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Weather willing, Wolves ready to rumble

Posted in standings, tagged , , , , , , on April 14, 2019| Leave a Comment »

Emily Fiedler and her Coupeville High School tennis teammates just want a chance to play. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Coming off a huge upset over South Whidbey, Shane Losey and the Wolf diamond men want to keep the good times rolling. (Photo by Karen Carlson)

The week ahead is huge for Coupeville High School spring sports teams.

It’s busy, it’s full of key games, and the results could help crystallize where playoff chases are headed.

Of course, that’s if the weather holds up.

After a deceptively nice opening to the season, rain has became much more of a factor as we wade into April.

But, barring more liquid sunshine, all five Wolf teams will be in action.

Track has a meet Thursday in Sultan, while tennis, which has still played just two matches thanks to scheduling issues and weather, hosts Granite Falls Tuesday afternoon.

Things are busier for soccer (at Sultan Tuesday, home Friday vs. Cedar Park Christian), baseball and softball.

The diamond men are slated to play a three-game series against Sultan, with home games Monday and Friday packaged around a Wednesday road trip.

But the biggest games, by far, belong to softball.

Coupeville enters the week in a three-way tie for first-place in the North Sound Conference with Granite and CPC.

And those two teams are what awaits the Wolves, as they host Cedar Park Monday, then travel Wednesday to Granite.

A sweep puts CHS in control of the league, with four of its final six games coming against much-weaker competition in Sultan and South Whidbey.

As you prepare for a week of all-out warfare, a reminder of where we stand through Apr. 14:

 

North Sound Conference softball:

School League Overall
Coupeville 3-1 5-5
CPC-Bothell 3-1 7-2
Granite Falls 3-1 6-5
South Whidbey 1-3 4-6
Sultan 0-4 0-6

 

North Sound Conference baseball:

School League Overall
CPC-Bothell 12-0 14-1
South Whidbey 10-2 13-2
King’s 4-5 5-9
Granite Falls 1-6 3-9
Coupeville 1-8 1-12
Sultan 0-7 0-12

 

North Sound Conference girls tennis:

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

 

North Sound Conference boys soccer:

School League Overall
South Whidbey 5-0 9-1
King’s 4-1 5-2-1
Coupeville 2-3 4-6
Sultan 1-3 2-8
CPC-Bothell 0-5 0-7

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Booters retain positive playoff outlook

Posted in Boys Soccer, tagged , , , , on April 13, 2019| Leave a Comment »

Sam Wynn and CHS soccer remain on target to finish third in league play, which would give them a home playoff opener. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

They still control their own destiny.

Bouncing back into action after a 10-day break, the Coupeville High School boys soccer squad fell 5-0 Friday at King’s.

But, even with the defeat, the Wolves remain in third-place in the North Sound Conference, which is important as that would bring a home playoff opener.

CHS, which sits at 2-3 in league play, 4-6 overall, has already clinched a postseason berth.

But, if they can hold on to their current status — and two of their final three games are against teams they beat the first time around — the Wolves likely get to make the short trip to Oak Harbor Apr. 29 to face the #5 NSC team in a loser-out game.

Coupeville closes the regular season with a trip to Sultan (1-3, 2-8) Apr. 16, before home games Apr. 19 against Cedar Park Christian (0-5, 0-7) and Apr. 23 vs. South Whidbey (5-0, 9-1).

The Wolves beat both Sultan and CPC the first time through the schedule.

Friday night CHS ran into a strong King’s team, which improved to 4-1 in league play, 5-2-1 overall, but the game was closer than the score might indicate.

“(We were) a little rusty from the long break from games,” said Coupeville coach Kyle Nelson. “Good defense until the last five minutes of each half. They scored four of their goals in that time.”

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Wolf booters pepper rival goalies

Posted in Boys Soccer, tagged , , , , on April 7, 2019| Leave a Comment »

Chris Cernick has punched in two goals for Coupeville High School soccer this spring. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

With four scores in 2019, sophomore Sage Downes has run his career total to seven goals.

Since the Coupeville High School soccer programs only began in 2004, I assumed it would be fairly easy to track down complete scoring records.

To which the universe flicked me behind the ear while whispering, “Oh, you naive fool.”

Having obtained access to the Whidbey News-Times archives, it took me maybe 12 minutes, tops, before finding I was on a mission which was not going to end well.

Having put in 2+ years as a sports editor at that newspaper back in the day, I understand the tricky balancing act it takes to cover both Oak Harbor and Coupeville.

