Miranda Engle (back row, far left), the Kiel sisters (back row middle and front row second from left) and Monica Vidoni (front row far right) join their weekend basketball teammates. (MaryAnn Engle photo)
Sports are a full-time, seven-day-a-week occupation.
At least it seems that way for many high school athletes, as they work in select teams around their school squads.
Just a quick glance reveals that Coupeville High School soccer player Madison Tisa McPhee competes in horse riding events. Miranda Engle, Monica Vidoni and the Kiel sisters (Katie and Kacie), among others, play on the Wolf volleyball squad during the week and a basketball team on the weekend, as shown in the above photo. Tennis players Zane Bundy and Dawson d’Almeida moonlight as select premier league soccer players in Burlington.
And at least three Wolves — Hailey Hammer, McKayla Bailey and Madeline Roberts — are currently playing softball, even though we are nowhere near the spring high school season.
Roberts and Hammer play for the Washington Phantoms, an 18 and under team that competed in their fall state tournament this past weekend, placing 8th. Roberts, a scrappy infielder, has been on the team for two seasons, while Hammer brought her homer-hittin’ power to the squad this year.
Bailey, who was a strong number two pitcher for the Wolves as a freshman (backing up since-graduated Alexis Trumbull) is playing year-round select softball. Her team is actually kicking off its fall season and will travel to Huntington Beach, California on Oct. 20 for a college-exposure tournament.
She and her teammates got a jump on preparation for the tourney with a game last Saturday that was more about getting to know one another than actually keeping track of stats.
“We have some new players and we are still trying to gel together and get to know each others playing styles,” Bailey said. “As for myself, I know I could have done better, but I was happy with my discipline at the plate and my ability to work the count.
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