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Summer ball? A smashing success!!

Posted in Baseball, Little League, Softball, tagged , , , , , , on July 16, 2015| Leave a Comment »

A taste of what Central Whidbey Little League offered this summer.

A taste of what Central Whidbey Little League offered this summer.

The future is alive and well and swinging a big bat.

Baseballs and softballs were pounded all across the prairie this summer, as Central Whidbey Little League put together another successful season.

At the tippy top, the 9/10 softball squad, which repeated as District 11 champs and returned to the state tournament for the second straight season under the tutelage of coaches Mimi Johnson, Katy Wells and Lark Gustafson.

Also of note was CMS 7th grader-to-be Chelsea Prescott (the centerpiece of the photo collage above) who was the only girl to play Majors baseball.

She flung heat from the mound, and, based on what I’ve seen of her swinging in video footage, she hits with just as much, if not more, ferocity.

From players about to hit high school — like softball thumpers Veronica Crownover and Sarah Wright — to kids playing t-ball for the first time, CWLL was awash in talent.

Cow Town is building from the ground up, and the future is a bright one.

To all the coaches, parents and volunteers who make our local little league hum along so well, job well done.

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Know her name! It’s Maddie Big Time!!

Posted in A freakin' American hero, Girls Basketball, Happy birthday, Softball, Volleyball, tagged , , , , on March 24, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Madeline Strasburg, AKA Maddie Big Time. (Photos by Shelli Trumbull/John Fisken/Linda Hammer)

Madeline Strasburg, AKA Maddie Big Time. (Photos by Shelli Trumbull/John Fisken/Linda Hammer)

Madeline Strasburg gets visibly annoyed at times when she’s playing.

And that’s a good thing, because when she does, the Coupeville High School junior, who celebrates her 17th birthday today, generally responds by unleashing a butt-whuppin’ on the rival team that has just irritated her.

If she loses the basketball on one play, or gets a foul called on her by a blind ref, she slams down the court like a whirlwind the next and rams the ball right down the throat of the defense.

Twice last season, in back-to-back games that were two weeks apart thanks to winter break, she pulled off the same dazzling play from the very same place on the court — virtual mirror images reflecting Strasburg fully earning the nickname Maddie Big Time.

In both games, she capped the third quarter by stealing the ball, whirling around and draining LONG three-point bombs off the glass, shots that dropped through the twine a mere fraction of a second before the horn sounded.

Then, both times, she spun around, hands slapping her thighs like a gunslinger putting away their six-shooters.

Rival fans and coaches cried softly those days, while Maddie Big Time permitted a small smile to grace her lips.

Even then, it was the smile of a stone cold killer.

CHS has some very talented athletes, but Strasburg is a rarity.

At a time when everyone has been raised to be overly reverent and deferential to the players on the opposing teams, she’s a bit of a throw back.

Volleyball, basketball, softball. Pick a sport. She is here to kick your butt.

That’s a beautiful thing to see.

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