Posted in Boys Soccer, Girls Soccer on May 24, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Sometimes it’s not about the score.
For the hordes of Coupeville boys and girls from the Central Whidbey Soccer Club who hit the pitch Thursday afternoon, it was largely about having fun, maybe picking up a few skills, and definitely figuring out where the person with the camera was.
In there clicking away was ace photo whiz Pat Kelley, capturing the action and the side stories all at the same time.
Posted in Boys Soccer on May 22, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Fab frosh Zane Bundy (left) and Tanner Kircher. (Janine Bundy photos)
Back row, l to r, Sean Donley, Jeremy Copenhaver and Bundy, with Dawson d’Almeida up front.
Bundy and senior Danny Savalza.
Like it or not, next year may be a rebuilding year.
At least 10 of the 17 Coupeville High School boys’ soccer players who earned a varsity letter won’t be back in the red and black next season. The Wolves lose eight seniors, plus already know that freshman Dawson d’Almeida and sophomore Jeremy Copenhaver are leaving due to family moves.
But Wednesday night was about honoring what happened this season and not worrying about what will come later.
Leading the way at a team banquet were seniors Luke Pelant (MVP) and Nathan Lamb (Most Inspirational) and two underclassmen who ARE expected back — junior Jared Dickson (Most Improved) and freshman Tanner Kircher (Rookie of the Year).
Pelant and Lamb were also noticed by rival Cascade Conference coaches, with both being named Second-Team All-Conference.
Earning letters were seniors Kole Kellison, Nathan Kircher, Lamb, Jacob Lovell, Pelant, Tim Quinn, Danny Savalza and Josh Wilsey.
Joining them were juniors Brett Arnold, Dickson and Sean Donley, sophomores CJ Caidic, Copenhaver and Joel Walstad and freshmen Zane Bundy, d’Almeida and Tanner Kircher.
Earning participation certificates were Cameron Boyd, Seth Campbell, Garrett Compton, Josh Datin, Beauman Davis, Ryan Freeman, Jason Knoll, Oscar Liquidano, Connor McCormick, Cody Menges and Loren Nelson.
Posted in Boys Soccer, Community Sports on May 20, 2013| Leave a Comment »
It’s a Monday morning, so your brain may not be ready to read yet.
How convenient, then, that I can offer you a string of glossy Central Whidbey youth soccer photos to survey, with very few words attached to tax your cranium.
The pics are by the world’s busiest clicker, John Fisken. If you like what you see, you can purchase photos at http://www.shutterfly.com/pro/OakHarborSports/NWSC2013/20130518BU10OrangeDragonsvsCoupeville1 (Ciao jerseys) and http://www.shutterfly.com/pro/OakHarborSports/NWSC2013/20130518BU10WhiteWildcatsvsCoupeville2 (Red Bull jerseys).
Part of any proceeds will help fund a Coupeville High School scholarship set up by the camera man.
Posted in Boys Soccer, Community Sports, Girls Soccer on May 17, 2013| Leave a Comment »
The next generation is coming.
Wearing a variety of eye-popping uniform choices, the young booters of Central Whidbey are taking to the soccer pitch in epic numbers, and who knows what they will produce.
Is one of them the next Jeremy Copenhaver or Amanda d’Almeida, or something even bigger?
Even if none of them ever end up making the big time in their chosen sport, they’ll be able to look back at some point and remember those early days when they played for orange slices and watermelon wedges.
And, thanks to the many photos reeled off by Pat Kelley and others, they’ll be able to see those moments in time, forever captured on film.
The photos above are but a miniscule amount of what can be found at the Central Whidbey Soccer Club’s Facebook page. For thousands (OK, maybe hundreds) more, head over to https://www.facebook.com/CentralWhidbeySoccerClub?fref=ts.
Posted in Boys Soccer, Community Sports, Girls Soccer, Whidbey's Best on May 16, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Jim Copenhaver and his Ciao soccer team. (Pat Kelley photos)
One of his many young pupils.
The master at work.
Part of the turnout for Copenhaver’s farewell photo.
Coupeville soccer came out to bid adieu to one of its leaders Thursday.
Little kids in their jerseys mingled with high school players, fans and parents as the community staged a farewell photo for Dr. Jim Copenhaver. By the time they were done, they had jammed the stands at Mickey Clark Field.
It’s not surprising since Copenhaver, who is moving himself, his wife Suzanne and children (including CHS star Jeremy) to New Hampshire to be closer to his wife’s family, has been the backbone of youth soccer in the community.
In between his duties as an emergency room physician, he has coached hundreds of young players with the Central Whidbey Soccer Club.
Tirelessly donating his time, not only to coach, but to do a bit of everything — down to mowing and lining the fields — he has been indispensable in the effort to built a love for soccer from the ground floor up in Coupeville.
And, while he’ll be missed by many, as seen by the turnout his farewell photo garnered, what he helped nurture here in town will continue to thrive. He helped get things going, and others will carry on his work after he departs.
Copenhaver’s legacy will continue to be seen every time a child kicks a soccer ball in Coupeville, and that’s not a bad legacy to leave behind.
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