It was nothing but net for the Wolf boys basketball program in the ’70s.
Little padding on the bench seats? Just made you tougher.
Wolf cheerleaders had plenty to yell about as CHS made four trips to state in “The Me Decade.”
And they danced all night long…
The horn section rocks the house.
Bring back the socks, and Coupeville goes back to state. Just sayin’.
Celebrating with Coach Bob Barker.
“Psst … unleash Hell on my command, boys.”
The ’70s ruled.
Coupeville High School has been playing boys basketball for 101 years — seriously, Friday is the anniversary — but one decade stands above the others.
The program has been to the state tourney five times, and four of those came during the 1970’s.
The Wolves reached the promised land in 1970, 1975, 1976 and 1979, then waited until 1988 to return.
Trip #6 has been a long while coming…
Scan both the best single-season scoring marks and career scoring totals for individual players, and more came in the ’70s than any other decade.
It’s not that there weren’t good CHS players and teams before “The Me Decade,” or after.
Mike Criscuola was a man among young boys by the time he was a mere 8th grader, and his numbers from the ’50s have rarely been equaled.
Newspaper stories and tales passed down from those who saw him in person describe him as the barrel-chested second coming of Paul Bunyan.
Hunter Smith, who is shooting up the career scoring chart during the 2017-2018 season, his senior year, is among the best I have covered in person.
A huge part of that is because he is the rare modern-day player who I think would have survived and thrived in previous decades.
Simply put, he “plays the game the right way,” and I think the older players who are returning to CHS tomorrow night will come away impressed with him.
As we count down the hours until Friday’s epic anniversary shindig (3:30 JV, 5:15 varsity, with festivities at halftime and post-game), it’s the ’70s we’re marinating in at the moment.
The photos above are courtesy Renae (Keefe) Mulholland and capture a slice of time when the Wolves owned the hardwood.
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