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Korbin Korzan (13) flies into the bag as a South Whidbey player goes airborne in pursuit of a badly-overthrown ball. (Shelli Trumbull photos)

   Korbin Korzan (13) flies into the bag as South Whidbey’s Ricky Muzzy goes airborne in pursuit of a badly-overthrown ball. (Shelli Trumbull photos)

CHS baseball guru Willie Smith works his magic. "Maybe you guys win, or maybe you get to walk back to Coupeville..."

   CHS baseball guru Willie Smith works his magic. “Maybe you guys win, or maybe you get to walk back to Coupeville…”

Winning pitcher Ben Etzell gets congrats from a teammate.

Winning pitcher Ben Etzell (middle) gets congrats from a teammate.

Josh Bayne tiptoes along the baseline, daring the pitcher to run him back to the bag.

  Josh Bayne tiptoes along the baseline, daring the pitcher to run him back to the bag.

No ball gets past the vacuum that is Morgan Payne.

No ball gets past the vacuum that is Morgan Payne.

Etzell flings some high, hard cheddar.

Etzell flings some high, hard cheddar.

Shelli Trumbull is just an insurance agent in her spare time.

Her true calling is as a baseball photographer, stalking son Aaron and his Coupeville High School teammates, clicking away and documenting  their exploits on the diamond.

The Wolves kicked off a new season Monday with a come-from-behind 8-4 thriller over arch-rival South Whidbey, and, once again, the fastest clicker in the biz was on hand — having made the long drive to Langley — to provide you with photos hot off the presses.

Maybe tell her thank you the next time you see her. That would be nice.

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Shelli Trumbull and her trusty camera. (John Fisken photo)

Shelli Trumbull and her trusty camera. (John Fisken photo)

Coupeville Sports would not exist without Shelli Trumbull.

She was the first photographer to step up and let me use her photos when I started this here thing 1,650 articles ago.

Since then I have run hundreds of her pics, covering nearly every sport in town. Heck, the banner photo at the top of this blog — featuring Carson Risner and Aaron Trumbull on the baseball field — is hers.

She is always there, shooting, never complaining, never making me pay the big bucks a newspaper would have to pay to get the same work.

Through rain and ice-soaked baseball games to countless times when she has hit the road and followed her children Aaron and Alexis on the road as they compete in numerous sports, she is The Woman.

She was also the first person to step up and buy a lifetime ad on Coupeville Sports, and she paid the premium price for it without blinking.

This has been a true community effort, as too many photographers to count have graciously allowed me to use their work without charging me.

John Fisken, who can often be seen dueling with Shelli for prime shooting room on the baseline, is a biggie. But so are the countless moms, dads and Island County Coroners who have aided me.

Above them all, though, is the woman who helped make this thing a reality in the beginning.

Coupeville Sports would not have caught on without the photos, and I wouldn’t have had the photos without Mrs. Trumbull.

She is the best.

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Lauren Grove (right) lays down The Stare O' Death on Mt. Vernon Christian. (Shelli Trumbull photo)

Lauren Grove (right) lays down The Stare O’ Death on Mt. Vernon Christian. (Shelli Trumbull photo)

Locked and loaded.

The Coupeville High School JV girls’ basketball team has become relentless on the defensive side of the ball in recent games.

After holding Archbishop Thomas Murphy scoreless for an entire eight-minute period, the Wolves went and upped the ante in the very next game, refusing to surrender a single point to Mount Vernon Christian for an ENTIRE HALF.

Sixteen minutes of Wolf-administered Hell on Earth.

And how is it done? Take a gander at the photo above and you’ll see how.

Better yet — hit enlarge on the pic and bask in the full fiery glow of Lauren Grove’s laser glare.

The Wolves are coming … and they’re coming for you.

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