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Young guns, grizzled vets get their kick on!!

Posted in Boys Soccer, Girls Soccer, GU18 Whidbey Islanders, tagged , , , on May 26, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Becca Pabona photobombs her Whidbey Islanders teammates (l t r, Micky LeVine, Jenn Spark, Kendra Warwick, ? Fields, Paige Waterman). (Kali Barrio photo)

Becca Pabona photobombs her Whidbey Islanders teammates (l to r, Micky LeVine, Jenn Spark, Kendra Warwick, Anni Field, Paige Waterman). (Kali Barrio photo)

The champs. (Janine Bundy photo)

The champs are (l to r) Andre Stone, Zane Bundy, Travis Curtin, Grayson Knott and Evan Amulexen-Coleman. (Janine Bundy photo)

The wily veterans.

The wily veterans — Kyle Nelson, Ben Leyva, Sean LeVine, Mark Bundy and Robert Wood.

Warwick and Field have a moment. (Kali Barrio photos)

Spark, Warwick and Field have a moment. (Kali Barrio photos)

Let's get it on!

Let’s get it on!

Soccer balls were flying all over the playing fields at Fort Nugent this weekend.

The annual Rock On 3v3 tourney attracted 60 teams and 320 participants, who all competed in a fast-paced game on a small field with no goalies and limited players.

The Coupeville-based squad of Kicks With Dre, headlined by current and former Wolf stars (Zane Bundy, Grayson Knott, Andre Stone, Evan Amulexen-Coleman and Travis Curtin), ran away with the adult division.

Their opponent in the final was almost a veteran squad comprised of local coaches and dads, the OGFC.

That squad (Sean LeVine, Mark Bundy, Kyle Nelson, Ben Leyva and Robert Wood) went unbeaten at 1-0-2, but came up just short of a win in its final match to get to the championship.

Multiple teams boasted talent from the the Whidbey Islanders GU18 select soccer squad, as well.

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New roster, same passion!!

Posted in Girls Soccer, GU18 Whidbey Islanders, tagged , , , on May 19, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Jacalyn Hefflefinger

Jacalyn Hefflefinger led the Islanders in scoring last season.

Tori Wellman (second from left) is off to college, but four other CHS girls return. (John Fisken photo)

Tori Wellman (second from left) is off to college, but (l to r) Jacki Ginnings, Erin Rosenkranz, Jenn Spark and Micky LeVine are back. (John Fisken photo)

They’re back.

It was only a short time ago that the Whidbey Islanders GU18 select soccer squad finished off a spectacular late-season run by going undefeated in its final nine games.

Now, the team, which brings together players from Coupeville, Oak Harbor and South Whidbey, is back, with a few additions and a couple of subtractions.

Practice starts in late May and the new-look Islanders will take to the competitive pitch under coaches Sean LeVine and Scott Rosenkranz with a tournament in Tukwila in June.

With a roster dominated this go-round by seniors-to-be, the Islanders will play in three college showcase tourneys.

They’ll also pick up some other tournaments along the way, play in the State Cup and kick off their regular winter season after the high school season plays out in the fall.

The roster:

Alyssa Cross
Gillian Crossley
Hailey Erbe
Jacki Ginnings
Jacalyn Hefflefinger
Micky LeVine
Ayla Muller
Bailee Olson
Becca Pabona
Lydia Peplinski
Kenzie Perry
Erin Rosenkranz
Jenn Spark
Vivien Valles
Kendra Warwick
Paige Waterman
Morgan Zylstra

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Sprinkles can’t stop soccer!!

Posted in Boys Soccer, Girls Soccer, tagged , , on April 18, 2014| Leave a Comment »

soccer7soccer6soccer2soccer9soccer5soccer8Soccer? It’s the sport that doesn’t stop for bad weather.

A few sprinkles and tennis flees the courts. Get the infield damp and baseball and softball go home.

But anything less than a full lightning storm two feet off the field and soccer plays right through.

It’s a lesson the youngest generation of booters learned as they came out in the wind and rain this week to start practicing for the spring season with the Central Whidbey Soccer Club.

On hand to capture the moment and clicking away through the rain drops was Pat Kelley, who provided the photos above.

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Islanders run unbeaten streak to eight!!

Posted in Girls Soccer, GU18 Whidbey Islanders, tagged , , , on March 24, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Jacki

Jacki Ginnings, seen here in an earlier game, and her teammates on the Whidbey Islanders GU18 soccer squad haven’t lost in eight games. (John Fisken photo)

It was a tie, but it felt almost like a win.

Keeping its unbeaten streak alive at eight games, the Whidbey Islanders GU18 select soccer squad battled to a 1-1 draw with visiting Pacific Sound United of Everett Sunday.

