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April fades, standings solidify

Posted in standings, tagged baseball, CHS Wolves, girls tennis, league standings, Northwest League, Softball on April 24, 2022| Leave a Comment »

Coupeville tennis ace Mary Milnes can see May on the horizon. But first, there’s some more April action to play out. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

Cody Roberts dares you to swing.

Justin Timberlake is warming up his vocal cords.

“It’s gonna be May” in just a few days, but first Coupeville High School sports teams have a couple more April games to play.

Wolf baseball and softball each have three games on the schedule this coming week, with a slightly different setup.

The hardball squad hosts Friday Harbor Tuesday, Apr. 26, travels to South Whidbey Apr. 28, then hosts Orcas Island for Senior Night Apr. 29.

Meanwhile, the CHS softball sluggers remain at home, with Friday Harbor visiting Apr. 26.

Orcas arrives Apr. 29, and while it’s also Senior Night, softball plans to play a doubleheader.

The schedule is lighter for Coupeville girls tennis and track, which both have one competition on the schedule.

The Wolf netters kick off the week, hosting Friday Harbor Apr. 25, while the runners, jumpers, and throwers cap things with a trip to Lakewood Apr. 30.

That Saturday event is a shindig known as the Sunny & 70’s Invite.

As we mentally prep for the final week of April, and the onslaught of May, a look at standings through games of Apr. 23:

Northwest League baseball:

School	League	Overall
Friday Harbor	8-0	11-1
Coupeville	8-1	10-5
Orcas Island	4-3	5-6
MV Christian	5-4	8-4
Darrington	1-6	1-7
La Conner	1-7	1-8
Concrete	0-6	0-6

Northwest League girls tennis:

School	League	Overall
Coupeville	1-0	3-0
Friday Harbor	0-1	0-2

Northwest League softball:

School	League	Overall
Coupeville	5-0	12-2
Friday Harbor	5-1	6-5
Orcas Island	2-3	2-4
Darrington	2-4	4-5
La Conner	0-6	0-8

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Lots of fight in Wolf JV

Posted in Baseball, tagged baseball, CHS Wolves, Coop Cooper, JV, Olympic High School on April 23, 2022| Leave a Comment »

Landon Roberts and Coupeville’s JV show great promise. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

There was little margin for error.

Playing against a high-functioning Olympic High School squad Saturday, the Coupeville JV baseball team was nipped 3-0.

While the non-conference road loss drops the Wolves to 3-4 on the season, Coupeville’s coaching staff was largely pleased with what they saw from their young roster.

“The JV played extremely well against a really clean team,” said CHS hardball guru Jon Roberts.

While Coupeville only notched a single hit on the day — a bloop single off the bat of the sweet-swinging Coop Cooper — the Wolves acquitted themselves strongly at the plate.

“The bats were alive against a decent pitcher,” Roberts said.

Wolf pitchers Camden Glover and Cooper combined to largely stifle Olympic’s hitters, but the Trojans did manage to eke out a single run in each of the third, fourth, and fifth innings to build their lead.

Coupeville’s JV has three games left on its schedule, with road games at South Whidbey and Mount Vernon Apr. 28 and 30.

If weather holds and the scheduling gods look kindly on the young Wolves, they’ll close the campaign with a May 2 home tilt against South Whidbey.

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Hardball squad claims pressure-packed win

Posted in Baseball, tagged baseball, CHS Wolves, Cody Roberts, Hawthorne Wolfe, Mount Vernon Christian, Northwest League on April 22, 2022| Leave a Comment »

Hawthorne Wolfe and Coupeville won Friday, keeping alive their hopes of claiming a league title. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

The stage is set.

The Coupeville High School varsity baseball squad took care of business Friday, nipping host Mount Vernon Christian 4-3 to remain a half-game out of first place in the Northwest 2B/1B League.

Now 8-1 in conference action, 10-5 overall, the Wolves host defending NWL champs, and current frontrunner, Friday Harbor (8-0, 11-1) Tuesday, Apr. 26.

The first time the hardball teams met, Coupeville fell 3-2 to the Wolverines.

