CJ Smith, who pitched Coupeville to a baseball league title in 2016, is returning as a coach. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)
Two years after he pitched the Coupeville High School baseball team to an Olympic League title, CJ Smith is returning to the Wolf dugout, but this time as a coach.
He joins a staff headed up by his dad, CHS head baseball coach Chris Smith.
Completing the trio, CJ’s younger brother, Hunter, is a senior and the staff ace.
The hire of the younger Smith is not official until the school board approves it at its next meeting.
After his family moved to Coupeville midway through his sophomore year, CJ Smith became an immediate three-sport star for the Wolves, playing football, basketball and baseball.
Providing a template for Hunter and lil’ sis Scout, the oldest child of Chris and Charlotte combined talent with a laser focus.
While his skills were impeccable, it was his serene nature which always caught people’s eye first.
The rare pitcher who projected utter calm every time he took the mound, it was virtually impossible to tell if CJ had a 10-run lead or was trailing by 10.
Well, check that, cause he never trailed by 10…
But you get the point.
CJ’s biggest moment in a Wolf uniform came April 29, 2016, when Smith, a senior at the time, took the ball and whiffed 10 Port Townsend hitters in five innings in a 10-0 home win.
The victory clinched Coupeville’s first league title in baseball since 1991.
As CJ pulls the uniform back on, a flashback to prairie history:
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