Jake Hoagland was one of nine Wolves to get a hit Wednesday, as the Wolf JV crushed Concrete 14-0. (John Fisken photo)
No umps, no problem.
A scheduling snafu left Coupeville and Concrete without any men in blue for their JV baseball game Wednesday, but that didn’t stop the teams from playing.
And it certainly didn’t keep the Wolves from howling.
With CHS varsity coach Marc Aparicio stepping in to call balls and strikes, the CHS young guns slapped their visitors around 14-0 in a game called after five innings.
The win lifted the Wolf JV to 5-1 on the season.
The lack of umpires did not go unnoticed, but everyone survived quite nicely.
“It was a very clean game but bummer we didn’t have them,” said Coupeville JV coach Chris Smith.
Coupeville had everything working, with tons o’ hits, stellar defense and crisp pitching all perfectly meshing under the guidance of Smith and coaching partner Mike Etzell.
Matt Hilborn, Nick Etzell and Jonathan Thurston split time on the mound for the Wolves, combining for the shutout, while their defense was nearly spotless behind them.
At the plate, Joey Lippo lashed a two-run triple to key things, while he, Shane Losey, Hilborn and Etzell all had multiple hits.
Cameron Toomey-Stout, Dane Lucero, Jacob Zettle, Jake Hoagland and Jake Pease all collected hits as well, as the Wolf batters dinged Lion pitching all game long.
The Coupeville JV returns to action Saturday (11 AM), when it hosts a three-team tourney.
The Wolves will play three-inning games against Oak Harbor and South Whidbey, packaged around a similar meeting between the Wildcats and Falcons.
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