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Can’t be stopped!!

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged Basketball, CMS Wolves, Matthew Kelley, Mount Vernon, SWISH on January 31, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Daniel Olson and Coupeville’s 7th grade SWISH squad are 3-0 after a win Saturday. (John Fisken photo)

On top of the world.

Or at least on top of the standings, which is where the Coupeville 7th grade boys’ SWISH squad finds itself after nipping the Mount Vernon Mayhem 28-25 Saturday afternoon.

The win lifted the Wolves to a crisp 3-0 and puts them in a first-place tie with Lakewood atop a 15-team league.

Coupeville, which actually has a mix of seventh and sixth graders (and one precocious fourth grader) on its roster, led from start to finish.

Running a high-speed offense that frazzled the bigger Mayhem, the Wolves closed the first quarter on a 10-2 run.

From there they stretched the gap out to 16-6 at the half and 24-14 after three.

With Coupeville running in its young players for much of the fourth quarter, Mt. Vernon made a run to get back in the game, but the Wolf starters returned to close things out at the free-throw line.

Jake Mitten sparked the attack with 12 points and 13 rebounds, while Matthew Kelley filled up the stat sheet with seven points, nine boards, five assists, two steals and a blocked shot.

Daniel Olson banged home six points in support, with Hawthorne Wolfe (2) and Sage Downes (1) rounding out the scorers.

Downes snatched six rebounds, while Connor Barton (4), Wolfe (3), Caleb Meyer (2) and Dakota Eck (1) helped out on the boards.

Wolfe and Barton had two steals apiece, with Downes doling out a pair of assists.

Coupeville returns to action next Saturday, Feb. 6, when it plays the Lake City Gold at Cascade Middle School.

Two other Wolf SWISH squads are also hard at work this season:

8th grade:

Next year’s freshmen, coached by Dakota Brown and Jake Prosser, are playing in a hyper-competitive AA division.

“It’s proving to be a difficult league,” Brown said. “The team has the talent and potential to compete, but needs to find that extra gear and desire to win.

“Rebounds, and defense are key to having success for us!”

4th/5th grade:

Under the guidance of former CHS star Greg White, the youngest squad is 2-2 and had a bye this weekend.

“The kids are really learning a lot but they are very new to competitive b-ball,” White said. “They have a lot of promise, so hopefully we’ll be seeing a lot of good things from them in the future.”

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Beat the buzzer, win the Island!!

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged Basketball, buzzer beater, CMS Wolves, Matthew Kelley, South Whidbey cries, SWISH on January 23, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Matthew Kelley lets fly. (John Fisken photos)

Boom!

Matthew Kelley plunged the dagger in big-time Saturday, as he and his Coupeville SWISH 7th grade boys’ basketball squad pulled off a rally in the final seconds to stun arch-rival South Whidbey.

Kelley scored the game’s final five points, including a buzzer-beating three-ball, to lift the Wolves to a 24-21 win.

The victory improved Coupeville to 2-0 heading into a showdown next weekend with a very strong Mount Vernon Mayhem squad.

After leading for much of the game Saturday, the Wolves fell behind at the worst possible moment.

Down 21-19 with 36 seconds to play, they needed big plays and got them.

Michael Laska, the mighty mite, ripped down a rebound to give the ball back to Coupeville.

After Kelley dropped a quick runner in the key to knot things at 21, the Wolves pressed on the ensuing in-bounds play and disrupted South Whidbey on back-to-back chances.

On the first one, Sage Downes knocked the ball out of bounds.

On the second one, the Falcons threw the ball away, the basketball zinging over the head of a player who turned and clasped his head in frustration.

With the ball in their hands and five ticks on the clock, Coupeville gave the ball to Kelley and he charged straight up-court.

South Whidbey went back on its heels and Kelley went straight up and drilled the wide-open trey, looking a whole lot like Wolf legend Ian Smith when he did the same thing in a high school varsity game at Langley five years ago.

Both shots were game-winners and both shots induced tears in Falcon Nation — a beautiful combo for Wolf fans everywhere.

Kelley paced Coupeville with 13 while Jake Mitten dropped in six.

Hawthorne Wolfe and Daniel Olson added a bucket apiece while Connor Barton rounded out the scoring with a free-throw.

“The boys all played strong,” said Coupeville coach Pat Kelley. “We were just really off until the very end, when it mattered most.”

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Shoot for the top!!

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged Basketball, CMS Wolves, Greg White, John Fisken photos, Matthew Kelley, SWISH on January 18, 2016| Leave a Comment »

CMS 7th grader Matthew Kelley slices to the hoop for a bucket, leading his squad to a big win over Anacortes. (John Fisken photos)

“Take our photo?!?! Of course you can take our photo!!!!!!”

Coupeville’s 8th grade squad features players who will be making the jump to high school ball next year.

