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Hardball aces earn sweet sweep

Posted in Baseball, tagged , , , , , , on April 15, 2022| Leave a Comment »

Scott Hilborn fires a bullet Friday as Coupeville High School baseball sweeps a doubleheader from La Conner. (Morgan White photo)

It was a great birthday present.

Coupeville High School varsity baseball coach Will Thayer celebrated his cake day in grand style Friday, guiding his squad to a doubleheader sweep at La Conner.

The twin victories lift the Wolves to 5-1 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 7-5 overall.

That keeps Coupeville just a game back of defending league champ Friday Harbor (6-0) and a half-game up on Mount Vernon Christian (5-2) as the teams battle for conference supremacy in the seven-team NWL.

Friday’s doubleheader was a pretty solid beat-down too, as the Wolves soaked in the rare sun and ran away with 11-2 and 21-4 wins.

 

Game #1:

CHS pitchers Scott Hilborn and Hawthorne Wolfe combined to whiff 15 Braves in the victory, holding La Conner at bay until the Wolf sluggers got crackin’.

“Took a minute for our bats to warm up, but a good game,” Thayer said.

Coupeville opened the scoring by pushing two runs across in the top of the second, then tacked on another tally in the third.

The top of the fourth was where things busted wide open, however, as the Wolves rained down five runs in a rally keyed by base-knocks from Hilborn and Jonathan Valenzuela.

Hawthorne Wolfe and Co. kept their bats sizzlin’ in the road wins. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Coupeville, which added three runs in the fifth to round out its scoring, took advantage of whatever La Conner gave it.

The Wolves cracked eight hits, with Cole White, Sage Sharp, and Valenzuela recording two apiece, while also walking seven times.

Whatever hopes La Conner had of pulling off the upset faded every time a ball hit one of their fielder’s gloves, as the Braves committed a horrifying nine errors to make life tough for their pitchers.

 

Game #2:

Coupeville cut this one short, with a 12-run fourth inning helping the Wolves seal the deal in a game mercy-ruled after five frames.

“One of my favorite games I ever coached,” Thayer said. “Everyone played and we had fun.”

The Wolves sent 8th graders Chase Anderson and Coop Cooper to the mound in the nightcap, and the young guns sizzled, getting nine of 15 outs via the strikeout.

Chase Anderson brings the knee-buckling heat. (Morgan White photo)

The ball flew off of Coupeville’s bats as well, with six different players recording two hits as the Wolves rang up 15 base-knocks in the finale.

Wolfe cracked a triple to lead the way, while Hilborn, Peyton Caveness, Johnny Porter, and Anderson all bashed two-baggers in support.

 

Friday stats:

Chase Anderson — 1 single, 1 double, 2 walks
Peyton Caveness — 1 single, 1 double, 1 walk
Coop Cooper — 1 single
Scott Hilborn — 2 singles, 1 double, 1 walk
Cole Hutchinson — 1 walk
Xavier Murdy — 2 singles, 3 walks
Aiden O’Neill — 1 single
Jack Porter — 1 double
Johnny Porter — 1 double, 1 walk
Sage Sharp — 2 singles, 1 walk
Jonathan Valenzuela — 2 singles, 2 walks
Cole White — 4 singles
Hawthorne Wolfe — 1 single, 1 triple, 1 walk
Kai Wong — 1 walk

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Errors sting, lessons learned

Posted in Baseball, tagged , , , , on April 13, 2022| Leave a Comment »

Camden Glover (left) and Landon Roberts both had hits Wednesday. (Photo courtesy Stevie Glover)

You win some, and you learn some lessons in the other ones.

That’s always the hope for coaches, at least.

Given the chance to have sole possession of the home diamond Wednesday, the Coupeville High School JV baseball team had one of those second type of games.

Jumped on early by Mount Vernon, the young Wolves fell 13-1 in a game in which they almost matched the Bulldogs in hits but were undone by walks and errors.

The loss to a large-school foe drops Coupeville’s second squad to 3-2 on the season.

While the game was mercy-ruled after five innings, there were bright spots for the Wolves.

“Even though the score was lopsided the boys did well,” said CHS coach Jon Roberts. “They are hitting the ball well and Mount Vernon’s pitcher was a quality pitcher with several pitches.”

Aiden O’Neill paced the Wolf attack, smacking a leadoff double in the bottom of the first inning, then coming back around to collect a single later in the game.

He scored Coupeville’s lone run, scooting home on an RBI single from Camden Glover, while Landon Roberts, Johnny Porter, and Cole Hutchinson also had base-knocks.

Coupeville was only outhit 9-6 in the game, but lost the walks and errors battle 15-1.

Eight fielding miscues, with three of them coming during an eight-run Mount Vernon top of the first inning, stung.

“There were about four bone head errors and four that were just youth,” Roberts said. “They are learning.”

