David King lays down some wisdom to his high-flying Wolf girls squad. (John Fisken photos)
JJ Johnson (far left) and his teammates plot strategy.
The path is there. You just have to follow it.
With the regular season officially in the books, the Coupeville High School basketball squads stand on the precipice of the postseason, the road to the Yakima SunDome and the state tourney stretching out in front of them.
The Wolf girls (15-4), having won their second consecutive 1A Olympic League title, sit a fair bit closer than the CHS boys (9-10), but both squads have their fates in their own hands.
For the girls, it will take two wins in three games to get to state, while the boys will need four victories, and have little margin for error in the early going.
As the #3 Olympic League seed, the boys will have to win back-to-back loser-out games to get to the double-elimination portion of districts.
First up is a home playoff rumble Thursday (7 PM tip) with Bellevue Christian (8-10), a squad they beat 53-50 on the road in the first weeks of the regular season.
Win again and they travel to Cascade Christian (9-8) Saturday.
Put together back-to-back victories and they’ll still need at least one win in two road games between Feb. 16-20 to advance to regionals, which is a loser-out game — with the victor punching their ticket to the eight-team state tourney.
The girls, having earned the #1 seed, already sit in the double-elimination portion of the districts brackets and are guaranteed at least two playoff games.
Coupeville’s first opponent will be one of three teams — Charles Wright (13-5), Port Townsend (7-12) or Vashon Island (7-13) — and that game will be at a neutral site (Sumner High School) Feb. 17.
Win and they’re regional-bound, with a spot in the district championship game Feb. 20 at Foss High School first, for seeding purposes mainly.
Lose their opener, and the Wolf girls return to Sumner Feb. 19 for a loser-out 3rd place game.
Advance to regionals through either route and the girls will get a winner-take-all game for the program’s first trip to state since the 2005-2006 season.
The Wolf boys last went to state in 1987-1988.
Time to make some new history.
To see the district brackets (and check my math), pop over to:
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