Alex (left) and Xavier Murdy, who both had strong seasons for CMS, hang out with their shooting coach. (Photo courtesy Michele Murdy)
That’s all they wrote.
Ending their season deep on the road at Port Angeles Wednesday, the Coupeville Middle School boys hoops squads ran into a cutthroat rival in ginormous Stevens.
Somewhat predictably, it wasn’t a particularly thrilling finale for the over-matched Wolves, with both varsity and JV being knocked off.
If nothing else, it’s the last time the CMS boys are likely to face Stevens, which funnels students to a large 2A high school and is the rare middle school to have tryouts and cuts for their basketball teams.
With Coupeville jumping out of the Olympic League at the end of the 2017-2018 school year, it will also leave behind the stitched-together middle school version of that league.
Currently, the Wolf middle school athletes play against two schools — Stevens and Sequim — which support 2A schools, along with Port Townsend, Chimacum and the-school-at-the-end-of-the-world, Forks.
Varsity:
Less than 24 hours after pushing Seqium to the final shot, Coupeville stayed competitive with Stevens, which built its 12-man roster off of 50-man tryouts.
Unfortunately, the game slipped away in the second half, with the hosts collecting a 56-41 win.
The loss drops the Wolves final record to 6-4.
Caleb Meyer led the way with 14, while Logan Martin and Xavier Murdy hit eight apiece.
Hawthorne Wolfe (4), Gabe Shaw (3), Aiden Burdge (2), Grady Rickner (2) and Cody Roberts all played their final middle school hoops game, and will bounce up to high school ball next year.
JV:
Damon Stadler accounted for 60% of Coupeville’s offense, dropping in nine in a 57-15 loss.
The young, very inexperienced second squad finished the year at 1-9, with their lone win coming against Chimacum.
Ty Hamilton knocked in four and Alex Wasik drained a bucket to round out the scoring.
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