Coupeville girls basketball camp aims to build future Wolves

Coupeville’s girls basketball program is using summer work to do more than sharpen jump shots. A three-day skills camp July 1-3 will bring players entering grades 6 through 9 into the CHS gym, with Coupeville High School and Middle School girls basketball coaches leading the sessions as the program tries to strengthen its next wave of Wolves.

The camp is built around fundamentals, program values and the kind of early connection that can keep younger athletes moving from youth hoops into the high school ranks. Families with girls entering grades 6-9 in the fall have a clear local option in Coupeville, where the coaches are asking players to spend part of their summer learning the game together before the school year starts.

Questions about the camp can be directed to CHS head coach Megan Richter at mrichter@coupeville.k12.wa.us. Richter and the middle school staff have made summer clinics a recurring part of the program’s calendar, turning the offseason into a place where younger players can start learning the same habits they will need in the high school program.

That feeder system runs in stages. The Coupeville Youth Basketball Association serves children in kindergarten through fifth grade, then summer skills work helps bridge the gap to middle school and high school basketball. Coupeville Schools says athletics are meant to foster teamwork, leadership and perseverance while promoting physical fitness and a love for sports, and the girls camp fits squarely into that approach.

The continuity matters in a small district like Coupeville, where school sports often depend on relationships built years before a player reaches varsity. The program has also leaned on local basketball lineage. Richter played for the Wolves, and former Coupeville standout Makana Stone, who graduated in 2016 as the No. 3 scorer and No. 1 rebounder in program history, has also been involved in coaching younger girls.

Recent turnout shows there is interest to build on. Coupeville’s 2025 girls clinic drew 16 middle school-aged girls, while a 2024 camp brought in 20 Coupeville Middle School girls for three days, three hours each day. Those numbers suggest the summer work is reaching the age group the program most wants to keep engaged.

The timing is especially important after Coupeville’s varsity girls finished the 2025-26 season 5-16 overall. For a program looking to add depth, confidence and continuity, July’s camp is less about filling a week on the calendar than about building future Wolves from the ground up.