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Hammerheads keep on hammerin’

Posted in Little League, Softball, tagged , , , , , on May 24, 2021| Leave a Comment »

Katie Marti and Co. are a hot-hitting pack of softball sluggers. (Jackie Saia photo)

Hit ’em hard, hit ’em fast, and keep on hitting ’em.

The Central Whidbey Little League Juniors softball squad erupted for six runs in the first inning Monday, launching themselves to a 17-7 home win over arch-rival North Whidbey.

The victory, the sixth-straight for the Hammerheads, lifts them to 6-2 on the season.

Central Whidbey came out swinging hot bats, and never let up, collecting 20 base-knocks spread out amongst 10 batters.

Mia Farris kicked things off in the bottom of the first with a single, then her teammates unloaded six more hits before the frame was done.

The big blows came from back-to-back doubles from Madison McMillan and Taylor Brotemarkle.

After adding a fairly quiet two runs in the second inning, Central Whidbey unleashed the full tsunami in the bottom of the third.

Whacking nine hits, with Teagan Calkins and Savina Wells each coming around to collect two base-knocks apiece, the Hammerheads pushed nine runs across the plate to stretch their lead out to 17-3.

Wells lashed a triple, with Calkins and Farris both punching doubles as Central Whidbey kept its base runners in constant motion.

North Whidbey chipped away at the lead a bit, getting it down to 10 runs, but that was still enough for the game to be called early thanks to the mercy rule.

Wells fired six strikeouts while prowling the pitcher’s circle, while picking up a team-high three RBI and tying McMillan with a game-high four hits.

Calkins, Farris, Brotemarkle, and Katie Marti had two hits apiece, with Jada Heaton, Chloe Marzocca, Mayleen Weatherford, and Allison Nastali all chipping in with a base-knock.

Nine of the 11 Hammerheads players scored, with McMillan, Wells, and Farris all tapping home three times apiece.

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Stuurmans is a savage

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged , , , , , on May 22, 2021| Leave a Comment »

Coupeville 8th grader Lyla Stuurmans scored 16 points in two quarters Saturday, lifting the high school JV to a road win, capping a busy day in which she also scored her first varsity points. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Lyla Stuurmans played a lot like her coach did back in the day.

Limited to just two quarters Saturday, after also playing in the varsity game, the 8th grader pumped in 16 points to spark the Coupeville High School JV girls basketball squad to a big win on Friday Harbor.

With the 34-20 victory, the Wolves even their season record at 1-1.

Coupeville JV coach Megan Smith filled up the basket as a player, and she sits as the #4 varsity scorer in Wolf girls history.

Stuurmans may still have a ways to go to get to Smith’s level, but the silky-smooth shooter has already shown she can drop buckets with the best of them.

After scoring her first varsity points earlier in the day, Stuurmans went off for 12 points in the first quarter of the JV contest, including nailing a three-ball from behind the arc.

With fellow 8th grader Madison McMillan adding six points to the cause, the Wolves jumped all over Friday Harbor, pounding out to an 18-2 advantage by the first break.

From there it was all easy street, with Coupeville pushing the lead out to 24-4 at the half and 30-10 by the end of the third quarter.

Friday Harbor finally found a fighting chance in the fourth, scoring half of its points and trimming the margin just a bit before the buzzer ended things.

McMillan finished with 10 points to back Stuurmans and her 16, while Skylar Parker netted a pair of buckets to nab her first four points of the season.

Jessenia Camarena and Katie Marti rounded out the scorers, with two points apiece, while Bryley Gilbert, Pam Morrell, Kassidy Upchurch, Morgan Stevens, Reese Wilkinson, and Desi Ramirez also saw floor time.

With most of the Northwest 2B/1B League schools not fielding girls JV teams this season, the Wolves only have a four-game schedule, instead of the 12 their varsity counterparts are set to play.

That means the Coupeville second crew doesn’t play again until June 5, when they travel to Orcas Island, and June 8, when they host Friday Harbor in a rematch of Saturday’s bout.

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(Truly) young guns hang tough in opener

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged , , , , , on May 20, 2021| Leave a Comment »

Coupeville 8th grader Madison McMillan, playing on the high school JV team, led her squad in scoring in their season opener. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Say hello to the next generation, early.

Unlike a lot of other Northwest 2B/1B League schools, Coupeville High School is fielding two girls basketball squads this season.

With program numbers down, the Wolves salvaged their JV team by allowing 8th graders to play high school ball, and more than half the girls in uniform Thursday were middle school students by day, high school hoops hotshots by night.

