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Long trip, rough day

Posted in Baseball, tagged baseball, CHS Wolves, Forks, road trip, Trent Thule on April 18, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Trent Thule whiffed four while pitching in Forks Saturday afternoon. (Melanie Wolfe photo)

Some days very little seems to work.

That was sort of the feeling Saturday as the Coupeville High School baseball squad struggled in all aspects of the game far away from home, absorbing its most lopsided loss of the season.

Falling 12-2 to non-conference foe Forks in a game mercy-ruled after five innings, the Wolves drop to 7-4 but will quickly turn their attention back to more pressing matters.

Steve Hilborn’s squad returns to action with Northwest 2B/1B League clashes against Concrete next Tuesday and Thursday, as they chase a conference crown.

When it squares off with the Lions, Coupeville will look to put Saturday’s performance in the rear-view mirror and not dwell on a day when its defensive errors (7) outnumbered its hits (2) and walks (2) combined.

CHS actually got on the board first in Forks, with Carson Grove using nimble base-running to slap a run on the board in the top of the first.

After reaching on a fielder’s choice, the Wolf sophomore stole second, skittered to third on an error by the Forks catcher, then scooted home on a wild pitch.

The Spartans responded almost immediately, pushing two runs across in the bottom half of the frame, before Coupeville briefly knotted things up at 2-2 in the top of the second.

Senior speed demon Aiden O’Neill led off the inning by belting a triple to left field, before later bolting for home on yet another wild pitch.

Unfortunately for Coupeville, that was about it for offense as the Wolves only got two more runners aboard across the game’s final three-plus innings, with both runners being left stranded.

Forks blew the game wide open in the bottom half of the second, piling on seven runs thanks to a motley mix of walks and CHS errors, before tacking on three more in the fifth to bring an early end to things.

Young Wolf pitchers Trent Thule (4) and Carson Grove (2) combined to rack up six strikeouts in the game, partially balancing things.

Saturday stats:

Coop Cooper — One single
Carson Grove — One walk
Aiden O’Neill — One triple
Leo Rodriguez — One walk

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Narrow loss snaps win streak

Posted in Baseball, tagged Aiden O'Neill, baseball, CHS Wolves, La Conner, Northwest League on April 16, 2026| Leave a Comment »

The race is on. (Julie Wheat photos)

Every play mattered.

Coupeville and La Conner clashed in two high school baseball games over a three-day period this week, with each home team pulling out a one-run victory.

Tuesday that meant smiles for the Wolves on a cold Central Whidbey prairie.

Thursday the mood was a bit more somber under blue skies on the mainland, as the Braves got a bit of revenge with a 3-2 win to earn a split in the season series.

The loss, which snaps a four-game winning streak for Coupeville, drops Steve Hilborn’s squad to 5-1 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 7-3 overall.

The Wolves, who travel to Forks Saturday for a non-conference tilt, sit a game off of NWL top dog Mount Vernon Christian (6-0) at the halfway point of the season.

CHS doesn’t face MVC until the final week of the campaign but was hoping for a triumph Thursday to stay even with the idle Hurricanes.

But, while the Wolves came close, they left too many runners stranded in a low-scoring affair, while La Conner found the crunch-time hit it needed to come out on top.

That game-winning blow came off the bat of Angus Poprycz, who laced an RBI single to right field in the bottom of the sixth inning to bust up a 2-2 tie.

Coupeville put the potential tying run on base in the top of the seventh, thanks to senior Aiden O’Neill eking out his third walk of the afternoon.

Unfortunately, after stealing second base he never got any closer to home as the Braves defense clamped down.

Leo Rodriguez takes his cuts.

The Wolves had opened the scoring way back in the first, with Leo Rodriguez laying down a bunt single, before coming around to tap home thanks to a sac fly from Camden Glover.

La Conner answered with a run in the second and another in the third, benefitting from a couple of CHS errors, while the visitors went scoreless from the second through the fifth.

Coupeville had runners at second and third in the third, after a walk to O’Neill and a single from Chase Anderson, but a fly out ended the rally before it could get interesting.

In the fourth, the Wolves again had multiple guys aboard, with Carson Grove ripping a hit and Riley Lawless earning a free pass, but once again La Conner escaped at the last moment.

CHS finally knotted things back up in the sixth, with Glover reaching on an error, stealing second, and scoring on an RBI single from Grove.

But that was it for the Wolves in a game where runs were at a premium.

While Coupeville had several miscues in the field, it did pull off a nice double play, with Glover, Anderson, and Lawless teaming up for the twin-killing.

On the mound Glover scattered three hits across six innings of work, racking up eight strikeouts along the way.

