Coupeville Sports

Joey Lippo stalks sushi after his summer baseball team improved to 11-1. (Photo courtesy Connie Lippo)

Bailey Corley

It was a barnyard brawl.

Powered by contributions from Coupeville grad Joey Lippo, and Bailey Corley — his select baseball and college teammate — the Lynnwood Llamas took two of three games over the weekend from the Burlington Barn Owls.

A 7-1 win Saturday, followed by a 2-1 loss in extra innings and a 7-3 win during a Sunday doubleheader lifts Lynnwood to 11-1.

The Llamas sit atop the standings in the Cascade Collegiate League at the halfway point of the 24-game schedule.

The CCL draws its players from NCAA and NAIA schools, with Lippo and Corley, who first played together with the Seattle Bombers, currently repping the University of Maine at Presque Isle.

The duo were a hit at the plate, in the field, and on the mound as the weekend unfolded.

Corley and Lippo combined to toss 97 pitches, ringing up 64 strikes, while holding the Barn Owls to one unearned run.

“It wasn’t Bailey’s birthday yesterday, but it could have been,” said hyped-up Llamas fan Joe Lippo, dad to Corley’s teammate.

“With a full-extension diving catch in right field, combined with a four-inning, no walk showing on the mound, plus an additional web gem defensive play while pitching, you would have thought that someone would be showing up with cake any second.”

The younger Lippo was effective as well, coming on to pitch in relief after earlier dazzling with his feet.

The CHS grad took over the team lead in stolen bases, and is hitting .333 on the season, with an on-base percentage above .500.