Coupeville Sports

Two medals is twice as nice for Madison Tisa McPhee. (Photo courtesy Mad Dawg Productions)

The 4 x 200 squad on the victory stand. (Kristin Hurlburt photos)

The big board makes it seem more official.

Coupeville’s warriors enter the arena.

Tisa McPhee shares a light moment with a rival before things get serious.

    Tisa McPhee and South Whidbey’s Anna Hood, jointly kickin’ butt for Whidbey Island. (Photo courtesy Mad Dawg Productions)

It was the time of their lives.

For the six Coupeville High School student athletes who went to Cheney this weekend for the 1A state track meet (Madison Tisa McPhee, Jai’Lysa Hoskins, Marisa Etzell, Sylvia Hurlburt, Makana Stone and Kirsten Pelroy), their coaches and their proud parents, it will be two days that will stay with them for a long time.

For their fans back at home, cheering on the news that Tisa McPhee had claimed 3rd in the 100 hurdles and the 4 x 200 relay team had taken 5th, it was a final bit of great news from a sensational season.

Now, they return home, medals in hand. Tisa McPhee and Hoskins will graduate in two weeks, while the other four — a sophomore and three freshmen — could conceivably make the trip East a yearly occurrence.

Regardless of where they go from this point, though, they will always have this weekend, when they stood tall, when they stood together, when they stood as Wolves.