The Coupeville High School softball team won only one of three games over the weekend, but the Wolves got the one they cherished the most.
“That’s the one we wanted,” coach Kevin McGranahan said after his Wolves beat their big neighbors to the north, Oak Harbor, 8-3 Saturday, March 16.
The Coupeville-Oak Harbor game was part of a triple header played on the Wildcats’ diamond Saturday.
Both Whidbey teams lost to Lakewood in five innings. The Cougars, returning all but one starter from a state-qualifying team, thumped Coupeville 18-5 and Oak Harbor 14-1.
The Wolves also lost 9-6 at Lynden Christian Friday.
Coupeville (2-2) begins conference play next week when Cedar Park Christian (0-0) visits at 4 p.m. Thursday, March 21.
Oak Harbor (1-3) hosts Mount Vernon (0-2) at 4 p.m. Wednesday, March 20, in a non-league game.
Coupeville 8, Oak Harbor 3
Senior Veronica Crownover powered the Wolves past the Wildcats, slugging three hits, including a double and home run, and drove in six runs.
Her three-run moon shot in the sixth inning cemented the win for the Wolves.
Singles by Abigale Fierro, Kayla Crocker and Eleanor Tucker put Oak Harbor up 1-0 in the first inning.
Coupeville took the lead with two runs in the second on singles by Sarah Wright and Mollie Bailey and Crownover’s double that hit the top of the fence.
The Wolves tacked on two runs in the third when Emma Mathusek walked, Wright doubled and Bailey and Crownover singled.
Crocker blasted a home run in the third to make it 4-2, then the Wildcats got to within one, 4-3, when Tucker doubled and Tamara Bennett singled in the fifth.
That set up the Wolves’ big sixth inning that secured the win.
Wright finished with three hits, including two doubles, and scored three runs, while Bailey singled twice and scored twice. Scout Smith rapped a triple, and Mathusek and winning pitcher Izzy Wells singled.
Tucker had three hits for Oak Harbor, and Crocker added two and two RBI.
Sam Scott chipped in with a triple and single, and Fierro and Bennett singled.
Lakewood 18, Coupeville 5
After scoring four runs in each of the first two innings, the Cougars added seven in the third to put the game away.
Smith paced the Wolves with a double and single, and Mathusek, Chelsea Prescott and Crownover all doubled. Wright and Nicole Laxton singled.
Lakewood 14, Oak Harbor 1
Lakewood scored six runs in the first inning, then after two scoreless innings, padded its lead with four runs in both the fourth and fifth innings.
Scott was 2-for-2 for the Wildcats, and Crocker stroked an RBI double. Ceirra LeGendre doubled, and Rinka Tsutsumi singled.
Lynden Christian 9, Coupeville 6
“Little errors,” McGranahan said, did in the Wolves at Lynden Christian.
Coupeville also struggled at the plate until the fifth inning when it plated four runs to make it 7-5.
Wright was 4-for-4 and Prescott went 3-for-3 with a double and scored two runs to lead the Coupeville offense.
Mathsusek, Crownover and MacKenzie Davis all singled.
Oak Harbor Tamara Bennett tries to avoid being hit by a Lakewood pitch. (Photo by John Fisken)
Oak Harbor third baseman Kayla Crocker tosses to first for an out against Lakewood. (Photo by John Fisken)
Coupeville’s Veronica Crownover blasts a pitch off the fence against Oak Harbor. (Photo by John Fisken)
MacKenzie Davis hustles in to catch an Oak Harbor fly ball. (Photo by John Fisken)
Kayla Crocker (11) is met at home plate by her teammates after hitting a home run against Coupeville. (Photo by John Fisken)
Oak Harbor second baseman Abigale Fierro tags out Coupeville’s Emma Mathusek. (Photo by John Fisken)
Wildcat Cierra LeGendre gets ready to fire a pitch against Coupeville. (Photo by John Fisken)
Coupeville’s Chelsea Prescott looks in a pop-up in the Oak Harbor game. (Photo by John Fisken)
Oak Harbor’s Kait Scheer lays out to force a Lakewood runner at first. (Photo by John Fisken)
Sam Scott attacks a Lakewood pitch. (Photo by John Fisken)
Coupeville’s Scout Smith takes a cut against the Wildcats. (Photo by John Fisken)
Rinka Tsutsumi tosses the ball back into the infield against Lakewood.
Izzy Wells pitches to a win over Oak Harbor. (Photo by John Fisken)
Oak Harbor’s Abigale Fierro looks for an out against Lakewood. (Photo by John Fisken)
Oak Harbor’s Miranda Wilson runs down a Coupeville fly ball. (Photo by John Fisken)
