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Chomp, chomp, CHOMP

Posted in Little League, Softball, tagged , , , , on May 7, 2019| Leave a Comment »

“We’re going to score all the runs. All of them, I said!!” (Susan Farris photo)

Relentless.

Continuing to chew its way through the schedule, the Central Whidbey Little League Majors softball squad crushed host South Whidbey 25-4 Monday.

The win lifts the Hammerheads to a flawless 7-0, while improving their run differential on the season to an eye-popping 145-32.

Kicking off a busy week – Central has five games in six days – Monday’s game was the second-straight to feature Allison Nastali in the pitcher’s circle.

Giving staff ace Chloe Marzocca a bit of rest time, Nastali was on point, whiffing five across four innings of work.

Her team’s offense, after a (relatively) slow start, was its usual marauding self.

After putting up three runs apiece in each of the first three innings, Central Whidbey erupted for 16 runs on 13 hits in the game-ending fourth frame.

For the game, the Hammerheads bashed out 22 hits, led by Jada Heaton’s career-best five base-knocks.

Teagan Calkins backed her up with four hits, including a hard line-drive double, while Mia Farris, Madison McMillan, and Brionna Blouin delivered three hits apiece.

McMillan had the biggest extra-base hit of the game, singing the South Whidbey defense for a triple during the game’s big uprising.

Taylor Brotemarkle and Nastali rounded out the hit parade, slashing two base-knocks each, while Katie Marti (3), Aleksia Jump (3), and Mayleen Weatherford (1) combined to net seven of their team’s 25 runs.

Blouin (4) and Nastali (3) topped the team in RBI’s, with “Katie and Taylor playing great in the middle of the infield,” according to Hammerheads coach Fred Farris.

Marzocca, who has been battling a bit of tendinitis, got the night off, and is expected to be ready and rarin’ to go for Central’s next game, Tuesday at North Whidbey.

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Boom go the bats, splat go the stats

Posted in Softball, tagged , , , , on May 6, 2019| Leave a Comment »

CHS softball lead-off hitter Scout Smith is in the top three on her team in 10 of 11 offensive categories. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

They’re on a tear, and it shows on the stat sheet.

The Coupeville High School softball team has won seven of its last nine games heading into Tuesday’s regular-season finale at South Whidbey.

During that run the bats have been booming, and the runs have been shooting across home plate.

Seven starters are hitting .312 or better on the season, lead-off hitter Scout Smith has scored 35 times in 18 games, and, as a team, the Wolves have smacked nine home runs.

Well, 10 if you count the one a blind ump stole from Nicole Laxton…

As you prepare for Tuesday’s game, and the district tourney out there on the horizon, take a gander at season-to-date numbers:

 

Hitting:

Player AB Runs Hits 2B 3B HR SB BB RBI Avg. OBP
A. Shaw 16 4 2 1 6 .125 .364
I. Wells 40 9 8 2 3 4 2 .200 .289
C. Wheeler 9 1 1 1 4 3 .111 .385
C. Caveness 32 10 10 1 8 5 .312 .476
E. Mathusek 50 24 18 4 1 1 2 19 23 .360 .549
S. Smith 62 35 26 10 1 1 5 13 16 .419 .538
C. Prescott 64 23 20 3 3 7 9 18 .312 .405
M. Davis 30 4 5 1 1 8 5 .167 .359
M. Bailey 51 15 17 2 3 10 12 .333 .443
V. Crownover 55 15 26 9 3 8 26 .473 .537
S. Wright 61 28 36 8 2 4 3 7 29 .590 .643
N. Laxton 30 7 7 1 4 5 .233 .410

 

Pitching:

Player W/L ERA Gms CG SO Hits Runs BB K IP BF
I. Wells 8-4 6.83 13 8 90 87 48 77 69.2 377
S. Smith 3-3 6.74 9 4 46 53 17 18 36.1 194
C. Prescott 0-0 12.25 2 5 11 3 1 4.0 25

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Always keep one eye on the standings

Posted in standings, tagged , , , , , , on May 5, 2019| Leave a Comment »

Lucy Sandahl and Daniel Olson root for their softball-playing classmates. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Playoff fever rages across the land.

