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Winless Wolves nipped in pitcher’s duel

Posted in Baseball, tagged , , , , on March 27, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Coop Cooper, seen last season, delivered a strong pitching performance Thursday, whiffing 10 on Friday Harbor. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

The offensive struggles continue.

Blanked for the fourth time in five games, a largely inexperienced Coupeville High School baseball team fell 3-0 at Friday Harbor Thursday afternoon.

The Wolves, who are learning on the job, fall to 0-2 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 0-5 overall heading into a home non-conference game Saturday against South Whidbey, which sits at 1-3.

There were definite bright spots for Coupeville Thursday.

The three runs surrendered were the fewest by far this season, the Wolves committed a season-low one error, and starting pitcher Coop Cooper whiffed 10 batters in 4+ innings of work.

But the Wolves also went down 1-2-3 in six of seven innings, striking out 16 times against Friday Harbor sophomore hurler Jackson Feliz.

The only frame in which CHS put a runner on base was the top of the fourth, and it was a prime opportunity which didn’t come to total fruition.

With Feliz buzzing through a perfect game, the Wolves suddenly loaded the bases with no outs.

Landon Roberts ripped a liner to right field, Carson Grove got plunked by a wayward pitch, and Camden Glover dropped a bunt single down the third-base line.

For a team which has been outscored 50-3 this season, the chance to bust through was tantalizingly close.

Then the door slammed shut, with Feliz picking up another K, before inducing a double-play ground ball to end the rally.

Friday Harbor, which only had three hits on the day, had just enough offense of its own to salt away the win and claim a sweep of the two-game series between island rivals.

The Wolverines pushed a run across in the third, thanks to a walk, a single, and a wild pitch, before adding insurance tallies in the fifth and sixth.

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Rough inning sinks hardball squad

Posted in Baseball, tagged , , , , on March 25, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Landon Roberts works behind the plate in an earlier game. (Jon Roberts photo)

The learning processd continues.

A rebuilding Coupeville High School baseball squad fell 10-0 Tuesday to visiting Friday Harbor, the third time in four games the Wolves have been blanked.

The loss, coming in the conference opener for both teams, drops CHS to 0-1 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 0-4 overall.

The Wolves will get an almost immediate chance for redemption, however, as they bounce between islands Thursday, landing on Friday Harbor for a rematch with the Wolverines.

Tuesday’s game was close until the top of the fourth inning.

The visitors scraped out two runs in the second inning to claim the lead, but Coupeville had chances to get something going offensively.

The Wolves loaded the bases in the bottom of the first thanks to walks to Landon Roberts, Trent Thule, and Camden Glover, but had two runners snuffed out coming home.

Jesus Madrigal smacked a leadoff single to left in the second for his first varsity base knock, while Leo Rodriguez walked. But again, Friday Harbor escaped relatively unscathed.

Things took a brutal turn for Coupeville in the top of the fourth, as the hometown hardball heroes committed three errors, helping fuel an eight-run explosion for their rivals.

That left CHS trailing 10-0, and with just a pair of walks to its credit after that, the game was mercy ruled after five innings.

Pitchers Landon Roberts and Camden Glover did combine for 12 strikeouts on the afternoon, with Roberts picking up eight of those K’s.

It was the third time this season the Wolf hurlers have notched double-digit whiff totals.

Glover, who started behind the plate for the Wolves before coming on to pitch in relief, also gunned down a would-be base stealer with a superb throw to Thule at second.

 

Tuesday stats:

Camden Glover — Two walks
Jesus Madrigal — One single
Landon Roberts — One single, one walk
Leo Rodriguez — Two walks
Trent Thule — One walk

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Dodging rain, racking up wins

Posted in Baseball, Girls Tennis, Softball, standings, tagged , , , , , on March 23, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Cousins Haylee Armstrong (left) and Capri Anter are key members of a high-powered Wolf softball team. (Michelle Armstrong photo)

Spring has fully sprung.

Maybe not in the weather category, as Mother Nature keeps everyone guessing as to her intentions, but enough games have been played that it’s time to once again kick into running weekly standings stories.

The week ahead adds another level of intrigue, with Northwest 2B/1B League teams squaring off against each other for the first time.

Coupeville High School baseball and softball clash with Friday Harbor twice — at home Tuesday, then on the road Thursday.

After that, the hardball squad wraps the week by hosting South Whidbey Saturday for a non-conference tilt.

Meanwhile, Wolf girls’ tennis is slated to (finally) host its first match on its new home courts Tuesday, with East Jefferson coming to town.

Then the netters hit the road Friday for a trip to Friday Harbor for the first of four clashes with the only other NWL school to play the sport.

Wrapping things up, CHS track is on the road twice, with a trip to Mount Vernon Wednesday for a league meet, and a trek to Stanwood Saturday for a freshman/sophomore showcase.

