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Wolf girls open 2025 with big win

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged , , , , on January 4, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Teagan Calkins poured in a game-high 14 points Saturday in Coupeville’s 2025 opener. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

First big test of 2025? The Wolves aced it.

Surviving a 400+ mile round trip on a school bus and a hail of three-balls, the Coupeville High School varsity girls’ basketball squad held off host Wahkiakum 41-39 Saturday afternoon.

The non-conference win against a foe it wasn’t familiar with snaps a four-game losing streak and lifts CHS to 4-6.

Now the Wolves head into the heart of league play, with their next eight games coming against Northwest 2B/1B League rivals.

First up is a trip to Friday Harbor next Tuesday, Jan. 7, followed by a home clash Friday with La Conner.

Megan Richter’s squad, which is 1-1 in league play, can look to its gut-check win Saturday for positive inspiration.

The Wolves came out on fire, with the epic bus trip down towards the bottom of the state not affecting their shooting touch.

Lyla Stuurmans splashed home an early three-ball, while Teagan Calkins and Katie Marti both rattled the rim for six points as CHS built an 18-5 lead by the first break.

Madison McMillan, in the middle of a scrum here, came up big in a road win at Wahkiakum.

With Madison McMillan stepping up to bank in six of her own points in the second frame, Coupeville went to the halftime locker room with a sizable 27-10 advantage.

And then almost gave it all back.

Wahkiakum, which hit nine three-balls on the afternoon, rained down five of those treys during a 22-6 surge, closing the gap back to 33-32 heading into the final quarter.

But Coupeville held strong, besting the Mules at the free throw line, where they netted 10 charity shots to just six by Wahkiakum, to claim the win.

Calkins, who scored in all four quarters, led the Wolves with a game-high 14 points.

That shoots the CHS junior into the top 100 all-time scorers in program history, which stretches back to 1974.

With 122 career points and counting, Calkins is now #97 on the list, where she joins seniors Marti (#41 with 271 points), Lyla Stuurmans (#55 – 218), Mia Farris (#65 – 188), and McMillan (#88 – 145).

Marti and McMillan both finished with eight points Saturday, with Lyla Stuurmans (5), Danica Strong (3), Farris (2), and Jada Heaton (1) also scoring.

Haylee Armstrong, Capri Anter, and Tenley Stuurmans rounded out the rotation, all seeing floor time in the 2025 opener.

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“We are piecing things together”

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged , , , , , on December 27, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Katie Marti cracked the 250-point club Friday. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

The alumni’s son edged the alumni.

Playing at Central Washington University Friday, the Coupeville High School varsity girls’ basketball team put up a strong fight — especially in the middle two quarters — before falling 48-31 to Kittitas.

While the non-conference loss drops the Wolves to 3-5 on the season heading into a Saturday morning matchup with Toledo on the same court, the trip East provides valuable lessons for Megan Richter’s squad.

“We are slowly piecing things together,” she said. “More moments of brilliance on the offensive side and great stops on the defensive side.

“The ending score definitely didn’t capture how the game went, or at least what it felt like.

“These are good teams, and we are getting great experience from being here!”

While Richter is one of the legends in Wolf basketball history from the days when her last name was Smith, her counterpart, Kittitas coach Ethan Dillon also has a connection to Cow Town.

His dad Sean, a 1991 CHS grad, was a standout for the Wolves in multiple sports, and poured in 469 points on the hardwood, which has him still sitting #55 on the Coupeville boys’ career scoring chart.

Mom Becca (Jenson) Dillon, also a stellar athlete, attended Tumwater High School at the same time I did. So, there’s that too.

Drawing on the lessons likely handed down by his parents, Ethan Dillon has guided Kittitas to a 5-6 record in his first year at the helm, with the Coyotes now having won four of their last five.

Friday’s win came courtesy of big first and fourth quarter pushes, while the teams played even across the middle 16 minutes.

Kittitas jumped out to a 14-5 lead at the first break, before Coupeville held its own during 8-8 and 11-11 frames.

Unfortunately for the Wolves, the Coyotes had a strong finishing kick, closing out the game on a 15-7 run.

Teagan Calkins rolls into action.

Teagan Calkins and Katie Marti, who both hit personal milestones Friday, paced Coupeville with eight points apiece.

The former became the 113th girl in CHS hoops history to crack the 100-point club, while the latter busted the 250-point barrier.

Calkins, a junior, sits with 104 points and counting, while Marti, a senior, is now at 254 and moves up to #44 on the career chart, passing four players Friday including Danette Beckley and Chelsea Prescott.

Beckley’s daughter, Danica Strong, and Madison McMillan both banked in four points against Kittitas, while Jada Heaton (3), Tenley Stuurmans (2), and Mia Farris (2) also scored.

