Coupeville Sports

   Axel Partida and teammates are in a second-place tie with Port Townsend, who they host Friday. (John Fisken photo)

The gap is real.

The Klahowya boys soccer squad has yet to lose a game in 1A Olympic League play, and none of the other three conference teams are getting any closer to making that a reality.

Thrashing visiting Coupeville 7-0 Tuesday, the Eagles ran their season league mark to 3-0 and their all-time win-streak in conference play to 15-0.

That’s the third-longest active league winning streak, behind Coupeville girls basketball (27-0) and Klahowya girls soccer (20-0).

With six more league games ahead of them, the Eagle booters have a chance to slide past their female counterparts this season, if they stay perfect.

The loss drops Coupeville to 1-1 in league play, 2-3-1 overall.

The Wolves are in a second-place tie with Port Townsend (1-1, 3-2), who they host Friday (3:30 JV/5:30 varsity), while Chimacum (0-3, 0-5) is mired in the cellar.

Facing off with Klahowya, Coupeville battled fairly evenly for the opening 35 minutes, then was stung by two goals right before the half.

The Eagles used their familiarity with turf to speed the game up in the second half, stretching the final score out.

“Klahowya is a very good team, especially on their turf field,” said CHS coach Kyle Nelson. “It was a good game to work on our defense and will give us some things to look at to improve.”