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We don’t lose on our diamond!!

Posted in Baseball, Little League, tagged , , , , on April 10, 2018| Leave a Comment »

   Landon Roberts and the Central Whidbey Little League Majors baseball squad knocked off South Whidbey Tuesday in their first game. (Photo courtesy Jon Roberts)

Can’t stop the winning.

Day two of Central Whidbey Little League play was a lot like day one, with the home town squad successfully defending its diamond.

Monday, both CWLL Minors softball and baseball knocked off North Whidbey teams, and Tuesday, it was time for the Majors baseball squad to get its moment in the spotlight.

Fueled by sharp pitching from Chase Anderson and Levi Pulliam and timely hitting from Landon Roberts, Central Whidbey nipped the South Whidbey Shockers 3-1.

CWLL fell behind 1-0 in the early going, then chipped its way back into the game thanks to “excellent base running.”

Central Whidbey benefited from being willing to get a little black and blue as well, with several players getting aboard thanks to being plunked by South Whidbey pitches.

Peyton Caveness, Jonny Porter and Roberts scored for CWLL, while Anderson and Pulliam were spot-on while working on the mound.

The duo combined to whiff seven batters, with Pulliam notching five of those K’s.

“All in all I am very proud of our young Majors team,” said Central coach Jon Roberts. “We knew we would be facing stiff competition after we took the South Whidbey Pope Tourney last spring as Minors.

“We were really excited to see how the boys reacted to much faster pitchers,” he added. “For the most part we did OK, but there is room to improve!”

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Diamond days return!!

Posted in Baseball, Little League, Softball, tagged , , , , on April 10, 2018| Leave a Comment »

   “He’s too fast! We need some duct tape to keep this thing on his head!!” (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

“I dare you to run! Seriously, just try me, girl! I’ll make your whole family cry!!”

Bringin’ the heat on Opening Day.

Put the ball in play and let the runs rain down.

“I’m a ballet dancer in my other life…”

Runnin’ for the spotlight.

   “It’s a deal. You hit a homerun, and we’ll use your idea and install a soft serve ice cream machine in the dugout.”

Safe at home and the celebration begins.

Ready or not, little league is back.

While some might argue the second week of April is a wee bit early for Opening Day, Central Whidbey Little League lucked out Monday, enjoying blue skies.

The league’s minors softball and baseball squads opened play at Rhododendron Park and both teams came away with fairly one-sided victories over North Whidbey teams.

Baseball zinged to a 10-1 win, while softball went wild on the base paths, racking up 17 steals in an 11-3 win.

The Hammerheads softball squad got strong work in the pitcher’s circle from Chloe Marzocca and Taylor Brotemarkle, while Teagan Calkins “was a vacuum behind the plate,” according to coach Fred Farris.

Mia Farris, Madison McMillan, Hayden Daniel, Marzocca, Brotemarkle and Brooke Van Velkinburgh all collected base-knocks, with McMillan leading the way with two hits.

Van Velkinburgh had the best play of the night, though, as she blasted a single off a pitch that bounced to the plate.

Not content to pad her ball-strike count, she stepped forward and smartly whacked the ball, serving notice that defenses better not sleep on her.

Mayleen Weatherford, Jada Heaton, Sydney Wallace, Naosha Rose, Katie Marti and Liza Zustiak all came around to score after getting on base thanks to walks.

While the Opening Day action was playing out, intrepid photo ace John Fisken bounced between diamonds to capture photos.

The pics above are courtesy him, but are just the tip of the iceberg.

To see everything he shot (and perhaps purchase some glossies for grandma) pop over to:

Softball:

http://www.johnsphotos.net/Sports/Little-League-baseball-and-softball/CWLL-Minor-BB-2018-04-09/

Baseball:

http://www.johnsphotos.net/Sports/Little-League-baseball-and-softball/CWLL-Minor-SB-2018-04-09-vs-NWLL/

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No days off!!

Posted in Baseball, Boys Soccer, Girls Tennis, Softball, tagged , , , , , , on April 8, 2018| Leave a Comment »

   With spring break dominating the news, Coupeville was the only 1A Olympic League school to play a game in ANY sport this week. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

One school brave enough to bust the schedule.

With spring break in full bloom this past week, every 1A Olympic League school not wearing Coupeville uniforms sat idle, in every sport.

The Wolves, though, were busy, getting in non-conference tilts in softball, baseball and soccer across three of the six days.

Things get back to mostly normal as we move into a new week, as all the lazy bones schools rejoin CHS on the field.

As they get back at it, Coupeville is holding on to the lead in varsity wins for both spring and for the 2017-2018 school year.

With victories in all three sports which have played a league game, the Wolves are up 6-4 on Klahowya this spring and 37-32 for the year.

Port Townsend (22) and Chimacum (10) each have a single win this spring.

