Coupeville Sports

Bree Daigneault (left) and Micky LeVine share a moment. (John Fisken photos)

Hanna Seiffert is amused by Kirsten Pelroy.

Mia Littlejohn flashes some fancy footwork.

Pelroy stalks the field.

Erin Rosenkranz, 1.3 seconds away from causing a sonic boom.

Daigneault keeps her eyes on the skies, tracking the flight of the ball.

It’s many things wrapped in one.

It’s a “home” game that’s taking place 45 miles down the road.

It’s a winner-take-all playoff game.

It’s probably the biggest game in program history.

When the Coupeville High School girls’ soccer squad (6-6-1) takes the pitch this afternoon (12 PM) at Kingston High School, it will be a rare venture into true postseason play for the Wolf booters.

The opponent is Vashon Island (6-4-1), the #3 team from the Nisqually Valley League and Coupeville is nominally the home team, having earned that honor by claiming second place in the Olympic League behind Klahowya.

But, with the requirement that all District 3 playoff games take place on turf fields, CHS was not allowed to host the game on its field.

Oak Harbor’s beautiful turf field, less than 10 miles up the road, was already spoken for (a cheer camp), so it’s off to North Kitsap.

The #3 team from the Olympic, Port Townsend (3-11) faces the #2 team from the Nisqually, Bellevue Christian (7-4-2) as well Saturday.

The Coupeville/Vashon winner advances to play Seattle Christian (12-2-1) Nov. 4, while the Port Townsend/Bellevue Christian winner gets Klahowya (14-1).

Two teams will emerge from the six-team district tourney and qualify for state.

To check out the district tourney bracket hop over to:

http://www.olympicleague.com/tournament.php?tournament_id=1371&sport=11