Julia Myers and CJ Roberts enjoy the epic win, while Caleb Valko had a bad burrito for lunch and Nick Streubel is trying to get out of the wind. (John Fisken photo)
A cold, windy day just got a whole lot warmer for Coupeville High School boys’ soccer fans.
Raining down goals from every direction on visiting Friday Harbor Wednesday, the Wolves won their first game of the season, routing the Wolverines 5-1 and garnering a measure of revenge for what might have been their most agonizing loss.
The first time these two non-conference foes faced, way back in the season opener, Coupeville fell 1-0 on a horribly wet, muddy field when a dastardly mud puddle swallowed what would have been the tying goal.
This time there was no rain and no puddles, just a relentless wind that swept across the prairie, carrying the bellows of the soccer fans next door to where CHS baseball fans were making their own semi-frozen war whoops.
After scoring just four goals in their first 11 games, the Wolves had no trouble breaking through the defense on this day.
Super sophomore Jeremy Copenhaver led the attack, recording a hat trick to run his season scoring total to five.
After scoring on two breakaways, he capped the day with a goal on a free kick that CHS coach Paul Mendes hailed as “the best free kick I have seen in my time here at Coupeville.”
“He struck the ball hard over the defensive wall,” Mendes said. “The ball curved over the wall, and dipped down to find the upper left corner of the net. A great way to finish the day.”
Joining Copenhaver in the scoring rampage were junior Sean Donley, who punched in his second goal of the year, while assisting on another, and senior Nathan Lamb, the player denied by the mud puddle, who found sweet redemption with his first score.
With Coupeville playing stout defense in front of him, goaltender Kole Kellison was his usual stalwart self in the net.
“The win was well deserved and hard earned,” Mendes said. “It was especially satisfying since we had lost to them earlier in the season.
“It was a fine reward for all the work we have been doing,” he added. “It should give us some confidence as we approach the final stretch of the season.”
The Wolves return to action Friday, when they host Sultan. JV kicks off at 5, varsity at 7.
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yay, one win! just keepin the trend alive, baby! woot woot!
Ah, the boys in South Whidbey, I assume, creating fake email accounts again. Interesting you don’t comment when you lose in baseball and softball.