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Hardball aces earn sweet sweep

Posted in Baseball, tagged baseball, CHS Wolves, Cole White, doubleheader sweep, Hawthorne Wolfe, La Conner, Northwest League on April 15, 2022| Leave a Comment »

Scott Hilborn fires a bullet Friday as Coupeville High School baseball sweeps a doubleheader from La Conner. (Morgan White photo)

It was a great birthday present.

Coupeville High School varsity baseball coach Will Thayer celebrated his cake day in grand style Friday, guiding his squad to a doubleheader sweep at La Conner.

The twin victories lift the Wolves to 5-1 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 7-5 overall.

That keeps Coupeville just a game back of defending league champ Friday Harbor (6-0) and a half-game up on Mount Vernon Christian (5-2) as the teams battle for conference supremacy in the seven-team NWL.

Friday’s doubleheader was a pretty solid beat-down too, as the Wolves soaked in the rare sun and ran away with 11-2 and 21-4 wins.

Game #1:

CHS pitchers Scott Hilborn and Hawthorne Wolfe combined to whiff 15 Braves in the victory, holding La Conner at bay until the Wolf sluggers got crackin’.

“Took a minute for our bats to warm up, but a good game,” Thayer said.

Coupeville opened the scoring by pushing two runs across in the top of the second, then tacked on another tally in the third.

The top of the fourth was where things busted wide open, however, as the Wolves rained down five runs in a rally keyed by base-knocks from Hilborn and Jonathan Valenzuela.

Hawthorne Wolfe and Co. kept their bats sizzlin’ in the road wins. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Coupeville, which added three runs in the fifth to round out its scoring, took advantage of whatever La Conner gave it.

The Wolves cracked eight hits, with Cole White, Sage Sharp, and Valenzuela recording two apiece, while also walking seven times.

Whatever hopes La Conner had of pulling off the upset faded every time a ball hit one of their fielder’s gloves, as the Braves committed a horrifying nine errors to make life tough for their pitchers.

Game #2:

Coupeville cut this one short, with a 12-run fourth inning helping the Wolves seal the deal in a game mercy-ruled after five frames.

“One of my favorite games I ever coached,” Thayer said. “Everyone played and we had fun.”

The Wolves sent 8th graders Chase Anderson and Coop Cooper to the mound in the nightcap, and the young guns sizzled, getting nine of 15 outs via the strikeout.

Chase Anderson brings the knee-buckling heat. (Morgan White photo)

The ball flew off of Coupeville’s bats as well, with six different players recording two hits as the Wolves rang up 15 base-knocks in the finale.

Wolfe cracked a triple to lead the way, while Hilborn, Peyton Caveness, Johnny Porter, and Anderson all bashed two-baggers in support.

Friday stats:

Chase Anderson — 1 single, 1 double, 2 walks
Peyton Caveness — 1 single, 1 double, 1 walk
Coop Cooper — 1 single
Scott Hilborn — 2 singles, 1 double, 1 walk
Cole Hutchinson — 1 walk
Xavier Murdy — 2 singles, 3 walks
Aiden O’Neill — 1 single
Jack Porter — 1 double
Johnny Porter — 1 double, 1 walk
Sage Sharp — 2 singles, 1 walk
Jonathan Valenzuela — 2 singles, 2 walks
Cole White — 4 singles
Hawthorne Wolfe — 1 single, 1 triple, 1 walk
Kai Wong — 1 walk

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Stone soars, Riders struggle

Posted in Basketball, tagged Basketball, CHS Wolves, Leicester Riders, Makana Stone, Women's British Basketball League on April 15, 2022| Leave a Comment »

Makana Stone rumbles in the paint. (Photo property Leicester Riders)

The offense never got out of neutral.

Held to a season-low scoring output Friday, the Leicester Riders fell 62-41 to a highly ranked Sevenoaks Suns squad seeking a bounce-back win.

A game after surrendering 102 points in a shocking upset to a lower-rung Nottingham franchise, the Suns were in lock-down mode in the lone Women’s British Basketball League game of the day.

The loss drops Leicester to 13-8 in league play, 17-10 overall.

Coupeville grad Makana Stone was one of the few Riders to find holes in the Sevenoaks defense, banging down low for 12 points and 10 rebounds.

