It was like a Godzilla movie, one in which Tokyo has no chance against the rampaging beast.
Rolling out to a huge lead, James Vidoni, former Wolf baseball player turned volunteer assistant coach, decimated the field in the “Best Spring Coach” poll.
With 12 hours left in the 26-coach, 50-hour rumble, the CHS grad had pulled in 72% of the vote.
If that had held, Vidoni would have posted the largest margin of victory in any poll conducted on Coupeville Sports.
But, he finally got a serious challenger late, when CMS track guru Elizabeth Bitting roared into action, piling up 700+ votes in the final half-day of competition.
While she didn’t make it all the way back, Bitting did finish with 950 votes, while Vidoni topped everyone with 1,694.
Rounding out the top five were CHS track coach Bob Martin (233), CHS baseball coach Chris Smith (86) and CHS girls tennis coach Ken Stange (67).
This was the eighth Top Coach poll in blog history, and the eighth (or ninth) different winner.
Past champs include Ryan King (CHS football), Randy King (CHS track), Bitting (CMS cross country), Dante and DeAndre Mitchell (CMS basketball), Jon Gabelein (CMS track), BreAnna Boon (CHS cheer), and Brad Sherman (CHS basketball).
The Mitchell brothers competed as individuals, but finished deadlocked in the only tie we’ve ever had.