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Mia Farris spent quite a lot of time on base this spring. (Jackie Saia photo)

Mia Farris has a big bat, and she knows how to use it.

The sophomore sensation spent much of the spring racking up stats on the softball field, helping pace Coupeville to a strong 14-6 campaign.

Hitting out of the #2 hole, Farris led or was tied for the lead in eight of 12 offensive categories and was just three RBI’s away from sharing the top slot for a ninth time.

She and her teammates achieved much of their success thanks to their offensive firepower, and with a huge chunk of the roster being comprised of underclassmen, the future is bright.

As he scanned his season-ending stat sheet, CHS coach Kevin McGranahan took particular delight in his team’s OPS numbers.

That stat combines on-base percentage with slugging percentage, and an average around .800 is considered strong.

For Coupeville, 14 of 16 players topped that mark.

“We had a very good offensive season,” McGranahan said.

Madison McMillan goes yard. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

 

CHS softball season stats, as compiled by Wolf coaches:

 

At-Bats:

Mia Farris – 74
Taylor Brotemarkle – 60
Teagan Calkins
– 59
Maya Lucero
– 57
Madison McMillan
— 57
Allie Lucero
– 56
Gwen Gustafson
– 55
Jada Heaton
– 36
Melanie Navarro
– 33
Sofia Peters
– 32
Haylee Armstrong
– 15
Layla Heo
– 7
Chloe Marzocca
– 5
Capri Anter – 4
Bailey Thule – 2

 

Hits:

Farris — 38
Brotemarkle — 31
McMillan — 31
Calkins — 30
M. Lucero — 25
Gustafson — 23
A. Lucero — 22
Heaton — 17
Navarro — 16
Peters — 11
Armstrong — 7
Marzocca — 2
Anter — 1
Heo — 1

 

Runs:

Farris — 40
McMillan — 37
Brotemarkle — 35
Calkins — 30
A. Lucero – 27
M. Lucero – 26
Navarro — 20
Heaton — 18
Gustafson — 17
Peters — 13
Armstrong — 10
Marzocca — 9
Anter — 3
Thule — 3
Heo — 1
Melanie Wolfe — 1

 

2B’s:

Farris — 12
Brotemarkle — 11
Calkins — 8
M. Lucero — 8
McMillan — 7
Gustafson — 5
A. Lucero — 5
Navarro — 4
Peters — 4
Heaton — 2
Anter — 1
Armstrong — 1

 

3B’s:

Farris — 4
A. Lucero — 4
McMillan — 4
Armstrong — 2
Calkins — 2
M. Lucero — 2
Brotemarkle — 1
Navarro — 1

 

HR’s:

Farris — 3
Navarro — 3
Calkins — 2
A. Lucero — 2
Armstrong — 1
Brotemarkle — 1
M. Lucero — 1
McMillan — 1

 

RBI:

McMillan — 31
Farris — 28
Gustafson — 21
M. Lucero — 20
Calkins — 19
Navarro — 19
Brotemarkle — 17
A. Lucero — 14
Heaton — 13
Armstrong — 5
Peters — 5
Anter — 3
Marzocca — 1
Thule — 1

 

Walks:

Farris — 36
McMillan — 22
A. Lucero – 19
Calkins – 17
Brotemarkle — 16
M. Lucero — 15
Peters – 14
Navarro – 13
Gustafson – 8
Heaton – 8
Thule – 6
Anter — 5
Armstrong – 5
Marzocca — 5
Heo — 4
Wolfe — 3

 

Batting Average:

McMillan — .544
Brotemarkle — .517
Farris — .514
Calkins — .508
Navarro — .485
Heaton — .472
Armstrong — .467
M. Lucero — .437
Gustafson — .418
Marzocca — .400
A. Lucero — .393
Peters — .344
Anter — .250
Heo — .143

 

On-Base Percentage:

Wolfe — 1.000
Thule — .750
Marzocca — .700
McMillan — .671
Anter — .667
Farris — .667
Brotemarkle — .618
Calkins — .618
Navarro — .617
Armstrong — .571
Heaton — .568
M. Lucero — .556
A. Lucero — .547
Peters — .543
Gustafson — .492
Heo — .455

 

Slugging Percentage:

Armstrong — 1.000
Navarro — .939
Farris – .905
McMillan – .860
Calkins – .814
Brotemarkle — .783
A. Lucero – .732
M. Lucero – .702
Heaton — .528
Gustafson – .509
Anter — .500
Peters — .469
Marzocca — .400
Heo — .143

 