After Tuesday’s battle royal, CHS has league games remaining with Orcas Island (4-3) and Darrington (1-6), while Friday Harbor plays Concrete (0-6), La Conner (1-7), and Orcas.

A win Tuesday is crucial for Coupeville, as only one of the league’s three 2B schools advances to the playoffs, with that squad going straight to the 16-team state tourney.

La Conner is already eliminated, leaving Friday Harbor and CHS to vie for the league crown, and the postseason berth.

With that in mind, Friday’s rumble in Mount Vernon was huge for the Wolves, and they stepped up big time.

“An amazing game; was fun to be part of,” said Coupeville coach Will Thayer. “Hawk (Wolfe) and Cody (Roberts) pitched a hell of a game.”

The Wolves jumped on MVC for three runs in the top of the first, raising hopes that the game might be a blow-out.

Wolfe led off the game with a walk, scampered to second on a stolen base, then careened home on the first of two doubles Scott Hilborn would blast on the day.

Scott Hilborn is a force at the plate and on the basepaths.

The hit parade continued with Xavier Murdy drilling an RBI single to right field, before the wily senior came around to score himself thanks to smart base-running and an MVC wild pitch.

But while Coupeville pitcher Cody Roberts was stifling the Hurricanes, his own team’s bats suddenly went to sleep after the opening rally.

Following Murdy’s base-knock, MVC retired 11 straight Wolves, preventing Coupeville from adding to its lead.

CHS didn’t get another base runner on until Sage Sharp was plunked by a wayward pitch leading off the top of the fifth.

Unfortunately though, both he and teammate Cole White, who singled in that frame, were stranded.

The hosts made things dicey with their own three-run surge in the bottom of the fifth, using a couple of key hits to tie the game up and tighten Coupeville collars.

Or so it might have seemed.

The reality was Hilborn was primed to save the day, bopping his second two-bagger in the sixth inning, then scoring the go-ahead run when Peyton Caveness reached on an error.

Given the lead back, Coupeville turned to its version of Mariano Rivera — one Hawthorne Wolfe, Esq. — and he sealed the win with a strong relief appearance.

MVC had the tying and winning runs on base in the bottom of the seventh and final inning, but Wolfe induced the game’s final two outs, then strolled back to the bus, ready for Tuesday’s titanic tussle.

Coupeville finished with six hits Friday, getting solid bat work from Hilborn (two doubles), Cole White (1B), Wolfe (1B), Murdy (1B), and Sharp (1B).

Roberts and Wolfe combined to limit to MVC to just four base-knocks while striking out five Hurricanes.

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Lippo lashes, Owls dominate

Posted in Baseball, Wolves in college, tagged baseball, CHS Wolves, doubleheader sweep, Joey Lippo, University of Maine at Presque Isle on April 21, 2022| Leave a Comment »

Joey Lippo, hardball hero. (Photo courtesy Connie Lippo)

Things are trending upwards.

Sparked by Coupeville grad Joey Lippo, the University of Maine at Presque Isle baseball squad swept a doubleheader Thursday, running its winning streak to three games.

The Owls bopped the University of Maine at Farmington 6-1 and 18-5 in the twin-bill, improving to 6-19 on the season.

UMPI, which won just a single game last season, is starting to find its groove, and a big part of the credit goes to Lippo and his deadly bat.

The former Wolf, now a college sophomore, filled up the stat sheet Thursday, piling up two hits — including a double — two RBI, two walks, four runs, and a stolen base.

On the season, Skyy Lippo’s twin is one of just two Owls to have appeared in all 25 games.

Joltin’ Joey leads the UMPI hardball squad in runs (23), triples (2), RBI (18), and walks (11), and is tied for top honors in stolen bases (5) and home runs (1).

The former CHS three-sport star is second in at-bats (88) and hits (30), and third in batting average (.341), on-base percentage (.412), and slugging percentage (.455).

Lippo and Co. have 10 regular season games remaining, with four of them coming up this weekend, when UMPI is set to play back-to-back doubleheaders against Husson University.

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