Coupeville Sports

   Freshman Ty Eck was one of four Wolves to see mound duty Saturday. (Sylvia Hurlburt photo)

The Falcons got a bit of revenge.

Playing a hastily scheduled game Saturday to bulk up their schedules, South Whidbey and Coupeville’s JV baseball squads went toe-to-toe in Langley for much of the morning.

In the end, though, it was the hometown team’s bats that got hot last, as the Falcons scored nine unanswered runs across the fourth and fifth innings to nab an 11-7 win.

The loss dropped the Wolf JV to 5-2-1 on the season, with one game left on their schedule. That’s a proposed road trip to Klahowya Wednesday, May 4.

Facing off with the Falcons a day after the Wolf varsity won its first league title in 25 years, the Wolves scratched out an early run, before the two teams played hot potato with the lead.

South Whidbey went up 2-1, Coupeville responded with a four-run fourth to surge ahead 5-2, then thew floor fell out from beneath its feet when it surrounded four in the fourth and five in the fifth.

Fighting until the end, the Wolves scored two in the top of the seventh, but the late rally died out as quickly as it began.

Coupeville had a chance to stretch out its pitching, using four hurlers — Jonathan Thurston, Dane Lucero, Ty Eck and Nick Etzell — on the day.

Thurston was the most effective, tossing two scoreless innings and whiffing three Falcons to kick things off.

Jake Pease scored twice to pace the Wolf attack.

CHS coach Chris Smith was philosophical about the game, disappointed in a loss, but eager to use it as a teaching tool.

“Some good plays, some not so good. Some good plate appearances, some not so good,” was how the hardball guru summed it up.

Lessons learned, on to the next game.