Senior booters bid adieu to Coupeville pitch

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Senior booters bid adieu to Coupeville pitch

October 21, 2023 by David Svien

Wolf Moms hail their soccer-playing sons. (Photo courtesy Morgan White)

“Soccer has always been a beautiful game!”

Coupeville High School booter Cole White led off his Senior Night speech with that sentiment, capturing the feelings of all involved.

The Wolves bid adieu to five pitch vets Friday, with White joined by Andrew Williams, Hank Milnes, Quinten Simpson-Pilgrim, and Nick Guay.

Mixing joy with some tears (mainly from Wolf moms and dads), Coupeville blanked visiting La Conner 2-0 to keep alive its playoff hopes.

But it was the halftime festivities which resonated, as CHS coach Robert Wood, now in his fourth season, honored the first guys to play all the way with him.

That honor falls to Williams and Guay, with White, Milnes, and Simpson-Pilgrim having joined CHS soccer in ensuing years.

Whether they’ve played four years, or one season, the departing Wolves all seem to have benefitted from the experience.

“I wish that I played this sport all four years of high school,” Simpson-Pilgrim said.

“But I’m glad that I least got one good year in with all these cool amazing people.”