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“It was a great team win!”

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged CHS Wolves, girls basketball, Haylee Armstrong, Island rivalry win, JV, SWHS Falcons 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 Boys Basketball, CHS Wolves, Island rivalry win, JV, SWHS Falcons 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 Boys Basketball, CHS Wolves, Island rivalry, Jack Porter, SWHS Falcons 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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Calkins on fire, Wolves scorch Falcons

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged CHS Wolves, girls basketball, Island rivalry win, SWHS Falcons, Teagan Calkins on December 6, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Teagan Calkins, seen in 2023, is off to a red-hot start on the hardwood. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

“The Red Dragon” roared.

Pouring in a game-high 14 points Friday, Teagan Calkins spurred the Coupeville High School varsity girls’ basketball squad to its first win of the young season.

Holding host South Whidbey scoreless through the first period, the Wolves jumped out to a convincing lead, then kept adding to the advantage during a 33-18 Island rivalry triumph.

Now 1-1 on the season, the Wolves have a quick bounce back, hosting Clallum Bay Saturday in a game set to tip at 2:15 PM.

The CHS hoops stars should feel pretty good about themselves when they take the floor for that non-conference rumble, coming off a very-convincing win against their next-door neighbors.

The Wolves jumped out to a 12-0 lead after one frame, with Calkins, Lyla Stuurmans, and Mia Farris combining to scorch the net.

From there things were much more even, but Coupeville still came out on top in every quarter.

The lead blossomed to 19-6 at halftime, then went to 27-14 through three, with Calkins swishing a pair of three-balls en route to scoring all eight Wolf points in the third.

Her 14-point performance comes on the heels of dropping 13 in the season opener.

Farris (5), Lyla Stuurmans (4), Madison McMillan (2), Katie Marti (2), Danica Strong (2), Jada Heaton (2), and Tenley Stuurmans (2) also scored for Megan Richter’s squad.

Capri Anter made her varsity hoops debut for the Wolves, as well, while Baylie Kuschnereit and Juliette Wood paced South Whidbey with six points each.

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