Wolf sluggers (l to r) Madison McMillan, Mia Farris, and Jada Heaton combined to reach base six times in Saturday’s home finale. (Jennifer Heaton photo)
Love and success for everyone.
Coupeville’s younger players paid emotional tributes to their senior leaders Saturday, while the generations came together to cruise to another big softball victory on the prairie.
Playing at home for the final time this spring — and FINALLY getting decent weather — the Wolves romped to a 17-2 win over visiting La Conner, while trying not to embarrass a Braves program working hard to build for the future.
Coupeville exits the weekend sitting at 10-1 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 13-5 overall, having won 10 of its last 11 games.
The Wolves travel to Friday Harbor next Thursday, May 4, with the winner claiming the one playoff berth offered to 2B teams in District 1, then close the regular season May 12 with a non-conference road rumble at South Whidbey.
La Conner’s softball team is a work in progress, and their players are hard-working and scrappy.
But they are still well off the pace set by Coupeville, which was demonstrated once again Saturday afternoon.
With all five of its 12th graders in the starting lineup on Senior Night, the Wolves put all 11 hitters on base in the first inning but settled for a 6-0 lead.
Teagan Calkins and Taylor Brotemarkle swatted home runs to left, with the second of those taters also scoring Mia Farris, but CHS accounted for all three outs in the inning by having runners intentionally leave base early.
Coupeville pushed seven more runs across in the second frame, with Farris and Brotemarkle crunching two-run base knocks, and the (polite) rout was on.
CHS coach Kevin McGranahan got field action for all 16 players on his roster, with 15 reaching base, and pulled the strings perfectly to keep the game going until the teams had played five innings.
The Wolves notched a lone run in the third to make it 14-0, gave back two tallies in the fourth, then closed things out with three more scores in their half of the inning.
Coupeville seniors unite on the prairie, with the batter, the player in the on-deck circle, and everyone on base being grizzled vets. (Katrina McGranahan photo)
The game marked the home swan song for Wolf seniors Sofia Peters, Allie Lucero, Gwen Gustafson, Melanie Navarro, and Maya Lucero.
That group lost their freshman season when spring sports were cancelled for Covid, then only played 12 games as sophomores due to ongoing pandemic restrictions.
But they hung tough, continued to work, and have played vital roles as the Wolves have gone 41-8 during their time in the program.
And they aren’t done yet.
Saturday stats:
Haylee Armstrong — One single
Taylor Brotemarkle — One double, one home run, one walk
Teagan Calkins — One single, one home run, one walk
Mia Farris — One single, two walks
Gwen Gustafson — One single, two walks
Jada Heaton — One walk
Layla Heo — One walk
Allie Lucero — Three walks
Maya Lucero — One single, one walk
Chloe Marzocca — Two walks
Madison McMillan — One single, one walk
Melanie Navarro — One single, two walks
Sofia Peters — Three walks
Bailey Thule — One walk
Melanie Wolfe — One walk
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