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Coaches calmly win, I put the hype in hyperventilate

Posted in coach chatter, tagged , , , , on August 17, 2023| Leave a Comment »

“Hey, none of you tell Brad he’s exactly 900 wins away from passing Ed Pepple as the state’s winningest high school boys’ basketball coach!!” (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

I probably care a lot more about the hype than they do.

Coupeville High School’s current coaches, while very competitive and always striving for wins on the playing field, don’t include any divas.

No matter the sport, they are focused on team success over personal accolades, and don’t seem to spend a lot of time tracking personal win/loss records or worrying about where they stand on the all-time ladder.

So, that’s where I come in.

With a lot of extra time on my hands, and an abiding interest in tracking stats of all kinds, I crunch the numbers — even if sometimes it’s just for my own entertainment.

As we head into the 2023-2024 school year, there are 11 active head coaches at CHS, with seven of them having recorded wins.

First-year girls’ soccer guru Kimberly Kisch is set to make her debut in the season opener, while Elizabeth Bitting (cross country/track), Jennifer Morrell (cheer), and Bob Martin (track) run programs which don’t collect conventional wins and losses.

At some point, we’ll pick up a 12th coach, once a replacement for Ken Stange is announced.

He retired this spring after two decades in charge of the Wolf tennis programs, leaving Coupeville AD Willie Smith with big shoes to fill.

So, as we head into 23-24, where do we stand? Whether you asked, or not, here we are:

 

Wins at CHS for active varsity head coaches:

Kevin McGranahan (Softball) — 97
Cory Whitmore (Volleyball) — 76
Brad Sherman (Boys Basketball) — 53
Megan Richter (Girls Basketball) — 19
Steve Hilborn (Baseball) — 17
Robert Wood (Boys Soccer) — 10
Bennett Richter (Football) — 7

 

In a side note, Richter (.777) edges Hilborn (.739) for best winning percentage, though, to be fair, each coach only has one season at the helm.

McGranahan, who has won at a .688 clip, enters his ninth season this spring — counting the Covid campaign of 2020.

The diamond kingpin tops all active Wolf coaches with 141 games, while Whitmore (112 games/.679 winning percentage) and Sherman (110 games) are the only other CHS leaders to crack triple digits.

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“Very proud of their efforts!!”

Posted in Girls Basketball, Middle School, tagged , , , , on March 7, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Scout Smith (John Fisken photos)

   Scout Smith dropped the hammer in the fourth quarter Monday, lifting the CMS 8th grade varsity to a victory. (John Fisken photos)

Megan Thorn

  Megan Thorn tied for team-high honors with four points in the 8th grade JV’s win.

Scout Smith is an assassin.

Saving her best for crunch time, the Coupeville Middle School hoops star poured in seven of her nine points down the stretch Monday to lift the Wolf 8th grade varsity to a wild 33-24 win at Chimacum.

The victory lifted Smith’s squad to 4-2 on the season and gave CMS two wins in three games on their road trip.

Coupeville’s 7th grade varsity was nipped 30-28 in a thriller, while the 8th grade JV got buckets from everyone on their roster en route to a 20-15 win.

8th grade varsity — Hannah Davidson was a force in the middle, dropping in 12, while Smith, Maya Toomey-Stout (5), Avalon Renninger (5) and Tia Wurzrainer (2) helped the cause.

Coupeville pulled off the win despite a thin roster and sometimes playing what seemed like 5-on-7.

“The refs were not on our side tonight,” said CMS coach Bob Martin. “But they (the girls) all played their hearts out.”

Things got dicey after Emma Mathusek went to the bench with a wrenched ankle, followed by Davidson fouling out.

That forced the Wolves to play a man down for a bit, before Mathusek returned, one painful step at a time, to give CMS five players on the floor.

“Emma returned in the fourth with tears and a limp, but didn’t hold anything back, diving, jumping, and leaving it all on the court,” Martin said. “Very proud of their efforts tonight!”

7th grade varsity — The Cowboys got a bit of revenge for an earlier-season loss, holding off the Wolves at the very end.

The loss dropped the young guns to 2-4, but their coach came away pleased with the effort his players gave him.

“It was a great game,” Ryan King said. “Win or lose, I’m proud of these girls.”

Chelsea Prescott paced CMS with 10 points, while Mollie Bailey and Genna Wright each banged away for seven.

Morgan Pease banked home four to round out the offensive attack, while Luci Coleburn and Catherine Lhamon both chipped in with hustle and hard work.

8th grade JV — Seven different Wolves scored, but it was their work on the defensive end that sealed the deal.

Wurzrainer, Megan Thorn and Seraina Weatherford each knocked down four, while Cassidy Moody, Marenna Rebischke-Smith, Cynthia Rachal and Melia Welling all chipped in with a basket.

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