Top 50.

She moved from #54 to #51 Friday, elbowing past Beth Mouw (216), Lisa Roehl (216), and Annette Jameson (223).

Coupeville also got scoring from Avalon Renninger (4), Maddie Georges (2), and Hannah Davidson (2) Friday, while Carolyn Lhamon, Izzy Wells, Tia Wurzrainer, and Kylie Van Velkinburgh saw floor time.

Renninger reached a milestone of her own, as her final point of the night, a third-quarter free throw, was the 100th of her career.

Friday’s win kicked off a five-game road trip for the Wolves, who are scheduled to play three times next week.

CHS travels to Granite Falls Monday, Cedar Park Christian Friday, and Port Townsend Saturday.

The first and third games are make-up games after snow and wind, respectively, got in the way the first time around.

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Brutal start dooms CHS boys

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged Boys Basketball, CHS Wolves, Island rivalry, Mason Grove, North Sound Conference, SWHS Falcons on January 17, 2020| Leave a Comment »

Jered Brown tossed in seven points Friday as Coupeville battled Island rival South Whidbey. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Throw out the first three minutes and it was a battle royal.

Recovering strongly after a brutal opening, the Coupeville High School varsity boys basketball squad played host South Whidbey even over the game’s final 29 minutes Friday night.

Unfortunately, that early 14-0 deficit proved to be the difference in a 64-50 loss.

The road defeat drops the Wolves to 1-2 in North Sound Conference action, 4-7 overall, while the high-flying Falcons soar to 3-1, 11-3.

Back in a live game for the first time in seven days, after snow prevented it from playing earlier in the week, Coupeville stumbled badly coming out of the tip-off.

With more turnovers (four) than shot attempts (one) in the first 180 seconds, the Wolves had no answers for the tall, quick Falcons.

Once CHS coach Brad Sherman got his players locked-in, however, they proved capable of holding their own.

With Mason Grove and Sean Toomey-Stout combining for nine points, the Wolves closed the first quarter on an 11-9 mini-surge.

Coupeville’s shooting went ice-cold for a stretch in the second frame, allowing South Whidbey to stretch the margin from 23-11 after one to 38-18 at the half, but there was hope.

Grove rained down a pair of three-balls in both the third and fourth quarters, and the Wolves used 18-15 and 14-11 runs across the final two quarters to shave away at the lead.

The Wolf senior had a hot touch from behind the arc all night, hitting at least one three-ball in every quarter as he rang up seven treys on his way to a team-best 23 points.

But while one CHS player torched the nets, the host Falcons got big-time scoring from a pair of players, with Carson Wrightson and Sterling Patton banking in 23 apiece to tie Grove for game-high honors.

While his one-man shooting show ultimately couldn’t save Coupeville, Grove notched a personal milestone, cracking the Top 100 on his school’s boys basketball career scoring chart.

With his 23 points, he passed 12 former Wolf greats Friday, including Tyler King, Aaron Curtin, and Brian Fakkema.

Grove sits with 291 points, tied with Risen Johnson at #96 for a Coupeville hoops program currently in its 103rd season.

Xavier Murdy and Jered Brown were Grove’s primary back-ups Friday, both dropping in seven points, including a three-ball apiece.

Koa Davison (6), Sean Toomey-Stout (5), and Jacobi Pilgrim (2) also scored for Coupeville, with Jean Lund-Olsen, Hawthorne Wolfe, and Gavin Knoblich seeing floor time.

Thanks to weather make-ups, Coupeville has a busy week ahead.

The Wolf boys host Cedar Park Christian Monday, travel to King’s Tuesday, get a road-rematch with CPC Friday, then host Port Townsend Saturday.

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High school hoops (finally) return

Posted in Basketball, standings, tagged Basketball, CHS Wolves, league standings, North Sound Conference, SWHS Falcons on January 5, 2020| Leave a Comment »

Jacobi Pilgrim and friends return to the court Tuesday after a 16-day break between games. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

They should be well-rested.

The Coupeville High School basketball teams return to action this coming week.

Finally.

What was supposed to be a 12-day gap between games instead stretched out to 16 when Friday’s non-conference tilts at Chimacum were erased by high winds which made the Port Townsend ferry run dicey.

That boat is out of the picture now, and the Wolves are set to kick off the 2020 portion of the 2019-2020 season Tuesday night.

The Coupeville girls are at home, playing Cedar Park Christian with sole possession of first-place in the North Sound Conference at stake, while the Wolf boys travel to Granite Falls.

Then both CHS programs play at home Friday, with Sultan the foe.

As we (finally) move back into hardwood action, a look at the current league standings:

North Sound Conference girls basketball: