Celebrating a goal. (Pat Kelley photos)
The sideline stays composed as the action on the field rages.
Matt Kelley (left) and Jake Mitten.
“Winner! Winner! Orange dinner!!”
Central Whidbey can more than hold its own.
With Matt Kelley and Sage Downes combining to rain down goals from every direction, Coupeville’s BU12 soccer squad, which sports jerseys advertising Ciao, thumped Oak Harbor 5-2 Saturday.
The Central Whidbey squad, which goes 19 players deep, then split its roster and had a second inter-squad game, with Ciao beating Ciao 5-3.
Against Oak Harbor, Ciao spotted the Northenders a two-goal halftime lead, only to storm back in the second half with a barrage of goals. Kelley found the back of the net three times, while Downes twice beat the goalie.
Ciao’s squad is comprised of students from Coupeville Elementary School, with one fourth-grader, 10 fifth-graders and eight sixth-graders on the team.
The roster:
4th:
Miles Davidson
5th:
Owen Barenburg
Sage Downes
Dakota Eck
Alex Jimenez
Eli Kastner
Matt Kelley
Michael Laska
Jake Mitten
Isaac Shelley
Samuel Wynn
6th:
Gabe Carlson
Aram Leyva
Jean Lund-Olsen
Jonathon Partida
Isaiah Perez
Gavin St Onge
Sean Toomey-Stout
James Wood
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