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Jayden Little picks up a walk the hard way. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

They’re in pause mode for the moment.

The regular season is done, and now the Coupeville High School baseball squad is playoff-bound.

The postseason kicks off for the Wolves Saturday, May 11, when they travel to Lakewood High School for the District 1/2 tourney, where they’ll try and punch a return trip to state.

As they wait, a look at season to date stats through May 4.

 

HITTING:

 

At-Bats:

Peyton Caveness – 57
Landon Roberts – 52
Cole White 
– 49
Jack Porter
– 46
Camden Glover 
– 41
Coop Cooper
– 36
Aiden O’Neill
– 30
Johnny Porter
– 28
Yohannon Sandles
– 25
Seth Woollet
– 24
Chase Anderson – 20
Steven Gonzalez
– 16
Carson Grove – 11
Aidyn McDermott – 11
Matthew Gilbert 
– 5
Nathan Niewald – 2
Jack Farrell – 1
Jayden Little – 1

 

Hits:

Caveness – 23
Roberts – 12
White – 12
Glover – 11
Jo. Porter – 11
Ja. Porter – 10
Sandles – 10
Anderson – 8
Cooper – 8
Woollet – 7
Grove – 5
Gonzalez – 4
O’Neill – 4
McDermott – 2
Gilbert – 1

 

Runs:

White – 18
Caveness – 17
Roberts – 14
Ja. Porter – 12
Cooper – 10
O’Neill – 9
Anderson – 8
Glover – 8
Jo. Porter – 8
Woollet – 5
Sandles – 4
Gilbert – 2
Easton Green – 2
Grove – 1

 

2B’s:

Caveness – 8
Glover – 4
Ja. Porter – 4
Jo. Porter – 3
Cooper – 2
White – 2
Sandles – 1

 

3B’s:

Caveness – 4
Ja. Porter – 2
Jo. Porter – 2
Anderson – 1
O’Neill – 1

 

RBI:

Caveness – 16
Ja. Porter – 12
Jo. Porter – 9
Glover – 8
Gonzalez – 7
Sandles – 7
Anderson – 6
Cooper – 6
Roberts – 6
White – 5
Woollet – 5
Grove – 3
O’Neill – 3
McDermott – 1

 

Walks:

White – 15
Cooper – 12
Caveness – 11
Roberts – 10
O’Neill – 9
Gonzalez – 6
Anderson – 4
McDermott – 4
Jo. Porter – 4
Woollet – 4
Green – 2
Little – 2
Sandles – 2
Farrell – 1
Gilbert – 1
Grove – 1

 

Stolen Bases:

Roberts – 18
Caveness – 16
White – 14
Anderson – 10
O’Neill – 7
Jo. Porter – 5
Cooper – 4
Glover – 4
Ja. Porter – 4
Woollet – 3
Gonzalez – 1
Green – 1
McDermott – 1

 

Batting Average:

Grove – .455
Caveness – .404
Anderson – .400
Sandles – .400
Jo. Porter – .393
Woollet – .292
Glover – .268
Gonzalez – .250
White – .245
Roberts – .231
Cooper – .222
Ja. Porter – .217
Gilbert – .200
McDermott – .182
O’Neill – .133

 

PITCHING:

 

Games:

Woollet – 10
Glover – 9
Roberts – 8
Caveness – 7
Cooper – 4
Grove – 3
O’Neill
– 3
Ja. Porter
– 3
Gilbert
– 2
White – 2
Niewald – 1

 

Starts:

Woollet – 7
Roberts – 5
Caveness – 3
Glover – 1
O’Neill – 1
Ja. Porter – 1

 

Hits:

Woollet – 49
Roberts – 23
Caveness – 12
Glover – 11
Grove – 3
O’Neill – 3
White – 3
Cooper – 2
Gilbert – 1

 

Runs:

Roberts – 31
Woollet – 31
Caveness – 16
Glover – 15
O’Neill – 9
Grove – 6
Gilbert – 5
Cooper – 3
Ja. Porter – 3
White – 3

 

Earned Runs:

Roberts – 16
Woollet – 12
Glover – 9
O’Neill – 8
Caveness – 7
Grove – 6
Gilbert – 2
White – 2

 

Walks:

Glover – 30
Roberts – 27
Caveness – 22
Woollet – 15
O’Neill – 14
Grove – 5
Gilbert – 4
White – 4
Ja. Porter – 3
Cooper – 2

 

Strikeouts:

Woollet – 28
Roberts – 25
Glover – 23
Caveness – 21
Ja. Porter – 7
Grove – 6
Cooper – 4
Gilbert – 3
O’Neill – 1
White – 1

 

Innings Pitched:

Woollet – 47.0
Roberts – 19.1
Caveness – 17.0
Glover – 14.0
Grove – 3.1
Cooper – 3.0
O’Neill – 3.0
Ja. Porter – 3.0
Gilbert – 1.0
White – 0.1

 

Batters Faced:

Woollet – 219
Roberts – 116
Glover – 86
Caveness – 85
O’Neill – 26
Grove – 18
Cooper – 15
Ja. Porter – 13
Gilbert – 10
White – 9

Peyton Caveness deals.