Current standings through Apr. 8:

Olympic League baseball:

School League Overall
COUPEVILLE 2-0 7-3
Chimacum 1-0 2-5
Klahowya 1-2 2-7
Port Townsend 0-2 0-5

Olympic League boys soccer:

School League Overall
Klahowya 3-0 5-2-1
COUPEVILLE 3-1 4-3-2
Port Townsend 1-2 1-5-0
Chimacum 0-4 0-5-0

Olympic League girls tennis:

School League Overall
COUPEVILLE 0-0 1-4
Chimacum 0-0 1-4
Klahowya 0-0 1-3

Olympic League softball:

School League Overall
COUPEVILLE 1-0 6-3
Klahowya 0-1 5-2

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Prairie pics of passion and power!!

Posted in Baseball, Softball, tagged , , , , , on April 7, 2018| Leave a Comment »

   Mere moments later, Julian Welling delivered a win for Coupeville when he ripped a walk-off base-knock in extra innings. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

Emma Mathusek gets low to field an incoming rocket (and avoid the wind).

   Wolf superstars Ashley Menges (left) and Ema Smith provide an answer to the old-school question … who let the dogs out?

   Darren and Kelly Crownover commune with nature, from the safety of their “bubbles.”

   There’s more to this pic than meets the eye, as our paparazzi has gone artistic on us, intentionally blurring out everything but the incoming baseball.

   “So … we all agree … it’s freakin’ windy as heck out here and we need a domed stadium.”

Joey Lippo dances the bunt ballet.

   Katrina McGranahan, manning the dugout bell that the Wolf softballers ding to celebrate big plays, enjoys her power.

Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these paparazzi from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.

Apparently you can add wind to the motto, as lightning-fast camera clicker John Fisken braved sustained gusts Saturday to shoot every sport going down in Cow Town.

Wolf soccer glossies already hit Coupeville Sports and now you can marinate in softball and baseball.

To see everything Fisken shot, pop over to:

Softball:

http://www.johnsphotos.net/Sports/Coupeville-Softball-2017-2018/2018-04-07-vs-Forks/

Baseball:

http://www.johnsphotos.net/Sports/Coupeville-Baseball-2017-2018/2018-04-07-vs-Cedarcrest/

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Patience pays off for Wolves!!

Posted in Baseball, tagged , , , , on April 2, 2018| Leave a Comment »

   Careful pitch selection was key Monday, as Coupeville turned 12 walks into a 9-0 win at Friday Harbor. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Take what they give you.

Showing patience under pressure Monday, the Coupeville High School baseball squad walked its way to a blow-out win at Friday Harbor.

Turning 12 walks, and a handful of errors by their hosts, to their advantage, the Wolves cruised to a 9-0 win while only eking out four hits.

The non-conference victory, Coupeville’s third straight triumph and fourth in its last five games, lifts CHS to 6-3 on the season.

The Wolves, off to their best start in more than a decade, don’t play again until Saturday, when they host 2A Cedarcrest.

Using the Olympic League’s web site and Max Preps, I can go back as far as 2008, and, during that time, no Coupeville baseball squad has gotten off to better than a 5-4 mark.

The Wolves hit that mark in 2017, 2015, 2013 and 2010, but this time around they turned Friday Harbor’s weaknesses into a sixth, very satisfying win.

With hurler Hunter Smith firing BB’s on the mound (whiffing nine and retiring eight of the final nine hitters he faced), Coupeville didn’t need much offense.

Which doesn’t mean it wasn’t happy to accept what Friday Harbor offered.

The Wolves scraped out the only run that mattered in the top of the first, using a single from Matt Hilborn, a sacrifice from Joey Lippo, a passed ball and an RBI single by Smith to “bust” things open.

Coupeville added two more runs in the third, a single tally in the fourth and a game-capping five-run explosion in the top of the seventh, while not notching a single hit in those innings.

In the third, Hilborn and Lippo each walked, stole second and came around to score on Friday Harbor errors, while Nick Etzell pulled off the same maneuver in the fourth.

The Wolves gave Smith a much-bigger cushion in the fifth, again using a mix of walks (five this time) and booted balls by their hosts (two more) to plate five.

The final run came home off of a ground-out by Hilborn, one of the few times CHS was given a chance to put the ball into play in the latter stages of the game.

After collecting two base-knocks way back in the first, Coupeville didn’t get another hit until Smith ripped a fifth-inning single.

But, like Dane Lucero, who led off the sixth with a double, he was left high and dry, stranded and unable to score.

Not that it mattered much, as the Wolves capitalized on what they were given, with seven of nine hitters scoring at least once.

Hilborn and Lippo each tapped home plate twice to lead the scoring attack, while the only two starters not to score, Kyle Rockwell and Jake Pease, both picked up RBIs with bases-loaded walks.

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