Ethan Spark rolled to a win in the 6th annual Coupeville Sports Athlete Supreme poll. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)
The early days of a future champ.
Early in his high school basketball career, Ethan Spark blew up an entire bench.
Chasing a loose ball, he exploded through a wall of chairs, knocking other players left and right, before ultimately spinning and completely destroying a large water jug that was minding its own business.
In the aftermath, with bodies, chairs and water everywhere, Spark surveyed the scene and a small smile graced his face.
I’d like to think he was wearing the same face over the past 100 hours as his fan club carved a bloody path through the voting for the 6th annual Coupeville Sports Athlete Supreme.
Team Spark hit hard and fast, built a pretty-insurmountable 8,000 vote lead for its Wolf senior, went quiet for a bit, then dropped the hammer in the final stages.
The supporters of sophomore Scout Smith, trying to carry her to a win like older brothers CJ and Hunter, made a sustained 24-hour run to carve the lead in half.
But, once the lead dipped below 4,000 votes, Spark’s support crew went ballistic.
Throwing down 100 votes in 10 seconds at one point (seriously) they made sure their guy would come out on top.
And, of course he did, joining Nick Streubel, Amanda Fabrizi, CJ Smith, Hunter Smith and Joey Lippo (who still holds the record for most votes tallied in a single year) as “winners” of a totally fake award.
After 100 hours of voting, the top five from a field of 25 were:
Spark (18,374 votes)
Scout Smith (8,787)
Danny Conlisk (1,300)
Kyle Rockwell (782)
Matt Hilborn (746)
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