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JV shines in finale

Posted in Softball, tagged , , , , on May 13, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Wolf 8th grader Capri Anter has a bright softball future. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

It was informal, but hugely helpful.

Coupeville High School’s JV softball team got one more go-around on the diamond Friday, playing a four-inning game with host South Whidbey in which no score or stats were kept.

While they might not have gotten an official win, the Wolves did score the maximum number of runs allowed, with JV rules limiting teams to five tallies per inning.

What mattered most, however, was getting more field time for young players before bats and balls are officially put away for the season.

“It was a beautiful day to play some softball, and that’s just what we did,” said Coupeville JV coach Katrina McGranahan.

“We were able to show them just how powerful our future is.”

While all of her players had their star moments, the softball guru gave praise to three Wolves, two of whom have the potential for long diamond careers.

Capri Anter and Melanie Wolfe are just 8th graders, and the extra season of softball has been invaluable.

“Melanie crushed a line drive to left field, earning her a double,” McGranahan said. “Man, what a confidence booster.

“I’m proud of her and how she was able to stick with the sport.”

With Coupeville’s three varsity pitchers graduating, Anter and fellow 8th grader Haylee Armstrong are the early frontrunners to inherit the job as freshmen.

As a former Wolf ace who prowled the pitcher’s circle from day #1 of her own 9th grade season, McGranahan knows the benefits of getting in as much work as possible.

“Capri pitched well today!” the CHS coach said.

“Yeah, she may have hit a few girls, but hey, she stayed with it and fought through her frustrations to end the game with a solid comeback.”

While Wolfe and Anter can return next season, foreign exchange student Layla Heo returns to South Korea soon and McGranahan wanted to make sure the hard-working softball newbie would get one more time in the spotlight.

“Layla got to play in her last game for the Wolves before she heads home after the school year! Bittersweet,” McGranahan said.

“She has improved so much as a player and as a person; I know she will be missed by her whole team.”

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JV caps season, looks to future

Posted in Baseball, tagged , , , , on May 3, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Piotr Bieda eyeballs the pitcher. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

These are the building blocks for the future.

The Coupeville High School JV baseball squad capped its season Tuesday, going toe-to-toe with 2A Sedro-Woolley as the Wolves continue to “play up.”

Four of Coupeville’s seven JV games have been against 1A, 2A, or 3A schools this season.

And while the 2B Wolves ultimately fell 17-7 at Sedro, the CHS young guns showed resiliency, rallying at one point to slap seven unanswered runs on the board.

Six of those tallies came in the top of the fourth inning, as Coupeville used four hits and two walks to slice away at the lead.

The Wolves added a run in the sixth but couldn’t quite complete the comeback.

Coupeville matched Sedro with eight hits on the afternoon, but was ultimately undone by its defense, which had a rough outing, committing seven errors.

JV coach Jon Roberts mixed and matched his pitchers, giving two innings of work apiece to Landon Roberts, Peyton Caveness, and Matthew Gilbert.

The coach’s son led the way with three strikeouts, while his companions got valuable time to develop their pitching repertoire.

“We have to develop Peyton into a pitcher and he has the stuff to do so,” Jon Roberts said. “Matthew is raw, but he will make a good pitcher. Can’t ever start too early.”

The Wolves got field time for 16 players Tuesday, with Johnny Porter, Yohannon Sandles, Marcelo Gebhard, Seth Woollet, Skylar Sand, David Dominici, Jaje Drake, and Jack Farrell all in action.

Jayme Carranza — in his season debut — Piotr Bieda, Aidyn McDermott, Parker Fuller-Hewitt, and Myca Clarkson filled out the roster.

“Every player played at least an inning,” Jon Roberts said. “Today was a good day.

“We were playing ball in the sun, developing young talent to fill the future CHS varsity team. No win, but a ton of learning!”

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Win today, build for the future

Posted in Softball, tagged , , , , on April 28, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Cousins Haylee Armstrong (left) and Capri Anter, just 8th graders, promise a bright future for Wolf softball. (Jackie Saia photo)

“We did great!”

Coupeville High School JV softball coach Katrina McGranahan came away from Thursday’s road trip to Darrington pleased with what she witnessed.

Her Wolves rapped out 16 hits on their way to a 17-7 win, but getting field time for her young players was the biggest victory.

With most of Coupeville’s foes not fielding JV squads, McGranahan and Co. went 2-0 in limited action.

CHS was supposed to have one more contest for its second team, but a game next week at 2A Sedro-Woolley was canceled due to the potential host team having a lack of players.

That was even more reason for the Wolves to take advantage of Darrington being ready, willing, and able to play Thursday.

Coupeville was missing several players due to illness, but shuffled its roster, sliding a few varsity players down to fill gaps in the lineup.

Wolf 8th graders Capri Anter and Haylee Armstrong both saw time in the pitcher’s circle, with the duo combining to whiff four Loggers.

Coupeville’s three varsity hurlers — Allie Lucero, Maya Lucero, and Gwen Gustafson — are all seniors, leaving plenty of opportunity for the young guns to claim that role going forward.

“Capri did a great job,” McGranahan said. “She was able to hold her own right from the start and stayed solid the entire time.

“Haylee also got some much-needed work in. They both have potential so they need all the time they can get to practice!”

