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Wolf goalie Finley Helm unleashes her kicking foot. (Jacob Lujan photos)

They’ve never seen anything like this before in Coupeville High School soccer history.

Girls or boys.

Freshman goaltender Finley Helm moved out into the field for part of Saturday’s game in Port Townsend and became the 16th Wolf girl to score this season.

That helped CHS eke out a hard-fought 2-2 non-conference tie with host East Jefferson, which is a mashup of Chimacum and Port Townsend players.

The draw leaves Coupeville at 6-5-3 heading into the regular season finale at home Thursday, October 29 against Northwest 2B/1B League rival Friday Harbor.

Kickoff for the free-admission rumble is set for 4:00 PM at Mickey Clark Field, and since the Wolves have no 12th graders on their roster, they are inviting local senior citizens to attend and be honored on Senior Night.

For those who show up, they’ll see a band of pitch warriors who have achieved something never before done in Coupeville soccer history.

When Helm scored, notching her first goal of the season and second of her prep career, she made sure every girl on the 2026 roster will finish with a score.

With 16 players combining for 32 goals, the Wolves also break a tie with the 2004 CHS boys’ squad, which saw 15 players hit the back of the net.

The previous single-season high for a Coupeville girls’ team was nine scorers, achieved in 2015 and 2017.

Lucy Schisel (12) is making a sizable impact on the soccer pitch.

Saturday’s other goal came courtesy rampaging 8th grader Lucy Schisel, who knocked in her team-leading sixth score.

With Helm playing the field in the first half, the Wolves used Bella Sandlin and Lyla Grose in the net, before Helm returned to netminder duties after the halftime break.

 

Season scoring stats through October 24:

Lucy Schisel – 6
Hazel Goldman – 4
Lyla Grose – 3
Ariella Lee-Spaulding – 3
Tamsin Ward – 3
Olivia Hall – 2
Lillian Ketterling – 2
Scarlet Barnes – 1
Emma Cushman – 1
Hailey Goldman – 1
Sophia Greene – 1
Finley Helm – 1
Paige Hill – 1
Taylor Marrs – 1
Bella Sandlin – 1
Bettie Woolworth – 1

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Wolf captain Lillian Ketterling crushes a corner kick. (Julie Wheat photo)

The playoff dream lives for at least another week.

Holding off pesky La Conner 3-2 Tuesday, the Coupeville High School girls’ soccer squad picked up a key road win and kept its postseason chances in play.

With the victory, their third in their last four contests, the Wolf booters get to 5-4-2 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 6-5-2 overall.

Jasmine Ader’s pitch warriors sit in fourth place in the seven-team league, with the top three advancing to the playoffs.

Mount Vernon Christian (10-0 for 30 points) has clinched the regular season title, while Friday Harbor (7-3 for 21 points) and Lopez Island (6-3-2 for 20 points) currently hold down the other two slots.

Coupeville has 17 points and needs Lopez to lose to La Conner October 27, followed by the Wolves beating Friday Harbor at Mickey Clark Field October 29 to force a tie for third place.

Tuesday’s tilt sent the Wolves up against a La Conner team which “stole” a late 4-4 tie the first time around, so the win was sweet payback.

Sophomore sniper Tamsin Ward, who missed the first meeting while rehabbing an injury, played her third game of the season and netted two goals to spark CHS.

With the offensive burst, she gets to 18 career goals, passing Lindsey Roberts (17) for #4 on the all-time Wolf girls’ soccer scoring chart.

Up next is Genna Wright (20), followed by Kalia Littlejohn (33) and Mia Littlejohn (35).

Lucy Schisel prepares to dominate the soccer pitch. (Jacob Lujan photo)

Coupeville’s other goal came from 8th grader Lucy Schisel, who banged home her team-leading fifth score of the campaign.

The Wolf defense made it stand up, with freshman goaltender Finley Helm denying the Braves on a penalty kick and the back line refusing to buckle in the game’s final moments.

Coming off the win, Coupeville closes regular season play with a non-conference road game October 24 in Port Townsend against East Jefferson before the home finale with Friday Harbor.

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Lillian Ketterling unleashes her Leg o’ Death and Destruction. (Monica Grant photos)

These are the games that help build character for a young team on the brink of greatness.

They sting in the moment, but down the road, the chances are great the Coupeville High School girls’ soccer squad will look back and see where they persevered through adversity and came to prosper because of it.

Coming off a heartbreaking tie against La Conner, in which the Braves punched in the tying goal in stoppage time while getting away with roughing up Coupeville’s goaltender, Wednesday’s trip to Friday Harbor also ended with a sucker punch.

This time out, the host Wolverines snapped a tie with a goal (again in stoppage time), followed a half second later by the ref’s whistle, handing CHS a 2-1 loss.

The defeat drops Coupeville to 2-2-2 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 3-2-2 overall, and for the moment, drops Jasmine Ader’s booters into fourth place in the seven-team conference.

Mount Vernon Christian (5-0-0 for 15 points) sits atop the standings, followed by Lopez Island (3-2-1 for 10 points), Friday Harbor (3-2-0 for nine points) and the Wolves (eight points).

La Conner (2-1-1 for seven points), Providence Classical Christian (1-4-0 for three points), and Orcas Island (0-5-0 for zero points) round out things.

