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Wolves enjoy view from the top!!

Posted in Baseball, tagged , , , , on April 14, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Matt Hilborn, seen here talking to CHS coach Marc Aparicio, reached base three times

   Matt Hilborn, seen here talking to CHS coach Marc Aparicio, reached base three times Thursday as Coupeville held off Chimacum 7-6. (John Fisken photo)

Alone in first place.

That’s where the Coupeville High School baseball squad finds itself after pulling out a nail-biter on the road Thursday afternoon.

Getting key hits in the late going when they needed it most, the Wolves edged host Chimacum 7-6 to improve to 2-0 in 1A Olympic League play.

Coupeville (5-7 overall) sits a half game up on Klahowya (1-0, 9-2), while Port Townsend (0-1, 0-7) and Chimacum (0-2, 2-6) are fighting in the cellar.

The Wolves and Eagles face-off on Whidbey this coming Tuesday, Apr. 19.

Coupeville set itself up nicely for that first-place match-up by staring Chimacum down late.

Having surrendered a four-run lead, the Wolves rallied to score twice in the top of the sixth to retake control of the game.

Freshman Matt Hilborn kicked things off by reaching base on a one-out error, before promptly stealing second.

He then came around to break a 5-5 tie on Hunter Smith’s resounding RBI double.

After CJ Smith moved his lil’ bro over to third, Cole Payne stroked a seeing-eye RBI single for an insurance run that would prove hugely valuable.

Chimacum scrambled for a run in the bottom of the seventh to make things interesting, but Coupeville hurler CJ Smith coaxed a ground-out to Hilborn to cap the win.

Coupeville had looked like it would run away in the early going, plating five in the top of the first, as CJ Smith, Payne, Dane Lucero, Julian Welling and Clay Reilly all zipped across home plate.

After picking up a run of their own in the bottom of the first, the Cowboys put together a four-run rally in the fourth to get back in the game.

“They battled back and we helped them a bit throwing around,” said Coupeville coach Marc Aparicio.

After that, though, the Wolves were on lock-down, with CJ Smith going the distance with a strong, 105-pitch performance on the mound and his defense stepping up behind him.

“Hunter had a great defensive game,” Aparicio said. “Joey (Lippo) and Kory (Score) had solid defense, also.

“It was a great team effort,” he added. “Very proud of the kids for playing strong. Great start to the league games.”

Hilborn and Welling paced the Wolves with two hits apiece, with the freshman third baseman reaching base all three times he came to bat.

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Monica mashes!!

Posted in Softball, Wolves in college, tagged , , , , on April 13, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Wolf grad Monica Vidoni (center) smacked her second college home run Wednesday in Minnesota.

   Wolf grad Monica Vidoni (center) smacked her second college home run Wednesday in Minnesota. (Photo courtesy Vidoni)

Monica Vidoni has left the yard. Again.

The Coupeville High School grad cranked her second college home run Wednesday, part of Rainy River Community College’s epic doubleheader dismantling of Hibbing.

The Voyageurs improved to 16-7 on the season with 31-1 and 16-0 wins.

Vidoni’s home run came in the second game and gave her 13 hits and eight RBI in 21 games during her freshman season in Minnesota.

Rainy River has 22 home runs this year, with six different players having cleared the fence.

Softball season is capping a full year for Vidoni, who also played volleyball and basketball for RRCC.

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Concrete? Cracked and crushed!!

Posted in Baseball, tagged , , , , , on April 13, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Jake Hoagland (John Fisken photo)

   Jake Hoagland was one of nine Wolves to get a hit Wednesday, as the Wolf JV crushed Concrete 14-0. (John Fisken photo)

No umps, no problem.

A scheduling snafu left Coupeville and Concrete without any men in blue for their JV baseball game Wednesday, but that didn’t stop the teams from playing.

And it certainly didn’t keep the Wolves from howling.

With CHS varsity coach Marc Aparicio stepping in to call balls and strikes, the CHS young guns slapped their visitors around 14-0 in a game called after five innings.

The win lifted the Wolf JV to 5-1 on the season.

The lack of umpires did not go unnoticed, but everyone survived quite nicely.

“It was a very clean game but bummer we didn’t have them,” said Coupeville JV coach Chris Smith.

Coupeville had everything working, with tons o’ hits, stellar defense and crisp pitching all perfectly meshing under the guidance of Smith and coaching partner Mike Etzell.

Matt Hilborn, Nick Etzell and Jonathan Thurston split time on the mound for the Wolves, combining for the shutout, while their defense was nearly spotless behind them.

At the plate, Joey Lippo lashed a two-run triple to key things, while he, Shane Losey, Hilborn and Etzell all had multiple hits.

Cameron Toomey-Stout, Dane Lucero, Jacob Zettle, Jake Hoagland and Jake Pease all collected hits as well, as the Wolf batters dinged Lion pitching all game long.

