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League titles, playoff destinies on the line

Posted in standings, tagged , , , , , , on April 28, 2019| Leave a Comment »

Sarah Wright (left) and Lindsey Roberts are coming for all your postseason awards. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Two titles won, two to go.

The battle for regular-season North Sound Conference pennants came to an end in baseball and boys soccer this past week, with Cedar Park Christian and South Whidbey triumphing, respectively.

That leaves girls tennis and softball still in the middle of heated battles, as the teams involved have a chunk of the regular season left to play.

The week ahead (Apr. 29-May 4) is a busy one for Coupeville High School, with a heady mix of regular and postseason play on tap.

Three of five Wolf programs are all about the playoffs as we head for the start of May.

Soccer hosts Cedar Park Christian Monday in a loser-out district game. Win and the Wolves play again May 1 and 4, both on the road, as they try to qualify for bi-districts.

Track heads to Granite Falls May 2 for the league championships. After that comes districts, bi-districts, and state in the weeks ahead.

Baseball gets to rest a bit, then heads to Sehome High School May 4 for the start of the bi-district tourney. The Wolves play twice Saturday, and need at least one win to keep their season alive.

Meanwhile, softball and girls tennis still have a chunk of the regular season to finish.

The netters are set to play four matches next week, starting with the home finale Apr. 30 against Friday Harbor.

After a road trip to Chimacum for a non-conference match-up May 1, the Wolves have a doubleheader May 2 at Granite.

Or, more like a match-and-a-half, as they need to finish an earlier tussle halted by rain, then play the regularly-scheduled finale.

Softball faces its biggest week yet, with four games in five days, and a title on the line.

Monday, the Wolves travel to Bothell to face Cedar Park Christian, then it’s home to rumble with Granite May 1 and for a Senior Night double-header May 3 with Sultan.

Coupeville has one more regular-season game the following week, a short trip to Langley to play South Whidbey, but league title hopes will be decided this coming week.

The Wolves sit right behind Granite in the standings, and absolutely have to topple the Tigers, or pray for a ginormous miracle from other teams, if they want to hang a banner for a second-straight season.

As we await the nail-biting, legacy-defining week on its way, a look at league standings through Apr. 28:

 

North Sound Conference softball:

School League Overall
Granite Falls 7-1 10-5
Coupeville 5-2 8-6
CPC-Bothell 5-3 10-4
Sultan 1-6 1-9
South Whidbey 1-7 4-10

 

North Sound Conference baseball:

School League Overall
CPC-Bothell 13-2 17-3
South Whidbey 12-3 17-3
King’s 10-5 11-9
Coupeville 7-8 7-12
Granite Falls 2-13 4-16
Sultan 1-14 1-19

 

North Sound Conference girls tennis:

School League Overall
King’s 5-0 6-0
South Whidbey 5-1 5-4
Granite Falls 2-3 3-8
Coupeville 1-4 1-4
Friday Harbor 0-5 0-5

 

North Sound Conference boys soccer:

School League Overall
South Whidbey 8-0 12-1
King’s 6-2 7-3-1
Coupeville 3-5 5-8
Sultan 3-5 4-10
CPC-Bothell 0-8 0-10

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Booters prep for playoff run

Posted in Boys Soccer, tagged , , , , on April 27, 2019| Leave a Comment »

Sophomore Sage Downes has tallied four goals this spring for the CHS soccer team. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

Team captain Aram Leyva will lead his squad into its first true home playoff game in many years Monday night.

No need to drive very far this time.

In recent years, when Coupeville High School soccer squads earned home playoff games, they still had to trek 10 miles to Oak Harbor’s stadium, then adjust on the fly to a different playing surface.

But now that the Wolves are back in District 1, the requirement for early-round postseason battles to be played on turf no longer exists.

That means when CHS opens its playoff run Monday, Apr. 29, it will start on the green, green grass of its own Mickey Clark Field.

The opponent is win-less Cedar Park Christian, kickoff is 6 PM, it’s a loser-out game, and yes, you have to pay admission, unlike the regular season.

A breakdown of what you need to know as the district tourney kicks off:

 

What:

1A District 1 boys soccer tournament, featuring the top five North Sound Conference teams against the top three Northwest Conference squads.

 

When:

Apr. 29-May. 4

 

Where:

Multiple locations.

Coupeville opens at home, but a win there sends the Wolves on the road for games at still-to-be-determined locations May 1 and 4.

 

What’s at stake:

Five of eight teams at districts advance to bi-districts, which pits District 1 against District 2.

Three of nine teams at that tourney punch their ticket to state.

 

Admission for individual district playoff games:

Adults and students without ASB — $7.00
Students with ASB, children and seniors — $5.00
Preschool children (with paying adult) – Free

 

Team capsules:

 

Coupeville:

Season record: 5-8

League finish: #3 in 1A North Sound Conference

Goal differential: 31-43

Seniors: (3) – Dewitt Cole, Uriah Kastner, Teo Keilwitz

Record vs. district tourney qualifiers: 3-7 (beat Cedar Park twice; split with Sultan; lost twice to both King’s and South Whidbey; lost once to Meridian and Mount Baker)

Coach: Kyle Nelson

Mascot: Wolves

 

Cedar Park Christian:

Season record: 0-10

League finish: #5 in 1A North Sound Conference

Goal differential: 6-51

Seniors: (2) – Joel Koszonus, Ray Xiang

Record vs. district tourney qualifiers: 0-8 (lost twice to Coupeville, South Whidbey, King’s, and Sultan)

Coach: Ken Kerr

Mascot: Eagles

 

King’s:

Season record: 7-3-1 (*NSC web site credits them with an 8th win, but sorry, you don’t get to count a win against your own alumni…)

League finish: #2 in 1A North Sound Conference

Goal differential: 36-8

Seniors: (2) – Gunnar Morehead, Jeffrey Weber

Record vs. district tourney qualifiers: 6-2 (beat Sultan, Coupeville and CPC twice, lost twice to South Whidbey)

Coach: Matt Sporn

Mascot: Knights

 

Lynden Christian:

Season record: 6-8-2

League finish: #2 of 1A teams in 1A/2A/3A Northwest Conference

Goal differential: 21-31

Seniors: (6) – Jalen Apol, Blake De Ruyter, Cory Ellens, Trent Greenough, Jakob Luce, Nolan Thomas

Record vs. district tourney qualifiers: 1-1 (beat Meridian, lost to Mount Baker)

Coach:Brent De Ruyter

Mascot: Lyncs

 

Meridian:

Season record: 9-5-2

League finish: #1 of 1A teams in 1A/2A/3A Northwest Conference

Goal differential: 46-25

Seniors: (9) – Tanner Bouwman, Manraj Gaday, Savikar Gaday, Gabe Hughes, Ernan Martinez, Nathan Miranda, Carlos Padila-Solis, Chris Prado, Nicholas Vyvyan

Record vs. district tourney qualifiers: 3-1 (beat Mount Baker, Coupeville, and Sultan, lost to Lynden Christian)

Coach: Joe Spencer

Mascot: Trojans

 

Mount Baker:

Season record: 8-6-1

League finish: #3 of 1A teams in 1A/2A/3A Northwest Conference

Goal differential: 40-34

Seniors: (8) – Gage Corcoran, Freddy Delgado, Ian Green, JJ Kalsbeek, Kailani Lauderdale, Clover Martin, Trey O’Dell, James Rice

Record vs. district tourney qualifiers: 2-1 (beat Lynden Christian and Coupeville, lost to Meridian)

Coach: Jason Jorgensen

Mascot: Mountaineers

 

South Whidbey:

Season record: 12-1

League finish: #1 in 1A North Sound Conference

Goal differential: 74-8

Seniors: (6) – Graham Colar, Nevin Daniels, Julian Inches, Michael Lux, Eli Waldron, Cormac Workman

Record vs. district tourney qualifiers: 8-0 (beat King’s Sultan, Coupeville, and CPC twice)

Coach: Emerson Robbins

Mascot: Falcons

 

Sultan:

Season record: 4-10

League finish: #4 in 1A North Sound Conference

Goal differential: 24-62

Seniors: (4) – Francisco Alvarado-Medina, Blake Bernethy, Gabriel DeBock, Miguel Garcia

Record vs. district tourney qualifiers: 3-6 (beat CPC twice, split with Coupeville, lost twice to King’s and South Whidbey, lost once to Meridian)

Coach: Ryan Schaeffer

Mascot: Turks

 

Bracket:

http://www.nscathletics.com/tournament.php?tournament_id=2915&sport=9

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Turn your eyes to the playoffs

Posted in Boys Soccer, tagged , , , , on April 23, 2019| Leave a Comment »

Freshman Xavier Murdy played strongly Tuesday in Coupeville soccer’s regular-season finale. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

In small bursts, there were positives.

For one thing, the Coupeville High School boys soccer squad got to play on its own field Tuesday, something which hasn’t happened in more than a full month.

After five straight road games, and then a scheduled home game which turned into a win by forfeit, when Cedar Park Christian declined to travel, it was about time.

Or at least that’s probably what the folks running the concession stand were thinking.

With hot dogs and candy being doled out, and the stands fairly full thanks to it being a rivalry game, that was positive.

The final result on the scoreboard, with visiting South Whidbey romping to an 8-1 victory, and maybe, possibly, running the score up a bit at the end, was less positive.

But, even with the loss, Coupeville, which wraps league play at 3-5, is sitting in a decent place.

The Wolves, 5-8 overall, are the #3 seed from the North Sound Conference heading into the district playoffs, which means they get to host a postseason game.

And truly host it this time.

While playing in District 3, Coupeville’s “home” playoff games were held at Oak Harbor’s stadium, because of that district’s insistence on all soccer playoff games being held on turf fields.

Back in District 1 this year, the Wolves don’t face the same restriction.

That means Monday, Apr. 29, they’re slated to host Cedar Park in a loser-out playoff game on the grass at Coupeville’s Mickey Clark Field.

Kickoff is 6 PM and, because it’s a playoff game, admission will be charged.

