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Shoot for the top!!

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged Basketball, CMS Wolves, Greg White, John Fisken photos, Matthew Kelley, SWISH on January 18, 2016| Leave a Comment »

CMS 7th grader Matthew Kelley slices to the hoop for a bucket, leading his squad to a big win over Anacortes. (John Fisken photos)

“Take our photo?!?! Of course you can take our photo!!!!!!”

Coupeville’s 8th grade squad features players who will be making the jump to high school ball next year.

Mason Grove leans back and gets a better angle on the hoop he’s about to fill.

Coupeville Sports Hall o’ Famer Greg White (right) is on the scene to impart hoops wisdom to the young guns.

Having retrieved a loose ball, Connor Barton is not anxious to give it back.

Jacobi Pacquette-Pilgrim makes it rain.

Undefeated and it feels so good. Coupeville’s 7th graders (with a few 6th graders and a precocious 4th grader thrown into the mix).

The future of Wolf basketball is on its way, one bucket at a time.

Three Coupeville SWISH boys teams have kicked off their season, and travelin’ photo man John Fisken caught them all in action this past weekend.

The pics above, which showcase players from 4th to 8th grade, are courtesy him.

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

4th/5th grade — https://www.shutterfly.com/progal/album.jsp?aid=768a5498cf365fb180db

7th grade — https://www.shutterfly.com/progal/album.jsp?aid=768a5498cf365fb215ae

8th grade — https://www.shutterfly.com/progal/album.jsp?aid=768a5498cf365fb380d9

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Loss in finale can’t dim booters season!!

Posted in Boys Soccer, tagged Aram Leyva, Jake Mitten, Matthew Kelley, North Whidbey Deception, NPSL, Soccer on December 19, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Coupeville players like Sage Downes (left) and Matthew Kelley accounted for 31 of their select team’s 37 goals this season. (Pat Kelley photo)

Maybe we forget about this one.

Missing seven players, including six starters, and with a chunk of those in attendance battling illness, the North Whidbey Deception BU14 soccer squad wasn’t able to finish its season in the intended matter.

Instead of taking a win and claiming second place in the final North Puget Sound Soccer League standings, the Deception, who mix Coupeville and Oak Harbor booters, fell 6-0 on the road to the Lake Hills Legends.

Whidbey finished 8-4 overall, claimed third-place in the 11-team league and, even being shut out on the last day, tallied the second-most goals of any team in the league.

Most of that offense came from the Coupeville Middle School kids on the roster, as the Wolves accounted for 31 of the team’s 37 goals.

CMS 8th grader Aram Leyva tallied a team-high 17 goals, including multiple hat tricks, while 7th grader Matthew Kelley punched in 10 scores.

Jake Mitten, who spent a lot of time in goal for the Deception (he stopped 10 of 12 shots in the first half Saturday), netted a pair of goals this season, while Sam Wynn and Sage Downes each scored once.

While NPSL play is done, North Whidbey is currently slated to play in the Founders Cup in Jan.

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Leyva has the magic touch!!

Posted in Boys Soccer, tagged Aram Leyva, Jake Mitten, Matthew Kelley, North Whidbey Deception, Soccer on December 5, 2015| 1 Comment »

Aram Leyva (middle), seen here earlier in the season, scored a hat trick Saturday. (Pat Kelley photo)

The first half was about staying warm. The second half about winning.

Raining down four goals after the break, the North Whidbey Deception boys’ soccer squad routed visiting Mercer Island 5-1 Saturday and kept alive its hopes of finishing in second place in league play.

Playing on a cold, windy (but not wet) day at Ft. Nugent Park, the booters got four of their goals from their Coupeville mercenaries, including a second-half hat trick from Aram Leyva.

Fellow Coupeville Middle School student Matthew Kelley gave the Deception their first goal, slipping in a score while being hammered in front of the net shortly before halftime.

