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They’re young, feisty, and full of potential

Posted in Girls Soccer, tagged , , , , on September 22, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Back on the pitch and ready to rock. (Coupeville High School Yearbook staff photos)

“There’s so much to learn.”

As she leads the revival of the Coupeville High School girls’ soccer program, first-year Wolf coach Jasmine Ader continues to impart pitch wisdom to her young players.

The Wolves, who sit at 1-4 on the season after a rough 9-0 loss Friday to powerhouse Mount Vernon Christian, will spend the first part of this week working hard in practice.

The payoff? A Thursday home tilt with Friday Harbor (1-3-1), which gets its own crack at MVC two days earlier.

Coupeville, which is back on the field after a two-year shutdown due to a lack of players, has a roster jam-packed with 8th graders and freshmen, and the growth is evident.

The clash against Mount Vernon featured several Wolves playing new positions, such as fab frosh Emma Cushman moving into goal.

“Cushman had amazing tracking saves that she credits towards her softball abilities,” Ader said.

New CHS coach Jasmine Ader plots out strategy.

Other young stars caught their coaches eye, as well.

“Sophia Greene had another solid game on Friday,” Ader said. “She is getting strong and she’s really finding her flow in the game with the other defenders.

“I really like what Hailey Goldman and Paige Hill have to do in the game. I know when they take the field they will do what it takes to support their team.”

While they’re still fairly young themselves, sophomore Lillian Ketterling and freshman Tamsin Ward, who has already netted seven goals, provide key leadership for a still-maturing squad.

“We continue to have chances especially when Lillian and Tamsin are on the ball,” Ader said.

“We have our longest stretch of days without a game coming up. I look forward to seeing the team train this week and prepare for our game on Thursday at home.”

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Young guns firing on all cylinders

Posted in Girls Soccer, tagged , , , , on September 17, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Coupeville 8th grader Finley Helm scored her first high school goal in a win over Orcas Island. (Photo courtesy Jerry Helm)

Chalk one up in the win column.

After a modest 1,058-day gap between victories, the Coupeville High School girls’ soccer team was back on top of the world Tuesday after crunching visiting Orcas Island 6-0.

The Wolves, whose 15-woman roster features eight 8th graders and five freshmen, are back after the program was sidelined two years due to a shortage of players.

Jasmine Ader’s squad was competitive in its first three games, but rumble #4 electrified the home crowd at Mickey Clark Field.

Tamsin Ward is on a tear. (Coupeville High School Yearbook staff photo)

Fab frosh Tamsin Ward continued to rain down goals, leading the charge and recording a hat trick en route to pushing her season total to seven scores.

Joining her in finding the back of the net was a pack of those precocious 8th graders.

Lyla Grose punched in her second goal of the season, while Finley Helm and Ariella Lee-Spaulding rounded out the offensive attack with their first high school goals.

Orcas Island had little chance to counter, as a fired-up Wolf defense sparked by Frankie Tenore, Lillian Ketterling, Ward, and Sophia Greene effectively shut everything down.

Coming off the win, the Wolves will carry their 1-3 record into another home tilt Friday, when they host Mount Vernon Christian.

That game kicks off at 4:00 PM and is the opener of a doubleheader, with the CHS and MVC boys playing at 6:00. Admission is free.

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Young booters learn under fire

Posted in Girls Soccer, tagged , , , , on September 15, 2025| Leave a Comment »

The eternal dance begins anew. (Julie Wheat photo)

Youth will have its day.

With only one senior playing soccer at Coupeville High School this fall, both the girls and boys pitch squads have plenty of field time to offer their 8th and 9th graders.

But that also means both Wolf teams are largely comprised of players learning on the job, which means there may be some struggles against veteran-heavy foes.

That was evident Friday and Saturday, respectively, as the CHS girls fell 8-0 in a road trip to La Conner, before their male counterparts were bounced 9-0 at home by defending state champ Orcas Island.

The losses drop the boys to 0-2 on the season, while the girls, who are returning after a two-year absence, slip to 0-3.

Frankie Tenore is the lone Wolf senior playing soccer this fall. (Coupeville High School Yearbook staff photo)

 

Boys play a man down:

A game after having only two subs, the Wolves had none Saturday in their home opener.

In fact, they were actually a man down, with just 10 players in uniform as the team deals with illness and injury.

Orcas pulled one of its players after securing a solid lead, and played even for the remainder of the match, while the Wolves on the pitch never backed down.

“Our goalie, Sam Richards, played strong, making some fantastic saves,” said CHS coach Jim Kunz. “Some shots were too well placed to stop.

“Defense also did very well with veteran player Shiloh Sandlin having a couple shot-stopping slide tackles.”

Facing an Orcas team aiming to make a run at a third state title, the Wolves found few cracks in the defense.

“Our offense struggled to drive the ball to the goal during the first half,” Kunz said.

“But they came out strong in the second half with multiple shot attempts by the Edmunds (Wilson and Kunz).”