Haylee Armstrong and Lyla Stuurmans rounded out the Wolf rotation.

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Wolves set the nets ablaze

Posted in Basketball, tagged , , , , on December 11, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Capri Anter slices to the hoop. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

The odometer is clicking along.

Coupeville High School basketball players have combined to score 551 points across the first 14 games.

While there are early leaders, no one is running away with a scoring title just yet.

On to this weekend, with four home games against Orcas Island Friday, and four more against Morton-White Pass Saturday.

The nets keep poppin’, and the scorekeepers keep recordin’.

 

Varsity – Girls
(4 games)

Teagan Calkins – 34
Mia Farris – 22
Katie Marti – 22
Haylee Armstrong – 17
Danica Strong – 17
Madison McMillan – 10
Lyla Stuurmans – 9
Tenley Stuurmans – 9
Jada Heaton – 5
Capri Anter – 4

 

JV – Girls
(3 games)

Adeline Maynes – 28
Haylee Armstrong – 19
Tenley Stuurmans – 15
Ava Lucero – 13
Ari Cunningham – 10
Chelsi Stevens – 4
Lexis Drake – 3
Capri Anter – 3
Sydney Van Dyke – 2

 

Varsity – Boys
(4 games)

Chase Anderson – 52
Jack Porter – 41
Camden Glover – 34
Hurlee Bronec – 33
Hunter Bronec – 21
Landon Roberts – 12
Johnny Porter – 10
Carson Field – 2
Malachi Somes – 2

 

JV – Boys
(3 games)

Davin Houston – 22
Carson Grove – 19
Easton Green – 16
Liam Blas – 10
Riley Lawless – 8
Malachi Somes – 8
Sage Arends – 7
Nathan Coxsey – 6
Mahkai Myles – 2

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Calkins on fire, Wolves scorch Falcons

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged , , , , 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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Baker’s Brazilian bomber strafes Wolves

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged , , , , on December 2, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Coupeville’s seniors are ready for a final run. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Sometimes you run head-first into a hardwood killer and can’t do all that much about it.

That was the reality for the Coupeville High School varsity girls’ basketball squad Monday, as it fell 53-34 to visiting Mount Baker in the season opener.

The Wolves were scrappy, the Wolves were animated, the Wolves were committed.

But the Wolves didn’t have 6-foot-2 sophomore Rebeca Soares anchoring its lineup, and Coupeville could do little to contain a young woman who played for Brazil in the 2023 edition of the FIBA U16 Women’s Americas Championship.

Back in the USA, the latest link in a remarkable family tree of basketball excellence lived up to her predecessors.

And those predecessors include older sisters Stephanie and Jessica, who led Mount Baker to a state hoops title in 2017 — upsetting undefeated Cashmere and Hailey Van Lith.

As well as mom Susan, who pumped in 27 points a game across two trips to state in the mid-’80s, and Grandpa Art, who played center on a state-title winning team at Baker back in 1958.

Coupeville, which suits up no one taller than 5-foot-10, hung tough with the rampaging Soares and company for a while, though.

Teagan Calkins dropped a free throw through the net to account for the Wolves first point of the season, while Katie Marti drilled the bottom of the net out on a three-ball to end the first quarter.

Down 16-9 heading into the second quarter, the Wolves got a sweet bucket from Calkins, who came up from beneath the rim, twisting through the defense to get her shot off.

And then Baker got brutal, ripping off 14 straight points and 20 of the next 24 to push its lead out to 36-15 at the half.

Coupeville had its moments in the second half but couldn’t get the deficit back into single digits.

The Wolves opened the third on an 8-2 run, with Calkins and Lyla Stuurmans nailing treys, but the Mountaineers responded by scoring the next 11 points to seal the deal.

With Soares sitting much of the fourth quarter, the Wolves had some room to rumble and outscored their rivals 11-4 to end the game on a positive note.

CHS junior Danica Strong, making her debut for the school where mom Danette Beckley pumped in 249 points back in the day, snagged her first buckets while wearing red and black.

A three-ball from the top allowed her to become the 248th CHS girl to score in a varsity game across the past 51 seasons, and she immediately followed with a pretty turnaround jumper in the paint on the very next play.

There were actually two new additions to the all-time scoring chart, as freshman Tenley Stuurmans tickled the twine on a free throw late to join big sis Lyla in the pantheon.

Calkins paced the Wolves with a team-high 13 points, while Marti (8), Strong (5), Mia Farris (4), Lyla Stuurmans (3), and Tenley Stuurmans (1) rounded out the offensive show.

Madison McMillan, Haylee Armstrong, and Jada Heaton also saw floor time for Megan Richter’s squad, which has two games coming up this weekend.

The Wolves travel to South Whidbey Friday, Dec. 6, then host Clallam Bay the next day.

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