Ja’Kenya Hoskins fights for a rebound. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)
The Wolf bench watches Coupeville’s seventh-straight win unfold.
One big win, one slight slip in the rankings.
The Coupeville High School varsity boys basketball team only got on the floor once last week, but it resulted in a 65-48 thunking of Mount Vernon Christian in a first-place showdown.
As big as that victory was for the Wolves, it wasn’t enough for them to hold on to their #3 ranking among 2B schools when Evans Rankings released its latest numbers Monday.
Chief Leschi (8-0) remained at #1, but the rest of the top five shuffled.
Kalama (9-1) bounced from #5 to #2, Okanogan (12-1) bumped from #4 to #3, Coupeville (7-0) slipped from #3 to #4, and Ilwaco (10-0) plunged from #2 to #5.
What does it all mean?
Ultimately, not everything, as the Evans Rankings numbers don’t impact postseason seeding like the RPI numbers tallied by the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association will.
But, the rankings, the work of noted numbers cruncher Matthew Evans, are fun to follow.
Coupeville’s boys have gone from #6 to #4 to #3, then back to #4 this season.
The other two 2B schools in the Northwest 2B/1B League, La Conner and Friday Harbor, hold down #35 and #43, respectively.
Among 1B schools, MVC’s boys are #15, with Orcas Island (#24), Darrington (#29), and Concrete (#50) trailing behind.
Meanwhile, the Wolf girls, who fell to MVC, sit at #25, down one slot from a week ago.
La Conner, which suffered its first loss in 12 games when a three-ball rimmed out at the buzzer in a showdown with 4A Eastlake, is #5, while Friday Harbor’s girls are #48.
The MVC girls (9-2), who were savaged 66-13 by La Conner earlier this season, are #1 among 1B schools, with Darrington (#35), Orcas Island (#38), and Concrete (#44) rounding out NWL teams.
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