Maggie Crimmins and CHS tennis swept two league matches this week to claim control of first-place in the 1A Olympic League. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)
Let the jockeying begin.
In a week where many teams were beset by the never-ending rain, two of the four Olympic League races we’re tracking had changes at the top of the standings.
In baseball, Chimacum, which has never finished higher than third in the previous three seasons of the conference, jumped past Coupeville and into first-place.
A one-run win put the Cowboys a game up on the Wolves, but there’s still two-thirds of the league season to play — including two more bouts between these very two teams.
Over on the tennis courts, not a single league match had been played prior to this week.
That’s changed, and with back-to-back wins at the tail end of the week, the Coupeville netters staked a solid claim to being a favorite to win a fourth straight crown.
While softball (Coupeville) and boys soccer (Klahowya) didn’t change leaders, none of the races are anywhere close to being decided yet, ensuring several more weeks of excitement.
Maybe.
Softball, thanks to the unique challenges raised by Port Townsend and Chimacum abandoning their programs this season due to a lack of players, could be settled five days from now.
If CHS beats Klahowya Friday at home, the Wolves, with wins in the first two of three games the squads will play, will clinch their first softball title since 2002.
An Eagle upset (Coupeville won 15-1 Mar. 28 and weather has kept KSS sidelined since that day) and the championship would come down to an Apr. 30 meeting in Silverdale.
And, speaking of upsets, the most unexpected score came from the world of baseball, where Port Townsend shocked Klahowya 6-2 Friday.
The win snapped a 48-game losing skid for the RedHawks, who last won Apr. 9, 2015, and sent the Eagles, the defending champs, crashing into the cellar.
My, oh my.
Current standings through Apr. 15:
Olympic League baseball:
| School | League | Overall |
| Chimacum | 3-0 | 5-5 |
| COUPEVILLE | 2-1 | 7-4 |
| Port Townsend | 1-3 | 1-6 |
| Klahowya | 1-3 | 2-8 |
Olympic League boys soccer:
| School | League | Overall |
| Klahowya | 4-0 | 7-2-1 |
| COUPEVILLE | 3-1 | 4-4-2 |
| Port Townsend | 1-3 | 1-6-0 |
| Chimacum | 0-4 | 0-6-0 |
Olympic League girls tennis:
| School | League | Overall |
| COUPEVILLE | 2-0 | 3-5 |
| Chimacum | 0-1 | 1-6 |
| Klahowya | 0-1 | 1-5 |
Olympic League softball:
| School | League | Overall |
| COUPEVILLE | 1-0 | 7-3 |
| Klahowya | 0-1 | 5-2 |
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