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One win shy…

Posted in Baseball, Little League, tagged , , , on June 28, 2014| Leave a Comment »

CMS players (l t r) (Teresa Besaw photo)

 CMS players (l t r) Joey Lippo, Hunter Smith, Gabe Eck, Jake Pease and Ty Eck. (Teresa Besaw photo)

A roller-coaster of a season ended the wrong way.

After a rough start to the season, the Oak Harbor Babe Ruth baseball squad had jelled and gone on a nine-game winning streak that carried into the district playoffs. Unfortunately, things fell apart a bit again at the end.

Back-to-back losses (to Ferndale Thursday and Burlington Friday) ended the ‘Cats season one win shy of advancing to the state tourney.

Still, while it won’t be making a trip to Spokane in July, Oak Harbor — which featured five Coupeville Middle School students on its roster in Jake Pease, Ty Eck, Hunter Smith, Gabe Eck and Joey Lippo — finished third at districts, its best showing in a decade.

Along the way, they bumped off Friday Harbor, the #1 seed, beginning that team’s slide to elimination. The ‘Cats also showed great growth.

“This is the best team that Oak Harbor has seen in awhile,” Wildcat coach Shawn Trisler said. “I hope the ones that are able to return next year do just that. I am very happy with how we played and how we acted on the field.”

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Wait! We got another award for you!!

Posted in Baseball, tagged , , , on June 24, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Ben Etzell gets congrats from coach Willie Smith and catcher Jake Tumblin. (Shelli Trumbull photos)

Ben Etzell gets congrats from coach Willie Smith and catcher Jake Tumblin after another mound gem. (Shelli Trumbull photos)

Etzell also swung a big bat for the Wolves.

Etzell also swung a big bat for the Wolves.

Just when you thought it was done, it wasn’t.

Officially putting the very final stamp on the high school baseball season, the Washington State Baseball Coaches Association has named its All-State teams.

And lo and behold, there’s a Wolf at the highest level.

Pitcher Ben Etzell, who became the first Coupeville High School athlete to win a league MVP award in the 1A/2A Cascade Conference in any sport, was named as a First-Team selection for the A/B squad.

The recent CHS grad was the second Wolf honored for the 2013-2014 school year.

Senior lineman Nick Streubel was named a Second-Team All-State player during the football season.

Cam Walker of Naches Valley was picked as the A/B player of the year and South Whidbey’s Colton Sterba was named as a Second-Team pick.

Three other Cascade Conference players — Colton Sandhofer of Cedarcrest, Riley Larsen of Granite Falls and Ryan Dorney of ATM — were named First-Team picks on the 2A squad.

For the complete lists of All-State selections from 4A down to A/B, skip over to the Everett Herald’s story:

http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20140624/BLOG18/140629573/1007/Local-baseball-players-honored

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Wolf duo shine for Skagit Sox!!

Posted in Baseball, tagged , , , , on June 23, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Ben Etzell throws heat during his senior season. (Shelli Trumbull photo)

Ben Etzell throws heat during his senior season. (Shelli Trumbull photo)

Ben Etzell knows the way to Eastern Washington.

After making recent trips in that direction for the 1A state boys’ tennis tournament and then to play in the All-State baseball series, he was back there this weekend.

The recent Coupeville High School grad was in Yakima along with former Wolf teammate Aaron Curtin as the duo’s summer baseball team, the Skagit Sox, played in the Bob Garretson Sr. Memorial Tournament.

Facing off with top-level squads, the Sox went 2-3 for the weekend, capping their run with an 8-2 victory over Nampa in their finale.

Chaffey won the championship game of the tourney, bouncing Hanford, 11-4.

While the Sox didn’t win as many as they would have liked, the CHS pair had a strong weekend.

“Aaron had some really good at-bats, drawing numerous walks and driving in a couple of runs,” Etzell said.

Etzell tossed a two-hit complete game shutout Saturday, whiffing nine batters along the way.

At the plate, he rapped out five hits, knocked in six and walked four times — twice after being plunked — over the five games.

Playing for the Sox is a return trip for Etzell, while Curtin is a first-timer, having played for South Whidbey last summer.

“Both Aaron and I are having pretty good summers so far,” Etzell said. “He has been clutch for us at the plate and I’ve been hitting either lead-off or third and playing just about every position.”

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Keep crankin’ the hits!!

Posted in Baseball, tagged , , , , , on June 21, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Cole Payne (Shelli Trumbull photos)

Cole Payne (Shelli Trumbull photos)

Aaron Trumbull

Aaron Trumbull

The uniforms have changed, but the results are the same.

Coupeville High School sluggers Aaron Trumbull and Cole Payne are wearing South Whidbey uniforms this summer, as they moonlight with the Falcons for American Legion baseball, and they’ve already made an impact.

The duo are back with SWHS coach Tom Fallon and his players for the second season.

Last year Morgan Payne, Kurtis Smith and Aaron Curtin joined them, but this year’s legion squad is a younger version than last year.

“We had a senior-laden team last year,” Fallon said. “We’re a little younger, but as long as we’re in there, competing with the bigger squads, I’m happy.”

Many of the programs South Whidbey is facing have varsity vets at every position.

The Falcons are a mix of varsity and JV players, and numbers have fluctuated during a 3-5 start.

South Whidbey has 18 players on the roster, but many of the players, including Payne, are doing double duty with spring football practice.

In a loss to a powerful Mount Vernon squad, the Falcons only suited the minimum nine players.

Trumbull, who will be a senior at CHS in the fall, has played in seven of his team’s games, working both at first and on the mound.

He’s collected three hits, including a triple, and knocked in three runs.

Payne has been limited to just four games by football, but has ably bounced around wherever he’s needed.

Most of his playing time has come behind the plate, but the junior has also worked his mitt at second, short and third.

Two of Payne’s three hits have been doubles, and he’s tied with Trumbull with three RBI.

South Whidbey, which took a pair from Arlington to kick off the season and also nipped Bellingham in a one-run thriller, will get a work-out heading into this coming week, when the season picks up in intensity.

The Falcons are scheduled to play six games during the week.

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Wins keep on rollin’ in!!

Posted in Baseball, Little League, tagged , , , on June 20, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Joey LIppo (left) and James Besaw. (Teresa Besaw photo)

Joey Lippo (left) and James Besaw. (Teresa Besaw photos)

Andrew Eaton (left) and Kamren Mebane.

Andrew Eaton (left) and Kamren Mebane.

Sparked by strong defensive play from its Coupeville contingent, the Oak Harbor Babe Ruth baseball squad rolled to its sixth straight win Thursday.

The Wildcats earned a sweep in their two-game series against Anacortes, bouncing their foes 7-3.

James Besaw and Andre Eaton combined on the mound for the win and greatly benefited from the slick glove work shown behind them.

Oak Harbor turned two double plays — the first going from Thomas Anderson to Wolf Joey Lippo to Kamren Mebane, while the second was kicked off by Wolf shortstop Hunter Smith snagging a line drive.

Josh Margraff capped the web gems by pulling off a spectacular sliding catch in right field to close the fifth.

Besaw, who was making his first start, went the first two innings, then turned the ball over to Eaton. Coupeville’s Jake Pease caught both of them, anchoring the team from behind the plate.

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