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Elight Eight — awesome then, awesome now!!

Posted in soccer, tagged , , , , , on October 27, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Young guns.

Young guns. (Photo courtesy Micky LeVine)

Ice cream made Micky LeVine the player she is today.

Ice cream made Micky LeVine the two-fisted player she is today.

They grew up together on the pitch.

The eight Wolf booters who will be honored at tonight’s Senior Night festivities (5 PM) have been playing soccer as a team for much of their lives.

The names have stayed the same — Julia Myers, Micky LeVine, Ivy Luvera, Christine Fields, Erin Rosenkranz, Jacki Ginnings, Ana Luvera and Marisa Etzell — while their games have gotten even sharper.

Take a moment to gaze at the top pic above, which captures the elite eight during their younger days, then head out to Micky Clark Field tonight and see them one final time as they are now.

P.S. — If you miss tonight, there’s actually one more shot, as an earlier-season game against Port Townsend was cancelled by a lack of ferry service.

That game, bumped to this Thursday, is also a home game. Just not Senior Night.

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Queens (and kings) of the pitch!!

Posted in soccer, tagged , , , , , on October 27, 2014| Leave a Comment »

(John Fisken photos)

   “Oh, you can try and run, but I’m still coming to take that ball away from you!!” (John Fisken photos)

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“Can’t catch me, I’m the Gingerbread Woman!!”

minioin

  “You lookin’ at me? You lookin’ at me? Well, I’m the only one here. Who do you think you’re lookin’ at?!!”

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“Prepare to fly, my old friend. I shall see you again … one day.”

Jae

  “So, so much power. Can I wield my yellow cards without letting all that power go to my head? Or will I fully embrace the Dark Side? Questions…”

paint

“I’ve gone to my happy place…”

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“Scuse me, pardon me … don’t make me go upside your head, woman!!”

where

“And where do you think YOU’RE going?!?!”

Soccer is sweeping the nation.

Everywhere you turn, kids are chasing a ball around these days.

With three games on the same day at Rhododendron Park this weekend, travelin’ photo man John Fisken set up camp and clicked away, reeling off 263 (really) photos.

I’m giving you a little taste here with these eight. To see more (and possibly purchase some, helping fund college scholarships for CHS Student/athletes), click along on the links below:

GU12 Blue-Yellow Minions vs. Coupeville Dark Angels:

http://www.shutterfly.com/progal/album.jsp?aid=768a5498cf35818e30a0

GU12 Red-Black Widows vs. Coupeville X-Rays:

http://www.shutterfly.com/progal/album.jsp?aid=768a5498cf35818da5d5

BU10 Orange Crushers vs. Coupeville Red Tail Hawks

http://www.shutterfly.com/progal/album.jsp?aid=768a5498cf35818c30a2

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It’s a win! They’ll take it!!

Posted in Girls Soccer, tagged , , , , on October 23, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Erin Rosenkranz is one of nine seniors on the Wolf girls' soccer squad. (John Fisken photo)

Erin Rosenkranz is one of nine seniors on the Wolf girls’ soccer squad. (John Fisken photo)

A win is a win any way you get it, especially if it’s a league win.

So, while Thursday night’s 1-0 win at Chimacum — which came after a 3-1 victory in penalty kicks — maybe wasn’t all that pretty or awe-inspiring, the Coupeville High School girls’ soccer team will gladly accept it.

The win gave the Wolves a sweep of the Cowboys, lifting CHS to 2-1 in Olympic League play, 5-4-1 overall.

Coupeville, which has three regular season games left, is solidly lodged in second place in the four team league.

Klahowya (4-0, 12-1) is in first, with Chimacum (1-3, 2-10) and Port Townsend (0-3, 1-10) bringing up the rear.

The Wolves, who need to finish in the top three to make the playoffs, close with three games in four days next week.

To keep alive their (admittedly slim) chances of winning a league title, they will need to shock Klahowya Monday. The game will be Senior Night for nine CHS booters.

Survive the Eagles, who played in the 2A state playoffs five consecutive years before dropping to 1A this year, and Coupeville gets last-place Port Townsend for back-to-back games.

Tuesday is a road affair, with Thursday (a makeup for a game postponed when weather knocked out ferry service) at home.

Facing a Chimacum squad they blew out 6-0 the first time around, the Wolves were missing the magic scoring touch Thursday.

Still, their defense, headed up by senior goaltender Julia Myers, responded, clamping down and denying the Cowboys much of anything.

With neither team able to break the scoreless tie in regulation or overtime, the match was decided on penalty kicks, and it was then Coupeville stepped up.

Micky LeVine, Ana Luvera and Marisa Etzell all hit on their kicks, with Myers sealing the win with a big save.

“I am very proud of these ladies, regardless of their record,” said CHS coach Troy Cowan. “It’s their heart and never-die attitude that makes me proud to coach them on the pitch.”

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In the pink!!

Posted in Girls Soccer, Volleyball, tagged , , , , , on October 21, 2014| Leave a Comment »

(Amy King photos)

Lookin’ fresh, the Wolf JV spikers hang out and wait for an opponent who never showed. (Amy King photos)

Katrina McGranahan spends her free time playing model.

Katrina McGranahan spends her free time playing model.

All dressed up and their dates didn’t show.

High winds forced cancellations by the ferry system Tuesday, leaving Port Townsend’s girls’ soccer and volleyball squads stranded on their side of the water.

That meant their scheduled Olympic League games in Coupeville had to be postponed, leaving the Wolf spikers standing around sporting new shirts for a cancer awareness night and no one to play while wearing them.

CHS players were planning to wear pink for breast cancer, blue for prostrate and red for Squamous Cell Carcinoma.

Early word is the volleyball match will be rescheduled for Thursday, Oct. 30 and the Dig for the Cure event will go on as planned.

No announcement yet on when the soccer game will be played.

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Thick head, strong spirit!!

Posted in Girls Soccer, Wolves in college, tagged , , , , , on October 21, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Amanda d'Almeida

Amanda d’Almeida

Showdown Saturday approaches.

Carleton College’s womens’ soccer team, which includes former CHS star Amanda d’Almeida, will play for sole possession of first place in the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletics Conference Oct. 25.

The Knights (9-4-1 overall, 6-1-1 in the MIAC) will travel to Moorhead, Minnesota to play Concordia College (11-3-1, 6-1-1).

The schools hold a slim edge over Augsburg and Saint Benedict (both 6-2) and will each have two games remaining after their tussle for the top of the standings.

Concordia is slipping backwards, having lost consecutive games, including its only MIAC loss, a 2-0 upset at the hands of Bethel, which is mired in the bottom third of the league.

Carleton had its own slip-up, falling 2-1 to Macalester (#8 in the league) before bouncing back to drill Hamline 3-0.

D’Almeida has been playing complete games again after illness slowed her in the early going, and even survived a head-to-head collision with a rival player.

While her opponent suffered a concussion, d’Almeida, thanks to what dad Dan refers to as her “thick head,” walked away with a “big bruise” and is expected to play against Concordia.

On the season, she has played in 12 games, starting five, while recording 614 minutes on the pitch. She has had a pair of shots on goal, but is still looking for her first score.

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