Because the players are nervous, anxious and rusty in opening games, their performances are often ragged.
Not Coupeville’s boys’ team.
Glacier Peak showed why it’s ranked in the state’s top 10 by beating the Oak Harbor boys’ 64-53 Friday night on the Wildcats’ court.
Coupeville’s girls’ basketball team overcame an early deficit, built a big lead then hung on to defeat visiting Darrington 51-46 Friday.
Oak Harbor’s girls’ basketball team outscored host Bellingham 21-4 in the third quarter to run away from the Raiders for a 56-30 win Thursday.
Oak Harbor’s swim team’s superior depth carried it to an 86-76 season-opening win at Stanwood Thursday afternoon.
The beginning of the game looked like the same old thing. The finish far from it.
A fast start and a big finish helped the Oak Harbor girls’ basketball team overcome a sluggish middle and defeat visiting Mountlake Terrace 52-25 Tuesday in the 2009 debute.
oupeville’s girls’ basketball team’s defense picked up a sluggish offense to lead the Wolves to a 44-20 nonleague win at Concrete Tuesday in the season opener for both teams.
Like the smallest sibling in a family wrestling match, Coupeville High School athletic teams have to work hard to stay off the bottom of the Cascade Conference pile.
High school sports move indoors for the winter season as the Oak Harbor and Coupeville teams begin playing games next week.
Heidi McNeill, a 2005 graduate of Oak Harbor High School, is continuing her basketball career by playing in the Austrian women’s professional league
At the Kamiak Age Group Invitational Swim Meet at Kamiak High School Nov. 21-22, North Whidbey Aquatic Club (NWAC) swimmers Emily Huffer, Kelly Huffer and Olivia Tungate all qualified for competition at next March’s Northwest Section Age Group Championships to take place in Federal Way.
Seven local runners qualified for the national Junior Olympic Association cross country meet with their strong showing at the regional championship at Plantes Ferry State Park in Spokane Nov. 21.
