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Your stadium can’t contain Joey Lippo!

Posted in Baseball, Wolves in college, tagged baseball, CHS Wolves, Florida, Joey Lippo, University of Maine at Presque Isle on March 14, 2022| Leave a Comment »

Joey Lippo (right) mashed four hits Monday, including his first home run of the season. (Photo courtesy Connie Lippo)

The bat is sizzlin’.

Day two of a five-day jaunt to Florida brought more success for Coupeville grad Joey Lippo, as he continued to tear up college baseball pitching.

The former Wolf bashed four hits across two games Monday, including launching a home run to left center.

But while Lippo’s bat was getting work done, his University of Maine at Presque Isle hardball team didn’t have as much luck, dropping both games it played.

After absorbing a 14-3 loss to Rutgers University-Newark and an 18-4 defeat at the hands of SUNY Plattsburgh, the Owls fall to 1-5 on the season.

Presque Isle, which is playing five straight days in Florida, has its lightest schedule Tuesday, with just a single game against SUNY Brockport.

The Owls wrap up their southern jaunt with doubleheaders Wednesday (Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts) and Thursday (Colby-Sawyer College), then are off for nine days.

Lippo opened play Monday by bashing three hits off of Rutgers pitching, before topping his day with a round-tripper against Plattsburgh.

Through six games, he tops Presque Isle in virtually every offensive category, from batting average (.500) to hits (9), runs (4), RBI (3), on-base percentage (.524), and slugging percentage (.778).

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Lippo lashes frozen ropes in the sun

Posted in Baseball, Wolves in college, tagged baseball, CHS Wolves, Florida, Joey Lippo, University of Maine at Presque Isle on March 14, 2022| Leave a Comment »

CHS grad Joey Lippo racked up five hits Sunday, as his college baseball team split a doubleheader. (Photo courtesy Connie Lippo)

Like Superman before him, Joey Lippo seems to draw power from the sun.

Kicking off a nine-games-in-five-days road trip to Florida, the Coupeville grad rapped out five hits Sunday as he and his college baseball team split a doubleheader.

The University of Maine at Presque Isle slipped past Gallaudet University 3-2 in the opener, then fell 8-7 in extra innings in the nightcap.

The Owls, now 1-3 on the young season, get right back at it Monday with games against Rutgers University-Newark and SUNY Plattsburgh.

Lippo put up quality numbers in both games Sunday, lashing a leadoff triple in the opener.

He came around to score on an RBI single from teammate Timothy Burns, then added an RBI on a sac fly to stake Presque Isle to the win.

Playing the all-around game, Lippo also gunned down a runner at the plate, launching a cannon shot from deep in center field.

Returning to the field for game #2, the former Wolf stayed en fuego, bashing four hits against Gallaudet pitching.

Through four games, Lippo, a sophomore at Presque Isle, is hitting .455 with a .462 on base percentage and a .636 slugging percentage.

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Whidbey duo chase baseball dreams

Posted in Baseball, tagged baseball, CHS Wolves, James Besaw, Joey Lippo, OHHS Wildcats, University of Maine at Presque Isle on February 25, 2022| Leave a Comment »

Oak Harbor’s James Besaw (left) and Coupeville’s Joey Lippo live the diamond life. (Photos courtesy Teresa Besaw)

United by baseball.

Living the hardball life often pulls Coupeville’s Joey Lippo and Oak Harbor’s James Besaw to different parts of the country, but then the diamond is just as likely to reunite them.

The duo, who first met when they were just a year old and their parents were in the Navy, are now in their second year as ballplayers at their respective colleges.

Where it all started.

Lippo suits up for the University of Maine at Presque Isle, where he plays baseball and golf, while Besaw anchors the diamond team at the University of Wisconsin-Superior.

With a new college baseball season kicking off, the pair, who grew up playing ball together on Whidbey, are slated to pass each other in the night this campaign.

Both of their schools are slated to compete in the RUSSMATT Central Florida Invitational Mar. 13-20, though Presque Isle and Wisconsin-Superior are not scheduled to play against each other.

But the diamond reunion gives moms Teresa Besaw and Connie Lippo, plus dad Jim Besaw, a chance to jet away to warmer climates during spring break and watch both young men play.

“It’s been fun to watch them grow up together,” Teresa Besaw said. “Especially watching Joey, who was once half James size, grow to be taller than James.

