Coupeville Sports

Chelsea Prescott and Co. can win a state title, same as anyone else in 1A. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

I’m here to tell you anyone can win a 1A team state title.

Anyone.

A look at the 2018-2019 champions in the 12 sports Coupeville High School competes in shows an almost 50/50 break between public and private schools.

It’s almost equally split between institutions located in the Western half of Washington state and the Eastern half.

Heck, there’s not even much difference between “big” and “small” schools.

So, anyone looking for an easy conspiracy is going to be frustrated.

Now, the only schools to win more than a single state title this school year — Lakeside (Nine Mile Falls) and La Salle — both hail from the Eastern side of the state and…

Well, that doesn’t really work, because while Lakeside is a larger public school, La Salle is an itsy-bitsy private school which is actually 2B-sized, but opts up to 1A.

For that matter, two of the three smallest 1A schools (not counting 2B schools who opt up) accounted for more state titles than the eight biggest.

That’s right, Okanogan (girls track) and Charles Wright Academy (boys tennis) teamed up to top the combined output of Connell, Klahowya, Deer Park, Vashon Island, Wahluke, Mount Baker, La Center, and Medical Lake.

Those eight schools produced one state champ — Vashon in boys soccer — and, well, it’s soccer, so my brain pain is already glazing over.

Before we present the cold hard data, what I’m trying to say is public, private, East, West, big school, small school, doesn’t ultimately matter.

What does is talent, certainly, but also commitment, dedication, and work ethic.

So, stop worrying about conspiracy theories and start workin’.

2018-2019 school year 1A state champs in sports Coupeville plays:

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