Coupeville Sports

   Mia Littlejohn hammered home her fifth goal of the season Thursday to key a 2-1 win. (John Fisken photo)

Let’s get ready to rumble.

Setting up a Saturday showdown for first place in the 1A Olympic League standings, the Coupeville High School girls’ soccer squad took care of business Thursday night.

Shrugging off a limited warm-up, the Wolves eventually took control and bounced host Chimacum 2-1 to capture their conference opener.

Now 1-0 in league play (3-4-3 overall) Coupeville will welcome defending 1A state champion Klahowya (1-0, 7-3-1) to town in two days.

The game, set for the day of the Homecoming dance, kicks off at 11 AM.

While the Eagles roared to a title last fall, the core of that team, including transcendent stars McKenzie Cook and Izzy Severns, departed, while the young Wolves are just starting to really get rolling.

Facing off with the Cowboys, Coupeville relied on their high-scoring sister combo to ice the deal.

Freshman Kalia Littlejohn nailed her team-high eighth goal, while sophomore Mia Littlejohn tallied her fifth.

Lil’ sis opened things with a bang.

“Kalia was back at it with a killer shot that left the Cowboy goalie grabbing air and seeing nothing but the bad, bad freshman trotting back to the mid-line stripe after outing her team in the hurt locker!!!,” said CHS coach Troy Cowan.

Then, it was big sister’s time, and she responded in style.

“Not to be outdone, Mia did a little corner shopping when she put in a goal from waaaaaaayyyyy out that found the corner net,” Cowan said.

No one is quite sure how Chimacum (0-1, 2-9) scored, especially Cowan.

“There is NO way that goal even went close to going in,” he said. “Can’t tell you anything about it because I never saw it happen. You will have to ask the ref…”

Still, regardless of the score, Cowan came away fairly pleased with the result.

“Girls played fairly well and did their best, but we could have done much better,” he said. “I was proud of them and was happy for this young team and that they started their conference season off with a victory!!”