Coupeville Sports

Wolf goalie Brian Roberts pops in to make a save. (John Fisken photos)

Aram Leyva was kung fu fightin’.

The Coupeville High School boys soccer squad always plays Port Townsend tough, and Saturday was no different.

Unfortunately, the final score, with the Wolves on the short end of the stick, was all too familiar as well.

Falling 3-0 on its home field on a wet, windy day, Coupeville is now all but assured it will finish in third-place in the four-team 1A Olympic League.

The Wolves sit at 3-4 in conference play, 4-8-1 overall, looking up at Klahowya (6-0, 9-2-1) and Port Townsend (4-2, 6-5) with two regular-season games left to play.

Those three schools will represent the Olympic League in postseason play, as Chimacum (0-7, 2-9) was officially eliminated after absorbing an 8-1 loss Saturday to Klahowya.

Coupeville’s only chance to claim the league’s #2 seed hinges on pulling off the upset of the century Tuesday on Senior Night.

Somehow find a way to deliver Klahowya’s first-ever Olympic League loss (the Eagles are 18-0 over the past three seasons), and the Wolves faint hopes would still flicker.

After that, knock off Port Townsend on the road in the regular season finale Apr. 28, have the RedHawks lose to Klahowya and Chimacum the first two days of May, and CHS is golden.

If any of that fails to happen, accept the #3 seed and get ready to host a “home” playoff game at Oak Harbor’s Stadium May 4.

Saturday, the Wolves held Port Townsend to just a single first-half goal, but couldn’t find the back of the net themselves.

As a damp CHS coach Kyle Nelson surveyed the aftermath, he had a mixed reaction.

“Again we gifted them a goal,” he said with a slight grimace. “The positive is the continued improvement in how we are passing the ball around and making connections.

“We will be looking forward to seeing them next week for a little payback.”

To see more photos from both varsity and JV action (purchases fund scholarships for CHS student/athletes) pop over to:

http://www.johnsphotos.net/Sports/2017-Coupeville-Boys-Soccer/20170422-vs-Port-Townsend/