Thursday stats:

Chase Anderson — Two singles
Carson Grove — Two singles
Riley Lawless — Two walks
Aiden O’Neill — Three walks
Leo Rodriguez — One single

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Winners, one and all

Posted in Baseball, Girls Tennis, Softball, Track, tagged baseball, CHS Wolves, Julie Wheat, Softball, track and field on April 15, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Marquette Cunningham (left) and Malachi Somes love the smell of track shoes in the morning. (Julie Wheat photos)

Spring is sizzlin’.

Maybe not weather wise, where most events have played out in cold, gusty prairie wind, and the occasional burst of rain, but Coupeville High School sports teams are racking up wins.

Softball is 9-0, baseball sits at 7-2, and girls’ tennis is a solid 2-2, while track and field has battled for titles at every meet this season.

Who knows? At some point the sun may come out and stay out.

Until then, we have the pics seen above and below to warm up the souls of Wolf parents.

Girls’ tennis dominates on every court.

The CHS diamond men are fighting for a league title.

Wolf seniors (l to r) Aleksia Jump, Dahlia Miller, and Miles Gerber are all aces.

The Smash Sisters are queens of the diamond.

Track and field’s numbers are booming.

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Chilly day, warm win

Posted in Baseball, tagged baseball, Chase Anderson, CHS Wolves, La Conner, Northwest League on April 14, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Chase Anderson fires BBs. (Jackie Saia photos)

Swing and a miss.

Wolf hurlers Chase Anderson and Camden Glover combined to whiff 17 La Conner hitters Tuesday, propelling the Coupeville High School baseball squad to its sixth win in its last seven games.

Slipping past the visiting Braves 5-4, Steve Hilborn’s squad gets to a flawless 5-0 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 7-2 overall.

That leaves the Wolves a half-game back of Mount Vernon Christian (6-0) in the race for the NWL crown, with a rematch against the Braves on the mainland set for Thursday afternoon.

La Conner actually got on the board first Tuesday, pushing two runners across in the top of the first, before Anderson clamped down and turned into a K-machine, eventually racking up 13 punch-outs across 5.2 innings of work.

Coupeville got one run back in its half of the first, before taking the lead for good with two more tallies in the bottom of the second.

All three runs were scored after CHS found itself with no one on base and two outs.

Anderson got the Wolves on the board, reaching base on a walk before stealing second, and coming around to score off a La Conner error.

The go-ahead runs were courtesy two more botched plays by the Braves, with Leo Rodriguez and Aiden O’Neill scoring off an error and a passed ball, respectively.

Aiden O’Neill eyeballs the pitcher.

From there Coupeville tacked on two more runs in the fourth to run the lead out to 5-2, then gave two back in the fifth.

Camden Glover and Coop Cooper delivered back-to-back RBI singles in the fourth to pad the lead, sending liners where the defense wasn’t.

While La Conner pulled back within one, the visitors never came close to getting the tying run home, as Coupeville’s pitching staff closed the game with a bang.

Taking the ball from Anderson in the sixth, Glover earned the save by striking out four of the five batters he faced, slamming the door shut on a chilly, windy prairie “spring” day.

Tuesday stats:

Chase Anderson — One single, two walks
Coop Cooper — One single, one walk
Camden Glover — One single, two walks
Carson Grove — Two singles, one walk
Riley Lawless — One walk
Aiden O’Neill — Two walks
Leo Rodriguez — One walk
Killian Shaw — One walk
Chris Zenz — One walk

Monday’s game washed out:

Coupeville was slated to travel to South Whidbey Monday for a non-conference clash, but, with Spring Break over, Mother Nature decided to bring back the rain and wind.

The game will likely be rescheduled at a later date, according to CHS Athletic Director Willie Smith.

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Wolves answer call to duty

Posted in Baseball, Girls Tennis, Softball, tagged baseball, CHS Wolves, girls tennis, Northwest League, Softball, standings on April 12, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Teagan Calkins gets strapped in and ready to rock. (Jackie Saia photo)

We’re back in action. Probably.

After a sun-drenched Spring Break which featured no Coupeville High School athletic contests, the Wolves rev back up this coming week, with all four of their teams in action.

Cue the wind and rain, likely. Mother Nature is a fickle mistress…

For now, CHS girls’ tennis is slated to travel to South Whidbey Monday, before hopping over to Friday Harbor four days later for a league clash.

Meanwhile, Wolf track and field hosts a home meet Wednesday before getting up at the crack o’ dawn Saturday to venture off to Forks for an invitational.

On the diamond, Coupeville baseball and softball both have busy weeks.

The diamond men travel to South Whidbey Monday, host La Conner Tuesday, then hit the road Thursday (La Conner) and Saturday (Forks).

Finally, the undefeated softball sluggers have two against La Conner — home on Tuesday, away on Thursday — before pulling doubleheader duty in Forks Saturday afternoon.

As we … spring … back into action, here’s where things stand through Apr. 12:

Northwest League baseball: