Sophomore Wiley Hesselgrave, driving hard to the hoop here, has been one of Coupeville’s top offensive weapons. (John Fisken photos)
After missing last season with an injury, junior Julia Myers has brought gritty rebounding and a sweet shooting touch to the Wolves.
Let’s get it on.
Tonight offers one of those rare nights when two thirds of Whidbey Island can come together, as one, and then go to war.
It’s Coupeville vs. South Whidbey night on the hardwood, the first of at least two times that the Wolves and Falcons will tangle for basketball supremacy this season.
The schools will rumble again in Langley Jan. 28.
The basics?
Coupeville High School gymnasium. Girls’ varsity tips at 5 PM, boys’ varsity scheduled for 6:45. Two games for the price of one.
Across the hallway, with the games flipped, the two school’s JV teams will play, as well.
The stakes? Island supremacy (for a day at least). Bragging rights (for a lot longer). A big leg up in the chase for playoff berths.
Only two of the three 1A schools in the eight-team 1A/2A Cascade Conference will advance to the postseason in 2014, and it will be decided based on the school’s conference records.
On the girls side, that edge currently belongs to Coupeville, which is 2-2 overall, 1-1 in league play. The Falcons are 1-5, 0-2.
On the boys side, it’s a wash, as both teams are winless, with the Wolves (0-4, 0-2) having played fewer games than their Langley counterparts (0-6, 0-2).
King’s, the third 1A school, is the early leader, with both squads at 2-0 in league and boasting wins over South Whidbey (the Falcon girls lost 55-4). Coupeville doesn’t face their private school foes until mid-January.
But this? This is Coupeville vs. South Whidbey we’re talking about.
Throw out the records, put on the face paint and prepare to rattle the rafters.
This is the one that matters.
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