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Trent Thule flies for home. (Julie Wheat photo)

Time to put the mitts away and add up the stats.

The Coupeville High School baseball squad reached the end of a 9-9 season Thursday, falling at Mount Vernon Christian to end its bid for a playoff berth.

But while the games are done, the numbers are forever.

Thanks to GameChanger, which is used by Wolf coaches to record the action, here’s what we have for the 2026 campaign:

 

HITTING:

 

At-Bats:

Coop Cooper – 52
Camden Glover – 50
Carson Grove – 48
Chase Anderson – 47
Riley Lawless – 43
Aiden O’Neill – 42
Leo Rodriguez – 40
Trent Thule – 35
Killian Shaw – 25
Chris Zenz – 23
Malachi Somes – 21
Avery Eelkema – 7
Aiden Tingley – 6

 

Hits:

Glover – 21
Anderson – 17
Cooper – 12
Grove – 12
O’Neill – 10
Rodriguez – 9
Thule – 7
Lawless – 5
Somes – 5
Shaw – 4
Zenz – 2
Eelkema – 1

 

Runs:

Anderson – 19
Glover – 18
Grove – 17
O’Neill – 13
Rodriguez – 12
Thule – 10
Cooper – 7
Zenz – 7
Shaw – 4
Lawless – 3
Somes – 2
Tingley – 2

 

2B’s:

Anderson – 6
Cooper – 4
Glover – 4
Rodriguez – 3
O’Neill – 1

 

3B’s:

O’Neill – 3
Grove – 1

 

HR’s:

Anderson – 1
Grove – 1

 

RBI:

Grove – 15
Cooper – 13
Glover – 12
Anderson – 9
Rodriguez – 4
Thule – 4
Lawless – 3
O’Neill – 3
Somes – 3
Zenz – 3
Tingley – 2
Shaw – 1

 

Walks:

Thule – 24
Grove – 21
O’Neill – 18
Rodriguez – 18
Glover – 17
Lawless – 15
Cooper – 14
Anderson – 10
Zenz – 6
Tingley – 5
Shaw – 4
Somes – 3
Eelkema – 1

 

Stolen Bases:

Anderson – 26
Glover – 22
Grove – 14
O’Neill – 12
Cooper – 11
Rodriguez – 11
Lawless – 4
Zenz – 4
Thule – 3
Eelkema – 2
Somes – 2
Shaw – 1

 

Batting Average:

Glover – .420
Anderson – .362
Grove – .250
O’Neill – .238
Somes – .238
Cooper – .231
Rodriguez – .225
Thule – .200
Shaw – .160
Eelkema – .143
Lawless – .116
Zenz – .087

Coop Cooper eyeballs a runner. (Julie Wheat photo)

 

PITCHING:

 

Games:

Glover – 13
Anderson – 8
Cooper – 8
Thule – 7
Grove – 6
Somes – 1

 

Starts:

Anderson – 6
Glover – 6
Cooper – 3
Grove – 2
Thule – 1

 

Hits:

Glover – 33
Anderson – 18
Grove – 16
Cooper – 11
Thule – 10

 

Runs:

Glover – 35
Anderson – 31
Cooper – 26
Grove – 18
Thule – 15

 

Earned Runs:

Glover – 23
Anderson – 14
Cooper – 12
Grove – 10
Thule – 5

 

Walks:

Glover – 30
Cooper – 28
Anderson – 26
Thule – 14
Grove – 13
Somes – 1

 

Strikeouts:

Glover – 68
Anderson – 46
Cooper – 36
Grove – 22
Thule – 20
Somes – 1

 

Innings Pitched:

Glover – 39.1
Anderson – 25
Cooper – 18
Thule – 16.1
Grove – 14
Somes – 1

 

Hitters Faced:

Glover – 189
Anderson – 126
Cooper – 96
Thule – 80
Grove – 72
Somes – 3

Aiden O’Neill (left) and Chase Anderson were senior leaders for the Wolf diamond program. (Jackie Saia photo)

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Carson Grove had four hits Tuesday, including a grand slam. (Presley Phillips photo)

What a difference a game makes.

Three days ago, the Coupeville High School baseball squad delivered its worst performance of the season. Jump forward to Tuesday and everything was back in order, however.

And far more than that, as three Wolf hurlers combined for a 13-strikeout no-hitter and the batters went bonkers in a 25-0 win on the road in Concrete.

The blowout five-inning victory snaps a brief two-game skid for CHS, lifting Steve Hilborn’s squad to 6-1 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 8-4 overall.

It also keeps them a game back of Mount Vernon Christian (7-0) in the race for a conference crown, with a rematch against Concrete set for Thursday in Cow Town.