Mason Grove leans back and gets a better angle on the hoop he’s about to fill.

Coupeville Sports Hall o’ Famer Greg White (right) is on the scene to impart hoops wisdom to the young guns.

Having retrieved a loose ball, Connor Barton is not anxious to give it back.

Jacobi Pacquette-Pilgrim makes it rain.

Undefeated and it feels so good. Coupeville’s 7th graders (with a few 6th graders and a precocious 4th grader thrown into the mix).

The future of Wolf basketball is on its way, one bucket at a time.

Three Coupeville SWISH boys teams have kicked off their season, and travelin’ photo man John Fisken caught them all in action this past weekend.

The pics above, which showcase players from 4th to 8th grade, are courtesy him.

To see more photos (and possibly purchase some, thereby helping fund scholarships for CHS student/athletes) pop over to:

4th/5th grade — https://www.shutterfly.com/progal/album.jsp?aid=768a5498cf365fb180db

7th grade — https://www.shutterfly.com/progal/album.jsp?aid=768a5498cf365fb215ae

8th grade — https://www.shutterfly.com/progal/album.jsp?aid=768a5498cf365fb380d9

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Fourth quarter? Our time!!

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged Anacortes, Basketball, CMS Wolves, Glengarry Glen Ross, SWISH on January 16, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Matthew Kelley had 16 points and 15 rebounds Saturday, sparking Coupeville’s SWISH squad to a big win. (John Fisken photo)

Always be closing.

I doubt a single player on the Coupeville SWISH boys’ basketball squad has ever heard of Glengarry Glen Ross, much less seen it, but they all played Saturday in a way that would have made Alec Baldwin proud.

Putting together their best basketball in the fourth quarter, the Wolves rode a 12-1 surge to turn a one-point deficit into a comfortable 38-28 win over Anacortes in a game played in Mount Vernon.

The opening day win gave Coupeville, which has a mixture of 7th and 6th grade players (and one 4th grader) a strong start to its eight-game season.

The Wolves came out on fire, jumping all over the Seahawks to the tune of a 12-0 start, then regressed for a bit.

Anacortes rallied back to knot things up at 18 heading into the half, before leading 27-26 after three.

Once the fourth quarter started, though, it was Coupeville time.

Connor Barton hit Danny Barajas with a give-and-go pass, then got the ball back and swooped in for what would turn out to be the game-busting layup.

Clinging to a one-point lead, the Wolves amped up their defensive pressure and created a string of turnovers, converting almost all of them into quick buckets.

Down the stretch, Jake Mitten rolled to six of his 14 points, while Matthew Kelley and Sage Downes each chipped in with a fourth-quarter bucket.

Kelley paced the Wolves with 16 points as he and Mitten combined for 30 of their team’s 38 points.

Downes (4), Daniel Olson (2) and Barton (2) rounded out the scorers.

Mitten added 16 rebounds, four assists and two blocks, while Kelley snatched 15 boards, dealt out three assists and pilfered five steals.

Downes and Olson each had two steals, Hawthorne Wolfe chipped in with an assist and a steal and Alex Jimenez and Logan Martin collected a rebound apiece.

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Tired legs trip up Wolves!!

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged Basketball, CMS Wolves, Ferndale, Jake Mitten, SWISH on January 10, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Dakota Eck and many of his teammates were playing for the third straight day Saturday. (John Fisken photo)

They will sleep well, that’s for sure.

With many of their players pulling on a uniform for the third straight day, having played back-to-back middle school games, the Coupeville 7th grade boys’ SWISH basketball squad was probably a bit tired Saturday.

And it showed, as the Wolves fell 44-26 to Ferndale in their season opener, with turnovers (30+) being the ultimate killer.

Coupeville’s squad is actually a mixture of 6th and 7th graders (plus one precocious 4th grader) so Wolf coach Pat Kelley gave his younger players some serious floor time to allow them to adjust to the new level of play.

“Just played the boys 50% each since we had 10 kids and let the cards fall where they did,” he said. “Our plan was to just get the 6th graders to acclimate to SWISH and get them to settle down. Learned a lot.”

Two of those younger players made an early impact, with Daniel Barajas and Connor Barton drawing praise.

“Danny Blues as we call him made a name for himself. The boy has game,” Kelley said. “Connor showed he can move the ball against the press and the rest will learn their role over the season.

“This team has a very bright future.”

Matthew Kelley paced the Wolves with a double-double, tossing in 11 points to go with 10 rebounds.

Daniel Olson and Jake Mitten (who added a soccer game in the morning to his long weekend) added four points apiece, while Hawthorne Wolf (3), Barton (2) and Alex Jimenez (2) also scored.

Mitten pulled down 10 rebounds and rejected three shots, Olson snagged four caroms and pilfered two steals and Caleb Meyer and Barajas both snatched three boards apiece.

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