Freshman Audrianna Shaw is part of a Coupeville High School girls soccer team which captured its second win last week. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)
You win some, you lose some, you move on.
Coupeville High School fall sports teams pulled a .500 record last week, winning three varsity contests and losing three.
Volleyball and soccer fell to King’s, the defending state champs in both sports, then rebounded to drill non-conference foe Port Townsend headed into Homecoming.
That shindig was painful for the Wolf football squad, which was pounded for the first time this season.
With just three regular-season games left, the lopsided loss to Sultan also puts a big crimp in the pursuit of a playoff berth.
Meanwhile, off in its own world, the CHS tennis squad continued to surprise, toppling Bush, and solidifying its better-than-expected standing in the Emerald City League, AKA The Toughest Tennis Conference in the State.
Things get busy in the week ahead, with all four of the Coupeville teams which keep track of wins and losses (plus cross country, which bops to its own tune) facing a full schedule.
Volleyball and soccer square off with Sultan, which is mired in the North Sound Conference cellar in both sports, then go toe-to-toe with the more-dangerous Cedar Park Christian.
The spikers go right through next weekend, as well, heading off to Wenatchee for a big tourney.
Tennis gets three foes, weather permitting, and both of the league teams they’re scheduled to play — Bush and Bear Creek — are squads they’ve already beaten.
In the middle is a non-league match-up with long-time nemesis Friday Harbor.
But perhaps the single biggest game of the week comes next Friday, Oct. 12, when the CHS football team travels down Island to square off with South Whidbey.
The stakes are huge.
It’s Homecoming for the Falcons. The Bucket, which Coupeville has held for two years, is on the line. And, most importantly, if the Wolves want to have any realistic shot at making the playoffs, they need a win and they need it now.
So lace up your shoes, brace your very soul, and let’s get ready to rumble all next week.
Standings through Oct. 7:
North Sound Conference volleyball:
| School | League | Overall |
| King’s | 4-0 | 7-1 |
| COUPEVILLE | 3-1 | 6-1 |
| CPC-Bothell | 2-2 | 6-3 |
| South Whidbey | 2-2 | 5-4 |
| Granite Falls | 1-3 | 3-5 |
| Sultan | 0-4 | 3-5 |
North Sound Conference football:
| School | League | Overall |
| CPC-Bothell | 2-0 | 4-1 |
| King’s | 2-0 | 2-4 |
| South Whidbey | 1-1 | 4-2 |
| Sultan | 1-1 | 2-4 |
| COUPEVILLE | 0-2 | 3-3 |
| Granite Falls | 0-2 | 0-6 |
North Sound Conference girls soccer:
| School | League | Overall |
| King’s | 6-0 | 10-1-0 |
| Granite Falls | 4-2 | 4-5-1 |
| South Whidbey | 4-2 | 6-4-1 |
| CPC-Bothell | 3-3 | 6-5-0 |
| COUPEVILLE | 1-5 | 2-8-1 |
| Sultan | 0-6 | 4-8-0 |
Emerald City League boys tennis:
| School | League | Overall |
| Seattle Academy | 10-0 | 10-0 |
| Overlake | 7-3 | 7-3 |
| University Prep | 7-3 | 7-4 |
| COUPEVILLE | 5-4 | 5-4 |
| South Whidbey | 3-6 | 3-6 |
| Bush | 3-7 | 3-7 |
| Bear Creek | 2-8 | 2-8 |
| Eastside Prep | 0-6 | 0-6 |
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