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Learn to love the sport early.

Central Whidbey Little League is offering a free softball skills clinic for girls ages 5-13, a prime opportunity to tantalize your children with the allure of diamond life.

The camp is set for Monday, Feb. 16 at Rhododendron Park, and all the info is in the photo above.

Girls can bring personal equipment if they have it, but CWLL will also have extra gloves available for prospective players.

The event can be a great icebreaker, especially for those who may not have played the sport previously.

“We’ve found that softball/baseball often needs a lot of prep and commitment from parents,” Mandi Black said. “And it can feel easier to say no than to sign up and buy all the gear without knowing if your child will even like the sport.

“So, we had an idea, this is a “come try it out” opportunity.

“A chance for kids to test the sport, have fun, see how amazing it is, and then decide if it’s something they want to sign up for.”

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It’s tryout season.

The Island Vipers 16U softball squad will audition players July 23-24.

The team is looking for sluggers who were born after Sept. 1, 2008.

For more info, peruse the pic above.

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Start limbering up your glove.

Coaches from the Island Vipers 12U softball team will host a three-day skills clinic for young diamond stars in August.

The event is open to girls ages 5-12.

For all the pertinent info, arrow back up to the photo above.

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Cameron Van Dyke channels Dolph Lundgren in Rocky IV. “I must break you!” (Photo courtesy Michelle Armstrong)

Have a daughter between the ages of 12-16?

Time to embrace your new life as a softball travel parent and unleash the Whidbey wrecking crew on the world.

The Island Vipers, who have fielded a very successful U14 squad comprised of players from Coupeville, Oak Harbor, and all those places down South, are looking to expand.

The plan is to have both a 14U and 16U team going forward, and tryouts are set for this Saturday, June 13.

They’ll be held at Coupeville’s Rhododendron Park starting at 10 AM.

All Whidbey girls ages 12-16 are welcome, though they can’t be older than 16 as of Dec. 31, 2024.

If your player can’t be at Saturday’s tryouts, you can set up a private tryout by contacting coach Grant Van Dyke at Islandvipers@yahoo.com.

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It takes a village to raise ball players.

With a lot of help from the community, Central Whidbey Little League roared back to life this spring, jumping from 81 participants back up to 118.

That reflects baseball and softball players ranging in age from 4-12 and shows a marked improvement as the world continues to come out of a pandemic.

CWLL President Gordon McMillan offered big thanks to the Island County Parks and Rec Department, which handles maintenance and grooming of Coupeville’s Rhododendron Park.

“We call Rhododendron our ‘field of dreams’,” he said.

McMillan also thanked the league’s many volunteers and paid tribute to local businesses which “so generously contributed to our just concluded and very successful 2022 season.”

 

CWLL sponsors:

Front Street Realty
Heritage Bank
Home Depot
Island Title and Escrow
Iverson Insurance Company
Kapaw’s Iskreme
OLF Storage
Penn Cove Vet
Prairie Center Market
Red’s Roofing and Construction
Salon Blue
Snakelum Point Investments
Sunshine Drip
Terra Firma Wealth Management
Whidbey Natural Pet
Wood Bee Construction

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