The middle school hoops schedule has been ripped up, leaving 8th grade players like Carolyn Lhamon with less games than expected. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)
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Exactly a week before Coupeville Middle School girls basketball players begin practice for a new season, their entire schedule has been blown up.
League athletic directors had to make the change after discovering several schools wouldn’t be able to field teams at all levels.
King’s Junior High, which CMS was originally scheduled to play twice, will not have an 8th grade team. Northshore Christian also won’t have an 8th grade squad, or a JV team for that matter.
After some fiddling, Coupeville Athletic Director Willie Smith and his compatriots have pieced together a new schedule which will work, though be unbalanced.
The Wolves plan to field a 7th grade varsity, an 8th grade varsity and one combined team for JV play.
Under the new schedule, the only CMS team to still have a complete 10-game schedule is the 7th grade varsity.
The JV will sit out against Northshore, while the 8th grade varsity is left with just eight games.
It could have gone as low as seven, but AD’s shaved off Coupeville’s second game against King’s and replaced it with a second game against Lakewood.
The new, we’re pretty sure this is real, schedule:
Tues-Feb. 5 — South Whidbey
Thur-Feb. 7 — @Lakewood
Tues-Feb. 12 — @Granite Falls
Thur-Feb. 14 — King’s (**No 8th grade varsity**)
Wed-Feb. 20 — @Sultan
Thur-Feb. 21 — @Northshore Christian (**7th varsity only**)
Tues-Feb. 26 — Granite Falls
Thur-Mar. 5 — @South Whidbey
Tues-Mar. 12 — Lakewood
Thur-Mar. 14 — Sultan
All home games tip at 3:15 PM.
Mondays and Tuesdays, the 7th grade varsity plays first, followed by a two-quarter JV game, then the 8th grade varsity.
Wednesdays and Thursdays, 8th grade varsity plays first, then JV, then 7th grade varsity.
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