Win against CPC and Coupeville advances to play at least two more playoff games, with a solid shot at advancing to bi-districts.

Tuesday night, the scrappy Wolves didn’t play all that badly, but they did run into a bit of a buzz-saw in a Falcon squad which is 7-0 in league, 11-1 overall.

“We had plenty of good minutes, just not a good game,” said Coupeville coach Kyle Nelson. “Give South Whidbey their due, though, they’re a good, tough team.”

The Falcons scored early and often, finding holes in the Wolf defense and rattling home five unanswered goals in the first half.

After the break, the Wolves played aggressively, with Derek Leyva lofting in his 12th goal of the season, before narrowly missing on another score the very next time down the field.

Coupeville, which was playing without several starters, including goaltender Dewitt Cole, was the more physical team and bounced a few bodies around in the late going.

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Busy week ahead for Wolves

Posted in standings, tagged , , , , , , on April 20, 2019| Leave a Comment »

Katelin McCormick and CHS tennis are scheduled to play three times in four days next week. Will Mother Nature cooperate? (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Push for the playoffs.

All five Coupeville High School spring sports programs are currently in line to send their team, or individual players, to the postseason.

For baseball, its playoff dreams are front and center this coming week.

The Wolf diamond men close the regular season with a three-game series against Granite Falls, playing at home Monday and Friday and on the road Wednesday.

They’ll enter that series needing just one win to clinch the fourth, and final, playoff berth from the North Sound Conference.

Meanwhile, softball, which is fighting for a league title, gets what could be an easy week, with games Monday at Sultan and Tuesday at home against South Whidbey.

Those two teams are in the cellar of the league standings, offering Coupeville a chance to get in, win, and get out, while maintaining their chase of Granite Falls.

Wolf soccer and track close the regular season, Tuesday at home against South Whidbey, and Thursday at Langley, respectively.

And tennis?

If the weather holds, they could play more matches in a four-day period next week than they have all season.

The netters have been limited to two full contests, and one against Granite Falls which was postponed mid-match by the arrival of liquid sunshine.

But, with the hope of sun on everyone’s minds, the Wolves are slated to spend a lot of time on the bus, with road trips Tuesday (King’s), Thursday (South Whidbey), and Friday (Friday Harbor).

As everyone preps for the week ahead, a look at where we sit with all games complete through Apr. 20:

 

North Sound Conference softball:

School League Overall
Granite Falls 6-1 9-5
Coupeville 4-2 7-6
CPC-Bothell 3-3 8-4
Sultan 1-4 1-7
South Whidbey 1-5 4-8

 

North Sound Conference baseball:

School League Overall
CPC-Bothell 12-0 16-1
South Whidbey 10-2 15-2
King’s 7-5 8-9
Coupeville 4-8 4-12
Granite Falls 2-10 4-13
Sultan 1-11 1-16

 

North Sound Conference girls tennis:

School League Overall
King’s 4-0 5-0
South Whidbey 3-1 3-4
Granite Falls 1-2 2-5
Coupeville 0-2 0-2
Friday Harbor 0-3 0-3

 

North Sound Conference boys soccer:

School League Overall
South Whidbey 6-0 10-1
King’s 5-1 6-2-1
Coupeville 3-4 5-7
Sultan 2-4 3-9
CPC-Bothell 0-7 0-9

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Booters handed freebie win

Posted in Boys Soccer, tagged , , , , on April 18, 2019| Leave a Comment »

Uriah Kastner and Coupeville High School boys soccer will get a win Friday, without having to play a game. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

The Coupeville High School boys soccer squad hasn’t played at home in nearly a month.

And now they’ll have to wait a few more days, though they will get a freebie win for their troubles.

Cedar Park Christian, which was scheduled to come to Whidbey Friday, has forfeited the game, handing the Wolves a 1-0 North Sound Conference victory.

The reason given was the private school “not having enough players.”

While it won’t get to play Friday, Coupeville will grab the W and improve to 3-4 in league play, 5-7 overall.

The Wolves wrap regular-season play Apr. 23, when they host South Whidbey on Senior Night.

After that comes the playoffs, though, with the forfeit, questions linger.

Coupeville currently holds the #3 seed from the NSC, and, barring a torrid final week full of upset wins from Sultan, would host a loser-out playoff game Apr. 29 against the #5 NSC seed.

That’s CPC, which sits at 0-7, 0-9 after the forfeit.

And how does a win-less team make the postseason, you ask?

The district tourney is supposed to feature the top three teams from the four-team Northwest Conference and the top five from the six-team NSC.

Except, Granite Falls killed its season before it began, automatically qualifying all NSC teams still standing.

So it’s on to districts for everyone … unless this becomes more than a one-game situation for CPC, in which case the playoff bracket could be ripped up and restructured.

Under the current plan, a win in their playoff opener would send the Wolves to the double-elimination portion of districts, one win away from punching their ticket to bi-districts.

The bracket, as it sits at 11 AM Thursday morning:

http://www.nscathletics.com/tournament.php?tournament_id=2915&sport=9

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