They’ve taken a photo or two before. It’s not like they’re amateurs. (Photos courtesy Kalia Littlejohn and Lisa Edlin)
Senior captain Jenn Spark (front, right) bonds with her younger teammates. (KL)
Kalia Littlejohn, such a good friend she’s always there to offer her head to Ema Smith to use as a coaster. Ashley Smith is suitably impressed. (KL)
Lauren Grove (left) and Lindsey Roberts, always being stalked by their fan clubs. (LE)
College softball slugger Madeline Roberts (left) reunites with her lil’ cousin. (LE)
Ema Smith goes to the weird side… (KL)
And then comes roaring back for one final excellent (two-person) selfie. (KL)
It’s official. Fall sports have begun.
The Coupeville High School girls’ soccer squad got things kicked off Thursday, taking part in a jamboree at Oak Harbor.
While the scores didn’t count, it did give the Wolves some real-world prep for their season opener (Tuesday, Sept. 8 at Mount Vernon Christian) and, maybe most importantly, gave the booters a chance to get comfortable in front of the camera again.
Seeing as how their photo game is already at mid-season peak, the season looks like a bright one.
Oh, and those scores?
The Wolves battled to a strong 1-1 tie with South Whidbey, a team they will play for real in a week, then were narrowly nipped 1-0 by host 3A Oak Harbor.
Sophomore Sage Renninger tallied Coupeville’s goal, hitting on a shot described by Wolf coach Troy Cowan as “a bullet from point blank range that left thread marks on the ball, it was hit so hard.”
Lauren Grove and Mckenzie Meyer shared time in goal, and the duo, who are replacing the graduated Julia Myers, both sparkled.
Cowan tabbed Meyer as the night’s MVP, but he was pleased with the play from his entire roster.
“The girls showed some real spunk and fire!!!,” he said. “Both our opponents were tough and played hard and that brought the best out of the Lady Wolves which I was pleasantly happy about.
“I saw some scrappy Wolves tonight that didn’t back down and gave it as good as they got it!!! It’s going to be a good season!”
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