OPS:

Farris — 1.572
Armstrong — 1.571
Navarro — 1.556
McMillan — 1.531
Calkins – 1.432
Brotemarkle – 1.401
A. Lucero – 1.279
M. Lucero – 1.258
Anter — 1.167
Marzocca – 1.100
Heaton – 1.096
Peters – 1.012
Gustafson – 1.001
Wolfe — 1.000
Thule – 0.750
Heo – .598

Sweet-swinging stat machine Teagan Calkins, ready to go ruin another pitcher’s day. (Jackie Saia photo)

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CHS softball coaches Katrina and Kevin McGranahan contemplate the state of things. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

The season isn’t done, but any playoff hopes are gone.

The Coupeville High School varsity softball squad made some outstanding defensive plays Thursday but stranded 13 runners and fell 3-2 in eight innings to host Friday Harbor.

The Wolf sluggers, who went undefeated in their first two years back in the Northwest 2B/1B League, finish 10-2 in conference action this time around, and are 13-6 overall with a May 12 non-league tilt at South Whidbey left on the schedule.

Friday Harbor, which is 11-1 in league, 14-4 overall, won two of three against the Wolves and earns a league title and District 1’s lone playoff berth for 2B schools.

The difference between Coupeville and their closest rival was razor-thin this season, with both losses being one-run affairs on the road.

Friday Harbor won 13-12 back in March, in a game where CHS was up 6-0 early.

Then the Wolves bounced back, thrashing the Wolverines 8-1 in mid-April in a game played on Whidbey Island.

That set up Thursday’s league finale, which carried simple, but massive stakes.

And both teams met the moment, for the most part, alternating big-time plays as the pressure grew.

Coupeville struck first, pushing a run across in both the first and second innings, while Friday Harbor responded with two tallies in the bottom of the third to knot things back up.

Mia Farris, who walked, then went to second on a Taylor Brotemarkle single, nimbly dashed home on a wild pitch to stake CHS to a 1-0 lead.

Haylee Armstrong is locked and loaded.

The second run of the afternoon came courtesy of a couple of big hits from the bottom of the order, with 8th grader Haylee Armstrong lashing a leadoff triple to right-center in the top of the second.

Sailing into third without any hesitation, the middle school masher then came home two batters later when sophomore Jada Heaton hammered an RBI single into the gap.

Unfortunately for the Wolves, that would be the final run they scored, despite putting runners aboard in every inning.

CHS had Friday Harbor hurler Natalie Morton on the ropes, racking up six hits and 10 walks, but couldn’t land the knockout punch.

The Wolves stranded two runners in each of the first four innings, and left the bases loaded in the top of the seventh.

“We just couldn’t seem to string hits together tonight,” said Coupeville coach Kevin McGranahan.

Part of the problem was Friday Harbor playing spotless defense, seemingly gobbling up every liner or pop fly, and making every throw.

Coupeville countered with its own defensive gems, however, as the teams played four straight scoreless innings to send the game into extra frames.

Freshman catcher Teagan Calkins, playing through an injury suffered in her team’s last game, came up huge, gunning down a would-be base stealer at third base.

Her bullet, which slapped into Gwen Gustafson’s glove a millisecond before the incoming runner, was followed by Brotemarkle diving to rob Friday Harbor on a soft liner headed for paydirt.

Best buds Farris and Heaton also came up with huge catches in the outfield late in the game, running down balls which had extra-bases written all over them.

Mia Farris is a defensive dynamo, and a fashion icon.

Jada had the game of her life,” McGranahan said. “Going back and snagging a long fly, and then catching a short fly to right and diving forward to catch one, and two hits with an RBI.”

Not to be outdone, Brotemarkle also snagged a hot shot on the ground while on the move, then spun and flipped the ball to Maya Lucero to beat an incoming runner.

But as strongly as both teams played on defense, even with the wind whistling past the phone livestreaming the game, a few balls were bound to find a place to drop back to Earth just out of reach.

Leading off the bottom of the eighth, Friday Harbor’s Audrey Allen bashed a ball which sliced between two defenders flying hard from opposite sides, then skipped away towards the fence.

It turned into a triple, and two walks — one intentional to avoid the Wolverines cleanup hitter — loaded the bases with no room for error.

CHS pitcher Allie Lucero whiffed a hitter to get her squad a third of the way to keeping the game alive, but a hard-hit grounder from the next batter was the difference maker.

The Wolves had a play at the plate, but the throw came in low and the runner came in hot, ending the game on a positive note for Friday Harbor.

