John McClarin, looking easy-breezy as tennis practice kicks off. (John Fisken photos)
Summer lessons have made Jakobi Baumann a lean, mean tennis machine.
Grey Rische goes low for a volley.
Once a young turk, Jimmy Myers is now a grizzled vet for the Wolf net squad.
The magician, Mason Grove, at work.
Joseph Wedekind: “I have to swat you. You’re a tennis ball, I’m a hard-court assassin. It’s just the way things are in this crazy, mixed-up world.”
Like the swallows returning to San Juan Capistrano, the netters have migrated back to the hard-courts.
As summer winds down, the Coupeville High School tennis players have grabbed their rackets and kicked off the opening week of practice.
While the Wolves lost several key players to graduation, they return a number of talented veterans, who will mesh with bright-eyed newcomers.
All are intent on defending Coupeville’s 1A Olympic League title and adding a fresh title board to the school’s brand spanking new historical display in the gym.
As they toiled under longtime CHS tennis guru Ken Stange Wednesday, the Wolves also had to deal with a wandering paparazzi or two, who were intent on capturing their early-season work.
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