Nick Guay leads the charge. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)
“Aha, my old foe, you thought you could escape from me, but you were wrong, so wrong!”
Familiarity breeds improvement.
During its first season of competition, the Coupeville Middle School boys soccer team has just three rivals filling out its 10-game season.
The Wolves have beaten Granite Falls twice, while falling all three times they’ve played both Lakewood and Northshore Christian Academy.
The latest of those defeats came Wednesday in Lakewood, where CMS fell 4-0 on the pitch to their large-school rivals.
While the losses have piled up a bit during a 2-6 season, the chance to face off with the same squads has given the Wolves a chance to measure their progress.
In each of their three meetings, Coupeville has reduced the goals scored by Lakewood, a much-larger middle school which funnels students to a 2A high school.
The Wolves have brought the number down from eight in game one, to five in game two, then to four in the final meeting this season between the schools.
And it was actually much closer, as Lakewood only led 1-0 at the half and 2-0 late in the game.
A pair of back-to-back scores in the waning moments stretched out the margin, but didn’t dampen the positive showing from the Wolves.
“We played a great game against an undefeated team,” said Coupeville coach Reese Cernick.
“The Lakewood coach kept commenting the whole game how much we had improved and how on point our defense is.” he added. “This was one of the best games we’ve played this season, hands down.”
Coupeville has two games left on its schedule, traveling to Granite Falls Monday, Oct. 21 in pursuit of a season sweep.
After that, the Wolves wrap their inaugural season Oct. 23 at home against Northshore Christian.
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