That knotted things back up at 1-1 and after the break, Wolf Jake Mitten was untouchable in goal.

With the lanky CMS 7th grader holding down the fort on defense, Leyva found his touch and obliterated Mercer Island.

With set-up help from Kelley and fellow Wolves Sage Downes and Michael Laska, Leyva ran his season scoring total to 14.

The non-Coupeville contingent got into the scoring column late in the game, when Max Brighton rattled home his second goal of the season to pad the final score.

Now 7-3, the Deception have two games remaining on their schedule.

If they win out, they finish in second place.

There is a slight chance they could tie for the league title, but that would require the current leader to collapse over the final two weeks.

Coupeville players have accounted for 28 of the team’s 34 goals this season, with Kelley (10) hot on Leyva’s heels for the team scoring title.

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Learn the name, respect the game!!

Posted in Boys Basketball, Middle School, tagged Aram Leyva, Basketball, CMS Wolves, Daniel Olson, Jake Mitten, Matthew Kelley, rosters on November 24, 2015| 2 Comments »

Alex Jimenez goes up for two during a SWISH game last year. (John Fisken photos)

Matthew Kelley (10) will not be denied. The ball belongs to him.

The guys have first.

Middle school basketball officially kicks off next Monday (Nov. 30) when Coupeville hosts Chimacum.

Tip-off time is 3:15, with the 8th graders playing in the high school gym and the 7th graders holding court across the hallway in the middle school gym.

That will hold true for a 10-game schedule which has the CMS boys playing at home on Mondays and on the road Thursdays.

The boys wrap their season Jan. 14, then the Wolf girls will inherit the court starting Feb. 1.

As you mentally prepare for the home opener, here’s a look at the roster, which numbers 27 players including a number of guys who have been already making names for themselves at the SWISH level.

7th grade:

Tyson Bovee
Michael Breuer
Alex Jimenez
Matthew Kelley
James Mayne
Jake Mitten
Daniel Olson
Gage Powers
Ben Smith
Jacob Thurston

8th grade:

Trevor Bell
Jered Brown
Jaylen Nitta
Gabe Carlson
Koa Davison
Mason Grove
Dawson Houston
Aiden Juras
Gavin Knoblich
Aram Leyva
Jean Lund-Olsen
Andrew Martin
Omar Moralez
Jacobi Pacquette-Pilgrim
Johnathon Partida
Sean Toomey-Stout
Ulrik Wells

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Lousy weather, awesome victory!!

Posted in Boys Soccer, tagged Aram Leyva, Matthew Kelley, mud, North Whidbey Deception, Soccer on November 7, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Matthew Kelley, king of the pitch. (Pat Kelley photo)

Their fear of the mud is gone.

With rain and muck having long ago overtaken the soccer season, the North Whidbey Deception BU14 soccer squad seems to have finally adapted to the conditions, if Saturday is any indication.

Overcoming the weather, and a pesky South Whidbey Islanders team, the Deception rode a late goal from Coupeville’s Matthew Kelley to an important 2-1 win.

The victory kept the Deception, who are 6-2 this season, in third place in the 11-team North Puget Sound League standings with four games to play.

The squad, which is a mix of Oak Harbor and Coupeville booters, has 18 points, which puts them hot on the heels of the West Seattle Strikers (21) and Lake Hills Legends (19).

North Whidbey has games remaining against Kent (3-3-2), Mercer Island (2-5-1), Issaquah (3-4) and Lake Hills (6-1-1).

Facing off with their Island rivals, the Deception scored first, on a rebound off of a corner kick.

The Coupeville defensive contingent of James Wood, Sam Wynn and Jean Lund-Olson kept South Whidbey shut down for most of the afternoon, while Kelley and Aram Leyva led the assault on the goal.

Kelley’s winning goal came with three minutes to play.

The CMS 7th grader took a pass and shot between South Whidbey defenders, banging home the ball into the right corner of the net.

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