Coupeville Sports

Makana Stone will play college ball at Whitman. (Sylvia Hurlburt photo)

It’s a reunion.

When Coupeville High School senior Makana Stone takes the floor Saturday in Seattle for the All-State basketball game, the final contest of her stellar prep career, she’ll be teaming up with the girl who knocked her out of the playoffs.

Makenna Faulkner, who paced Cashmere in scoring when the Bulldogs upended Coupeville in the regional round of the state tourney in late Feb., joins Stone as one of the 10 players on the 1A squad.

Also on the team is Shoni Pritchett of Charles Wright Academy, a player Stone went toe-to-toe with at the district tourney.

Now, Stone, Pritchett, Faulkner and seven other girls will unite to face off with the best from 2A in the middle game of the three-game event.

The action will tip off at King’s High School, with 1B vs. 2B at 2 PM, 1A vs. 2A at 4 and 3A vs. 4A at 6.

The players and coaches of the year for each classification will be honored at halftime of each game.

During halftime of the final game, Ms. Basketball 2016 (bet on Mikayla Pivec of 3A Lynnwood and thank me later) and the WSGBCA State Coach of the Year will be announced.

The 1A roster, which will be coached by Shane Wichers of Nooksack Valley:

Kendall Adams (King’s)
Makenna Faulkner (Cashmere)
Daylee Hanson (King’s)
Kassin Hopkins (Connell)
Anna Parker (King’s)
Shoni Pritchett (Charles Wright Academy)
Emma Stockholm (Chelan)
Makana Stone (Coupeville)
Shaye Swannack (Lakeside Nine Mile)
Kendra Walin (Connell)

2A roster (coached by Dori Monson of Shorecrest):

Lexie Bland (Ellensburg)
Alyssa Blankenship (Washougal)
Edie Breckinridge (Burlington-Edison)
Keyara Brooks (Tyee)
Uju Chibuoghu (Shorecrest)
Alyx Fast (Centralia)
Jessica Flanigan (Woodland)
Darian Gore (White River)
Joni Lancaster (Rochester)
Harley Vanatta (Ephrata)