Coupeville Crush ace Izzy Wells (left) celebrates with her teammates after a recent win. (Renae Mulholland photos)
Undefeated and it feels so good.
Regular season? Postseason play? Doesn’t matter.
The Coupeville Crush just wins, baby.
Coming off an undefeated league season, Central Whidbey Little League’s Majors softball squad crushed the Sedro-Woolley Destroyers 14-2 Saturday to open the Bill Sparks Tournament in Skagit.
Now 16-0-1, the Crush play North Whidbey Sunday.
Central opened the game by chipping away at Sedro’s pitching in the first two innings, before exploding in the third.
Sophie Martin walked, pilfered second, then zipped home on a RBI single off the bat of Stella Johnson to get things going.
Base knocks from Kaela Meffert and Izzy Wells and a walk by Kylie Van Velkinburgh juiced the bags for Jill Prince,who made it 2-0 with a “well-placed shot.”
The Crush doubled that with a two-spot in the second (highlights included Meffert’s base shot and Abby Mulholland getting plunked in the foot), while Wells was brutal in the pitcher’s circle for Central.
Striking out five of the first six batters she faced, the Crush ace gave her defense time to rest, though Prince came up big with an unassisted out at first on the only ball Sedro touched in the first two innings.
Cue the rout.
“Our third inning never ended! We went all the way through the lineup,” said Crush coach Mimi Johnson.
After Martin was nailed by a pitch, Audrianna Shaw, Wells, Anya Leavelle and Bella Velasco rained down hits as the Crush couldn’t be stopped.
When it wasn’t putting bat on ball, Central worked the count and eked out plenty of walks, headed up by Bam Ries wearing a pitch to earn a “free” base.
That was a common theme, as Mulholland was drilled for a second time and Meffert got nailed, though the ump changed his mind after a heated discussion.
Meanwhile, Wells was on fire, as usual, gunning down 10 batters while tossing a complete game.
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