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Abraham Leyva has scored 10 goals to rank among the league leaders. (John Fisken photos)

Abraham Leyva has scored 10 goals to rank among the league leaders. (John Fisken photos)

Sean Donley operates in the open field.

Sean Donley operates in the open field.

Well, this is no one’s idea of a really fun Friday night…

Travel all the way to Granite Falls, play a winless team, and the best you come away with is a tie.

Not the result anyone was probably hoping for, or likely expecting.

But like it or not, the Coupeville High School boys’ soccer squad did just that, eking out a slightly-less-than-thrilling 2-2 tie with the host Tigers.

The stalemate left the Wolves at 5-8-2 overall, 4-8-1 in Cascade Conference play (Granite is 0-13-2) with one game left on the 2014 schedule.

Coupeville welcomes King’s to town Monday for Senior Night (6 PM).

As the #3 team among 1A schools in the 1A/2A league, CHS will be at home when the playoffs begin next week.

If there was a bright spot for Coupeville fans Friday, it came in seeing sophomore sensation Abraham Leyva punch in his tenth goal of the season.

That puts the first-year Wolf among the conference scoring leaders.

Coupeville senior Sean Donley set up Leyva on the score, while also finding the back of the net himself for the fourth time.

Zane Bundy collected an assist on Donley’s score, while Joel Walstad manned the net for the Wolves.

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(John Fisken photos)

  Wolf fans (front, l to r, Emilee Crichton, Julia Myers, Jenn Spark, rear, Sylvia Hurlburt, Makana Stone) stayed upbeat. (John Fisken photos)

Moms, loud and proud.

CHS moms, loud and proud.

Coupeville packed the stands Tuesday, but Archbishop Thomas Murphy packed the net.

The Wolf faithful came out loud and proud to support its boys’ soccer squad, but the #1 team in the Cascade Conference took some of the wind out of their sails, raining down goals from all angles on its way to a 7-0 win.

The victory kept ATM on top of the league standings, even as Cedarcrest and South Whidbey nip at its heels.

Coupeville slipped to 5-8-1 overall, 4-8 in league play.

The Wolves, who are out of playoff contention, close with a game at Granite Falls Friday, May 2 and a home clash against King’s Monday, May 5.

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Joel Walstad earned the shutout win in goal for the Wolves Friday night. (John Fisken photo)

   Joel Walstad earned the shutout win in goal for the Wolves Friday night. (John Fisken photo)

Earlier this season, Cameron Boyd broke a tooth during a tussle for a soccer ball.

Friday night, the Coupeville High School senior shattered something else, but was probably a lot happier about it. Scoring his first varsity goal, he helped carry the Wolves to a 1-0 win at Sultan.

The victory broke a five-game winless streak for Coupeville, gave the Wolves a season sweep of the Turks and improved their record to 5-7-1 overall, 4-7 in Cascade Conference play.

It wasn’t enough to keep their slim playoff hopes alive, however.

With wins of their own Friday, South Whidbey (7-2-2 in league) and King’s (7-3-1) clinched the two 1A postseason berths available from the 1A/2A league.

Coupeville has three games remaining, two at home, but the best they could finish in league play is 7-7 and even if King’s were to lose its final three, they would edge out the Wolves by a half game.

Still, even without a trip to the playoffs, this has been a season of improvement for CHS, which went 3-14 a season ago and had little scoring pop.

While big scorers Abraham Leyva, Zane Bundy and Sean Donley were scoreless Friday, Boyd’s goal was all Wolf goaltender Joel Walstad and his defense needed.

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Gunnar Langvold makes the magic happen. (John Fisken photos)

Brandon Bartley (21) (John Fisken photos)

Brandon Bartley (21) attacks.

Connor McCormick goes high for the stop. (John Fisken photos)

Connor McCormick goes high for the stop.

Cameron

Cameron Boyd (10) gets physical.

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Garrett Compton airmails in a throw-in.

Shane Squire

Shane Squire brings the thunder.

All the glory came early.

On a night when the Coupeville High School boys’ soccer squad suffered a rare shutout at the varsity level, junior forward Brandon Bartley made sure the same wouldn’t happen in the JV game.

Bartley’s goal, coming off of a penalty kick, combined with a strong Wolf defense headed up by goaltender Connor McCormick, lifted CHS to a thrilling 1-0 victory over visiting Lakewood Tuesday.

“A well-earned victory,” said Coupeville varsity coach Kyle Nelson.

His squad had a bit more trouble scoring, despite strong play, and fell 3-0 in the night’s second game.

“Great effort from the boys last night, evenly played game,” Nelson said. ” The ball was deflected for all of their scores, a little bit of luck.”

The loss dropped the Wolf varsity to 4-7-1 overall, 3-7 in Cascade Conference play.

With four games to play, Coupeville will essentially need a miracle to qualify for the playoffs.

The Wolves, who have beaten last year’s record, trail South Whidbey (6-2-2 in league) and King’s (6-3-1) in the race for the two 1A playoff berths from the 1A/2A league.

To see more photos, head over to the links below:

Varsity: http://www.cascadeathletics.com/index.php?act=view_gallery&gallery=6093&league=2&page=1&page_name=photo_store&school=24&sport=0

JV: http://www.cascadeathletics.com/index.php?act=view_gallery&gallery=6092&league=2&page=1&page_name=photo_store&school=24&sport=0

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Sean Donley

Sean Donley leads the charge. (John Fisken photos)

Zane Bundy

Zane Bundy collected another assist Monday.

Betrayed by the ferry!

Forced to depart Friday Harbor or spend the night there, the Coupeville High School boys’ soccer squad had to forgo playing overtime and accept a 3-3 draw Monday night.

The tie, coming against a non-conference foe they pushed around in a season-opening win, left the Wolves at 4-6-1, winless in their last four matches.

The stalemate was a bright spot for Friday Harbor, which improved to 0-11-1.

CHS coach Kyle Nelson preferred to look on the bright side of things afterwards.

“It was a fairly even match; Friday Harbor was improved from our first game,” he said. “Good to get a positive result after our difficult week last week.”

Wolf sophomore Abraham Leyva continued his assault on the net, punching in his eighth and ninth goals of the season, while senior Sean Donley hit on his third score.

Donley and sophomore Zane Bundy notched assists.

Friday Harbor was paced by two goals from Daniel Porter and one from Sam Paul-Barrette.

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