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Korzan fever sweeps the nation!!

Posted in Baseball, Happy birthday, tagged , , , , on August 5, 2014| 1 Comment »

Korbin Korzan

Korbin Korzan

Lil’ Korbin Korzan dreamed big.

Big Korbin Korzan is still dreaming, and the dreams just get bigger and bigger.

The Coupeville High School senior, who turns 18 today, is now and forever, a champion.

Whatever comes in his life as he moves past high school and on through the world, he will share a bond with the kids he grew up and won a state little league title with.

Korzan was a middle schooler with a catchy name and a smokin’ fastball the first time I heard about him.

That summer of 2010, when he and Jake Tumblin, Ben Etzell, Morgan Payne and Co. went on a joy ride, carrying the Central Whidbey banner all the way to the top, stands out as a defining moment for Coupeville sports.

He’s packed on some muscle since then, and starred for the Wolves as both a baseball and football player.

The future? Wide open for a genuinely smart, friendly dude.

Keep dreaming, Korbin. You reached the peak once, you can certainly do it again.

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Wolves wear Falcon disguise, still awesome!!

Posted in Baseball, tagged , , , , on July 9, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Cole Payne tracks the ball while dancing off of the bag. (Shelli Trumbull photos)

Cole Payne tracks the ball while dancing off of the bag. (Shelli Trumbull photos)

Aaron Trumbull

Aaron Trumbull (looking over the left shoulder of #6) and his South Whidbey teammates.

Payne works his magic behind the plate.

Payne works his magic behind the plate.

Coupeville’s hired guns continue to sparkle down South.

Wolves Aaron Trumbull and Cole Payne are playing summer ball with the South Whidbey American Legion squad, and, other than looking slightly odd in blue and white as opposed to red and black, the duo are fitting right in.

With Trumbull seeing time at first and on the mound and Payne shuttling between catcher and the infield, they and their new teammates are 8-10 on the season.

Having split doubleheaders with Burlington, Lake Stevens and Oak Harbor and swept a twinbill from Nooksack Valley last week, the Falcons are heading in the right direction.

South Whidbey closes the regular season with a doubleheader against Lynden Wednesday, before kicking off the postseason with districts on July 16.

“We’re right in the middle of the pack,” said South Whidbey coach Tom Fallon. “We are hoping to finish .500 overall and head into the playoffs on a roll.”

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Sedro plays spoiler!!

Posted in Baseball, Little League, tagged , , , on July 4, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Nick Etzell covers second in a game last season. (Joe Lippo photo)

Nick Etzell covers second in a game last season. (Joe Lippo photo)

In the end, not even the combined forces of Whidbey could knock out the champs.

Sedro-Woolley capped an unbeaten run through the district playoffs Thursday, bouncing the Whidbey Island Junior (13/14) baseball squad out of the playoffs.

The 10-0 win, called after six innings thanks to the ten-run rule, sent Sedro on to the state tourney. Whidbey would have had to win back-to-back games Thursday and Friday to snatch away the district crown.

Three Coupeville Middle School students — Nick Etzell, Jake Hoagland and JoJo Welling — played for Whidbey, which had a roster that mixed players from North, Central and South Whidbey.

Welling was one of three hurlers to take the mound Thursday, teaming with Joseph Dixon and Cody Newman.

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Whidbey Juniors crash championship series!!

Posted in Baseball, Little League, tagged , , on July 3, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Two wins away from state. (Lisa Jenne photo)

Two wins away from state. (Lisa Jenne photo)

Not even a crash to “Crash” could stop Whidbey.

Despite losing catcher Taylor “Crash” Brown after he collided with the South Skagit catcher while caught in a rundown, the Whidbey Island Junior (13/14) baseball squad won at districts Wednesday to move within two victories of the state tournament.

The 15-10 triumph over Skagit lifts Whidbey into the championship series against unbeaten Sedro Woolley.

The Island squad, which is comprised of North, Central and South Whidbey players, with three Coupeville players (Nick Etzell, Jake Hoagland and JoJo Welling), needs to take two in a row to advance.

They open the finale 6 PM Thursday in Anacortes. Win that one and they return to play again Friday.

The two teams faced in the opener of districts, with Sedro pulling out a come-from-behind 3-2 win in extra innings, when a grounder got past the Whidbey shortstop.

With elimination on the menu, Whidbey and Skagit took turns trying to out-hammer each other Wednesday. The two teams combined for 17 runs in just the first two innings, with Whidbey staked to a 10-7 lead.

Whidbey lost Brown in the sixth, when he got partway home before having to head back to third.

With a teammate having arrived on the bag while he was gone, Brown spun back for home and slammed into the Skagit catcher and had to be looked at by paramedics after complaining of pain in his right knee.

Once things were resolved, Welling set down Skagit the rest of the way to seal the win.

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Trumbull Trouble, two ways!!

Posted in Baseball, Boys Basketball, tagged , , , , on July 3, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Aaron Trumbull (Shelli Trumbull photos)

Aaron Trumbull, a Wolf in disguise as a Falcon. (Shelli Trumbull photos)

Trumbull hunkers down on defense.

Trumbull hunkers down on defense.

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Trumbull and Co. come in for a team huddle.

Fellow Wolf Cole Payne gets Trumbull warmed up in the bullpen.

Fellow Wolf Cole Payne gets Trumbull warmed up in the bullpen.

There is no off-season for Aaron Trumbull.

The Coupeville High School two-sport star will be a senior in the fall, and he’s spending a chunk of his summer honing his games in anticipation.

Trumbull travels down to South Whidbey with Wolf teammate Cole Payne to play American Legion baseball with the Falcons.

While there he plays first and pitches, while wielding a hot bat.

Then, in his spare time, he hits the court with his CHS teammates to play basketball.

Working as a unit with other Wolves such as Joel Walstad, Gabe Wynn and Dalton Martin, Trumbull and Co. are continuing their climb back into being a contending team.

A new school year means a move out of the 1A/2A Cascade Conference into the 1A Olympic League, where the other schools will be much closer in size to CHS, the smallest 1A school in the state. Opportunity abounds.

At the forefront of the charge will be Trumbull, who is sacrificing now for possible glory later.

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