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   Trevor Bell had a strong defensive game Friday as Coupeville rolled to a win in its season opener. (John Fisken photo)

Big wins, big losses and a forfeit.

Week one of the high school football season brought a little bit of everything to the eight teams which make up the Olympic/Nisqually League.

Overall, the schools won four of seven non-conference games, while Port Townsend forfeited its match-up with 2A Sequim, citing “a lack of eligible players.”

It was a sour start for the RedHawks, who have been a dominant program in recent years.

They lost their best player, senior Detrius Kelsall, when he unexpectedly transferred to Shasta High School in Redding, CA, and currently sit with a shockingly-low 26 players on their roster.

The news was much better for most league schools, with Coupeville retaining The Bucket after drilling South Whidbey and defending league champ Cascade Christian rolling in its opener.

The key to victory? Having a C at the start of your school’s name, as Chimacum and Charles Wright Academy also won.

Week 1 scores:

Coupeville 18
South Whidbey 0

Bremerton 45
Klahowya 6

Charles Wright 19
Toledo 18

Forks 68
Vashon Island 0

Chimacum 21
Neah Bay 6

Cascade Christian 41
Orting 7

Cedar Park Christian 14
Bellevue Christian 7

Sequim 2
Port Townsend 0

Olympic/Nisqually League football standings:

School League Overall
COUPEVILLE 0-0 1-0
Cascade Christian 0-0 1-0
Charles Wright 0-0 1-0
Chimacum 0-0 1-0
Bellevue Christian 0-0 0-1
Klahowya 0-0 0-1
Port Townsend 0-0 0-1
Vashon Island 0-0 0-1

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   Katrina McGranahan was Olympic League MVP in 2016 as Coupeville High School volleyball roared to a league title. (John Fisken photo)

Fall has been Klahowya’s domain.

When you look at the three-year history of the 1A Olympic League, KSS has been the strongest across the board, the only one of the league’s four schools to post winning records in all four sports.

But Coupeville, which used a stellar winter and spring to take the varsity wins crown away from the Eagles in 2016-2017 (triumphing 51-48 across 10 sports), has been making inroads in the fall.

The Wolf volleyball squad has bounced from 1-5 to 3-3 to 8-1 over the past three seasons, unseating Klahowya for the league title in 2016.

CHS girls soccer has yet to topple the Eagles, but has finished in second place three years running.

Wolf boys tennis has back-to-back titles, hasn’t lost a league match since 2014, and would have more wins if bad weather hadn’t sliced away multiple matches the past two years.

The weak link for Coupeville has been football, but even there, the Wolves haven’t stunk up the joint like some other school’s fall teams — Chimacum boys tennis is winless — and they remain the only Olympic League rival to beat Port Townsend on the gridiron.

As we head into a new season, the goals are simple.

Repeat titles for volleyball and tennis, a miracle on the soccer pitch and continued growth on the football field.

And, if nothing else, hang tough and whisper “winter is coming.”

Those three words will assuredly haunt the rest of the Olympic League, as they herald the return of a Coupeville girls basketball squad which, at 27-0 in league play, is the best conference squad in any sport.

Olympic League varsity fall sports (2014-2017):

*League games only*

Football:

School W/L Points
Port Townsend 17-2 832-185
Klahowya 13-6 574-407
COUPEVILLE 6-13 415-656
Chimacum 1-18 267-821

Volleyball:

School W/L Sets
Klahowya 18-3 57-17
COUPEVILLE 12-9 43-34
Chimacum 9-12 35-40
Port Townsend 3-18 15-59

Girls Soccer:

School W/L Goals
Klahowya 20-0 109-5
COUPEVILLE 13-8 53-38
Port Townsend 5-16 26-79
Chimacum 3-17 18-90

Boys Tennis:

School W/L Matches
COUPEVILLE 11-2 62-25
Klahowya 10-5 64-37
Chimacum 0-14 16-78

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   Freshman Avalon Renninger played a key role for successful varsity soccer and tennis squads. (John Fisken photo)

The balance of power has shifted.

The third athletic school year in the short history of the 1A Olympic League is in the books (at least the regular season portion) and there’s a new big dog in charge.

That would be Coupeville, which has overcome being the smallest of the four schools.

The Wolves won the most league titles across the 10 core sports (volleyball, football, softball and baseball, plus girls and boys basketball, tennis and soccer) for the second straight year, while also claiming the varsity league wins title for the first time.

And while CHS knocked Klahowya down a peg, Port Townsend, which had been dead-last for wins in 2014-2015 and 2015-2016, overcame win-less baseball and softball seasons to ease past Chimacum in the final standings.

Varsity league win totals by year:

2016-2017:

Coupeville – 51
Klahowya – 48
Port Townsend – 28
Chimacum – 25

2015-2016:

Klahowya – 45
Coupeville – 42
Chimacum – 26
Port Townsend – 22

2014-2015:

Klahowya – 52
Coupeville – 40
Chimacum – 23
Port Townsend – 20

Side note, win totals went up this year because soccer and volleyball shifted from six-game league schedules to nine to match up with basketball, baseball and softball.

Meanwhile football, thanks to hooking up with the Nisqually League, played seven league games against seven foes, instead of the six against three as in the first two years.

