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Scout Smith. (Charlotte Smith photos)

Central Whidbey is repped by (l to r) Marenna Rebischke-Smith, Thora Iverson, Coral Caveness, and Scout Smith. (Charlotte Young photos)

We are ... Whidbey!

We are … Whidbey!

They have next. After the next ones have next.

A pack of young Wolves are starring on the softball fields this summer, though they’re still a couple of years away from playing for Coupeville High School.

Working together with teammates from North and South Whidbey, the Central Whidbey sluggers are part of an all-Island Little League All-Star softball squad for players ages 11-12.

When they’re not posing for cameras, they’re busy with playoff action, with a loser-out game Monday night against South Skagit.

That’s a team they already thumped 18-3 Saturday in their playoff opener, before falling 9-5 to undefeated Anacortes Sunday.

Bounce Skagit again tonight, and Whidbey will advance to the championship and a rematch with Anacortes.

Whidbey would need to take two in a row from a team that had ten-runned every foe this season until Sunday, to win a district title.

But win or lose, that howl you hear?

It’s the sound of young Wolves coming up fast and strong, hungry to build on their success.

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(John Fisken photos)

  The last thing the base runner saw was the Terminator T-1000 turn and lock on to him. After that, it was all over in a millisecond. (John Fisken photos)

"Oh lord, I'm not gonna be able to sit down for a week!!! But ... I am safe. Now, I'm just going to lie here and embrace the burning pain..."

  “Oh lord, I’m not gonna be able to sit down for a week!!! But … I am safe. Now, I’m just going to lie here and embrace the burning pain…”

swing low

Both the umpire and the catcher are mesmerized by the art of the bunt.

catcher

“You can either step back to the base, son, or I can embarrass you and your entire family by throwing you out. Your choice…”

coach

Two feet? The best coaches only need one to fungo, baby.

Photos, we got yer snappy photos right here.

Ignoring for a second that I was detained and couldn’t be there to cover the game in person, let us instead offer a round of applause to travelin’ photo man John Fisken.

He, for one, did show up Thursday and document the Warriors, a Central Whidbey Little League Majors baseball squad, in action.

Plus one for the Diet Coke man.

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(John Fisken photos)

“Sweet Miguel Cabrera! I got some good aluminum on that sucker!!” (John Fisken photos)

"No, I don't need two hands. My glove work is impeccable. But thanks for asking."

“No, I don’t need two hands. My glove work is impeccable. But thanks for asking.”

coach and player

“She said we’re going to Dairy Queen after the game!!”

"Run on me? Me?!?!?!? Taste hot baseball, dude!!!"

“Run on me? Me?!?!?!? Taste hot baseball, dude!!!”

"She worries me a bit, that's all I'm saying. I'd like to get to first grade with my head still attached to my shoulders, am I right?"

   “She worries me a bit, that’s all I’m saying. I’d like to get to first grade with my head still attached to my shoulders, am I right?”

"Wait, someone said we're going to Dairy Queen?

“Wait, someone said we’re going to Dairy Queen?!?!?!?”

coach

   “OK, OK, I know there’s been a lot of talk about Dairy Queen, but you have to actually play the game first…”

swing

“They call me Miss Rocket Launcher!”

"Nope, that one ain't comin' back..."

“Nope, that one ain’t comin’ back…”

Tomorrow’s stars are grabbing the camera’s attention today.

A recent T-Ball game between the Central Whidbey Little League Cheetahs and the North Whidbey Little League Mud Hens attracted the lens of rovin’ photo man John Fisken, and he provides us with the pics above.

Why nine photos?

Do you even know anything about baseball?

Yes, yes, that’s why.

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Pure joy. (John Fisken photos)

Pure joy. (John Fisken photos)

A dad and son team zing around third base and head for home.

A dad and son team zing around third base and head for home.

home run

  “Over the outfield fence? More like it’s landing somewhere down around Deception Pass! Your puny fences can’t contain my power!!”

Safe

Safe, and he knows how to play to the camera. A superstar is born.

so help me

“I told ’em not to try and steal on me. I have a gun for an arm and ice water in my veins!!”

field

Today’s web gem.

hit

Getting good wood (or aluminum) on the ball.

royals

Mill Creek’s squad of diamond dandies.

mariners

North Whidbey’s finest (plus one girl from the South End).

Not all baseball games are about wins and losses.

Sometimes just taking the field is an accomplishment in itself.

Working with the North Whidbey Little League, Jason McDermott started the Challenger League this season for players who might not otherwise have gotten a chance to pick up a bat and mitt.

The league welcomes players with different levels of disabilities and gives them the chance to play in a fun environment.

Every player from both teams gets a chance to bat, and score-keeping is pushed aside in favor of building the player’s confidence.

A success in the first season, the league would like to continue to expand and draw in players from outside of Oak Harbor.

“There are a high number of Exceptional Family Members in the area,” McDermott said. “My goal for next season is to have more children play.”

This year’s roster included:

Amelia Bell
Austen Dearing
Eric Ennes
Thaddeus Garcia
Abdiel Martinez
Adrianna Martinez
Arianna Martinez
Caleb Randall
Amare Refuge
Tyriq Refuge
Zoe Thompson
Lydia Vaughan

Interested parents can contact McDermott at McDerJM@dshs.wa.gov for more information.

The photos above, which come to us courtesy John Fisken, capture the local team, the Mariners, facing off with the Mill Creek Royals.

To see more photos, pop over to:

Mariners — http://www.shutterfly.com/progal/album.jsp?aid=768a5498cf35e36aa503

Royals — http://www.shutterfly.com/progal/album.jsp?aid=768a5498cf35e3693076

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"I call this pitch The Whopper ... cause it's flame broiled, baby!!" (John Fisken photos)

   “I call this pitch The Whopper … cause it’s flame broiled, baby!!” (John Fisken photos)

"Keep pushing the fences back all you want. I'm still leaving the yard, son!!"

“Keep pushing the fences back all you want. I’m still leaving the yard, son!!”

"EYAAAAAGGHHH ... sweet lord, I just pulled every muscle in my entire body. It's OK, though, cause chicks dig the long ball..."

   “EYAAAAAGGHHH … sweet lord, I just pulled every muscle in my entire body. It’s OK, though, cause chicks dig the long ball…”

"I haven't heard a kid scream like that since

   “You move off that base, I throw. Your choice, punk. Do you feel lucky? Well, do you?”

Balls are flying and cameras are clicking.

Central Whidbey Little League teams are deep into tournament play (the team here is the Majors Baseball squad) and John Fisken’s camera has been on the scene.

The photos above are courtesy him.

The cut-lines are me amusing myself. As usual.

To see more eye-poppin’ pics, pop over to:

http://www.shutterfly.com/progal/album.jsp?aid=768a5498cf35e30ca565

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