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Wolves sizzle at hardball all-star games!!

Posted in Baseball, tagged , , , , , , on June 2, 2017| Leave a Comment »

   Wolf seniors Taylor Consford (left) and Clay Reilly (right) played Thursday in All-State baseball feeder games in Bellingham. (John Fisken photos)

Kory Score joined the duo for a final day of high school baseball.

Taylor Consford was unstoppable.

The Coupeville High School senior capped his prep baseball career Thursday with an epic day at the A/B Northwest District All-State baseball feeder games in Bellingham.

Consford was a jack of all trades, tossing four shutout innings on the mound in the first game, then moving behind the plate to catch four innings in the nightcap.

He also ripped off six hits over the two games, piling up five singles and a triple across 16-1 and 26-1 wins by his Americans squad.

Two of Consford’s CHS teammates joined him in Bellingham, with Clay Reilly pulling time in the outfield in game one and Kory Score working at first-base in game two.

The duo found themselves on the opposite side of the field from Consford, playing for the Nationals squad.

Score ripped a single his first time up, and was nailed in the wrist by a pitch his second go-around.

Reilly grounded out four times, but the combination of his work in Thursday’s game and through the season for the Wolves earned him a nomination for the All-State series.

That event, which brings together seniors from all six high school classifications in Washington (4A-1B), is held in Yakima June 10-11.

The rosters for All-State are finalized after the last of 14 feeder games is played June 5.

Coupeville coach Chris Smith, having wrapped his first season at the helm of the Wolves, came away very happy with how his first group of seniors played in the spotlight.

“Taylor was clearly a standout player in the two games played,” he said. “I was very proud of how our players represented themselves and how they represented Coupeville baseball.”

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Diamond days not done!!

Posted in Baseball, tagged , , , , , , on May 18, 2017| Leave a Comment »

   Clay Reilly is one of three Coupeville seniors tabbed to play in the All-State baseball feeder games. (John Fisken photos)

He’ll be joined by Taylor Consford.

Kory Score makes three, bringing a smile to coach Chris Smith’s face.

Don’t turn in those uniforms just yet.

Three Coupeville High School seniors will get at least one more day on the baseball diamond after being selected to play June 1 in the Northwest District A/B feeder games.

Clay Reilly, Taylor Consford and Kory Score have been tabbed to visit Bellingham and play at Joe Martin Field.

Feeder games are held in numerous locations across the state from May 30-June 5, featuring Washington’s best senior ballplayers.

The best performers at each place are nominated for the All-State Baseball Series, and those who make the final cut travel to Yakima June 10-11.

In recent years, CHS pitchers Ben Etzell and Aaron Curtin got the All-State call, with Etzell making the trip and pitching in 2014.

Reilly, an outfielder who sometimes moonlighted at catcher, was a four-year player for the Wolves.

A feared hitter with a powerful arm, he helped lead CHS to its first baseball league title in 25 years during his junior season.

Score was also a starter on that squad, manning first base the last two seasons after moving back to town, while Consford, Coupeville’s starting catcher, transferred from Oak Harbor before his senior season.

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Matt Hilborn denies you!!

Posted in Baseball, tagged , , , , , on April 12, 2017| Leave a Comment »

   Chris Smith is 2-0 in Olympic League play since assuming Coupeville’s head coaching position at the end of March. (John Fisken photo)

Mariano Rivera reborn.

Sophomore slinger Matt Hilborn has become Coupeville’s closer this season, and his biggest door slam arrived Wednesday afternoon.

Sliding over from third base to replace Dane Lucero on the hill midway through the seventh inning, Hilborn closed out Chimacum, stranding the potential game-tying run to seal a big-time 4-3 win for the Wolves.

The victory snaps a two-game skid for CHS, and, more importantly, came in a league game.

Now 2-1 in Olympic League play, 6-5 overall, the Wolves sit a half game off of Klahowya (2-0, 3-3) as they try and defend their league crown.

Chimacum (1-2, 3-3) slips into third place, while Port Townsend (0-2, 0-4) occupies the cellar.

Coupeville wraps up its non-conference schedule with three games in the next week, then makes its playoff push Apr. 21-May 3.

Over that period, the Wolves will play each of its league foes twice, with four of six on the road.

If Coupeville shows the same resilience down the stretch it did Wednesday, things could work out nicely.

The Wolves battled back from an early two-run deficit, then, once they had the lead, never relinquished it.

“Good close game,” said CHS coach Chris Smith. “Chimacum played us tough, like they always do.”

