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Dribble your way to success

Posted in Basketball, tagged , , , , on May 4, 2020| 1 Comment »

Landon Roberts has mad dribbling skills. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

The work, and fun, begins.

Coupeville basketball coaches are encouraging young hoops stars to practice their dribbling skills during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Even though kids can’t get together for their normal weekly youth basketball clinics, that doesn’t mean they have to go without.

Each week Wolf coaches and players will post videos showcasing different skills.

Today’s post features former CHS star Lindsey Roberts and fast-rising middle school supernova Landon Roberts.

Watch, follow along, and get your reps in, as you build your hoops game one skill at a time.

 

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Dribble the day away

Posted in Basketball, tagged , , , , on April 30, 2020| Leave a Comment »

Young Coupeville athletes who want to play like Xavier Murdy should work on their dribbling skills now. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Grab a ball and get to work.

While the COVID-19 pandemic shut down schools across Washington state, Coupeville youth basketball players are being encouraged to keep working on their ballhandling skills.

CHS coaches, with a big assist from middle school and high school Wolf hoops stars, are launching the Spring 2020 Youth Dribbling Challenge.

“It’s a collaborative effort, Coupeville athletes and coaches introducing this together,” CHS varsity boys coach Brad Sherman said. “Athletes willingly stepping up to keep working with youth basketball players!”

Each week, Sherman will post new videos showing current and former Wolf basketball players demonstrating skills for younger athletes to practice.

The videos will be on the Coupeville Youth Basketball page on Facebook (you can request to join) and here on Coupeville Sports.

If young Wolf athletes don’t have a basketball, they can check out a ball for the spring and summer.

Parents can contact Sherman at bsherman@coupeville.k12.wa.us.

“We hope you have fun with this and look forward to staying connected with you,” Sherman said.

 

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Always on our minds

Posted in Basketball, In memory, tagged , , , , on April 6, 2020| Leave a Comment »

Bennett Boyles (Photos courtesy Lucienne Rivera, Pat Kelley, and Konni Smith)

Never forgotten. Always loved.

Three years ago today Bennett Boyles battle with cancer ended.

He didn’t lose, as he fought with everything he had. But his body reached its breaking point.

Facing off with cancer is something no one should have to endure, much less a 12-year-old with his life stretching out in front of him.

Having lost family members to cancer, I know the mix of sadness, of anger, and of disbelief.

In his fight, in the way he faced an unyielding foe, Bennett touched many lives.

His fellow classmates, who are now sophomores at Coupeville High School, have never forgotten him.

They are carrying Bennett with them through every step of their school journey, from messages on the rock outside the school, to honoring him when they play basketball, a sport he loved.

When Hawthorne Wolfe launches a three-ball and the orb slips through the net without a ripple, Bennett is there with Hawk, his name written on the shoes which carry Wolfe up and down the court.

As we watch Xavier Murdy, and Grady Rickner, and Logan Martin, and Wolfe in action, it’s very easy to imagine Bennett out there, once again running the court with his friends.

That his classmates and coaches and friends and family and teachers and strangers alike embrace his memory, celebrate his life and accomplishments, keep alive everything good, binds our community together.

We will not forget Bennett.

There is anger, and there is sadness, and those are justifiable, and a lot of that will never fade.

But there is love and there is hope, and that is what Bennett means to Coupeville.

Every time a basketball net snaps, he’s here.

Every time we show kindness and grace to someone else, he’s here.

Every time we celebrate his soaring spirit — and it was there, firmly in place, long before his health problems — he’s here.

When the CHS Class of 2022 walks to the podium to receive their diplomas, when players like Hawk and X celebrate their Senior Nights on the basketball court, he will be there with them.

As a community we carry Bennett with us every day, and that will never change.

Never forgotten. Always loved.

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“We both love the game of basketball”

Posted in Basketball, Student Voices, tagged , , , , on April 2, 2020| Leave a Comment »

Weston Dill is a double threat — he can shoot and write. (Photo courtesy Jenny Dill)

With Washington state schools closed down for at least six weeks due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we’re offering all Whidbey Island students a chance to be heard and stay connected.

Weston Dill, who wrote the following report on his favorite basketball player, is a 4th grader at South Whidbey Elementary.

 

Zach LaVine is an amazing basketball player and I will prove it to you.

Since I can remember, Michael Jordan has been my favorite basketball player.