As the postseason continues to play out — districts for softball, tennis and track arrive next week, while Klahowya is the lone Olympic League school still (barely) alive in baseball and soccer — here’s a look at the final league standings for this spring.

Olympic League softball:

School League Overall
Chimacum 8-1 10-4
COUPEVILLE 6-3 17-3
Klahowya 4-5 9-7
Port Townsend 0-9 0-15

Olympic League baseball:

School League Overall
Klahowya 8-1 10-6
COUPEVILLE 6-3 11-9
Chimacum 4-5 7-8
Port Townsend 0-9 0-14

Olympic League boys soccer:

School League Overall
Klahowya 9-0 14-3-1
Port Townsend 6-3 8-8-0
COUPEVILLE 3-6 4-11-1
Chimacum 0-9 2-12-0

Olympic League girls tennis:

School League Overall
COUPEVILLE 4-0 6-3
Klahowya 3-3 5-9
Chimacum 0-4 0-7

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   Maggie Crimmins and her Wolf tennis teammates captured their third-straight league title this week. (John Fisken photos)

Zack Nall (20) and CHS boys soccer are off to the playoffs May 4.

We’re coming down to the wire.

As spring sports head toward the regular season finish line, Coupeville, the smallest school in the 1A Olympic League, continues to hold off Klahowya, the biggest, in two important categories.

With baseball, girls tennis and boys soccer titles clinched (softball is the last holdout as Chimacum and Coupeville continue to fight), the Wolves have won four team titles during the 2016-2017 school year.

CHS has brought home girls and boys tennis, volleyball and girls basketball championships, compared to Klahowya winning girls and boys soccer and baseball.

Port Townsend took boys basketball and Chimacum is trying to hold on to its top dog status in softball.

With football’s title having gone to interloper Cascade Christian after the Olympic League joined up with the Nisqually League for that sport, it appears Coupeville will win the most team titles for the second straight year.

Klahowya, two games back of Chimacum with three to play in softball, would have to jump both Coupeville and the Cowboys to claim the title and tie the Wolves 4-4.

At the same time it’s primed to win the most team titles for a second year, Coupeville is also on the cusp of another distinction.

With seven league games left for each school this spring, CHS has 48 varsity wins this school year across the 10 sports it plays.

With a 48-44 edge on Klahowya, the Wolves are trying to boot the Eagles from the roost.

KSS held a 52-40 advantage in 2014-2015, then CHS cut that to 45-42 in 2015-2016.

Standings through games played Friday:

Olympic League softball:

School League Overall
Chimacum 5-1 7-3
COUPEVILLE 4-2 13-2
Klahowya 3-3 7-4
Port Townsend 0-6 0-11

Olympic League baseball:

School League Overall
Klahowya 7-0 9-4
COUPEVILLE 5-2 10-7
Chimacum 2-5 4-7
Port Townsend 0-7 0-12

Olympic League boys soccer:

School League Overall
Klahowya 8-0 12-2-1
Port Townsend 5-2 7-6-0
COUPEVILLE 3-6 4-10-1
Chimacum 0-8 2-10-0

Olympic League girls tennis:

School League Overall
COUPEVILLE 4-0 6-3
Klahowya 2-3 4-9
Chimacum 0-3 0-6

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   Mikayla Elfrank is having a stellar season for a CHS softball squad which sits at 7-1 headed into a non-conference game Saturday afternoon. (John Fisken photo)

Klahowya is winning the spring, but Coupeville is winning the school year.

The Eagles have a 10-7 edge on the Wolves in varsity league wins this season (though have also played two more games), while CHS is holding a 39-34 advantage when you add in fall and winter totals.

Now, there’s still a ton of games to be played.

Coupeville alone has 22 league clashes left, with baseball (6), softball (6), tennis (5) and soccer (5) having more than 50% of their schedules left.

But, if we’re living in the moment, here’s where we stand:

Spring:

Klahowya 10
Coupeville 7
Chimacum 5
Port Townsend 2

2016-2017 school year:

Coupeville 39
Klahowya 34
Port Townsend 24
Chimacum 18

Year-to-date totals cover volleyball, football, girls and boys soccer, girls and boys tennis, girls and boys basketball, softball, and baseball.

Track is not included since dual meets make win-loss records worthless and we only include sports Coupeville plays.

This blog ain’t called Klahowya Sports

And the current standings through games played Friday:

Olympic League softball:

School League Overall
Chimacum 4-0 5-1
COUPEVILLE 2-1 7-1
Klahowya 1-2 4-3
Port Townsend 0-4 0-6

Olympic League baseball:

School League Overall
Klahowya 4-0 5-3
COUPEVILLE 2-1 6-5
Chimacum 1-2 3-4
Port Townsend 0-4 0-6

Olympic League boys soccer:

School League Overall
Klahowya 4-0 6-2-1
COUPEVILLE 2-2 3-6-1
Port Townsend 2-2 4-4-0
Chimacum 0-4 2-6-0

Olympic League girls tennis:

School League Overall
COUPEVILLE 1-0 2-3
Klahowya 1-1 3-5
Chimacum 0-1 0-4

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