Coupeville Sports

       Why are they laughing? Only they know, and they’re not talking. (Shelli Trumbull photos)

Korbin Korzan gets the handshake o’ death from coach Chris Tumblin…

        While Kyle Bodamer is more of a get-in-close-and-get-all-up-in-your-business kind of guy.

Experience pays off.

As the only senior on the Coupeville High School baseball squad, Drew Chan led the awards haul at his team’s season-ending banquet Thursday night.

He took a 4-year Award (“For putting up with me for that long,” chucked Wolf coach Willie Smith) and shared the Captain’s Award with juniors Ben Etzell and Jake Tumblin.

Earning letters were Josh Bayne, Kyle Bodamer, Chan, Aaron Curtin, Etzell, Korbin Korzan, Morgan Payne, Wade Schaef, Kurtis Smith, Aaron Trumbull and Tumblin.

Taking home Participation Certificates were Joey Edwards, Brian Norris (injured on the eve of the first game, but still capable of playing a mean game of “Bejeweled” on the team iPad while helping “keep stats”), Cole Payne and Isaac Vargas.

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Drew Chan (right) and Wolf coach Willie Smith share a light moment at the team banquet. (Shelli Trumbull photo)

Drew Chan’s high school baseball career is not done just yet.

While his final season wearing the red and black for Coupeville High School ended Thursday with the team banquet, the Wolf senior lives on to play at least one more day.

That’s because the second baseman has been tabbed to play in one of the feeder games for the All-State series. He’ll suit up Thursday, May 30 at Joe Martin Field in Bellingham, and, depending on his play, could be picked to play in Yakima June 8-9.

The All-State series draws it players from the senior class each year and features players from every part of the state and every classification, from 1B to 4A.

Chan’s feeder game features players from Northern Washington 1A and B schools.

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