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Allie Hanigan, queen of the hardcourt. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

The mission is complete … for now.

Ken Stange recently wrapped an 18-year run as Coupeville High School tennis coach, leading the Wolves through two seasons most years.

As he marinates in his “retirement” down at Bailey’s Corner Store, he’s sharing memories, deep thoughts, and (maybe) clues to where the bodies are buried.

A nine-part odyssey inside the mind of the man, the myth, the always-entertaining net guru:

We played many match formats over the years.

For my all-time teams, I will use the largest format we played: three singles players and four doubles teams.

Some players appear twice because they dominated both the singles and doubles courts.

There are players on the bench, too.

Sebastian Davis plays chess against rival netters playing checkers. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Boys:

#1 Singles: Aaron Curtin

#2 Singles: Ben Hayes

#3 Singles: Drake Borden

#1 Doubles: Aaron Curtin/Ben Etzell

#2 Doubles: Joey Lippo/ Will Nelson

#3 Doubles: Jordan Lamb/Nathan Lamb

Singles Bench:

Connor Tasoff
Sebastian Davis

Doubles Bench:

John McLarin/Joseph Wedekind
Mason Grove/James Wood

Jacki Ginnings (left) and Valen Trujillo, (incredibly polite) tennis assassins. (Photo courtesy Ken Stange)

Girls:

#1 Singles: Julia Sierra Castaño

#2 Singles: Helen Strelow

#3 Singles: Valen (Trujillo) Printz

#1 Doubles: Payton Aparicio/Sage Renninger

#2 Doubles: Hannah (Merrell) Bush/Megan (Monroe) Mindemann

#3 Doubles: Avalon Renninger/Tia Wurzrainer

Singles Bench:

Amanda d’Almeida
Emily Burchfield
Allie Hanigan
Jacki (Ginnings) McCormick

Doubles Bench:

Amanda d’Almeida/Jessica (Riddle) McIvor-Garman
McKenzie Bailey/Jazmine Franklin