Hawthorne Wolfe, here slicing to the hoop as a 7th grader, is back for a second season of middle school basketball. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)
They’re 18 strong in the early going.
While players may still come and go, Coupeville Middle School boys basketball coaches Bob Martin and Dante Mitchell have a pretty good idea of what they’ll have to work with.
And what that is, is a fair amount of 8th graders (13) and a bare bones amount of 7th graders (just five).
Last year, it was the other way around, as the younger team was the well-stocked one.
With most of that crew staying with the game, Mitchell will have plenty of bodies to mix and match, while Martin is hustling to try and attract some more players to turn out.
The rosters as they stand through after day one of practice:
8th grade:
Lucious Binnings
Isaiah Bittner
Aiden Burdge
Brayden Coatney
Brawn Gadberry
Tony Garcia
Logan Martin
Caleb Meyer
Xavier Murdy
Grady Rickner
Cody Roberts
Damon Stadler
Hawthorne Wolfe
7th grade:
Dominic Coffman
Alex Murdy
Kevin Partida
Levi Pulliam
Alexander Wasik
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