The Coupeville JV returns to action Saturday (11 AM), when it hosts a three-team tourney.

The Wolves will play three-inning games against Oak Harbor and South Whidbey, packaged around a similar meeting between the Wildcats and Falcons.

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A winner in every way!!

Posted in Happy birthday, Horse sports, Volleyball, tagged , , , , on April 13, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Ashley Menges

Ashley Menges: pick a sport, she’s a winner.

"Hey, it's my birthday!!" (John Fisken photos)

“Who’s gettin’ cake? This girl!!” (John Fisken photo)

We are in a new golden age for young female athletes right now in Coupeville.

Both the freshman and sophomore classes at CHS boast exceptionally strong groups, while the elementary and middle school levels are bursting with talent, as well.

One of the brightest and most successful is Wolf frosh Ashley Menges, who celebrates her birthday Thursday.

A standout volleyball spiker and competitive horse rider, she’s following in the successful footsteps of older brother Cody, a dazzler on the soccer pitch.

Ashley has quickly become a star in her own right, however, blasting to the forefront along with pals Emma Smith and Maddy Hilkey while juggling select and school volleyball.

When she’s not setting up the big hitters with her pinpoint passing, she can usually be found astride her horse.

A veteran of the state meet in Puyallup, Menges‘ ribbon collection is staggering and shows no signs of slowing down anytime soon.

In the time I have covered her athletic endeavors, she has been everything in a teammate a coach would want to see — loyal, supportive, enthusiastic and highly devoted to her squad.

You can be a successful athlete and be rude and dismissive, but Menges is a prime example of living your life the opposite way — being successful while treating others with kindness and approaching each obstacle with a can-do attitude and a shining spirit.

Win or lose, Ashley has a charisma and a sunny nature that wins her fans everywhere she goes.

That she backs it up with strong athletic ability is just a bonus.

So, as she heads towards her cake day, we just want to take a moment to wish her the best, and thank her for making her school and her town look so good.

You’re a winner, Miss Menges, in every way.

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“We put one heck of a scare in ’em!!”

Posted in Softball, tagged , , , , , on April 13, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Freshman Veronica Crownover had three hits and two RBI against the #1 team in 1A Tuesday. (John Fisken photo)

   Freshman Veronica Crownover had three hits and two RBI against the #1 team in 1A Tuesday. (John Fisken photo)

Not all losses are equal.

Returning from an 11-day layoff, the streaking Coupeville High School softball squad hit a road bump Tuesday, falling 7-4 in a non-conference game at Lynden Christian.

But while the defeat snapped a five-game winning streak for the Wolves, dropping them to 6-2 on the season, CHS made a statement in a battle of titans.

The host Lyncs, who improved to 7-0, are ranked #1 in 1A in the most recent ScoreCzar rankings and have gone undefeated while fighting primarily above their weight class, with five of their seven games coming against 2A or 3A schools.

Even coming in cold (LC was already back in a groove, having beaten 2A Anacortes Monday), the Wolves did far better than most of Lynden’s opponents this season.

Coupeville’s four runs were the second-most scored against the Lyncs, while Lynden’s seven runs were its second-fewest.

The three-run margin also tied for the second-smallest loss by an LC foe.

Chelan, the only other 1A school Lynden has played (and which sits at #20 on ScoreCzar to Coupeville’s #21), was massacred 13-2 on its home field.

By contrast, Coupeville had the tying run on base in the top of the seventh before Lynden Christian wiggled away with the win.

“We put one heck of a scare in ’em,” said Wolf coach Kevin McGranahan. “As usual the girls played with heart and as a team and definitely did better than the 21-6 score from last year.

“I can’t be more proud of this young team and the way they keep playing for each other, ” he added. “Gonna be a very exciting second half of the season.”

The two squads battled to a 1-1 tie until a “few young team errors” allowed the Lyncs to put up six runs in the bottom of the fourth.

Fighting back hard, as they have all season, the Wolves rallied in the late going to make things interesting.

Coupeville plated three in the seventh and had the bags juiced with two outs, but LC “made a great play and got the third out.”

“It was a very hard-fought game and these ladies gave it everything they had,” McGranahan said. “I would put these ladies up against anybody, with their heart and determination they are never out of any game.

“I believe in good losses and bad losses and this was a very good loss,” he added. “They all hurt, but this was a good measuring stick game against an undefeated team that has been mercy-ruling their competition.”

Coupeville’s young guns led the way, with sophomore Katrina McGranahan thumping two triples and a double, while also whiffing three Lyncs from the pitcher’s circle.

Veronica Crownover stroked three singles and knocked home two runs, while fellow freshman Sarah Wright collected an RBI and gunned down a runner at second while working behind the plate.

The Wolves (1-0 in league play) now head into the heart of their schedule, with eight of their next nine games against 1A Olympic League rivals.

First up is a trip to Chimacum (4-3, 0-0) Thursday.

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