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Wolves run over Braves

Posted in Baseball, tagged Aiden O'Neill, baseball, CHS Wolves, La Conner, Northwest League, steals on April 13, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Chase Anderson flies for home. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

Speed kills.

So, good thing the fastest team on the diamond Thursday was Coupeville, and not La Conner.

Sparked by 19 steals, the Wolf varsity baseball team ran away with a resounding 12-2 win over the host Braves, handing them a key league win.

With the victory, CHS gets to 5-1 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 7-3 overall.

That keeps the Wolves right on the heels of 1B powerhouse Mount Vernon Christian, which is 6-0 in NWL action, while also pushing them to 3-0 against their fellow 2B schools.

League title or not, Coupeville’s playoff fate is determined entirely by how it does against La Conner and Friday Harbor, and Thursday’s win gets the Wolves halfway to a sweep of that six-game royal rumble.

CHS spaced out its runs against the Braves, scoring in six of seven innings, while using three pitchers to shut La Conner down.

Camden Glover got the start and tossed two scoreless innings before giving way to fellow freshman Chase Anderson, who whiffed seven batters across three frames.

Senior hurler Scott Hilborn wrapped things up, striking out five while working the sixth and seventh.

The Wolves jumped on the Braves for two runs in the top of the first, after starting things off with two outs and no one aboard.

Jack Porter poked a single to give Coupeville its first runner, before Jonathan Valenzuela and Glover eked out walks to juice the bags.

Taking full advantage of his opportunities, Peyton Caveness smacked a two-run single to left field, and the Wolves were off and rolling.

Back-to-back RBI singles from Hilborn and Anderson keyed a three-run rally in the second, while the third inning was the only time the Wolves failed to score.

La Conner briefly rallied in the bottom of the third, plating a pair of runners to cut the margin to 5-2, but that was it for the Brave offense.

Working methodically, and running the bases like crazy, Coupeville pushed three more runs across in the fourth, one in the fifth, two more in the sixth, and a final tally in the seventh.

“I love it when a plan comes together!”

Hilborn and Anderson delivered back-to-back RBI singles for a second time, while the run in the fifth came courtesy of a rare triple steal.

The last big crunch of the game came off of Glover’s bat, with the fab frosh walloping an RBI double to left.

CHS was strong in all facets of the game, with Hilborn gunning down a runner at the plate, and Anderson teaming up with Cole White and Glover to pull off an inning-ending double play.

Eight different Wolves garnered a steal in the speed-fest, with Aiden O’Neill, Hilborn, and Anderson notching four apiece.

Thursday stats:

Chase Anderson — Two singles, one walk
Peyton Caveness — One single
Coop Cooper — Two singles
Camden Glover — One double, one walk
Scott Hilborn — Two singles
Aiden O’Neill — One walk
Jack Porter — One single, one walk
Johnny Porter — One single, one walk
Jonathan Valenzuela — One walk
Cole White — Two walks

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Undefeated? We can fix that!

Posted in Softball, tagged CHS Wolves, Darrington, Haylee Armstrong, Northwest League, Softball on April 12, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Taylor Brotemarkle (left) and Chloe Marzocca both scored as Coupeville thumped previously undefeated Darrington. (Jackie Saia photo)

“We started pretty fast and kept our foot on the gas.”

Kevin McGranahan had his Coupeville High School varsity softball team primed for Tuesday’s showdown with undefeated Darrington, and it showed.

Pounding out 13 hits, with nine of those base knocks being for extra bases, the Wolves made quick work of the visiting Loggers, rolling to a 15-3 victory.

The win lifts CHS to 4-1 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 6-4 overall, while Darrington falls to 3-1 in conference action.

The home game, played on a day when the sun peeked out over the prairie, the rain stayed away, and the wind made but the smallest of rustles, kicks off a busy week for Coupeville.

The Wolves travel to La Conner Thursday to face a winless Braves squad, then head off to Onalaska Saturday for a doubleheader against a tough non-league foe.

Based on win/loss records, Tuesday’s tilt with Darrington might have been expected to be a tightly-contested affair.

It was not.

Wolf hurler Allie Lucero struck out the side in the top of the first, kicking off a day in which the senior would record nine K’s, and then the offense went to work.

Coupeville crunched four doubles in the bottom of the first en route to grabbing a 3-0 lead, with Mia Farris, Taylor Brotemarkle, Allie Lucero, and Maya Lucero all finding their groove.

The hits kept coming in the second frame, as 8th grader Haylee Armstrong led off with a triple, launching a gorgeous line drive to deep centerfield that brought to mind memories of former Wolf hitting star Chelsea Prescott.

The middle school masher, who worked her way into the starting lineup with her defense, is proving her bat is ready for prime time as well, something her coach noted.

“We had big hits all over today, but none bigger than the one from the smallest girl out there today,” McGranahan said with a big smile.

Two batters later Armstrong tapped home after freshman catcher Teagan Calkins bopped a double down the third-base line, and the rout was on.

Darrington briefly cut its deficit to 4-1 in the third, scoring on a botched play in which a Logger got caught in a two-out rundown, only to escape when the Wolves threw the ball away not once, but twice.

While that play might have given McGranahan and his assistant coaches a touch of angina, it was soon washed away by the glory of the Wolf bats.

Coupeville plated eight runners in its half of the third inning, before tacking on three more in the fourth to firmly put the game into mercy rule land.

Jada Heaton and Farris walloped doubles in the third, while Darrington fell apart in a wild mix of errors, walks, wild pitches, and mental meltdowns.

The defining play might have been Calkins, alertly scampering to first on a dropped third strike.

A smart move from a young gun who already plays like a grizzled veteran, it kept the Wolf rally at full tilt and never gave the Loggers a chance to recover from their mistakes.

Tuesday stats:

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

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CHS diamond men bash Loggers

Posted in Baseball, tagged baseball, CHS Wolves, Darrington, Northwest League, Scott Hilborn on April 12, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Wolf freshman Camden Glover dominated on the mound Tuesday afternoon. (Photo courtesy Stevie Glover)

Two innings of destruction was all it required.

Using a mix of big hits, precise base-running, and botched plays by their foes, the Coupeville High School varsity baseball team broke open a scoreless tie in the third inning Tuesday, then romped to a 10-0 win over visiting Darrington.

The conference victory lifts the Wolves to 4-1 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 6-3 overall, with a road trip to La Conner looming Thursday afternoon.

CHS controlled every aspect of the game against Darrington, outhitting the Loggers 9-1, stealing nine bases, and forcing the visitors to commit six errors.

Freshman hurlers Camden Glover and Coop Cooper prowled the mound for the Wolves, giving their senior counterparts a rest day while piling up nine strikeouts in five innings of work.

Both pitchers allowed just two Darrington hitters to reach base, with Glover recording six K’s to three from Cooper.

Even with the young duo poppin’, the game was scoreless heading into the bottom of the third.

Coupeville only had two baserunners of its own through its first two series of at-bats, and those came courtesy a Darrington error and a dropped third strike.

That changed in the third, however, with Scott Hilborn and Chase Anderson whacking back-to-back one-out singles to get things going.

Anderson came flying home on an error to make it 2-0, before a sac fly from Glover and yet another Logger miscue helped the Wolves stretch the advantage to 4-0.

The CHS bats really came alive during a six-run rally in the fourth, with Jonathan Valenzuela clobbering a two-run triple and Hilborn mashing a two-bagger.

Anderson and Glover also picked up singles, while a wild pitch and two more Darrington errors allowed Coupeville to make it a 10-run game.

The visitors had one chance to keep the mercy rule from being used, but meekly went down 1-2-3 in the fifth, as Cooper closed things with an exclamation point.

Tuesday stats:

Chase Anderson — Two singles
Peyton Caveness — One single
Camden Glover — One single
Scott Hilborn — One single, one double
Jack Porter — Two singles
Jonathan Valenzuela — One triple, one walk
Cole White — One walk

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Battle for #1 spot rages

Posted in standings, tagged baseball, CHS Wolves, girls tennis, Northwest League, Softball, standings on April 2, 2023| Leave a Comment »

CHS softball coach Kevin McGranahan ponders the possibilities. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

The lightest week of the season looms.

With spring break arriving for Coupeville schools, the Wolves have an extremely limited schedule over the next seven days.

Girls tennis is completely off, while track and field competes just once, traveling to Bellingham Saturday, Apr. 8 for the Birger Solberg Invitational.

CHS baseball doesn’t return to the field until the same day, when it will be in Concrete for a road game.

Meanwhile, the only Wolf team with multiple events on the schedule is softball, which plays a makeup game Thursday, Apr. 6 at home against Cedar Park Christian-Bothell, then hits the road to Concrete two days later.

Where things stand heading into the slow part of the season:

Northwest League baseball: