Coupeville Sports

   Garrett Compton (10), seen here in an earlier game, made a sensational rolling save on a near-goal Wednesday. (John Fisken photo)

The streak lives on.

Coupeville High School senior Abraham Leyva beat the clock by less than 30 seconds Wednesday, flipping in a goal to cap his team’s boys’ soccer game against visiting Bellevue Christian.

But, while it was the fifth straight game that Leyva had scored in this season, it was also the fifth straight time he and his teammates exited the field without a win.

Falling 7-4 in a high-powered shoot-out with the Vikings, the Wolves slid to 0-4-1 in non-conference play.

Coupeville, playing without starting goaltender Connor McCormick (serving a one-game suspension for a red card issued for a hand ball the day before), fell behind early and could never catch back up.

Bellevue knocked in a goal 80 seconds into the game, then tacked on a pair more in the game’s 25th and 27th minute.

Both the second and third scores were fairly lucky ones, with balls taking a pro-Bellevue bounce during heated scrums in front of the net.

Despite the early 3-0 deficit, Wolf goalie Jose Marcos played well, making a series of saves, and got a little help from one of his teammates on a crucial play.

Flying into action from the side, Garrett Compton tumbled head-over-rear in front of the net, snagging a wayward ball with his knees as he did so and preventing the ball from bouncing past Marcos, who was down on the ground after blocking a previous shot.

The Wolves got on the board in the game’s 29th minute when Ethan Spark unloaded a deep, booming shot from almost midfield that took off skyward, then suddenly snapped and dropped over the Bellevue goalie’s head at the last second.

Very reminiscent of a lot of the goals scored by his older sister, CHS senior Jenn Spark, during her run on the pitch, it was his first goal of the season.

After giving up two quick scores to start the second half, Coupeville fought back with three second-half goals to keep things interesting.

William Nelson, trailing the play, banged home his second score of the year, before Sebastian Davis hit a shot that caught the very edge of the net for his first goal of 2016.

Leyva then wrapped things up, pinning the BC goalie on one side of the net, before flipping the ball over his outstretched arm for the 30th goal of his prep career.

JV nipped: Andre Avila knocked in a first-half goal to stake Coupeville to an early lead, but Bellevue slipped in two late scores to escape with a 2-1 win.