Redington to honor ‘everyone’s team mom’

WASILLA — Angela Coyne Reavis was part of the Redington girls basketball program for two years. But to those around Redington Jr./Sr. High School and Huskies basketball, Reavis was more than just a coach.

“She was everyone’s team mom,” Redington boys basketball head coach Tony Brooke said.

Reavis died in August of 2018 after a battle with cancer. Brooke said those around Redington basketball wanted to find a special way to honor Reavis and her memory. Redington has renamed its annual Rally in the Valley junior varsity basketball tournament to the Angie Coyne Reavis Rally in the Valley. There will be a special presentation for the Reavis family during the first day of the tournament, scheduled for Thursday at 7:30 p.m. Redington’s No. 20 jersey will be retired in honor of Reavis, who wore the No. 20 during her playing days at Palmer High School.

“She’s going to be watching from above, cheering everybody on,” Brooke said. “She had a passion for kids, basketball and teaching. It’s a cool thing having a tournament named after her now. That passion will live on.”

There is also a commemorative T-shirt that has been designed that Redington staff and players will wear during the day, and players will use during warm-ups. The front reads #team mom and Coach Reavis is on the back. Brooke said Reavis was the ultimate team mom.

“No matter what team you were on, she looked out for ya,” Brooke said. “She had the biggest heart of anybody you’d meet.”

Brooke said whatever was needed, Reavis was there to do it.

“If somebody was needed to run the gate, she’d run and go do it. If somebody was needed in the concession stand, she’d hop in and do it,” Brooke said.

The same went for the players.

“If a kid was hungry, she’d get something from the concession stand or make a run to the store,” Brooke said. “I can’t do justice putting into words what she meant to the kids here. She touched so many people’s lives in so many ways.”

Tournament action tips off Thursday at 9 a.m. with junior varsity teams from Dillingham, Cordova, Kenai Central, Houston, Homer, Valdez and Redington, and the Palmer C teams.

Contact Frontiersman managing editor Jeremiah Bartz at sports@frontiersman.com.