Cousins Haylee Armstrong (left) and Capri Anter, just 8th graders, promise a bright future for Wolf softball. (Jackie Saia photo)
“We did great!”
Coupeville High School JV softball coach Katrina McGranahan came away from Thursday’s road trip to Darrington pleased with what she witnessed.
Her Wolves rapped out 16 hits on their way to a 17-7 win, but getting field time for her young players was the biggest victory.
With most of Coupeville’s foes not fielding JV squads, McGranahan and Co. went 2-0 in limited action.
CHS was supposed to have one more contest for its second team, but a game next week at 2A Sedro-Woolley was canceled due to the potential host team having a lack of players.
That was even more reason for the Wolves to take advantage of Darrington being ready, willing, and able to play Thursday.
Coupeville was missing several players due to illness, but shuffled its roster, sliding a few varsity players down to fill gaps in the lineup.
Wolf 8th graders Capri Anter and Haylee Armstrong both saw time in the pitcher’s circle, with the duo combining to whiff four Loggers.
Coupeville’s three varsity hurlers — Allie Lucero, Maya Lucero, and Gwen Gustafson — are all seniors, leaving plenty of opportunity for the young guns to claim that role going forward.
“Capri did a great job,” McGranahan said. “She was able to hold her own right from the start and stayed solid the entire time.
“Haylee also got some much-needed work in. They both have potential so they need all the time they can get to practice!”
Coupeville pounced from the get-go, raining down six runs in the top of the first and never looking back.
While Darrington narrowed the gap to 7-6 after three frames, the Wolves roared right back into killer mode, slapping five runs on the board in both the fourth and fifth innings.
Along with bashing a ton of hits, CHS took time to work on the finer points of the game.
“Darrington was a decent JV team,” McGranahan said. “They put the ball in play and ran the bases and made the outs.
“But it just wasn’t comparable with what our team was, and for that reason the girls got to work on some skills that tend not to get any work.
“They were batting lefthanded, slap hitting, bunting, and push bunting,” she added. “These were all skills that we have practiced before but never really get the chance to use in games!”
Thursday stats:
Capri Anter — Two singles, one double, one walk
Haylee Armstrong — One triple, one walk
Teagan Calkins — Three singles, one walk
Gwen Gustafson — Three singles
Layla Heo — Two singles, one walk
Melanie Navarro — One walk
Sofia Peters — Two singles
Bailey Thule — One single, one triple, two walks
Coupeville Sports 
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