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Girls varsity (John Fisken photos)

   Four-year starter Makana Stone (bottom) is joined by (top to bottom) Lauren Rose, Allison Wenzel, Lindsey Roberts, Syler Lawrence, Kyla Briscoe and (l to r) Mia Littlejohn, Lauren Grove, Kailey Kellner, Tiffany Briscoe. (John Fisken photos)

Girls JV

   Top to bottom, l to r, JV players Brisa Herrera, Ashlie Shank, Nicole Lester, Ema Smith, coaches Amy and David King, Sarah Wright, Maddy Hilkey, Lindsey Laxton, Brittany Powers.

boys varsity

   Varsity coach Anthony Smith (bottom) with top to bottom, Jared Helmstadter, JJ Johnson, DeAndre Mitchell, Hunter Smith, Desmond Bell, Dante Mitchell and (l to r) Risen Johnson, Gabe Wynn, Ryan Griggs, Wiley Hesselgrave, Jordan Ford.

boys jv

   JV players, top to bottom, l to r, Ariah Bepler, Luke Merriman, Beauman Davis, James Vidoni, Hunter Downes, Andre Avila, Ty Eck, Brian Shank, Gabe Eck.

Cameron Toomey-Stout, the only one of 39 Wolf hoops players not to be present on head shot day.

   Cameron Toomey-Stout, the only one of 39 Wolf hoops players not to be present on head shot day.

Well, we almost nailed the landing.

On the night travelin’ photo man John Fisken captured head shots of the Coupeville High School basketball players, 38 of 39 athletes were on hand.

Sophomore Cameron Toomey-Stout, who has been pulling double-duty while performing in “The Nutcracker,” was the lone Wolf to go AWOL.

But, when he’s working his rear off that hard to make both the hoops and dance communities happy, we can’t leave him out, so he gets his own photo.

Which might have been his plan the whole time.

Cameron is pretty dang smart, after all.

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Wolf grad Monica Vidoni (left) hangs out with college basketball teammate Maddie Filipiak. (Vidoni photo)

Wolf grad Monica Vidoni (left) hangs out with college basketball teammate Maddie Filipiak. (Vidoni photo)

Monica Vidoni is upping the ante.

The Coupeville High School grad is deep into her second sport at Rainy River Community College in Minnesota, making her one of the few Wolves in recent years to play multiple sports at the collegiate level.

Now 10 games into a 25-game womens’ basketball season, which comes on the heels of a volleyball season, Vidoni is back on Whidbey for winter break.

When she and her Voyageurs teammates return to the court Jan. 6, they will carry a 5-5 record into battle with Fond du Luc Tribal.

Rainy River will play nine games in Jan., then wrap up its regular season with six more in Feb.

The Voyaguers have been led by sophomore Shania Thompson, who is averaging 24.8 points per game.

Freshmen Cassie Tomczak (13.2) and Maddie Filipiak (13.1) round out a dangerous trio.

Vidoni has played in eight of her team’s 10 games, scoring 12 points and hauling down 14 rebounds.

Her best game came against Itasca, when she dropped in four points and corralled five rebounds.

Vidoni also came up big against Fond du Lac, when she snagged five boards, and Anoka-Ramsey, where she drilled all four of her free throw opportunities.

A 2015 CHS grad, she played volleyball, basketball and softball all four years she was a Wolf and was a key supporting player on the 2014-2015 girls’ basketball squad which won the school’s first league title in 13 years.

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Coupeville High School head football coach Brett Smedley. (John Fisken photos)

  Coupeville High School head football coach Brett Smedley. (John Fisken photos)

Smedley works with last year's 8th grade hoops stars.

   Smedley works last year with Nicole Lester (51), Sarah Wright (33) and Ashlie Shank (right), who have all made the jump to high school ball this season.

Brett Smedley is paring down his many jobs.

The very-popular physical education teacher, who just completed his first season as head varsity football coach for Coupeville High School, is giving up his other coaching assignment.

Smedley, who has coached the CMS 8th grade girls’ basketball squad for several seasons, submitted a resignation letter this week.

Approval of the move was just added to the agenda for Monday’s school board meeting.

In his farewell note, which is available on-line as part of the agenda, Smedley hailed the middle school position for offering a strong start to his coaching career in Coupeville.

“It has been a very enjoyable process and something I have learned a lot from,” he wrote.

A new middle school girls’ basketball season starts Feb. 1 with the first day of practices.

CMS 7th grade coach Bob Martin is expected to return, though whether he will stay in that role or slide up to coach the 8th grade squad is unknown at this time.

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Lindsey Roberts (John Fisken photos)

   Lindsey Roberts tries out a new look for her hoops head shot. (John Fisken photos)

Kailey Kellner

Kailey Kellner’s fan club is all in for their favorite long-range sniper.

The Wolf JV, mean-muggin'.

The Wolf JV, mean-muggin’.

Emma and Ashley

   Super fans Emma Smith (#3 sign) and Ashley Menges are on hand to root for fellow frosh Ashlie Shank and Maddy Hilkey.

McKenzie Bailey

   Senior class big wigs McKenzie Bailey (left) and Jazmine Franklin can run the school and still find time for a photo op. It’s called multitasking.

varsity

The CHS varsity, eternally loose before their game.

fans

   CHS football phenom Lathom Kelley (standing, backwards hat) makes sure his folks are ready to get loud.

KK and the girls

   “We’re coming for all the wins. All of them!!” Wolves (l to r) Tiffany Briscoe, Mia Littlejohn, Kailey Kellner and Roberts prepare to drop another butt-whuppin’.

The bar has been set, the mic has been dropped.

Given first crack at a substantial photo shoot this season, the Coupeville High School girls’ basketball team (and its fans) responded strongly.

Now, as the Wolf boys near their own date with destiny (in the form of a camera-wielding John Fisken) this Friday, when they host Concrete in a non-conference tussle, the only question is — can they respond? Will they respond?

Well, that’s two questions, but you get the point.

My advice to the CHS boys hoops stars? Loosen up, play to the camera, crack a freakin’ smile every once in awhile.

You’re off to a great start, atop the 1A Olympic League. Enjoy the moment and realize there’s more to life than adopting a cold stare every time the camera comes your way.

You’re not food-deprived wrestlers, after all. You can kick ass and still have fun.

No one remembers the photos where ten dudes stare at the camera with a monotone snarl on their face. Dare to switch it up once in awhile.

Otherwise you’ve already ceded the battle to your female counterparts, who understand how to play the on-court game and off-court game equally well.

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Makana Stone (Sylvia Hurlburt photo)

   Makana Stone, administering (good-natured) beat-downs 24/7/365. (Sylvia Hurlburt photo)

She’s a three-timer.

Coupeville High School senior Makana Stone is off to a phenomenal start to the basketball season, and the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association took notice.

The WIAA tabbed #23 as their female 1A Athlete of the Week today, the third straight year Stone has earned the award during basketball season.

She earned the award in week 16 of her sophomore year, repeated in week 20 as a junior, then topped things with a week 15 appearance this year.

Athletes are allowed to win the award once during a given academic year.

Stone was honored for her play last week, when she averaged 23.33 points, 14.67 rebounds, four steals, 2.33 assists and 1.33 blocks per game.

The awards, which honor one female and one male athlete in all of Washington’s classes (4A, 3A, 2A, 1A, 2B, 1B), went to 10 basketball players and two wrestlers this week.

Other schools honored included Federal Way, Vashon Island, Wapato and Touchet.

To see the official word, pop over to:

http://wiaa.com/subcontent.aspx?SecID=961&utm_content=buffer196c0&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

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