Coupeville now heads back to the practice field to get more reps in and is scheduled for a rematch with Mount Vernon later in the season.

Up next for the JV, if the weather holds, is a road trip to Olympic Apr. 23, followed by another trek Apr. 28 to South Whidbey.

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Don’t bring me down (coach me up)

Posted in Baseball, Girls Tennis, Softball, Track, tagged , , , , on April 12, 2022| Leave a Comment »

Elizabeth Bitting leads off a look at CHS spring sports coaches. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

They are the guiding lights.

As spring sports play out, the men and women who have stepped up to be coaches at Coupeville High School are at the forefront of things.

In the pics above and below, a look at some of the often-unsung superstars who keep Wolf sports humming along.

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JV hardball squad crushes Turks

Posted in Baseball, tagged , , , , , on April 11, 2022| Leave a Comment »

Camden Glover bashed two hits Monday as Coupeville’s JV waxed Sultan 12-0. (Photo courtesy Stevie Glover)

It was really close to perfection.

Despite the weather being lousy in Sultan Monday, the Coupeville High School JV baseball team was hitting on all cylinders.

Paced by a dominant pitching performance by hurlers Coop Cooper and Landon Roberts, the Wolves strolled to a 12-0 win in a game called after three innings.

The victory lifts Coupeville’s second squad to 3-1 on the season, with a home game against Mount Vernon set for this Wednesday, Apr. 13.

The Wolves came out aggressively Monday, pushing five runs across in the top of the first.

After tacking on two more scores in the second, Coupeville put the game on ice by dropping another five-spot in the final frame.

All 11 Wolves to see action reached base against the Turks, with CHS smacking five hits, walking nine times, and picking up free bases thanks to an error and a dropped third strike.

Hard-hittin’ 8th grader Camden Glover had the hottest bat on the day, bashing a single and double, while Cole Hutchinson, Cooper, and Roberts all collected a base-knock apiece.

Seth Woollett walked twice, with Peyton Caveness, Johnny Porter, Yohannon Sanders, Kai Wong, Roberts, Glover, and Cooper also picking up free passes.

Rounding out the offensive attack, Aiden O’Neill (error) and Gabe Reed (dropped third strike) both alertly took advantage of Sultan miscues to reach base.

The Turks didn’t have quite so much luck in getting base runners aboard, however.

Cooper and Roberts combined to toss a no-hitter, with just one Sultan batter reaching on an error.

The Wolf duo largely gave their defense the day off — except for Caveness, who was catching — recording all nine outs by way of strikeouts.

For Coupeville varsity coach Will Thayer, the win provided a cherry on top of an otherwise miserable day, as weather and a varsity loss combined to dampen spirits early.

“Good pitching and good plate discipline,” he said, then nodded and headed to the bus, hopeful of finally getting warm for the first time in hours.

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Wolves whiff in Sultan

Posted in Baseball, tagged , , , , on April 11, 2022| Leave a Comment »

Scott Hilborn delivered the only hit in Monday’s varsity game, but Coupeville fell at Sultan. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

They’ve had better days.

Returning from spring break only to find miserable weather awaiting them in the wilds of Sultan Monday, the Coupeville High School varsity baseball squad stumbled.

Held to one hit over seven innings, while striking out a season-high 16 times, the Wolves fell 4-1 to the host Turks in a sloppy non-conference game.

The loss drops Coupeville to 5-5 on the season, but it gets a chance to bounce back with a Northwest 2B/1B League doubleheader Friday at La Conner.

For now, Monday’s clash against Sultan is one the Wolves would like to forget about quickly.

“Snow, rain, and freezing temps,” said CHS coach Will Thayer. “Just an all-around bad game.”

The Wolves fell behind 2-0 in the first inning and were never able to mount much of an offensive charge.

By the time it finally did score, pushing a run across in the top of the fifth thanks to a Sage Sharp walk, two errors and a Sultan wild pitch, Coupeville trailed 3-0.

The Wolves did mount a brief rally in the top of the seventh, putting two runners aboard after Jack Porter reached on an error and Scott Hilborn was plunked by a wayward pitch.

But that final hope died almost as quickly as it began, sending the Wolves back to the bus with their fourth non-conference defeat of the season.

Hilborn collected Coupeville’s lone hit on the afternoon, rapping a third-inning single, while Xavier Murdy and Sharp joined the Wolf junior in collecting walks.

Sultan did commit four errors in the game, but Turk pitchers TJ Hallsson and Derek Feltner were able to escape relatively unscathed thanks to frequent K’s.

Coupeville batters suffered strikeouts in every inning, with the third being the only frame in which the Wolves didn’t take at least two punch-outs.

CHS hurlers Jonathan Valenzuela and Hilborn countered the Turks, combining to whiff 10 Sultan hitters while tossing a no-hitter.

But the Turks used seven walks and two untimely Wolf errors to push their runs across.

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