 

Thursday stats:

Haylee Armstrong — One triple
Taylor Brotemarkle — Two singles, one walk
Mia Farris — Two walks
Gwen Gustafson — One walk
Jada Heaton — Two singles
Allie Lucero — Three walks
Maya Lucero — One single
Madison McMillan — Two walks
Sofia Peters — One walk

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Ask not for whom the bat tolls. It tolls for thee. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

“Today we put the league on notice! We are keeping the crown!!”

Coupeville High School softball coach Kevin McGranahan was feeling good Saturday, and why not.

Having travelled to Orcas Island to face a decent Vikings squad, the Wolves opened a can of unholy whup ass on their hosts, blowing them out 22-0 in a game mercy-ruled after three innings.

Led by out-of-the-park home runs from Mia Farris and Haylee Armstrong, CHS solidified its hold on first place in the Northwest 2B/1B League, jumping to 7-1 in conference play.

Now 10-5 overall, the Wolves have won seven of their last eight games.

Fueled by tasty noodles, Madison McMillan and Co. are on a winning tear. (Jennifer Marzocca photo)

Saturday, Coupeville dominated in every aspect of the game.

Senior hurler Gwen Gustafson struck out nine, not allowing her defense to get a single out on its own.

The Vikings did scratch out one hit and two walks, but that paled in comparison to Coupeville ringing up 16 base knocks and seven free passes.

Two of the biggest blows came from the sweet-swinging Farris, who clobbered an RBI triple and a grand slam home run — all in the first inning.

CHS rolled out to a 9-0 lead after one frame, tossed three more runs on the board in the second, then emphatically ended things with a 10-run burst in the third.

Armstrong, an 8th grader playing like a seasoned pro, joined Farris in the long ball club, belting a two-run shot that was still climbing as it cleared the fence in left center.

Powered by her mom’s flowers, 8th grader Haylee Armstrong smashed her first high school home run Saturday. (Michelle Armstrong photo)

 

Saturday stats:

Capri Anter — One walk
Haylee Armstrong
— One home run
Taylor Brotemarkle
— Two singles
Teagan Calkins
— One single, one double, one walk
Mia Farris
— One double, one triple, one home run
Gwen Gustafson
— One single, one walk
Allie Lucero — One single, one double
Maya Lucero
— One single, one double
Chloe Marzocca
— One walk
Madison McMillan
— Two singles, one walk
Melanie Navarro
— One single
Sofia Peters
— Two walks

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“Excuse me ladies, I have to go be awesome now.” (Jackie Saia photos)

Melanie Navarro is just here to mash softballs and chew gum, and apparently, she was all out of gum Wednesday afternoon.

So, the Coupeville High School senior instead kicked off her final season on the prairie by swinging a big bat, whacking two home runs en route to a three-hit, six-RBI performance.

Powered by Navarro, the Wolves dominated visiting South Whidbey in every facet of the game, rolling to a 20-2 win in a game called after five innings due to the mercy rule.

Playing in its season opener, Coupeville was in control from first pitch to last pitch.

And frankly, the 2B Wolves could have waxed the 1A Falcons by a lot more than 18 runs, if CHS coach Kevin McGranahan hadn’t carefully done what he could to keep the game from getting too out of hand.

Coupeville picked up most of its outs by having runners intentionally leave base too early, a quiet, but effective way to show some mercy.

In a game in which the Wolves swung aggressively — Maya Lucero launched a wicked liner off of McGranahan’s jaw as the diamond guru patrolled the third-base box, leaving a visible mark — CHS scored early, and often.

Wolf hurler Allie Lucero zipped through the top of the first inning 1-2-3, collecting a pair of strikeouts and a soft comebacker to the pitcher’s circle, and then the hometown bats started booming.

Coupeville put up nine runs in the bottom of the first, and there was little South Whidbey could do to stop the rampaging Wolves.

Freshman catcher Teagan Calkins was plunked by the first pitch she saw, then came around to score on an RBI double to center from Mia Farris.

Taylor Brotemarkle followed by eking out a walk, Madison McMillan got aboard on an error, and it was time for Navarro to launch her season of longballs.

Home run #1 came on a laser shot to the deepest part of centerfield, the ball splashing down right in front of the fence, then kicking away from the Falcon fielder.

Running full tilt, with no lag in her step, Navarro easily beat the throw home, her three-run tater staking CHS to a 5-0 lead.

Not that the Wolves were done.

Singles from Allie Lucero, Jada Heaton, and Calkins kept the runners bouncing from base to base, with two Falcon errors helping them come around to tap home.

