“Concrete? I’m coming for you!!” (Bettie Sifuentes-Hart photos)
The Wolves didn’t skip a beat.
Bouncing back solidly after taking its first loss of the season in a tough brawl with Forks, the Coupeville High School softball squad returned to its winning ways Tuesday afternoon.
Getting hits from 11 different batters, Aaron Lucero’s sluggers cruised to a 17-1 win at Concrete while getting playing time for 16 girls.
The lopsided victory, mercy-ruled after five innings, lifts CHS to 7-0 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 12-1 overall.
The #8 team in 2B, at least according to the computer rankings, dominated in every facet Tuesday, even while missing slugging second baseman Capri Anter as she nurses a hurt knee.
Anter’s cousin, fellow junior Haylee Armstrong, was front and center for the Wolves, whiffing eight hitters while flinging mad heat from the pitcher’s circle, then turning around and blasting an inside the park home run to fuel the offense.
Coupeville actually started a wee bit slowly, perhaps from having limited warmup time after pulling into the wilds of Concrete just in time for the game.
The Wolves pushed a run across in the top of the first, with Sydney Van Dyke smashing a single off the pitcher’s glove, before coming around to score on an RBI groundout off the bat of Chelsi Stevens.
But that was it, with the lone tally representing one of the lower-scoring first frames for the Wolves this season.
Not to worry, as the Smash Sisters quickly got back in the groove, scoring four in the second, before whipping up a seven-run rally in the third to put the game comfortably out of reach.
“They can’t be stopped! Hits for everyone! Everyone, I said!!”
Both of the Van Dyke siblings smacked timely run-scoring hits in the second, with Cami and Sydney each finding holes in the defense between shortstop and third. Packaged around a long sac fly from Armstrong, that set the tone, but the biggest base knocks were still on their way.
The third frame was all about extra-base hits, with Adeline Maynes and Zariyah Allen crunching doubles, Ava Lucero mashing a triple, and Armstrong lacing a two-run tater which stayed in the park but skipped almost to the fence as she churned around the basepaths.
Coupeville wasn’t done, tacking on three more runs in the fourth and two in the fifth, with most of the damage done by the youngsters.
Allie Powers and Allen socked back-to-back doubles, while Emma Cushman zinged an RBI single deep into the hole at short, before speed demon Olivia Martin punched her own two-bagger, took third on the throw, then scooted home on a hot shot from Marina Jadwin.
Concrete managed to avoid the shutout with a single run in the bottom of the fifth, but Armstrong quickly derailed any thoughts of a Lion comeback, ending the game with some more heat while stalking the circle.
A win is always welcome, but having the chance to empty his bench and get action for the newbies was really welcome, Aaron Lucero said.
“Lot of our newer players saw field time and a number got hits, so I’m pretty happy about that.”
Tuesday stats:
Zariyah Allen — Two doubles, one walk
Haylee Armstrong — One home run
Teagan Calkins — One single, one walk
Emma Cushman — One single
Emma Leavitt — One walk
Ava Lucero — One triple, two walks
Adeline Maynes — One double, one walk
Olivia Martin — One double
Allie Powers — One double, one walk
Cami Van Dyke — Two singles
Sydney Van Dyke — Three singles
Coupeville Sports 
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