Coupeville Sports

Joey Lippo (center) swings a big bat. (Joe Lippo photo)

Contributed by Joe Lippo

The six-game two-team fall ball season wrapped up and the future of Coupeville baseball looks bright indeed.

All made contributions to an undefeated season for the North/Central team, and the Coupeville players did well and learned what playing in the Juniors is all about.

Cameron Dahl, the youngest player on the team, will play Majors next year and will shine due to what he learned playing up in the Junior leagues.

During the season, he got on base about a third of the time he showed up at the plate, and then promptly stole everything that wasn’t nailed down. Playing on the shorter base paths in the Majors, he will be the bane of any catcher’s existence.

Ethan Marx and Johnny Thurston put up respectable numbers, with Ethan hitting just above .300 and Johnny hitting just below.

Ethan soaked up any ball that came near him no matter what position he played, while the speedy Johnny was a real threat on the base paths.

Clay Reilly and Joey Lippo, however, just blew the roof off the place.

Both players’ batting average was a staggering .750, and that’s not a typo. Seven hundred and fifty.

Both had 18 plate appearances, and both were walked six times.

Beyond that, they could be counted on to hit the ball every game, and neither of them ever went hitless in any game.

Joey led off with a hit almost every game, and Clay could be counted on to drive the deep ball, contributing many extra base hits and a home run. Both were successful at any position they were placed at.

The next time they will be together on the same diamond will be next year, when Joey will be in 9th grade and Clay, Ethan and Johnny will be sophomores.

Add Julian Welling, Nick Etzell and Kyle Rockwell to that mix and next year’s JV team looks very good indeed.