Piotr Bieda eyeballs the pitcher. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)
These are the building blocks for the future.
The Coupeville High School JV baseball squad capped its season Tuesday, going toe-to-toe with 2A Sedro-Woolley as the Wolves continue to “play up.”
Four of Coupeville’s seven JV games have been against 1A, 2A, or 3A schools this season.
And while the 2B Wolves ultimately fell 17-7 at Sedro, the CHS young guns showed resiliency, rallying at one point to slap seven unanswered runs on the board.
Six of those tallies came in the top of the fourth inning, as Coupeville used four hits and two walks to slice away at the lead.
The Wolves added a run in the sixth but couldn’t quite complete the comeback.
Coupeville matched Sedro with eight hits on the afternoon, but was ultimately undone by its defense, which had a rough outing, committing seven errors.
JV coach Jon Roberts mixed and matched his pitchers, giving two innings of work apiece to Landon Roberts, Peyton Caveness, and Matthew Gilbert.
The coach’s son led the way with three strikeouts, while his companions got valuable time to develop their pitching repertoire.
“We have to develop Peyton into a pitcher and he has the stuff to do so,” Jon Roberts said. “Matthew is raw, but he will make a good pitcher. Can’t ever start too early.”
The Wolves got field time for 16 players Tuesday, with Johnny Porter, Yohannon Sandles, Marcelo Gebhard, Seth Woollet, Skylar Sand, David Dominici, Jaje Drake, and Jack Farrell all in action.
Jayme Carranza — in his season debut — Piotr Bieda, Aidyn McDermott, Parker Fuller-Hewitt, and Myca Clarkson filled out the roster.
“Every player played at least an inning,” Jon Roberts said. “Today was a good day.
“We were playing ball in the sun, developing young talent to fill the future CHS varsity team. No win, but a ton of learning!”
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