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Set ’em up and knock ’em down

April 11, 2019 by David Svien

Maya Lucero, seen during an earlier basketball season, is part of a hard-hitting, undefeated Central Whidbey Little League Juniors softball team. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

They can’t be stopped by conventional means.

Dodging the rain drops Thursday, the Central Whidbey Little League Juniors softball squad obliterated Anacortes #2, throwing down a 17-2 beatin’ at Rhododendron Park.

The win lifts the Wolves to 3-0 on the season, and, along the way, they’ve outscored their foes 58-15.

After dropping 18 runs against South Whidbey and racking up 23 against Anacortes #1, Central Whidbey is a well-oiled offensive juggernaut.

Up next, after six days off, is the team’s first road test, as coach Lark Gustafson and crew play their next three games away from Coupeville.

The Wolves play North Whidbey Apr. 18, Sedro-Woolley Apr. 20, and South Skagit #1 Apr. 25, not returning to Rhodey until Apr. 27.

Until then, they can bask in the glow of Thursday’s win, in which everything was clicking.

Starting pitcher Savina Wells held Anacortes in check, surrendering just one measly hit, while 11 of the 12 Wolves in uniform scored at least once.

Central Whidbey racked up runs in every inning, tossing five on the scoreboard in the first, another seven during a long second inning, then five more in the third to end the game early thanks to the mercy rule.

In each of the three innings, the Wolves used a similar attack plan — get runners aboard thanks to lots and lots of walks, then come up with big hits to send everyone zipping around the bags.

Melanie Navarro and Wells collected key singles in the first, before Wells bashed a double to turbo-charge things in the second inning.

Sofia Peters and Maya Lucero followed with singles in the second, then Navarro launched a double and Gwen Gustafson spanked a single in the third.

To no one’s surprise, Wells and Navarro led the scoring attack, with both tapping home all three times they batted, while Maddie Georges and Jill Prince scored twice apiece.

Gustafson, Allie Lucero, Adrian Burrows, Cypress Socha, Maya Lucero, Vivian Farris, and Peters each scored once, while Karyme Castro also saw playing time for the Wolves.

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CHS track stares down big-time rivals

April 11, 2019 by David Svien

Coupeville High School junior Lucy Sandahl nabbed 2nd in the 1600 and 3rd in the 800 Thursday at a home track meet. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

Meanwhile, Kyle Burnett soared to a win in the pole vault.

The school names on the other jerseys don’t matter.

Work hard enough and own a big enough heart and small-town public school athletes can knock off the best that ritzy private schools have to offer.

That was proven once again Thursday, as the Coupeville High School track and field squad claimed 11 wins during a home meet against King’s and Cedar Park Christian.

The Wolf girls almost pulled off a stunner in the team battle, as well, before falling 62-61 to perennial state powerhouse King’s.

CPC came in a distant third on the day with 29 points.

Over on the boys side, it was a full-scale brawl, with King’s (54) nipping CPC (47) and Coupeville (42).

There were a lot of big-time performances for the Wolves Thursday, but junior Mallory Kortuem may have made the biggest statement.

She claimed wins in the 400 and pole vault, while also running a leg on a triumphant 4 x 200 relay squad.

Joining her on that unit were Lindsey Roberts, Maya Toomey-Stout, and freshman Ja’Kenya Hoskins, who also won the long jump.

Emma Smith (shot put) and Catherine Lhamon (3200) rounded out the female Wolf champs, while three boys also snatched top honors.

Danny Conlisk (100, 800) and Sean Toomey-Stout (long jump, triple jump) were double winners, while Kyle Burnett sailed high above the bar to claim a title in the pole vault

Coupeville also claimed 16 PR’s on the afternoon, with 12 different athletes notching at least one.

Freshman Alana Mihill scooped up three personal best performances (3200, discus, javelin), with Tiger Johnson (200, 400), and Elijah Okaruru (shot put, javelin) earning two apiece.

It’s a quick turn-around for many of Coupeville’s track stars, as the Wolves hit the road Saturday to attend the 14-team Lil’ Norway Invitational.

The meet, which is held at North Kitsap Stadium, features schools from four classifications.

Kamiak and South Kitsap are 4A, while Bainbridge and Central Kitsap are 3A, and Coupeville, Northwest, and Chimacum rep 1A.

2A will have the largest contingent with Ridgefield, Bremerton, Lynden, North Kitsap, Olympic, Port Angeles, and North Mason in attendance.

