
Lucy Sandahl is ready to return to the court. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)
Flip the calendar and refocus your mind.
August has arrived, which means, in less than three weeks, practice officially begins for fall high school sports.
No, it’s true. I swear.
Aug. 15 is the first day high school football teams can take the field in Washington state, while Aug. 20 is the kickoff date for volleyball, cross country, cheer, boys tennis and girls soccer.
With a new season, and a new school year, also comes a new league.
After a four-year run in the Olympic League, Coupeville joins Granite Falls, Sultan, Cedar Park Christian (Bothell), King’s and arch-rival South Whidbey in the North Sound Conference.
As they count down the days until the first practice, several Wolves (and one enterprising Falcon) drop by to let you know their thoughts and feelings, their goals and plans.
Ja’Tarya Hoskins (CHS junior):
My new goals for the cheer season are to learn and perform a lot of new stunts. Help spread cheer and Coupeville Wolves spirit.
Lily Leedy (CHS freshman):
To work better as a team. Learn plays and to show the opponent who’s boss.
Kody Newman (SWHS senior):
Very excited for this year’s conference! But most importantly…. THE BUCKET GAME!!!
Not only is it the biggest game of the Island, but it is also our Homecoming game! Ticket sales are sure to be raised for this game!!! Falcons are coming for revenge!
Best of luck this year to the Wolves and hopefully King’s does terrible, lol!
Lucy Sandahl (CHS junior):
My goal for the new season is to play every game with a new mind-set and put all the bad plays behind me and focus on the next point.
Another thing that I am looking forward to is getting to see how well our team adapts to all the new plays and players after having lost seven really strong seniors.
This new league has so much hype, but so do we; we’ve won two back-to-back league champs.
What makes them think we can’t do it again? We are strong, faster, and mentally unstoppable.
The only way we are going to get through this is together and it is going to be such a great season!!! I am so excited!
Emma Smith (CHS senior):
We want a winning season!!
Playing as a unit instead of six individuals is something we’ve been working on since last year, and is extremely crucial for us to do considering we pretty much have a new starting six.
We also want to go into the season confident in our skills and without the fear of “big, bad King’s.”
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