Bessie Walstad and Co. go for 3-0 this afternoon. (John Fisken photo)
Across the street, Aaron Trumbull and Wolf coach Willie Smith also hope to add a third straight victory. (Shelli Trumbull photo)
Defend the home turf!
The Coupeville High School baseball and softball squads, both unbeaten at home this spring, will try and run their record to 3-0 in front of local fans this afternoon.
In a quirk of scheduling, it’s one of the five times this season both Wolf squads will play at home at the same time, forcing local fans to choose their side of the road — or run back and forth, dodging traffic.
Baseball opens a three-game stand against Island rival South Whidbey at 4 PM (game two is in Langley Wednesday, then the finale comes back to Coupeville Friday), while softball hosts Archbishop Thomas Murphy.
The hardball showdown matches a 2-2 Wolf team that has grabbed back-to-back final-inning victories against a 2-1 Falcon squad. The softball battle pits a 2-0 CHS team that has thrown up 23 runs already against an 0-5 ATM nine.
Following on the heels of a sweep of Port Townsend Saturday, the Wolves will have conflicting games on three more dates — Friday, March 29 (baseball-South Whidbey, softball-Sultan), Monday, April 8 (baseball-ATM, softball-South Whidbey) and Friday, April 12 (both teams against ATM).
With both Coupeville squads clickin’, and only two of the five conflicts involving the same team coming to town (and thus sharing a bus) it’s a shame the schedule makers couldn’t have kept things separated, so local fans (and reporters) could have avoided having to choose their own adventure.
But, as long as the Wolves are winning, I guess that’s a small thing to worry about.
Coupeville Sports 
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