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“We were just on full tilt!!”

Posted in Girls Soccer, tagged CHS Wolves, Jenn Spark, Lauren Grove, Lindsey Roberts, Soccer, Tim Tebow on October 14, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Lauren Grove at work. (John Fisken photo)

Troy Cowan was on cloud nine.

Even though his Coupeville High School girls’ soccer squad took a 1-0 non-conference loss at La Conner Tuesday, that was the least of his concerns.

First and foremost was the health of his star defender and team captain, Jenn Spark, who momentarily gave him an epic wave of angina.

Spark, who suffered a devastating ACL/MCL injury as a junior, was running for a ball late in the game Tuesday.

After missing the elusive orb, she went down, momentarily recreating memories of last season for her coach.

“With all seriousness I have to say I was about to have a heart attack!!!,” Cowan said. “She took a (Tim) Tebow pose for like seven seconds that seemed like 30 minutes!!

“My heart went to my shoes and memories of my ER visit returned and started haunting my soul!!!,” he added. “She slowly got up and was wobbly and didn’t look right and within seconds the match was over.

“She was denying anything and everything and later I find out there was a twinge, but later in the night her mom sends me a comforting text that she is okay!!! And I can finally fall asleep at 3:15 AM…”

While the loss, coming in Coupeville’s first game after 10 days off, dropped the Wolves to 2-4-3, coming so close to a very good La Conner (10-2) team while giving his bench a thorough workout was also cause for joy for Cowan.

“They did awesome!!! Last non-conference match, so I played a lot of bench players because I know once conference matches start my rotation will go down to about 13-14 players,” he said.

“We actually dominated the entire match and totally controlled possession throughout,” Cowan added. “I was so happy with the way we played.”

The Wolves, who kick off their six-game 1A Olympic League schedule with a trip to Chimacum Thursday, are a very young team.

CHS lost eight seniors, all key players, to graduation in the spring.

“Only having two returning seniors (Spark and Kirsten Pelroy) really allows us to rebuild and focus on building from the ground up and this team has proven that they will be a force to be reckoned with for years to come!!!,” Cowan said.

Cowan was especially pleased with his defense.

“Everything on our team starts and ends with our defensive unit and last night they were just on full tilt!!!,” Cowan said. “Lindsey Roberts especially, just her masterful ball control was unbelievable and her decision making as a freshman was truly remarkable!!

“Lauren Bayne and Mckenzie Meyer are two outstanding, incredibly intelligent young ladies with brilliant soccer careers in front of them,” he added.

Also drawing big praise was junior Lauren Grove, who made the jump from volleyball this season and has moved right in as the starting goaltender.

“Our goalie, get out!!! I can’t say enough good things about her,” Cowan said. “Master performance last night!!! Lauren Grove is a beast in the box.

“Not sure where she has been or why she has not been playing soccer but I want to thank the soccer Gods for sending this athlete to the Lady Wolves because she is not only saving goals but turning heads and catching the attention of some big league coaches eyes!!!”

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Droppin’ goals and snappin’ pics!!

Posted in Girls Soccer, tagged Bree Daigneault, CHS Wolves, hugs, Jenn Spark, John Fisken photos, Lauren Grove, Soccer on September 26, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Lauren Grove has a sixth sense for knowing where the camera is at all times. (John Fisken photos)

Kirsten Pelroy (left) gets ready to drop some track speed on her foe during a pursuit of a loose ball.

Why does Sage Renninger (17) score so many goals? So she can get hugs from Lauren Bayne, of course.

You can be deadly or you can be stylish. Bree Daigneault chooses to be both.

“Aha, my old friend! I found you hiding up there!!” Mia Littlejohn gets her head in the game.

Jenn Spark, the Bionic Woman, unleashes the Corner Kick ‘o Doom.

The goals are coming almost as fast as the photos.

Led by the super-charged scoring foot of freshman Kalia Littlejohn, the Coupeville High School girls’ soccer squad has hammered home 19 goals in its first six games.

