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Three-ball barrage sinks CHS girls

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged , , , , on January 27, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Senior Teagan Calkins has been a steadying force for a young Wolf hoops team this season. (Jackie Saia photo)

Some nights you can’t escape the storm.

Tuesday was one of those moments for the Coupeville High School varsity girls’ basketball team, as host Mount Vernon Christian buried an astonishing 15 three-balls en route to a 78-19 win.

The road loss, coming to a team with realistic dreams of competing for a state title, drops the Wolves to 1-7 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 4-12 overall.

Scout Smith’s squad returns to action Friday, when it hosts La Conner, which at 7-1 in conference action, is a half-game back of MVC, which sits at 7-0.

After that Senior Night showdown, the Wolves close the regular season Feb. 6 with a road trip to Friday Harbor.

Tuesday’s clash got off to a brutal start for Coupeville, as the ‘Canes netted seven shots from behind the arc to nab a 33-8 lead heading into the first break.

From there MVC pushed the margin out to 52-15 at the half, then 68-15 after holding CHS scoreless in the third quarter.

Six of 10 Wolves did score on the night, with sophomore Tenley Stuurmans knocking down six points to pace the attack.

Arianna Cunningham (4), Adeline Maynes (3), Teagan Calkins (3), Haylee Armstrong (2), and Lexis Drake also tallied points, with Danica Strong, Capri Anter, Sydney Van Dyke, and Kennedy O’Neill rounding out the rotation.

Maynes, Cunningham, and Calkins each netted a three-ball for the Wolves.

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Let it rain, all night long

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged , , , , , on January 16, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Arianna Cunningham tiptoes her way to the bucket. (Jackie Saia photo)

Sunny day, rainy night. Sort of.

After a sun-drenched mid-January Friday on the prairie, the Coupeville High School varsity girls’ basketball squad went inside and promptly opened up the heavens, raining down nine three-balls on visiting Darrington.

Peppering the Loggers from every angle, while also playing rock-solid defense, the Wolves romped to a 58-25 win to get to 1-4 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 4-9 overall.

Coming hot on the heels of a non-conference win Monday at Auburn Adventist Academy, it gives Scout Smith’s hardcourt warriors their first back-to-back wins of the season.

“Shoot like this every game!” (Jackie Saia photo)

The Wolves will try and keep the good times going next week, with a road trip to Concrete Tuesday and a home clash Friday with Orcas Island.

If they come out firing on both ends of the floor like they did Friday, the win streak will only grow.

Coupeville opened the game by forcing a 24-second shot-clock violation on the Loggers first possession, and never looked back, blanking Darrington 15-0 across the first quarter.

Tenley Stuurmans opened the scoring, snagging a rebound and rolling through a mob of defenders to slap the ball back up and in, then the trey explosion began.

Wolf senior sniper Danica Strong, who netted six of her team’s nine three-balls, hit back-to-back longe-range shots, helped set up a jumper for fab frosh Kennedy O’Neill, then looped back around to splash home yet another three-ball.

With sparkplug Arianna Cunningham piling up rebounds and steals, the CHS defense was brutally efficient, with Darrington not scoring until more than a minute into the second quarter.

By that point, the visitors trailed 18-0 after Teagan Calkins opened the frame by knocking down the first of her three treys, and things were just heating up.

Haylee Armstrong and Calkins converted breakaway buckets off of steals, while Strong couldn’t miss from behind the arc, and the Wolves strolled into the halftime break up 29-10.

Just to drive the point home, CHS went on a second 18-0 run, this time to open the third quarter, with the Wolves pushing the lead all the way out to 37 points.

Darrington, fairly scrappy for only having seven active players on its roster, managed to keep Coupeville from triggering the running clock that comes with a 40-point deficit, but not by much.

The Wolves used all 10 of their players in the lopsided win, with everyone contributing.

Late in the game, O’Neill tickled the twines on a pair of picture-perfect jumpers — one set up by a pass from Sydney Van Dyke — while Capri Anter put on offensive rebound back up and in under extreme pressure.

Coupeville’s long-range gunners led the scoring attack, with Strong banking in a game-high 18 points and Calkins hot on her heels with 17 of her own.

O’Neill (6), Armstrong (5), Stuurmans (5), Adeline Maynes (2), Anter (2), Cunningham (2), and Lexis Drake (1) also scored, with Van Dyke crashing to the floor in pursuit of loose balls when she wasn’t setting up her teammates with artful passes.

It was a historical night for Calkins, with “The Red Dragon” moving into the top 30 scorers all-time for a CHS girls’ varsity hoops program which has been going since 1974.

