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Queens of the hard court!!

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged , , , , on November 21, 2016| Leave a Comment »

"Give me the ball and no one gets hurt!!" (John Fisken photos)

“Give me the ball and no one gets hurt!!” (John Fisken photos)

Izzy

Izzy Wells prepares to scorch the bottom of the net.

Kiara

Kiara Contreras flies into the paint, looking for two.

1 on 4

It only takes one Wolf to beat four rivals.

shoot

“See the basket, be the basket.”

Dustin

Kylie Van Velkinburgh triggers the play while dad Dustin directs traffic.

down low

“Little help … little help … LOTTA HELP!!”

Georges

Maddie Georges slices ‘n dices fools on her way to a 14-point game.

Girls basketball is booming in Cow Town.

At every level, high school to elementary school, Coupeville hoops stars are laying down beat-downs.

Over the weekend, both of the Wolf girls SWISH teams handily won games, with the 6th graders pounding Mt. Vernon and the 7th/8th graders decimating a pair of Canadian squads.

Wanderin’ camera man John Fisken swung by the off-Island games and nabbed us the snappy pics seen above.

To view more and possibly purchase some glossies for Grandma’s Christmas present, pop over to:

6th grade — http://www.johnsphotos.net/Sports/SWISH-2016/Coupeville-6th-vs-Skagit/

7th/8th grade — http://www.johnsphotos.net/Sports/SWISH-2016/Coupeville-7th-vs-S-Langley/

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Juggernaut rising!!

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged , , , , , on October 29, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Izzy Wells (John Fisken photo)

   Izzy Wells, seen here last season, dropped in nine points Saturday as Coupeville rolled to a pair of wins. (John Fisken photo)

No mercy.

Pounding a pair of big city rivals Saturday, Coupeville’s SWISH girls’ basketball squad rolled to an undefeated day.

After holding off Anacortes 19-13, the Wolves shredded Oak Harbor 32-4 in the nightcap.

Coupeville coach Dustin Van Velkinburgh credited the victories to a team-wide commitment to the basics.

“It was defense and effort,” he said.

Chelsea Prescott had the hot shooting hand, dropping in eight against Anacortes and 10 on Oak Harbor.

Anya Leavell netted 12 over the course of the two games, while Izzy Wells (9), Audrianna Shaw (6), Kiara Contreras (4) and Abby Mulholland (2) all helped carry the scoring load.

Sam Streitler chipped in with hustle and grit, as every Wolf came prepared to unleash a beat-down on their hapless foes.

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Diamond dandies go out swinging!!

Posted in Baseball, Little League, Softball, tagged , , , , on July 1, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Ulrik and Izzy Wells were two of the five Central Whidbey diamond dandies to play with Oak Harbor this week. (Katy Wells photo)

   Ulrik and Izzy Wells were two of five Central Whidbey diamond dandies to play with Oak Harbor this week. (Katy Wells photo)

Katy and Lyle Wells have been busy bees lately.

With three children, all whom play for different diamond squads, the family has been bouncing all over the place.

Now, with the two oldest kids having wrapped their seasons this week, things may slow down a bit.

Maybe.

With Oak Harbor’s Babe Ruth baseball squad and North Whidbey Little League’s Majors softball team being eliminated one game shy of a state tourney berth, Ulrik and Izzy Wells will be spectators when lil’ sis Savina takes the diamond next week.

The youngest Wells is a key player on Central Whidbey Little League’s Minors softball squad, the Yellow Jackets, which opens its best-of-three District 11 championship tilt July 5.

Sedro-Woolley is the foe and the games (Tuesday, Wednesday and possibly Thursday) will be played at Rhododendron Park in Coupeville.

The Yellow Jackets, who went 13-1, are the only one of Central’s three softball squads which were able to advance to All-Stars as a team.

The 13-3 Venom (Juniors) and 15-0-1 Crush (Majors) didn’t have enough players sticking around to go on as complete teams.

So, Izzy Wells and Crush teammate Abby Mulholland jumped over to North Whidbey to keep playing, and the Purple Thunder took Sedro to a full three games in their tourney.

After falling 9-5 in the opener, North Whidbey won the middle game 8-3, then was nipped 7-4 in the finale.

Wells gunned down eight batters from the pitcher’s circle in the championship game.

The Babe Ruth squad, which features three Coupeville players — Daniel Olson, Gavin Knoblich and Ulrik Wells — split a pair of games in a round-robin tourney, but was eliminated from advancing to state by run differential.

