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Hoops on horizon!!

Posted in Boys Basketball, Middle School, tagged , , , , on October 8, 2018| Leave a Comment »

Logan Martin has moved on to high school ball this year, but a new Coupeville Middle School boys hoops season draws near. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

It’s never too soon to talk about basketball.

Fall sports are still in full swing, yes, but the first round-ball team to hit the court, Coupeville Middle School boys basketball, opens practice Oct. 22, just two weeks from today.

And two weeks after that first practice, comes the first game.

So, as hoops fanatics count down the days (high school basketball practice kicks off Nov. 12, with MS girls hoops starting up in Jan.), here’s a look at the CMS boys basketball schedule.

All home games, with both 7th and 8th grade action, start at 3:15 PM.

 

Schedule:

Monday-Nov. 5 King’s
Thursday-Nov. 8 @Northshore Christian
Tuesday-Nov. 13 Sultan
Thur-Nov. 15 @Granite Falls
Tues-Nov. 27 Lakewood
Thur-Nov. 29 @King’s
Tues-Dec. 4 Northshore Christian
Thur-Dec. 6 @Sultan
Tues-Dec. 11 @South Whidbey
Thur-Dec. 13 Granite Falls

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Pro tip: Can’t beat her! Ever!!

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged , , , , , on February 18, 2016| Leave a Comment »

(Sylvia Hurlburt photos)

   As the ref launches the ball skyward Makana Stone (23) prepares to spring into action. (Sylvia Hurlburt photos)

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Eyes locked on the ball, Stone pushes off…

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and hurtles skyward.

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Klahowya’s player gets lift-off, but it was over before it began.

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   Completing the maneuver, Makana not only wins the tip, but is able to flip it right to her intended target.

"Hey, remember that time when you beat me for a tip? Yeah, me neither."

“Hey, remember that time when you beat me for a tip? Yeah, me neither.”

In four years I have never witnessed Makana Stone lose an opening tip.

Ever.

As the Coupeville High School senior winds her way through her final prep season (she and her Wolf teammates head back to Sumner Friday for a loser-out district playoff game versus Seattle Christian), that still amazes me.

I’ve seen some pretty fair athletes work the center circle, but every once in awhile, most slip up and lose a tip.

With Makana, who has height, crazy hops and the uncanny ability to twist her body while in mid-flight, it has been utter domination.

So take a moment or two to scroll through the series of pics above, which come to us courtesy CHS cheer queen/camera goddess Sylvia Hurlburt, and watch an artist at work.

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