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Diamond dandies dazzle!!

Posted in Baseball, Little League, Softball, tagged , , , , , on May 27, 2015| Leave a Comment »

"Try and sneak past me, will you, Mr. Softball?!?! Feel my wrath unleashed!!" (John Fisken photos)

“Try and sneak past me, will you, Mr. Softball?!?! I’ll murderize ya!!” (John Fisken photos)

"Quicksand?!?! Why did it have to be QUICKSAND?!?!?!?"

“Quicksand?!?! Why did it have to be QUICKSAND?!?!?!?”

"They said I threw like a girl and I asked them why they kept swinging and missing. They don't talk much anymore..."

  “They said I threw like a girl and I asked them why they kept swinging and missing. They don’t talk much anymore…”

"You want to check the balls, just cause I said I was a Tom Brady fan?

“You want to check the ball, just cause I said I was a Tom Brady fan?”

"No, I don't need to open my eyes to get a hit.

Another successful graduate of the Stevie Wonder Hitting Academy.

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A double play and a Tour en l’air on the same play? Nice.

"And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger!!" What do you mean, he's too young to quote "Pulp Fiction?"

  “And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger!!” What do you mean, he’s too young to quote “Pulp Fiction?”

"And where do we think we're going? No one escapes my glove. I said NO ONE!!"

“And where do we think we’re going? No one escapes my glove. I said NO ONE!!”

"Just try and catch my heater!"

“Just try and catch my heater!”

"Um, no thanks ... I'm good..."

“Um, no thanks … I’m good…”

The diamonds overflow with action.

Every time you turn around, another Central Whidbey Little League team is playing, and never-say-take-a-nap photo man John Fisken is there to click away each time.

Or, at least it seems that way.

The action above covers a wide array of divisions, with a little bit for everyone.

To see tons more pics (and possibly purchase some, thus keeping Mr. Fisken in Diet Coke), pop over to:

Rookie softball — http://www.shutterfly.com/progal/album.jsp?aid=768a5498cf35fe9c7a36

Rookie baseball — http://www.shutterfly.com/progal/album.jsp?aid=768a5498cf35fe727ad8

Majors baseball — http://www.shutterfly.com/progal/album.jsp?aid=768a5498cf35fe83ef5f

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Don’t put the mitts away yet!!

Posted in Baseball, tagged , , , , , on May 27, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Aaron Trumbull will pitch at least one more game at the high school level. (John Fisken photos)

   Aaron Trumbull will pitch at least one more game at the high school level. (John Fisken photos)

Josh Bayne

Josh Bayne swings on to another adventure.

Baseball plays on.

The high school season is done for Coupeville, but four Wolf seniors have been tabbed for the 1A/2B/1B state feeder games in Bellingham June 3.

Aaron Curtin, Kyle Bodamer, Aaron Trumbull and Josh Bayne will all see time in both games played that day at Joe Martin Field.

The quartet will play for the Americans team run by South Whidbey coach Tom Fallon.

Other players on the squad will come from Overlake, South Whidbey, Darrington, Concrete, Mount Baker and Lynden Christian.

The Nationals squad is coached by Scott Gelwicks of Nooksack Valley.

Game time is 5 PM for the doubleheader, which will consist of two eight-inning games.

Afterwards, 3-7 players will be nominated for consideration to the All-State games, which are June 13-14 in Yakima.

Last year, Coupeville sent Ben Etzell to those games.

This year, Trumbull and Curtin are slated to pitch three innings apiece, while also seeing time at first and third base, respectively.

Bayne and Bodamer are listed for outfield duty.

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Hardball fever rages!!

Posted in Baseball, Little League, tagged , , , , , on May 23, 2015| Leave a Comment »

"You dare to run on my arm? MY ARM?!?!?!? Fool!!!!" (John Fisken photos)

“You dare to run on my arm? MY ARM?!?!?!? Fool!!!!” (John Fisken photos)

That moment when you realize you really don't want to bunt.

