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Blue skies are here! Let the beatins’ commence!!

Posted in Baseball, Softball on March 25, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Bessie Walstad and Co. will try to improve to 3-0 this afternoon.

Bessie Walstad and Co. go for 3-0 this afternoon. (John Fisken photo)

Across the street, Aaron Trumbull and Wolf coach Willie Smith also hope to add a third straight victory. (Shelli Trumbull photo)

Defend the home turf!

The Coupeville High School baseball and softball squads, both unbeaten at home this spring, will try and run their record to 3-0 in front of local fans this afternoon.

In a quirk of scheduling, it’s one of the five times this season both Wolf squads will play at home at the same time, forcing local fans to choose their side of the road — or run back and forth, dodging traffic.

Baseball opens a three-game stand against Island rival South Whidbey at 4 PM (game two is in Langley Wednesday, then the finale comes back to Coupeville Friday), while softball hosts Archbishop Thomas Murphy.

The hardball showdown matches a 2-2 Wolf team that has grabbed back-to-back final-inning victories against a 2-1 Falcon squad. The softball battle pits a 2-0 CHS team that has thrown up 23 runs already against an 0-5 ATM nine.

Following on the heels of a sweep of Port Townsend Saturday, the Wolves will have conflicting games on three more dates — Friday, March 29 (baseball-South Whidbey, softball-Sultan), Monday, April 8 (baseball-ATM, softball-South Whidbey) and Friday, April 12 (both teams against ATM).

With both Coupeville squads clickin’, and only two of the five conflicts involving the same team coming to town (and thus sharing a bus) it’s a shame the schedule makers couldn’t have kept things separated, so local fans (and reporters) could have avoided having to choose their own adventure.

But, as long as the Wolves are winning, I guess that’s a small thing to worry about.

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Fear a trip to The Rock!!

Posted in Baseball, Boys Soccer, Girls Tennis, Golf, Softball, Track on March 24, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Madeline Roberts leads the explosive Wolf softball lineup, which has scored 23 runs in two games. (Shelli Trumbull photos)

Madeline Roberts leads an explosive Wolf softball lineup, which has scored 23 runs in two games. (Shelli Trumbull photos)

Aaron Curtin and teammates have pulled off back-to-back last-inning wins.

Maria Rockwell, laying down a bunt, has been a threat with her bat and pitching arm.

Ben Etzell is a winner at whatever position the Wolves use him at.

Softball coach David King photo-bombs his players. (Lisa Roberts-Edlin photo)

Jake McCormick gets the faux-hawk going during his race. (Wendy McCormick photo)

Sean Donley operates. (Janine Bundy photo)

Fun fact. No Coupeville High School sports team has lost at home this spring.

Baseball, softball and girls’ tennis are all 2-0 in games played in town, while track and boys’ soccer have yet to compete on their home turf.

Overall, the Wolves are 10-5, with undefeated tennis (3-0) and softball (2-0) squads joining CHS golfers Austin and Christine Fields (a combined 3-0).

Baseball is 2-2 with back-to-back wins and soccer … well, the booters (0-3) have been a bit snake-bit so far, with a pair of 1-0 losses in which tying goals were thwarted by dastardly means (a huge muddle, an extraordinary save by a goalie).

Track doesn’t have the numbers to compete for meet titles with the mostly 2A squads that 1A Coupeville faces, but freshman Makana Stone is 10-0 so far in sprints and relay races.

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And then they all went bonkers!!

Posted in Baseball, Softball on March 24, 2013| Leave a Comment »

I think they won.

Chevy Reyes is a beast on defense, gobbling up everything in sight.

Korbin Korzan squares around to bunt.

Monica Vidoni awaits the pitcher’s offering.

I've seen "Bull Durham." Chances they're actually talking about baseball ... 12%.

I’ve seen “Bull Durham” more than once. Chances they’re actually talking about baseball … 12%.

Saturday was a good day to be part of Wolf Nation.

Coupeville High School’s softball team romped, its baseball team pulled out a final-batter victory and its track team produced a school record in the girls’ 4 x 200 while winning seven events at a Tri-district Preview meet.

