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Limited games, much talent

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged , , , , , on May 23, 2021| Leave a Comment »

Kassidy Upchurch leads off a collection of Wolf JV basketball pics. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

We’re giving them a little extra love and hype.

The Coupeville High School JV girls basketball squad is working just as hard as the other three Wolf hoops teams.

But they’re still going to play a lot less games, as only two of the other six schools in the Northwest 2B/1B League are fielding girls JV programs this school year.

While Coupeville’s varsity teams are scheduled to play 12 games apiece, and the Wolf JV boys have a 10-game set (no Concrete), the JV girls get four tilts.

They played two of those in the first week of the season, losing to Orcas Island, then clobbering Friday Harbor.

Now, they don’t get a game again until June 5 and 8, sitting out while their varsity counterparts play five times.

While they, and us, wait for those contests, here’s a look at some of the young Wolves.

Skylar Parker

Pam Morrell

Katie Marti

Jessenia Camarena

Bryley Gilbert

Morgan Stevens

Desi Ramirez

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Savor some sizzlin’ softball snaps

Posted in Little League, Softball, tagged , , , , on May 11, 2021| Leave a Comment »

Savina Wells brings the heat. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

They are the present, and the future.

The young women on the Central Whidbey Little League Juniors softball squad have already played in state tournaments and won league titles.

In the next year or so, many of them should make the jump to high school ball, adding more firepower to a CHS program already flying high.

As the Hammerheads (who will one day be Wolves) thunked arch-rival North Whidbey Monday, frequently-lurking paparazzi John Fisken snapped the pics seen above and below.

To see everything he captured, while possibly purchasing some glossies for the grandparents, pop over to:

SB 2021-05-10 CWLL Juniors vs NWLL – John’s Photos (johnsphotos.net)

 

Hammerheads coach Fred Farris give his defense some pre-game work.

“Ding! Another run on the ol’ scoreboard!!”

Katie Marti, who had a superb defensive day at second base, flips the ball to a waiting Mia Farris at first.

Mayleen Weatherford pulls in a fly ball.

Mia Farris drops a note-perfect bunt.

“If I said it’s a strike, it’s a strike, Skippy.”

Crunch, and the hits keep on coming.

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Big day, big plays

Posted in Little League, Softball, tagged , , , , on May 8, 2021| Leave a Comment »

Central Whidbey Little League Juniors softball players celebrate a win. (Jackie Saia photos)

“That was a fun day of softball!”

Central Whidbey Little League Juniors softball coach Fred Farris has seen more than a few games in his lifetime, but Saturday’s doubleheader in Mount Vernon was a special treat.

His Hammerheads squad ultimately split a pair of games with South Skagit, falling 9-7 in the opener, before rallying for a stunning 17-16 win in extra innings in the nightcap.

With the split, Central Whidbey improves to 1-2 on the season, with its first home game at Rhododendron Park set for this coming Monday.

How Saturday played out:

 

Game 1:

Savina Wells was back in the pitcher’s circle after missing her team’s opener with an injury and was firing BB’s, striking out 11 South Skagit sluggers.

Central Whidbey jumped out to a quick 2-0 lead, before a few defensive miscues hurt the cause.

Trailing 6-2 after two innings, the Hammerheads stormed back to tie things up at 6-6, but South Skagit proved wily and put together a three-run bottom of the sixth to take the win.

Mia Farris, Madison McMillan, and Katie Marti led the hit parade, each whacking a pair of base-knocks.

McMillan crunched a double and triple, with her three-bagger “a majestic fly ball that would have been 30 feet over our left field fence (at home),” while Wells also tripled.

Send out your best pitchers, cause Madison McMillan is here to do some damage.

 

Game 2:

Hammerheads hurlers Chloe Marzocca and Wells combined to whiff 10 hitters in a game which took wild swings on the scoreboard.

Down 14-7, Central Whidbey scored nine unanswered runs to carry a 16-14 lead into the bottom of the seventh, and (supposedly) final inning.

While South Skagit scraped out two runs in the final frame, giving the fans free softball, it was time for the Hammerheads to shine in extra innings.

Jada Heaton began the top of the eighth perched on second, then ran her opponents ragged.

First she stole third, before scampering home with what would prove to be the winning run on a groundout off the bat of Marzocca.

Things got dramatic in the bottom of the inning, but in a good way.

South Skagit also got a runner at second to begin, but Wells snapped off liquid heat, whiffing the first two hitters to come to the plate.

With the game on the line, a pitch got away from Central catcher Katie Marti for a half-second, but the granddaughter of former CHS football legend Paul Messner promptly wrote her own stirring chapter of athletic success.

“Katie made a perfect retrieval of a passed ball and then a no-look flip to Savina for the game-ending out!,” exclaimed an amped-up Fred Farris. “As gutty a win as I’ve ever been a part of!”

Katie Marti, upholding the family tradition of athletic excellence.

 

Stats for the day:

Teagan Calkins (one run, one hit)
Mia Farris (six runs, five hits, two RBI, two walks)
Savina Wells (six runs, four hits, four RBI, two walks)
Madison McMillan (two runs, four hits, two RBI)
Chloe Marzocca (two runs, two RBI, three walks)
Mayleen Weatherford (one hit, one RBI, one walk)
Taylor Brotemarkle (two runs, three hits, four RBI, one walk)
Jada Heaton (three runs, two hits)
Candace Meek (two RBI, two walks)
Anna Steckman (one run, one walk)
Katie Marti (one run, five hits)

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North Whidbey ace out-duels Hammerheads

Posted in Little League, Softball, tagged , , , , on May 7, 2019| Leave a Comment »

The Central Whidbey Little League Majors softball squad is 7-1 this season. (Photo by Jennifer Marzocca)

Into every softball season a little rain must fall.

For the high-flying Central Whidbey Little League Majors softball team, the rain Tuesday wasn’t of the liquid sunshine kind, but instead came in the form of their first loss of the season.

But while the 12-2 loss at North Whidbey stings, it doesn’t put a complete damper on a team which has played very strongly in all aspects of the game.

“It is a good learning experience for our girls,” said CWLL coach Fred Farris. “We’ll get a shot at redemption on Thursday.”

And he’s right, as the Hammerheads, who now sit at a still-crisp 7-1, turn right around and host their arch-rivals in two days at Coupeville’s Rhododendron Park.

It’s part of a busy week for Central Whidbey, which is playing five games in six days.

The Hammerheads have blistered opposing pitching this season, but Tuesday night they ran into a buzz-saw in Reese Wasinger, who limited them to just a pair of singles while whiffing 12 batters.

Mia Farris and Brionna Blouin were the only Central players to get a base-knock, while Teagan Calkins, Allison Nastali, and Farris drew walks.

Central Whidbey pitcher Chloe Marzocca, bouncing back from injury, whiffed seven across five innings and did her best to keep her team close.

“Chloe pitched well,” Fred Farris said. “She really battled hard.”

In the end though, North Whidbey’s pitcher carried the day, and impressed her rivals.

“We were a little shaky on defense,” Fred Farris said. “It might have been the fact the girls knew they needed to be near perfect to beat Reese on this day.

“She’s a friend of Central Whidbey. We have watched her grow into a great pitcher!,” he added. “She works extremely hard at honing her craft and it was a really special performance.

“I was proud of her.”

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