Coupeville Sports

Audrianna Shaw knocked in a pair of goals Thursday, lifting Coupeville to a win in its season opener. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Once unleashed, they couldn’t be stopped.

A mere 12 days after the season-opening jamboree, the Coupeville High School girls soccer team finally got to play a regular game Thursday night.

At which point the Wolves promptly brought the home fans to their feet with a stirring 4-2 win over Northwest 2B/1B League rival La Conner.

Coupeville jumped on the visiting Braves with an early goal, but found themselves trailing 2-1 at the half.

Responding to whatever words of wisdom were sent their way by coach Kyle Nelson, the Wolves responded, raining down scores after the break.

“It took us awhile to get into full game mode, but the second half was ours,” Nelson said.

Coupeville got goals from a trio of shooters, with senior Audrianna Shaw leading the way with a pair of scores.

Sophie Martin and Eryn Wood also hit the back of the net, with all three players looking to make a move up the CHS career scoring chart.

Thursday’s goal was the sixth in a Wolf uniform for Martin, who moves into a tie with Mallory Kortuem at #10 on the all-time list.

Five CHS girls have tallied double-digit scoring, ranging from Mia Littlejohn with 35 goals to Avalon Renninger, who punched in 12.

Wood has four career goals for the high school program, with Shaw sitting with three.

Saturday game site changed:

Coupeville returns to action Saturday with a road non-conference game against East Jefferson.

The game was originally set for Memorial Stadium in Port Townsend, but the field has a conflict, so things have been moved to Chimacum High School.

That school is located at 91 W. Valley Rd. in Chimacum.

Game time is 11 AM.