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Sprinkles can’t stop soccer!!

Posted in Boys Soccer, Girls Soccer, tagged , , on April 18, 2014| Leave a Comment »

soccer7soccer6soccer2soccer9soccer5soccer8Soccer? It’s the sport that doesn’t stop for bad weather.

A few sprinkles and tennis flees the courts. Get the infield damp and baseball and softball go home.

But anything less than a full lightning storm two feet off the field and soccer plays right through.

It’s a lesson the youngest generation of booters learned as they came out in the wind and rain this week to start practicing for the spring season with the Central Whidbey Soccer Club.

On hand to capture the moment and clicking away through the rain drops was Pat Kelley, who provided the photos above.

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Let us never speak of this night again…

Posted in Boys Soccer, tagged , , , on April 17, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Connor Thompson, seen here earlier in the season, moved up from JV and played a chunk of the second half Wednesday. (John Fisken photo)

  Sophomore Connor McCormick, seen here earlier in the season, moved up from JV and played a chunk of the second half in goal Wednesday. (John Fisken photo)

A bump in the road.

A really big, extremely rocky bump that possibly throws out your whole transmission.

That’s what the Coupeville High School boys’ soccer squad hit Wednesday night as it kicked off the second half of the season.

Missing four varsity players (two to injury, two to academic ineligibility), a very-thin Wolf team suffered their worst loss of the season, by far.

Falling 10-1 at Cedarcrest, Coupeville dropped below .500 for the first time this season.

Now 4-5 overall, 3-5 in Cascade Conference play, the Wolves have seven games left to make a charge for a playoff spot. King’s and South Whidbey tied 1-1 Wednesday, helping keep the race for the two 1A postseason berths fairly tight.

The Falcons are 5-2-1 in league play, while King’s is 4-3-1. Of the three 1A schools in the 1A/2A league, the top two teams advance to the playoffs.

Coupeville will have a chance to surge forward Friday, when it travels to South Whidbey looking for a season sweep of its Island rivals. CHS won the first battle 2-1 Mar. 28.

The Wolves may be down even more players, though, as sophomore Zane Bundy, who punched in his team’s only goal against Cedarcrest, may have a concussion.

Bundy tallied his fifth score of the season off of an assist from Abraham Leyva.

Leyva knocked in a goal of his own late in the game, but what would have been his eighth score of the year was waved off when the refs whistled Coupeville for being off-sides.

Seven Cedarcrest players found the back of the net, with the trio of Chris Cole, Austin Paxman and Nikolas Reierson hitting for two goals apiece.

“There were some stretches where we played quite well,” said Coupeville coach Kyle Nelson. “Unfortunately, there were some times where we let down.

“They were a quality opponent who were playing very well on their home field,” he added. “We will regroup and get ready for the next game.”

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Leyva’s magic toe stays hot!!

Posted in Boys Soccer, tagged , , , on April 15, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Seth Campbell (John Fisken photo)

  Sophomore defender Seth Campbell battles for a ball in an earlier season game. (John Fisken photo)

Abraham Leyva is fighting hard for a league scoring title.

The Coupeville High School sophomore launched his seventh goal of the season into the back of the net Monday night in Everett, punching a penalty kick past a flailing goaltender.

Unfortunately for the Wolves, Leyva’s score was their only one of the evening, and they fell 5-1 to host King’s.

The loss dropped Coupeville to 4-4 overall, 3-4 in Cascade Conference play at the halfway point of the season.

The Wolves sit one game behind King’s (4-3 in league) and two back of South Whidbey (5-2) in the chase for the two 1A playoff spots the league has to offer.

The Knights proved to be a tough match-up for Coupeville, CHS coach Kyle Nelson said.

“We got beat by a strong King’s team. The strong physical play wore us down,” he said.

Leyva broke off a spectacular run on the goal and was fouled in the penalty box, setting up his penalty kick.

King’s countered with a hat trick off the toe of Ryan Fransen to put the game away. That gave Fransen eight goals on the season, sliding him past Leyva for the league lead.

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Leyva lights up the scoreboard!!

Posted in Boys Soccer, tagged , , , , on April 13, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Abraham Leyva

Abraham Leyva (21), makin’ the magic happen. (John Fisken photos)

Zane

Zane Bundy does the electric slide.

Zane Bundy

 Leyva, Bundy (7), Jason Knoll (9), Sean Donley (24) and Cameron Boyd (10)  celebrate a goal in the rain.

Abraham Leyva has the magic touch.

The Coupeville High School sophomore is currently tied for the Cascade Conference boys’ soccer scoring lead with a pair of Archbishop Thomas Murphy players.

Leyva has punched in six goals for the Wolves (4-3 overall, 3-3 in league play), which leaves him in a dead-heat with ATM scorers Christian Thode and Brady Henderson for the scoring title.

And he’s getting help, as fellow CHS sophomore Zane Bundy has found the back of the net four times, tying him with South Whidbey’s Jeff Meier and King’s Forrest Perry for third on the scoring chart.

Eight players have scored four or more times, with a pair of players from King’s — Taylor Moe and Ryan Fransen — having tallied five apiece to tie for second.

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Central Whidbey wins Island pitch war!!

Posted in Boys Soccer, tagged , , , , on April 13, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Celebrating a goal. (Pat Kelley photos)

Celebrating a goal. (Pat Kelley photos)

Coaching game-face? Check.

The sideline stays composed as the action on the field rages.

Matt Kelley (left) and Jake Mitten.

Matt Kelley (left) and Jake Mitten.

"Winner! Winner! Orange dinner!!"

“Winner! Winner! Orange dinner!!”

Central Whidbey can more than hold its own.

With Matt Kelley and Sage Downes combining to rain down goals from every direction, Coupeville’s BU12 soccer squad, which sports jerseys advertising Ciao, thumped Oak Harbor 5-2 Saturday.

The Central Whidbey squad, which goes 19 players deep, then split its roster and had a second inter-squad game, with Ciao beating Ciao 5-3.

Against Oak Harbor, Ciao spotted the Northenders a two-goal halftime lead, only to storm back in the second half with a barrage of goals. Kelley found the back of the net three times, while Downes twice beat the goalie.

Ciao’s squad is comprised of students from Coupeville Elementary School, with one fourth-grader, 10 fifth-graders and eight sixth-graders on the team.

The roster:

4th:

Miles Davidson

5th:

Owen Barenburg
Sage Downes
Dakota Eck
Alex Jimenez
Eli Kastner
Matt Kelley
Michael Laska
Jake Mitten
Isaac Shelley
Samuel Wynn

6th:

Gabe Carlson
Aram Leyva
Jean Lund-Olsen
Jonathon Partida
Isaiah Perez
Gavin St Onge
Sean Toomey-Stout
James Wood

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