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Hardball squad learns under fire

Posted in Baseball, tagged , , , , on March 29, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Landon Roberts, seen here with Aunt Stephanie Blas, tossed two shutout innings Saturday. (Kevin Blas photo)

Can’t score? Can’t win.

It’s a reality in the baseball world, and one that a very inexperienced Coupeville High School team has come to appreciate.

Coming off back-to-back trips to the state tourney, the Wolves find themselves with a thin roster full of largely new-to-the-game players, which is a big part of why the squad has failed to push a run across in five of six games.

The latest loss came Saturday, with Coupeville falling 13-0 to visiting South Whidbey in a non-conference rumble shortened to five innings by the mercy rule.

Having been outscored 63-3 this season, the Wolves now have some time off, with Spring Break keeping them out of games until a trip to Darrington arrives April 8.

Saturday’s island rivalry clash was decided in the middle part of the game, with South Whidbey tossing five runs on the board in the top of the second, then another eight in the third.

Landon Roberts came on to toss two scoreless innings of relief, and he and starting pitcher Carson Grove combined for seven strikeouts on the afternoon.

The Wolves had runners aboard in every inning but couldn’t come up with a game-altering hit.

After two-out singles by Camden Glover and Jayden Little across the first two frames, CHS started the third strongly.

Phin Rhodes cracked a single, followed by Roberts lacing a base knock, but that was where the rally stopped as a strikeout and a double play denied the Wolves.

All total, Coupeville had seven baserunners (six hits, one walk), while the visitors racked up 14 hits and five walks while taking advantage of three Wolf errors.

Collier Honold paced the Falcons with three hits, while his teammates rapped out four doubles.

Grady Davis recorded a pair of two-baggers, with Levi Batchelor and Malachi Pierson also whacking extra base hits for Tom Fallon’s South Whidbey squad, which got to 2-3 with the victory.

 

Saturday stats:

Camden Glover — One single
Carson Grove — One single
Jayden Little — One single
Phin Rhodes — Two singles
Landon Roberts — One single
Trent Thule — One walk

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Falcon ace nabs All-State invite

Posted in Football, tagged , , , , on February 7, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Cody Redford rambles for yardage. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

The Rock will be repped at the season’s last game.

While no Coupeville or Oak Harbor players made the cut this year, South Whidbey senior quarterback Cody Redford has been selected to participate in the Earl Barden Classic.

The game, which goes down June 21 in Yakima, is an all-star event featuring seniors from 2A, 1A, 2B, and 1B football programs.

In the past, Coupeville stars such as Mike Bagby, Dominic Coffman, Josh Bayne, and Ryan Labrador have received the call.

Redford, a dual threat both as a runner and passer, led South Whidbey to back-to-back wins in the annual Bucket Game with Coupeville the past two seasons, and is currently playing basketball for the Falcons.

Among his projected teammates at the summer game, if everyone accepts their invite, are gridiron stars from two-time 2A state champ Anacortes, as well as 2B powers Onalaska and Napavine.

Also on the West roster are players from two other 1A teams Coupeville played this past fall — Klahowya and Cedar Park Christian-Bothell.

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“It was a great team win!”

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged , , , , , on December 6, 2024| Leave a Comment »

The Wolves listen as coach Scout Smith (far left) talks strategy. (Michelle Armstrong photo)

They play just like their coach.

And that’s a good thing. A very good thing.

Handing former Wolf hoops supernova Scout Smith her first win as a high school head coach Friday, the Coupeville High School JV girls’ basketball team decimated host South Whidbey in every facet of the game.

Whether it was Haylee Armstrong terrorizing the Falcon ballhandlers, or Ava Lucero strolling up court to drain a Caitlin Clark-style three-ball from well behind the line, the Wolves were poetry in motion on the hardwood.

The result?

A 40-15 romp which evens Coupeville’s early season record at 1-1 heading into a road trip Monday to the end of the Earth (otherwise known as Forks).

For Smith, among the most cerebral of players in her heyday, the first win as a coach was sweet.

“It was a great team win where we executed our plays and systems very well,” she said. “Everybody contributed and did their role.”

Armstrong, a buzzsaw on both ends of the floor who lives to collect knee burns, fired it up Gary Payton-style on defense.

“Haylee had a great game defensively,” Smith said.

