Alex Jimenez goes up for two during a SWISH game last year. (John Fisken photos)
Matthew Kelley (10) will not be denied. The ball belongs to him.
The guys have first.
Middle school basketball officially kicks off next Monday (Nov. 30) when Coupeville hosts Chimacum.
Tip-off time is 3:15, with the 8th graders playing in the high school gym and the 7th graders holding court across the hallway in the middle school gym.
That will hold true for a 10-game schedule which has the CMS boys playing at home on Mondays and on the road Thursdays.
The boys wrap their season Jan. 14, then the Wolf girls will inherit the court starting Feb. 1.
As you mentally prepare for the home opener, here’s a look at the roster, which numbers 27 players including a number of guys who have been already making names for themselves at the SWISH level.
7th grade:
Tyson Bovee
Michael Breuer
Alex Jimenez
Matthew Kelley
James Mayne
Jake Mitten
Daniel Olson
Gage Powers
Ben Smith
Jacob Thurston
8th grade:
Trevor Bell
Jered Brown
Jaylen Nitta
Gabe Carlson
Koa Davison
Mason Grove
Dawson Houston
Aiden Juras
Gavin Knoblich
Aram Leyva
Jean Lund-Olsen
Andrew Martin
Omar Moralez
Jacobi Pacquette-Pilgrim
Johnathon Partida
Sean Toomey-Stout
Ulrik Wells
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Also on the team, Sage Downes, Michael Laska, and Dakota Eck for 7th grade and Aram Leyva-Elenes and James Wood for 8th grade!
Aram is already on the list, right between Knoblich and Lund-Olsen. The other 4 guys were not on the list given out by coaches.