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WIAA computers still piss poor at their job

Posted in Boys Soccer, tagged , , , , on October 9, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Deciding the game on the field, not in the computer lab. (Jacob Lujan photo)

Here we go again.

Take a look at the RPI rankings for boys’ soccer on the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association website today, and you’ll notice something funky.

Two-time defending state champ Orcas Island is lodged at #1.

Feels right, sounds correct.

Then you’ve got Mount Vernon Christian at #2 and Coupeville, off to its best start in years at 7-2, sitting at #6 ahead of a Saturday home game with those second-ranked Hurricanes.

Lots of intrigue.

One of these is not like the others.

But the WTF moment? It’s at #4.

That’s where you find Columbia Adventist Academy, a team which has only played ONE game — when every other 2B or 1B team has played between four and 10 tilts.

It’s a win, yes, which makes the Kodiaks, technically, the only true undefeated team in the land, since Orcas has a tie against MVC to go with its nine wins.

But it’s a 2-1 win over Walla Walla Valley Academy, a team that sits at 1-7 on the season and is ranked #21 out of 23 teams.

Hardly the kind of victory to propel a team into the top four, one would think.

But this is the same WIAA computers that back in 2024 listed a non-existent team at #1 in its boys’ basketball rankings.

WIAA ranks seemingly non-existent boys’ hoops team #1 | Coupeville Sports

Oh wait, they did it twice?

WIAA still in love with fake teams | Coupeville Sports

Maybe the WIAA computers just love a mystery team, which fits once again in this case.

Columbia Adventist has only one game listed on Arbiter, the website Washington state schools use for scheduling.

Nothing past 2024 on MaxPreps.

One game — the win over Walla Walla — listed on Sports Illustrated.

Nothing beyond “CAA male athletes enjoy opportunities to participate in Varsity soccer every fall” on the school website.

The site for District 4 mistakenly lists boys’ soccer as a spring sport and has no game schedule or standings.

Though District 1, where Coupeville plays, also lists boys’ soccer in the spring, so no one’s perfect…

But dang, how many times can the WIAA computers be wrong?

Well, three at least.

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Computer overlords like Wolf pitch teams

Posted in soccer, tagged , , , , on September 17, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Action is hoppin’ on the pitch at Mickey Clark Field. (Monica Grant photo)

It’s early, but everything is trending upward.

The Washington Interscholastic Activities Association has entered the chat, releasing its first Rating Percentage Index rankings, and the computers are firmly in favor of both Coupeville High School soccer squads.

The Wolf boys, who sit at 2-0 heading into a Thursday home clash with Friday Harbor, open at #3 out of 22 schools in the 2B/1B rankings, trailing just Upper Columbia Academy and two-time defending state champ Orcas Island.

Meanwhile, the CHS girls, coming off an impressive shutout win against Providence Classical Christian, are #6 in a field of 47 schools.

The Wolves (2-0-1) are the top-rated Northwest 2B/1B League team currently — at least according to the WIAA computers — with Northwest Christian (Colbert), Brewster, Upper Columbia Academy, Davenport, and Chesterton Academy comprising the top five.

RPI, while fun to debate, doesn’t ultimately control anything.

The statistical system, which uses winning percentage, opponents’ winning percentage, and opponents’ opponents’ winning percentage, comes in to play only after teams have advanced to the state tourney.

After that, RPI is “one tool utilized by the seeding committees to determine first round bracket pairings.”

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Sluggers maintain strong RPI rankings

Posted in Softball, tagged , , , , on April 29, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Cami Van Dyke guns down a runner. (Julie Wheat photo)

They’re #1 and #7.

With Liberty (Spangle) taking a loss to Freeman Tuesday, every softball team in 2B has two or more losses — except Coupeville, which sits at 15-1 heading into action Wednesday against visiting Orcas Island.

But while the Wolves have the highest win percentage among the 47 schools playing the diamond game in their classification, they are tripped up a bit by their opponent’s winning percentage when it comes to tallying RPI rankings.

Coupeville currently lands at #7 when the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association and its Ratings Percentage Index have the final say.

That’s up one slot from last week and can only be helped by the rise of Forks, the only team to take a game from the Wolves this season.

Those Spartans, who split a home doubleheader with CHS, are on a nine-game winning streak to get to 11-3 and crack the top 10 for the first time in the latest rankings.

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Rampaging Wolves impress computer overlords

Posted in Softball, tagged , , , , on April 22, 2026| Leave a Comment »

“So, we’re just gonna let the computers take over then? That worked so well with Skynet…” (Julie Wheat photo)

The computers agree yet disagree.

On the one hand, two different ranking systems have looked at the Coupeville High School softball squad, which sits at 12-1, and offer their approval, lauding the Wolves as a top 10 program among 2B schools.

But on the other hand, the tech wizards don’t totally jibe with where they put the Smash Sisters.

The Washington Interscholastic Activities Association currently has Aaron Lucero’s squad sitting at #8, which is down from a high of #4, thanks to one narrow loss to traditional power Forks.

Meanwhile, Evans Rankings, a solo effort in which noted number cruncher Matt Evans feeds data into Newman — a power-mad computer possibly bent on world domination — has Coupeville at #6.

What does it mean for the Wolves?

Keep your collective heads down, move on to the goal of picking up two more victories at home Thursday and Friday against Concrete and South Whidbey, and let things land where they may.

Win on the field and the rest will handle itself.

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Smash Sisters rise in RPI rankings

Posted in Softball, tagged , , , , on April 15, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Teagan Calkins has guided CHS softball to a 9-0 start this season. (Jackie Saia photo)

They’re on an upward path.

After returning from Spring Break with a 10-0 win over visiting La Conner Tuesday on the windswept prairie, the undefeated Coupeville High School softball squad continues to get love from the number crunchers.

The Wolves, now 9-0 heading into road trips to La Conner Thursday and Forks Saturday, moved from #8 to #5 among 2B schools in the latest RPI rankings from the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association.

The Ratings Percentage Index is one part hype machine, one part helpful info nugget, as the rankings are “one tool utilized by the seeding committees to determine first round bracket pairings into the state tournaments.”

Though first you have to punch that state ticket for it to really matter.

Coupeville’s smash sisters have beaten schools from 3A (Oak Harbor), 2A (Lakewood), 1A (East Jefferson and Meridian), 2B (Friday Harbor and La Conner), and 1B (Darrington) thus far.

The Wolves join Liberty (Spangle) as the only 2B squads still unbeaten as the regular season nears the halfway point.

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