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Masters of their hoops domain

Posted in Basketball, tagged , , , , , on December 1, 2023| Leave a Comment »

RayLynn Ratcliff leads off a series of photos capturing the CMS hoops coaches in their natural gym environment. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

X’s and O’s and snaps.

Coupeville Middle School basketball coaches are in the spotlight on a Friday morning.

Wanderin’ photographer John Fisken moves at his own Diet Coke-fueled rhythm, so you never quite know what you’re going to get from his camera.

This time out, it’s the men (and the woman) who make the CMS hoops program hum.

They shoot, he shoots, everyone scores.

Jaylen Nitta intently watches action unfold.

Alex Evans is back, leading a program he played for back in the day.

Ratcliff directs traffic.

Nitta, a former Wolf player himself, now calls the shots.

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CMS hoops hires new trio

Posted in Boys Basketball, Middle School, tagged , , , , , on October 27, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Alex Evans hangs out with his sister, Maddie Georges. (Ryan Georges photo)

A dead-eye shooter in his younger days, Alex Evans has morphed into an enterprising coach.

Now the former Wolf ace, who played three sports during his Coupeville High School days, is looping back around to spread more wisdom to the current generation of hoops stars.

Evans, who most recently was an assistant coach for the CHS girls’ basketball program, will be in the thick of things when the middle school boys take control of the gym Monday afternoon.

He was one of three new hires announced Friday by Athletic Director Willie Smith, with CHS grad Jaylen Nitta and newcomer RayLynn Ratcliff also tabbed.

The trio replace Craig Anderson and Jon Roberts, who are moving up to coach the high school JV boys.

The hires are official when approved by the Coupeville School Board.

The CMS boys play an eight-game schedule between Nov. 14 and Dec. 13.

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He’s king of the gym

Posted in Basketball, Cheer, Polls, tagged , , , , , , on December 30, 2019| Leave a Comment »

Coupeville High School boys basketball coach Brad Sherman is our winter poll winner. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

It was the last poll of the decade, and it came down to a mere handful of votes.

In the end, Coupeville High School boys basketball coach Brad Sherman rallied to edge out CMS boys hoops guru Greg White and lay claim to the “much-coveted” title of “Top Coach of the Winter 2019.”

Sherman finished with 176 votes in our 13-coach, 50-hour poll, which wrapped Monday morning, while White racked up 172 tallies.

Rounding out the top five were Alex Evans (154), Arik Garthwaite (108), and Megan Smith (43).

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CMS girls ready to rule the court

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged , , , , on December 20, 2019| Leave a Comment »

Lauren Marrs returns to action Feb. 6. (Photos by Corrin Parker)

Wolves (l to r) Taylor Brotemarkle, Savina Wells, Jada Heaton (behind Wells), and Lyla Stuurmans are ready to scrap.

Their turn is coming.

With Coupeville Middle School boys basketball having wrapped its season, the court will soon belong to the Wolf girls.

Well, soon may be a bit of a stretch, as there’s a fairly decent gap between seasons.

But, it will happen, with practices kicking off in January and the first games set for February 6 at home in the CMS gym.

Just like with the boys, the girls will be divided into three teams this season, with 7th and 8th graders mixed depending on hoops skills.

Alex Evans, who led the CMS 8th graders to an undefeated season a year ago, back before the new three-team format was instituted, returns to coach.

He’ll be joined by at least one other, yet-to-be-identified coach.

As you mentally prepare for spending five hours (give or take an hour…) camped on the rock-hard middle school bleachers each time the Wolves play at home, a look at the schedule as it sits today:

 

Thur-Feb. 6 — Northshore Christian Academy (3:15)
Mon-Feb. 10 — @Granite Falls (3:15)
Wed-Feb. 12 — King’s (3:15)
Wed-Feb. 19 — @Sultan (3:30)
Thur-Feb. 20 — @South Whidbey (3:30)
Wed-Feb. 26 — Lakewood (3:15)
Mon-Mar. 2 — Granite Falls (3:15)
Wed-Mar. 4 — @Northshore Christian Academy (3:15)
Mon-Mar. 9 — South Whidbey (3:15)
Thur-Mar. 12 — @Lakewood (3:15)

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Hoops coach earns promotion

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged , , , , on September 16, 2019| 1 Comment »

Basketball coach Alex Evans (red shirt) is making the jump from middle school to high school. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Alex Evans is movin’ on up.

After two seasons of coaching girls basketball for Coupeville Middle School, the former Wolf star is making the jump to join the staff of new Coupeville High School girls hoops coach Scott Fox.

Evans joins Megan Smith, already named as the JV coach.

Final approval will come from the school board.

“I’m real excited to add Alex to my coaching staff,” Fox said. “He brings a great passion for the game, along with the ability to connect and teach the athletes.

“Most of the tine you’ll see me sitting between Alex and Megan, using their knowledge about basketball and game strategy,” he added. “I’m really looking forward to all of us coaching together.”

During his playing days, Evans was a three-sport star for CHS, playing football, basketball, and baseball.

As a basketball coach, he worked with SWISH teams, then put in two highly-successful stints guiding middle school programs.

His 7th grade team went 8-2 in 2017-2018, then Evans moved up to run the 8th grade squad in 2018-2019, guiding that Wolf team to a 9-0 mark.

The trio of Fox, Smith, and Evans replace David and Amy King, who retired after a seven-year run in charge of the CHS girls hoops program.

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