Coupeville Sports

   As the ref launches the ball skyward Makana Stone (23) prepares to spring into action. (Sylvia Hurlburt photos)

Eyes locked on the ball, Stone pushes off…

and hurtles skyward.

Klahowya’s player gets lift-off, but it was over before it began.

   Completing the maneuver, Makana not only wins the tip, but is able to flip it right to her intended target.

“Hey, remember that time when you beat me for a tip? Yeah, me neither.”

In four years I have never witnessed Makana Stone lose an opening tip.

Ever.

As the Coupeville High School senior winds her way through her final prep season (she and her Wolf teammates head back to Sumner Friday for a loser-out district playoff game versus Seattle Christian), that still amazes me.

I’ve seen some pretty fair athletes work the center circle, but every once in awhile, most slip up and lose a tip.

With Makana, who has height, crazy hops and the uncanny ability to twist her body while in mid-flight, it has been utter domination.

So take a moment or two to scroll through the series of pics above, which come to us courtesy CHS cheer queen/camera goddess Sylvia Hurlburt, and watch an artist at work.