The Coupeville High School volleyball team struggled in its season and conference opener at Cedarcrest in Duvall Thursday, Sept. 6, as the Red Wolves won 25-21, 25-11, 25-14.
The rivalry between South Whidbey and Coupeville just got turned up a notch. For years the Wolves and Friday Harbor were the only 1A schools with tennis programs in District 1, and Coupeville has dominated the series recently. Tradition-rich South Whidbey, with a dip in enrollment, drops from 2A and joins them this year.
The Coupeville High School soccer team had trouble running up the score last fall, so this season first-year coach Dan d’Almeida is having the Wolves run.
Coupeville High School volleyball coach refuses to let her girls play the “What if” game. Four players — all likely starters this season– will don different uniforms this fall. Over the past two years, three have transferred to other schools and a fourth chose to change sports.
Football linemen rarely get the glory, but the petrol that runs the Coupeville High School football engine this fall will be the big boys up front.