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Big Bundy goal, narrow loss for Wolves!!

Posted in Boys Soccer, tagged Abraham Leyva, CHS Wolves, Soccer, Zane Bundy on March 26, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Sean Donley and teammates held Cedarcrest scoreless for 60+ minutes Tuesday. (John Fisken photos)

CHS coach Kyle Nelson, together one last time with Uriel (left) and Oscar Liquidano.

Tuesdays are made for Zane Bundy.

The Coupeville High School sophomore and his Wolf boys’ soccer teammates have played twice this season — both time on Tuesdays — and both games have featured electrifying goals from Bundy.

This time around, he netted a score against 2A biggie Cedarcrest off of an assist from fellow sophomore Abraham Leyva. The duo are now tied for the early team lead with two goals apiece.

It wasn’t quite enough for a huge upset, however, as the visiting Red Wolves managed to scrape together a pair of late second-half goals and escape from The Rock with a 2-1 victory.

The loss dropped Coupeville to 1-1 overall, 0-1 in Cascade Conference play, heading into a big Island showdown against South Whidbey Friday.

That contest, the Wolves’ third straight home game, kicks off at Micky Clark Field at 6 PM.

Playing against Cedarcrest, the Wolves held on to a 1-0 lead past the 20th minute of the second half.

Josiah Campbell barely missed netting a second score for CHS. The persistent wind and a couple of questionable calls, including one on a Coupeville breakaway, hurt the Wolves.

Still, CHS coach Kyle Nelson came away pleased with much of what he saw.

“The boys played a great game,” Nelson said. “Could have come away with a win against a really good team.”

The Wolves lost two starters after the game, with a family move to Las Vegas taking away junior Oscar Liquidano and freshman Uriel Liquidano.

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Leyva claims CHS pitch as his own!!

Posted in Boys Soccer, tagged Abraham Leyva, CHS Wolves, shake and bake, Soccer, Zane Bundy on March 18, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Abraham Leyva (21), seen here in Saturday’s jamboree, scored twice in Coupeville’s season-opening win Tuesday. (John Fisken photo)

One game and the joint already belongs to him.

Making his regular season debut, Coupeville High School sophomore Abraham Leyva punched in a pair of goals Tuesday, sparking the Wolf boys’ soccer squad to a 3-0 non-conference victory over visiting Friday Harbor.

In a game in which Coupeville dominated both halves of the field from start to finish — leaving Wolf goalie Joel Walstad just a handful of save opportunities — it was the sophomores who made the difference.

Leyva officially opened the season’s scoring when he redirected a blocked shot on goal over the Friday Harbor netminder’s arm in the game’s 22nd minute.

Coming down the right side with a full head of steam, Wolf senior Sean Donley blasted a shot that hit the goalie’s hands hard enough that the ball ricocheted away. One bounce and the ball was on Leyva’s foot, then it was gone, arcing off of his toe and dropping neatly into the back of the net.

Despite having many more shots on goals, Coupeville went scoreless for the next 48 minutes, before finally putting the game on ice with two scores in the final ten minutes.

Sophomore Zane Bundy took off on a daring one-on-one run, pulled off a shake-and-bake move that left the Friday Harbor goalie on the ground, waving his arms above his head in frustration, then slapped the ball in for a score.

As the wind-chilled CHS fans rocked the bleachers — none louder than proud mom Janine Bundy — he did a little shimmy, before being mobbed by his teammates.

Leyva capped the scoring with a booming rocket from almost midfield during stoppage time.

Friday Harbor was unable to mount much of a charge offensively, with their coach loudly half-pleading at one moment, “We HAVE to get the ball off of our side of the field.”

A strong defense anchored by seniors Brett Arnold and Jared Dickson and junior Oscar Liquidano blunted virtually every chance the Wolverines put together.

Playing behind his solid line, Walstad had a handful of easy saves and one nice one where the basketball star went airborne and snagged the ball at the peak of his jump.

The victory came in new coach Kyle Nelson’s first official game. Coupeville played in a jamboree Saturday.

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“I enjoy the sensation of scoring goals!!”

Posted in Boys Soccer, tagged Abraham Leyva, CHS Wolves, Jeremy Copenhaver, Soccer, Washington Rush, Zane Bundy on March 11, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Abraham Leyva (left) with select soccer teammate Dawson d’Almeida. (Dan d’Almeida photo)

You lose one, you gain one.

When Jeremy Copenhaver was plucked away from the Coupeville High School boys’ soccer squad by a family move cross-country, it took a goal-scoring threat away from the Wolves.

But, just maybe, sophomore Abraham Leyva will be able to step in and provide that same sort of spark.

The top scorer on his select soccer team, Washington Rush, where he plays along side Wolf teammate Zane Bundy, he netted eight goals in 14 games.

Now he hopes to make an impact on the pitch for CHS this spring.

“My goals are to get as many goals and assists as I can, so I can make first or second team,” Leyva said. “I enjoy the sensation of scoring goals, humiliating players by beating them and getting assists.”

While he has a great deal of confidence in his skill (“The areas I feel comfortable with are my dribbling, my speed, my passing and crossing”), he still works hard at the game.

“I need to work on my shots, finishing and heading,” Leyva said. “I work on that a lot with my dad.”

It was his father who first brought him to the beautiful game, signing him up for a soccer team at age four, when they were living in Mexico. 12 years later, Leyva is still going strong, and can still turn to his dad for advice and help.

“My dad has the biggest impact on me,” Leyva said. “He helps me improve so I can become one of the best and maybe even go pro.

“If it weren’t for him pushing me to be better, I would have not had the same level of skill as I have now.”

During his time on the soccer pitch, Leyva has bounced all over, playing multiple positions.

He started as a defender, “then, like all kids, wanted to score goals” and moved up to forward. Now he generally operates as a midfielder, working the right side of the field, where he can use his speed and dribbling skills to blast by people.

The speed is honed by working out, while his reflexes are sharpened in a different way.

“I run to stay in shape and play video games like every other teenage dude!”

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