Why a photo of Hunter Hammer? One, every middle school b-baller wants to grow up to be a hard court beast like Mr. Hammer. And two, why not? He is the Page Hit King! (Shelli Trumbull photo)
The fall sports season still rages at the high school level, but down on the middle school grounds, the sound of basketballs thunking hardwood has replaced the thwack of football helmets and shoulder pads.
Head coach Bob Martin and (unpaid but highly productive) assistant Ryan King welcomed 24 boys to the first day of Coupeville Middle School basketball practice Monday, and, in the interest of appeasing grammas everywhere, if you scroll down a bit, you’re going to see all 24 names, in easy-to-read bold print even.
The 7th and 8th grade boys’ squads begin play Wednesday, Nov. 7, and their season goes through Dec. 12. Middle school girls hit the courts after that, as CMS splits up its basketball seasons.
Games tip-off with JV action at 3 PM, followed by varsity at 4 PM. The 7th grade squads play first on Mondays and Tuesdays, while the 8th grade netters lead off on Wednesdays and Thursdays.
The complete middle school schedule (which can and probably will change at a moment’s notice):
Tue-Nov. 6 @ Lakewood
Wed-Nov. 7 host Northshore
Tue-Nov. 13 @ Langley
Mon-Nov. 26 host King’s
Wed-Nov. 28 @ Granite Falls
Wed-Dec. 5 host Sultan
Mon-Dec. 10 @ Northshore
Wed-Dec. 12 host Langley (Varsity 2 PM/JV 4 – CMS students attend)
The rosters:
7th:
Lion DeShong
Hunter Downes
Nick Etzell
Paul Gallahar
Jake Hoagland
Joey Lippo
Ethan Loy
Luke Merriman
Ben Olson
JT Quinn
Kyle Rockwell
Ethan Spark
Cameron Toomey Stout
James Vidoni
8th:
Mitchell Carroll
Steven Cope
Nick Crownover
Blake Gallahar
Uriel Liquidano
Clay Reilly
Grey Rische
Jonathan Thurston
Joey Wedekind
Gabe Wynn
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