The Wolves push the attack. (Julie Wheat photo)

 

Girls hit the road:

Coupeville’s female booters have a home-centric schedule in their return to action, with only one road trip in their first eight games.

That came Friday with the trek to La Conner to square off with a Northwest 2B/1B League rival.

The Wolves last win, which came in the finale of the 2022 season, was against the Braves.

CHS was unable to field a full girls team in either 2023 or 2024, but has revived the program this fall thanks to an influx of young players.

 

Back to the grind:

Both Wolf squads return to action Tuesday, Sept. 16, with the girls hosting Orcas Island at 4:00 PM, and the boys traveling to Marysville to play Grace Academy.

No soccer ball shall escape! (Coupeville High School Yearbook staff photo)

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Ward has pop, Wolves have passion

Posted in Girls Soccer, tagged , , , , on September 11, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Tamsin Ward (18) celebrates a goal. (Julie Wheat photos)

The building blocks are in place.

Having revived the girls’ soccer program at Coupeville High School after a two-year absence, the young Wolves are busy learning under fire.

Lesson #2 came Wednesday afternoon on the prairie, as visiting Lopez Island sent Coupeville tumbling to a 7-1 loss.

While the defeat dropped the pitch warriors to 0-2 on the very young season, the final score was a bit deceptive.

“Our efforts did not depict our play,” said CHS coach Jasmine Ader. “Overall, I’m happy with our first two performances.

“We are moving the ball well and we are able to be dynamic in the final third.”

Paige Hill kicks it into overdrive.

Coupeville sent a fair amount of balls at the Lobos goal, raining down 28 shots on frame, but were denied by a stellar defensive effort from Lopez.

Freshman Tamsin Ward did break through, rattling home her fourth goal of the campaign off of an assist from senior captain Frankie Tenore.

With a road trip to La Conner on the books for Friday, Ader and her young squad — more than half the roster is comprised of 8th graders — will continue to strive for excellence.

“Once the Wolves have a healthy 15-person roster, success is endless,” Ader said. “The efforts that this team is putting in will have great rewards.

“Each day the Wolves are getting better individually and meshing together as a team.”

Andrea Gonzalez fights for position.

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Wolf girls reclaim soccer pitch

Posted in Girls Soccer, tagged , , , , on September 9, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Frankie Tenore brings the heat. (Julie Wheat photos)

The walk through the wilderness has paid off.

After two years of joining with their male counterparts to form a co-ed team, Coupeville High School’s female booters are once again the masters of their own domain.

Playing as a complete girls’ soccer team for the first time in 1,050 days, the Wolves, led by new coach Jasmine Ader, opened the 20th season in program history Monday, hosting East Jefferson.

And while the young Wolves ultimately fell 6-4 to their non-conference foes, it was a big step forward.

After several years of playing with Oak Harbor as a co-op team, CHS launched its own girls’ soccer program in 2004.

The Wolves survived the pandemic, but a lack of players prevented them from fielding a full roster in 2023 and 2024. During that time, several girls were on the CHS boys team.

That included this year’s captain, Frankie Tenore, who is the only senior on the current 14-woman roster, and young stars Lillian Ketterling and Tamsin Ward.

The trio headline a squad which has tons of potential, with more than half the roster being only 8th graders.

“A dream for any coach,” Ader said. “List a few good sports dynasties and soon we will be one.”

One of those 8th graders, Lyla Grose, got the Wolves on the board, delivering a first-half score while sunny skies graced the prairie.

“Grose has been practicing her strike over the last few months,” Ader said. “Her confidence is growing. I can’t wait to see more goals from her.”

East Jefferson, which is a mashup of Port Townsend and Chimacum players, came in with a veteran team and it showed as the Rivals carried a 6-1 lead into halftime.

Showing pluck and a fiery nature, the young Wolves never backed down, however, scoring three second-half goals to get back in the game.

Ward, a freshman who played on the co-ed varsity as an 8th grader, accounted for the full hat trick, while her teammates rallied behind her offensive firepower.

“At halftime I needed the Wolves to only think about our positives,” Ader said. “We had at least double the shots, held the ball on the opposing side, and had possession control most of the half.

“We had so many great runs on and off the ball — at the end the opposing goalkeeper was exhausted.”

Lillian Ketterling, a terror on the pitch.

Ketterling and Tenore anchored the Wolf defense, while Ader also praised the effort of new-to-the-team players such as Ellie Marshall, Bettie Woolworth, and Hailey and Hazel Goldman.

As the Wolves build back, they are setting themselves up for future success by bringing in players from every grade.

That includes getting elementary and middle school girls to support the current team, while planning to one day wear the red and black themselves.

“For the future Wolves, we hope you girls come and watch us play,” Ader said. “We have built a foundation for girls in Coupeville to play soccer for many years to come. We are excited for our program’s future.”

And there will be plenty of opportunities to catch a game in person, with the Wolves playing seven of their first eight at home this season.

Up next is a clash with Lopez Island Wednesday, with kickoff set for 4:00 PM.

On to the next game!

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