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Nick Etzell covers second in a game last season. (Joe Lippo photo)

Nick Etzell covers second in a game last season. (Joe Lippo photo)

In the end, not even the combined forces of Whidbey could knock out the champs.

Sedro-Woolley capped an unbeaten run through the district playoffs Thursday, bouncing the Whidbey Island Junior (13/14) baseball squad out of the playoffs.

The 10-0 win, called after six innings thanks to the ten-run rule, sent Sedro on to the state tourney. Whidbey would have had to win back-to-back games Thursday and Friday to snatch away the district crown.

Three Coupeville Middle School students — Nick Etzell, Jake Hoagland and JoJo Welling — played for Whidbey, which had a roster that mixed players from North, Central and South Whidbey.

Welling was one of three hurlers to take the mound Thursday, teaming with Joseph Dixon and Cody Newman.

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Current CHS basketball/softball coach David King, in his playing days.

Wolf basketball/softball coach David King, back in his early playing days. (Photo courtesy Amy King)

Still teeing it up.

Still swingin’ away. (John Fisken photos)

And there's a glove to go with that bat.

And there’s a glove to go with that bat.

You can’t teach the fundamentals if you haven’t learned them yourself.

So it’s a good thing Coupeville High School softball coach David King grew up with a bat in his hands, learning the secrets of all the diamond games from an early age.

Once a diamond King, always a diamond King.

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Current CHS baseball star Korbin Korzan is one of many players to get their start in the CWLL. (Shelli Trumbull photo)

   Current CHS baseball star Korbin Korzan got his start in the CWLL, playing for a state title-winning Juniors team in 2010. (Shelli Trumbull photo)

It’s never too early to think about spring.

The Central Whidbey Little League will be holding sign-ups Feb. 8-9 for the upcoming baseball and softball seasons.

Both days will be at the Coupeville High School/Middle School gym, with hours set for 9-11 AM (Feb. 8) and 12-1 (Feb. 9).

The league is open to kids ages 5-14 who live inside Coupeville School District boundaries.

A parent or legal guardian must be present to sign up a child, and they need an original birth certificate and three proofs of residency from Feb. 1, 2013 to Jan. 31, 2014.

These can be things such as a driver’s license, rent/mortgage receipt or utility bill, and need to have the parent or legal guardian’s name and address on them.

Please bring originals and a copy of each proof.

Cost per player is:

T-Ball — $55
Rookies — $65
Minors — $70
Majors — $75
Juniors — $80

Tryouts will be held on two dates (Feb. 15 and 23) to allow coaches a chance to evaluate players and fill teams.

For more info, hop over to http://www.centralwhidbeylittleleague.org/

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