Coupeville Sports

Johnny Porter walked twice Saturday as Coupeville battled South Whidbey. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Perfection isn’t easy.

The Coupeville High School JV baseball team entered play Saturday undefeated on the young season but stumbled for the first time.

Falling 10-3 at South Whidbey in a non-conference rumble, the Wolf young guns see their record slip to 2-1.

The host Falcons jumped on the scoreboard early and often, scoring in each of the first four innings.

Two runs in the bottom of the first, followed by a single tally in the second, then two more in the third stretched South Whidbey’s advantage to 5-1, before Coupeville pushed across two runs in the top of the fourth to cut things to 5-3.

Unfortunately, South Whidbey put together its best offensive surge of the game in the bottom half of that frame, doubling its output with a five-run rally.

Coupeville relief ace Coop Cooper kept the Falcons at bay after that, tossing two scoreless innings while whiffing a pair of hitters.

But there was no late-game rally for the Wolves, as they couldn’t come up with a hit across the final three innings, and also had a runner picked off of first base after walking.

On the day CHS tallied six hits, with Aiden O’Neill, Zane Oldenstadt, Landon Roberts, Camden Glover, Marcelo Gebhard, and Cooper each collecting a base-knock.

The Wolf JV returns to action Apr. 4, when it travels the other direction on Whidbey, heading to Oak Harbor.