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Lippo, Smith shine in narrow loss!!

Posted in Baseball, Little League, tagged baseball, CMS Wolves, Joey Lippo, OH Babe Ruth on May 24, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Joey Lippo, future Wolf baseball star.

Contributed by Joe Lippo

Although pitcher Hunter Smith only allowed a few hits Thursday, the Sedro-Woolley squad was able to exact revenge on the Oak Harbor Babe Ruth team, squeaking out a one-run victory on its home turf.

The game was very close all the way through.

In the second inning, the ‘Cats brought walked batter James Besaw home with a sac bunt by Thomas Anderson and an RBI single from Joey Lippo.

Improved pitching from the Sedro squad stranded Anderson and Lippo.

Smith sat the Sedro batters down in the second and the ‘Cats came back to the plate and managed to generate two more runs on a combination of passed balls and trickery.

On a walk to Cory Roberts, Mackenzie Nuanez (who occupied third) took a huge step towards home while Roberts rounded first at full speed.

On the ensuing toss to second base, Nuanez ran home. Both runners safe.

That would be the end of the scoring for the ‘Cats, and the Sedro squad posted two more in the fifth, making the score 4-3, and that is how the game ended as both pitchers put on a strikeout clinic in the closing innings.

Only 10 hits were spread across both teams in the pitcher’s duel, with Smith (who was robbed, again, of a base hit by a diving Sedro Wolley shortstop) pitching a complete game allowing only six hits.

“We had some mental errors on the base paths and the lack of hitting didn’t help, either,” said Oak Harboe manager Pete Richter. “Something to work on next practice.”

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On to fortune and glory!!

Posted in Baseball, Softball, Track, tagged baseball, CHS Wolves, Maddie Big Time, Makana Stone, Softball, Track on May 21, 2014| Leave a Comment »

They call her Maddie Big Time, cause her homers make all the other teams cry. (Robert Bishop photo)

Sylvia Hurlburt qualified for Tri-Districts in four events. It’s what happens when you’re really, really fast. (John Fisken photo)

Kurtis Smith, whose RBI single sent CHS to state, dances off the bag. (Shelli Trumbull photo)

Wolf hurler McKayla Bailey photo-bombs the Senior Night display. (John Fisken photo)

Makana Stone, bustin' school records with every stride. (JF)

Makana Stone, bustin’ school records with every stride. (John Fisken photo)

Wolf baseball guru Willie Smith congratulates pitcher Ben Etzell. (Shelli Trumbull photo)

Wolf baseball guru Willie Smith congratulates pitcher Ben Etzell after he threw eight shutout innings in the game that sent CHS to state. (Shelli Trumbull photo)

Emily Coulter stands tall, slappin’ down the tag in a bang-bang play at second. (John Fisken photo)

Power up the spotlight, cause it’s time to shine.

Coupeville High School sends its baseball, softball and track squads into their biggest competitions of the season this week, while Lone Wolf golfer Christine Fields bides her time and waits for next week’s state tourney.

Track and field is up first, with the Tri-District meet, the final stop before state, kicking off Thursday in Shoreline.

The first day is mostly prelims for Makana Stone, Sylvia Hurlburt, Jared Helmstadter and Co., with finals Saturday.

CHS baseball makes its first return to state since 2008 when it travels to Volunteer Park in Anacortes Saturday for a 10 AM showdown with Rochester.

Win and the Wolves return to action later in the afternoon against the winner of Hoquiam and Cedar Park Christian (Bothell), with a trip to Yakima and the Final Four in the balance.

A resurgent Wolf softball squad kicks off Tri-Districts in Janicki Fields in Sedro-Woolley Saturday at 12 PM.

Their opponent will be the #3 seed from District 3 and, if they win the loser-out game, they hang around to play two more games.

The first would be against the winner of Forest Ridge and Lynden Christian. Win two games this weekend and the softballers are state bound as well.

To get you prepared, we offer a medley of photos for your viewing pleasure. Click away.

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Wolves spark OH Babe Ruth to epic win!!

Posted in Baseball, tagged baseball, CMS Wolves, Joey Lippo, OH Babe Ruth on May 21, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Joey Lippo goes low to snag the ball at short. (Joe Lippo photo)

Andrew Eaton (left) and Kamren Mebane, stars on the rise. Time for their parents to move to Coupeville… (Teresa Besaw photo)

Contributed by Joe Lippo

With a January wind blowing in from right field like a freezing typhoon, the Oak Harbor Babe Ruth squad welcomed Sedro-Woolley to town.

Sedro came ready to play, as they were present and accounted for fully an hour and a half before game time.

Josh Margraff started on the mound, and ran into some issues early on, but his fielders kept the ‘Cats in the game, allowing no runs through two innings.

In the third, Coach Trisler changed it up, putting Coupeville eighth graders Joey Lippo and Hunter Smith in at shortstop and catcher, respectively, and installing Chris Trisler on the mound.