She and Hannah Robb tied for team-high scoring stats, while Suns star Janice Monakana topped all players with 16 points.

Sevenoaks, which sits in second place in the 13-team WBBL, held off fourth place Leicester at every step of the way.

The Suns grabbed an early 20-14 lead, before stretching the advantage to 32-21 by the half.

Leicester trailed by as many as 20 points in the second half and could never get the lead down to single-digits, hitting on just 14 of 62 field goal attempts in the game.

Stone, in her first season of professional basketball, continues to build her stats game, however.

With the double-double, she has 232 points, 163 rebounds, 36 assists, 24 steals, and three blocked shots on the season.

Leicester returns to action Saturday with a game against the Cardiff Met Archers, who are 5-16 in WBBL regular season play.

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Cold day, hot bats

Posted in Softball, tagged CHS Wolves, JV, Maya Nottingham, road trip, Softball, Sultan on April 14, 2022| Leave a Comment »

Maya Nottingham cracked two hits Thursday, sparking Coupeville to a big road win. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

The cold never bothered them anyway.

Enduring a chilly afternoon and early evening Thursday, the Coupeville High School JV softball squad shook off the icicles and thrashed host Sultan 15-3.

The non-conference win, which lifts the Wolf young guns to 4-1 on the season, could have been even more of a blowout, if pesky rules hadn’t gotten in the way.

Each team was restricted to five runs per inning, and that was the only thing stopping Coupeville.

The Wolves sent 22 batters to the plate across three frames, recording just one single, solitary out on a comebacker to the pitcher.

Other than that, Coupeville registered eight hits, accepted 13 walks, and ended each inning with runners stranded on base when the fifth run tapped home.

It was brutal, it was efficient, and it brought a smile to Wolf coach Katrina McGranahan’s face.

“The JV girls did a great job at stepping in and playing after having to sit and watch the varsity game,” she said.

“It was yet another cold day, but I’m impressed with how the girls came out and handled their business,” McGranahan added. “Never backed down and never stopped pushing.”

All 11 Wolves to see action reached base, with Maya Nottingham and Chloe Marzocca pacing the offense with a pair of hits apiece.

“Maya hit her first triple today!” McGranahan said. “It’s always nice to see someone get a reward after putting in so much work.

“I loved seeing the bright, happy face she had! A moment she will remember!”

Marzocca and Mia Farris teamed up to handle the pitching, with both freshmen doing well in the less-than-ideal weather, something their coach, a former ace in the circle, can appreciate.

“Pitching is always a difficult position, but the two girls held their own and you can see the progress,” McGranahan said.

“Chloe did an amazing job and dialed it in toward the end of the first inning,” she added. “Pitching is very difficult, especially in cold weather, but she did an amazing job at hanging tight and being positive.

“Mia also stepped in and did a great job as well. It had been quite some time since the JV had played a game, but they looked as if they took no time off.”

Wolf catcher Teagan Calkins, just an 8th grader, was her usual steady self, helping both CHS pitchers lock in.

“Teagan again was solid behind the plate,” McGranahan said.

“In fact, she did such a great job that the umpire came up to us between innings and complimented her to us! That’s awesome!!”

Thursday stats:

Edie Bittner — 1 walk
Teagan Calkins — 1 single, 2 walks
Mia Farris — 1 single
Jada Heaton — 1 single, 1 walk
Violette Huegerich — 2 walks
Lily Leedy — 1 walk
Allie Lucero — 1 walk
Katie Marti — 1 single, 1 walk
Chloe Marzocca — 2 singles, 1 walk
Melanie Navarro — 2 walks
Maya Nottingham — 1 single, 1 triple, 1 walk

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Seven straight for sluggers

Posted in Softball, tagged CHS Wolves, Maya Lucero, Sofia Peters, Softball, Sultan on April 14, 2022| Leave a Comment »

Senior Audrianna Shaw slammed a home run Thursday, part of a 27-hit, 22-run performance for Coupeville. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

Another day, another win over a bigger school.

Bringing out the extra-hot bats Thursday, the Coupeville High School varsity softball squad crushed host Sultan 22-0 in a game mercy-ruled after five innings.