Things got interesting in the top of the seventh, though, as the Cowboys led off with back-to-back singles and plated a runner to slice the deficit to a single run.

Hilborn was having none of that, though, and he closed the game out with a bang, with Wolf first-baseman Kory Score getting the game’s final out.

Chimacum had scraped together two runs in the top of the first to take an early lead, and Coupeville remained scoreless until the fourth.

The Wolves finally got on the board when Clay Reilly singled and eventually came around to score on a passed ball.

With Lucero tossing goose eggs after the first, CHS hit its stride in the fifth, plating three to retake the lead at 4-2.

Taylor Consford, the master of the three-bagger this season, led off the inning with a resounding triple and that seemed to crack Chimacum’s calm exterior.

The tying run crossed home as Ethan Marx reached first on an error, then the Wolves went to work.

Marx pilfered two bags, scored on an RBI ground-out by Hilborn, then watched as Hunter Smith went about things in almost mirror-like fashion.

This time it was a single, then two steals from the ultra-speedy junior, before Joey Lippo brought Smith home on a sac fly.

Coupeville rapped out six hits on the day, with Reilly and Smith leading the way with a pair of singles apiece.

Hilborn added a single, while Consford ruled the afternoon with his extra-base knock.

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“These are the bumps of the sport!!”

Posted in Football, tagged , , , , on October 9, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Wolf sophomore QB Shane Losey has a growth plate fracture in his shoulder. (Scott Losey photo)

   Wolf sophomore QB Shane Losey has a growth plate fracture in his shoulder. (Scott Losey photo)

Football gives and football takes away.

Late in Friday’s Homecoming game against Port Townsend, Coupeville back-up quarterback Shane Losey completed his first varsity pass, hooking up with Taylor Consford.

It was the first reception for his senior receiver, a first-year player, and a bright moment for the sophomore signal-caller.

Unfortunately, it’s likely to be the final big play of either player’s season.

Both suffered injuries in the final minutes against the RedHawks, with both believed to be season-ending.

Scott Losey confirmed his son has a growth plate fracture in his shoulder and will be out four to six weeks.

With four games left on the regular-season schedule, that means Shane won’t see the field again this year, leaving freshman Dawson Houston as Hunter Downes back-up at QB.

Downes, a junior who has been mostly pain-free this year, was knocked out early last year by the same type of injury Shane Losey suffered.

“These are the bumps of the sport,” said Scott Losey, a former Wolf player whose dad, uncle and two sons all suited up for CHS.

Consford was on crutches at the Homecoming dance after taking a shot to his knee.

Sunday morning he confirmed that his first varsity catch was also his last.

“I’m out for the season,” Consford said.

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“I look at what I can do better!!”

Posted in Baseball, Football, tagged , , , , on October 6, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Taylor Consford

Taylor Consford (Submitted photo)

Taylor Consford has changed schools, but retained his positive outlook.

Having moved from Oak Harbor to Coupeville for his senior year, he’s jumping right in, with plans of being a three-sport athlete for the Wolves.

Consford is currently suiting up for the CHS football squad, with plans to play basketball and baseball as the year unfolds.

Regardless of which sport he’s playing, the future Navy man is always working on his game.

“My strengths are always something to improve,” Consford said. “My mentality is that I can always improve, so I don’t look at my strengths.

“I look at what I can do better.”

During his Wildcat days, Consford played with and against some of his future Wolf baseball teammates in summer ball.

While he has a comfort zone on the diamond (“my main sport”), taking to the gridiron is a new experience.

“This is my first year playing football. I have always wanted to play football but I’ve always been too nervous,” Consford said. “I started to play because I love to be a part of a team.

“I enjoy everything about football, being a part of a team, making new friends,” he added. “But in reality, to me they aren’t my friends, they are my family. They accepted me and made me feel great.”

As Consford and the Wolf squad head into the second half of the season with a Homecoming match-up with Port Townsend Friday, he just wants to make an impact, in whatever way he’s called upon.

“My goals this season for football are to always be there for everyone that needs me,” he said. “Do whatever I can to help my team win, and not to play for my self but all of my brothers that are out there by my side.”

Away from the field, he enjoys history class (“It just gives so much meaning to learn about what happened in the past to form the world around us today”) and hanging out with girlfriend Gaby Halpin and their friends.

“My main focus this year is to have the best senior year I can,” Consford said.

“The people that have made an impact in my life would most definitely be my parents and friends,” he added. “Everyone around me has encouraged me to great things and pushed me to the best of my ability to perform.”

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