Allie Lucero crunched a home run Saturday as Coupeville softball thrashed South Whidbey. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)
The bats were booming.
South Whidbey whacked back-to-back home runs Saturday, but the Coupeville High School varsity softball squad responded with a barrage of base-knocks.
Rapping out 20 hits, including a tater of their own, the Wolves held off their Island rivals, winning 15-5 on the road at Langley.
The non-conference victory gives CHS a home-and-away season sweep of the Falcons, and lifts Coupeville to 3-1 on the season.
Saturday’s tilt was a game the Wolves led from start to finish, but also one that they didn’t fully put away until the day’s final two innings.
Up 6-2 through five frames, Coupeville pushed three runs across in the sixth, then slapped an exclamation point on things with a six-run surge in the seventh inning.
That capped a game in which the Wolves jumped out to a 3-0 lead after a half inning of play.
Pushing its advantage out to 6-0 heading into the bottom of the fourth, Coupeville was cruising on both sides of the ball.
Until Chanel Sterba and Morgan Batchelor broke through with consecutive longballs.
If she was ruffled, Wolf hurler Izzy Wells never showed it, promptly setting the next six Falcons down on strikeouts.
The senior flame thrower recorded a season-best 17 K’s on the afternoon, requiring her teammates to only record four outs on their own.
With the game still close, Coupeville broke things open in the late going.
The sixth-inning rally started with Wolf frosh Mia Farris getting plunked by a wayward pitch, followed by a thunderous triple off the bat of senior Audrianna Shaw.
From there, a two-bagger from Savina Wells — which narrowly missed being a home run — and singles by Madison McMillan and Gwen Gustafson kept the good times going.
Things really got fun in the seventh, however, with Coupeville raining down eight hits in the frame, including Allie Lucero tagging a moon shot to join the exclusive homer-hittin’ society.
Doubles from Izzy Wells, Farris, and Taylor Brotemarkle didn’t travel quite as far, but also dealt severe damage to South Whidbey’s hopes.
“Late in the game we finally started hitting our stride offensively and got some runs to put the distance on them and put the game away,” said CHS coach Kevin McGranahan.
“We had some good hits when we were being aggressive.”
Saturday stats:
Taylor Brotemarkle — 1 single, 1 double
Mia Farris — 1 double, 1 walk
Gwen Gustafson — 2 singles
Lily Leedy — 1 single
Allie Lucero — 1 single, 1 home run
Maya Lucero — 1 single
Madison McMillan — 1 single, 1 walk
Melanie Navarro — 1 single
Audrianna Shaw — 1 single, 1 triple, 1 walk
Izzy Wells — 3 singles, 1 double
Savina Wells — 2 singles, 1 double
Wolf hurler Izzy Wells whiffed 17 Falcons.
