Wolf freshman Ema Smith holds up well under pressure. (John Fisken photos)
“I said NO SCORING, FOOL!!” Kalia Littlejohn (right) clamps down on defense.
CHS hoops legend turned round-ball guru Sherry Roberts works the sidelines.
Lauren Grove wheels and deals.
Sarah Wright (right) comes flying in to impose her will.
Hoops are hoppin’ again.
The start of a new high school basketball season is still two months away, but a pack of Coupeville High School girls kicked off their fall ball season Sunday in a league run by Skagit County Parks and Rec.
And, while the Wolves dropped two close games, there were signs of progress from a squad that carries four freshmen on its eight-player roster.
Coupeville, which is coached by former Wolf hoops legends Sherry Roberts and Brittany Black, with an assist from Kacie Kiel and Aimee Bishop, fell 39-27 to Meridian and 25-23 to South Whidbey in its opening games.
Nerves cost the Wolves in their opening game, but, once settled down, the young Coupeville squad came alive with hustle plays and had a chance to beat the Falcons at the end of game two.
While wins are certainly aimed for, the focus for the team right now is growth, especially for the younger players who have yet to play a game at the high school level.
When the high school season rolls around in November, the Wolves will enter a new season as the defending 1A Olympic League champs.
However, they did lose six players from the squad that rolled to a 9-0 league mark in 2014-2015, winning every one of those games by 15+ points.
The fall ball squad includes three players from the title winners in senior (and reigning league MVP) Makana Stone, junior Kailey Kellner and sophomore Mia Littlejohn.
Wolf junior Lauren Grove and freshmen Kalia Littlejohn, Sarah Wright, Lindsey Roberts and Ema Smith round out the current squad.
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