“28 days?!?!? Where are my lucky football-coaching shorts? You tell me where my shorts are, woman!!”
Four weeks.
Yes, I know, it’s a classic Whidbey summer day (damp fog hangs over the land as far as the eye can see), but we are one slim month away from the first game of the 2013-2014 Coupeville High School sports year.
Football is the first to kick-off, with a home game on Friday, Sept. 6. After that, volleyball (Sept. 12) and girls’ soccer (Sept. 17) make their home bows, with the Wolf boy netters (Sept. 18) the last to play in front of their home fans.
Tennis guru Ken Stange is the old pro, while gridiron coach Tony Maggio returns for his second season at the CHS helm. The other two sports welcome new coaches, with select coach Troy Cowan taking the helm of the soccer program, while former player Kirsty Croghan will guide the spikers.
First practice for football is Wednesday, Aug. 21, with the other sports starting up Monday, Aug. 26.
For once, all the Wolf squads have a balanced or better schedule, with tennis drawing the highest percentage of home matches, at a crisp 60%.
Biggest question on the schedule: Friday, Oct. 4 as Coupeville seeks a fifth non-conference football game to fill out its schedule in the final year of a two-year experiment in which the Wolves don’t play big conference schools Archbishop Thomas Murphy, Lakewood and Cedarcrest.
Biggest day on the schedule: Friday, Oct. 18, when football goes for the triple play — it’s Island rival South Whidbey coming to town, it’s Homecoming for CHS and the game is for The Bucket, which is never, ever going back to Langley.
Start crying those salty tears now, Falcon faithful.
And remember, the schedules below are 98.7% correct as of now. Things change, at least with tennis, which is the one fall sport routinely tormented by weather. For daily updates, always go to http://coupeville.tandemcal.com/.
The schedules:
Football (Varsity):
Fri-Sept. 6 — Bellevue Christian (7:00)
Fri-Sept. 13 — @ Port Townsend (6:00)
Fri-Sept. 20 — Lynden Christian (7:00)
Fri-Sept. 27 — @ Nooksack Valley (7:00)
Fri-Oct. 4 — ?
Fri-Oct. 11 — @ Granite Falls (7:00)
Fri-Oct. 18 — South Whidbey (7:00) **HOMECOMING**
Fri-Oct. 25 — @ King’s (7:00)
Fri-Nov. 1 — Sultan (7:00)
Football (JV):
Mon-Sept. 9 — @ Bellevue Christian (5:30)
Mon-Sept. 16 — Port Townsend (5:30)
Mon-Sept. 23 — @ Lynden Christian (5:30)
Mon-Oct. 14 — Granite Falls (5:30)
Mon-Oct. 21 — @ South Whidbey (5:30)
Mon-Oct. 28 — King’s (5:30)
Mon-Nov. 4 — @ Sultan (5:30)
Volleyball (JV & Varsity):
Thu-Sept. 12 — Cedarcrest (5:30/7:00)
Sat-Sept. 14 — Port Townsend (12:00/2:00)
Tue-Sept. 17 — Lakewood (5:30/7:00)
Thu-Sept. 19 — @ South Whidbey (5:30/7:00)
Tue-Sept. 24 — Sultan (5:30/7:00)
Thu-Sept. 26 — @ ATM (5:30/7:00)
Tue-Oct. 1 — Granite Falls (5:30/7:00)
Thu-Oct. 3 — @ King’s (5:30/7:00)
Tue-Oct. 8 — @ Cedarcrest (5:30/7:00)
Thu-Oct. 10 — @ Lakewood (5:30/7:00)
Tue-Oct. 15 — South Whidbey (5:30/7:00)
Thu-Oct. 17 — @ Sultan (5:30/7:00)
Tue-Oct. 22 — ATM (5:30/7:00)
Thu-Oct. 24 — @ Granite Falls (5:30/7:00)
Tue-Oct. 29 — King’s (5:30/7:00)
Boys Tennis (Varsity & JV):
Fri-Sept. 13 — @ Friday Harbor (3:30)
Mon-Sept. 16 — @ South Whidbey (3:30)
Wed-Sept. 18 — ATM (3:30)
Thu-Sept. 19 — @ South Whidbey (3:30)
Mon-Sept. 23 — South Whidbey (3:30)
Fri-Sept. 27 — Friday Harbor (3:30)
Fri-Oct. 4 — Overlake (3:30)
Tue-Oct. 8 — ATM (3:30)
Fri-Oct. 11 — @ Friday Harbor (3:30)
Wed-Oct. 16 — ATM (3:30)
Girls Soccer (Varsity):
Thu-Sept. 12 — @ Oak Harbor (6:00)
Tue-Sept. 17 — Cedarcrest (6:00)
Thu-Sept. 19 — Lakewood (6:00)
Tue-Sept. 24 — @ South Whidbey (6:00)
Thu-Sept. 26 — Sultan (6:00)
Sat-Sept. 28 — @ ATM (2:00)
Tue-Oct. 1 — Granite Falls (6:00)
Thu-Oct. 3 — @ King’s (6:00)
Tue-Oct. 8 — @ Cedarcrest (7:00)
Thu-Oct. 10 — @ Lakewood (6:00)
Sat-Oct. 12 — Concrete (2:00)
Tue-Oct. 15 — South Whidbey (6:00)
Thu-Oct. 17 — @ Sultan (7:00)
Tue-Oct. 22 — ATM (6:00)
Thu-Oct. 24 — @ Granite Falls (6:00)
Sat-Oct. 26 — King’s (2:00)
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