“Our schedules will be busy in Florida, but it will be fun to watch each other’s boys play college ball.”

Earlier days.

The week-long RUSSMATT Central Florida Invitational draws 250+ colleges each year, with teams from NCAA D-1, 2, and 3, as well as NAIA and JUCO squads.

Presque Isle is down to play five days, while Wisconsin-Superior is slated for six. Most days feature doubleheaders for the schools.

While Besaw and Lippo are currently playing for different colleges and repped different Whidbey high schools, they often played either together, or on rival teams, in little league, select baseball, and fall ball.

They also landed on the same roster during their time at Green River College in Auburn, where they played with Coupeville brothers CJ and Hunter Smith.

A little league reunion photo, featuring then-high school sophomores Besaw (back, second from right) and Lippo (bottom, far right).

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Joey Lippo tees off for a new adventure

Posted in Golf, tagged baseball, CHS Wolves, golf, Joey Lippo, University of Maine at Presque Isle on August 31, 2021| Leave a Comment »

Four years after this pic was snapped, Joey Lippo (far right) is a college golfer. (Photo courtesy Mitch Aparicio)

Joey Lippo is the master of more than one kind of stick.

Fresh off a summer baseball season in a wood bat league, the Coupeville High School grad has returned to the University of Maine at Presque Isle.

Only this time he’s hitting campus as a two-sport athlete, and not just a diamond dandy.

Lippo, who will be a sophomore on the Owl baseball squad next spring, will also rep UMPI, an NCAA D-III school, in golf.

He can play both since the links season runs in the fall.

“I decided to add golf to my resume in college because I’ve always loved playing golf with my dad and grandpa,” Lippo said. “And I thought it would be fun to play with my friends this fall.”

UMPI kicks off a seven-match regular season Saturday, Sept. 11, and things wrap up with the league championships in early Oct.

During his freshman baseball season at UMPI, Lippo led the Owls in at-bats (57), while tying for second in hits (15), RBI (7), and stolen bases (2).

He was third in total bases (17), runs (8), and batting average (.263) among regulars.

Lippo played baseball for the Lynnwood Llamas this summer in the Cascade Collegiate League, helping them finish 16-6 and win the league’s postseason title.

Back in his Coupeville High School days, Skyy’s twin brother played tennis, basketball, and baseball.

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Lippo travels to Title Town

Posted in Baseball, tagged baseball, Cascade Collegiate League, Joey Lippo, Lynnwood Llamas, playoffs, University of Maine at Presque Isle on August 1, 2021| Leave a Comment »

Joey Lippo contemplates the end of the summer baseball season, while twin Skyy gets ready for a long day of cheering. (Connie Lippo photo)

It’s not the Stanley Cup, but it’ll do.

Coupeville grad Joey Lippo springs from a hockey-mad family, but Sunday night he and his relatives celebrated a baseball title in style.

Taking two wins on the final day of the season, with a big assist from the former Wolf, the Lynnwood Llamas captured the Cascade Collegiate League crown.

After thumping the Snoqualmie Chinooks 14-2 in the semifinals, Lippo and Co. edged the Salem Salamanders 6-5 in the championship contest.

The Llamas finish 16-6 overall, while playing in a six-team wooden bat league featuring players from NCAA and NAIA baseball programs.

Lynnwood entered the playoffs as the #1 seed, yet almost didn’t have a full roster at game time.

With many players already returning to college, only eight of 22 Llamas were in uniform, but the day was saved when a ninth player showed up right before the first pitch.

Once on the field, Lynnwood dominated in the opener, getting big home runs from Drew Biggerstaff and PJ Moritz.

Lippo lashed a three-run double to break things open, staking the Llamas to a 10-1 lead, then closed out the mercy rule-shortened win by pitching the final inning.

Getting his arm loose would come up big for the former Wolf, who came on to pitch five innings of relief in the nightcap.

Holding Salem scoreless for the first four of those frames, before tiring a bit in the seventh, Lippo left the mound with a 6-4 lead and earned the victory.

He scattered five hits, and his best inning came in the top of the sixth, when he used just four pitches to set the Salamanders down 1-2-3.

Lippo, who reached base three times in the finale, is now off to the fishing hole before returning to the University of Maine at Presque Isle, where he’ll be a sophomore.