A Central Whidbey Little League softball player fires in a fastball, one of several events I missed by not writing for the past month. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)
“I must break you!!”
“I can so hit the sun! Just watch.”
Ringin’ up runs on the board.
So, anything happen while I was gone?
Take a month off to stare into the abyss and when you come back, you find out life pretty much keeps flowing right by in your absence.
A quick look at some of the things I would have been talking about if I had been writing during June:
Cheer:
Coupeville High School assistant coach Amanda Jones resigned.
A promotion at work, and a young daughter at home, greatly reduced her availability.
Football:
CHS hired Marcus Carr as its new head coach.
A resident of Oak Harbor, he went 13-6-1 over the past two years while coaching Concrete.
Carr replaces Jon Atkins, who stepped down after two years. Also departing were assistants Jerry Helm and Brad Sherman.
At the middle school level, Brett Casey has been hired to replace Bob Martin, who stepped down after last season.
Cross Country:
The Wolves are getting back into the harrier biz full-time for the first time in two decades, and have hired Natasha Bamberger (high school) and Elizabeth Bitting (middle school) to coach.
Bamberger was a five-time state champ during her time at CHS, winning four titles in track and claiming top honors in cross country during her senior season in 1985.
Bitting, also a standout runner during her school days (just not in Coupeville), is also the track and field coach at CMS.
Soccer:
A major disaster was avoided as the Central Whidbey Soccer Club, which was down to one (departing) board member, pulled off a last-second miracle.
After months of being unable to find anyone to join its Board of Directors, CWSC hit pay-dirt after a final-ditch plea to the public.
League President Reese Cernick heads up the new seven-member board, and the fall youth season, which would have been cancelled, is back on and begins registration July 1.
Softball:
Six Wolves were tabbed as All-Conference players, with senior pitcher Katrina McGranahan honored as Olympic League MVP.
Baseball:
CHS hurler Hunter Smith was tabbed as league MVP, while also being named as a First-Team All-State player.
Smith and fellow senior Joey Lippo both made the cut for the All-State series, as well, but had to pass when the games conflicted with graduation.
One Central Whidbey Little League team is still playing, with Coupeville’s Babe Ruth squad, coached by Steve Hilborn, taking its 16-0 record to the state tourney July 11-15.
Track:
CHS senior Danny Conlisk is spending the summer running with the Kitsap Fliers, a select squad.
He competed in four events (400, 4 x 1, 4 x 4, 4 x 8) at the state meet, and now moves on to Regionals in Oregon.
Continue his winning ways and Conlisk will be North Carolina-bound for the Junior Olympics national meet.
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