Coupeville made it to state in five sports this spring.
Dear ATM, grab a few more hundred dollar bills and go wipe your sweet, sweet tears with them.
Whidbey Island ruled this spring.
There are eight teams in the 1A/2A Cascade Conference, and Coupeville and South Whidbey combined to claim 10 of the conference’s 23 appearances at state.
Both the Wolves and Falcons were represented in five of the six spring sports, as geographically isolated public schools came in ahead of the big bucks, scholarship-offering, big city programs.
Archbishop Thomas Murphy (four sports) and King’s (three) couldn’t match the Whidbey schools, while Cedarcrest (two), Sultan (two), Lakewood (one) and Granite Falls (one) trailed far behind.
Coupeville was the only school to send both its baseball and softball teams to state, while also qualifying in girls’ golf, track and boys’ tennis (the season is in the fall, but state in the spring).
South Whidbey was right there with the Wolves, with baseball, boys’ soccer, girls’ golf, track and girls’ tennis represented.
Track was the great equalizer, as all eight schools got athletes through to state, while softball and tennis were the most demanding, with only two schools hitting pay dirt in each sport.
Breakdown by sport:
Baseball — Coupeville, South Whidbey, ATM
Softball — Coupeville, Sultan
Boys’ soccer — ATM, King’s, South Whidbey
Golf — Coupeville, ATM, King’s, South Whidbey, Cedarcrest
Track — Coupeville, ATM, King’s, South Whidbey, Cedarcrest, Granite Falls, Sultan, Lakewood
Tennis — Coupeville, South Whidbey
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