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May 13, 2017 by David Svien

Freshman Avalon Renninger played a key role for successful varsity soccer and tennis squads. (John Fisken photo)

The balance of power has shifted.

The third athletic school year in the short history of the 1A Olympic League is in the books (at least the regular season portion) and there’s a new big dog in charge.

That would be Coupeville, which has overcome being the smallest of the four schools.

The Wolves won the most league titles across the 10 core sports (volleyball, football, softball and baseball, plus girls and boys basketball, tennis and soccer) for the second straight year, while also claiming the varsity league wins title for the first time.

And while CHS knocked Klahowya down a peg, Port Townsend, which had been dead-last for wins in 2014-2015 and 2015-2016, overcame win-less baseball and softball seasons to ease past Chimacum in the final standings.

Varsity league win totals by year:

2016-2017:

Coupeville – 51
Klahowya – 48
Port Townsend – 28
Chimacum – 25

2015-2016:

Klahowya – 45
Coupeville – 42
Chimacum – 26
Port Townsend – 22

2014-2015:

Klahowya – 52
Coupeville – 40
Chimacum – 23
Port Townsend – 20

Side note, win totals went up this year because soccer and volleyball shifted from six-game league schedules to nine to match up with basketball, baseball and softball.

Meanwhile football, thanks to hooking up with the Nisqually League, played seven league games against seven foes, instead of the six against three as in the first two years.

As the postseason continues to play out — districts for softball, tennis and track arrive next week, while Klahowya is the lone Olympic League school still (barely) alive in baseball and soccer — here’s a look at the final league standings for this spring.

Olympic League softball: