Coupeville Sports

Two up, two down!!

September 17, 2017 by David Svien

Lindsey Roberts and the Coupeville girls soccer squad sit atop the Olympic League at 2-0. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

We’re a week or two into year four of the 1A Olympic League and one thing remains consistent — it’s still a two-team race.

Klahowya, the biggest of the league’s four schools by far, and Coupeville, its smallest, are the heavyweights.

Port Townsend and Chimacum? With a couple of exceptions, cannon fodder.

Take 10 of the 11 varsity sports Coupeville fields a team in (we skip track, since team records are a moot point) and the win totals from 2014 to spring 2017 are:

Klahowya – 145
Coupeville – 133
Chimacum – 74
Port Townsend – 70

After the Eagles were top dogs the first two years, Coupeville (which has raised its win total each year) took the crown in 2016-2017.

As of end of play Saturday night, the early fall totals have Klahowya clinging to a 4-3 lead on Coupeville, while the other schools have yet to notch a league win.

Counting non-conference games, the Wolves (8-6) and Eagles (8-5) are tied (with Coupeville the only school to have at least one victory in each sport).

Meanwhile Port Townsend (1-9) is taking a major hit in its biggest sport, football, while Chimacum (2-8), is struggling in everything except football.

Current standings through Sept. 17:

Olympic/Nisqually League football:

School	League	Overall
COUPEVILLE	0-0	2-1
Cascade Christian	0-0	2-1
Charles Wright	0-0	2-1
Chimacum	0-0	2-1
Bellevue Christian	0-0	0-3
Klahowya	0-0	0-3
Port Townsend	0-0	0-3
Vashon Island	0-0	0-3

Olympic League volleyball:

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

Olympic League girls soccer:

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

Olympic League boys tennis:

School	League	Overall
Klahowya	1-0	3-1
Chimacum	0-0	0-1
COUPEVILLE	0-1	1-3

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A new gridiron journey begins!!

September 16, 2017 by David Svien

CMS 8th grader Caleb Meyer has his own personal cheerleader, big sis Mckenzie. (Photos courtesy Mckenzie Meyer)

Wolves Cody Roberts (21), Meyer and Hawthorne Wolfe (1) line up for the start of a new season.

Ready to tackle anything that gets in their way. (Bob Martin photo)

After this, everything counts.

The Coupeville Middle School football team got the butterflies out Saturday, traveling to Sequim for a season-opening jamboree.

Next up on the schedule is the first official game, which arrives next Thursday, Sept. 21.

It’s a home game, the opponent is Chimacum, and kickoff is set for 3:45 PM.

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Kalia Littlejohn goes bonkers!!

September 16, 2017 by David Svien

Freshman Mollie Bailey delivered a scoreless second half in goal Saturday as Coupeville romped to an 8-0 win at Port Townsend. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

Kalia Littlejohn, seen here earlier in her career, tallied five goals Saturday, pulling within eight of sister Mia’s CHS career scoring record.

The little sister is coming for all the records.

Torching the net in unprecedented fashion Saturday, Coupeville High School junior Kalia Littlejohn recorded five goals to spark the Wolf booters to an 8-0 thrashing of host Port Townsend.

The win lifts CHS to 2-0 in Olympic League play, leaving it in a first-place tie with Klahowya.

The Wolves, who return home Monday for a non-conference tilt with Mount Vernon Christian, are 3-2 overall, having won three of their last four games.

Facing off with the RedHawks, Coupeville scored from every angle, with fab frosh Genna Wright added a pair of scores to back up Littlejohn.

Junior Lindsey Roberts, owner of the most powerful kicking leg in the soccer biz, rattled home the game’s other score.

The outburst left Wright and Roberts with four goals apiece on the season, while Littlejohn sits with nine.

Add that to the 10 scores she recorded as a freshman and the eight she tacked on last year, and Kalia has 27 for her career.

That pulls her within eight goals of the best sharpshooter in CHS girls soccer history — older sister Mia Littlejohn, who scored 35 times between 2014-2016.

Abraham Leyva, with 45 goals, holds the school record.