“She was a menace for South Whidbey guards to deal with, causing turnovers, steals, and chaos for their offense.”

Once they had possession of the ball, the Wolves quickly sent the orb crashing through the net, with seven different players scoring.

Lucero topped CHS with 10 — “She had a great night shooting,” Smith said — while Armstrong and Adeline Maynes netted nine apiece.

Ari Cunningham (5), Lexis Drake (3), Chelsi Stevens (2), and Sydney Van Dyke (2) rounded out the multi-pronged offensive attack, with Marin Winger, Capri Anter, Jeann Nitta, Amelia Crowder, and Willow Leedy-Bonifas also seeing floor time.

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JV boys run away with win

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged , , , , on December 6, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Freshman Liam Blas knocked down eight points Friday in a road win. (Photo courtesy Stephanie Blas)

Thrive, and then survive.

Using an inspired run across the middle two quarters Friday, the Coupeville High School JV boys’ basketball team built itself a fairly comfortable lead on host South Whidbey, then played keep-away long enough at the end to run the clock out.

Heading home with a 34-28 win, and a 1-1 record on the season, the young Wolves can look to those 16 minutes in the middle of the game as a true highlight.

Coupeville actually trailed 7-4 at the first break, before going on a big run in the second frame to carry a 20-11 lead into the half.

The Wolves, with freshman Carson Grove poppin’ three balls from the parking lot, then stretched the advantage out to 32-17 through three.

“We clamped down with good D and spread the ball around,” said CHS coach Jon Roberts.

“Our help defense and hedging really made a big difference.”

With Coupeville’s bench playing most of the fourth quarter, the Falcons made a run to shave the lead down from 15 to six but ultimately couldn’t keep the clock from hitting all zeroes.

The Wolves spread out their offense, with eight different players putting their name into the scorebook.

Grove led the way with nine points, while Liam Blas popped for eight and Easton Green banked in six.

Malachi Somes (4), Sage Arends (2), Mahkai Myles (2), Riley Lawless (2), and Davin Houston (1) also scored, with Jayden Little, Kyle McCrimmon, Khanor Jump, and Nathan Coxsey all seeing floor time.

While Coupeville’s varsity plays Saturday, Clallam Bay doesn’t have a JV, so the Wolf young guns will be off until a Monday road trip to the wilds of Forks.

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Slow start, strong finish

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged , , , , on December 6, 2024| Leave a Comment »

CHS coach Brad Sherman is looking for some answers. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Game #2 shared too many characteristics with game #1.

Despite a late rally Friday, the Coupeville High School varsity boys’ basketball team came up short in Langley, falling 45-37 to South Whidbey.

The non-conference loss, which drops the Wolves to 0-2 on the young season, was marked by poor free throw shooting and having to spend most of the game playing from behind.

That was a bad combo against Mount Baker in the opener, and it was a bad combo again.

In both games Coupeville was aggressive and got to the free throw line far more often than its opponent, but then watched way too many charity shots slide off the rim.

The Wolves made just 15 of 30 from the stripe in the opener, and went 7-22 Friday in a game where those shots could have changed the outcome.

Relegated to playing in a ramshackle side establishment while South Whidbey continues to finish work on its destroyed-by-a-flood main gym, the Wolves came out cold against the Falcons.

Down 11-4 after one quarter, things got worse in the second frame, as the Falcons used a hail of three-balls from Cody Redford to build a 35-12 lead.

Something clicked coming out of halftime, however, as the Wolves went on an 18-7 run in the third.

Jack Porter went off for six of his team-high 12 in the frame, with Chase Anderson and Hurlee Bronec adding four apiece, and the lead was down to 42-30.

Clamping down on defense, Coupeville shaved off four more points from the deficit over the game’s final eight minutes but couldn’t find enough buckets of its own to get all the way back.

Chase Anderson and a Falcon battle for the opening tip. (Tammy Glover photo)

While Jack Porter’s 12 was tops, he got support from Hurlee Bronec (8), Camden Glover (5), Hunter Bronec (5), Anderson (4), Johnny Porter (2), and Landon Roberts (1).

With his bucket Johnny Porter becomes the 424th Wolf boy (across 108 seasons) who I’ve been able to document as having scored in a varsity game.

Malachi Somes and Carson Field both saw floor time as well for Coupeville, while Redford topped South Whidbey with 14 points.

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