But, when it came to covering soccer, there were a couple of my successors, who, it would seem, didn’t even try.

Huge chunks of games were missing, no one ran stat totals for soccer, ever, and, barring a miracle, we’ll never really know how many goals Geoff Wacker, Mike Duke and other early CHS pitch stars tallied.

I can tell you, with 99.9992% precision, who scored goals the past seven seasons (2013-2019), which have played out during the life of Coupeville Sports.

Before that, I can give you season team totals, though not individual stats, for 2010-2012, thanks to the archives of the North Sound Conference site.

Having held on to game scores from Coupeville’s four-year stint in the Olympic League and its final five seasons in the Cascade Conference, at least the NSC site is trying.

All of this is preamble to taking a look at how the current Wolves compare to their predecessors.

With four regular-season games left on the schedule, and then at least one (and hopefully many more) playoff games, the 2019 squad is rising up the charts.

The current Wolves sit tied for 6th, and while it’s unlikely they’ll catch last year’s record-busting team, it wouldn’t take much for them to at least finish in the top five over the last decade.

 

Year-by-year team totals:

2010 – 39 goals
2011 – 30
2012 – 27
2013 – 15
2014 – 22
2015 – 37
2016 – 48
2017 – 26
2018 – 66
2019 — 27 and counting

 

Season-to-date individual scoring totals:

Aram Leyva 9
Derek Leyva 9
Sage Downes 4
Chris Cernick 2
James Wood 2
Tony Garcia 1

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Wake up, we’ve got things to do

Posted in standings, tagged , , , , , , on April 6, 2019| Leave a Comment »

After playing just once this season, Jillian Mayne and her CHS tennis teammates have four matches scheduled next week. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Time to get back at it.

Spring break is in its final hours, and Coupeville High School sports teams are ready to fire back up to full power.

After a very slow week in terms of actual games, once we get to Monday the schedule for next week is crammed.

Between Apr. 8 and 13, there are 14 events spread across five sports, with six of those at home.

Wolf girls tennis, which has played just once this season, leads the way with four scheduled matches, while baseball has a three-game set with South Whidbey.

Toss in four softball games — two varsity tilts at home and two JV clashes on the road — two track meets, and a soccer game, and scores and highlights will be coming in from everywhere.

As you prepare to go from zero to 100 in the blink of an eye, take a moment to catch up on the current league standings.

Here’s where things sit through Apr. 6:

 

North Sound Conference softball:

School League Overall
Coupeville 2-1 4-5
Granite Falls 2-1 5-5
CPC-Bothell 1-1 4-1
South Whidbey 1-1 3-3
Sultan 0-2 0-4

 

North Sound Conference baseball:

School League Overall
CPC-Bothell 8-0 10-1
South Whidbey 8-1 11-1
King’s 4-2 5-6
Granite Falls 0-5 2-8
Coupeville 0-6 0-10
Sultan 0-6 0-11

 

North Sound Conference girls tennis:

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

 

North Sound Conference boys soccer:

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

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Rough road trip for depleted booters

Posted in Boys Soccer, tagged , , , , on April 1, 2019| Leave a Comment »

Owen Barenburg and his Coupeville High School soccer mates have 10 days off before their next game. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

You go to bat country, sometimes you get bitten.

Missing a substantial number of players, the Coupeville High School boys soccer team got roughed up good Monday, falling 9-0 at Forks.

The non-conference loss drops the Wolves to 4-5 on the season, and they now have a 10-day break between games thanks to spring break.

The lopsided score came thanks to a solid foe, a long road trip, and, most importantly, a severely depleted roster thanks to injuries, illness and vacations.

“I only had 12 players make the trip, about half of them JV,” said Coupeville coach Kyle Nelson. “Not much else to say…”

When CHS returns to action Apr. 12, it jumps back into North Sound Conference play, hopefully with a full roster once again.

The Wolves sit at 2-2 in league play, holding on to third-place in their five-team conference.

With road games against King’s and Sultan, then home clashes with Cedar Park Christian and South Whidbey left to play, the Wolves are chasing a “home” playoff game.

Coupeville can’t host a district playoff game on its own field, as postseason clashes have to go down on turf.

But, if the Wolves hold on to that #3 seed, they would most likely get to host their playoff opener just up the road in Oak Harbor.

When it has been at full power, Coupeville has been competitive in every match.

The Wolves only surrendered 12 goals across their first seven games, but with starting goalie Dewitt Cole out with an injury and the defense comprised by missing players, foes have rung up 14 scores in the last two games.

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