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Make yourself useful, eh!!

Posted in Baseball, Little League, Softball, tagged baseball, Central Whidbey Little League, Mariah Knoblich, Softball, volunteers on July 1, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Yellow Jackets players (l to r) Hope Sinclair, Gwen Gustafson and Vivian Farris will be playing in their All-Star tourney next week. (Paula Peters photo)

Want to get out of the house?

Then I have a job for you. Or, actually, several jobs.

Central Whidbey Little League is hosting two All-Star tournaments next week at Rhododendron Park and is looking for volunteers to help make things sail along smoothly.

The league needs people for scoring, concessions and field prep from July 5-9.

Tournaments in play will be 9-10 softball and 10-11 baseball.

If you’re interested in giving back to your community, call Mariah Knoblich at (360) 632-6846 or email her at mariahknoblich@yahoo.com.

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Fear their sting, fuel their dreams!!

Posted in Little League, Softball, tagged Central Whidbey Little League, GoFundMe, Softball, state tourney, Yellow Jackets on June 28, 2016| 1 Comment »

Yellow Jackets catcher Maddy Georges frames the pitch. (Paula Peters photos)

Ready to rumble.

Put some buzz in the Yellow Jackets stride.

Central Whidbey Little League’s Minors softball squad, which went a spiffy 13-1 this season, opens the best-of-three District 11 championships July 5 in Oak Harbor.

The only one of Coupeville’s three softball teams to stay together for All-Star play this summer, the Yellow Jackets need to win two games to punch a ticket to the state tourney in Montesano.

Based on this season’s results and prior work put in by these players, expectations of going to the big dance are sky high.

With that in mind, team parents are running a fundraiser on GoFundMe to raise the money necessary to get 12 players, their families and their coaches 122 miles down the road.

The team would need to cover a hotel stay for a minimum of three nights, plus food and gas.

All money raised by the GoFundMe will go directly to the team and be split evenly among all players.

If they raise more funds than necessary, any extra money will be donated to Central Whidbey Little League to help out with its other programs.

To read more and help the Yellow Jackets, pop over to:

https://www.gofundme.com/coupevilleallstars

Meet the players:

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Still queens of the diamond!!

Posted in Little League, Softball, tagged Abby Mulholland, Central Whidbey Little League, Izzy Wells, mercenaries, Softball on June 27, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Izzy Wells may have switched uniforms, but she’s retained her intensity in the pitcher’s circle. (John Fisken photos)

Abby Mulholland, master of the web gem.

Wells comes in hot.

Different uniforms, same stellar results.

They’re softball mercenaries, willing to play for the highest bidder.

Well, not really … but they aren’t quite willing to bring their season to an end just quite yet.

After leading Central Whidbey Little League’s Majors softball squad to an undefeated season, Izzy Wells and Abby Mulholland have traveled up North for All-Star play.

The duo’s team, the Coupeville Crush, wasn’t going to have enough players available to move on as a team, so they signed on with North Whidbey as free agents.

The three CWLL softball squads went a combined 41-4-1 this season, but only the minors squad (the Yellow Jackets) have stayed together for All-Star play.

They face Sedro-Woolley in a best-of-three match-up starting July 5 at Oak Harbor’s Volunteer Park (6 PM).

Along with the Crush, Coupeville’s Juniors team (the Venom) also put away their mitts and bats at the end of the regular season.

There was an effort to put together a combined South/Central/North Whidbey Juniors team for All-Stars, but it ultimately didn’t happen.

Wells and Mulholland, however, are still at it, and they made their debut in purple Monday night as North Whidbey opened a three-game tilt with Sedro-Woolley.

While the Purple Thunder fell 9-5 in a hard-fought game, they’re still alive and return to action Tuesday.

Pull out a victory then and they’ll face a winner-take-all game Wednesday for the District 11 title and a state tourney berth.

To see more photos from Monday’s game, pop over to:

http://www.johnsphotos.net/Sports/SB-AllStars-20160627-vs-Sedro/

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Diamond dandies bow out!!

Posted in Baseball, Little League, Softball, tagged barbecue, baseball, Central Whidbey Little League, season finale, Softball on June 19, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Souvenir ball in hand, the fastest base stealer in town zings by, almost too fast for the camera to catch. (Renae Mulholland photos)

Velvet-voiced PA man Moose Moran lets loose with his best Vin Scully impression.

Softball mom Suzan Georges commands the grill.

Savina Wells, sporting the day’s most memorable outfit, picks up her game ball. (Paula Peters photo)

Photos within photos. Karen Carlson’s snappy camera work was on display to be appreciated by all. (Mulholland photos)

Shenanigans. Undoubtedly, shenanigans.

Yellow Jackets (l to r) Sofia Peters, Gwen Gustafson and Maddie Georges celebrate an impressive season. (Peters photo)

Another successful season in the books.

While All-Star play still looms ahead for some teams, Central Whidbey Little League put an official bow on the 2016 campaign with a barbecue Saturday at Rhododendron Park.

Mementos were handed out, players, coaches and volunteers were honored and hot dogs were grilled in massive quantities.

In between the mustard and the game balls, a slew of CWLL moms snapped pics, some of which are seen above.

Thanks to all, those who provided photos this year, and those who sent me scores and updates.

I appreciate it.

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