Coupeville Sports

   Wolf slugger Kyla Briscoe had three hits and six RBI Thursday in a 20-1 win. (Amy Briscoe photo)

Bigger is not always better.

Burlington-Edison is a large 2A school, and, according to the most-recent WIAA classification counts, has 840 students to Coupeville’s 227.

Well, CHS apparently got the talented kids…

With everyone in the lineup ripping the cover off the ball, the Wolf JV softball squad demolished their big school rivals 20-1 Thursday in a game which could have easily been far more of a rout.

The only thing containing Coupeville’s offense was a rule that limits JV teams to five runs in an inning.

The Wolves, now 3-1 on the season, reached their run limit in all four innings they hit, recording just three outs along the way.

Yes, that’s correct — Coupeville sent 32 hitters to the plate and 29 of them reached base safely.

Burlington’s pitching staff didn’t walk many batters, but that was largely because the Wolves were too busy smashing the ball to wait around to see four balls.

Kyla Briscoe led the way, collecting a single, double and triple, while collecting a team-high six RBIs.

Hot on her heels was catcher Mackenzie Davis, who ripped three well-hit singles, driving home three even as Coupeville coach Stephanie Henning did her best to keep her players moving just station to station.

Tamika Nastali, Emma Mathusek, Melia Welling, Jae LeVine and Nicole Lester had two hits apiece, while Scout Smith and Hope Lodell settled for one, as Coupeville rolled up 18 base-knocks.

Three different Wolves legged out triples, with Lester and Welling joining Briscoe in the three-bagger club.

Mathusek also had a double, while seven of nine players picked up at least one RBI.

While the offensive explosion was more than enough to carry the day, Wolf pitcher Scout Smith was effective as well, whiffing six.

She also made Burlington a little gun-shy, roughing up back-to-back Tigers.

After drilling a jittery batter in the back of the thigh with a pitch, Smith kept the next hitter from dropping a bunt by zinging the ball (inadvertently) off of the Tiger’s exposed fingers.

From that point on, almost every single Burlington player stayed well away from the plate while hitting.