Coupeville, a very-young team which is currently without injured veterans Tamsin Ward and Taylor Marrs, still has six league games left to play, however, including a rematch with Friday Harbor in the regular season finale.

First though the Wolves head to Bremerton Saturday for a non-conference clash with Crosspoint Christian, which sits at 5-2.

Playing on Friday Harbor, CHS got its score from freshman Hazel Goldman, who knocked in her team-leading fourth goal of the season.

That held up almost until the end, but a few missed opportunities in the final minutes made life tough for the Wolves.

Coupeville had multiple corner kicks as the clock ticked away, but despite having all the momentum, barely missed on nailing what would likely have been a game-winning goal.

With the clock frozen, Friday Harbor launched one final fast break and slid in the dagger.

“A hard-fought game with small mistakes that cost us big,” said CHS assistant coach Jerry Helm. “Lots of good take aways, just need to finish.”

Emma Cushman sends the soccer ball off on an adventure.

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Coupeville booters (left to right) Taylor Marrs, Lillian Ketterling, and Tamsin Ward continue to chase soccer dreams with their select squad. (Photos courtesy Jandellyn Ward, Kristi Stevens, Lindsey Helm, and Spirit of Cheer Booster Club)

The uniforms are different, but the success is the same.

With summer vacation in full swing, a number of Coupeville High School and Middle School athletes are staying busy, working on their skill sets in far-flung locales.

Whether it’s soccer, cheer, or softball, the Wolves are setting the stage for more triumphs when they return to school this fall.

The calendar changes, but the commitment doesn’t.

Power hitter Chelsi Stevens is part of a travel ball team which recently won a state softball title.

CHS cheerleaders came out to offer big-time support for runners at a recent Ragnar event.

Finley (left) and Scotlyn Helm are the queens of the soccer pitch.

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Kennedy O’Neill flew further and further in the long jump as her freshman season progressed. (Jackie Saia photos)

Every track and field athlete has one huge rival, and it’s the face they see in the mirror.

Wins and losses matter, but the hunt for PRs is at the core of the sport, as each competitor vies to take a couple seconds off their time or increase the distance they fling an implement.

During the just completed 2026 spring season, Coupeville High School coaches kept a running list of how the Wolves did, tracing their first performance of the season to their best.

As they did so, CHS athletes recorded improvements across a multitude of events, with the jumps ranging from minute to life changing.

Sophomore Richmond Bandong had the single biggest increase, improving a staggering 62% in the javelin, with his distance jumping from 77 feet, three inches to 125-02 by the end of the season.

The top Wolf girl was sophomore Lillian Ketterling, who bounced up 41.7% in the pole vault, from 6-00 to 8-06, eventually medaling at the state meet in the event.

Zachary Saho had the second-biggest increase of any Wolf in an event this spring.

 

The top 26 in-season improvements from 2026:

1 — Richmond Bandong (Javelin) — 77-03 to 125-02 — 62.0%
2 — Zachary Saho (Discus) — 66-06 to 98-01 — 47.5%
3 — Khanor Jump (Shot Put) — 26-01.50 to 37-07.50 — 44%
4 — Lillian Ketterling (Pole Vault) — 6-0 to 8-06 — 41.7%
5 — Zachary Saho (Shot Put) — 32-09 to 44-05.50 — 35.8%
6 — Johnathan Jacobsen (Discus) — 48-01 to 65-02 — 35.5%
7 — Liam Blas (Discus) — 89-00 to 115-11 — 30.2%
8 — Johnathan Jacobsen (Javelin) — 76-00 to 98-08 — 29.8%
9 — Lillian Ketterling (Discus) — 66-03 to 85-08 — 29.3%
10 — Shiloh Sandlin (Javelin) — 73-05 to 94-05 — 28.6%
11 — Marquette Cunningham (Triple Jump) — 31-09 to 40-09 — 28.3%
12 — Russell Miller (Pole Vault) — 5-6 to 7-00 — 27.3%
13 — Willow Leedy-Bonifas (Long Jump) — 10-0.75 to 12-09.25 — 26.9%
14 — Inara Maund (Javelin) — 32-01 to 40-07 — 26.5%
15 — Khanor Jump (Javelin) — 80-03 to 99-00 — 23.4%
16 — Edmund Kunz (Pole Vault) — 7-0 to 8-06 — 21.4%
17 — Kennedy O’Neill (Long Jump) — 10-04.25 to 12-05.50 — 20.3%
18 — Zach Blitch (Shot Put) — 22-02 to 26-06 — 19.5%
19 — Zach Blitch (Discus) — 48-08 to 58-00 — 19.2%
20 — Marquette Cunningham (Javelin) — 83-08 to 99-08 — 19.1%
21 — Hunter Atteberry (1600) — 7:02.2 to 5:41.65 — 19.1%
22 — Will Tierney (Discus) — 57-04 to 67-06.50 — 17.8%
23 — Davin Houston (High Jump) — 5-02 to 6-00 — 16.1%
24 — Wyatt Fitch-Marron (High Jump) — 5-04 to 6-02 — 15.6%
25 — Zachary Saho (800) — 4:16.39 to 3:36.86 — 15.4%
26 — Taylor Marrs (Discus) — 52-04 to 59-10.5 — 14.4%

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