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The bats were barkin’

Posted in Baseball, tagged , , , , , , on April 25, 2023| 1 Comment »

Jonathan Valenzuela, ready to ruin the pitcher’s day. (Morgan White photo)

A hit for you, a hit for you, and what the hey, three hits for you.

With 10 different players picking up at least one base knock Tuesday, the Coupeville High School varsity baseball squad rapped out 20 hits en route to cracking host Concrete.

Erupting for 12 runs in one inning alone — with all but one tally coming with two outs — the Wolves decimated the Lions 18-1 in a game mercy-ruled after five frames.

Winners of eight of its last nine games, Coupeville gets to 10-1 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 12-4 overall.

The victory pulls the Wolves dead-even with Mount Vernon Christian (10-1, 11-3), which was idle Tuesday, for possession of first place in the NWL.

The two teams, who split their two-game season series, each have three league games remaining on their schedules.

Next up for Coupeville is a road trip to Darrington (5-6, 6-6) Thursday and a home clash with La Conner (2-9, 3-11) Saturday on Senior Night.

Tuesday’s romp in Concrete was actually close for two innings, with the Wolves up 3-1 headed to the top of the third.

CHS pushed three runs across in the first, courtesy a two-run double to left from Jonathan Valenzuela and an RBI single off the bat of Cole White.

But the Wolves came up empty in the second frame, with a would-be base thief thrown out at second.

Coupeville returned the favor quickly, with freshman catcher Chase Anderson gunning down a too-slow Lion runner in the bottom of the inning, and then he and his teammates went medieval on their hosts.

A fielder’s choice groundout from White bumped the lead to 4-1, but left Coupeville one out from ending the top of the third a bit prematurely.

Never fear, however.

From that point on, 12 straight Wolf hitters reached base safely, using a mix of seven hits, four Concrete errors, and one hit batsman.

Jack Porter eyeballs the pitcher. (Morgan White photo)

The biggest blows were a two-run triple to right field by Jack Porter and a two-run single by Coop Cooper, with eight different Wolves picking up an RBI in the inning.

Freshman Aiden O’Neill capped the 12-run explosion by flying home to score on a wild pitch, making it 15-1, while the scorekeeper lost feeling in their writing hand.

Coupeville coasted in from there, tacking on a two-run single from Peyton Caveness in the fourth and an RBI single from Johnny Porter in the fifth.

While the Wolves played whack-a-mole with Concrete’s pitching, the CHS hurlers were almost as dominating.

Camden Glover whiffed four in two innings of work, then turned the ball over to Valenzuela, who closed with three no-hit frames while setting five down on strikes.

Wolf coach Steve Hilborn got action for everyone on the bench, with Seth Woollet, Jaje Drake, and foreign exchange student Piotr Bieda picking up at-bats.

 

Tuesday stats:

Chase Anderson — Three singles
Peyton Caveness — Two singles
Coop Cooper — One single
Camden Glover — Three singles
Scott Hilborn — One single, one triple, one walk
Jack Porter — One triple
Johnny Porter — One single
Landon Roberts — Two singles
Yohannon Sandles — One walk
Jonathan Valenzuela — Three singles, one double
Cole White — One single

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Rain the pain!!

Posted in Little League, Softball, tagged , , , , , on April 23, 2017| 1 Comment »

Mollie Bailey, seen here last season, had two hits Saturday in a win. (John Fisken photo)

The road warriors strike.

Whacking 15 hits, the Central Whidbey Little League juniors softball team scorched host Sedro-Woolley 18-7 Saturday, improving to a flawless 2-0 on the season.

The Adrenaline, who are coached by Mimi Johnson and Connie Lippo, have a 14-player roster which includes three South Whidbey players who were looking for a team after their home town didn’t field a squad.

One of those transplanted players, 8th grader Melody Wilkie, was the star Saturday, smoking four hits, including a double and triple, while teaming with Stella Johnson in the pitcher’s circle.

Wilkie had support, as five other CWLL sluggers rapped out hits.

Audrianna Shaw punched out three singles and a double, while Mollie Bailey, Coral Caveness and Jill Prince had two singles apiece.

Rounding out the attack, Kylie Van Velkinburgh ripped a single, as well.

Central Whidbey scored in every inning, putting up a quick three-spot in the first.

After that, the Adrenaline steadily tacked on runs, building an 11-7 lead after five, before putting the hammer down in the sixth.

