Coupeville Sports

   Wolf seniors Taylor Consford (left) and Clay Reilly (right) played Thursday in All-State baseball feeder games in Bellingham. (John Fisken photos)

Kory Score joined the duo for a final day of high school baseball.

Taylor Consford was unstoppable.

The Coupeville High School senior capped his prep baseball career Thursday with an epic day at the A/B Northwest District All-State baseball feeder games in Bellingham.

Consford was a jack of all trades, tossing four shutout innings on the mound in the first game, then moving behind the plate to catch four innings in the nightcap.

He also ripped off six hits over the two games, piling up five singles and a triple across 16-1 and 26-1 wins by his Americans squad.

Two of Consford’s CHS teammates joined him in Bellingham, with Clay Reilly pulling time in the outfield in game one and Kory Score working at first-base in game two.

The duo found themselves on the opposite side of the field from Consford, playing for the Nationals squad.

Score ripped a single his first time up, and was nailed in the wrist by a pitch his second go-around.

Reilly grounded out four times, but the combination of his work in Thursday’s game and through the season for the Wolves earned him a nomination for the All-State series.

That event, which brings together seniors from all six high school classifications in Washington (4A-1B), is held in Yakima June 10-11.

The rosters for All-State are finalized after the last of 14 feeder games is played June 5.

Coupeville coach Chris Smith, having wrapped his first season at the helm of the Wolves, came away very happy with how his first group of seniors played in the spotlight.

“Taylor was clearly a standout player in the two games played,” he said. “I was very proud of how our players represented themselves and how they represented Coupeville baseball.”

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   Clay Reilly is one of three Coupeville seniors tabbed to play in the All-State baseball feeder games. (John Fisken photos)

He’ll be joined by Taylor Consford.

Kory Score makes three, bringing a smile to coach Chris Smith’s face.

Don’t turn in those uniforms just yet.

Three Coupeville High School seniors will get at least one more day on the baseball diamond after being selected to play June 1 in the Northwest District A/B feeder games.

Clay Reilly, Taylor Consford and Kory Score have been tabbed to visit Bellingham and play at Joe Martin Field.

Feeder games are held in numerous locations across the state from May 30-June 5, featuring Washington’s best senior ballplayers.

The best performers at each place are nominated for the All-State Baseball Series, and those who make the final cut travel to Yakima June 10-11.

In recent years, CHS pitchers Ben Etzell and Aaron Curtin got the All-State call, with Etzell making the trip and pitching in 2014.

Reilly, an outfielder who sometimes moonlighted at catcher, was a four-year player for the Wolves.

A feared hitter with a powerful arm, he helped lead CHS to its first baseball league title in 25 years during his junior season.

Score was also a starter on that squad, manning first base the last two seasons after moving back to town, while Consford, Coupeville’s starting catcher, transferred from Oak Harbor before his senior season.

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