Klahowya three-sport star George Harris.
With Coupeville leaving the 1A/2A Cascade Conference and joining Port Townsend, Chimacum and Klahowya in the 1A Olympic League this fall, now is a great time to learn a bit about some of the players who will face off with the Wolves in the future.
George Harris is a throw-back.
At a time when no Coupeville High School boy has played the core three sports (football, basketball, baseball) the past two years, they will run into at least one new opponent who does just that.
Harris, a junior-to-be at Klahowya Secondary School, doesn’t take any seasons off, and he hopes to be successful in each of them.
“My athletic goals for next season are to letter in each sport and go to the playoffs in each, as well,” he said.
While he gets something out of all of his sports (“What I enjoy is the friendships I build with my teammates and the competition”), Harris picks football, where he plays quarterback and linebacker for the Eagles, as his favorite in a close call.
“My favorite is football because, out of the three, I believe it is the biggest team sport,” Harris said. “To have success your whole team has to be on the same page and stick together like brothers.”
Away from the field, he enjoys boating with friends and is a regular church-goer.
In the same way he treats his teammates as family, Harris draws support and encouragement from those closest to him.
“My mother and father have had the biggest impact on me,” Harris said. “They are both very supportive of me.
“My mom is always there for me to talk to when I am going through something,” he added. “My dad is the person I still play catch with in the front yard and he provides the moral and financial support to play all the sports I do.”
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