Coupeville High School baseball coach Marc Aparicio doesn’t believe his club has lost its positive edge even though the Wolves head into the postseason on a bit of a downer.

Coupeville opened the Olympic League season with sevens wins, clinching its first title in 25 years, but dropped the final two conference games, the last a 4-3 setback to Klahowya Wednesday, May 4, at Robert Sherman Field.

Not a problem, according to Aparicio.

“We have great confidence,” he said. “We were mixing kids around, and our biggest goal the last two games was to build up our bull pen.

“Jojo (Welling) threw great in relief today, and a boost in his confidence is a huge win for us.”

Klahowya nicked Coupeville starter CJ Smith for three runs in the first inning, combining three well-placed singles with an error.

From that point, he and Welling shut down the Eagles while the Wolves came back to knot the game at 3.

In the seventh, the Eagles used a single and double to put runners on second and third with one out.

Coupeville brought its infield up. The next hitter grounded to second baseman Joey Lippo’s left, and with no chance to cut down the runner at the plate, Lippo tossed to first for the out.

Coupeville couldn’t answer, going down in order in the bottom of the seventh.

The Wolves made it 3-2 with a pair of runs in the third. Smith and Cole Payne singled, then Smith scored on an error. Kory Score’s deep sacrifice fly plated Payne.

Coupeville tied the game in the sixth. Score singled and eventually scored on Gabe Wynn’s sacrifice fly.

The Wolves had no other hits in the game and struck out 13 times against two Klahowya pitchers.

The win enabled Klahowya (7-2, 16-4) to tie the Wolves for first in the Olympic League. Coupeville, however, earned the No. 1 seed into the playoffs by winning the season series with the Eagles 2-1.

Coupeville (7-2, 10-10) opens the district tournament at 4 p.m. Tuesday, May 10, at Curtis High School against a yet-to-be-determined opponent.

The Wolves will most likely be without one of its top players, Hunter Smith. Smith was ejected in the Klahowya game for arguing balls and strikes, and unless the suspension is lifted, he will be required to sit out one game.

The tournament will continue May 12 and 14, and the Wolves will need to win two of three games to qualify for the regional tournament.