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CMS gym seized by pack of girls!!

Posted in Girls Basketball, Middle School, tagged Basketball, Bob Martin, Brett Smedley, Coupeville Middle School, Mia Littlejohn on January 23, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Two of Coupeville's best -- eighth graders Katrina McGranahan (left) and Hope Lodell. (Justine McGranahan photo)

Two of Coupeville’s better young athletes — eighth graders Katrina McGranahan (left) and Hope Lodell. (Justine McGranahan photo)

The benches will be full.

With 29 girls turning out for the first day of practice Tuesday — and the strong possibility more players will show up during the first week — the Coupeville Middle School girls’ basketball programs look strong.

Strong enough that head coaches Bob Martin (7th grade) and Brett Smedley (8th) have received approval for an assistant coach to help out.

Martin was thrilled with the early numbers (“We’ve had a great turnout and Brett and I have seen progression”) and plans to push for the middle school players to help out their high school counterparts when the Coupeville Boys & Girls Club starts holding basketball clinics.

The rosters (as of now):

7th Graders:

Veronica Crownover
Tommy Cruz Herrera
Kendra Deshong
Madeline Hilkey
Hannah Ivanhoe
Estefanny Liquidano
Kalia Littlejohn
Katherine Morales
Lindsey Roberts
Ashlie Shank
Emma Smith
Sarah Wright

8th Graders:

Payton Aparicio
Lauren Bayne
Kyla Briscoe
Brisa Cruz Herrera
Hayley Dauphinais
Mia Littlejohn
Hope Lodell
Katrina McGranahan
Shelby Montoya
Abagail Parker
Sage Renninger
Addison Rasmussen
Lauren Rose
Brittany Sass-Powers
Ashley Smith
Kameryn St Onge
Allison Wenzel

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It’s Mia time!!

Posted in Girls Basketball, Middle School, tagged Basketball, Coupeville Middle School, Mia Littlejohn on January 21, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Mia Littlejohn devours the souls of her basketball opponents with the same ferocity she eats hot dogs. (Melissa Losey photo)

Sisters Mia (right) and Kalia Littlejohn battle it out. (Shelli Trumbull photo)

The most electrifying basketball player in Coupeville starts a new season today.

Hey, there are some very good hoops hotshots on the rosters of the local high school squads. But none of them play with the reckless abandon, the I-just-stepped-off-a-playground-in-Jersey style of Mia Littlejohn.

The Coupeville Middle School eighth-grader, younger sister of former Wolf star Zepher Loesch, is just one of many players expected to turn out when CMS kicks off its girls’ basketball season Tuesday.

But she gets the headline because she’s, well, a headliner.

Dribbling between her legs, weaving in and out of traffic, sometimes in control, sometimes not, she would have been worth the price of admission last season — if they charged admission for middle school sports.

But don’t worry. This is not 100% about one player.

As soon as CMS coaches Bob Martin (7th) and Brett Smedley (8th) have something resembling rosters, we will get all the girls’ names up here.

Until then, start counting down the days until the first tip-off.

The schedule:

Thursday, Feb. 13 Langley
Tuesday, Feb. 18 @ Granite Falls
Monday, Feb. 24 Northshore
Wednesday, Feb. 26 @ Sultan
Monday, March 3 @ Lakewood
Wednesday, March 5 King’s
Monday, March 10 Granite Falls
Wednesday, March 12 @ Langley

P.S. — Schedules have been known to change. For up-to-the-minute results, check http://coupeville.tandemcal.com/.

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Hits keep coming for Joey Lippo!!

Posted in Baseball, Middle School, tagged baseball, Coupeville Middle School, Joey Lippo, spring training on January 20, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Joey Lippo (back row, far left), during the summer little league season. (Joe Lippo photo)

Coupeville Middle School eighth-grader Joey Lippo is at national baseball spring training, the only player in his age group from Washington state.

The following is dad Joe Lippo’s first hand account of the adventure:

Live from Mesa, Arizona, it’s 73 degrees and partly cloudy.

By “partly cloudy”, I mean “somebody might have seen a cloud. Maybe.”

Since the drills, conditioning, and education were similar or the same as yesterday (https://coupevillesports.com/2014/01/19/and-then-joey-lippo-got-a-hit-off-a-major-leaguer/), we can get right to the Main Event — Joey’s Black team vs. the Navy team.

He was put in to bat in the #3 slot, and his first at-bat resulted in a single into right field, just past the outstretched glove of a diving second baseman.

He advanced to second on a walk, and stole third on a passed ball (which scored a run), but a pick-off and a couple fly balls later stranded him there. The inning ended 1-0 in favor of the Black team.

The next time Joey saw the plate was in the third inning and the score was 3-1.

This at-bat was a little more stressful as the Navy pitcher was finding his groove. The count ran up to 2-2, and Joey stayed alive by fouling off two more pitches, then drove a single into shallow left field.

He was again stranded, on second base this time, but another run scored, and the inning ended with the Black team up 4-1.

On defense, Joey played shortstop, soaking up whatever was hit in his direction, throwing runners out at first and second, helping preserve his team’s lead.

On one particularly hairy play, a hard hit ball took a hard skip off the grass and Joey was just barely able to get a free hand up and bat the ball away before it rearranged his face.

Even so, the trainer was up and on her feet, and the spectators were cringing before everyone realized that he was OK, and had escaped with a slightly stinging hand.

His last at-bat was a hit that the pitcher knocked down and threw to first for the out, but also resulted in an RBI, running the final score to 7-1.

Joey’s stats through two days: .500 batting average (3 for 6), one stolen base, one RBI.

Not too shabby, considering the level of competition.

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