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Hammerheads keep on hammerin’

Posted in Little League, Softball, tagged arch-rivals, Central Whidbey Little League, Chloe Marzocca, Hammerheads, Madison McMillan, Softball on May 24, 2021| Leave a Comment »

Katie Marti and Co. are a hot-hitting pack of softball sluggers. (Jackie Saia photo)

Hit ’em hard, hit ’em fast, and keep on hitting ’em.

The Central Whidbey Little League Juniors softball squad erupted for six runs in the first inning Monday, launching themselves to a 17-7 home win over arch-rival North Whidbey.

The victory, the sixth-straight for the Hammerheads, lifts them to 6-2 on the season.

Central Whidbey came out swinging hot bats, and never let up, collecting 20 base-knocks spread out amongst 10 batters.

Mia Farris kicked things off in the bottom of the first with a single, then her teammates unloaded six more hits before the frame was done.

The big blows came from back-to-back doubles from Madison McMillan and Taylor Brotemarkle.

After adding a fairly quiet two runs in the second inning, Central Whidbey unleashed the full tsunami in the bottom of the third.

Whacking nine hits, with Teagan Calkins and Savina Wells each coming around to collect two base-knocks apiece, the Hammerheads pushed nine runs across the plate to stretch their lead out to 17-3.

Wells lashed a triple, with Calkins and Farris both punching doubles as Central Whidbey kept its base runners in constant motion.

North Whidbey chipped away at the lead a bit, getting it down to 10 runs, but that was still enough for the game to be called early thanks to the mercy rule.

Wells fired six strikeouts while prowling the pitcher’s circle, while picking up a team-high three RBI and tying McMillan with a game-high four hits.

Calkins, Farris, Brotemarkle, and Katie Marti had two hits apiece, with Jada Heaton, Chloe Marzocca, Mayleen Weatherford, and Allison Nastali all chipping in with a base-knock.

Nine of the 11 Hammerheads players scored, with McMillan, Wells, and Farris all tapping home three times apiece.

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Hammerheads rally, keep win streak alive

Posted in Little League, Softball, tagged Central Whidbey Little League, late rally, Savina Wells, Softball, Taylor Brotemarkle on May 18, 2021| Leave a Comment »

Allison Nastali (left) and Chloe Marzocca are part of a Central Whidbey Little League Juniors softball squad which has won five straight. (Jennifer Marzocca photo)

Don’t count ’em out.

Trailing by three runs entering the final frame Monday, the Central Whidbey Little League Juniors softball squad rallied to force extra innings, then KO’d their archrivals.

Scoring the game’s final seven runs, the Hammerheads pulled out a 15-11 win in eight innings, knocking off North Whidbey for a second-straight time, and running their winning streak to five games.

With the victory, Central Whidbey improves to 5-2 on the season.

“Well, that was wild,” said Hammerheads coach Fred Farris. “The girls were not their usual self in the field, but there is some weird voodoo at that park.

“But the heart and will to win of this group is just remarkable,” he added. “Everyone contributed in one way or another.”

Central Whidbey scored in each of the first four innings Monday, building an 8-4 lead exiting the top of the fourth.

Then, a momentary road bump.

North Whidbey scraped out four runs in its half of the fourth to knot things at 8-8, then pushed across another three in the fifth to take the lead.

After going scoreless in the fifth and sixth, the Hammerheads needed a spark in the seventh, and they got it from the booming bat of Taylor Brotemarkle.

She thumped a triple to deep right field, before Central Whidbey took advantage of a dropped third strike with Katie Marti at the plate, then walks to Allison Nastali and Teagan Calkins.

Once on the base paths, the Hammerheads seized the opportunity.

“Savvy base running, which is one of our trademarks through the years, really made a difference,” Farris said.

In the eighth, four Central Whidbey sluggers stepped up big, with Savina Wells and Brotemarkle bashing doubles, while Jada Heaton and Nastali scorched hard-hit singles.

Back on top, the Hammerheads set their Northern rivals down one-two-three in the bottom half of the inning, with Central hurler Wells closing the game by whiffing the other team’s best hitter.

“Savina was really dialed in again and came right from high school basketball practice to Volunteer Park,” Farris said. “Like Deion Sanders on a dual football/baseball day.

“She’s really become adept at mixing pitches and locations specifically to the batters.”

Savina Wells was a two-way star Monday, excelling in the pitcher’s circle and in the batter’s box. (Jackie Saia photo)

Wells was a wild woman at the plate, as well, collecting a team-high three hits, with all going for extra bases.

A pair of doubles set the stage, while a triple which carried 200+ feet to center was topped off with “a textbook slide to get under the tag.”

Brotemarkle added a triple and double of her own, with Madison McMillan crunching a triple and Calkins smoking a two-bagger.