Four of five spring sports – baseball, boys soccer, girls tennis, and track – are actively involved in postseason action, while softball is the lone activity still wrapping up regular-season play.

For Coupeville, the season came to an end Saturday night for the diamond men and the booters, as both were knocked out of their respective playoff rumbles.

Track is off to districts at Lynden Christian this coming Thursday and Saturday, with bi-districts and state still to come.

Wolf tennis hits the district tourney Tuesday and Wednesday in Granite Falls, with two singles players and two doubles teams vying to advance to bi-districts.

And softball, coming off a huge week which included an upset of Granite Falls, wraps its regular season Tuesday at South Whidbey.

Win that one, and the Wolves clinch at least a share of the league title, then get some time to rest as their district tourney doesn’t go down until May 16 and 18.

As we juggle regular season and playoff activity, and try to figure out how the softball league title battle will be decided (more on that in a separate story later today), a look at league standings through May 5:

 

North Sound Conference softball:

School League Overall
Coupeville 8-3 11-7
Granite Falls 8-3 11-7
CPC-Bothell 7-3 12-4
South Whidbey 2-8 5-11
Sultan 1-9 1-12

 

North Sound Conference baseball:

School League Overall
CPC-Bothell 13-2 19-3
South Whidbey 12-3 18-4
King’s 10-5 12-10
Coupeville 7-8 7-14
Granite Falls 2-13 4-16
Sultan 1-14 1-19

 

North Sound Conference girls tennis:

School League Overall
King’s 7-1 8-1
South Whidbey 7-1 7-4
Granite Falls 4-4 5-10
Coupeville 2-6 2-7
Friday Harbor 0-8 0-8

 

North Sound Conference boys soccer:

School League Overall
South Whidbey 8-0 13-2
King’s 6-2 10-3-1
Coupeville 3-5 6-10
Sultan 3-5 4-11
CPC-Bothell 0-8 0-11

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Wins keep raining down for young sluggers

Posted in Little League, Softball, tagged , , , , on May 4, 2019| Leave a Comment »

The undefeated Central Whidbey Little League Juniors softball team swept a doubleheader Saturday, while CHS players Veronica Crownover (back, center) and Nicole Laxton (far right) worked as umps. (Suzan Georges photo)

All they do is win.

Playing in front of high school stars Nicole Laxton and Veronica Crownover, who were making successful debuts as umps Saturday, the Central Whidbey Little League Juniors softball squad swept a home doubleheader.

Even playing without staff pitching ace Savina Wells, the Wolves were too much for Anacortes, pulling out an 18-16 win in the opener, before rolling 17-7 in the nightcap.

The sweep lifts Central Whidbey to a flawless 9-0 on the season, a time when they have outscored their foes 172-58.

How the twin-bill sweep went down:

 

Game 1:

The Wolves whacked 23 hits and ended up needing every one of them in a rare nail-biter.

CWLL uncharacteristically trailed several times in the game, and were still tied 15-15 heading into the bottom of the sixth, but pulled away at the end.

Big hits from Gwen Gustafson, Maddie Georges, Jill Prince, and Sofia Peters gave the Wolves their final three runs, then the defense clamped down in the top of the seventh, and victory was achieved.

Georges led the Central Whidbey attack, ripping five singles in the opener (just the start of an amazing day at the plate for the CMS 8th grader), while Peters added a triple and three singles.

Prince notched three base-knocks, including a double, with Gustafson (2), Allie Lucero (2), Melanie Navarro (2), Vivian Farris (2), Maya Lucero (2), and Cypress Socha (1) all collecting hits as well.

Central Whidbey also played stellar defense, with Georges catching a fly on the run in center, elevating to make the catch at the last second, while Peters snared a shot back to third while sliding on her knees.