With her performance Friday, she passes Kailey Kellner (339) and Tracy Taylor (350) and sits with 352 points.

 

No JV game:

Darrington only has one squad, so Alita Blouin’s team didn’t get a chance to play. Instead, they enthusiastically supported their varsity counterparts from the bleachers.

Coupeville’s young guns await their return to the hardwood. (Melanie Wolfe photo)

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Splash sisters fall to balanced Braves

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged , , , , , on January 10, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Kennedy O’Neill hits the floor ready to go. (Jackie Saia photo)

They made it rain but still got washed away.

The Coupeville High School varsity girls’ basketball squad nailed a season-high eight three-balls Friday night in La Conner, but ultimately couldn’t overcome a consistent, relentless Braves squad.

Despite the long-range barrage, the Wolves fell 60-44, dropping their record to 0-4 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 2-9 overall.

CHS will get a chance to bounce back next week, when it travels to Auburn Adventist Academy Monday before hosting Darrington Friday in a conference rumble.

Friday’s showdown in La Conner featured a lot of successful shots from behind the arc, with Teagan Calkins and Haylee Armstrong each splashing home a trio of treys, while Arianna Cunningham and Adeline Maynes netted a solo three-ball apiece.

The Braves countered by hitting from just about everywhere, racking up five three-balls of their own, and a whole lot of two-point field goals.

La Conner sharpshooters Faith Jenkins and Maeve McCormick each went off for 10 points in a single quarter to spark the hometown hardwood heroes, finishing the game with 24 and 15 points, respectively.

That allowed the Braves to take a narrow 9-7 lead after one quarter of play and stretch it out to 22-14 at the half and 42-31 through three frames.

Armstrong and Calkins paced Coupeville, scoring 13 points apiece, while Tenley Stuurmans added eight in support.

Maynes (3), Cunningham (3), Danica Strong (2), and Kennedy O’Neill (2) also scored for the Wolves, as all seven girls to hit the floor for Scout Smith’s team tallied points.

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Scrappy Wolves bounce big city rival

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged , , , , on December 31, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Fab frosh Kennedy O’Neill is a wild child when it comes to cleaning the boards. (Jackie Saia photo)

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

So, that sound you heard Wednesday morning coming from Bellingham? Not a single tree crashing to the Earth, but an entire forest going down.

Proving grit and talent outweighs size, the Coupeville High School varsity girls’ basketball team clobbered Federal Way 43-39 to close out the three-day, 16-team Trojan Storm Classic hosted by Meridian.

The win puts a cap on 2025 for the Wolves and gets Scout Smith’s squad to 2-6 on the season.

It came in a game which featured a 2B school which is listed with 192.50 students in the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association classifications and a 3A institution with 1,219.38 students on its books.

Wednesday’s tourney finale, which tipped off at the crack o’ dawn (or 8:00 AM…) capped a strong run for the young Wolves.

Coupeville opened the holiday tourney with a very competitive loss to 1A Blaine, then lost a one-point thriller to 1A South Whidbey before thrashing their big city rivals.

Federal Way pushed the intensity of the game, but the Wolves remained calm and composed in the spotlight, something their coach was pleased to witness.

“The girls did an excellent job keeping their cool and playing tough against a very physical and aggressive opponent,” Smith said.

“I am very proud of the way that we kept our head against an opponent that did their best to rile us up.”

The Wolves clamp down on defense. (Jackie Saia photo)

Wolf gunners Haylee Armstrong and Tenley Stuurmans combined to deliver nine points to the rim in the first quarter, as CHS built an 11-7 lead heading into the initial break.

The second quarter was a 9-9 stalemate, with Wolf senior Teagan Calkins popping for seven, before Coupeville ever so slightly stretched the lead out to 30-25 through three frames.

The fourth was a wild one, with the teams combining for 27 points, but the Wolves had an answer for everything Federal Way threw its way.

Armstrong went off for 11 of her game-high 18 points over the final eight minutes, including splashing home a trio of three-balls under pressure.

Also, Danica Strong tickled the twines, hitting both of her late-game free throws, while Federal Way rimmed out five of its six opportunities at the stripe in the final frame.

For the game, the Wolves were 7-16 on charity shots, while their foes stumbled to a 3-14 performance.

Coupeville also won the three-ball contest 6-4, with Armstrong netting four while Calkins and Strong each rippled the net once from long range.

Add in a strong defensive performance, and you have a happy coach.

“We carried on from the positives yesterday,” Smith said. “We rebounded well and played aggressive defense.

“I love the way that we moved the ball and managed the clock well at the end of the game.”

Lexis Drake looks for an opening in the defense. (Julie Wheat photo)

The Wolves get two days off for New Year’s, before kicking off the 2026 portion of the schedule with a road trip Saturday to Morton-White Pass for a non-conference fracas.