The non-conference win lifts the Wolves to 8-1 on the season, and they’ll carry a seven-game winning streak to La Conner Friday afternoon.

Intent on returning to the state tourney after Covid erased two years of potential postseason play, Coupeville has filled its non-league schedule with schools from higher classifications.

And it’s paid off, as the 2B Wolves are 4-1 against 1A schools this season, with just a narrow loss to traditional power Lynden Christian.

Still ahead are non-conference tilts with 3A Oak Harbor, 2A Lakewood, and 1A Meridian.

Thursday’s rumble with Sultan, pushed back a few days by bad weather, was bombs away for the Wolves.

Coupeville crunched a season-high 27 hits, with 12 of those base-knocks going for more than one base.

And to be truthful, there could have been more extra-base hits, had Kevin McGranahan’s squad not pulled back in the later going, trying to soften the defeat.

Sultan, a plucky team, did scratch out two hits and a walk off of Wolf ace Izzy Wells, but otherwise she was pouring straight heat on a cold day, whiffing 10 and keeping the Turks at bay.

Wells got some help as well, with her fielders playing error-free ball behind her.

Maya Lucero doin’ what she does — destroying pitcher’s dreams with each swing.

Coupeville put the game away early, erupting for eight runs in the top of the first, all with two outs.

With runners at the corners, Sultan had a chance to escape, only to see the Wolves smash six consecutive hits.

It started with Madison McMillan bashing a two-run single to left, before Sofia Peters zipped a hit off of the pitcher’s ankle.

That brought the Lucero twins to the plate, with both Maya and Allie launching run-scoring doubles, before things got really intense.

Melanie Navarro crushed the life out of the softball for an RBI triple, which made Audrianna Shaw nod and whisper, “I got this” before socking a two-run inside-the-park home run.

Sultan was set back on its heels, and never recovered, as Coupeville continued to pepper the ball, adding another four runs in the second and five in the third.

From there the Wolves pushed across four in the fourth and a solitary run in the top of the fifth, while doing their best to ease the Turk pain.

In the late going, Coupeville worked on its bunting, tried to go just station-to-station, and even had a couple players who don’t normally hit left-handed do just that.

Nine of 10 Wolves to see action collected at least one base-knock, with second-baseman Sofia Peters leading the way with a varsity career-best five-hit performance.

Now it’s off to La Conner Friday, where the Northwest 2B/1B League rivals are scheduled to play a doubleheader.

In a twist, while both games count in the overall standings, only the first game counts as a league game.

While some NWL teams are playing each other twice this season, others are clashing three times, with only the first two meetings recognized as league contests.

Coupeville already beat La Conner 18-0 in game #1 of their season series.

Thursday stats:

Violette Huegerich — 1 single, 1 walk
Allie Lucero — 1 single, 1 double, 1 walk
Maya Lucero — 2 singles, 2 doubles
Madison McMillan — 3 singles, 1 double, 1 walk
Melanie Navarro — 1 double, 1 triple
Sofia Peters — 3 singles, 2 doubles
Audrianna Shaw — 1 single, 1 double, 1 home run, 1 walk
Izzy Wells — 1 single, 2 doubles
Savina Wells — 2 singles, 1 triple

“So many runs. So many hits. My fingers are cramping … and I like it!!”

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For those about to play (we salute you)

Posted in Girls Tennis, Softball, tagged CHS Wolves, girls tennis, John Fisken photos, Noelle Daigneault, Softball on April 14, 2022| Leave a Comment »

Skylar Parker launches a lethal serve. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

The day was action-packed.

Multiple Coupeville High School spring sports teams were in action at home Wednesday, with wanderin’ photo clicker John Fisken bouncing from locale to locale.

The photos above and below capture CHS varsity tennis and softball players in action, but are just the tip of the iceberg.

To see more, and ponder purchasing some glossy memories for Aunt Agnes and Uncle Arthur over in Amarillo, pop over to:

Girls Tennis:

https://www.johnsphotos.net/Sports/Coupeville-Tennis-2021-2022/GT-2022-04-13-vs-OH-C-team/

Softball:

https://www.johnsphotos.net/Sports/Coupeville-Softball-/SB-2022-04-13-vs-CPC/