Saturday the Wolves struggled in all aspects of the game while dropping a non-conference bout at Forks. Against the Lions, everything was clicking again.

Camden Glover, Coop Cooper, and Malachi Somes combined to shut Concrete’s offense down, giving up just four walks and not surrendering a single base knock to their hosts.

Glover and Cooper each picked up six strikeouts in two innings of work, while Somes, making his mound debut for the Wolves, added a 13th K, then ended the game by inducing a double play.

Malachi Somes gets his first mound action. (Shannon Hilborn photo)

At the plate everything went Coupeville’s way, as the visitors tore the hide off the ball en route to collecting a season-high 20 hits to go with 10 walks.

Four runs in the first got things started, another four in the second stretched the lead out, then CHS tacked on nine more tallies in the third and another eight in the fourth.

The Wolves came roaring out of the gate, with Leo Rodriguez lashing a leadoff single and Carson Grove walking.

That set up Chase Anderson, who delivered the first mammoth blow of the afternoon, smashing a three-run inside the park home run to left to set the tone.

Tack on an Aiden O’Neill triple, followed by Cooper bringing him around to score with a hot grounder, and it was 4-0 before Concrete’s fans could even get settled into their seats.

From there the Wolves continued to rain down unholy pain on the Lions, with Grove and Glover delivering RBI-rich hits in the second before coming back around to do the same in the third.

That frame featured not one, but two CHS players picking up RBIs in unique fashion, as both Anderson and Somes were drilled by wayward pitches with the bases loaded.

Up 17-0 heading into the fourth, there didn’t seem to be much more the Wolves could do that they hadn’t already done.

Not so fast, as Grove belted an inside the park grand slam to really make the scoreboard pop.

Overall, nine different Wolves collected a hit on the day, with 11 reaching base.

And the scorekeeper’s fingers? Probably buried deep in a bucket of ice right about now.

 

Tuesday stats:

Chase Anderson — One single, one home run, one walk
Coop Cooper — Three singles
Camden Glover — One single, one double, one walk
Carson Grove — Three singles, one home run, one walk
Riley Lawless — One walk
Aiden O’Neill — One single, one triple
Leo Rodriguez — One single, one walk
Killian Shaw — One single, one walk
Malachi Somes — Two singles, one walk
Trent Thule — Three singles, one walk
Aiden Tingley — Two walks

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Carson Grove (and his CHS teammates) sacrificed their bodies for a win Saturday afternoon. (Jackie Saia photo)

Pain is temporary, victories are forever.

Winning in a most unusual manner Saturday, the Coupeville High School baseball team beat visiting East Jefferson 4-3 in extra innings thanks to a walk off hit batsman.

And while sophomore catcher Carson Grove delivered the win by getting plunked with the bases full in the bottom of the eighth inning, he was the fourth(!) Wolf to get nailed in just that frame, and seventh(!) in the game.

With the non-conference win, the Wolves avenge an earlier loss to East Jefferson, finish off a 3-1 week, get to 6-2 on the season, and head into Spring Break on a high.

Coupeville is off until Apr. 13, when it travels down Island to clash with next-door neighbor South Whidbey.

The week-plus break should allow the Wolves to heal up from all their bruises and any lingering injuries, with the hope the bats have warmed up by their return to the diamond.

Base knocks were in short order Saturday, and CHS went into the bottom of the seventh trailing 2-0.

Which just meant it was time for the rally caps to come out on the first truly spring-like game day the Coupeville diamond squads have enjoyed on the prairie this season.

Aiden O’Neill opened his team’s last set of at-bats by being plunked, before moving up to third thanks to a passed ball and an East Jefferson error.

The Wolves only manufactured four hits on the day, but Grove delivered one at a key moment, lacing an RBI single to center to plate O’Neill and finally get his team on the board.

The speedy backstop pilfered second base and came in to tie the game up at 2-2 thanks to another error by the unraveling visitors, but East Jefferson escaped, barely.

That sent the game to extra frames, with both teams scoring in the eighth.

A walk and a long double plated the go-ahead run for the visitors, but Wolf hurler Camden Glover closed out a strong performance on the mound by forcing a pop fly to first baseman Riley Lawless.

That set up the most improbable of finishes in the bottom of the eighth, as the Wolves sent five batters to the plate, got all five aboard, and brought two in to score.

Trent Thule got whacked by a wayward pitch to kick things off, followed by Glover lacing a single. After that, it was pain, sweet pain.

Coop Cooper got plunked to juice the bags, before O’Neill wore a pitch to force in the tying run, and Grove capped the HBP parade, absorbing one more jolt to set off the prairie victory celebration.

The strong finish more than made up for a slow start, as Coupeville struggled a bit in the early going.

