Coupeville Sports

Uriah Kastner and Coupeville High School boys soccer will get a win Friday, without having to play a game. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

The Coupeville High School boys soccer squad hasn’t played at home in nearly a month.

And now they’ll have to wait a few more days, though they will get a freebie win for their troubles.

Cedar Park Christian, which was scheduled to come to Whidbey Friday, has forfeited the game, handing the Wolves a 1-0 North Sound Conference victory.

The reason given was the private school “not having enough players.”

While it won’t get to play Friday, Coupeville will grab the W and improve to 3-4 in league play, 5-7 overall.

The Wolves wrap regular-season play Apr. 23, when they host South Whidbey on Senior Night.

After that comes the playoffs, though, with the forfeit, questions linger.

Coupeville currently holds the #3 seed from the NSC, and, barring a torrid final week full of upset wins from Sultan, would host a loser-out playoff game Apr. 29 against the #5 NSC seed.

That’s CPC, which sits at 0-7, 0-9 after the forfeit.

And how does a win-less team make the postseason, you ask?

The district tourney is supposed to feature the top three teams from the four-team Northwest Conference and the top five from the six-team NSC.

Except, Granite Falls killed its season before it began, automatically qualifying all NSC teams still standing.

So it’s on to districts for everyone … unless this becomes more than a one-game situation for CPC, in which case the playoff bracket could be ripped up and restructured.

Under the current plan, a win in their playoff opener would send the Wolves to the double-elimination portion of districts, one win away from punching their ticket to bi-districts.

The bracket, as it sits at 11 AM Thursday morning:

http://www.nscathletics.com/tournament.php?tournament_id=2915&sport=9