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Fight till the final goal!!

Posted in Boys Soccer, tagged , , , , on March 27, 2018| Leave a Comment »

   Wolf defender Axel Partida sports a shiner Tuesday after CHS boys soccer beat Port Townsend in a rough-and-tumble affair. (Photo courtesy Partida)

They broke through, but not without a fight.

Riding a hat trick from sophomore Derek Leyva, the Coupeville High School boys soccer squad knocked off host Port Townsend 3-1 Tuesday, the first time the Wolf booters have beaten the RedHawks in the four-year run of the Olympic League.

The hard-fought victory, which lifts the Wolves to 2-1 in conference action, slides CHS into sole possession of second-place behind Klahowya (3-0).

Port Townsend (1-2) and Chimacum (0-3) bring up the rear at the moment.

Coupeville, which sits at 3-2-1 overall, hadn’t beaten Port Townsend in a boys soccer game since 2012.

The schools were in different conferences back then, and since uniting in the Olympic League in 2014, the RedHawks had won all seven meetings, outscoring the Wolves 23-7.

That includes shutting out Coupeville in three meetings last season.

This time around, the Wolves have added Leyva, who transferred to Coupeville for his sophomore year.

With his three goals Tuesday, two of which came in the first half, he has 13 scores in six games.

That pulls him within seven of cousin Abraham Leyva’s single-season Wolf boys scoring record of 20 goals.

None of his goals came easy Tuesday, as Port Townsend brought the heat, with frequent back-and-forth action erupting between the two teams.

“It was a lil’ tussle fest,” said Wolf senior defender Hunter Downes, as he described a game that came close at times to breaking into a full-on brawl.

Teammate Axel Partida finished the game with an impressive shiner after taking one nasty shot, but also emerged with the win, which makes even a black eye a little easier to deal with.

His coach, Kyle Nelson, generally remains the very picture of calm and cool while patrolling the sidelines. But just because the outer surface is placid doesn’t mean his insides aren’t roiling.

“It became quite a battle,” he said. “They missed a penalty kick opportunity and we put it away with five minutes left.

“It was an exciting game, and gave me a few more grey hairs.”

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Peruse poppin’ prairie pics!!

Posted in Baseball, Boys Soccer, Softball, tagged , , , , , , , on March 26, 2018| Leave a Comment »

Hunter Smith fires BB’s. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

   Wolf soccer fans (l to r) Julia García Oñoro, Lauren Bayne, Avalon Renninger and Sage Renninger enjoy a day out in the fresh air.

Softball slugging sensation Katrina McGranahan crunches another base-hit.

The Wolf soccer bench showcases all the emotions in the spectrum.

All the comforts of home, at the ballpark.

Axel Partida kick-starts Coupeville’s offensive attack.

   The loudest fans in the park. “The cops are coming, have you heard? The cops are coming, she’s stealin’ third! WOO! WOO!”

   Rusty Bailey is thrilled to be freezing his tushie off sitting on the wind-swept prairie for his 23,782nd softball game as a dad.

John Fisken stayed busy this weekend.

Bouncing between gigs, the noted camera bug hit two Coupeville High School games Friday and another Saturday afternoon.

The photos above, which are a mix of on and off-field action from softball, baseball and soccer, are courtesy him.

To see everything he shot, pop over to:

Softball:

http://www.johnsphotos.net/Sports/Coupeville-Softball-2017-2018/2018-03-23-vs-North-Mason/

Boys soccer:

http://www.johnsphotos.net/Sports/2017-2018-Coupeville-Soccer/2018-03-24-Boys-vs-Klahowya/

Baseball:

http://www.johnsphotos.net/Sports/Coupeville-Baseball-2017-2018/2018-03-23-vs-North-Mason/

And, keep in mind, any purchases help support college scholarships for CHS student/athletes. So, circle of life.

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Leyva heats up, Wolves cool off!!

Posted in Boys Soccer, tagged , , , , on March 17, 2018| Leave a Comment »

   Wolf goalie Brian Roberts left Friday’s game after being accidentally kicked in the face, resulting in a broken nose. (Photo courtesy Roberts)

   William Nelson and Co. are 2-1 on the season after a narrow loss at Sequim. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Derek Leyva can’t be contained.

The Coupeville High School sophomore is three games into his soccer career as a Wolf, and after torching Sequim for two goals Friday night, already has eight scores to his credit.

Unfortunately, his second-half heroics weren’t enough to save CHS on the road, as Leyva and Co. fell 4-2 and absorbed their first loss of the season.

The non-conference defeat drops Coupeville to 2-1 headed into a match-up next Thursday, Mar. 22 on the home turf of yet another 2A foe, North Mason.

