Wolf freshman Anna Dion scored her first varsity goal Thursday night at Port Townsend. (John Fisken photo)
The past three seasons have been the best in Coupeville High School girls soccer history.
And Thursday the Wolves scaled a new height, winning a program-record seventh game in a single season.
Bouncing host Port Townsend 6-2, Coupeville clinched second-place in the 1A Olympic League, locked down a home playoff game and stayed mathematically alive in the race for the league crown.
Now 5-2 in league play, 7-5-1 overall, the Wolves topped the 2014 and 2015 squads, which each won six games.
Three games up on third-place Port Townsend (2-5) with two to go, CHS is a game-and-a-half behind Klahowya (6-0), the two-time defending league champs.
The Wolves travel to Silverdale Saturday to face the Eagles, then close the regular season at home Oct. 25 against Chimacum (0-6).
While their chances of stopping Klahowya from winning a third straight league title are admittedly slim — Coupeville needs the Eagles, who are 18-0 all-time in league games, to lose their final three contests — the Wolves are still sitting pretty.
Barring a miracle, CHS will be the #2 seed from the Olympic League and will host the #3 team from the Nisqually League (currently Seattle Christian) in a loser-out game Saturday, Oct. 29.
Since all postseason games have to be held on turf, the Wolves will play at their home away from home — Oak Harbor’s stadium.
Win that game and Coupeville advances to the double-elimination round of districts Nov. 1-3, where three of four teams advance to state.
To see the bracket, pop over to: http://www.olympicleague.com/tournament.php?tournament_id=2068&sport=11
Thursday night the Wolves broke open a close game in the second half, raining down five goals after halftime.
Mia Littlejohn punched home her school single-season record 22nd goal in the first half to stake Coupeville to a 1-0 advantage, then added a second-half hat trick to run her total to 25 on the year.
That gives the CHS junior 33 goals for her career, just 12 off of Abraham Leyva’s school career record of 45.
While Littlejohn was busy hammering the RedHawk defense, two of her freshmen teammates popped in to lend their support.
Tia Wurzrainer tallied her third goal of the season, while Anna Dion hit the back of the net for the first time.
“Our little Anna got hers tonight!!,” said Coupeville coach Troy Cowan. “She has been working her butt off in practice and is a real joy to coach.
“She is like a sponge, just soaking in everything she can,” he added. “Well, tonight it paid off; she followed a deflected shot from one of her teammates and drilled the ball past the goalie.
“Not sure when I have seen the Lady Wolves so happy for a teammate.”
Cowan also praised two of his role players, Megan Thorn and Ema Smith, for their contributions, both on the night and the season.
“Wanted to say how proud I was of Megan and Ema for their hard work and efforts,” he said. “Their names won’t show up on any stat sheets but the valuable minutes they gave the starters in relief were invaluable and will continue to prove to be a precious commodity in our run at districts.”
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