Special Coupeville Edition - Girls basketball vs Archbishop Murphy

It was ladies only night for basketball at Coupeville High School Friday night as they hosted the Archbishop Murphy Wildcats.

The JV game was full of ups and downs. An early down was a lack of scoring by the Wolves in the first quarter. When the horn sounded, Coupeville was down 12-0. A great up followed as Breeanna Messner scored 7 of her 9 points and Madeline Strasburg added 6 as the Wolves tied the game 16-16 with 3 seconds left in the half. It was back to a down after the half, as Murphy went on a 16-2 run to lead 32-18, then went on to win 41-24. Messner led the team with her 9 points and Strasburg was right behind with 8. Kacie Kiel scored 4, Amanda Fabrizi 2 and Wynter Thorne 1.

There was no score in the varsity game for the first 3 minutes when the Wildcats hit a 3-pointer. Coupeville got on the board later with a field goal by Shelby Kulz, who was fouled on the play. She hit her free throw to complete the 3-point play, but that was it for Coupeville scoring in the first period, as Murphy led 11-3. The Wildcats then scored 18 points to Coupeville's 5 in the second to lead 29-8 at the half. Murphy unloaded on the Wolves in the final period, scoring 21 points while holding Coupeville to 9 points. The final in that game was 60-21. Katie Smith led the Coupeville scoring with 7 points. Kulz and Bessie Walstad each had 4 points and Cassidi Rosenkrance, Grace LaPoint and Jai' Lysa Hoskins scored 2 points each.

Over 100 photos from the two games, including some fun group photos of the varsity team taken during halftime of the JV game, are posted HERE.