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Walk-off winner denies hardball squad

Posted in Baseball, tagged , , , , on March 16, 2022| Leave a Comment »

CHS hurler Cody Roberts whiffed four Wednesday. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

Two straight games with a walk-off winner.

Though, to be honest, the first time was a lot more fun.

A game after beating South Whidbey in its final at-bat, the Coupeville High School varsity baseball squad ended up on the other side of things Wednesday afternoon.

This time it was host Lynden Christian escaping with a 2-1 win, after the Lyncs used a pair of singles, a walk, and a Wolf error to push across the winning run in the bottom of the seventh inning.

The non-conference loss, coming against an always-tough Lync program, drops Coupeville to 1-2 on the season.

The Wolves get a chance to even out that mark Saturday when they host North Mason.

After that CHS kicks off Northwest 2B/1B League play, with seven straight games against conference rivals.

Wednesday’s game was a pitcher’s duel from start to finish, with Wolf hurlers Cody Roberts and Jonathan Valenzuela acquitting themselves quite nicely against Lynden.

The Lyncs plated one run in the second inning courtesy a sacrifice fly, then didn’t score again until the seventh.

Unfortunately, Coupeville couldn’t get its own offense into high gear for much of the day, scraping out its lone run in the top of the sixth.

Hawthorne Wolfe led off the frame with a triple, then scooted home on a groundout by Scott Hilborn, but CHS could have had more.

Valenzuela cracked a two-out double to give the Wolves a shot at snatching the lead away, only to find himself stranded at inning’s end.

Wolfe finished with two of Coupeville’s five hits, adding a single to his three-bagger, while Valenzuela (2B), Roberts (1B), and Jack Porter (1B) also collected base-knocks.

Hawthorne Wolfe and Co. came up just short in Lynden.

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Wolf wrecking crew thumps Lyncs

Posted in Baseball, tagged , , , , on March 16, 2022| Leave a Comment »

Zane Oldenstadt reached base twice Wednesday as Coupeville’s JV drilled Lynden Christian. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

Once they started bashing, they didn’t stop.

Jumping on host Lynden Christian for six runs in the top of the first inning Wednesday, the Coupeville High School JV baseball team romped to a 13-5 win in a five-inning game.

The non-conference victory lifts the Wolf young guns to a pristine 2-0 on the season.

Coming on the heels of a pitcher’s duel in the day’s varsity game, the JV hardball sluggers decided to go in the opposite direction.

Cue the runs raining down on the scoreboard, with Coupeville building a 13-0 lead, then holding on for the win.

Aiden O’Neill kicked things off in the top of the first, drawing a walk from the Lynden hurler, and that set things in motion.

Camden Glover and Yohannon Sanders smacked base hits in the first inning explosion, with Landon Roberts and Johnny Porter eking out free passes.

From there, the Wolves cruised, tacking on a run in the third, before dropping three-run rallies in both the fourth and fifth.

Lynden Christian spent much of the afternoon swinging and missing, with Wolf hurlers O’Neill, Roberts, and Cole White combining to whiff 12 Lyncs.

While the win makes the bus ride home a happier one, getting the chance to put 14 players on the field against a quality opponent is maybe even bigger when it comes to building for the future.

In addition to the guys already mentioned, CHS sent Gabe Reed, Alex Smith, Seth Woollet, Cole Hutchinson, Zane Oldenstadt, Coop Cooper, Marcelo Gebhard, and Kai Wong into action.

Cole Hutchinson takes a rip.

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Rivalry game, epic win

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

Freshman Jack Porter delivered a walk-off RBI single Tuesday, lifting Coupeville to an extra-innings win over South Whidbey. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

“This was a momentum game!”

Coupeville High School varsity baseball coach Will Thayer was a happy man Tuesday as he headed home for dinner.

His Wolves had just upended visiting South Whidbey 3-2 in extra innings, getting the game-winner on a walk-off RBI single from freshman Jack Porter in the bottom of the ninth inning.

The non-conference win evens Coupeville’s early-season record at 1-1, with a big trip to Lynden Christian on the schedule for Wednesday.

Even better for the Wolves, it’s a rivalry win over their next-door neighbors, and a bit of payback for a “loss” to the Falcons in a three-inning game at a jamboree last week.

“This was a game that sets the tone for us for the rest of the season,” Thayer said. “It gets us heading in the right direction.”

The game threatened to be an offensive bonanza in the early going, then turned into a pitcher’s duel.

Scott Hilborn whiffed seven hitters in seven innings of work.

South Whidbey jumped out to a 1-0 lead after the top of the first inning, but Coupeville responded immediately.

