Coupeville High School girls basketball guru Scott Fox is among the coaches who will work with Wolf middle school athletes as they participate in intramurals during the pandemic. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)
Sports, uh, find a way.
While Coupeville Middle School athletes will not compete against other schools during the 2020-2021 school year, they will get a chance to stay active.
Athletic Director Willie Smith has pulled together a plan under which CMS students in grades 6-8 will be offered a variety of intramural options, with a mix of clinics and games.
“We are trying to offer our middle school students an opportunity to experience/participate in sports that are offered by us or in our community,” Smith said.
“Our high school coaches have partnered with either our middle school coaches or are working with our community programs to provide a clinic type atmosphere with some games thrown in each week.”
In some sports where CMS does not normally field a program, the school is working with groups such as Central Whidbey Little League or the Central Whidbey Soccer Club.
There is no cost, and students can participate in more than one sport in a season.
The plan calls for each sport to run 2-3 days a week during its season, with one day devoted to games.
“It is a great opportunity for our middle school students to get out and get exposed to some new, fun activities that in a regular year, they may not get to,” Smith said. “We really want this to be successful and have great attendance.”
The plan (with coach contacts):
SEASON ONE
(March 1-April 3)
Cross Country — Elizabeth Bitting — ebitting@coupeville.k12.wa.us — (**XC starts March 8**)
Flag Football (coed) — Marcus Carr — mcarr@coupeville.k12.wa.us
Girls/Boys Soccer — John Fowler — vicepresident@centralwhidbeysoccer.com
Volleyball — Cory Whitmore — cwhitmore@coupeville.k12.wa.us
SEASON TWO
(April 5-May 8)
Boys Basketball — Brad Sherman (bsherman@coupeville.k12.wa.us) and Jon Roberts (jroberts@coupeville.k12.wa.us)
Girls Basketball — Scott Fox (sfox@coupeville.k12.wa.us) and Fred Farris (ffarris@coupeville.k12.wa.us)
SEASON THREE
(May 10-June 12)
Baseball and Softball — Gordon McMillan — centralwhidbeyll@gmail.com
Track and Field — Elizabeth Bitting — ebitting@coupeville.k12.wa.us
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