Coupeville Sports

  Wolf catcher Breeanna Messner longs for the sound of an ump saying two words — “Play ball!” (John Fisken photos)

Madeline Roberts unleashes a laser throw while playing in the hole at shortstop.

  Hailey Hammer stretches to haul in a throw at first. The rain-outs have given the junior power hitter a chance to continue recovering from an ankle injury.

At this rate, they’re going to play every single day, without fail, in the last weeks of the season.

The sporadic rain falling on Washington state timed it perfectly again Tuesday, knocking the Coupeville High School softball team out of commission before the Wolves could come close to touching the field.

This time it was a trip to Sultan, and Coupeville (sporting a shiny 1-0 record) was turned back 10 minutes after departing the ferry.

The Wolves and Turks will try and make-up the game Wednesday.

It’s the third game CHS has lost to weather.

The season opener at Port Townsend was called off after that school’s infield went underwater, and no one seems to know if the non-conference game will be made up.

Then came a rain-out of a trip to Everett to play Archbishop Thomas Murphy. That game will be made up April 8 as part of a road doubleheader … unless it’s still raining.

The on-again, off-again weather has hurt the softball squad worse than all of the other Coupeville squads combined, as tennis (4), baseball (4, counting a JV game), track (2) and boys’ soccer (2 with Tuesday night’s home game against Cedarcrest) all having played more than once.

The lone time the Wolf softballers actually got to swing away, they bashed league and Island rival South Whidbey, leaving them tied for second in the Cascade Conference with Sultan (1-0 in league, 2-0 overall), a half game behind Granite Falls (2-0, 2-1).

After the (hoped for) make-up game at Sultan Wednesday, Coupeville’s next three games are scheduled for home.

Cedarcrest comes in Thursday, Mar. 27, followed by Lakewood (Mar. 31) and Granite Falls (April 2).