Coupeville Sports

Tim Quinn

Kole Kellison

Jeremy Copenhaver

Sean Donley

Josh Wilsey

The victories haven’t been there yet for the Coupeville High School booters, but that doesn’t mean the games haven’t been worth watching.

The Wolves are your prototypical never-say-die squad, and they have been close in five of their six games, being nipped by one goal three times.

As they get closer to that first break-through win of the season, enjoy some riveting game photos from John Fisken.

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     Josh Wilsey and the Wolves have played strongly, but are still looking for their first win. (John Fisken photo)

Close, but not close enough.

Playing a rare home game Tuesday, the Coupeville High School boys’ soccer team battled unbeaten league leader Archbishop Thomas Murphy almost to a standstill for a half.

Unfortunately, the Wildcats punched in two more goals after halftime, and, combined with a season-long offensive drought suffered by the Wolves, that was enough for a 3-0 win.

The loss dropped Coupeville to 0-6 overall, 0-5 in Cascade Conference play. Half of those defeats have been by one goal, and one goal is all the Wolves have been able to produce in nearly 500 minutes of field action.

ATM improved to a perfect 4-0 in league play (5-0-1 overall) and were just as good as advertised.

“They showed why they are undefeated with an impressive all-around display,” said Coupevile coach Paul Mendes. “They were solid at every position. Their offense and ball possession kept us busy most of the night.”

Josh Bartley scored two of his team’s three goals, and assisted on the other to  Jalen Crisler, while Wildcat goalies Luis Valdes III and Connor Mulvaney combined for the shutout.

The Wolves had several strong scoring opportunities in the second half, including three corner kicks, but were unable to find the back of the net.

While the win-loss record is not where it might have been expected to be, Mendes sees a team on the cusp of breaking out.

“The effort was strong for the entire game,” he said. “Playing a team of this caliber will speed up our growth as we approach the second half of the season.”

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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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          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.

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