 

Complete Thursday results:

 

GIRLS:

100 — Maya Toomey-Stout (2nd) 13.41; Ja’Kenya Hoskins (6th) 14.21 *PR*; Mikaela Labrador (12th) 15.50

200 — M. Toomey-Stout (2nd) 27.97; Ja’Kenya Hoskins (5th) 29.39

400 — Mallory Kortuem (1st) 1:01.69

800 — Lucy Sandahl (3rd) 2:47.54

1600 — Sandahl (2nd) 6:01.91; Catherine Lhamon (3rd) 6:05.57

3200 — Lhamon (1st) 13:40.35; Alana Mihill (2nd) 14:08.89 *PR*

100 Hurdles — Lindsey Roberts (2nd) 16.16; Ja’Tarya Hoskins (3rd) 18.39

300 Hurdles — Ja’Tarya Hoskins (2nd) 58.02

4 x 100 Relay — Kortuem, Ja’Tarya Hoskins, M. Toomey-Stout, Roberts (2nd) 52.41

4 x 200 Relay — Roberts, Ja’Kenya Hoskins, Kortuem, M. Toomey-Stout (1st) 1:50.68

Shot Put — Emma Smith (1st) 31-01.50; Raven Vick (5th) 20-04; Aurora Cernick (6th) 20-02.50; Megan Behan (8th) 17-05.50

Discus — Smith (2nd) 77-04; Willow Vick (3rd) 64-02; Cernick (4th) 61-10; R. Vick (6th) 57-06; Behan (7th) 48-01; Mihill (8th) 43-08 *PR*

Javelin — R. Vick (4th) 81-11; Behan (7th) 57-06; W. Vick (9th) 57-03; Cernick (10th) 57-02; Mihill (11th) 51-09 *PR*; Smith (12th) 51-03; M. Labrador (13th) 48-07 *PR*

High Jump — Roberts (2nd) 4-08

Pole Vault — Kortuem (1st) 7-06

Long Jump — Ja’Kenya Hoskins (1st) 13-10; M. Labrador (4th) 11-11.50

 

BOYS:

100 — Danny Conlisk (1st) 11.47 *PR*; Lucious Halstead (9th) 13.25; Chris Ruck (10th) 13.31

200 — Tiger Johnson (8th) 26.58 *PR*; Halstead (10th) 26.83; Ruck (12th) 29.00

400 — Johnson (2nd) 57.67 *PR*

800 — Conlisk (1st) 2:09.49

110 Hurdles — Jakobi Baumann (3rd) 19.87

300 Hurdles — Jak. Baumann (2nd) 49.68

4 x 100 Relay — Conlisk, Halstead, Johnson, Sean Toomey-Stout (2nd) 48.06

Shot Put — Ryan Labrador (2nd) 39-05; Keahi Sorrows (3rd) 38-06; Chris Battaglia (7th) 37-03.50; Logan Martin (11th) 32-01; Brian Casey (13th) 31-11.50; Elijah Okaruru (17th) 27-09 *PR*

Discus — Battaglia (5th) 105-03; Sorrows (7th) 98-06; R. Labrador (9th) 96-04; Martin (10th) 94-11 *PR*; Thane Peterson (15th) 78-08; Okaruru (17th) 69-07; Casey (18th) 69-01

Javelin — S. Toomey-Stout (2nd) 129-08; Halstead (4th) 106-02 *PR*; Battaglia (5th) 104-08; Kyle Burnett (12th) 91-03 *PR*; Casey (14th) 77-03 *PR*; Okaruru (16th) 71-04 *PR*

Pole Vault — Burnett (1st) 7-06

Long Jump — S. Toomey-Stout (1st) 20-00.50; Ruck (4th) 15-06.50 *PR*; Jaschon Baumann (5th) 15-06.50 *PR*

Triple Jump — S. Toomey-Stout (1st) 37-05.25; Jak. Baumann (4th) 34-05.00

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Wolf baseball improves, hit by hit

April 10, 2019 by David Svien

Coupeville High School freshman Hawthorne Wolfe, circling a ball in an earlier game, cracked a single Wednesday at South Whidbey. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Seize the moment and build on it.

While they fell 8-3 at South Whidbey Wednesday, remaining win-less on the season, the Coupeville High School baseball squad exited rainy Langley with some positives.

For one, the Wolves, who have struggled mightily to push runs across, tied their season-best output, and did it by getting key hits at the right moment.

Also, while Coupeville is now 0-8 in North Sound Conference play, 0-12 overall, it once again pushed a strong team and made them play the full seven innings.

South Whidbey is off to the best start in program history at 13-1, and at 10-1 in league play sits just a half-game off of state power Cedar Park Christian (11-0, 13-1).

And yet, through the first two games of a three-game set (the series wraps Friday in Coupeville), the Wolves have been competitive with the Falcons.

Wednesday, CHS fell behind 7-0 after three innings, before scratching its way back into the game.

South Whidbey put two runs on the board in the bottom of the first, with the big blow coming off of Kody Newman’s bat, then tacked on five more in the third.

Using a mixture of hits, walks and a badly-timed Coupeville fielding error, the Falcons surged ahead and seemed on the verge of ten-running the Wolves.