The Wolves have spread out the scoring, as well, with eight different players already in the books.

The scoring race, with nine regular season games still left on the schedule:

Kalia Littlejohn — 6
Mia Littlejohn — 4
Arisbeth Montiel — 2
Sage Renninger — 2
Jenn Spark — 2
Bree Daigneault — 1
Lindsey Roberts — 1
Ashley Smith –1

Along with the frequent goals, the Wolves have also been knocking a ton of photos out of the park, and the pics above are courtesy travelin’ photo man John Fisken.

To see more (and possibly purchase some, thereby helping to fund college scholarships for CHS student/athletes) pop over to:

http://www.olympicleague.com/index.php?act=view_gallery&gallery=9130&league=21&page=1&page_name=photo_store&school=24&sport=0

P.S. — use coupon code EB91304962 before Oct. 10, 2015 and you’ll get 15% off your purchase.

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Goals, goals and more goals!!

Posted in Girls Soccer, tagged Arisbeth Montiel, CHS Wolves, Lauren Grove, Mia Littlejohn, rout, Soccer on September 12, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Arisbeth Montiel, seen here in an earlier game, scored twice Saturday in an 8-0 win. (Sylvia Hurlburt photos)

Jovanah Foote has become a crowd favorite in her first year as a booter.

Lauren Grove was the loneliest girl in town.

The Coupeville High School soccer goalie got all dressed up and then spent 80 minutes cooling her heels, as she didn’t face a single shot on goal Saturday.

With the Wolves scoring early and often, they eventually had to spend the final 30 minutes of the game conducting a passing drill to keep from thrashing visiting Forks any harder than they did.

When the ref finally, mercifully signaled the end of play, allowing the visitors to head back to their bus and the pile of pizzas waiting them (Coupeville moms pulled off a surprise Pizza Factory delivery as a thank you for the Spartans making the long trip), the scoreboard read 8-0.

And it could have been much, much worse, if Wolf coach Troy Cowan hadn’t very firmly applied the brakes.

Capturing the first win of the fall season for any CHS squad, varsity or JV, the Wolf booters, now 1-1-1 on the season, controlled every aspect of the game.

Kalia Littlejohn provided her squad with the only goal it would actually need in the game’s 11th minute, cracking in a shot from the right side for her third goal of the season.

It was the third straight game she had scored, keeping her perfect during her young high school career.

Once the bubble was burst, the Wolves poured it on.

Bree Daigneault punched in a goal, taking a booming corner kick off the foot of Jenn Spark, catching it and flipping it past the stricken goalie.

It was a feeling the Spartans net-minder would feel often on the day, with the game’s third goal coming on a ball that landed in the goalie’s hands, then popped free.

Seizing the moment, Ashley Smith tapped in the ball and the rout was on.

After that, the rest of the first half was the Mia Littlejohn show.

Back after missing a game, the super sophomore scored on a bull run, assisted on a score by Arisbeth Montiel, then capped the half with a bomb from almost midfield that splashed into the back of the net.

Coupeville continued to push, for just a bit, in the second half, with Montiel notching her second score and Spark pulling off a nasty pump fake move that left two Spartans on the ground while she slid by for the game’s final goal.

After that, the Wolves noticeably pulled back, passing up numerous breakaway opportunities while working on their passing game, with Sage Renninger, Lindsey Roberts, May Rose and others essentially playing keep-away.

Crowd favorite Jovanah Foote, a Wolf cheerleader moonlighting as a booter for the first time, made several strong runs near the end and came dangerously close to notching a goal, which would have sent her ardent fans into a fit.

I’m just saying. If Foote had hit pay dirt, Dawn Hesselgrave would have come fully unglued.

And Grove?

She finally touched the ball 64 minutes into the match, when Roberts, circling on defense, tapped it back to her, mainly to check and see if her goalie was still awake.

