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Free softball skills camp for young sluggers

Posted in Little League, Softball, tagged Central Whidbey Little League, Rhododendron Park, skills camp, Softball on February 10, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Learn to love the sport early.

Central Whidbey Little League is offering a free softball skills clinic for girls ages 5-13, a prime opportunity to tantalize your children with the allure of diamond life.

The camp is set for Monday, Feb. 16 at Rhododendron Park, and all the info is in the photo above.

Girls can bring personal equipment if they have it, but CWLL will also have extra gloves available for prospective players.

The event can be a great icebreaker, especially for those who may not have played the sport previously.

“We’ve found that softball/baseball often needs a lot of prep and commitment from parents,” Mandi Black said. “And it can feel easier to say no than to sign up and buy all the gear without knowing if your child will even like the sport.

“So, we had an idea, this is a “come try it out” opportunity.

“A chance for kids to test the sport, have fun, see how amazing it is, and then decide if it’s something they want to sign up for.”

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New uniform, same super slugger

Posted in Softball, Wolves in college, tagged CHS Wolves, Edmonds College, Madison McMillan, new uniforms, Softball on January 26, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Diamond dandy Madison McMillan, ready to mash softballs and take names. (Photos property Edmonds College softball)

So now you’re trolling Instagram for content?

Of course, I am.

Doing so enables me to drop some new photos of Coupeville grad Madison McMillan repping her college softball uniform in advance of the spring season.

Edmonds College kicks off play Feb. 20 against Mt. Hood, with a 32-game campaign running through early May.

McMillan, who made her living belting home runs which soared off the CHS diamond and landed down around Prairie Center, is a freshman for the Tritons.

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“The girls came out firing on all cylinders”

Posted in Softball, tagged Adeline Maynes, Cameron Van Dyke, Island Vipers, Softball, Sydney Van Dyke on October 19, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Sydney Van Dyke and her travel ball teammates are off to a strong start. (Colleen Henderson-Van Dyke photo)

Adeline Maynes was in mid-season form.

The Coupeville High School sophomore was firing BBs from the pitcher’s circle Saturday, whiffing five across three innings to lead the Island Vipers 16U softball squad to a 9-4 win over New Level Softball – Dail in Everett.

The Vipers, who draw players from across Whidbey Island, jumped on their foes with a four-run top of the first, and never looked back.

“The girls came out firing on all cylinders, the base runners were aggressive, and the bats were on fire,” said coach Grant Van Dyke.

Sydney Van Dyke and Shea Allison fueled the early rally with base knocks, with the Vipers coming back around to ice the game with five runs in the third.

Sophie Zeigler, Emma Allison, Maynes, and Shea Allison all drove in runs during the game-deciding surge, with Cameron Van Dyke and Charley Lasick also picking up base hits.

Capri Anter and Marlie Wutzke paced the Vipers with two walks apiece, with the squad pushing the pace on the basepaths with eight stolen bases.

The Vipers, who also include Ava Lucero and Kennedy Strevel on their roster, get back at it next Saturday with another road game, this time traveling to square off with the WA Bombers 16U.

Adeline Maynes (center) is a flame-throwing terror in the pitcher’s circle 24/7/365. (Jackie Saia photo)

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She swings, she sizzles

Posted in Softball, Wolves in college, tagged CHS Wolves, Edmonds College, Madison McMillan, Softball, University of Washington on October 13, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Madison McMillan destroys the softball during her days as a Wolf. (Jackie Saia photo)

She carries a big bat and she’s not afraid to swing it.

Coupeville grad Madison McMillan, known for launching high school home runs that left the CHS diamond and ended up bouncing around the parking lot down at Prairie Center, is still cracking lasers.

Now playing fall ball as a freshman at Edmonds College, the former Wolf ace picked up a pair of hits Sunday against Mount Hood College while playing at Husky Softball Stadium at the University of Washington.

Madison’s hits were both “hard knocks up the middle,” according to Grandpa Gordon, who was on hand to witness the hit parade.

The only thing keeping the savage slugger from adding to her hit total was an appearance by Mother Nature, as game #2 of a planned doubleheader was called due to rain and lightning.

During her CHS days, Madison was a three-sport star for the Wolves, starring for volleyball, basketball, and softball teams, and helping the spikers and sluggers make stellar runs at the state tourney.

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A goliath arises!

Posted in Softball, tagged backstop, CHS Wolves, Ebey's Prairie, Softball on October 4, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Don’t worry, prairie skies will look just like this during the “spring” softball season as well… (David Svien photos)

I left Coupeville for two months-plus, and things changed.

Slightly, but in a very positive way.

After years of watching fouled-off missiles bounce off of homes in a nearby trailer park, hit the windshields of passing cars, or lure teenage girls into sprinting across the road in pursuit (often without looking for cars), Coupeville High School finally has a legit softball backstop.

Nothing is getting away from this netting. I said, nothing.

Plus, the scoreboard got moved into a more-prominent position, one in which it also will stop getting hit by wayward foul balls.

With softball arguably the most-successful sports program at CHS, the Wolf diamond queens deserved the upgrade, as did fans who have dodged incoming death from the sky for years.

Bout dang time.