Coupeville Sports

   Birthday girls Mollie Bailey (top) and Avalon Renninger. (John Fisken and Sherry Roberts photos)

They are the sparkling future of Wolf sports.

The duo of Mollie Bailey and Avalon Renninger share a lot in common, starting with having birthdays just a few hours apart.

Bailey’s was Friday (I just found out) while Renninger’s is today.

Both are younger sisters of highly-successful Coupeville athletes (McKayla and McKenzie Bailey, Sage Renninger) who are already on their way to being just as big stars, if not bigger, themselves.

Bailey, who will be an eighth grader at CMS in the fall, is a scrappy point guard on the basketball court and an even scrappier catcher on the softball diamond, a hard-hitting, fast-talking whirlwind.

Meanwhile, Renninger, who will be a freshman at CHS, is a ball of energy blazing across the soccer pitch, basketball court and (so far) track oval (though she may swap that for tennis).

Described by CHS hoops coach David King as a bulldog, for her willingness to get down and scrap with foes for every loose ball, every rebound, Avalon has a motor which never stops running.

Both young women share a lot of similar traits, being outgoing and friendly off the field, and then being more than willing to slice you off at the kneecaps in the heat of battle.

Like their sisters before them, the duo also have a love for the camera and are willing to play the PR game.

Bailey, in particular, is gunning for her sister’s Photo Bomb Queen status and she’s got the chops to make it happen.

As they both make the move upwards this year, with bright careers ahead of them, sports-wise and as smart, tough-nosed young women of the prairie, we want to wish them happy birthday.

Your future is wide-open, ladies. Go claim your destiny.