Coupeville Sports

There is action on the court and action off the court.

Every high school basketball game encompasses more than just the flow of the game. Everywhere you look there are a billion smaller stories being played out, from the ticket takers to the concession stand moms to the guy keeping stats.

Legendary former coaches (Denny Zylstra, Larrie Ford, Randy King) mingle with precocious kids barely old enough to walk, but able to run dizzying circles around the court at halftime to the delight of the visiting fans (a quick shout-out to Drake, irrepressible lil’ nephew of Wolf hoopster Julia Felici).

Current coaches work the stands, meeting and greeting, parents swap stories and that one angry guy who everyone wants tossed from the gym sits grumbling in the corner.

Friday night in America. Pick a gym, any gym — it’s a universal story.

But this one, shot by Robert Bishop, plays out in Coupeville, so it’s better than your story.

Facts are facts.