Grove was, and she flashed a huge smile as the pro-Coupeville crowd went bonkers razzing her for her “great save.”

It was a smile worn by all the Wolves on this day, a sunny afternoon when the goals rained down from the heavens.

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Sylvia Hurlburt has mad skills!!

Posted in Girls Soccer, tagged CHS Wolves, Lauren Grove, May Rose, skills, Soccer, Sylvia Hurlburt on September 11, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Wolf goalie Mckenzie Meyer lets rip. (Sylvia Hurlburt photos)

Somebody put a cape on Bree Daigneault, cause she’s flying around like she’s a superhero.

May Rose, breakin’ ankles all day long, every day.

The CHS (current and former) student section, always in a good mood.

Jovanah Foote is all about proper hydration. She has to be, balancing two sports (soccer, cheer) in the same season.

Lauren Bayne (left) is here to save the day, and sacrifice her body to block a shot.

Lauren Grove, a soccer player with sprinter speed. Her name’s not up on the CHS all-time track record board for nothing. Girl’s got fast-twitch muscles for days.

Sylvia Hurlburt? She came. She saw. She snapped some pics and

And Sylvia’s out, but not before capturing one final burst of Wolf spirit.

Is there anything Sylvia Hurlburt can’t do?

The answer starts with an N and ends with an O.

The list goes on and on for the Coupeville High School senior.

Cheer captain. Record-setting track runner. Hard-core ballerina with toes ‘o steel. And that’s just the tip of a very large iceberg of talent.

Her latest exploit? Camerawoman, photographer, paparazzi … stalking and shooting (peacefully) the Wolf girls’ soccer squad.

The camera was courtesy pro clicker John Fisken, but the skills on display in the photo-takin’?

That’s all Miss Hurlburt.

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“She was a lion in that box!!”

Posted in Girls Soccer, tagged CHS Wolves, Jenn Spark, Lauren Grove, Mia Littlejohn, Soccer on September 8, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Lauren Grove, seen here last spring when she was smashing track records, had a strong soccer debut Tuesday.

One game.

That was all it took for Lauren Grove to have her one shining moment on the soccer pitch.

Having made the jump over from volleyball, the Coupeville High School junior played like a beast in goal for the Wolves on opening night Tuesday, earning kudos from her coach for the way she helped carry her squad to a 3-3 tie against host Mount Vernon Christian.

“The MVP of the game had to be Lauren Grove. She was a lion in that box!,” said CHS coach Troy Cowan. “For her first time in the box in like forever and getting limited training, she did great!

“Coming off her line and attacking strikers with reckless abandonment, diving and crawling on the ground for every ball was really inspiring!,” he added. “Two weeks ago she couldn’t drop kick the ball out of 10 yards, tonight she was clearing the ball to the 50!!!

“She was very impressive and I was very proud of her. She kept us in the match and ensured we didn’t lose!”

Kicking off a new season against a non-conference foe, the Wolves jumped out to a 3-1 lead at the half, riding goals from sophomores Mia Littlejohn and Sage Renninger and fab frosh Kalia Littlejohn.

“Girls played well for their first full match together,” Cowan said. “First half was a dominant one and where I thought we were going to coast to an easy victory.”

MVC scratched back into the game in the second half, taking advantage of a very young Coupeville defense.

“We are relying on some inexperienced, young defensive players to learn on the job,” Cowan said. “The playing experience is awesome for the new players, but it can be painful to watch.

“I just have to keep reminding myself and the few veterans remaining that it’s part of the growing pains that a young team has to go through and that the game is always the best teacher!,” he added. “We will learn from our experiences and get better.”

Along with Grove’s play in net and the rapid-fire goals, Cowan was pleased with the return of senior Jenn Spark, who missed most of last season after a devastating knee injury.

“My personal highlight of the night was to see Jennifer back on the pitch playing soccer,” Cowan said. “She had her moments and scared me a few others, but overall she played well.”

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