After that, CHS will plunge back into the heart of Northwest 2B/1B League play.

As she headed home Wednesday, Smith did so with a skip to her step.

“Overall, a very beneficial tournament for us and our development,” she said. “Lots of positives to take away and use going into the second half of the season.”

Eight Wolves saw the floor in the tourney finale, with six scoring.

Armstrong’s 18 led the way, shooting her up to #70 on the CHS girls’ career scoring chart, while Calkins (9), Strong (7), Stuurmans (4), Adeline Maynes (4), and Lexis Drake (1) also tallied points.

Kennedy O’Neill and Ari Cunningham provided lights-out defense to aid the cause.

Two Wolves hit personal milestones in the win, as well.

Calkins pushed her career varsity scoring total to 302 points, becoming the 38th Wolf girl to crack that club since 1974.

Meanwhile the sweet-shooting Strong (104) is the 116th CHS female player, and second in her family after mom Danette Beckley, to reach triple-digits.

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Saturdays are for winning

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged , , , , on December 6, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Tenley Stuurmans? She already beat you. (Julie Wheat photos)

Raise a glass for Scout Smith.

Two days after Coupeville High School varsity girls’ basketball coach Megan Richter delivered her second child, her replacement on the sideline this season made some personal history.

Guiding the Wolves to a wire-to-wire 43-32 win over visiting Eastside Prep Saturday, Smith collected her first victory as a varsity basketball coach.

The non-conference W evens Coupeville’s record at 1-1 and means the former CHS Female Athlete of the Year is now a “made” woman in two sports, having won multiple matches during her debut as her alma mater’s varsity volleyball coach in the fall.

Smith, always one of the most cerebral of athletes during her time in the red and black, made a smart choice Saturday — get the ball to her big three and let them rumble.

With Tenley Stuurmans, Haylee Armstrong, and Teagan Calkins combining to score 35 points, and all their teammates coming up huge with clutch supporting performances, the Wolves were unstoppable most of the day.

The air in the gym had the cold tang of winter, but Coupeville’s collective shooting touch was en fuego.

Calkins was in full-on “Red Dragon” mode early, snapping the nets for seven points in the first five minutes, including scoring off of the opening tip.

The Wolf senior, who was a defensive dynamo as well — constantly poking balls free and disrupting passes — also splashed home a three-ball and a jumper while on the move.

When her shot wasn’t open, Calkins found Armstrong zipping past the defense, with the junior guard adding five points of her own as CHS staked itself to a 13-4 lead.

Eastside was pesky, though, closing the first quarter with five straight points, then tossing in six straight to end the second frame.

That kept the Eagles within 19-15 at the half, even as Danica Strong drained a superb turnaround jumper, Ari Cunningham provided a jolt on defense, and Stuurmans begin to heat up.

If the visitors had any hopes of making the day super-competitive, that fell apart quickly as the second half began with a Wolf assault on the hoop.

Armstrong banked in another three-ball, doing a lil’ strut back up court afterwards, while Stuurmans got three the hard way, fighting her way to a breakaway bucket and free throw combo which showed off her speed, nimble nature, and often-surprising toughness.

By the time the buzzer sounded on the third, Eastside Prep had little pep left, having fallen behind 37-19 as the Wolves dominated on both ends of the floor.

The final score was a little closer than you might have thought, but only because the Eagles suddenly discovered their shooting touch from long-range in the game’s final two minutes.

Not to be lost in the moment was scrappy Wolves Lexis Drake and Ari Cunningham scoring their first varsity buckets, becoming the 254th and 255th CHS girls to join that club since the program was launched back in 1974.

Teagan Calkins, starting to get kind of legendary.

Stuurmans and Armstrong tied for top honors with 12 points each, while Calkins popped for 11.

Toss in four from Strong and two apiece from Cunningham and Drake, add quality work from Sydney Van Dyke, Capri Anter, and fab frosh Kennedy O’Neill — who was a whirlwind on defense — and it made for the kind of balanced team-wide performance any coach loves to see.

Plus, Smith wasn’t the only one making some hoops history.

Armstrong’s 12 points gives her 116 for her career, leaving her a three-ball shy of moving into the top 100 career scorers, while Calkins moves up from #49 to #45 thanks to her matinee performance.

With 258 points and counting, “The Red Dragon” passes Chelsea Prescott (249), Danette Beckley (249), Julie Wieringa (252), and Lyla Stuurmans (257).

Calkins played alongside Lyla Stuurmans — Tenley’s big sis — for multiple seasons, while Beckley is Danica Strong’s mom.

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