Coupeville Sports

Cole White and friends are a win away from returning to the state tourney. (Morgan White photo)

It’s been an unusual season, but the second half has been all highlight reel, all the time.

After holding off host La Conner 8-4 Thursday, the Coupeville High School varsity baseball squad ends the regular season having won seven of its last eight games.

The Wolves were missing their top player for much of the season thanks to an injury, then lost their cleanup hitter when he moved away midseason.

And yet, CHS finishes the regular season at 9-2 in Northwest 2B/1B League action, 10-8 overall.

Now, the Wolves are off until Saturday, May 11, when they travel to Lakewood High School for the District 1/2 tourney.

Coupeville is the #1 seed and will play a winner-to-state, loser-out game against the survivor of a game from earlier in the day.

You can see the bracket here:

https://www.wpanetwork.com/wiaa/brackets/tournament.php?act=view&tournament_id=4409

Coupeville, which rose from the bottom of the NWL to the top during the second half of the season, closed regular season play in style.

Building an 8-0 lead as the bottom of the order rapped out base knock after base knock, the Wolves gave pitcher Seth Woollet plenty of room to operate, and he responded.

The senior hurler whiffed five over seven innings of work, and was especially effective in the middle stages, retiring the Braves 1-2-3 in the third, fourth, and fifth innings.

CHS got on the scoreboard early, plating a pair of runs in the top of the first, thanks to three walks, a La Conner wild pitch, and a big RBI single from sophomore slugger Camden Glover.

The Wolves doubled their lead in the fourth, as Coop Cooper whacked a double to left, then scooted home on a wild pitch.

Coop Cooper crunched a pair of hits in the regular season finale. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Two batters later, Chase Anderson, whose late-season return from injury has given the lineup an extra spark, launched a sac fly to plate Landon Roberts and it was 4-0.

Run-scoring hits off the bats of Glover and Woollet helped shove the lead all the way out to 8-0 heading into the bottom of the sixth, and while La Conner rallied a bit, time ran out on the Braves.

Coupeville threw out a runner trying to steal, pulled off a key double play in the sixth, then ended the game with Woollet inducing a final fly ball which settled softly into the glove of Aiden O’Neill as he patrolled the outfield.

Now the Wolves have some time to marinate in their late-season success before they attempt to punch their ticket to state for the second straight season under coach Steve Hilborn.

The last time a CHS baseball team went to the big dance in back-to-back seasons was 1990-1991.

Thursday stats:

Chase Anderson — One walk
Peyton Caveness — One walk
Coop Cooper — One double, one single
Camden Glover — One double, one single, one walk
Jack Porter — Two walks
Johnny Porter — Two singles
Landon Roberts — One single, one walk
Cole White — Two walks
Seth Woollet — Two singles

“Hello, my old friend, we meet again.” (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

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