Coupeville Sports

Wynter Thorne: Many photos, one star.

Wynter is going.

The Coupeville High School girls’ basketball and tennis teams (and photographers everywhere) will have a huge hole to fill with the departure of Wynter Thorne.

The camera-friendly whiz kid, who celebrates a birthday today, is off to Western Washington University and new adventures.

She’ll leave an enduring legacy behind her, though.

Along with McKenzie Bailey, Wynter was one of just two Wolves to play for both the CHS varsity netters and hoops squad in 2014-2015, the year those programs shattered a 13-year school-wide cold streak by winning 1A Olympic League titles.

Miss Thorne was at the heart of both teams, a gritty, hard-charging whirlwind who never backed down in the middle of a brawl.

Not that she didn’t enjoy her down time, however, as she was one of the most reliable go-to Wolves when it came to pre-game and post-game photo shoots.

Smile beaming, generally in the direction of a teammate like Kacie Kiel or Julia Myers, Wynter was a young woman who seemed to enjoy every moment she had as a high school athlete.

Her fans, and they are a far larger crowd than she might realize, appreciated her, as a scrappy, can-do fighter and as a serene off-court presence.

But, you have to let them all go at some point, so from all of us out there, Happy birthday Wynter, thank you and may your journey just get better and better the farther you go.