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Step by step, young booters improve

Posted in Boys Soccer, Middle School, tagged , , , , on October 7, 2019| Leave a Comment »

Quinten Simpson-Pilgrim set up one of Coupeville’s goals Monday afternoon. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

First improvement, then wins.

As the Coupeville Middle School boys soccer team works its way through the program’s first-ever season, coach Reese Cernick has preached growth.

And there have been results, as the Wolves continue to fine-tune their collective games.

While CMS fell 5-2 to visiting Lakewood Monday, the positive changes are being noticed by all.

“The opposing coach congratulated us after the game on our team’s improvement since we last played,” Cernick said. “I would like to say that we are playing against three other teams with great coaches.

“Each coach has been great to speak with and had has nothing but good things to say about our team.”

Coupeville hits the halfway point of the season at 1-4, with its next two games at home.

Granite Falls arrives on Whidbey Wednesday, with Northshore Christian Academy set to show up Oct. 14.

The Wolves netted their scores Monday on vastly different plays.

On the first, Logan Downes beat the Lakewood goalie on a one-on-one, ramming home his team-leading third goal of the season.

Coupeville also scored off of a bit of teamwork, as Quinten Simpson-Pilgrim crashed a shot at the net, allowing teammate Andrew Williams to step up and head the incoming ball past the net-minder.

It was the second score of the season for Williams.

Cernick stepped off the rain-slickened pitch with a spring to his step.

“Our passing game continues to improve as well as our desire to get to the ball first,” he said. “I am proud of each and every player on the team.

“They each played a great game today.”

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Live, learn, aim for the next one

Posted in Boys Soccer, tagged , , , , on October 2, 2019| Leave a Comment »

Zane Oldenstadt stood tall in the goal for Coupeville Wednesday afternoon. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Every game a lesson.

The final score wasn’t what they were hoping for Wednesday, but there are better days ahead for the Coupeville Middle School boys soccer team.

For one thing, the Wolves, now 1-3 after taking a 7-0 loss at Northshore Christian Academy, get to stay home for a bit.

Coming off of a three-game road trip, CMS now gets three straight home games.

The Wolves host Lakewood (Oct. 7), Granite Falls (Oct. 9), and get another crack at Northshore (Oct. 14).

Wedneday’s match-up pitted Coupeville against the best team in their four-school conference, and it made for an uphill battle.

“We played a tough team,” CMS coach Reese Cernick said. “We need to work on getting to the ball first.

“(Goalies) William (Davidson) and Zane (Oldenstadt) saved plenty of goals, but could not block them all,” he added. “Our back line was under constant bombardment as Northshore’s offense was dominating.”

The Wolves managed to put together a couple of runs at the goal, but couldn’t get the soccer gods to smile on any of their shots.

While he would have liked a score or two, Cernick praised the play of his offense.

“I felt our passing in the second half was a bit better,” he said. “We were more aggressive in the second half as well.

“I look forward to playing them again because they are a worthy opponent.”

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CMS booters net landmark win

Posted in Boys Soccer, Middle School, tagged , , , , , on September 30, 2019| Leave a Comment »

Andrew Williams scored Monday, lifting the Coupeville Middle School boys soccer squad to the first win in program history. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Every day a new milestone.

A game after scoring the first goals in program history, the Coupeville Middle School boys soccer squad went one better Monday afternoon.

Sparked by a lock-down defense, the Wolf booters nipped host Granite Falls 1-0, recording their first-ever win.

Now 1-2 in its debut season, Coupeville got the only goal it needed thanks to a wham-bam play and a little luck.

Logan Downes rifled a corner kick towards the goal early in the second half, and the ball landed exactly where it needed to be – on Andrew Williams thigh.

Ricocheting past the Granite goalie, the orb found the back of the net, and the Wolf celebration was on.

“Great team work,” said CMS coach Reese Cernick. “They played very well together. Good passing, good rhythm, good control.”

With just a 1-0 lead, the win was in doubt until the final moments, but that’s where Coupeville’s defense rose to the moment.

Wolf goaltender William Davidson, AKA “Mr. Freeze,” was a beast in the net, knocking down shots and refusing to let Granite get even a sniff of a goal.

His defenders came up big, as well, with Preston Epp deflecting what could have been the tying goal late in stoppage time.

Granite Falls got one truly final shot at an equalizer with about 10 seconds to play, but the Wolves stacked their own box and successfully fended off a desperation corner kick.

As a bus full of madly-celebrating Wolves tore through the back streets of Granite Falls, their coach relaxed and enjoyed the landmark win.

“Everyone pulled their weight today,” Cernick said. “I am very proud of them.”

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Write him Down(es) in the record book

Posted in Boys Soccer, Middle School, tagged , , , , on September 25, 2019| Leave a Comment »

Logan Downes is the first Coupeville Middle School boys soccer player to score a goal. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Logan Downes made some history.

The Coupeville Middle School 8th grader became the first boys soccer player in school history to score a goal, finding the back of the net Wednesday afternoon at Lakewood.

He actually picked up a second score as well, though it would be credited as an “own goal,” as Downes banged a corner kick right at a Lakewood player who accidentally headed the incoming ball past his own goalkeeper.

While the Wolves fell 8-2 in the first road game in program history, dropping their record to 0-2 in their inaugural season, there were plenty of positives.

“I feel we played a better game this time than our first game,” said Coupeville coach Reese Cernick. “Positioning was better.

“We’re starting to come together as a team, but have a little ways to go.”

The Wolves travel to Granite Falls Sept. 30 and Northshore Christian Academy Oct. 2, before returning home Oct. 7 to kick off a three-game home-stand with a rematch against Lakewood.

The soccer program, which was added this year after CMS football was eliminated, has a 10-game season.

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Making history, a kick at a time

Posted in Boys Soccer, Middle School, tagged , , , , on September 24, 2019| Leave a Comment »

Nathan Ginnings reaches a state of Zen as he, and his Coupeville Middle School teammates kick off the start of their soccer season. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

Quinten Simpson-Pilgrim slaps a shot to a waiting teammate.

William Davidson clears the ball from the goal.

A little slice of history – the first-ever CMS soccer team.

Ryan Blouin unleashes the full fury of his leg.

One game, and a million photos, in the books.

The brand-new Coupeville Middle School boys soccer program kicked off Monday with a home game against Northshore Christian Academy, and plenty of cameras were busy recording the historical moment.

The photos above come from wandering’ paparazzi John Fisken, who strolled in from Oak Harbor.

To see everything he shot, pop over to:

https://www.johnsphotos.net/Sports/Coupeville-Soccer/MSBS-2019-09-23-vs-Northshore-Christian/

When you do, if you snap up any snaps, a percentage of each purchase goes to help fund scholarships Fisken doles out to CHS senior student/athletes in the spring. So there’s that.

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