As we head into the great unknown, here’s where things sit as of Mar. 23:

 

Northwest League baseball:

School League Overall
Concrete 0-0 0-0
Coupeville 0-0 0-3
Darrington 0-0 0-2
Friday Harbor 0-0 1-1
La Conner 0-0 0-0
MV Christian 0-0 2-2
Orcas Island 0-0 0-3

 

Northwest League girls’ tennis:

School League Overall
Coupeville 0-0 0-1
Friday Harbor 0-0 0-0

 

Northwest League softball:

School League Overall
Concrete 0-0 0-0
Coupeville 0-0 3-1
Darrington 0-0 2-0
Friday Harbor 0-0 1-2
La Conner 0-0 0-1
Orcas Island 0-0 2-2

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Borderites power past Wolves

Posted in Baseball, tagged , , , , on March 22, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Landon Roberts brings the heat. (Jon Roberts photo)

They left their offense at home.

Unable to generate much of an attack Saturday, the Coupeville High School baseball squad was blanked 12-0 by host Blaine, leaving the young Wolves winless on the season.

The non-conference defeat, which came against an always strong 1A hardball program, drops CHS to 0-3 on the campaign.

Up next is a return home, with the first Northwest 2B/1B League game of the season on the docket.

The Wolves host Friday Harbor Tuesday, before island-hopping for a rematch with the Wolverines two days later.

Coupeville will then close a busy week with a non-conference home game Saturday, Mar. 29 against Island rival South Whidbey.

Saturday’s game was originally set to be the season opener but was rained out.

This time around, the liquid sunshine remained at bay, but the host Borderites stayed hot all afternoon.

Blaine pushed one run across in the first, four more in the second, then tossed a five-spot on the scoreboard in the bottom of the third.

Two more runs in the fourth set the final margin, with the game mercy ruled after five frames.

Coupeville only put three baserunners aboard in this one, with the lone hit being a two-out single from Camden Glover in the top of the first inning.

Other than that, the only brief fire ignited by the Wolves came in the fourth, when Glover and Coop Cooper drew back-to-back one-out walks.

Unfortunately for CHS, the next batter popped up into a double play, with the Blaine catcher snagging the airborne ball for out #2, then nailing a straying runner at second for out #3.

Senior Landon Roberts and freshman Carson Grove teamed up on the mound for the Wolves, with Roberts picking up two strikeouts.

While they were outhit 10-1 on the day, one bright spot for Coupeville’s hardball warriors came on defense, where the visitors committed their fewest errors of the still-young season.

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Hardball squad falls in road opener

Posted in Baseball, tagged , , , , on March 20, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Wolves (l to r) Camden Glover, Carson Grove, Landon Roberts, and Jesus Madrigal rep the red and black. (Stevie Glover photo)

Improvement, if not yet a win.

Game #2 for a rebuilding Coupeville High School baseball program was a definite step in the right direction.

While the young Wolves fell 7-2 to East Jefferson Thursday in Port Townsend, nearly everything across the board was trending upwards for the visitors after a blowout loss in their opener.

This time around, Coupeville put runners on base in every inning and was a base knock or two away from really making a surge.

The pitching was still electric at times, with three Wolves combining to rack up 11 strikeouts, and the game was close for a good chunk.

But one problem from opening day still lingered — too many errors on defense — and that ultimately undid CHS and sent it to 0-2 on the season.

The Wolves struck first Thursday, plating their first run of the campaign in the top of the first, after Camden Glover ripped an RBI double to right to send Carson Grove sprinting home.

Starting pitcher Coop Cooper retired five of the first six batters he faced, and the lead held up until East Jefferson scratched out a run in the bottom of the second thanks to a pair of Wolf miscues.

Coupeville stranded a pair of runners in the third, then got stung hard for the only time in the bottom half of the frame.

The host team only racked up four hits all day, but they all came in the same inning, and combined with a pair of Wolf errors and a passed ball, East Jefferson built a 5-1 lead.

CHS continued to put runners on board but was unable to bring any of them around to score.

Glover rocketed a two-out triple in the fifth, while Trent Thule and Riley Lawless both walked in the sixth, but all to no avail.

Two more Wolf errors and two more East Jefferson runs in the sixth moved the deficit to 7-1, before Coupeville rallied to push a runner across in its final at-bats.

Walks to Roberts and Glover started things off, a Cooper single kept the bags jumpin’, and a fielder’s choice RBI off the bat of Jayden Little scored his team’s second run.

Cooper (5 K’s), Grove (5 K’s), and Roberts (whiffed the only batter he faced) combined to give Coupeville’s pitching staff a second-straight game of 10+ strikeouts.

The Wolves hit the road again this Saturday, traveling to Blaine to makeup a game rained out last weekend.

 

Thursday stats:

Coop Cooper — One single, one walk
Camden Glover — One double, one triple, one walk
Carson Grove — One walk
Riley Lawless — Two walks
Landon Roberts — One single, one walk
Trent Thule — Two walks

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