Coupeville Sports

   The swings looked good, but the Wolves spent most of Monday being baffled by Sultan hurler Tyler Ohlson. (John Fisken photo)

“As good as things went Saturday, they went bad today!”

Willie Smith was still smiling in the parking lot after the game, but it was the strained smile of a coach blessed with a very young team that will be incredible some days, and soul-searing on others.

After a sublime Opening Day win over Blaine, Smith’s Coupeville High School baseball squad took a step back Monday, falling 6-0 to visiting Sultan in a game that had few highlights for the Wolf faithful.

For one thing, the non-conference loss came to a Turk squad that went winless a year ago.

Last year, when the two schools shared Cascade Conference residency, the Wolves swept three from Sultan.

This time around, the only one doing the sweeping was Turk hurler Tyler Ohlson.

Using 92 pitches, he blanked Coupeville, now in the Olympic League, on three hits and a walk while striking out four.

The biggest blow the Wolves landed was a double off of the bat of senior Kyle Bodamer, but he was stranded.

Adding insult to injury, Bodamer’s last name was changed to Budnaer in the game report that currently sits on the Everett Herald’s web site.

Oh, Herald, with your never-ending love of misspelling Coupeville names, never change.

After Aaron Curtin and Aaron Trumbull combined to toss a no-hitter against Blaine, Wolf hurlers CJ Smith and Julian Welling were decent, but not quite as effective.

Smith surrendered runs in the first and second, before Sultan tacked on two more in both the fifth and seventh against Welling.

Coupeville, now 1-1 on the young season, gets a chance to get back on the winning track when they travel to Willie Smith’s alma mater, Sequim, Wednesday.