Coupeville pounced from the get-go, raining down six runs in the top of the first and never looking back.

While Darrington narrowed the gap to 7-6 after three frames, the Wolves roared right back into killer mode, slapping five runs on the board in both the fourth and fifth innings.

Along with bashing a ton of hits, CHS took time to work on the finer points of the game.

“Darrington was a decent JV team,” McGranahan said. “They put the ball in play and ran the bases and made the outs.

“But it just wasn’t comparable with what our team was, and for that reason the girls got to work on some skills that tend not to get any work.

“They were batting lefthanded, slap hitting, bunting, and push bunting,” she added. “These were all skills that we have practiced before but never really get the chance to use in games!”

 

Thursday stats:

Capri Anter — Two singles, one double, one walk
Haylee Armstrong — One triple, one walk
Teagan Calkins — Three singles, one walk
Gwen Gustafson — Three singles
Layla Heo — Two singles, one walk
Melanie Navarro — One walk
Sofia Peters — Two singles
Bailey Thule — One single, one triple, two walks

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Hit-happy JV rolls to win

Posted in Baseball, tagged , , , , on April 28, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Landon Roberts, covering first base in a varsity game, got the win on the mound in Thursday’s JV game. (Morgan White photo)

Lights on, bats rarin’ to go.

The first time Coupeville and Darrington clashed in a JV baseball game this season, sunset on the prairie forced a tie after six hard-fought innings.

Thursday was different, as the squads took advantage of the Loggers being able to click on field lights, allowing the Wolves time to hammer out a 16-5 win.

The victory lifts the CHS young guns to 1-4-1 on the season, with two games remaining on the schedule.

Coupeville’s JV is slated to play Monday, May 1 at home against non-conference foe Sultan, then travel to Sedro-Woolley the next day for their finale.

Thursday’s rumble under the lights was all Coupeville, all the way, though Darrington did manage to narrowly avoid being ten-runned after five innings, pushing the game to six frames before the Wolves closed things out.

Coupeville jumped on the Loggers for seven runs in the top of the first to set the mood, added a single tally in the second, then pushed three more across in the third to build an 11-2 lead.

The Wolves failed to score only once, in the fourth, tagging Logger hurlers for three more runs in the fifth and a final two in the sixth.

Coupeville’s biggest blow came from Jack Porter, who launched a legit inside-the-park home run which missed hitting the football stands beyond center field by just a few feet.

The Wolves sent three pitchers to the mound, with starter Landon Roberts whiffing six of the 18 hitters he faced.

Jack Porter came on in relief in the fourth, while Peyton Caveness was lights out in the sixth, setting three straight Loggers down on strikes.

“Peyton had a wicked off-speed pitch that froze guys,” CHS coach Jon Roberts said. “Good game under the lights! Cool experience for all.”

 

Thursday stats:

Piotr Bieda — Two walks
Myca Clarkson — One single
Jaje Drake — Three walks
Jack Farrell — One single, one walk
Marcelo Gebhard — One walk
Matthew Gilbert — One single, two walks
Aidyn McDermott — One walk
Jack Porter — One home run, one walk
Johnny Porter — Two singles, one double, one walk
Landon Roberts — One single
Yohannon Sandles — One walk
Seth Woollet — One single, two walks

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JV plays tough to the (premature) end

Posted in Baseball, tagged , , , , , on April 22, 2023| Leave a Comment »

A day after his birthday, Landon Roberts whiffed three batters in an inning of work on the mound. (Morgan White photo)

The ferry waits for no man.

Even if they’re in the middle of playing a baseball game.

That’s a cold, hard fact for people who live on islands, so Saturday’s JV baseball game between visiting Coupeville High School and host Orcas came to an early end after three innings.

That allowed the Vikings to hold on for a 5-2 win against a young Wolf squad just finding its rhythm.

“All in all, we are happy to get a few innings in before we had to abruptly call the game,” said CHS coach Jon Roberts.

“I truly wish we could have played at least five innings. I think we could have clawed our way back into it.

“However, we will never know if that would be true.”

The Wolves, now 0-4-1 on the season, started strongly, scoring two runs in the top of the first.

All three of Coupeville’s hits came in that inning, with Marcelo Gebhard and Jack Farrell ripping singles and Aidyn McDermott crunching a double.

Both runs came in on a fielder’s choice off the bat of Seth Woollet, while the inning ended when Orcas gunned down a runner headed home.

“An exciting start!” Jon Roberts said. “The opposition pitcher had just played the field on varsity. We were making contact and scoring runs.”

Unfortunately for Coupeville, its first-inning hits would be its only base knocks in the game, though the Wolves did draw three walks across the final two innings.

Orcas only recorded one hit on the afternoon but took advantage of a series of free passes to push four runs across in the first, and another one in the second.

CHS mixed its pitchers, with Yohannan Sandles getting the start, before Myca Clarkson and Landon Roberts followed him to the mound.

The final two hurlers both whiffed three Vikings apiece.

Coupeville’s JV returns to action next Thursday, April 27, when it travels to Darrington.

 

Saturday stats:

David Dominici — One walk
Jack Farrell — One single
Marcelo Gebhard — One single
Matthew Gilbert — One walk
Aidyn McDermott — One double
Skylar Sand — One walk
Yohannon Sandles — One walk

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