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Field of dreams!!

Posted in Softball, tagged , , , , on September 5, 2016| 1 Comment »

(Justine McGranahan photos)

   Coupeville High School’s home softball dugout shows off a new coat of paint. (Justine McGranahan photos)

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After all their work, Wolf players and coaches dig into their tasty reward.

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   Battery mates Sarah Wright (left) and Katrina McGranahan haul off cardboard used as drip guards.

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One more shot of the dugout, in case you’ve forgotten how snazzy it looks.

The first home game isn’t for nearly seven months.

That didn’t stop Coupeville High School softball players and coaches from getting a jump start on things, however.

Taking advantage of supplies donated by Sherwin-Williams and Frontier Building Supply, the Wolves put in a day making their dugouts sparkle anew.

As the new paint job gently dried in the prairie breeze, CHS scorekeeper extraordinaire Justine McGranahan snapped pictures, huge smile on her face.

“We have just a couple more things to do to them but I’m like a kid at Christmas and want everyone to know!,” she exclaimed.

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Select softball squads seek sluggers!!

Posted in Softball, tagged , , , , , on August 1, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Age 14 or under and love softball? You could soon be in this picture. (Photo courtesy Mimi Johnson)

   Age 14 or under and love softball? You could soon be in this picture. (Photo courtesy Mimi Johnson)

Want to play select softball on Whidbey? Now’s your time.

Island Tsunami Fastpitch Softball is holding tryouts Aug. 10-11 for players interested in joining the current 12U squad or a newly-forming 14U team.

Tryouts will be at Rhododendron Park from 6-8 PM both nights, with registration starting at 5:30.

If players are unable to attend those tryout nights, private tryouts can also be set up.

For more info contact islandtsunamifastpitch@gmail.com.

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Swing back into action!!

Posted in Baseball, Little League, Softball, tagged , , , , on July 31, 2016| Leave a Comment »

(John Fisken photos)

   “Wait, so you’re saying we don’t have to stop playing just cause the sun is going to go away?” (John Fisken photo)

Your kids don’t have to put that mitt away just yet.

Central Whidbey Little League is offering fall ball teams this year, with registration starting Monday, Aug. 1.

Practices start in mid-August, with the first games Sept. 10. The season runs through late October.

Current plans call for baseball and softball teams in both Minors (8-9) and Majors (10-11).

Cost is $55 per player, with a $10 discount for additional players in the same family.

For more info pop over to http://www.centralwhidbeylittleleague.com/.

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She’s a killer and a thriller!!

Posted in Girls Basketball, Happy birthday, Softball, Volleyball, tagged , , , , , on July 29, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Scout Smith: Rampaging force of nature. (John Fisken and Charlotte Young photos)

   Scout Smith: a rampaging force of nature. (John Fisken and Charlotte Young photos)

Scout Smith is the real deal.

As a new pack of Wolves get ready to enter the hallways of Coupeville High School, she is at the forefront of the coming athletic revolution.

A three-sport star (volleyball, basketball, softball), who also played soccer and cheered in her younger days, Smith can do it all, and she can do it all extremely well.

As she celebrates her 14th birthday today, Scout is following in the (very successful) footsteps of older brothers CJ and Hunter, and, frankly, I wouldn’t be surprised if she outdoes them.

She’s got the same quiet confidence mixed with raw talent that they possess, and gravitates towards being a team leader.

Not afraid to get down and dirty on the field, Smith is that rarity, an athlete who wants the ball at crunch time and never shies away from the heat of the spotlight.

So, exactly like her brothers.

Whether staring daggers at hitters while pacing in the pitcher’s circle, or draining three-balls over outstretched arms, Scout is a killer.

Who also happens to be an extraordinarily nice person away from the arena, a vital part of a close-knit group of young women who excelled in middle school and little league sports by supporting each other and always focusing on team above all else.

You can go down a checklist with Scout, a very similar one to CJ and Hunter:

Smart, well-spoken, high character, mentally tough, hard workers who reflect extremely well on parents Chris and Charlotte, both as athletes and people.

When the Smith family moved to Whidbey during the 2013-2014 basketball season, Coupeville pulled off a major coup and the benefits to our sports teams and our community grow each day.

So, as she prepares to lay waste to high school competition, we just want to take a moment on her cake day to stop and wish the youngest family member all the best, on and off the field.

You’re a hard-court killer and a diamond thriller, Scout, and a whole lot more. Happy birthday, superstar!

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The little sister lights up the joint, too!!

Posted in Happy birthday, Softball, tagged , , , , , on July 18, 2016| Leave a Comment »

The impeccably-dressed Melia Welling. (John Fisken photos)

The impeccably-dressed Melia Welling. (John Fisken photos)

"Is mom working at PC right now, cause I'm parking this ball somewhere around the produce section."

   “Is mom working at PC right now, cause I’m parking this ball somewhere around the produce section.”

I like Melia Welling.

Regardless of whether or not she continues to become a big athletic star and ends up giving me plenty to write about over the next four years (and I think she will), she’s just a great young woman.

Like older brother Julian, she projects a friendliness that is infectious, and you can’t help but root for her.

Melia is on her way to becoming a freshman at Coupeville High School, with a pit stop in Birthday Land today, and she’s already made an impression as an athlete.

Volleyball, basketball, and, most recently, as a softball slugger for Central Whidbey Little League’s high-flying Juniors squad, the Venom, Welling has jumped in feet first.

She hails from an athletic family, which includes big bro and her cousins, Mitchell and Shane Losey, and she’s upholding tradition well.

Her biggest moment so far probably came when she thumped a two-run double in a Venom game.

The blow made Julian come dangerously close to flipping off the top row of the bleachers at the CHS softball diamond, as he screamed like a banshee while Melia beamed from ear to ear at second base.

Whether crunching big hits or giggling away with Cassidy Moody as the duo kept score at middle school boys’ basketball games, Welling is a talented, hard-working young woman who has made a very good impression on those of us in the cheap seats.

From all of us, happy birthday Melia. May the best be yet to come.

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