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Sage Downes is a goal-scoring beast!!

Posted in Boys Soccer, tagged , , , , on April 20, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Sage Downes (Pat Kelley photo)

Sage Downes could even score while he’s kneeling … if he wanted to. (Pat Kelley photo)

There is no way on Earth to stop Sage Downes.

When the goal-scoring machine gets rollin’, the only answer is to pray he’s merciful and lets you escape back to the sideline with a bit of dignity left.

Which he kinda, sorta, didn’t do Saturday, raining down an astonishing eight goals in two games, as Central Whidbey’s Ciao boys’ soccer squads demolished Oak Harbor.

Downes hit for three scores in the opener, as Ciao Orange rolled to a 9-3 win, then topped himself with a five-goal barrage in the second game. Ciao Black won that contest 8-4.

He wasn’t the only one with a hot toe, as eight of the 16 players in a Ciao uniform found the back of the net.

Aram Leyva, following in the footsteps of older brother Abraham, who leads Coupeville High School’s boys’ soccer squad in goals, punched in three.

Six others (Alex Jimenez, Eli Kastner, Matt Kelley, Michael Laska, Jean Lund-Olsen and James Wood) netted a goal apiece.

Ciao is 3-0 on the season and returns to action Saturday, April 26 at Oak Harbor’s U12 Field 1.

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Big pain for Wolf booters!!

Posted in Boys Soccer, tagged , , , on April 19, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Sean Donley sacrifices his noggin. (John Fisken photos)

Sean Donley sacrifices his noggin. (John Fisken photos)

Jared Dickson launches himself in pursuit of the ball.

Jared Dickson launches himself in pursuit of the ball.

Tanner Kircher motors upfield.

Tanner Kircher motors upfield.

The bump in the road has gotten worse.

Missing players and unable to get its offense totally into gear, the Coupeville High School boys’ soccer squad slid to a 5-0 loss at South Whidbey Friday night.

It was only the second time this season the Wolves had been shut out.

The third straight defeat for the booters, it dropped them to 4-6 overall, 3-6 in Cascade Conference play.

And, while they split the season series with their Langley arch-rivals, they now face an uphill battle in the quest to claim a playoff berth.

Two of the three 1A schools in the 1A/2A league will advance to the postseason, and Coupeville will have to make up some ground over the final stretch of the season.

South Whidbey is 6-2-1 in conference, while King’s is 4-3-1.

After a non-conference tilt with Friday Harbor Monday, April 21, the Wolves have five league games left.

Three of those games are against teams below Coupeville in the standings (Lakewood, Sultan and Granite Falls), but CHS also plays King’s and Archbishop Thomas Murphy (8-0, 9-0-1).

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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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Let us never speak of this night again…

Posted in Boys Soccer, tagged , , , on April 17, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Connor Thompson, seen here earlier in the season, moved up from JV and played a chunk of the second half Wednesday. (John Fisken photo)

  Sophomore Connor McCormick, seen here earlier in the season, moved up from JV and played a chunk of the second half in goal Wednesday. (John Fisken photo)

A bump in the road.

A really big, extremely rocky bump that possibly throws out your whole transmission.

That’s what the Coupeville High School boys’ soccer squad hit Wednesday night as it kicked off the second half of the season.

Missing four varsity players (two to injury, two to academic ineligibility), a very-thin Wolf team suffered their worst loss of the season, by far.

Falling 10-1 at Cedarcrest, Coupeville dropped below .500 for the first time this season.

Now 4-5 overall, 3-5 in Cascade Conference play, the Wolves have seven games left to make a charge for a playoff spot. King’s and South Whidbey tied 1-1 Wednesday, helping keep the race for the two 1A postseason berths fairly tight.

The Falcons are 5-2-1 in league play, while King’s is 4-3-1. Of the three 1A schools in the 1A/2A league, the top two teams advance to the playoffs.

Coupeville will have a chance to surge forward Friday, when it travels to South Whidbey looking for a season sweep of its Island rivals. CHS won the first battle 2-1 Mar. 28.

The Wolves may be down even more players, though, as sophomore Zane Bundy, who punched in his team’s only goal against Cedarcrest, may have a concussion.

Bundy tallied his fifth score of the season off of an assist from Abraham Leyva.

Leyva knocked in a goal of his own late in the game, but what would have been his eighth score of the year was waved off when the refs whistled Coupeville for being off-sides.

Seven Cedarcrest players found the back of the net, with the trio of Chris Cole, Austin Paxman and Nikolas Reierson hitting for two goals apiece.

“There were some stretches where we played quite well,” said Coupeville coach Kyle Nelson. “Unfortunately, there were some times where we let down.

“They were a quality opponent who were playing very well on their home field,” he added. “We will regroup and get ready for the next game.”

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Tori! Tori! Tori! Enjoy the birthday glory!!

Posted in Girls Soccer, GU18 Whidbey Islanders, Happy birthday, tagged , , , , on April 15, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Tori Wellman, kickin' butt and takin' names.

Tori Wellman, kickin’ butt and takin’ names.

Already a gamer in the early days.

Already a gamer in the early days.

She is the unsung warrior.

Coupeville High School senior Tori Wellman, who celebrates her birthday today, is one of those young women who is skilled at everything they do, but don’t always get the full attention they deserve.

Wellman, who can, and has, played every sport you can name (softball, basketball, cheer, BMX racing, gun shooting and horse riding, to name but a few), made her biggest impact on the soccer field.

Playing for both the Wolves and with the GU18 Whidbey Islanders select squad, she was always a key piece of the puzzle.

A hard worker, a scrapper (“I’m not afraid to take out a girl every once in awhile”), a hustler, she made the uniforms better by wearing one.

I can’t say that I know her all that well, but everything I have seen of Tori, on and off the field, speaks of one thing — quiet grace.

Plus she let me use one of her photos for a Throwback Thursday one time, which was super cool of her. So, there’s that, too.

Tori is a class act, day in and day out, and her parents, Josh Wellman and Leona Lidral, should be very proud of the young woman they shared with Coupeville.

Happy birthday, Miss Wellman, and may life continue to reward you.

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