Coupeville Sports

Melanie Wolfe gets a free base the painful way while playing in a varsity high school softball game as a middle school student. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

The campus will be the same, but everything else will be (slightly) different.

Coupeville Middle School 8th graders officially become high schoolers Wednesday, with a “passages” ceremony set for 6:00 PM in the school PAC.

The Class of 2027 is 57 deep, though that number is almost certain to change between now and graduation.

Some may come, some may leave, but it’s a group deep in promising athletes and stellar students.

Thanks to Coupeville High School playing sports in the 2B classification, three 8th graders have already played varsity softball games while still attending middle school classes.

That trio — Haylee Armstrong, Capri Anter, and Melanie Wolfe — have an early advantage, but two others — Jack Farrell and Matthew Gilbert — also played at the high school level as 8th graders.

That duo suited up for the Wolf JV baseball squad.

Jack Farrell, ahead of the curve. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

But whether they’ve already played high school ball, or vied at the middle school level, or pursued other non-sports interests, the future is bright for the Class of ’27.

Coupeville’s incoming 9th graders are:

Noah Allred
Capri Anter
Sage Arends
Haylee Armstrong
Kingston Bartholomew
Zachary Blitch
Isabella Bowder
Tirsit Cannon
Jasmine Castellanos
Kayla Crane
Nicholas D’Haene
Lexis Drake
Jack Farrell
Chloe Ferguson
Matthew Gilbert
Kauri Hamilton
Chance Hart
Zoe Holm
Davin Houston
Kenneth Jacobsen
Bella Karr
Riley Lawless
Orion Liedtke
Samantha Marchese
Axel Marshall
Myra McDonald
Euphey McGraw
Jayden McManus
Marisol Montiel
Javen Morton
Dante Muthee
Mahkai Myles
Tyler Nastali
Natalie Perera
Sofia Phay
Kayden Pope
Lydia Price
Chase Rayner
Samuel Richards
Nikolas Rogers
Ivy Rudat
Solomon Rudat
Hana Schmanski
Evangelina Shelly
Sophia Siverly
Gabriel Smith
Lindy Sylvester
Captain Teuscher
Jovanah Villagomez
Ira Volpentesta
Ethan Walling
Jackson Waterbury
Stella Waterbury
Zachariah Wertz
Riley White
Taelor Wilkins
Melanie Wolfe