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Sluggers crack top four in state rankings

Posted in Softball, tagged , , , , on May 14, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Capri Anter unleashes. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Don’t stop until you get to the top.

Continuing their meteoric rise, the Coupeville High School softball squad moves up three slots this week in the final Washington Interscholastic Activities Association RPI rankings.

The Wolves, who are 17-1 heading into Thursday’s District 1 tourney in Mount Vernon, currently sit at #4 among 2B schools.

A week ago, CHS was #7, and before that Aaron Lucero’s sluggers spent back-to-back weeks ranked at #9.

Coupeville, which is one win away from advancing to state for the first time since 2019, is the only 2B softball squad left with just a single loss on its record.

That lone defeat came by a razor-thin 5-4 margin to 3A Oak Harbor way back on March 15.

RPI, or Rating Percentage Index, is a statistical system used to rank teams and is based on a team’s winning percentage, as well as its opponent’s winning percentage and its’s opponent’s opponents winning percentage.

When the state tourney seeding committee meets Sunday to set the bracket, RPI is one of the tools it will use.

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Gaze upon a collection of random pics

Posted in Photos, tagged , , , , on May 13, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Willow Leedy-Bonifas returns to Earth. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

We’re sweeping out the archives.

The pics seen above and below have two things in common.

One, they feature Coupeville athletes or athletic supporters.

And two, they’re some of the last photos sent my way by John Fisken before he took his Diet Coke and went home, ambling off to semi-retirement.

So, with no games today as we wait for district playoff action to kick into full gear starting Thursday, now is a perfect time to slap ’em on the page and let ’em marinate.

“I’m just saying, it feels like we’re being watched…”

Ember Light fires off a serve.

Megan Richter and her junior associate catch a softball game on a sunny day.

The hunt for missing softballs is a never-ending one.

Paul Messner has his eye(s) on you.

Kickin’ up a dust storm on the way to softball glory.

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Spring teams head for finish line

Posted in Baseball, Girls Tennis, Softball, standings, tagged , , , , , on May 10, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Things are coming into focus. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

It’s all gravy from here on out.

Regular season play is over for spring sports teams, with those squads left standing busy with postseason work now.

For Coupeville, three of four teams are still alive.

While baseball failed to make the playoffs, both Wolf softball and girls’ tennis are off to their district tourneys Thursday, May 15, to play for berths at the state championships.

The sluggers go to Mount Vernon, while the netters travel to Seattle for those events.

Two days after that, the CHS track team hosts the district meet, the last stop before its own hoped-for trip to state.

With everyone knee-deep in the playoffs, this also marks our final league standings story for the 2024-2025 school year.

Where win/loss records sit through May 10:

 

Northwest League baseball:

School League Overall
MV Christian 11-1 13-6
Friday Harbor 10-2 13-6
Orcas Island 7-5 7-12
Coupeville 5-7 6-13
Darrington 5-7 9-10
La Conner 4-8 5-9
Concrete 0-12 1-14

 

Northwest League girls’ tennis:

School League Overall
Friday Harbor 3-1 3-3
Coupeville 1-3 2-9-1

 

Northwest League softball:

School League Overall
Coupeville 10-0 17-1
Darrington 8-2 13-4
Friday Harbor 5-5 8-11
Orcas Island 4-6 7-13
La Conner 2-8 2-13
Concrete 1-9 1-9

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Wolf sluggers inspire next gen stars

Posted in Little League, Softball, tagged , , , , on May 8, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Work on your game while young and one day you can hit like this. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Build the present, build the future.

Softball success is booming on the prairie, and a big part of that is the older girl’s willingness to work with their younger counterparts.

Current Coupeville High School players, who are flying high with a 17-1 record this spring, took time Wednesday to mentor the sluggers who will follow in their footsteps.

The Central Whidbey Little League Minors team — 14 players and four coaches — trekked over to the CHS fields, where they worked with the Wolves on a typically breezy “spring” day in Coupeville.

CHS and CWLL players unite on the prairie. (Aaron Lucero photo)

“The varsity players did a fantastic job running the show,” said CHS coach Aaron Lucero.

“Windy and cold, but nobody complained.

“Bethany Hopkins and her (CWLL) coaches have done a great job instilling passion for the game in their team.”

Tomorrow’s stars swing for success. (Lucero photo)

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Senior sluggers sparkle in sunny swan song

Posted in Softball, tagged , , , , on May 7, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Madison McMillan’s fan club represents on Senior Night. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

They closed this chapter with joy and tears and a big win.

Capping a 17-1 run through the regular season with a Senior Night victory over Granite Falls Tuesday, the Coupeville High School softball squad has set itself up for more success.

The Wolves sit one win from advancing to the state tourney, something a good chunk of these same players also did in the fall as volleyball spikers.

Tuesday’s farewell to the prairie highlighted a group of five CHS seniors who have been playing together on the diamond since they were first old enough to pick up a glove and bat.

They have left their mark, one hit and one win at a time.

Chloe Marzocca

Taylor Brotemarkle

Written on the prairie forever. Or today, at least.

Jada Heaton

Madison McMillan

Mia Farris

The seniors group-hug junior catcher Teagan Calkins, who has played with them for a decade.

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