Seven of 11 Hammerhead hitters put up a base-knock, with Mia Farris joining Brotemarkle and McMillan in the two-hit club.

Marti and Chloe Marzocca scored after walking, as nine Central Whidbey players came around to tap home plate.

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Our bats are louder than yours!

Posted in Little League, Softball, tagged Central Whidbey Little League, Chloe Marzocca, doubleheader sweep, Hammerheads, Softball on May 15, 2021| Leave a Comment »

“Give me my bat. Mama has to go wreck some folks.” (Jackie Saia photos)

They brought the big lumber with them.

With all 12 girls on the roster collecting at least one hit Saturday, the Central Whidbey Little League Juniors softball squad made life tough for South Skagit 1’s pitchers.

Combining to pound out 33 hits in seven innings of action, the Hammerheads swept to 23-10 and 18-2 wins in Mount Vernon.

With the doubleheader sweep, Central Whidbey runs its winning streak to four straight, and will carry a 4-2 record into a road game with arch-rival North Whidbey Monday night.

Chloe Marzocca swung a big bat Saturday, crushing a triple, while also pitching Central Whidbey to a win.

Everything was humming for the Hammerheads during their doubleheader sweep.

Central Whidbey hurlers Chloe Marzocca and Teagan Calkins — with the latter making her debut in the pitcher’s circle — both whiffed five hitters, while their defense stood up strongly behind them.

“Chloe pitched a solid game against a pretty hard-hitting South Skagit Riptide lineup,” said Central Whidbey coach Fred Farris.

“Calkins really settled in and pitched great in game two.”

When the ball was put in play, the Hammerhead defenders put good glove on ball, snuffing out any potential rallies.

Savina Wells, using her long reach to her advantage, snagged a liner at second base, then doubled up the runner drifting off the bag at first in the day’s top defensive dazzler.

But it was the Hammerhead bats which truly captivated the audience.

“I got one hit, and I’m coming back for more, sister!!”

Seven Wolves bashed an extra-base hit, led by Wells, who smacked a double and triple, Madison McMillan, who bopped a pair of two-baggers, and Marzocca, who nailed “a rope to deep left” for a resounding triple.

“Everyone hit the ball hard!,” said a proud Fred Farris.

That included the first hits of the season for Allison Nastali, who rejoined her diamond squad after the end of her high school volleyball season.

Mia Farris, using the ancient arts handed down by her dad, “laid down a perfect squeeze bunt” to plate Calkins, while Candace Meek and Anna Steckman both collected their first base-knocks in a Hammerheads uniform.

Anna Steckman is a made woman, after collecting her first base-knock as a Hammerhead.

Stats for the day:

Taylor Brotemarkle (3 runs, 4 hits, 5 RBI, 1 walk)
Teagan Calkins (6 runs, 2 hits, 3 walks)
Mia Farris (6 runs, 4 hits, 3 RBI, 2 walks)
Jada Heaton (5 runs, 3 hits, 4 RBI, 1 walk)
Katie Marti (4 runs, 4 hits, 4 RBI, 1 walk)
Chloe Marzocca (1 run, 2 hits, 1 walk)
Madison McMillan (6 runs, 3 hits, 3 RBI, 2 walks)
Candace Meek (2 runs, 1 hit, 3 RBI, 1 walk)
Allison Nastali (2 hits, 3 RBI)
Anna Steckman (1 hit, 1 RBI)
Mayleen Weatherford (1 run, 2 hits, 5 RBI)
Savina Wells (7 runs, 5 hits, 1 RBI, 2 walks)

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Crack of the bat, click of the camera

Posted in Baseball, Little League, Softball, tagged action shots, baseball, Central Whidbey Little League, John Fisken photos, Softball on May 12, 2021| 2 Comments »

If you play, they will take your photo. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

Little League action is in full swing.

The pics seen above and below capture Central Whidbey stars of today and tomorrow at play, and are brought to us by ever-clicking camera lad John Fisken.

To see other stuff he’s shot, pop over to:

John’s Photos (johnsphotos.net)

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Savor some sizzlin’ softball snaps

Posted in Little League, Softball, tagged Central Whidbey Little League, John Fisken photos, Katie Marti, Savina Wells, Softball on May 11, 2021| Leave a Comment »

Savina Wells brings the heat. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

They are the present, and the future.

The young women on the Central Whidbey Little League Juniors softball squad have already played in state tournaments and won league titles.

In the next year or so, many of them should make the jump to high school ball, adding more firepower to a CHS program already flying high.

As the Hammerheads (who will one day be Wolves) thunked arch-rival North Whidbey Monday, frequently-lurking paparazzi John Fisken snapped the pics seen above and below.

To see everything he captured, while possibly purchasing some glossies for the grandparents, pop over to:

SB 2021-05-10 CWLL Juniors vs NWLL – John’s Photos (johnsphotos.net)