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“Red Dragon” tears up fall ball

Posted in Softball, Wolves in college, tagged , , , , , on October 24, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Teagan Calkins, rockin’ the new duds. (Photo courtesy Jackie Saia)

Her bat is still locked and loaded.

Coupeville grad Teagan Calkins, now a freshman at the University of Colorado Boulder, returned to the softball diamond for fall ball and promptly filled up the stat sheet.

The former Wolf played in 10 games, hitting .483 while collecting 14 hits, including four doubles and two triples for a Buffaloes squad which went 7-3 across September and October.

Colorado won its final six games, including a three-game sweep of Colorado Mesa Saturday in the fall ball finale.

Calkins, a three-sport supernova in her Cow Town days, also racked up nine RBI, eight runs, and five walks — two by being plunked — with a .559 on base percentage, a .759 slugging percentage, and a 1.317 OPS.

She and her new teammates return to the field in March, when they kick off the regular season with a series against the Air Force Academy.

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Lanky lefty fills the fall with K’s

Posted in Baseball, Wolves in college, tagged , , , , , on October 18, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Landon Roberts prepares to bring the heat. (Photo courtesy Jon Roberts)

The lanky lefty is still dealin’.

Coupeville grad Landon Roberts is currently playing fall ball with the Walla Walla College baseball squad and put together a stellar inning of work Friday.

He’s participating in a “friendly” Black vs. Gold World Series in a best-of-five rumble in which the team is split in half.

With each pitcher on the roster given a frame to work, Roberts faced four batters, whiffing three of them to help stake his guys to a 2-1 lead in the face-off.

The former Wolf, a three-sport star and CHS Athlete of the Year winner, is in his second season at Walla Walla.

Fall ball wraps up at the end of the month, with the Warriors returning to full-time action again next spring.

According to the team website, the first game against Blue Mountain is a mere 124 days away.

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Local little leagues stay in shutdown

Posted in Baseball, Softball, tagged , , , , on August 5, 2020| Leave a Comment »

Whidbey Island Little League fields will remain quiet.

North Whidbey Little League announced Wednesday it was cancelling its fall ball season due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

That follows on the heels of South Whidbey Little League cancelling its Summer Sandlot series.

Both moves come after Island County Commissioners voted to “restrict outdoor recreation events including sports in Island County to no more than 10 participants.”

That ruling went into effect July 28.

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She’ll be back

Posted in Softball, Wolves in college, tagged , , , , on November 10, 2019| Leave a Comment »

Veronica Crownover, sultan of swat, titan of terror on the diamond. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Playing softball in not-so-balmy November, Crownover is fond of muttering “Throw me the dang ball, woman, before I freeze in place!” (Kelly Crownover photos)

The union that was meant to be.

Hey, the weather was better. So, that’s a start.

Coupeville grad Veronica Crownover and the Washington State University club softball squad have endured freezing temps, rain, and plenty of doom ‘n gloom-lookin’ clouds during the opening of their season.

After winning four of six games while battling the weather, the Cougars found slightly more balmy temps awaiting them in Eugene this weekend, but the game scores took a turn slightly for the worse.

Wazzu pulled out a come-from-behind 9-7 win Saturday, then fell 13-5 and 7-1 Sunday to the University of Oregon, dropping its record to 5-4 headed into winter break.

With fall ball wrapping, Crownover and Co. put the mitts and bats away for a bit, with the spring portion of the season kicking off in February.

WSU, which opened by taking two of three from both Boise State and Gonzaga, played this weekend minus its starting pitcher (foot injury) and with its catcher hampered by a numb leg which limited her movement.

Crownover, who has swung a hot bat in her college debut, picked up a pair of singles and an RBI in the series.

The former Wolf was also a vacuum at first base, pulling in several short throws to nab the out.

A freshman at Wazzu, Crownover, when she’s not bashing softballs, is on track for a career in saving all the animals.

All of them, I said!

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It’s a wrap!!

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged , , , , on October 31, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Mia Littlejohn (John Fisken photo)

Mia Littlejohn runs the point for Coupeville. (John Fisken photo)

(Amy King photo)

   One final photo op before wrapping up fall ball and heading off to play regular high school ball. (Amy King photo)

Well, they’re consistent.

The Coupeville High School girls’ basketball squad wrapped up fall ball play Sunday with exactly the same result they obtained the three previous times they played this season — grabbing a two-game split.

The 1A Wolves held off feisty 2A Granite Falls 30-26 in their opener, then fell 43-13 to Lord Tweedsmuir of Surrey, British Columbia.

Canada’s team hails from a high school of 2,081 students, which would make it the biggest 4A school in Washington state (if it magically transported itself overnight to the USA).

Too many Wolf turnovers and too much height on Lord Tweedsmuir’s side of the court doomed Coupeville in the nightcap.

Kailey Kellner went down scrapping, snatching 10 boards against the Canucks, while Mikayla Elfrank pilfered three steals.

Mia Littlejohn kick-started the play of the game, making a sweet entry pass to Sarah Wright, who backed down a six-foot-two rival, stepped back and drained a short jumper.

Game one was a smoother affair, as the Wolves played like a well-oiled machine, moving the ball and looking for the open shooter.

Kellner popped for 10, including a long trey, while Littlejohn spent the game camped out at the free throw line after repeatedly drawing fouls on the Tiger defenders.

Everyone chipped in, with Lauren Grove hauling down six boards, Elfrank snatching away another two steals and the entire CHS team clamping down on defense.

The fall ball season gave the Wolves, who were coached by CHS hoops legend Sherry Roberts, a chance to mesh and work on new things.

Coupeville’s 11-woman roster featured a mix of returning varsity players, fast-rising JV stars and a newcomer in Elfrank, a South Whidbey transplant who’s joining the Wolf hoops squad after strong softball and volleyball seasons.

Grove, Kellner, Wright, Avalon Renninger, Mia Littlejohn, Maddy Hilkey, Kalia Littlejohn, Ema Smith, Tiffany Briscoe and Lindsey Roberts rounded out the Wolf roster.

Aimee Bishop, Kyla Briscoe and Ciara Smith helped Sherry Roberts coach.

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