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Adeline Maynes works her magic in the pitcher’s circle. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

“That was the most complete game we played this year.”

Having watched his very-young Coupeville High School softball squad dismantle visiting Nooksack Valley 11-2 Friday, Wolf diamond guru Kevin McGranahan was in a great mood.

The non-conference victory, coming against a school which won a 1A state softball title in 2022, is a huge feather in the cap for the 2B Wolves.

Now 13-4 on the season, Coupeville, which starts three 8th graders and two freshmen, has one more regular-season game left on the schedule.

That’s a home tilt next Friday, May 10 with South Whidbey, a team it beat 20-9 on the road way back in the season opener in mid-March.

After that, the Wolves wait until May 18, when they travel to Centralia to play a District 4 team to be named later in a winner-to-state, loser-out playoff rumble.

With no seniors, but a lineup which can deliver from the top of the order to the bottom, McGranahan likes what he’s seeing.

“It’s a good time to be hitting our stride,” he said, “Hopefully we can maintain it for two weeks.”

Facing off with Nooksack, the Wolves came out wearing black uniforms, and gunning to take down the Pioneers, who hail from one of the toughest sports leagues in the state.

“Don’t use up all your pitches. I need you for seven innings today,” McGranahan had told 8th grade pitcher Adeline Maynes as she warmed up with catcher Teagan Calkins.

The young ace was listening, as she came out on fire, picking up two of her seven strikeouts in the first frame.

Maynes not only pitched with passion, but she also slung smartly, letting her defense back her up.

Taylor Brotemarkle and Sydney Van Dyke, holding down the middle of the infield, snared hot liners, while third baseman Madison McMillan, crashing hard, speared a bunt out of the air to deny a Nooksack hitter.

Sydney Van Dyke encourages her pitcher. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

The Wolf outfield, comprised of Jada Heaton, Mia Farris, and Capri Anter, gobbled up everything that came its way on an overcast, but warm and tranquil (at least for this sun-free spring) afternoon.

And then there was Calkins, in full “Red Dragon” mode, springing up like a jack in the box to snare a popped-up bunt for one out, before pivoting and firing a strike to sure-handed Haylee Armstrong at first to double off a straying runner.

Maynes only spot of trouble came in the third, when Nooksack briefly cut the lead from 6-0 to 6-2, but then the calm ‘n collected middle schooler bore down and escaped thanks to back-to-back strikeouts.

At the plate, the Wolves were swinging hot, cracking 14 hits, with eight different players collecting at least one base knock.

Armstrong and Brotemarkle bashed singles in the first, before McMillan and Heaton delivered the game-busters.

McMillan kept Grandpa Gordon busy on the scorebook, launching a two-run double to left field which left her bat like a laser.

Meanwhile her fellow junior perfectly placed a two-run single about five feet over the shortstop’s outstretched glove, as Heaton used her bat to paint a best-seller.

Up 4-0 after one inning of play, Coupeville tacked on two more in the second, scoring both after it already had two outs.

With Anter aboard after one of her three hits, CHS went boom-bam-boom with the middle of the order.

Brotemarkle, mashing the ball and taking names, zipped a ball off a glove, before McMillan scorched a hot grounder which burned a hole down the first-base line.

That brought Calkins into the spotlight, and she delivered for the 10,047th time, lacing a two-run single into deep left field to the delight of her fervent fan club.

Nooksack did get two runs back, then held Coupeville scoreless in the third and fourth, but the dam broke in the fifth.

Calkins and Van Dyke outhustled Nooksack to get aboard on grounders that could have been, and probably should have been, outs.

Given new life, Coupeville made sure the sting was epic.

Danica Strong plans out her day. “First, destroy Nooksack…” (Mia Farris photo)

Danica Strong, pinch-hitting for Ava Lucero, smoked a two-run double to left to make it 8-2, before Armstrong bashed her own two-run double — this one to right-center — to all but seal the deal at 10-2.

The Wolves, and their super sub, weren’t done, however.

Strong came back around in the sixth to pick up her third RBI of the day, plating Calkins, who hit the ground hard and slid in under the tag.

Down to its final outs, Nooksack swung for the cheap seats, but Maynes wasn’t having it.

She induced a liner to Van Dyke, got a fly ball to Heaton, who chased it down on the run, then closed things by firing three strikes past the final Pioneer hitter.