But CHS starting pitcher Daniel Olson and reliever Jonny Carlson fought their way out of jams in the fourth and fifth, respectively, both stranding two runners and blanking the Falcons.

Olson induced a ground-out to end his final inning of work, while Carlson got a Falcon swinging to bring a close to his temporary problem.

Freshman Cody Roberts came on in the sixth to get an out, as Coupeville’s pitching trio matched up fairly well with Falcon hurlers Brent Batchelor and Drew Fry.

Coupeville had a shot at scoring way back in the first inning, but couldn’t quite come up with the magic touch.

Matt Hilborn led off the game with a single, but was thrown out on a steal attempt.

Bouncing right back, the Wolves put two more aboard in the inning, thanks to a Jake Pease walk and a Dane Lucero single, only to come up short when Falcon catcher Dexter Jokinen pounced on a ball and threw the hitter out.

After not getting much of anything through the next two innings, Coupeville finally cracked the code, tossing a single run on the board in the fourth, fifth, and sixth.

The Wolves set the table by eking out walks, but for one of the rare times this season, came up with hits in crucial run-scoring opportunities.

Gavin Knoblich got the base-knock in the fourth, Hawthorne Wolfe in the fifth, and Hilborn in the sixth.

It was an especially strong day for the Wolf senior, as Hilborn reached base all four times he stepped to the plate, singling twice and walking twice.

Coupeville entered the day having scored just two runs across four games in April, and was sitting with 10 runs in its first 11 games.

The three-run outburst tied the Wolves showing against Cedar Park back on Mar. 20.

The Wolves and Falcons wrap their series Friday, with Hilborn slated to take the mound for Coupeville. First pitch is 4 PM.

After that, CHS closes the regular season with three-game sets against Sultan (0-7, 0-12) and Granite Falls (1-6, 3-9), with two of three at home in both series.

With four of six NSC teams making the playoffs, there’s a huge gap between the top two teams — CPC and South Whidbey — and everyone else.

King’s (4-4, 5-8) is semi-comfortable in third-place currently, but with seven games left to play, Coupeville could still finish anywhere from third to sixth.

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Big wins deserve big pics

April 10, 2019 by David Svien

“Get in mah glove!!” Mollie Bailey is not in the mood for any shenanigans. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

Coral Caveness beats the snot out of the softball.

Chelsea Prescott unleashes a cannon disguised as her arm.

Veronica Crownover wins the race to first base.

Sarah Wright comes up firing.

Scout Smith snaps off the high, hard cheese.

It was an auspicious return.

Back from spring break, the Coupeville High School softball squad smashed arch-rival South Whidbey 18-1 Tuesday, and we have the photos to prove it.

Hard-working man with a camera John Fisken bounced between two events in Cow Town, capturing pics of girls tennis and softball, and some of his best work on the diamond can be seen above.

To take a gander at everything the constantly-clicking paparazzi snapped, pop over to:

https://www.johnsphotos.net/Sports/Coupeville-Softball-2018-2019/SB-2019-04-09-vs-South-Whidbey/

And, if you should purchase some glossies when you find yourself on his site, know that you’re helping others, as a percentage of all sales goes to help fund scholarships for CHS student/athletes.

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Hammerheads chomp big-city rival

April 9, 2019 by David Svien

Chloe Marzocca threw wicked heat from the pitcher’s circle Tuesday as the Central Whidbey Little League Majors softball squad crushed Anacortes. (Jennifer Marzocca photo)

It might not be an official win, yet, but it’s officially a butt-whuppin’.

Only able to play two-and-a-half innings Tuesday, after waiting for a high school game to wrap up, the Central Whidbey Little League Majors softball team unloaded on host Anacortes.

When the game was suspended, a half inning from being complete, the Hammerheads were up 19-1 and all but assured of running their season record to 2-0.

The two teams play again May 3, and will start by finishing off this game.

If the lead stays 15 runs or more, it will end after Anacortes bats in the bottom of the third, thanks to the mercy rule.

Central Whidbey dominated Tuesday in every facet of the game, with starting pitcher Chloe Marzocca whiffing three batters in two innings of work.

At the plate, the Coupeville sluggers put the “hammer” in Hammerheads, led by Mia Farris, who smacked a hard liner into the gap for a bases-clearing, inside-the-park grand salami.

Her home run sprint was one of three times Farris tapped home to score, while Madison McMillan and Brionna Blouin both racked up four RBI apiece.

McMillan had three base-hits, while Blouin bashed a double and poked a single.

The hitting bug was contagious, with Katie Marti and Mayleen Weatherford both collecting a base-knock of their own.

When they weren’t crunching the ball, the Hammerheads showed off eagle eyes, picking up numerous walks and converting them into scoring opportunities.

Taylor Brotemarkle scored three times, while Allison Nastali, Teagan Calkins, Jada Heaton, and Aleksia Jump all came round to score at least once.

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