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Wednesday warriors sparkle in the drizzle!!

Posted in Football, Middle School, tagged Bob Martin, Chimacum, CMS Wolves, football, Jake Mitten, Mimi Johnson on October 8, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Jacobi Pacquette-Pilgrim (81), Hunter Wilkinson (2), Elliott Johnson (9) and Jake Mitten (50) lead the Wolves into action. (Mimi Johnson photos)

CMS coach Bob Martin (black hat) imparts some wisdom to his squad.

A pack of Wolves descend on the ball carrier.

Jean Lund-Olsen (3) is fast and he’s ready to put the defenders on blast.

Mitten (and his enormous, casted-up hand) kicks off.

It’s Trevor Bell’s (64) line, and you’re not getting through. No sir.

Before you can play under Friday Night Lights, you have to endure Wednesday Afternoon Mist.

Playing at Chimacum on a damp October day, the Coupeville Middle School gridiron warriors put in work yesterday.

“It’s kind of hard for me to put into words the amount of time and effort those boys put into believing they can win,” said CMS coach Bob Martin. “The first half was a learning experience, the second, they did great!”

Along for the ferry ride, camera in hand, was Mimi Johnson, who provides us with the snappy pics found above.

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Softball sluggers, your time is now!!

Posted in Softball, tagged Mimi Johnson, Softball, Tsunami on September 5, 2015| Leave a Comment »

All your info in one handy graphic.

Know a girl who’s 12 or under and loves softball?

Mimi Johnson wants to talk to you.

The local diamond guru is seeking new players to join her Tsunami softball squad and has put out the call to local parents and players.

All the pertinent contact info is in the handy poster above, so I’m not going to retype it.

Just slide that mouse back upwards and you’ll find everything you need to know.

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Pineapple Ninjas head home, heads held high!!

Posted in Little League, Softball, tagged Central Whidbey Little League, District 11, Mimi Johnson, Pineapple Ninjas, Softball, state tournament on July 12, 2015| Leave a Comment »

The Pineapple Ninjas at rest. (Megan Somes photo)

Isabelle Wells enjoys a post-tourney milk shake. (Katy Wells photo)

Coaches (l to r) Mimi Johnson, Katy Wells and Lark Gustafson have led teams to back-to-back district titles.

Tracking down food, but never too busy to stop for a photo op. (Jacque LaRue photos)

Impromptu dance party.

“We’ll be back to see you next year!!”

They’re building a tradition.

Back-to-back District 11 titles. Back-to-back trips to the state tournament.

With softball fever raging at every level in Coupeville, the younger generation is making a statement. They plan to keep the fire burning on the prairie.

And while the season may have ended Sunday for the Central Whidbey Little League 9/10 All-Star softball sluggers — the Pineapple Ninjas dropped a close 14-11 game to East Seattle in Vancouver — the afterglow of the season will last for a long time.

As she prepared to pull her players back out of the swimming pool and head home, Central Whidbey coach Mimi Johnson was justifiably proud.

The Pineapple Ninjas don’t have the huge base of players that the big-city teams draw from, but they have pluck like no one’s business.

“Girls did great!,” Johnson said. “We battled!!”

And guess what, big-city teams?

They’ll be back and they’ll keep getting better and going deeper in these tournaments.

Central Whidbey softball is on the rise, across every age division, across every team.

Little League to high school, they are getting stronger, more confident, and their belief in themselves, as individual players and as a unit, grows with every day, every play.

They go by many names.

The Pineapple Ninjas, the Sizzlin’ Sisters, the Venom, and then, one day, they all become Wolves.

And the howl of success that is sweeping the prairie never stops echoing.

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One win from state!!

Posted in Little League, Softball, tagged 4th of July, Central Whidbey Little League, Mimi Johnson, playoffs, Softball on July 4, 2015| Leave a Comment »

“I don’t care how far away that fence is … I’m going downtown with this baby!!” (John Fisken photo)

The celebration reigns. (Megan Somes photos)

Isabelle Wells gets ready to nring a big bat and slick glove to the field. (Katy Wells photo)

Isabelle Wells gets ready to bring a big bat and slick glove to the field. (Katy Wells photo)

This time, there was no chance of a comeback.

Pounding the ball with glee Friday, the Central Whidbey Little League 9/10 All-Star softball squad dismantled arch-rival North Whidbey 20-10.

The win avenged a loss earlier in the week, when Central let a four-run lead slip away in the final inning, and set up a winner-take-all tilt on the 4th of July.

Central and North will face off at 3 PM Saturday in Mount Vernon for the District 11 title and a trip to the state tourney.

Friday’s game started with a bang, as Central raced out to a 7-1 lead, then took a detour, with North tying things back up at 7-7, before firmly turning back in favor of the middle of Whidbey.

Central put up five runs in both the third and fourth, then tacked on four more in both the fifth and sixth to thoroughly dominate things.

“Another great game!,” said Central coach Mimi Johnson. “Chanel (Sterba) pitched a great game; Stella (Johnson) did amazing catching.

“Jill Prince had a much needed catch for a big out and Kaela Meffert wins the big bat award!!”

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Sluggers chase title dreams!!

Posted in Little League, Softball, tagged Central Whidbey Little League, Katy Wells, Mimi Johnson, Softball on July 3, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Central Whidbey’s catcher perfectly frames a pitch. (John Fisken photos)

Coach Mimi Johnson works the line.

Winner! Winner! Chicken dinner!! (Karen Swegler photo)

The dream of a championship lives on.

Rebounding nicely from what could have been a crushing defeat, the Central Whidbey Little League 9/10 All-Star softball squad crushed Sedro-Woolley 12-6 Thursday in the District 11 playoffs.

The win propels Central Whidbey into the championship series against North Whidbey, with the first game 6 PM Friday at Baker View Park in Skagit County.

Win that one and the Coupeville (with a bit of South Whidbey tossed in) girls will play a second game against North Whidbey Saturday for the title and a trip to the state tourney.

Central Whidbey, coming off an emotional 11-10 loss to North Whidbey in its playoff opener — a game in which it lost a four-run lead in the final inning — jumped quickly on Sedro-Woolley.

Four runs in the first set the tone for the whole game and Central eventually built a 12-3 lead before slamming the door shut on this one.

Central Whidbey’s roster:

Gwen Gustafson
Stella Johnson
Madison Knaver
Chloe LaRue
Kaela Meffert
Abby Mulholland
Jill Prince
Kaia Richmond
Kenna Somes
Chanel Sterba
Isabella Wells