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So, you’re saying there’s a chance?!!

October 21, 2018 by David Svien

CHS football players like Alex Turner are still alive for a playoff berth. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Improbable, but not impossible.

Despite losing its first four league games, the Coupeville High School football team is still in the running for a playoff berth entering the final week of the regular season.

While the top three slots are clinched, the fourth, and final, spot is a three-way battle between the Wolves, Granite Falls and Sultan, and the scrap could go into overtime.

As we head towards the regular season finale Oct. 26, here’s what we know.

Final games:

Granite Falls (1-3) at Coupeville (0-4)

King’s (3-1) at South Whidbey (3-1)

Cedar Park Christian (4-0) at Sultan (1-3)

Who’s in:

CPC is the league champ and #1 seed, while King’s and South Whidbey play for the #2 and #3 berths.

The battle for #4:

If Granite beats Coupeville, it gets the final berth. The Tigers would have two wins, and even if Sultan also won, own a tiebreaker on the Turks, having beat them.

If Granite loses and Sultan upsets CPC, the Turks, with two wins, get the final berth.

If Coupeville wins and Sultan loses, it’s a three-way tie, with all three teams having one league win, and having won, and lost, against one of the teams they’re tied with.

So, if it’s a three-way tie, what happens:

Coupeville, Sultan and Granite meet Saturday, Oct. 27. Early word is the royal rumble would go down in Granite, and start time hasn’t been announced.

Depending on a blind draw, teams #1 and #2 would play one half of a game.

Loser is done, and exits the stadium on their way to a week #10 cross-over game with another non-playoff team.

Winner stays on to play a second half against team #3, with winner of that game getting the playoff berth.

So, you’re a playoff team:

The #4 seed out of the North Sound Conference, however they get there, hosts a loser-out playoff game Tuesday, Oct. 30 at 7 PM against the #3 seed from the Northwest Conference (likely Lynden Christian).

Win and you advance to a loser-out, winner-to-state game on the road either Nov. 2 or 3 against Cedar Park Christian.

The playoff bracket:

http://www.nscathletics.com/tournament.php?tournament_id=2738&sport=1