The ol’ ball coach, Willie Smith, works his magic with the umps. (Shelli Trumbull photo)
Assistant coach Chris Tumblin prepares to massacre the ball. (John Fisken photo)
They obviously prayed for rain in Nooksack Valley, and it worked.
Finding the only way to avoid taking a beating at the hands of the Coupeville High School baseball squad, the Pioneers relied on weather to wash away their scheduled non-conference game with the Wolves Saturday.
The game has tentatively been rescheduled for Saturday, April 19.
If it’s played, Coupeville (3-1) will have another nine games under its belt at that point, with three-game Cascade Conference series against 2A teams Archbishop Thomas Murphy, Cedarcrest and Lakewood.
The Wolves then close the regular season with similar series against Granite Falls and Sultan.
The series against ATM, with road games in Everett Monday and Friday of next week and a home game Wednesday (4 PM), will pit Coupeville against the current league leader.
The Wildcats are 4-0 in league play, 4-2 overall, while the Wolves (2-1 in league play) are tied with Lakewood, a half game behind Cedarcrest (3-1) for second place.
Coupeville is a game-and-a-half up on South Whidbey (1-3) in the battle for playoff positioning between the only two 1A teams to play baseball in the conference.
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