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“We have fight, despite the score!!”

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged , , , , on December 3, 2018| Leave a Comment »

Ema Smith tallied seven points Monday at Sequim, achieving a personal scoring milestone. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Some nights it’s better to look at the small moments instead of gazing too long at the big picture.

There was likely a fair amount of frustration Monday, as the Coupeville High School varsity girls basketball team got pounded on the boards, went scoreless for an entire quarter and fell by a considerable margin to host Sequim.

After absorbing a 50-24 defeat at the hands of their 2A foes, keyed by a 21-0 third quarter, the Wolves sit at 0-3 on the still-young season.

But, there were positives buried in the aftermath.

For one, Coupeville rallied in the fourth quarter, winning pride points by closing the game on a 9-4 surge.

And secondly, two Wolf seniors exited the gym having achieved at least a small triumph, as both made moves on the school’s all-time scoring list.

Lindsey Roberts, back after a college trip, led Coupeville with 10 points, which gives her 316 for her career.

She sits in 35th place in program history (1975-2018), and is just 16 points from sliding into the top 30 all-time.

Her running mate, Ema Smith, added seven Monday, cracking the 100-point barrier, becoming just the 97th Wolf female to achieve triple digits in 44 seasons of hardwood play.

So, some grace notes.

Other than that, it was a fairly rough night, as Coupeville struggled at the free-throw line, hitting just 5-20, was out-muscled on the glass and couldn’t slow their foe down.

Sequim built a 13-5 lead after one quarter, stretched the margin out to 15 points midway through the second, and settled for a 25-15 advantage at the half.

Then, disaster.

“Coming out for the third, we didn’t get it done defensively and they had three quick and easy open looks at the basket for scores,” said Coupeville coach David King. “From then on, it was an all-out blitz for Sequim.

“Defensively, we are struggling and just not playing well on that end.”

The Wolves dug deep in the fourth, something their coach wants to build on.

“Some pride took over; it shows we have fight despite the score,” King said. “We have to keep pushing forward and continue to fight like we did tonight.

“It’s going to be baby steps and it starts tomorrow at practice.”

Roberts snagged a team-high nine rebounds and made off with five steals to go with her 10 points, while Ema Smith had seven points and six boards.

Avalon Renninger (4), Tia Wurzrainer (2) and Chelsea Prescott (1) rounded out the scoring, while Hannah Davidson yanked down seven rebounds, Ja’Kenya Hoskins collected five and Scout Smith hauled in four.

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A tale of two halves!!

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged , , , , , on December 3, 2018| Leave a Comment »

Coupeville’s Sean Toomey-Stout tossed in seven points Monday at Sequim. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Closer and closer, but just not there yet.

The Coupeville High School varsity boys basketball squad has played three games this season, and cut their deficit in each outing.

Now they just need a win.

Attempt #3 went well for 16 minutes, as the Wolves carried a six-point lead in at the break Monday at Sequim, but a cold-shooting second half ultimately doomed them.

Only down by one after three quarters, Coupeville was outscored 14-7 by their hosts and fell 38-30.

The non-conference loss drops CHS to 0-3 on the season, but opportunity lurks, as the Wolves have two more games this week.

“We’ll get there,” said Coupeville coach Brad Sherman. “Just need to get our offense rolling. Shots will start to fall.”

Defense was the name of the game in the first half, as the Wolves held Sequim to single digits, heading to the locker room up 15-9.

After a 5-5 stalemate in the first, Coupeville rode the sweet shooting touch of Hawthorne Wolfe in the second frame.

A pair of buckets and a pair of free throws gave the fab frosh six in the quarter, letting him outscore his rivals by himself.

Unfortunately, while the Wolves doubled their output, scoring another 15 points after the break, Sequim ripped off 29, winning the quarter battles 15-8 and 14-7.

The hosts nailed five of their seven three-point bombs in the second half, and with Coupeville’s lone trey coming courtesy Wolfe in the fourth quarter, that tipped the scales a bit.

Both teams were fairly even at the free-throw line, as Sequim hit 5-7 and CHS finished 5-9.

Wolfe led Coupeville in scoring for the second time in three games, pouring in 11, while junior Sean Toomey-Stout banked home seven in support.

With 26 points apiece, the duo are tied atop the season scoring chart.

Ulrik Wells and Jered Brown added four points apiece in support, while Gavin Knoblich swished a pair of free throws and senior captain Dane Lucero knocked down his first bucket of the season.

Coupeville, which also gave floor time to Mason Grove, Jacobi Pilgrim, Jean Lund-Olsen and Koa Davison, has played teams from three separate classifications, and will soon make it four.

Oak Harbor is 3A, The Bush School 1A and Sequim 2A, while the next two foes, Friday Harbor and Orcas Island, hail from 2B.

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Blind refs a callin’ and three-balls a droppin’!!

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged , , , , , on January 30, 2018| Leave a Comment »

   Sarah Wright dropped in eight points to pace Coupeville Tuesday in a road loss at Sequim. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

If they only counted two-point shots Tuesday, it’s a Coupeville win.

Unfortunately, the scoreboard operator in Sequim was willing to credit the hosts for free throws and three-point bombs, and that tipped the scale the wrong way for the Wolf girls basketball squad.

Capitalizing on a 24-0 advantage on specialty shots (nine free throws and five treys), Sequim broke open a close game in the second half and surged to a 44-26 victory.

The non-conference loss drops Coupeville to 6-13 as it kicks off the final week of the regular season.

The Wolves have Olympic League games Thursday at Klahowya and Saturday at home against Chimacum, then head to the playoffs.

Tuesday’s game was an odd one at times, mainly whenever the refs decided to be a part of things.

CHS didn’t shoot a free throw until the 4:45 mark of the fourth quarter, but it was when the guys in black and white stripes actually went to their whistles that things got strange.

At one point Coupeville’s leading scorer this season, Mikayla Elfrank, was whistled for a foul.

Only thing is, she was in street clothes, thanks to an ankle injury, doing the books and no one on the floor was wearing her #23 uniform.

After much consternation, the refs changed the call and dinged #24, Lindsey Roberts, even though she was on the opposite side of the floor from where the foul had occurred.

Meanwhile, the real culprit, Sarah Wright (#45), who had ripped the head off of a rival player in a fight for a loose ball —  a few inches away from two refs, I might add — got off free ‘n easy and walked away with a huge grin on her face.

Just to make sure no one thought that play was an accident, the refs severely bungled the very next call, as well, trying to give Roberts a foul meant for Ema Smith (#14), then arguing with the scorekeeper’s table after being called on their lack of proper glasses.

To be fair, it was Sequim’s daggers which ultimately killed Coupeville more than the refs.

Specifically, a trio of three-balls to open the second quarter opened a wound which never healed.

Coupeville rolled out of the first break up 10-9, and feeling pretty good about things after capping the quarter with back-to-back scores.

First Roberts slapped home a layup off of a sweet feed from Wright, before it was Ashlie Shank’s turn to slip Wright a picture-perfect in-bounds pass for a quick bucket.

With Wright pounding away down low — she had six of her eight points in the opening quarter — Coupeville looked like it was ready to scrap all night with its 2A hosts.

And then the sky fell in.

Or, more appropriately, the basketball kept falling out of the sky and dropping through the wrong bucket.

Sequim nailed three consecutive shots from behind the arc, with three different players connecting on treys, and a 10-9 lead quickly turned into an 18-10 deficit.

CHS fought back, twice closing within four points, at 18-14 late in the second quarter and 22-18 early in the third, but could get no closer the rest of the night.

The Wolves would put together a mini-run, only to have their surge blunted when Sequim tossed in another string of rally-killing shots.

Whether is was Allison Wenzel banking home a shot off the glass from the right side or Scout Smith singing the net with an elegant running hook shot, Coupeville’s offense was like a candle that starts to flicker to life, only to get promptly blown out by the wind.

Sequim was a precision-shooting team, though matters were helped by the Wolves defense not fully clicking on all cylinders.

“Defensively we didn’t play what I would call our tough, hard-nosed defense,” said CHS coach David King. “We did have moments when we did, and disrupted Sequim’s offense. Caused a few turnovers.”

He pointed to a fourth-quarter defensive stand, when the Wolves forced a shot-clock violation, as a positive sign.

Coupeville spread its offense out, with Wright (8), Kyla Briscoe (6), Ema Smith (4), Scout Smith (4), Wenzel (2) and Roberts (2) all scoring.

Hannah Davidson hauled down a team-high five rebounds, Chelsea Prescott delivered two boards and a blocked shot and young guns Maddy Hilkey and Avalon Renninger saw quality floor time.

JV gets night off:

A lack of refs kept the Wolf young guns, who are 7-10 on the season, from playing.

Instead, they kept up a lively stream of chatter from the stands in support of the varsity and will return to action Thursday at Klahowya.

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A battle to the wire!!

Posted in Boys Tennis, tagged , , , , on September 11, 2017| 1 Comment »

   Nile Lockwood teamed with Zach Ginnings Monday to pull out a three-set win on the road. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Are they training killer bees in Sequim and then sending them to Whidbey?!

I’m not saying it did happen, just that it could have happened…

Missing #1 singles ace Nick Etzell, who was recovering from an allergic reaction to a nasty bee sting on his playing hand, the Coupeville High School boys tennis squad still came dangerously close to toppling 2A Sequim.

After a back-and-forth match Monday in which four of the seven varsity tilts went to a third set, the Wolves fell 4-3 on the road.