Up 9-0, McGranahan moved things along by having a runner drift off base to prematurely end the first frame, but the Wolves scored in every inning, so there was little slow to their roll.

Navarro came back around in the second to crush a two-run home run over the fence, the ball heading up to high-five the moon, then she departed the game for a bit as the Wolves got field time for most of their roster.

Melanie Navarro (jumping in middle) is mobbed by her teammates after launching a longball.

South Whidbey stayed plucky, pushing across a pair of runs in the top of the third to cut the margin down to 11-2, but Coupeville tacked on three more in its half of the inning, and six more in the fourth to set the final score.

The brief Falcon rally was ended, emphatically, thanks to McMillan pulling off a dandy unassisted double play at third base.

Spearing a liner for out #2, the Wolf super sophomore whirled and tagged a drifting runner for out #3, her grin beaming from behind her face mask.

The third inning featured back-to-back big hits from Farris and Brotemarkle, plus Chloe Marzocca thrashing a shot down the right field line for a base knock of her own.

Taylor Brotemarkle (left) and Chloe Marzocca, killers in red and black.

In the fourth, it was a rat-a-tat attack, after foreign exchange student Layla Heo led off with a walk in her American softball debut.

Farris and Brotemarkle both smoked shots down the third-base line, before Navarro, back in the lineup, completed a 3-for-3 afternoon with an RBI single.

The final big blow on opening day jumped off of Heaton’s bat, as the sophomore slugger crunched a two-run single to bring in runs 19 and 20.

It was an equal opportunity kind of day for the Wolves, who delivered hits from the top of the lineup to the bottom.

Farris and Navarro led the way, collecting three hits apiece, while Brotemarkle smacked a pair of base-knocks.

Calkins, McMillan, Allie Lucero, Heaton, and Marzocca each had one base hit, while Coupeville racked up eight walks, with Calkins and McMillan earning two each.

Allie and Maya Lucero split pitching duties, with the latter relieving the former midway through the third, and the duo combined to whiff seven Falcons across five innings.

McGranahan got 12 players on the field, with Sofia Peters starting at second base and providing strong defensive play, and newcomer Bailey Thule garnering her first varsity at-bat.

Thanks to Mother Nature messing with the schedule, the Wolves get right back at it Thursday, traveling to Meridian for another non-conference rumble.

After that, Coupeville plays seven of its next nine games on its home field.

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“See Jada? If I look through these nifty goggles, I can see all the three-balls I made!” (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Two teams done, two play on, and the nets keep flippin’.

Both of the Coupeville High School JV hoops squads wrapped their seasons Friday, while their varsity counterparts kick off playoff action next week.

Taken all together, Wolf hardwood heroes have combined to score 3,022 points this season.

Where things stand as of Feb. 12:

 

Varsity girls
(19 games):

Alita Blouin – 182
Maddie Georges – 131
Ryanne Knoblich – 89
Lyla Stuurmans – 65
Gwen Gustafson – 61
Katie Marti – 46
Carolyn Lhamon – 32
Mia Farris – 24
Madison McMillan – 6
Jada Heaton – 2
Skylar Parker – 2

 

JV girls
(16 games – final):

Madison McMillan – 133
Kierra Thayer – 73
Desi Ramirez-Vasquez – 57
Carlota Marcos-Cabrillo – 49
Jada Heaton – 44
Teagan Calkins – 40
Reese Wilkinson – 35
Skylar Parker – 20
Bryley Gilbert – 17
Kayla Arnold – 14
Liza Zustiak – 14
Brynn Parker – 7
Kassidy Upchurch – 4

 

Varsity boys
(20 games):

Logan Downes – 486
Alex Murdy – 201
Cole White – 138
Nick Guay – 120
Jonathan Valenzuela – 78
Dominic Coffman – 52
Ryan Blouin – 48
Chase Anderson – 39
Jermiah Copeland – 10
Zane Oldenstadt – 8
William Davidson – 6
Mikey Robinett – 4
Hunter Bronec – 2
Quinten Simpson-Pilgrim – 2

 

JV boys
(14 games – final):

Aiden O’Neill – 108
Jack Porter – 105
Hunter Bronec – 102
Camden Glover – 97
Chase Anderson – 71
Johnny Porter – 59
Hurlee Bronec – 46
Malachi Somes – 43
Landon Roberts – 38
Mikey Robinett – 6
Carson Field – 4
Yohannon Sandles – 2

Aiden O’Neill has a delivery to make. (Morgan White photo)

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