“Whoa, whoa, whoa… we’re going to Silverdale, but the Klahowya girls aren’t coming here? What the what?” (John Fisken photo)
Coupeville and Klahowya are scheduled to play high school basketball games Friday night in two separate towns.
There’s currently more snow in Silverdale than here in town.
So guess which game got postponed?
Yep, going against all conventional wisdom, the CHS boys road game is still on, while the Wolf girls will be left with an empty gym and will practice instead of facing off with the Eagles.
While it would be easy to jump to the conclusion that Coupeville’s bus drivers are just better at their jobs than their Silverdale compatriots (probably true), there’s a little more to it than that.
Klahowya girls’ basketball is claiming some of its players and/or coaches couldn’t make it to the school in time for what would have been an early departure (probably 11 AM with a 3:30 tip-off).
Coupeville’s boys, on the other hand, had little issue meeting their bus (CHS didn’t even have a delayed start this morning).
So, with a warmed-up bus, a hardy driver, and a 79.4% chance the roads in Silverdale will be cleared by the time Coupeville hits the mainland, the boys are off on a road trip.
The girls game will be rescheduled at a later date.
Both Coupeville teams will play at home Saturday, unless South Whidbey finds a creative excuse not to make the drive up the Island.
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It’s great that CHS has such a competitive spirit in the Olympic League. The teams are strong! Unfortunately the writer has things distorted.
Though Klahowya is a part of the Central Kitsap school district, much of their student body lives in an area called Seabeck and near or on the Hood Canal. That area gets more significant amounts of snow than neighborhoods in Silverdale. Silverdale schools will be delayed or even cancelled depending on the conditions in Seabeck.
While Silverdale received three inches of snow, Seabeck had eight inches. While Silverdale’s roads are plowed and sanded, only main roads in Seabeck get attention. Many families live on gravel roads, steep hills and near forested land. Winter, snowy travel is treacherous in Seabeck and around Klahowya.
I understand the position of the CKSD. They wanted their players and families to be safe and the imposition of rescheduling a game should not be criticized so harshly.
I’m still surprised that anyone thought I was harshly criticizing anyone. Being snarky, sure, I’ll give you that. But, if you think that was harsh, please don’t read any of my South Whidbey or ATM stories, because they might give you a stroke. But I’ll admit I didn’t know about Seabeck until the last 24 hours. I appreciate everyone down there giving me a better feel for the area, and, hopefully, I’ll remember that and be less snarky in the future.
This article is not just “snarky” it is a piece written out of ignorance. Every year stories are written about student bus accidents during inclement weather. Instead of writing about a school district making a conservative position to keep its students and staff safe, you chose to belittle an entire community. What you call snarky has provided a snapshot of who you are and how you think. Kind of surprised the piece wasn’t followed up with how the weather and commute was the cause for the outcome of the boys game. What was the final score? I missed that. (Pardon me for being snarky)
With all due respect, you’re reading WAY more into this article than is actually there. Please enlighten me as to where you see me belittling an entire community. I probably should have written “Klahowya girls basketball is saying” as opposed to “Klahowya girls basketball is claiming,” as the latter can read a trace snarky. Other than that, man, you guys are reaching to be offended.
As a proud parent of three Eagles. I would like to say that this was a very tasteless article stating that our girls couldn’t make it to a game due to snow. But it wasn’t that hard for your guys to come out to our school for a game. For the record… this was watched very carefully by our School to make sure it was even safe for any of the games to be played. As stated above… most of our students live in areas that get tons of snow, and that isn’t maintained by the county, plows cant reach them. I know for a fact that roads wouldn’t have been safe for our girls to travel. Most roads weren’t safe to travel until mid morning/afternoon. I understand that it doesn’t make sense to some who doesn’t live in the area. But before making a statement that is basically stating we canceled the wrong game. Get your facts straight. We would have never had the game if it wasn’t safe. That is our main goal as adults/parents. To keep our children safe! Please just remember that next time you want to write an article that is based off not knowing the full situation.
You completely lost me. I have read and re-read this and, for the life of me, don’t see how I’m being “tasteless.”
You had more snow than we did, which is why it was easy for our guys to make their bus. That seems fairly self-evident.
I now know your children largely live in an area different than where the school is, an area which received more snow and was more treacherous. Which explains the girls (or some of them) not being able to reach their bus.
From the responses, you would think I openly called for Klahowya’s children to be strapped into a bus and pushed off a cliff.