The non-conference loss drops Coupeville to 0-2 as it begins a new season with a brutal opening schedule.

The Wolves, repping one of the smallest 1A schools in the state, play their first three matches against large 2A schools.

With identical 4-3 losses to Port Angeles and Sequim under its belt, Coupeville welcomes Kingston to Whidbey Wednesday afternoon. Play begins at 3:15.

Facing off with Sequim, the Wolves won two of the four three-set matches.

Nile Lockwood and Zach Ginnings pulled off a win at #3 doubles which required going all the way to a third-set tiebreaker, while Joey Lippo and William Nelson rallied in the final moments for their win at #1 doubles.

The senior duo fell behind 3-0 in the third set, before winning six of the final seven games to escape and stay unbeaten this season.

Ginnings is also 2-0 in 2017, having won two matches with different partners, while #3 singles player Mason Grove is the only Wolf to have won both of his matches this season in straight sets.

Complete Monday results:

Varsity:

1st Singles — Pedro Gamarra lost to Raymond Lam 6-7(3-7), 6-3, 7-5

2nd Singles — Jakobi Baumann lost to Liam Payne 6-4, 6-3

3rd Singles — Mason Grove beat Jonathan Heintz 6-4, 6-2

1st Doubles — William Nelson/Joey Lippo beat Blake Wilker/Thomas Hughes 6-2, 5-7, 6-4

2nd Doubles — Tiger Johnson/Jaschon Baumann lost to Tim Porter 6-2, 6-0

3rd Doubles — Nile Lockwood/Zach Ginnings beat Brenton Barnes/Kevin Meyer 3-6, 6-1, 7-6(7-3)

4th Doubles — Drake Borden/Thane Peterson lost to Aaron Jackson/Liam Braaten 4-6, 6-4, 10-2

JV:

5th Doubles — Harris Sinclair/Koby Schreiber lost to Steven Lam/Dustin Koch 8-0

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(Bad) Wolves nip (good) Wolves!!

Posted in Girls Soccer, tagged , , , , on September 15, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Avalon Renninger demonstrates how far away from a win Coupeville was Thursday. (John Fisken photos)

   Avalon Renninger demonstrates how close Coupeville was to a win. (John Fisken photos)

Freshman Mallory Kortuem and the Wolf defense played sharply against Sequim.

  Freshman Mallory Kortuem and the Wolf defense played sharply against Sequim.

Sometimes you get the bounces and sometimes the bounces get you.

The ricochets went the wrong way Thursday for the Coupeville High School girls’ soccer team, which controlled the game but still fell 3-1 to visiting Sequim.

The non-conference loss, coming against a 2A school, left the Wolves at 1-1-1 on the season.

Coupeville will have a day to practice, then takes the ferry to Port Townsend Saturday for a 1A Olympic League match-up with the RedHawks.

The Wolves sit atop the conference at 1-0.

Facing off with Sequim, CHS pushed the pace of the game most of the afternoon and out-shot their visitors by a good 2-to-1 clip.

Unfortunately, other than a Mia Littlejohn header (off of a Sage Renninger corner kick) 16 minutes into the game, the Wolves spent much of the game misfiring from relatively close range.

Littlejohn’s sixth goal of the season — she’s scored in all three games — knotted things at 1-1, but Sequim goaltender Clair Henninger was spot-on for the rest of the game.

The junior goalie had several nice saves, with the most impressive one coming when she went airborne to pick off a shot that Lindsey Roberts lashed from the 30-yard line.

Throwing up her hand at the last second, Henninger tipped the ball over the top of the goal mouth, denying the Coupeville sophomore her second score of the season.

Sequim, meanwhile, had few sustained runs at the net, but managed to score on almost all of them.

Their first goal came when they picked off a pass by Wolf goalie Lauren Grove, while a later score took a weird bounce and skittered under Grove’s shoe as she was scrambling into position.

The senior net-minder didn’t play badly, knocking down several shots and verbally directing her squad, but suffered through a rare bout of bad luck.

With a much deeper roster (thanks to the disparity in school size and a couple of Coupeville booters still working their way towards having enough practices to be eligible), Sequim ran in frequent subs and stayed fresh all game.

While he wanted a win, Coupeville coach Troy Cowan chalked up Thursday as something to build on for his squad.

“It was a good learning experience; the game is the best teacher and you just need to take what you learn and put it to use,” he said. “The girls played really well and hung in there.”

In particular, Cowan praised the play of Renninger, his junior captain.

“Sage controlled the pitch and the pace and was a real spark plug, as always,” he said. “She’s a Renninger, so she’s really smart, and that always shows in how she plays out there.”

Coupeville will get a chance at revenge (with a bigger roster) later this season, as it travels to Sequim Oct. 11 for a rematch.

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