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One swing for the win!!

Posted in Baseball, Little League, tagged , , , , on June 4, 2017| Leave a Comment »

Undefeated and it feels so good. (Stephanie Pulliam photos)

Mike Robinett (left) and Landon Roberts are ready to take on the world.

Their play has been as red-hot as their uniforms.

   Levi Pulliam is thrilled to find out, you hit a game-winning home run, you just may get a cake out of the deal.

You can call Levi Pulliam “The Cardiac Kid.”

Sitting on a full count, he hammered a game-winning, bottom-of-the-sixth, walk-off home-run Sunday, keeping the miracle run going for his team.

Now sitting at a pristine 14-0 after upending host South Whidbey 3-2, the Central Whidbey Little League Minors baseball squad is also a flawless 2-0 in the Henry Pope Memorial Tournament.

The Coupeville nine, who shredded Oak Harbor Saturday, return to the South End of the Island Tuesday for their next tourney tilt.

The double-elimination event runs June 3-12.

Sunday both teams played a tight game, with South Whidbey twice taking a one-run lead, only to see Central come right back in the bottom of each inning.

The two squads exchanged runs in the first and fourth, mixed in a bunch of zeroes the rest of the way, then stepped back to let Pulliam be the hero.

Bashing a shot down the right field line, he took off as his coach, Jon Roberts, lost his mind.

“It runs hard to DEEP right field. I think I blacked out as he rounded first, screaming ‘run!’,” said a still-giddy hardball guru. “The throw into second takes a while and the throw to the plate is too late. Game over!!

“Best game we played all year!”

Central Whidbey was on top of its game in every way.

Pitchers Chase Anderson, Pulliam and Jordan Bradford combined to whiff 11 of the 21 hitters they faced.

At the plate, Central Whidbey got base-knocks from six different hitters.

Pulliam’s dinger was the big hit, but he got help from Peyton Caveness, Anderson, Bradford and brothers Jack and Johnny Porter, who all collected singles.

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Central Whidbey goes hit crazy!!

Posted in Baseball, Little League, tagged , , , , on June 4, 2017| Leave a Comment »

   Landon Roberts whacked three hits Saturday, including a home run, in a 19-1 CWLL win. (John Fisken photo)

They can’t be contained.

The only thing which stopped the Central Whidbey Little League Minors baseball squad from ringing up 100 runs Saturday in the opening game of the Henry Pope Memorial Tournament was a five-runs-per-inning rule.

Facing off with the defending tourney champs, CWLL rained down 16 hits, including three home-runs, en route to a 19-1 four-inning romp over the North Whidbey Mariners.

Central Whidbey, which sits at 13-0 on the season, returns to play Sunday at noon, facing host South Whidbey.

The double-elimination event, named in honor of the legendary former Falcon coach, runs June 3-12.

The hits started falling right away for CWLL, with four of its first five hitters lashing base-knocks, capped by a thunderous double off the bat of Jack Porter.

The big blows were still to come, though, as Landon Roberts launched a home-run in the second inning, followed by back-to-back moon shots from Levi Pulliam and Chase Anderson in the fourth.

Central Whidbey only went down on outs once, in the second inning, when it settled for four runs.

The other three innings, the sluggers exited once they hit the five-run cap, amassing just four (of a possible nine) outs across that time.

With the game well in hand, CWLL coach Jon Roberts divvied up time on the hill, using five pitchers to nab the win.

Anderson started, then was followed on the mound by Pulliam, Roberts, Porter (making his pitching debut) and Jordan Bradford.

Eight different Central Whidbey batters lashed hits, with Roberts and Pulliam recording three apiece.

Peyton Caveness, Mike Robinett, Porter and Bradford each had two.

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The son also rises!!

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged , , , , , , , on December 3, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Lewis Pope (Shelli Trumbull photos)

Lewis Pope made an impressive debut for the Falcons. (Shelli Trumbull photos)

Joel Walstad pumped in seven for the Wolves, who lost for the second straight night.

Joel Walstad pumped in seven for the Wolves, who lost for the second straight night.

Pope discusses strategy with new SWHS coach Mike Washington, who moved down the Island after eight seasons in Oak Harbor.

   Pope discusses strategy with new SWHS coach Mike Washington, who moved down the Island after running the boys’ hoops program in Oak Harbor.

The legacy lives on.

Seventeen months after the premature death of his father, South Whidbey High School boys’ basketball coach Henry Pope, Falcon freshman Lewis Pope stepped on his home court Tuesday night, wearing a #15 uniform in memory of his father’s birthday, and dazzled.

His 12-point performance, added to 30 from senior Parker Collins and 13 from junior Ricky Muzzy, was more than Coupeville could handle as it absorbed its second non-conference loss in as many nights.

Now 0-2 on the season after a 74-47 defeat, the Wolves have suffered from a similar pattern — strong first quarter, then a major stumble that forces them to play from far behind the rest of the night.

Trailing by just a point at 14-13 at the first break, Coupeville was drilled 25-13 in the second quarter and 19-9 in the third.

Then, just like they did Monday, they rallied a bit in the fourth quarter, long after the game was decided.

The Wolves were paced by senior Aaron Curtin, who banged away for 15 points, five rebounds and three steals in his second game back on the court.

After lettering as a freshman and sophomore, he sat out his junior year, but returned with his sweet shooting touch intact.

Wiley Hesselgrave and Joel Walstad chipped in seven apiece in support, while CJ Smith hit for six.

Risen Johnson and Gabe Wynn each popped for four and Aaron Trumbull and Ryan Griggs added a bucket apiece.

Much as in their loss to Meridian, turnovers killed the Wolves. They brought them down from 25 to 16, but it was still too many.

“Just like the last game, we played well in the first half and had our problems in the second half,” said CHS coach Anthony Smith. “We had a lot better effort at times; now we have a couple days to work on things so can get a victory Friday.”

Coupeville returns to action with home games Friday (Darrington) and Saturday (Bellevue Christian).

JV loses: Still missing several players who aren’t eligible yet, the young Wolves struggled, falling 76-26.

Individual scoring stats weren’t available.

While his squad is now 0-2, JV coach Dustin Van Velkinburgh is not ready to write the season off.

“We have talent and it is my job to make the best use of that talent and to get these athletes to perform at a level that is higher than they see possible,” he said. “I’m committed to making that happen.”

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