Coupeville Sports

  Mia Littlejohn devours the souls of her basketball opponents with the same ferocity she eats hot dogs. (Melissa Losey photo)

Sisters Mia (right) and Kalia Littlejohn battle it out. (Shelli Trumbull photo)

The most electrifying basketball player in Coupeville starts a new season today.

Hey, there are some very good hoops hotshots on the rosters of the local high school squads. But none of them play with the reckless abandon, the I-just-stepped-off-a-playground-in-Jersey style of Mia Littlejohn.

The Coupeville Middle School eighth-grader, younger sister of former Wolf star Zepher Loesch, is just one of many players expected to turn out when CMS kicks off its girls’ basketball season Tuesday.

But she gets the headline because she’s, well, a headliner.

Dribbling between her legs, weaving in and out of traffic, sometimes in control, sometimes not, she would have been worth the price of admission last season — if they charged admission for middle school sports.

But don’t worry. This is not 100% about one player.

As soon as CMS coaches Bob Martin (7th) and Brett Smedley (8th) have something resembling rosters, we will get all the girls’ names up here.

Until then, start counting down the days until the first tip-off.

The schedule:

Thursday, Feb. 13 Langley
Tuesday, Feb. 18 @ Granite Falls
Monday, Feb. 24 Northshore
Wednesday, Feb. 26 @ Sultan
Monday, March 3 @ Lakewood
Wednesday, March 5 King’s
Monday, March 10 Granite Falls
Wednesday, March 12 @ Langley

P.S. — Schedules have been known to change. For up-to-the-minute results, check http://coupeville.tandemcal.com/.