Xavier Murdy and Scott Hilborn punched back-to-back one-out singles to set the scene in the bottom half of the first frame, before Peyton Caveness brought out the big lumber.

The sophomore first-baseman bopped a two-run double to put the Wolves in front 2-1, a lead they would hold until the fifth inning.

While South Whidbey garnered that game-tying run, Coupeville put runners on base almost every inning, but couldn’t break through.

CHS had two guys sitting on bags in the second, fourth, and seventh innings, and loaded the bases in the sixth, but time and again the Falcons found a way to fly free.

Hilborn did his job for the Wolves, whiffing seven through seven innings of work on the pitcher’s mound, but left with the game knotted at 2-2.

Heading into extra innings, Thayer handed the ball to senior Hawthorne Wolfe, and the wily one was nearly perfect coming out of the bullpen.

The senior slinger retired the Falcons 1-2-3 in the eighth, then surrendered a lone walk in the ninth.

Coupeville catcher Xavier Murdy erased that Falcon baserunner, throwing him out on a stolen base attempt, before Wolfe reared back and punched out what would be South Whidbey’s final hitter.

After going seven long innings without a runner tapping home plate, the Wolves found some magic in the bottom of the ninth.

With two outs and no one aboard, CHS took advantage of Hilborn reaching on an error.

Jonathan Valenzuela and Caveness eked out walks to juice the bags, setting up Porter for his game-winning swat.

The walk-off hit capped a day in which the Wolves collected nine hits and five walks.

Caveness (1B, 2B), Sage Sharp (1B, 1B), and Porter (1B, 1B) paced the attack, with Murdy, Valenzuela, and Hilborn chipping in with singles.

Cole White walked twice, while Chase Anderson, Valenzuela, and Caveness each got aboard once thanks to showcasing eagle eyes.

Peyton Caveness reached base three times in the rivalry win.

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Your stadium can’t contain Joey Lippo!

Posted in Baseball, Wolves in college, tagged , , , , on March 14, 2022| Leave a Comment »

Joey Lippo (right) mashed four hits Monday, including his first home run of the season. (Photo courtesy Connie Lippo)

The bat is sizzlin’.

Day two of a five-day jaunt to Florida brought more success for Coupeville grad Joey Lippo, as he continued to tear up college baseball pitching.

The former Wolf bashed four hits across two games Monday, including launching a home run to left center.

But while Lippo’s bat was getting work done, his University of Maine at Presque Isle hardball team didn’t have as much luck, dropping both games it played.

After absorbing a 14-3 loss to Rutgers University-Newark and an 18-4 defeat at the hands of SUNY Plattsburgh, the Owls fall to 1-5 on the season.

Presque Isle, which is playing five straight days in Florida, has its lightest schedule Tuesday, with just a single game against SUNY Brockport.

The Owls wrap up their southern jaunt with doubleheaders Wednesday (Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts) and Thursday (Colby-Sawyer College), then are off for nine days.

Lippo opened play Monday by bashing three hits off of Rutgers pitching, before topping his day with a round-tripper against Plattsburgh.

Through six games, he tops Presque Isle in virtually every offensive category, from batting average (.500) to hits (9), runs (4), RBI (3), on-base percentage (.524), and slugging percentage (.778).

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Lippo lashes frozen ropes in the sun

Posted in Baseball, Wolves in college, tagged , , , , on March 14, 2022| Leave a Comment »

CHS grad Joey Lippo racked up five hits Sunday, as his college baseball team split a doubleheader. (Photo courtesy Connie Lippo)

Like Superman before him, Joey Lippo seems to draw power from the sun.

Kicking off a nine-games-in-five-days road trip to Florida, the Coupeville grad rapped out five hits Sunday as he and his college baseball team split a doubleheader.

The University of Maine at Presque Isle slipped past Gallaudet University 3-2 in the opener, then fell 8-7 in extra innings in the nightcap.

The Owls, now 1-3 on the young season, get right back at it Monday with games against Rutgers University-Newark and SUNY Plattsburgh.

Lippo put up quality numbers in both games Sunday, lashing a leadoff triple in the opener.

He came around to score on an RBI single from teammate Timothy Burns, then added an RBI on a sac fly to stake Presque Isle to the win.

Playing the all-around game, Lippo also gunned down a runner at the plate, launching a cannon shot from deep in center field.

Returning to the field for game #2, the former Wolf stayed en fuego, bashing four hits against Gallaudet pitching.

Through four games, Lippo, a sophomore at Presque Isle, is hitting .455 with a .462 on base percentage and a .636 slugging percentage.

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