Exploding for seven runs, Central Whidbey benefited from big blows by Wilkie, who crunched a triple, and Shaw, who blasted a double.

After road games at Anacortes Monday and Oak Harbor Wednesday, the Adrenaline, which plays on the Coupeville High School softball field, returns home for a game May 3.

The current roster:

Mollie Bailey
Shianna Baker
Krystal Caudle
Coral Caveness
Heidi Clinkscales
Taylor Fifield
Thora Iverson
Stella Johnson
Anya Leavell
Jill Prince
Marenna Rebischke-Smith
Audrianna Shaw
Kylie Van Velkinburgh
Melody Wilkie

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Let the hits rain down!!

Posted in Softball, tagged , , , , , on April 20, 2017| Leave a Comment »

   Hope “The Surgeon” Lodell carved up La Conner for three hits Thursday, including one which nearly ripped off the pitcher’s leg. (John Fisken photo)

It was a weird game.

But it was a win, and in the end, that’s what matters most.

Piling up 18 hits, with every starter recording at least one base-knock, the Coupeville High School softball squad crushed visiting La Conner 19-9 Thursday afternoon.

The non-conference victory, called in the sixth inning thanks to the mercy rule, lifts the Wolves to 9-1, matching the best start in program history.

With a big Olympic League showdown coming Friday at Klahowya, CHS coach Kevin McGranahan tried to keep his #1 pitcher, daughter Katrina, out of the pitcher’s circle.

It mostly worked.

The younger McGranahan had to make a first-inning cameo, then took over the game for good late in the fourth inning as #2 hurler Sarah Wright struggled with her control.

Normally Coupeville’s starting catcher, Wright did not give up a hit and whiffed five Braves while in the circle, but frequent walks made her life tougher than she wanted.

La Conner drew first blood, plating six during a long, drawn-out top of the first.

The Braves collected their one and only hit — a two-out, two-run single to right off of McGranahan — but everything was set up by five walks.

Not missing a beat, Coupeville went right to work in the bottom half of the inning, and did it in a completely different style.

Bashing away, the Wolves piled up nine runs of their own, off of nine legitimate hits.

CHS got hits from its first four batters — consecutive singles by Lauren Rose, Jae LeVine, McGranahan and Wright — to score two runs, then tacked on two more on a passed ball and an overthrow at third.

Sensing La Conner’s spirit breaking, Hope Lodell tried to actually physically break the Braves hurler, whacking a single sharply off of her leg.

Beware when “The Surgeon” says she’s ready to operate on you…

Having tenderized their prey, the Wolves went right back to beating her pitches senseless.

Tiffany Briscoe thumped a two-run double to tie things at six, Tamika Nastali and Rose added singles, then McGranahan topped things off with a long triple.

Given the lead back, Wright was far more effective the rest of the way, and she got a bit of help from her defense.

Playing short, McGranahan pulled off an unassisted double play, spearing a soft liner, then hopping on second to nab the straying runner.

Coupeville continued to add to its lead, adding two in the third — an RBI double from LeVine and an RBI single from McGranahan — two more in the fourth and a solo run in the fifth.

The fourth-inning runs came courtesy a two-run double by Rose.

Heading into the bottom of the sixth up 14-9, Coupeville got playing time for all of its bench players and took advantage of a change in pitcher to close out the game by playing take-your-base, La Conner style.

The Wolves, after only sitting around long enough to draw two walks in the first five innings, were super patient as La Conner’s reliever issued eight more free passes in the final inning.

Emma Mathusek knocked in a run on a nicely hit grounder, while both Nicole Lester and Mackenzie Davis forced home runs with bases-loaded walks.

Lester’s came a bit more painfully, as she got plunked, which caused the Wolf baseball players in attendance to scream their support for her willingness to wear the pitch.

Rose led the hit attack, whacking three singles and a double, while Lodell (three singles) and McGranahan (two singles and a triple) had three base-knocks apiece.

LeVine (a single and double), Wright (two singles), Mikayla Elfrank (double), Tiffany Briscoe (double), Nastali (single) and Veronica Crownover (single) rounded out the assault.

Coupeville got all 16 players on its roster into the game, with Kyla Briscoe scoring a run while pinch-running, as well as Scout Smith, Robin Cedillo and Melia Welling getting at-bats.

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