Clockwise, from top left, are former Wolf stars Brianne King, Zenovia Barron, Makana Stone, Megan Smith, Ann Pettit, Ashley Ellsworth-Bagby, Terry Perkins, Lexie Black, Kristan Hurlburt, and Tina Lyness.
Legends (l to r) Randy Keefe, Bill Jarrell and Jeff Rhubottom reunited for the 101st anniversary of CHS boys basketball. (Renae Mulholland photo)
“Remember kid, there’s heroes and there’s legends. Heroes get remembered, but legends never die.”
The wisdom of The Sandlot can guide us through just about everything in life, if we let it.
That quote is something to let sink in, to marinate in for a moment, as we stand at the cusp of nailing another win for saving, remembering and honoring the sports history of Coupeville.
After months of intensive research, it’s time to ask for a favor from Wolf fans everywhere.
While Coupeville High School has record boards hung in it gym complex for track, volleyball and football, basketball doesn’t enjoy the same distinction.
Which is a shame, since basketball is the sport which is most frequently played in the gym, and it’s arguably the most successful sport in the history of the school.
Look back at the 118-year history of CHS, and the love affair with hoops looms large.
From the early pioneers on the hardwood, to the 1969-1970 Wolf boys team which remains the most dominant Coupeville team in any sport, ever, to today’s three-ball chucking stars, this is a basketball town.
And it’s long past time to celebrate that.
The 101st anniversary hoops shindig held earlier this year was an astounding success, drawing in a wide variety of former, current and future players, coaches and fans.
The night was like nothing else I have experienced in my years of writing about sports here in Cow Town.
It was a mad swirl of living history come to life, of legends who I had only known about from yellowed newspaper clippings made flesh and blood.
Seeing the CHS gym jammed to the rafters, witnessing today’s players realize they were a link in something much bigger than themselves, giving the stars of yesterday a chance to know they were not forgotten, was the biggest accomplishment I have achieved here at Coupeville Sports.
And none of it would have been possible without the help of countless others, the dreamers and the believers, people who gave of their time, their sweat and their dollars.
It was a night where Coupeville stood tall and proud, looking back with reverence, celebrating the present and making a commitment to the future.
With a little bit of help, we can put an exclamation point on that night, and provide a lead-in to a similar shindig which will celebrate Wolf girls basketball next fall.
We can raise a basketball record board, one which honors both the girls and boys hoops programs.
My plan is for a board which will list the top 10 single-season and career scoring records, as well as the single-game highs set by Judy Marti (32 in 1983) and Jeff Stone (48 in 1970).
The board would honor:
Girls – Season:
Brianne King (446) 2000-2001
Brianne King (442) 2002-2003
Makana Stone (427) 2015-2016
Brianne King (386) 2001-2002
Zenovia Barron (378) 1996-1997
Zenovia Barron (376) 1997-1998
Makana Stone (367) 2014-2015
Ann Pettit (363) 1997-1998
Amanda Allmer (331) 1994-1995
Megan Smith (327) 2008-2009
Girls – Career:
Brianne King (1549) 1999-2003
Zenovia Barron (1270) 1994-1998
Makana Stone (1158) 2012-2016
Megan Smith (1042) 2006-2010
Ann Pettit (932) 1995-1998
Ashley Ellsworth-Bagby (892) 1998-02
Terry Perkins (673) 1984-1987
Lexie Black (622) 2001-2005
Kristan Hurlburt (598) 1978-1982
Tina Lyness (594) 1996-2000
Boys – Season:
Jeff Stone (644) 1969-1970
Jeff Rhubottom (459) 1977-1978
Pete Petrov (442) 1995-1996
Arik Garthwaite (423) 1997-1998
Bill Jarrell (415) 1975-1976
Mike Bagby (414) 2004-2005
Randy Keefe (398) 1974-1975
Randy Keefe (397) 1975-1976
Brad Sherman (396) 2002-2003
Wade Ellsworth (392) 1978-1979
Boys – Career:
Jeff Stone (1137) 1967-1970
Mike Bagby (1137) 2002-2006
Randy Keefe (1088) 1973-1976
Jeff Rhubottom (1012) 1975-1978
Mike Criscuola (979) 1956-1960
Bill Riley (934) 1970-1973
Pete Petrov (917) 1993-1997
Brad Sherman (874) 2000-2003
Denny Clark (869) 1960-1964
Arik Garthwaite (867) 1994-1998
The Coupeville Booster Club has agreed to foot part of the bill, and CHS Athletic Director Willie Smith has given his blessing to the project.
Now, I need your help.
Whether you can give $1 or you want to foot the whole bill, stand with us. Be a vibrant part of the rich tapestry that is Wolf basketball.
To join the movement:
Coupeville Sports 
Are you still collecting money for the CHS boys’ basketball scoring history boards for the CHS gym. Please let me know, I would like to donate. Denny Clark
I am. I will contact you.