There will come a day when Madeline Strasburg and Co. get to play a softball game. That day was not today. (Shelli Trumbull photo)
The sun is out, but no one is playing.
The after effects of rain washed away both scheduled Coupeville High School games Wednesday afternoon.
The Wolf baseball squad was supposed to welcome South Whidbey to town for the middle game of a three-game season opening series, but, even with the rain having stopped earlier in the day, the CHS field was not recovered enough for play.
Or, Coupeville coach Willie Smith just misses the warmth of a gym.
“It’s cold and windy and muddy and I’m older and wimpier … and it’s cold!!!,” Smith wailed, while giggling.
The game has been rescheduled for Thursday (4 PM), which will bump the JV baseball game planned for that day. That game will likely jump to Saturday, if things work out.
The tweaking puts baseball up against softball, as the CHS fast pitch squad will attempt (again) to open its season Thursday (also 4 PM), when it also hosts South Whidbey.
The softballers were turned away from a trip to Port Townsend Monday when that school’s infield disappeared underwater.
Tuesday they were supposed to host South Whidbey, but a scheduling snafu with Friday Harbor bumped that game to Thursday.
A trip to Archbishop Thomas Murphy Wednesday fell through due to weather, so try #4 will come Thursday.
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