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Click, click, it’s prairie pics

Posted in Baseball, Softball, tagged , , , , on March 6, 2021| Leave a Comment »

Wolf softball coach Kevin McGranahan is back in his happy place. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

Zane Oldenstadt goes low to make a snag.

“Wait … the humans are back?”

Kylie Van Velkinburgh keeps both eyes on the ball.

Daniel Olson brings the high, hard cheddar.

A meeting of the minds.

Hoops sensation Maddie Georges and mom Suzan freeze along with the rest of us.

Sage Sharp dares you to run.

It was a busy day on the ol’ prairie.

Playing for the first time since 2019, the Coupeville High School baseball and softball squads officially ended their pandemic shutdown Saturday with games against visiting Friday Harbor.

Working both sides of the street, wanderin’ photo whiz kid John Fisken snapped the pics you see above.

To thumb through a lot more, and possibly buy some glossies for grandma, pop over to:

BB 2021-03-06 vs Friday Harbor – John’s Photos

SB 2021-03-06 vs Friday Harbor – John’s Photos

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Wolf grad swings a mean bat

Posted in Softball, tagged , , , , on March 6, 2021| Leave a Comment »

Sarah Wright, seen in her CHS days, leads her college softball team in most offensive categories. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

She’s in there fighting.

Coupeville grad Sarah Wright found some success on the softball field Saturday in Tennessee, even if her college team didn’t.

Despite picking up a hit, a walk, and an RBI, the former Wolf found herself on the losing end of things, as Sewanee: The University of the South dropped a home doubleheader to Georgia’s Berry College.

The Tigers rallied from five runs down in the opener, and had the tying run on base in the final inning, thanks to Wright, but were edged 6-5.

Game two wasn’t quite as much fun, as Berry crushed the ball in a 15-0 win called after five innings.

The losses drop Sewanee to 1-3 as it begins its comeback from the pandemic shutdown.

The Tigers will be off for two weeks now, hosting a doubleheader against Centre College of Kentucky March 20.

Currently, Sewanee has a 10-game schedule, with only home games.

Through the first four of those contests, Wright has been at the forefront of the Tiger offense.

The catcher leads her squad in on-base percentage (.538), and is tied for first in hits (4), RBI (2), and walks (3).

She’s second in batting average (.400) and third in slugging percentage (.400).

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Wright back where she belongs

Posted in Softball, tagged , , , , on March 3, 2021| Leave a Comment »

Coupeville grad Sarah Wright, seen here last spring, is back to playing college softball. (Photo courtesy Wright)

The field is hers again.

Coupeville High School grad Sarah Wright and her softball teammates at Sewanee: The University of the South returned to the diamond Wednesday, playing for the first time in 360 days.

With the ongoing pandemic, the Tigers will play a limited schedule this spring, with only home games.

For its season opener, Sewanee welcomed Covenant College to Tennessee, with the visitors swinging by from just over the Georgia line.

After a bit of a slow start in a 7-2 loss, Wright and the Tigers rebounded nicely in the nightcap, winning 3-2.

The former Coupeville four-sport star (and Valedictorian) — now a sophomore at Sewanee — was one of the stars in game two, bashing three singles and picking up her first RBI of the season.

Clinging to a one-run lead, the Tigers gave up a leadoff triple in the top of the sixth, but escaped unharmed, then ended the game in the seventh on a double play.

Wright, who was hitting out of the cleanup spot and catching for Sewanee, walked twice in the opener, while teammate Alice Charbonea mashed a solo homerun.

The Tigers, who currently have a 10-game schedule (though that could expand), return to action this Saturday, March 6, when they host Berry College for a doubleheader.

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Orcas Island back in action

Posted in Everything changes, tagged , , , , , on March 2, 2021| Leave a Comment »

Coupeville High School softball coach Justine McGranahan and grandson watch action unfold during a pre-season intra-team scrimmage. (Photo courtesy McGranahan)

They’re back.

Less than a week after saying it wouldn’t participate in sports until students were back in class, Orcas Island High School has returned to the playing field.

Coupeville athletic Director Willie Smith confirmed Tuesday that the Vikings had “approval to begin athletics.”

That means Wolf softball and baseball regain four games on their combined schedules.

The CHS diamond queens get back a home game March 13 and a road doubleheader March 23, while the diamond men pick up a single road game March 23.

Coupeville softball now sits with a 14-game schedule, the maximum it can have under Washington Interscholastic Activities Association rules during this shortened pandemic season, while Wolf baseball has 11 contests.

Both teams open play this Saturday, March 6 with home games against Friday Harbor.

Baseball plays at 11 AM, with softball hosting a doubleheader with games at 11 and 1 PM.

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CHS diamond dandies lose a foe (for now)

Posted in Baseball, Softball, tagged , , , , on February 24, 2021| Leave a Comment »

With Orcas Island stepping away from spring sports, Daniel Olson’s senior season dips from 10 games to nine. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

And then there were six.

Things change at a moment’s notice in the Age of Coronavirus, and Wednesday brought a new wrinkle.

Orcas Island informed Northwest 2B/1B League officials it will not begin athletics until students return to in-person education.

Currently, the expectation is for that to happen in late March, though nothing is guaranteed.

With a condensed spring sports season running from February 22 to April 3, Orcas is out, with the hope it will be back in when traditional fall sports run March 29 to May 8.

The Vikings are the second group of NWL athletes to bow out due to COVID-19 concerns, as Chimacum already opted to delay joining what is intended to be an eight-team league.

Chimacum combined with next-door neighbor Port Townsend for the 2020-2021 school year, and the schools are playing in the 1A/2A Olympic League as East Jefferson.

With Orcas stepping away from spring sports, two Coupeville teams lose a total of four games from already pared-down schedules.

The Wolf softball squad was set to host the Vikings March 13, then join the CHS baseball team in traveling to Orcas March 23.

That road trip was to feature a softball doubleheader and a lone hardball contest.

With the changes, Coupeville softball sees its schedule shrink from 12 to nine games, while Wolf baseball goes from 10 to nine.

CHS track and girls tennis are unaffected, as Orcas doesn’t field teams in those sports.

 

UPDATE #1: A trip to Friday Harbor has been added to the schedule on March 19, bringing both Coupeville diamond schedules up to 10 games.

 

UPDATE #2: Softball will play a home doubleheader March 6 against Friday Harbor, instead of the previously-planned single game, raising its schedule back to 11 games. 

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