Natasha Bamberger, Coupeville legend. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)
Apparently Whidbey Island ends at the midway point.
The website SB Live Washington has been busy compiling lists of its picks for the best athletes to come out of each of the state’s counties, with Island County’s female stars honored Thursday.
And, despite being the smallest of the three high schools on Whidbey, Coupeville netted two of the five slots, with Natasha Bamberger and Makana Stone joining Oak Harbor grads Marti Malloy, Chalise Baysa, and Missy McIntyre.
South Whidbey High School, on the other hand, got shafted, with the most notable omission being Lindsey Newman.
You know, the fearsome Falcon who won three consecutive 2A state tennis titles from 2007-2009, scored a billion points on the basketball hardwood, and is now a professional pickleball player.
Oh, that Lindsey Newman.
But, while Falcon Nation will rightfully have its collective feelings hurt, Wolf Nation has plenty to celebrate.
Bamberger was a five-time state champ for CHS in the ’80s, winning four track titles and a cross country crown, before going on to be world-class ultramarathoner.
Stone, who just wrapped up a stellar college hoops career at Whitman College, dominated in soccer, basketball, and track and field during her time as a Wolf.
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