East Jefferson pushed across a score in the first and another in the third, while the home team seemed stuck in neutral.

The Wolves had two runners aboard in the first after Glover socked a double, but had a runner nailed at home. An inning later, CHS again put two on base, only to see both of them picked off.

The third, fourth, and fifth went by too quickly for CHS, with just a Lawless walk, though the sixth provided an intriguing hint of things to come, as Leo Rodriguez and Thule got smacked by pitches that got away from the East Jefferson pitcher.

Glover did his part, whiffing 10 Rivals across eight innings of work, and kept things close while chucking 106 pitches.

After that, all the Wolves needed was a little luck … and a high tolerance for pain.

 

Saturday stats:

Coop Cooper — One walk
Camden Glover — One single, one double, one walk
Carson Grove — Two singles
Riley Lawless — One walk
Aiden O’Neill — Three walks
Leo Rodriguez — Two walks
Trent Thule — Two walks
Chris Zenz — One walk

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Carson Grove has racked up points for two teams this season. (Jackie Saia photos)

Eight players have hit triple digits.

With three games left in the regular season, Coupeville High School basketball players have combined to rattle the rim for 2,146 points.

Leading the way are four girls and four boys — five at the varsity level and three playing JV — who have cracked 100.

Where things sit through Jan. 26:

 

GIRLS:

Varsity
(15 games):

Haylee Armstrong – 160
Teagan Calkins – 128
Tenley Stuurmans – 124
Danica Strong – 72
Kennedy O’Neill – 40
Adeline Maynes – 36
Arianna Cunningham – 32
Capri Anter – 8
Sydney Van Dyke – 8
Lexis Drake – 7

 

JV
(10 games):

Ava Lucero – 104
Cami Van Dyke – 43
Anna Powers – 37
Willow Leedy-Bonifas – 27
Zayne Roos – 15
Taylor Marrs – 14
Olivia Hall – 10
Finley Helm – 10
Elizabeth Marshall – 3
Emma Cushman – 2

 

BOYS:

Varsity
(15 games):

Chase Anderson – 272
Camden Glover – 174
Aiden O’Neill – 84
Davin Houston – 69
Malachi Somes – 57
Carson Grove – 30
Riley Lawless – 27
Easton Green – 17
Liam Blas – 15
Mahkai Myles – 12
Sage Arends – 10

 

JV
(13 games):

Jayden McManus – 107
Josh Stockdale – 103
Liam Lawson – 72
Khanor Jump – 69
Nathan Coxsey – 60
Carson Grove – 49
Ayden Warren – 15
Brian Thompson – 10
Trent Thule – 8
Chris Zenz – 4
Jaden Flores Garcia – 2

Smart passes set up big baskets.

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Olivia Hall comes bearing gifts. (Melanie Wolfe photo)

They’re keeping the scorebook operators busy.

Coupeville High School basketball players have combined to rattle the rims for 1,457 points this winter so far, with that number stretched across varsity and JV contests.

Two Wolves — Chase Anderson and Haylee Armstrong — have cracked 100 points, with two more — Tenley Stuurmans and Camden Glover — a single bucket away from hitting triple digits.

As Coupeville preps for a busy week ahead, with games against Auburn Adventist Academy, Darrington, and Napavine on the slate, here’s a look at where things sit through Jan. 10:

 

GIRLS:

 

Varsity
(11 games):

Haylee Armstrong – 120
Tenley Stuurmans – 97
Teagan Calkins – 85
Danica Strong – 44
Kennedy O’Neill – 28
Arianna Cunningham – 23
Adeline Maynes – 22
Lexis Drake – 3
Capri Anter – 2
Sydney Van Dyke – 2

 

JV
(8 games):

Ava Lucero – 74
Cami Van Dyke – 32
Anna Powers – 30
Willow Leedy-Bonifas – 25
Olivia Hall – 10
Finley Helm – 10
Zayne Roos – 10
Taylor Marrs – 8
Elizabeth Marshall – 3
Emma Cushman – 2

 

BOYS:

 

Varsity
(10 games):

Chase Anderson – 166
Camden Glover – 98
Aiden O’Neill – 63
Davin Houston – 52
Malachi Somes – 40
Carson Grove – 22
Easton Green – 15
Riley Lawless – 15
Mahkai Myles – 12
Sage Arends – 10
Liam Blas – 5

 

JV
(9 games):

Jayden McManus – 65
Josh Stockdale – 62
Liam Lawson – 53
Carson Grove – 49
Nathan Coxsey – 42
Khanor Jump – 33
Ayden Warren – 9
Trent Thule – 8
Brian Thompson – 4
Jaden Flores Garcia – 2
Chris Zenz – 2

Khanor Jump looks for an open teammate. (Jackie Saia photo)

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