Coupeville grad Joey Lippo sports a llama on his baseball cap this summer. (Photo courtesy Connie Lippo)
It’s a fulltime job.
Coupeville High School grad Joey Lippo is out of school, but still at work on the diamond.
Fresh off his first season of playing baseball for the University of Maine at Presque Isle, the former Wolf is spending a chunk of his summer hefting a wood bat in the Cascade Collegiate League.
The six-team conference gives NCAA and NAIA players an opportunity to play a 24-game schedule from June 11-August 8.
Lippo, along with UMPI teammate Bailey Corley, suits up for the Lynnwood Llamas, who are 6-0 after opening with three-game sweeps of the Salem Salamanders and Seattle Sea Turtles.
Other teams in the CCL include the Snoqualmie Chinooks, Portland Prairie Dogs, and Burlington Barn Owls.
League opponents gather at one central location, such as Hoquiam, each weekend during the eight-week season.
The season is capped with a weekend of postseason play the first week of August.
The Llamas feature a 22-man roster, with players plucked from schools such as Iowa Wesleyan, Air Force, UMPI, and Everett and Lower Columbia Community Colleges.
Lynnwood opened by sweeping the Salamanders 5-1, 10-3, and 7-1, before keeping its win streak alive with 8-6, 7-2, and 9-6 victories over the Sea Turtles.
Lippo is fourth on the team in hitting, smacking the ball at a .364 clip, while playing error-free ball in center field.
He’s also pitched in one game so far this season, scattering two hits in a relief appearance.
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