Ace photographer John Fisken was on the scene for two of the three, bouncing between the baseball and softball games and snapping away. The pics above are just a taste. For more, go to:

http://www.cascadeathletics.com/index.php?act=view_gallery&gallery=3923&league=2&page=1&page_name=photo_store&school=24&sport=0&tab=2

and

http://www.cascadeathletics.com/index.php?act=view_gallery&gallery=3924&league=2&page_name=photo_store&school=24&school_year=2012-13&sport=0&tab=1

And while you’re there, if you’re in the mood for purchasing glossy photos of your Wolf star(s), Mr. Fisken is offering a 15% discount through April 6.

For softball, use the coupon code EB39234962. For baseball, EB39244962.

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Drew Chan KO’s Port Townsend!!

Posted in Baseball on March 24, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Aaron Curtin grabs a souvenir — crunch-time hero Drew Chan (2) — and heads off to the celebration. (Shelli Trumbull photos)

Wolf coaches Chris Tumblin (left) and Willie Smith bask in the glow.

"Hi, I'm Drew Chan. I've come to here to chew bubblegum and kick ass ... and I'm all out of bubblegum."

“Hi, I’m Drew Chan. I’ve come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass … and I’m all out of bubblegum.”

Drew Chan had a senior moment.

Capping Coupeville High School’s second straight come-from-behind Saturday thriller, the Wolf second baseman ripped the biggest hit of his career at just the right moment.

Down to his final strike, and with his squad down a run, Chan belted a two-run single up the middle, sending his team into hysterics and visiting Port Townsend into despair. Scoring Aaron Trumbull and Jake Tumblin, the base hit lifted Coupeville to a thrilling 3-2 win.

Now 2-2 on the season as they head into a three-game tussle with arch-rival South Whidbey, the Wolves played superbly all afternoon.

Ben Etzell got the start on the mound and was dealing the high, hard cheese, whiffing five in three innings of work, before giving way to Aaron Curtin and Trumbull, who kept the heat coming.

The defense was rock-solid behind them, as center fielder Wade Schaef nailed a runner at home with a dead-eye throw in the top of the fourth.

Then things crumbled a bit for one inning, and it looked like a strong afternoon wouldn’t be rewarded. Four errors in one inning — the top of the sixth — left Coupeville staring at a 2-1 deficit.

Enter Chan in the bottom of the seventh, who might as well have pointed at the center field fence, Babe Ruth-style, and chuckled, “I got this, boys!”

Trumbull and Tumblin were causing havoc on the bases, giving the Redskin hurler a bit of angina.

Having collected his second hit of the game, a single, Trumbull had gone to third on a pair of wild pitches, while the dazzlingly quick Tumblin walked and stole his third base of the afternoon.

His head bouncing like a bobble doll, as he tried to keep an eye on the runners, the Port Townsend pitcher got two quick strikes on Chan, then made one fatal error.

The senior swung, the ball erupted off the end of his bat and Wolf Nation went bonkers, the noise sweeping across the street to where the Coupeville softball squad was romping to its own victory.

After that, all that was left was for Aaron Curtin to bear-hug Chan and his entire team to bum-rush the field and swarm their captain.

Chan-tastic!

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Let’s get ready to rumble (in our long johns)!!

Posted in Baseball, Softball on March 23, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Drew Chan gets his uniform mussed up a bit. (John Fisken photos)

Madeline Roberts slides home with a run.

Aaron Trumbull flings the high, hard cheese.

The snow is gone. To the diamond we go.

Both the Coupeville High School softball and baseball squads are scheduled to play non-conference games against Port Townsend today at 1 PM, with both teams trying to keep winning streaks alive.

The Wolf baseball team hasn’t played in a week, since they staged an epic three-hour-plus 9-8 win over Nooksack Valley in the sideways rain and freezing wind last Saturday. Coupeville enters today with a 1-2 record.

The softballers should be playing game five, but instead are looking at game two, as persistent rain has prevented them from playing Lakewood, Meridian and Cedarcrest.

The lone time they were able to take the field, they also pulled off a come-from-behind victory, slapping South Whidbey with two runs in the bottom of the seventh to grab their own 9-8 victory Tuesday.

The weather forecast claims it will be 46 degrees, partly cloudy/partly sunny with a mild five MPH wind at game time. To which I say, I’ll believe that when I see it.

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