The tie kept the Islanders (8-2-1) in first place heading into their season finale Saturday, Mar. 29 — a rematch with the United on their home turf.

Going into Sunday’s match, Islander coach Sean LeVine expected a battle, and that’s what he got.

“We expected this was one of the tougher teams in the league and we were right,” he said. “This team was faster than many of the teams we’ve played this season, and they also had some height.

“First half, we had to absorb too much of their possession on our half, but we improved second half,” LeVine added. “However, both halves we definitely looked like the more dangerous team on the attack. We had several near misses and shots by multiple players and they only had three shots on goal.”

After a scoreless first half, Alyssa Cross broke through for the Islanders in the second half.

Coming from her left defender spot, she popped a ball 40 yards (“A great shot!!”) and watched in delight as it went up and over the United goalie, who had been straying too far from her net.

Pushing hard, Everett finally got the equalizer in the game’s final moments.

“Their big bruiser of a striker beat our defense, but only to the end line well wide of goal,” LeVine said. “However, the girl put a cross in that went over our keeper’s hands and just barely hit the inside of the far post and into the net.

“It was an impossible angle, was probably meant to be a cross,” he added. “If the wind had been blowing just right, it wouldn’t have snuck in, but it did.”

Even with the fluke of a late score, LeVine came away pleased with his team’s performance, and he singled out Cross for extra credit, naming her the player of the game.

“Despite being sick this week and injured for much of the season, Alyssa gave us another 90 minutes of solid defense, shutting down any attack from their right and taking a yellow card for a good hard body check,” he said. “Despite the referee trying to get in her head, she played her game and did not back down.”

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Seven straight!!

Posted in Girls Soccer, GU18 Whidbey Islanders, tagged , , , , on March 17, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Erin

Erin Rosenkranz heads up field in pursuit of the ball. (John Fisken photos)

Coupeville's Fab Five

The Islanders bring together players from North, South and Central Whidbey. Coupeville’s own Fab Five — (l to r) Jacki Ginnings, Tori Wellman, Rosenkranz, Jenn Spark, Micky LeVine.

Micky LeVine (John Fisken photos)

LeVine battles for the ball under pressure.

Hefflefinger scores, Islanders win.

The song is stuck on repeat, but no one seems to be complaining, as it’s catchy, has a good beat and is being played by a team that has swept into sole possession of first place.

The latest victim of the supremely hot Whidbey Islanders GU18 select soccer squad was the Northshore Evolution, who fell 2-1 Sunday afternoon at Ft. Nugent.

It was the seventh straight win for an Islander team that now finds itself sitting at 8-2, alone in first place with two games left to play in the season.

And the win played out in familiar fashion, as Jacalyn Hefflefinger and Jenn Spark set the table, while Kenzie Perry slammed the door shut.

Hefflefinger shook things up early, banging home a ball in the fifth minute of the game for her seventh goal in as many games.

She and teammate Bailee Olson were fighting for the ball in the Northshore box, and, with the help of a puddle that stopped the ball and set her up nicely, it was golden leg time once again for the goal-scoring phenom from Oak Harbor.

Keeping the pressure on, Whidbey got a second score ten minutes later.

Spark lofted a patented near-perfect corner kick, laying it right at the feet of Selena Medina, who, without an ounce of mercy in her body, calmly lashed it past a helpless Evolution goalie.

After that, it was all about defense, and the Islanders were near-stifling. With Perry in net, and her band of scrappy defenders guarding her turf, Northshore had few opportunities to score.

The Evolution finally did, on a goal that benefited from the refs going blind — twice.

First they awarded Northshore a questionable free kick, then they allowed a goal to stand after an Evolution player kicked the ball free from Perry’s hands — a no-no.

“In my mind, that’s a 2-0 win,” Islander coach Sean LeVine said. “Second half was all us. Our defense was stout and they never got behind us in the entire second half.”

Whidbey kept the pressure on, with multiple players ripping shots on goal. Olson, Micky LeVine, Erin Rosenkranz, Becca Pabona, Kendra Warwick, Hailey Erbe, Morgan Zylstra and Paige Waterman all rattled the Evolution netminder.

LeVine, after some thought, tabbed Warwick as his player of the game.

“Kendra really held down the midfield today, battling much larger opponents and winning, controlling possession, and helped to relieve the defense from having to pressure the ball in the middle,” LeVine said. “Kendra is our own Ozzie Alonso! Great job today!”

The Islanders host their next game, Sunday, Mar. 23 (2 PM) at Ft. Nugent, then hit the road for their season finale.

For more photos, including pics of Islander players who call Oak Harbor and South Whidbey home, head over to:

http://www.shutterfly.com/progal/album.jsp?aid=768a5498cf350b8730ec

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