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Crunch time is our time!!

Posted in Boys Soccer, tagged 1A vs. 2A, CHS Wolves, Derek Leyva, North Mason, Soccer on March 22, 2018| Leave a Comment »

Ethan Spark and Coupeville will play Saturday for sole possession of first-place in the 1A Olympic League. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Derek Leyva enjoys scoring goals so much, he can’t stop with just one.

The Coupeville High School sophomore has played in four soccer games during his time as a Wolf, and has recorded at least two goals each time out.

Thursday night Leyva punched in his ninth and tenth goals of the season to help fuel a second-half comeback, as Coupeville bounced back from a two-goal deficit on the road to tie North Mason 3-3.

Since it was a non-conference game, the two schools didn’t play overtime or go to a shoot-out, but instead accepted the tie, cause … soccer.

While it wasn’t a win, the result was still satisfying, as it showed the resilience of the Wolves, while coming against a much-larger school.

CHS, a very small 1A school, has played three of its first four matches against 2A schools, beating Olympic, tying North Mason and narrowly losing to Sequim.

All of this sets the Wolves up for the first huge test of the season Saturday, when they host Klahowya in a 10:45 AM bout which will decide sole possession of first-place in the 1A Olympic League.

Both teams enter play at 2-1-1, but the Eagles are 2-0 in league play, while Coupeville is 1-0.

There’s also the little matter of Klahowya’s 23-game conference winning streak, as KSS has never lost to its three division foes, having gone 6-0, 6-0, and 9-0 the past three seasons.

This time around, however, the Wolves have a new stadium, and a goal scorer who is hitting the back of the net like no other CHS boy before him.

The program single-season record is 20 goals, scored by Abraham Leyva.

His younger cousin is already halfway to that and hasn’t played a third of the regular season schedule yet.

With Coupeville trailing 2-0 at the break (with one score off of an “own goal”), the Wolves either got a fiery halftime speech from eternally laid-back coach Kyle Nelson, or just found a different gear.

Three minutes into the second half, senior captain William Nelson scooped up a loose ball and calmly zipped it into the net for this second goal of the season.

With the Wolves getting the ball forward quickly, Derek Leyva then went to work, rattling home back-to-back scores to stake his squad to a 3-2 lead.

The second goal came on a long, scorching shot, as Leyva fooled the goalie, pulling him wide before ripping the ball into the left side of the net from about the 40-yard line.

North Mason got a tying goal late in the game, but a potential go-ahead one was waved off for a player being off-sides.

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Forward we go!!

Posted in Baseball, Boys Soccer, Girls Tennis, Softball, tagged 1A Olympic League, baseball, CHS Wolves, Soccer, Softball, tennis on March 18, 2018| Leave a Comment »

Coupeville High School baseball coach Chris Smith checks to see if any raindrops are falling. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

And we’re off.

The first days of spring sports played out this past week, at least when the rain drops weren’t putting a damper on things.

Three of the four spring Coupeville High School varsity teams to keep track of a win-loss record are sitting with winning records as you read this, which is always a nice start.

Very few Olympic League contests have been played so far, with one of the big rain-outs preempting Coupeville and Chimacum from meeting on the baseball diamond.

But, the few that have made it into the books have gone exactly the way expected, with Coupeville and Klahowya coming out on top.

The two schools have fought for the varsity wins crown the past four years, with the Eagles coming out on top in years #1 and #2 and the Wolves claiming top dog status in year #3.

This year, in the final go-round for the four-team league (Coupeville is hopping conferences in the fall), CHS is out in front once again.

The Wolves exited winter with a 31-28 lead, based on girls soccer, football, volleyball, boys tennis and girls and boys basketball.

With a pair of early wins over Port Townsend in baseball and soccer, Klahowya has narrowed the gap to 32-30, ensuring what should be a fairly thrilling stretch run.

The week ahead, while chock full of games, won’t have much of an impact on the wins race.

Most of Coupeville’s games between Mar. 19-24 are non-conference tilts, though the two which are Olympic League clashes are both head-to-head with Klahowya.

The two teams are scheduled to meet on the tennis court Mar. 22 and the soccer pitch Mar. 24, with both contests on Whidbey.

Standings through Mar. 18:

Olympic League baseball:

School	League	Overall
Klahowya	1-0	2-2
COUPEVILLE	0-0	2-1
Chimacum	0-0	0-4
Port Townsend	0-1	0-2

Olympic League boys soccer:

School	League	Overall
COUPEVILLE	1-0	2-1
Klahowya	1-0	1-0-1
Chimacum	0-1	0-2
Port Townsend	0-1	0-2

Olympic League girls tennis:

School	League	Overall
COUPEVILLE	0-0	0-3
Chimacum	0-0	0-1
Klahowya	0-0	0-2

Olympic League softball:

School	League	Overall
COUPEVILLE	0-0	1-0
Klahowya	0-0	2-1

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Leyva heats up, Wolves cool off!!

