Coupeville Sports

    With five of their next six games at home, Wolf booters will enjoy fan support like this. (John Fisken photo)

The Coupeville High School boys’ soccer team is not a bad team, but they can not seem to catch a break no matter what.

The premier Wolf spring sports team the past several seasons, the booters entered 2013 with big hopes.

Hopes that, so far, have been dashed by fluke goals, a tough, road-heavy schedule, a slow-to-develop offense and a series of ultra-close losses.

After absorbing a 2-1 defeat on the road at Granite Falls Friday night, Coupeville is 0-7, with four of its losses coming by one goal.

The Wolves did break one trend, finding the back of the net for only the second time this season. Senior Josh Wilsey beat a defender to a ball in the second half and punched it home with a quick shot from his left.

Unfortunately, Granite Falls had already rung up two first-half goals of their own (Tyler Bassett and Evan West), and Coupeville never quite made up the gap.

It came close, when Luke Pelant missed a header by mere inches. But time ran out on the Wolves once again, despite their best efforts.

After playing five of its first seven matches on the road, Coupeville will host three straight and five of its next six, starting with a match-up Monday, April 8 against King’s. JV kicks off at 4, varsity at 6.

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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.

If you like what you see, head over to http://www.cascadeathletics.com/index.php?act=view_gallery&gallery=3973&league=2&page=1&page_name=photo_store&school=19&sport=0&tab=1 for more.

And if you’re in the mood to purchase, use the coupon code EB39734962 to purchase photos from this game before Wednesday April 17, 2013 and receive a 15% discount.

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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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