Makana Stone (middle) is NOT letting go of that rebound. (John Fisken photos)
Kacie Kiel, always smiling, even in the heat of battle.
Julia Myers goes hard to the hoop.
Amanda Fabrizi, who scored a game-high 18, pushes the ball.
McKayla Bailey stuns her defender with the power of the green shoes.
Myers, AKA “Elbows,” being the baddest badass in all of Badassdom. So, a normal day for her.
Carlie Rosenkrance: “Run! Run for your life!! ‘Elbows’ is killin’ folks!!!”
They wanted it more.
When it came down to it, the young women on the Coupeville High School girls’ basketball team had to win, needed to win, were willing to hit the floor harder, sacrifice their bodies more and fight a second or two longer than Meridian was Thursday night.
And all the effort, all the bumps, bruises and floor burns, the elbows to the ribs, the adrenaline rushes?
In the end, they paid off in a 42-41 win, the first playoff victory for the Wolves in at least five seasons.
Coupeville heads to Blaine Friday for a loser-out, winner-to-tri-districts game on Valentine’s Day.
Win or lose, the nine girls who played Thursday, and the two who were enthusiastic cheerleaders while being forced to sit on the bench in street clothes due to injury and illness, will always have that one bright, shining night to remember.
They came, they saw, they kicked some fanny. They’ll never forget that.
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