While Kalia and Co. were busy peppering the Port Townsend goaltender, the Wolf net-minders were in lock-down mode all the way.

Junior Sarah Wright recorded a flawless first half, then gave way to freshman Mollie Bailey after the break.

The duo, who are highly-accomplished softball catchers in another life, scooped up anything and everything which came their way, though, truth be told, Coupeville’s fearsome defenders allowed very little to get by in the first place.

“Great day for Coupeville girls soccer,” said CHS coach Kyle Nelson. “Nice league victory.”

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Wynn saves best for last!!

September 16, 2017 by David Svien

Coupeville track coach Randy King surveys the scene Saturday at the 39th Carl Westling Invitational in Langley. (Jennifer Wynn photos)

CHS runners/brothers Sam (left) and Henry Wynn hang out.

Henry Wynn is a closer.

Running in muggy weather down in Langley Saturday, the Coupeville High School senior harrier went deep and found a little something extra at the end of his race.

Wynn went to sprint mode in the final 100 meters of a 5,000 meter cross country race at the 39th annual Carl Westling Invitational, passing several runners down the backstretch.

He finished in 19 minutes, 23 seconds, with the strong surge pushing him to a 47th place finish out of 114 runners.

Running by himself — one teammate, Danny Conlisk, was out sick, while another, Sam Wynn, needs another practice to be eligible — Henry Wynn carried Coupeville’s colors in a race which attracted runners from 1B, 2B, 1A and 2A schools.

As the Wolves wait for their school to restart its own cross country program, they train and travel with South Whidbey High School runners and coaches.

Up next for the CHS trio is a trip to Lake Sammamish State Park Saturday, Sept. 23 for the Bellevue Cross Country Invitational.

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A bump in the road!!

September 16, 2017 by David Svien

Pedro Gamarra teamed with Jakobi Baumann to pick up a win at #3 doubles Friday afternoon. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Ken Stange rolled the dice, and it almost worked.

Stacking his top players in the doubles slots Friday, the Coupeville High School boys tennis coach played the odds against Klahowya, but the Eagles slipped through his grasp.

Pulling out late wins at #2 and #4 doubles, KSS escaped with a 5-2 win on its home courts, putting at least a momentary ding in the Wolves shield.

The conference loss dropped Coupeville to 1-3 overall, 0-1 in Olympic League play and will force the Wolves to fight back if they want to stretch their run of league titles to three years.

CHS still has plenty of time, though, with two more match-ups against Klahowya (Sept. 29 in Silverdale and Oct. 5 in Coupeville) and three against league door mat Chimacum.

Friday afternoon the Wolves got another win from top doubles duo William Nelson and Joey Lippo, who remained undefeated, cruising to a straight-sets win a match after a titanic fight against a Kingston pair.

The other Coupeville victory came courtesy Jakobi Baumann and Pedro Gamarra, who dropped down from singles to play together for the first time.

The difference between a 5-2 loss and a 4-3 win hinged on the other two doubles matches, but the Wolves dropped #2 doubles after being up a set, and fell in a razor-thin pro set in #4 doubles.

Complete Friday results:

Varsity:

1st Singles — Nile Lockwood lost to Taylor Fite 6-0, 6-0

2nd Singles — Zach Ginnings lost to Jacob Kraft 6-2, 6-1

3rd Singles — Drake Borden lost to Drew Kraft 6-0, 6-4

1st Doubles — William Nelson/Joey Lippo beat Morgan Seidel/William Stewart 6-1, 6-2

2nd Doubles — Nick Etzell/Mason Grove lost to Joe Bowman/Nick Hytinen 3-6, 6-3, 6-3

3rd Doubles — Pedro Gamarra/Jakobi Baumann beat Parker Short/Carson Short 7-5, 6-4

4th Doubles — Tiger Johnson/Jaschon Baumann lost to Dominic Westland/Eric Lochis 9-7

JV:

5th Doubles — Thane Peterson/Koby Schreiber lost to Cameron Johnson/Dylan Jackson 8-1

6th Doubles — Peterson/Schreiber lost to Tyler Godsey/Dakota Johnson 8-3