Coupeville Sports

     The next generation version of Bessie Walstad or Breeanna Messner. (Shelli Trumbull photos)

       Nick Streubel tells his young pupils, “Drink your milk and you too can grow up to be The Big Hurt.”

   My former video store “assistant manager” (left) surveys the court he’s about to wreck.

Makana Stone (left) and Hailey Hammer teach dribbling skills.

Caleb Valko-style defense. Nice.

Rhiannon Ellsworth (left) and Kacie Kiel train their squad.

“This court is mine!”

“I bow to your excellence!”

How do you build basketball success?

One kid at a time, one hoop at a time, one day at a time.

You get the high school stars to give back, their time and their skills, and you build the small moments when a young child looks up at them and says, “That’s what I want to be. Right there.”

Because, years from now, that small child is the high school star, and he or she gives back their time and their skills and a town’s heritage of basketball excellence rolls on.

One kid at a time, one hoop at a time, one day at a time.