Although this is supposed to be a Coupeville sports blog, it was Oak Harbor pitcher Trisler who really stole the show.

Nearly everyone in the lineup got hits, including doubles from Lippo (who is now off the schneid), Gabe Eck, and Kamren Mebane (who advanced to third on an error).

Others were unlucky at the plate, with Smith smacking two really good hits only to be robbed by Sedro outfielders in ESPN Top Ten fashion.

While Oak Harbor steadily racked up the runs, Trisler was just as steadily sitting Sedro batters down, striking out nearly every batter he faced.

Those that made contact were quickly thrown out by the infield of Caleb Fitzgerald, James Besaw and Thomas Anderson.

Likewise, some balls made it to the outfield to be soaked up by Andrew Eaton, Eck and Mebane.

In the bottom of the fifth, with the score 8-0, Mebane, Anderson and Lippo all reached base to load them up for Trisler.

After that it was time to break out the rye bread and mustard as Trisler launched a walk off grand slam over the center field fence, ending the game in five.

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Wolves power OH baseball squad!!

Posted in Baseball, tagged baseball, CMS Wolves, Gabe Eck, Joey Lippo, Ty Eck on May 19, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Joey Lippo

Contributed by Joe Lippo.

There were four boys from Coupeville who were invited to play on the Oak Harbor Babe Ruth Wildcats travel baseball team.

CMS 8th graders Hunter Smith and Joey Lippo and 7th graders Gabe and Ty Eck made the cut this year.

To recap the start of the season, the Oak Harbor boys were having issues finding the sweet spot, and dropped their first six games.

Admittedly, these games were against teams from the older section of the league, including a Ferndale team that made the Everett Silvertips look small.

However, things started coming together this week.

A trip to Mount Vernon resulted in a loss, but the Cats answered back with a convincing win in the second game of the home and away series.

Saturday they took the long ferry ride to Friday Harbor for a double header.

The first game featured Friday Harbor scoring all its runs in the first and second innings, and then getting totally outplayed in the last five.

Smith and Lippo accounted for two RBI in the comeback attempt, and Gabe Eck made several key catches at center field. Thomas Anderson flashed the leather at third base, while Kamren Mebane soaked up everything that came his way at first.

It was not to be however, and the game ended as several players could be heard wishing for “one more inning” to complete the comeback.

The second game saw the Oak Harbor bats staying alive to take an early lead off hits from James Besaw, Drew Eaton and Chris Trisler.

Through the middle innings, Friday Harbor chipped away at the Wildcat lead, and the score at the top of the 5th was 6-4 in favor of Oak Harbor, but with Friday Harbor coming on strong.

Sensing that the momentum had shifted away from his team, Coach Shawn Trisler put Josh Margraff on the mound, shifted Ty Eck to second and put Lippo in at shortstop.

Then Margraff, Lippo and Smith, who was catching, proceeded to shut down Friday Harbor over the next three innings.

Margraff threw everything under the sun, including a breaking ball that went straight for the batters head, and then sank neatly across the plate.

Lippo made a dazzling play at shortstop, and Smith picked off a runner at third.

The bats also came back in the sixth for Oak Harbor, as it ran the score up to 8-4.

The bottom of the 7th featured a Friday Harbor home run, but that was all they could muster as Margraff helped his own cause with a pickoff at 2nd and a strikeout.

He capped things by fielding a comeback ball neatly, flipping to Besaw at first for the final out and an 8-5 win.

Both games featured a season low for errors (a problem that Oak Harbor has been struggling with), and more hits, a sure combination for victory.

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By any means necessary!!

Posted in A freakin' American hero, Baseball, tagged baseball, Ben Etzell, CHS Wolves, pitch count on May 19, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Bam.

Ben Etzell can still lift his arm, so it’s all good. (Sylvia Arnold photo)

He was carrying them to state, even if his arm fell off.

Coupeville High School senior right hander Ben Etzell was flat-out brilliant (once again) Saturday, crushin’ it in the hottest spotlight.

With his team’s first trip to state in six seasons hanging in the balance, he hucked 143 pitches over eight innings against Overlake in a tri-district game.

As Wolf reliever Aaron Trumbull warmed up, the Wolves came through in the bottom of the eighth to send Etzell out a winner.

When Kurtis Smith smoked a single back up the middle, Jake Tumblin went from zero to 90 in .03 of a second, singeing the base paths as he tore from second to home with the game-winning run in a 1-0 thriller.

Now, Etzell has a week to ice his arm down and get ready for Rochester in the opening game of the state tourney.

16 teams left alive, and one of them is because of the dude who hit 143 on the counter.

P.S. — Rochester had a pitcher, Dylan Fosnacht, throw 194 pitches over 15 innings in a district game last week, garnering national attention.

Let’s get ready to rumble!!

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