Coupeville Sports

CHS seniors Breeanna Messner (5) and Amanda Fabrizi stretch before practice. (John Fisken photo)

Well, it’s better than what the boys are getting.

The Coupeville High School girls’ basketball team was picked to finish in the top half of the standings in the preseason poll of Cascade Conference coaches.

The Wolves were slotted for fourth, behind King’s, which finished fifth at the 1A state tourney last season and defending conference co-champs Cedarcrest and Archbishop Thomas Murphy, both 2A squads.

Sultan, Lakewood, South Whidbey and Granite Falls round out the projected finish.

With only three 1A schools in the 1A/2A conference, Coupeville needs to finish ahead of at least one of those other 1A teams (King’s, South Whidbey) to make the playoffs this season.

The Wolves also got a paragraph in the Everett Herald’s conference preview story, written by prep sports editor Aaron Swaney:

One team that could be a surprise is Coupeville. Led by their main workhorse, sophomore Makana Stone, the Wolves also have two seniors in Amanda Fabrizi and Breeanna Messner that could help them make a run at a state berth.

The Wolf boys? They have a little bit more of a steep uphill climb, as the coaches pick them to finish dead-last in the eight-team conference, with King’s projected as the champs.

South Whidbey, which is dealing with the loss of coach Henry Pope, who passed away suddenly, is picked to place seventh.