And the (truly) young guns held up well, accounting for two-thirds of their team’s points in a closer-than-it-sounds 35-24 loss to visiting Orcas Island.

Coupeville was within a point through the first two quarters, and trailed by just three heading into the fourth, but that final frame stung, with the older Vikings closing on a 12-4 tear.

Coaching her team in a game for the first time in 15 months, Wolf JV hoops guru Megan Smith was realistic with her expectations, and pleased with much of what she saw.

“We had some really good moments of greatness and some of not so much,” she said. “We are super young with not a lot of players that have experience, and that’s okay, we just have some more work to do is all.

“It was good to see them out on the court and actually playing the game!”

With true high schooler Jessenia Camarena leading the way in the early going, the Wolves trailed just 8-7 after one quarter and 16-15 at the halftime break.

Masks in place and no fans in the gym, per Orcas School District request, Coupeville hung tough, exiting the third quarter down just 23-20.

Madison McMillan paced the Wolves with a team-high eight points in her high school hoops debut, while Camarena banged home seven, Lyla Stuurmans knocked down six, Katie Marti flipped in a bucket, and Morgan Stevens swished a free throw.

McMillan, Stuurmans, and Marti, along with fellow Wolf hoopsters Pamela Morrell, Bryley Gilbert, and Kassidy Upchurch, are all 8th graders.

Also seeing floor time for Smith’s squad were Reese Wilkinson, Skylar Parker, and Desi Ramirez.

With Orcas Island and Friday Harbor the only other NWL teams fielding a girls JV squad this season, Coupeville’s second team will play just four games, while other Wolf teams get 10-12 contests.

One of those comes up quick, however, as CHS travels to Friday Harbor this Saturday.

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Catch a hoops-shooting star

Posted in Girls Basketball, Middle School, tagged , , , , , on February 13, 2020| Leave a Comment »

Desi Ramirez leads off a collection of CMS girls basketball portraits. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

Taylor Brotemarkle

Katie Marti

Skylar Parker

Madison McMillan

Chloe Marzocca

Allison Nastali

Jada Heaton

Kaitlyn Leavell

No games, but plenty of pictures.

It’s a week until the next Coupeville Middle School girls basketball game, but you can fill at least a little bit of that time by perusing a set of Wolf portraits shot by John Fisken.

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“Couldn’t be prouder of their effort”

Posted in Girls Basketball, Middle School, tagged , , , , on November 10, 2019| Leave a Comment »

Skylar Parker, seen last spring, is part of a hard-playing Coupeville SWISH basketball squad. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Weather the storm, build for the future.

Playing without its starting point guard, the Coupeville 7th/8th grade SWISH girls basketball team faced tough competition Saturday, but held up well.

The Wolves dropped a close one to “a very good Monroe team,” falling 30-25, before tiredness became a factor in a 22-10 loss to Mount Vernon.

While the losses leave Coupeville at 0-4 on the season, coach Fred Farris remains impressed by how his young, very-inexperienced team continues to show growth.

“The girls played their tails off,” he said. “It’s remarkable how far these girls have come in such a short time, especially considering all but four of the girls have essentially no experience.

“Couldn’t be prouder of their effort.”

The Wolves were without Lauren Marrs, their primary ball handler and a potent scorer, who is battling through a back injury.

Even without her talent as a distributor, Coupeville battled back from 10 down against Monroe to pull within 26-25.

Savina Wells, who paced the Wolves in scoring in both contests Saturday, had “a good look rim out” with two minutes to play, while a follow up put-back from Jada Heaton refused to stay in the bucket, going in, then popping back out.

Without Marrs in the lineup, “Mia (Farris) and Lyla (Stuurmans) were thrust into ball-handling duties and did an admirable job.”

Fred Farris also praised Madison McMillan, who “was everywhere, on the boards and on defense, and scored two big baskets during the comeback.”

“Savina was her usual reliable self,” he added. “It felt like she had 2000 rebounds in the two games and really took charge when we needed her to.”

Coupeville had to bounce right back after its narrow opening loss, playing Mount Vernon less than 10 minutes after the first game ended.

“The girls were clearly gassed and Mount Vernon’s “packed in” 2-3 zone made it tough for us to get to the basket and we struggled to hit outside shots,” Fred Farris said.

“The refs let the game get too physical on both sides, and that, with a very slippery La Venture Middle School gym floor made for a very chippy second half.”

Wells paced the Wolves, dropping 12 points in the opener and another seven in the nightcap, while Brionna Blouin went for five and three.

McMillan (4), Stuurmans (3), and Mia Farris (1) also scored against Monroe.

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