Coupeville sweeps La Conner in diamond doubleheaders

It was Good Friday on the calendar, but anything but a good Friday for the La Conner High School baseball and softball teams.

Both lost league home doubleheaders to Coupeville.

In the girls’ softball twinbill, the defending NW2B/1B champions routed La Conner 23-0 and 21-1, limiting the Lady Braves to just a pair of base hits total in the two games. Coupeville remains unbeaten (5-0) in conference action.

Meanwhile, the boys fell 10-2 and 21-4 to the Wolves, who improved to 5-1 in NW2B/1B standings, one game back of undefeated league-leader Friday Harbor.

La Conner starting pitcher Haydin Dinuis pitched a solid game on his birthday, giving up just two earned runs in five innings.

“The issue we faced,” Braves head coach Jeremiah LeSourd told the Weekly News afterward, “was getting the third out to finish innings.”

Brogan Masonholder singled for one of La Conner’s three base hits. Nathan Bailey accounted for the other two, a pair of singles.

In the second game, Ivory Souryavoeng logged three innings on the hill for La Conner.

LeSourd said the second half of the doubleheader was primarily an opportunity to give the entire Braves roster playing time.

“It was a bumpy ride,” he noted, “but the boys got a chance to begin to relax and think on their feet. It was a tough day, but a chance for the whole roster to grow and gain confidence.”

The baseball team is now 0-7. It was looking to break into the win column Monday, April 18 opposite Muckleshoot Tribal School, a non-league home game. The Lady Braves resume their league schedule this Friday, 4 p.m. at home with Orcas Island.