After that comes a very-important stretch as the Wolves, 1-0 in 1A Olympic League play, face-off with league mates Klahowya, Port Townsend and Chimacum in successive games.

After Friday’s tilt with Sequim, a game in which they fell behind 3-0 at the break before rallying in the second half, the Wolves have played 20% of their regular-season schedule.

Leyva is already almost halfway to the Coupeville boys single-season scoring record (20 by Abraham Leyva) and is on pace to roar past both that and Mia Littlejohn’s school record of 27 in a single campaign.

The Wolves also took a fairly substantial hit during the Sequim loss, or at least goaltender Brian Roberts did.

While charging out to snare a ball, he got inadvertently kicked in the face by an incoming player, which left him bloodied.

Roberts spent the night in the ER, where it was found his nose was broken in two places.

Still, the plucky junior is ready to return to the pitch right this very second.

“No way that’s gonna slow me down!,” Roberts said. “I’m gonna try to play in our next game if I’m not hurting too bad.”

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That’s a spankin’!!

Posted in Boys Soccer, tagged , , , , on March 13, 2018| Leave a Comment »

   Pedro Gamarra played in his first Coupeville soccer game Tuesday and promptly threw down a hat trick in a 12-0 win. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

Freshman Sam Wynn tallied his first score, helping the Wolves improve to 2-0.

The goals splashed down like raindrops.

Taking advantage of their favorite whipping boy Tuesday, the Coupeville High School boys soccer squad laid waste to host Chimacum, cruising to a 12-0 win.

And, yes, that’s not a misprint. It’s not supposed to say 1 or 2. It’s meant to say 12.

The lopsided win, coming in the Olympic League opener for both teams, lifts Coupeville to 1-0 in conference play, 2-0 overall.

The two schools have met eight times since the league formed in 2014, and this is the fifth time the Wolves have broken double digits against the Cowboys.

After scoring 11, 13, 10 and 11 goals across four games during the 2015 and 2016 seasons, Coupeville slacked off a bit last year, totaling seven, three and four.

While the Wolves won all three of those games, one finished in a 4-3 nail-biter, offering Chimacum hope it had turned a corner and would be more competitive.

That hope has been promptly snuffed out.

With several new free-wheeling, big-scoring booters joining the roster this season, the 2018 Coupeville soccer squad looks to be an explosive one.

Two of the newcomers, sophomore transfer Derek Leyva and foreign exchange phenom Pedro Gamarra, accounted for seven goals against the Cowboys.

Leyva punched in four scores, raising his total to six through the first two games.

Gamarra, who wasn’t able to play in Coupeville’s opener Saturday, tallied a hat trick in his debut, a mark matched by Aram Leyva, who also tossed in three goals.

That gives Aram, who scored six as a freshman, four tallies through the first two games of his sophomore campaign.

With the Leyva cousins, and now Gamarra, running wild to kick off the season, it’s sending tremors through rival goalies, and maybe Abraham Leyva.

Older brother of Aram, and cousin of Derek, Abraham, who graduated in 2016, holds the Wolf boys soccer scoring records with 20 goals in a season and 45 in a career.

For now…

The other two goals Tuesday came from players at radically different stages in their career.

Senior captain William Nelson notched his first score of the season, while freshman Sam Wynn connected on the first goal of his high school career.

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Spring sports almost sprung!!

Posted in Baseball, Boys Soccer, tagged , , , , , on March 9, 2018| Leave a Comment »

   Drake Borden and Co. kick off spring sports Saturday, with Coupeville’s baseball and boys soccer teams both playing at home. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

It’s a trap.

The forecast for Saturday calls for 54 degrees, partially cloudy, with just the barest hint of wind in Coupeville.

But, since that’s also the first day Coupeville High School spring sports teams will play official games, I’m telling you now … sideways rain, slapped into our faces by hurricane-style winds.

You know it to be true.

Anyways, while I try and overcome the deep psychological damage done to my soul by years of being tortured by “spring” weather on the prairie, it’s time for Wolf fans to head outdoors.

CHS baseball and boys soccer officially kick off a new season Saturday, both playing at home.

The Wolf booters debut their school’s new stadium with a non-conference match-up against 2A Olympic.

JV kicks off at 11 AM, varsity at 1 PM.

Right across the way, the Coupeville diamond men will get their first swings in against another non-conference rival, Lynden Christian.

Baseball plays at 1 PM (JV) and 3 PM (varsity).

And, since CHS doesn’t charge to attend any of its spring sports (at least until the playoffs), it makes for a reasonably-priced day for all involved.

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