Bunting while blind.

"Yeah, you ain't hittin' that one, son! There's a seat on the bench waitin' for your butt!!"

“Yeah, you ain’t hittin’ that one, son! There’s a seat on the bench waitin’ for your butt!!”

"If chicks dig the long ball, just call me the Ryan Gosling of this league!!"

“If chicks dig the long ball, just call me the Ryan Gosling of this league!!”

"To the people who parked their cars too close to the outfield fence, my apologies in advance."

“To the people who parked their cars too close to the outfield fence, my apologies in advance.”

"All eyes

“All eyes lock on the young outfielder as he moves in to make the catch of the century. There is no way this baseball is getting away from me!!”

"Told ya!!!"

“Told ya!!!”

If you’re looking out your window right now, it doesn’t look like baseball weather.

But ignore the current rain, because Central Widbey Little League has been playing games. Often in quite sunny weather.

The proof is in the photos above, which capture a game between CWLL’s Majors baseball squad and NW Red Sox.

See? I’m not lying.

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Call him The Poll King!!

Posted in Athlete Supreme, Baseball, Boys Basketball, Football, tagged , , , , , on May 21, 2015| Leave a Comment »

CJ Smith, your 2014-2015 Coupeville Sports Athlete Supreme. (John Fisken photos)

   CJ Smith, your 2014-2015 Coupeville Sports Athlete Supreme. (John Fisken photos)

Julia Myers, second in the voting but first in the hearts of Judy Nation.

Julia Myers, second in the voting but first in the hearts of Judy Nation.

Past winners Nick Streubel and Amanda Fabrizi.

Past winners Nick Streubel and Amanda Fabrizi.

CJ Smith destroys polls.

The Coupeville High School junior — and his fervent fan club — outlasted, outwitted and outvoted the field (again), sweeping to victory in Coupeville Sports 3rd annual battle to be named Athlete Supreme.

Smith, who played football, basketball and baseball for the Wolves in 2014-2015, edged out soccer/basketball star Julia Myers with a strong second-half performance.

With 24 hours left in the 3.5-day voting period, Myers held a razor-thin two-vote advantage, but Smith stormed back to win 4,253-3,514.

Overall, 15,385 votes were cast, with Jacki Ginnings (1,660), Matt Shank (1,066) and Valen Trujillo (940) rounding out the top five.

With the win, Smith joins past winners Nick Streubel (2012-2013) and Amanda Fabrizi (2013-2014) in winning an award that has no real trophy (yet) but gets you about seven seconds of fame.

Now, the only question remaining, can CJ defend his crown as a senior and become the first repeat winner in Athlete Supreme history, or is there a Wolf out there preparing to take him down?

To do so, you’ll need two things — a strong athletic year (you’re more likely to be nominated if you play multiple sports) and a really fast voting finger.

To see the complete results and vote totals for all 16 contestants, pop over to:

https://coupevillesports.com/2015/05/17/let-the-insanity-begin/

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Diamond men put four on All-League squad!!

Posted in Baseball, tagged , , , , , on May 20, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Cole Payne (John Fisken photos)

Cole Payne (John Fisken photos)

Josh Bayne

Josh Bayne

CJ Smith

CJ Smith

Aaron Curtin

Aaron Curtin

Quality counts.

Putting a final stamp on its season, the Coupeville High School baseball squad had four players honored by the 1A Olympic League Wednesday.

Seniors Aaron Curtin (P) and Josh Bayne (OF) and juniors CJ Smith (P) and Cole Payne (Utility) were all named First-Team All-League.

The honors capped a season in which the Wolves went 9-10 overall, 5-4 in league play.

They finished second in the four-team league behind the state’s top-ranked 1A school, Klahowya.

Curtin tossed a no-hitter, Smith came very close to upending Klahowya, Bayne provided electricity with both his bat and his glove and Payne was rock-solid no mater what position he was called on to play.

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