After that, all that was left was for the Wolves to sing their farewell song to bleachers packed with CHS fans, their voices, showcasing a mix of pride and joy, carrying across the prairie.

 

Friday stats:

Capri Anter — One double, two singles
Haylee Armstrong — One double, one single
Taylor Brotemarkle — One single, one walk
Teagan Calkins — Three singles, one walk
Jada Heaton — One single
Madison McMillan — One double, one single
Danica Strong — One double
Sydney Van Dyke — One double

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Taygin Jump (left) stares down the competition along with college track and field teammate Grace Estus. (Photo courtesy Christina Jump)

Taygin Jump came in like a wrecking ball and went out like a star.

The Coupeville grad capped her freshman track and field season at Plattsburgh State Friday with a stellar performance at the State University of New York Athletic Conference Outdoor Championships.

Competing in Geneseo, Jump claimed seventh place in the javelin, earning points for the Cardinals.

She threw her implement 102 feet, eight inches.

That was one of two events Jump lined up for at SUNYAC, also finishing 18th in the hammer throw with a lob of 115-00.

During her freshman collegiate season, the former Wolf vied in numerous events, participating in both indoor and outdoor track seasons.

During her time at CHS, Aleksia and Khanor’s older sister played volleyball, both in school and with her club team, while also competing in track and field.

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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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“It’s time, Sir Reginald, time for us to once more go forth and destroy the hopes and dreams of our rivals.” (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

The “Red Dragon” can only be stopped one way — by being forced to sit on the bench.

Put Teagan Calkins in the game, and the Coupeville High School sophomore catcher is going to start popping her biceps and beatin’ the crud out of the softball.

It is just the way of her people.

So, Wolf coach Kevin McGranahan parked his excitable star in the dugout for half of Thursday’s game at La Conner — AFTER she launched yet another home run — and gave nearly everyone on the roster a chance to join in the assault.

Even after giving up numerous outs by having runners intentionally leave base early, the Wolves crushed the host Braves 14-0 in a game mercy-ruled after five innings.

The victory, in which 13 CHS players reached base, lifts the Wolves to 9-0 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 12-4 overall.

They won’t get a chance to make up a rained-out game against NWL rival Concrete but will play two home non-conference tilts as they prep for the playoffs.

First up is a visit from Nooksack Valley Friday, followed by a rematch against South Whidbey May 10.

After that, Coupeville, the top team in District 1, heads off to Centralia May 18 to play a District 4 team in a winner-to-state, loser-out playoff rumble.

Shania Kenney was one of nine Wolves to rip a hit Thursday in La Conner. (Claire Kalwies-Anderson photo)

Thursday’s game in La Conner was one-sided in every way, as Wolf pitchers Adeline Maynes, Haylee Armstrong, and Capri Anter combined to toss a one-hitter, whiffing nine Braves.

Maynes, already an ace as just an 8th grader, retired all six batters she faced.

Coupeville, by contrast, couldn’t be stopped on offense, rapping out 14 hits and piling up 12 walks.

The Wolves plated six runners in the top of the first, not getting their first out until batter #7.

Walks to Armstrong and Sydney Van Dyke set the table, with Taylor Brotemarkle, Madison McMillan, Calkins, and Bailey Thule thumping consecutive hits to get the scoreboard hoppin’.

Five more runs came across in the second, with Calkins cranking a two-run tater to deep left, flying around the basepaths and sliding home long before the ball arrived back in the infield.

Proving they can play small ball to go with long ball, the Wolves spent a considerable part of the rest of the game working on bunts.

The best one probably came off the bat of Armstrong, as she dropped one for an RBI single, the ball nestling into the ground in front of the third baseman and promptly tunneling its way to China.

Coupeville did everything possible not to end the game super-early, adding just a single run in the third, and two more in the fourth.

Still, even though they went five innings, and didn’t go for the early 20-run KO in three frames, it capped a league season in which CHS mercy-ruled every foe.

“We had fun and worked on some stuff we don’t always get to work on, all while keeping the score reasonable,” McGranahan said.

“The best part is we return everyone next season, so the expectation is to do it all over again.”

That points to the fact that Coupeville has no seniors, and typically starts three 8th graders and two freshmen among its main 10 players.

 

Thursday stats:

Capri Anter — One single
Haylee Armstrong — Two singles, one walk
Taylor Brotemarkle — One single, three walks
Teagan Calkins — One home run, one single
Jada Heaton — One single
Shania Kenney — One single
Ava Lucero — One walk
Adeline Maynes — Two singles, one walk
Madison McMillan — One double, two singles, one walk
Chelsi Stevens — One walk
Bailey Thule — One single, one walk
Sydney Van Dyke — Two walks
Mary Western — One walk

Optical illusion, or is Jada Heaton so strong she literally bends her bat when making contact? Discuss. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

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