The first time I saw Zach LaVine was in a slam dunk contest, he was wearing a Michael Jordan “Space Jam” jersey.

He was 19 years old. HE WON with a perfect score of 50!!

I think we have a lot of similarities.

Zach LaVine was born on March 10, 1995 in Renton , WA.

He was born into an athletic family.

His dad Paul LaVine played for the Seattle Seahawks and his mom Cheryl played softball in college. He also has 3 sisters.

Here are some amazing things about Zach LaVine: his awards are two-time NBA slam dunk contest champion, also NBA All-Rookie Second-Team (2015) and Pac-12 All-Freshman Team (2014).

Also, First-Team Parade All-American (2013).

AP Washington state player of the year (2013) and Washington Mr. Basketball (2013).

Zach LaVine went to Bothell High School.

He was a point guard and their main ball handler. His number was 14.

In 2013, his senior year, at 6’5” tall he averaged 28.5 points, 3.4 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game.

He was the number 12 shooting guard and number 44 player overall in the nation.

Zach LaVine went to UCLA for college.

He played point guard. His number was still 14.

His stats were: 9.4 points, 2.5 rebounds and 1.8 assists average per game, even after a six-game shooting slump.

He attended college for one year, from 2013-2014. After that he entered the NBA draft.

Zach LaVine was in the 2014 NBA draft.

He got drafted in round 1, pick 13 by the Minnesota Timberwolves. He played for them from 2014-2017.

In 2017 he got traded to the Chicago Bulls for a four-year 80-million dollar contract.

It was a big deal to him since Michael Jordan was his idol and Michael Jordan played for the Bulls.

Zach LaVine still plays for the Bulls. He is #8, small forward and shooting guard.

This season he averaged 26 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists per game.

His career high is 49 points with the Bulls in 2019. His net worth is now six million dollars.

Zach LaVine is also a role model off the court.

He loves to give back to the community. He gave 500 Thanksgiving meals to a local food bank.

He recently gave 12,500 meals to the Seattle Food Bank because of the coronavirus outbreak, to give back to his hometown.

At home he loves to play one on one with his dog in his backyard.

He also was on the Disney show “Kirby Buckets” in 2016.

He partners with Adidas, Uptime, Finish Line and Panini.

He is hard working and I look up to him.

Zach LaVine is my favorite basketball player currently playing.

He has the best dunk in my opinion. He is on my favorite team and loves Michael Jordan just like me.

Both of our parents train us hard and push us to our limits.

His dad would come up with amazing drills to help him be the best player he could be.

Every day I work on drills with my mom and my dad comes up with new ones too.

I think we have a lot of similarities and I hope to be as good as him someday, maybe even better.

We both love the game of basketball.

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“That school bus represents hope”

Posted in Basketball, community, tagged , , , , on March 27, 2020| 1 Comment »

Waiting for the lunch bus. (Photos courtesy Brad Sherman)

Ready to chow down.

Brad Sherman is Coupeville through and through.

A teacher and head boys basketball coach at CHS, he and his brothers are the third generation of their family to graduate on the prairie.

Now Brad and wife Abbey have four young boys who are beginning their own school journeys in the town where their dad and grandma Deb are both teachers.

As everyone adjusts to the school shut-down brought on by the nation’s battle with the coronavirus pandemic, Coupeville’s Connected Food Program has made sure local students are still being fed.

One teacher and father’s thoughts, as Brad Sherman shares his perspective with us:

Brady looks out the window each morning when it’s approaching the time for lunches to arrive – he knows once he sees the bus turn on Sherman Road that he’s got about two minutes before they get around the loop to our house.

And when he sees the bus, and his bus driver (shout out to Mr. Jump), and whichever staff member is volunteering on the route to hand him lunches each day, he grins from ear to ear.

The other day, Mr. Kemmer was that staff member.

When the boys asked for turkey sandwiches, he responded: “Gobble, gobble.”

They called my mom to tell her how funny he was.

Our kids don’t understand the magnitude of what’s going on around them. They just know something is very different.

They miss their friends.

They wonder why they aren’t starting tee-ball.

And for them, this is about more than lunches.

It’s about a little bit of normal. That school bus represents hope.

It represents the hard work of so many at a school district that sincerely loves its kids.

Proud to call Coupeville home.

Proud to call this my school district.

And proud to work with a whole lot of amazing people.

Go Wolves!

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