Posted in Boys Soccer, tagged 1A vs. 2A, boys soccer, CHS Wolves, Derek Leyva, Sequim on March 17, 2018| Leave a Comment »

Wolf goalie Brian Roberts left Friday’s game after being accidentally kicked in the face, resulting in a broken nose. (Photo courtesy Roberts)

William Nelson and Co. are 2-1 on the season after a narrow loss at Sequim. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Derek Leyva can’t be contained.

The Coupeville High School sophomore is three games into his soccer career as a Wolf, and after torching Sequim for two goals Friday night, already has eight scores to his credit.

Unfortunately, his second-half heroics weren’t enough to save CHS on the road, as Leyva and Co. fell 4-2 and absorbed their first loss of the season.

The non-conference defeat drops Coupeville to 2-1 headed into a match-up next Thursday, Mar. 22 on the home turf of yet another 2A foe, North Mason.

After that comes a very-important stretch as the Wolves, 1-0 in 1A Olympic League play, face-off with league mates Klahowya, Port Townsend and Chimacum in successive games.

After Friday’s tilt with Sequim, a game in which they fell behind 3-0 at the break before rallying in the second half, the Wolves have played 20% of their regular-season schedule.

Leyva is already almost halfway to the Coupeville boys single-season scoring record (20 by Abraham Leyva) and is on pace to roar past both that and Mia Littlejohn’s school record of 27 in a single campaign.

The Wolves also took a fairly substantial hit during the Sequim loss, or at least goaltender Brian Roberts did.

While charging out to snare a ball, he got inadvertently kicked in the face by an incoming player, which left him bloodied.

Roberts spent the night in the ER, where it was found his nose was broken in two places.

Still, the plucky junior is ready to return to the pitch right this very second.

“No way that’s gonna slow me down!,” Roberts said. “I’m gonna try to play in our next game if I’m not hurting too bad.”

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That’s a spankin’!!

Posted in Boys Soccer, tagged 1A Olympic League, Aram Leyva, boys soccer, Chimacum, CHS Wolves on March 13, 2018| Leave a Comment »

Pedro Gamarra played in his first Coupeville soccer game Tuesday and promptly threw down a hat trick in a 12-0 win. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

Freshman Sam Wynn tallied his first score, helping the Wolves improve to 2-0.

The goals splashed down like raindrops.

Taking advantage of their favorite whipping boy Tuesday, the Coupeville High School boys soccer squad laid waste to host Chimacum, cruising to a 12-0 win.

And, yes, that’s not a misprint. It’s not supposed to say 1 or 2. It’s meant to say 12.

The lopsided win, coming in the Olympic League opener for both teams, lifts Coupeville to 1-0 in conference play, 2-0 overall.

The two schools have met eight times since the league formed in 2014, and this is the fifth time the Wolves have broken double digits against the Cowboys.

After scoring 11, 13, 10 and 11 goals across four games during the 2015 and 2016 seasons, Coupeville slacked off a bit last year, totaling seven, three and four.

While the Wolves won all three of those games, one finished in a 4-3 nail-biter, offering Chimacum hope it had turned a corner and would be more competitive.

That hope has been promptly snuffed out.

With several new free-wheeling, big-scoring booters joining the roster this season, the 2018 Coupeville soccer squad looks to be an explosive one.

Two of the newcomers, sophomore transfer Derek Leyva and foreign exchange phenom Pedro Gamarra, accounted for seven goals against the Cowboys.

Leyva punched in four scores, raising his total to six through the first two games.

Gamarra, who wasn’t able to play in Coupeville’s opener Saturday, tallied a hat trick in his debut, a mark matched by Aram Leyva, who also tossed in three goals.

That gives Aram, who scored six as a freshman, four tallies through the first two games of his sophomore campaign.

With the Leyva cousins, and now Gamarra, running wild to kick off the season, it’s sending tremors through rival goalies, and maybe Abraham Leyva.

Older brother of Aram, and cousin of Derek, Abraham, who graduated in 2016, holds the Wolf boys soccer scoring records with 20 goals in a season and 45 in a career.

For now…

The other two goals Tuesday came from players at radically different stages in their career.

Senior captain William Nelson notched his first score of the season, while freshman Sam Wynn connected on the first goal of his high school career.

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First place, in every sport!!

Posted in Baseball, Boys Soccer, Girls Tennis, Softball, tagged 1A Olympic League, baseball, CHS Wolves, Soccer, Softball, standings, tennis on March 11, 2018| Leave a Comment »

Derek Leyva knocked in two goals Saturday in a season-opening win. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Too early? Of course, it’s too early.

You don’t run league standings two days into a new season and … every Wolf varsity team is in first-place? Run that sucker!!!

So sure, maybe we’re jumping the gun just a bit, but what the hey, it’s not like we have a lot of rules here at Coupeville Sports World Headquarters.

Plus, this way, you can start to get used to the weirdness of seeing only two softball teams listed in the standings, since Port Townsend and Chimacum have bailed on their seasons.

Anyway, a look at some very, very, VERY early standings, reflecting Coupeville’s opening day sweep in baseball (7-3 over Lynden Christian) and soccer (4-1 over Olympic) and Chimacum’s 6-5 baseball loss to South Whidbey.

Olympic League baseball: