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JV boys chomp Spartans

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged , , , , on December 17, 2022| Leave a Comment »

Camden Glover slaps in a bucket. (Morgan White photo)

Let the Wolves run wild.

Coupeville High School JV boys’ basketball coach Hunter Smith did just that Saturday, unleashing his pack and letting them savage host Forks.

Blowing the game open with a big second-quarter run, and getting points from all nine guys in uniform, the Wolves turned an early deficit into a runaway 60-40 win.

The non-conference victory sends Coupeville’s young guns into the holidays with a 2-3 record.

The boys JV doesn’t return to action until a home game Jan. 6 against Orcas Island, in what will be the league opener.

Saturday’s bout in the town which gave the world both Ron Bagby and Twilight was a tense affair early, with Forks clinging to a 17-13 lead at the first break.

Camden Glover paced Coupeville in that opening frame, pouring in six points with strong work in the paint, but the Spartans held a slight edge.

Which promptly vanished in a hail of Wolf buckets, as CHS went on a game-busting 24-6 tear across the second eight-minute segment of the game.

The Porter twins led the attack, combining for 14 of their 20 points in the second quarter, with Johnny edging Jack 8-6 during the tear.

Up 37-23 at the half, Coupeville continued to pull away after the halftime break.

Wolf fab frosh Malachi Somes popped a third quarter three-ball and liked it so much, he came back to nail a second trey as CHS pushed its lead out to 19 points.

Coupeville got something from everyone, with the Porter boys leading the scoring attack with 10 points apiece.

Hunter Bronec (9), Aiden O’Neill (8), Glover (8), Somes (6), Chase Anderson (5), Yohannon Sandles (2), and Carson Field (2) also scored, with Sandles sinking a pair of free throws for his first high school points.

Chase Anderson heads to the hoop. (Morgan White photo)

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An inch from perfection!!

Posted in Baseball, Little League, tagged , , , , on June 7, 2017| Leave a Comment »

   Even with a final-inning loss Tuesday, Central Whidbey is flying high at 14-1 on the season. (Stephanie Pulliam photo)

Live by the walk-off, die by the walk-off.

For a moment, it looked like the Central Whidbey Little League Minors baseball squad had pulled off its second burst of final-inning magic in three days.

A lead-off home-run in the top of the sixth Tuesday staked the squad to a one-run lead.

As Peyton Caveness stamped on home, remaining undefeated and cruising into the championship game of the Henry Pope Memorial Tournament looked all but certain.

But it wasn’t to be.

Unlike Sunday, when Central Whidbey was playing as the home team, and a home-run ended the game on the spot, Tuesday the Coupeville kids had to shut down their foes in the bottom of the sixth to notch another win.

And this time, for the first time all season, they couldn’t get the outs.

South Whidbey #2 sent three hitters to the plate in the bottom of the sixth, plated the first two, and sprinted off with a 3-2 win.

The loss put the first ding in a 14-1 record for Central Whidbey and drops it into the loser bracket of the double-elimination tourney.

The hardball warriors, who have won two of three at the tourney, return to the South End Wednesday for a loser-out game.

Win and they get a rematch with South Whidbey #2 Thursday. Win that one, and the two squads play a rubber game for the tourney title Friday.

Tuesday’s game was a pitcher’s duel most of the way.

The teams exchanged zeroes on the scoreboard until the fourth, when Central Whidbey finally broke through.

Levi Pulliam smacked a one-out single to get things started, followed by a two-out RBI triple off the bat of Jack Porter.

Unfortunately for Central, Porter was stranded at third, a fate suffered earlier in the game by his brother Johnny, who also crunched a two-out triple, only to watch as the next CW hitter also went down on strikes.

South Whidbey scraped out its own run in the bottom of the fourth, the teams exchanged goose eggs in the fifth, then the game went on its emotional see-saw in the final inning.

Central Whidbey collected seven hits, with Caveness (bunt single, inside the park home run) and Johnny Porter (single, triple) accounting for four.

Jack Porter’s triple and singles from Pulliam and Landon Roberts rounded out the attack.

The three-headed pitching beast of Chase Anderson, Pulliam and Jordan Bradford whiffed 11 South Whidbey hitters across the six-inning game.

Mike Robinett, John Rachal, Alex Smith and Kyrese Simpson also saw action for Central Whidbey.

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