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Young booters get their kicks!!

Posted in Boys Soccer on April 2, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Ryan Freeman goes all-out.

Fellow Wolf athlete Julia Myers holds a sign for Josh Datin.

Team captain Oscar Liquidano makes a throw-in.

Seth Campbell brings the ball upfield.

Loren Nelson directs traffic.

The road weary finally got to come home.

Tuesday night marked only the second time this season (in six games) that the Coupeville High School boys’ soccer squads got to play on their home turf at Mickey Clark Field.

The photos above are from the JV game, which pitted the Wolves against Archbishop Thomas Murphy and are courtesy ace clicker John Fisken.

Check out more of his work at http://www.cascadeathletics.com/index.php?act=view_gallery&gallery=3968&league=2&page=1&page_name=photo_store&school=24&sport=0&tab=1

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Wolves, Turks wage never-ending pitch war!!

Posted in Boys Soccer on March 30, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Zane Bundy and Co. get to play six of their next eight games at home. (John Fisken photos)

His classmates cheered for him at home Tuesday, and Jeremy Copenhaver delivered on the road Friday.

Jeremy Copenhaver broke through, but the Wolves just missed.

The sophomore forward netted his team’s first goal of the season Friday night, breaking a nearly four-and-a-half game dry spell to open the season, but, in a game of inches, the Coupeville High School boys’ soccer team dropped its fifth straight decision.

After playing “our best game so far” and battling through 80 minutes of regulation and two scoreless overtimes in Sultan, the Wolves fell 2-1, when they lost 5-4 in a shootout.

The host Turks were down 4-3 going into their fifth and final shootout kick, but netted the tying shot despite a phenomenal effort by Wolf goalie Kole Kellison. They then snuffed the Wolves next two shots and won the game on their seventh kick.

“Kole got a good read on it (the fifth shot), diving to the left,” said Coupeville coach Paul Mendes. “He got an outstretched hand on it, but it was hit with enough power that it still managed to go trickle in.”

All the scoring in regulation came in a one-minute flurry, as Sultan’s David Skinner knocked in a header in the 21st minute, followed by Copenhaver’s answer less than 60 seconds later.

“Our goal put us right back in the game, and it was an intense back-and-forth match,” Mendes said. “We played our best game so far. Our defense held together well.”

Coupeville had a shot to win in the first overtime, when senior Nathan Kircher broke through the pack to have a one-on-one with the Sultan goalie. Kircher had a good look, but his line drive shot was denied “on a superb save by their goalkeeper.”

After opening with four of five on the road, the Wolves get six of their next eight games at home, starting with Archbishop Thomas Murphy Tuesday, April 2. JV kicks off off at 4, varsity at 6.

JV wins: Sparked by goals from Jason Knoll and Cameron Boyd-Eck, the Wolves punched in the winning goal in the final minute of the match.

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Choose your own adventure!!

Posted in Baseball, Boys Soccer, Softball on March 29, 2013| Leave a Comment »

My name is Luke Pelant, commander of the Armies of the Wolf, General of the Coupeville Legions, loyal servant to the true emperor, Paul Mendes. And I will have my victory, in this town or the next" (John Fisken photo).

“My name is Luke Pelant, commander of the armies of the Wolf, general of the Coupeville legions, loyal servant to the one true emperor, Senor Mendes. And I will have my victory, in this town or the next!!” (John Fisken photo).

"Well, I'm Kurtis Smith and I'm gonna steal that base before you finish reading this..." (Shelli Trumbull photo)

“Luke, I’m really happy for you and I’ma let you finish, but no one wants to go to Sultan. No one.” (Shelli Trumbull photos)

The schedule makers have once again given local fans a conundrum.

Home baseball and softball games will kick off at 4 PM today on opposite sides of the street, forcing Wolf faithful to choose which to support.

Do you go with hardball, which is gearing up for the sweep of Island arch-rival South Whidbey?

The Wolves have won four straight and nothing would be finer than to say you had taken all three from your closest competitors (who also happen to be the only other 1A school of the seven Cascade Conference schools to play baseball).

But you could also go with softball, which is looking to get back to its winning ways against Sultan.

After back-to-back wins to open the season, the last two games have seen the offense sputter a bit. Back in front of their home fans, the hope is McKayla Bailey, Hailey Hammer and Co. will unleash their high-powered scoring machine again.

Or, if you’re really brave, you could travel down Sultan way to see the Wolf boys’ soccer team play (JV at 5, varsity at 7).

But, who really wants to go to Sultan if they can avoid it?

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Super heroes invade the soccer pitch!!

Posted in Boys Soccer on March 27, 2013| Leave a Comment »

The nattily-dressed Kole Kellison defends his goal.

Look! Up in the sky!! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s Zane Bundy!!!

Thanks to his steel-like chest, Sean Donley didn’t feel that at all. Well, maybe a little…

The Wolf faithful cheer for their heroes.

Zane Bundy can fly, but Kole Kellison IS Spider-Man.

The Coupeville High School boys’ soccer squad was in town for the first time this season Tuesday, and while a 2-0 loss to South Whidbey wasn’t exactly what area fans might have hoped for, it was still nice to see the Wolves on their own field.

The photos above are courtesy John Fisken, and you can find many, many more over at http://www.cascadeathletics.com/index.php?act=view_gallery&gallery=3942&league=2&page=1&page_name=photo_store&school=24&sport=0&tab=1.

If you use the coupon code EB39424962 to buy photos from this game before Wednesday April 10, 2013, you’ll receive a 15% discount.

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