Oak Harbor beat Sedro 6-5, then fell hard to Friday Harbor, losing 13-3.

Sedro bopped Friday Harbor 12-6 in the other game, leaving all three teams with 1-1 records.

Sedro advanced to state based on giving up the fewest runs, as they surrendered 12 to Friday Harbor’s 15 and Oak Harbor’s 18.

Knoblich ripped a double and a single in the finale, while Olson had a pair of singles. Both he and Wells knocked in runs, as well.

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Still queens of the diamond!!

Posted in Little League, Softball, tagged , , , , on June 27, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Izzy Wells (John Fisklen photos)

   Izzy Wells may have switched uniforms, but she’s retained her intensity in the pitcher’s circle. (John Fisken photos)

Abby

Abby Mulholland, master of the web gem.

slide

Wells comes in hot.

two

Different uniforms, same stellar results.

They’re softball mercenaries, willing to play for the highest bidder.

Well, not really … but they aren’t quite willing to bring their season to an end just quite yet.

After leading Central Whidbey Little League’s Majors softball squad to an undefeated season, Izzy Wells and Abby Mulholland have traveled up North for All-Star play.

The duo’s team, the Coupeville Crush, wasn’t going to have enough players available to move on as a team, so they signed on with North Whidbey as free agents.

The three CWLL softball squads went a combined 41-4-1 this season, but only the minors squad (the Yellow Jackets) have stayed together for All-Star play.

They face Sedro-Woolley in a best-of-three match-up starting July 5 at Oak Harbor’s Volunteer Park (6 PM).

Along with the Crush, Coupeville’s Juniors team (the Venom) also put away their mitts and bats at the end of the regular season.

There was an effort to put together a combined South/Central/North Whidbey Juniors team for All-Stars, but it ultimately didn’t happen.

Wells and Mulholland, however, are still at it, and they made their debut in purple Monday night as North Whidbey opened a three-game tilt with Sedro-Woolley.

While the Purple Thunder fell 9-5 in a hard-fought game, they’re still alive and return to action Tuesday.

Pull out a victory then and they’ll face a winner-take-all game Wednesday for the District 11 title and a state tourney berth.

To see more photos from Monday’s game, pop over to:

http://www.johnsphotos.net/Sports/SB-AllStars-20160627-vs-Sedro/

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Another game? Another win!!

Posted in Little League, Softball, tagged , , , , on June 5, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Izzy Wells

   Coupeville Crush ace Izzy Wells (left) celebrates with her teammates after a recent win. (Renae Mulholland photos)

Crush

Undefeated and it feels so good.

Regular season? Postseason play? Doesn’t matter.

The Coupeville Crush just wins, baby.

Coming off an undefeated league season, Central Whidbey Little League’s Majors softball squad crushed the Sedro-Woolley Destroyers 14-2 Saturday to open the Bill Sparks Tournament in Skagit.

Now 16-0-1, the Crush play North Whidbey Sunday.

Central opened the game by chipping away at Sedro’s pitching in the first two innings, before exploding in the third.

Sophie Martin walked, pilfered second, then zipped home on a RBI single off the bat of Stella Johnson to get things going.

Base knocks from Kaela Meffert and Izzy Wells and a walk by Kylie Van Velkinburgh juiced the bags for Jill Prince,who made it 2-0 with a “well-placed shot.”

The Crush doubled that with a two-spot in the second (highlights included Meffert’s base shot and Abby Mulholland getting plunked in the foot), while Wells was brutal in the pitcher’s circle for Central.

Striking out five of the first six batters she faced, the Crush ace gave her defense time to rest, though Prince came up big with an unassisted out at first on the only ball Sedro touched in the first two innings.

Cue the rout.

“Our third inning never ended! We went all the way through the lineup,” said Crush coach Mimi Johnson.

After Martin was nailed by a pitch, Audrianna Shaw, Wells, Anya Leavelle and Bella Velasco rained down hits as the Crush couldn’t be stopped.

When it wasn’t putting bat on ball, Central worked the count and eked out plenty of walks, headed up by Bam Ries wearing a pitch to earn a “free” base.

That was a common theme, as Mulholland was drilled for a second time and Meffert got nailed, though the ump changed his mind after a heated discussion.

Meanwhile, Wells was on fire, as usual, gunning down 10 batters while tossing a complete game.

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