Coupeville Sports

   Kory Score lashed a three-run double Monday, sparking a 12-4 Wolf win. (John Fisken photo)

It’s a good thing they don’t use wood bats in high school baseball.

With the red-hot swings Coupeville High School hitters were laying down Monday, the Wolves would have burnt holes through some old-fashioned ash, hickory or maple.

Seven different CHS sluggers recorded at least one base-knock, including a bases-clearing double from Kory Score, en route to smashing 13 hits in a 12-4 romp over visiting Sultan.

The non-league victory, coming against a former longtime Cascade Conference rival, stretched Coupeville’s win streak to four and brings it to 4-2 on the season.

Riding high, the Wolves kick off defense of their Olympic League crown with a home game against Klahowya Wednesday and a road trip Friday to Port Townsend.

When they do, they’ll still be carrying good memories from smashing the Turks.

Coupeville came out loaded for bear, erupting for 11 runs in the first three innings to quickly derail any Sultan hopes.

After loading the bags in the first on singles by Joey Lippo and Clay Reilly and a walk to Dane Lucero, the Wolves got ruthless.

Ethan Marx eked out a walk to force in the game’s first run, but that was just the prelude.

Score, Coupeville’s lanky first-baseman, who comes equipped with a die-hard fan section led by girlfriend Amanda Neitzel, promptly messed up the Turk pitcher’s day by ripping a resounding double to plate Reilly, pinch-runner Jonathan Thurston and Marx.

Once the runs started coming, they didn’t stop, as CHS piled together four more hits in the second and amassed another three runs.

Hunter Smith started things off with a double, while Jake Hoagland capped things with a two-run single.

Determined to ten-run the Turks, Coupeville ran the score to 11-0 in the bottom of the third, despite starting the inning with two outs and nobody on base.

Smith and Lippo rapped out singles, Reilly walked, Lucero plated two more, and, finally, Hoagland delivered again, this time with an RBI single.

While the offense was wailing away, Lucero was shutting Sultan down in style on the mound.

The sophomore hurler, putting together a second consecutive strong outing, retired the first eight batters and carried a no-hitter into the top of the fourth.

While Lucero hit a brief speed bump in that inning — as Sultan used a pair of singles, two walks and an error to score all four of its runs — he got out of the inning and was virtually untouched after that.

He threw a complete game, scattering four hits and striking out two on 85 pitches.

Coupeville added a final run in the sixth, with Marx reaching on an error, moving up on a single from Nick Etzell, then scoring on a fielder’s choice off the bat of Matt Hilborn.

Lippo led the Wolf hit attack with three singles, while Smith, Reilly, Lucero and Hoagland all chipped in with two base-knocks apiece.