 

Game 2:

After some tenseness in the opener, the nightcap was more like a normal game for the Wolves, as they used 17 hits, five strong innings from Vivian Farris, making her first career start in the pitcher’s circle, and a monster performance by Georges.

Dominating every aspect of the game, she followed up her five-hit performance in game one with a four-hit affair in game two, which included a two-run inside-the-park home run to open the scoring.

When she wasn’t smoking hits to every field — she finished with nine base-knocks on the day — Georges provided a calming target for Farris behind the plate.

She also popped up and gunned down three would-be base-stealers, including a pair headed to third.

Central Whidbey scored in every inning, dropping two runs apiece in the first, second, and fourth innings, while blowing up the board for seven in the third.

Add a single run in the fifth, and three in the bottom of the sixth, and the mercy rule took effect when Maya Lucero lofted a monster fly which cleared the right fielder’s head before landing and bouncing around out by the warning track.

The Wolves spread out their hits, with Georges being backed by Allie Lucero (two doubles and a single) Gustafson (two singles), Peters (a home run and a single), and Prince (two singles).

Farris, Navarro, Karyme Castro, and Adrian Burrows all punched singles, as the entire lineup was on fire.

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Hammerheads continue to roll

Posted in Little League, Softball, tagged , , , , on May 4, 2019| Leave a Comment »

“I must break you!” (Susan Farris photo)

They’ve got everyone running scared.

The Central Whidbey Little League Majors softball team is so dangerous, giving up a few runs is almost yawn-inducing.

After giving Anacortes a brief glimmer of hope Friday, the Hammerheads flicked the destruction button on their bats and rained down the game’s final 17 runs on their way to a 25-5 win.

The victory, called after three innings due to the mercy rule, lifts Central Whidbey to a flawless 6-0 on the season.

Having outscored foes 120-28 across those six games, you start to question if anyone can touch the Hammerheads.

And maybe that’s what Sedro-Woolley was thinking, after they cancelled a scheduled trip to Coupeville for a Saturday game.

Now it’s very possible, even likely, the reason for the cancellation was something mundane like illness or missing players.

But I’m sticking with my original thought — no one wants to face Godzilla, especially on Godzilla’s home turf.

Friday night the Hammerheads gave staff ace Chloe Marzocca the night off, instead putting the ball into Allison Nastali’s hands and allowing her to make her first start in the pitcher’s circle.

Nastali responded, whiffing five batters across her three innings of work, while “throwing gas” in the words of CWLL coach Fred Farris.

Teagan Calkins and Brionna Blouin split time behind the plate, while Blouin also made a sensational snag of a line drive while pulling duty at first base.

While Central Whidbey had “just” an 8-5 lead after one inning of play, Farris let his veterans take the lead on getting things back in the proper flow.

“Taylor (Brotemarkle) demonstrated good leadership, calming the troops after a rocky start,” he said.

The Hammerheads immediately responded, erupting for 13 runs in the second, before tacking on four more in the third inning to ice things.

Central Whidbey pounded out 11 hits, with Blouin leading the way with four base-knocks.

Jada Heaton, Brotemarkle, and Mayleen Weatherford collected two hits apiece, with Calkins adding one.

Equally important to the team’s success was the ability of the Hammerhead hitters to eke out walks, as they combined to rack up 21 free passes.

Madison McMillan, Aleksia Jump, and Nastali each walked four times, with Calkins making the leisurely trot to first base on three occasions.

Even Mia Farris, who sat out most of the game alongside Marzocca in a bid to even the playing field a bit, walked in her one at-bat.

All nine starters scored at least twice apiece, from Katie Marti, who trotted home two times, to the trio of McMillan, Blouin, and Jump, who tapped the plate four times each.

The Hammerheads have a busy week ahead, as they’ll put their winning streak on the line with five games in six days.

Central Whidbey travels to South Whidbey May 6 and North Whidbey May 7, then hosts North Whidbey May 9. The week wraps with a doubleheader May 11 on the road against South Skagit.

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