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Battle with honor!!

Posted in Boys Soccer, tagged Aram Leyva, CHS Wolves, Forks, Soccer, tie on April 7, 2018| Leave a Comment »

Axel Partida flies the friendly (and super-windy) skies Saturday as Coupeville fights to a 3-3 stalemate with previously-perfect Forks. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

“You want to take our photo??!?! Well, OK, but only if you insist.”

“This blanket is NOT helping!!!! I can feel every wind gust cutting right to my very soul, man!!!!!”

Buffeted by some killer wind, Wolf captain William Nelson ponders the meaning of life, and why he can’t feel his arms or legs…

“If they’re playing, we’re staying!” The most die-hard of pitch fans have found their perch.

Derek Leyva, on the rampage and headed for his team-best 15th goal of the season.

Perfect no more.

While the Coupeville High School boys soccer squad couldn’t hang on for the knockout Saturday, the Wolves overcame vicious winds and a stellar defense to put the first ding in Forks’ armor.

Facing a team which had given up just one goal in six previous games, CHS rifled home enough scores to walk away with a hard-earned 3-3 tie on its home pitch.

Since the game was a non-conference affair, the two teams did not go to overtime or a shootout, cause … soccer.

Now 4-3-2 on the season, Coupeville drops Forks to 6-0-1.

The Spartans entered play Saturday having outscored its foes 32-1, but that was likely because they hadn’t met the free-wheeling Leyva boys yet.

The sophomore cousins each notched another goal, with Derek Leyva hitting on his 15th score and Aram Leyva netting his seventh.

While he’s not part of the family, at least by blood, senior captain Ethan Spark can score just like the cousins, and he punched home his second goal in the last three games to round out the scoring.

The Coupeville booters are wading through their toughest stretch of the schedule, and get right back at it Tuesday when they travel to Port Angeles to face a 6-2-1 squad.

JV wins:

With a little help from an outsider, the Wolf young guns erupted for a hail of goals late in the game to secure a 4-1 win.

The game was played 7-on-7 instead of the usual 11-on-11, and Forks loaned out one of their guys to give Coupeville a “full” roster.

That Spartan ended up knocking in a goal for the Wolves, who also got two scores from Chris Cernick and one from Jonathan Partida.

The game was scoreless at the break, then Forks broke the stalemate midway through the second half.

“We kept fighting,” Cernick said, and when the Wolves finally broke through, they liked it so much they didn’t stop, scoring all four of their goals during a furious final 15 minutes.

Photos abound:

While the Wolves battled Mother Nature and Forks, photo bug John Fisken snapped away and captured the pics seen above, and a whole lot more.

To take a gander at everything he shot, pop over to:

http://www.johnsphotos.net/Sports/2017-2018-Coupeville-Soccer/2018-04-07-Boys-vs-Forks/

And, when you do, remember, purchases help fund college scholarships for CHS students/athletes.

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We shoot? We score!!

Posted in Boys Soccer, tagged Aram Leyva, CHS Wolves, Derek Leyva, goals, Soccer, Stats on April 4, 2018| Leave a Comment »

With six goals in eight games, Wolf sophomore Aram Leyva has matched his total from his freshman season. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

The offense has a little extra octane in it this year.

The Coupeville High School boys soccer squad passed the halfway point of the regular season Monday, and sits at 4-3-1 overall, 3-1 in Olympic League play.

After upcoming back-to-back non-conference tilts with Forks and Port Angeles, the Wolves close with five straight conference games, then hope to be playoff-bound.

If the goal-scoring stays at current levels, a postseason berth should be fairly easy to get.

With nine different players tallying at least one score, CHS has already rattled the net for 34 goals.

That figure tops last year’s season-ending totals and is already the fourth-best team mark in the last nine years.

Why am I using nine seasons for this comparison, you ask? Easy answer — that’s what the Olympic League site has archived.

So, looking at the Wolf boys from 2010 to this moment in time, here’s how things have played out.

2010 – 39 goals
2011 – 30
2012 – 27
2013 – 15
2014 – 22
2015 – 37
2016 – 48
2017 – 26
2018 – 34 and counting

When it comes to individual scoring, sophomore Derek Leyva, who transferred to Coupeville this year, is out in front and chasing the Wolf single-season records.

On the boys side, that mark belong to Derek’s cousin, Abraham Leyva, who punched in 20 in one campaign, while Mia Littlejohn owns the school record with 27.

Season totals:

Derek Leyva – 14
Aram Leyva – 6
Sam Wynn – 4
Pedro Gamarra – 3
William Nelson – 3
Chris Cernick – 1
Jonathan Partida – 1
Ethan Spark – 1
James Wood – 1

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Breeze blows in snappy pics!!

Posted in Baseball, Boys Soccer, tagged baseball, CHS Wolves, John Fisken photos, Matt Hilborn, Sam Wynn, Soccer on April 1, 2018| Leave a Comment »

Sam Wynn (left) and Jonathan Partida combined to score four times Friday in a lopsided Coupeville win on the soccer pitch. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

Matt Hilborn fires the high, hard cheese as he closes out a Wolf win on the diamond.

Port Townsend or Coupeville fans, all united by being cold.

“Ha ha, death from above … and … oh crud, my wings are frozen again!!”

Teo Keilwitz uses Jedi mind tricks to freeze the ball in mid-air.

Joey Lippo digs the longball, even if the steady breeze wasn’t super-conducive to the round trippers on this day.

All eyes are on the field, except for one lil’ girl intent on figuring out how to break out of her restraints.

Alex Jimenez (right) charges into the fray.

It was prime picture-taking weather.

While the sun was out Friday, there was a nasty lil’ prairie breeze assaulting everyone who stood still too long.

In an effort to keep warm, travelin’ camera clicker John Fisken bounced between the baseball field, and the more-sheltered soccer pitch.

The pics seen above, a mix of on and off field action, are courtesy him.

To see everything he shot (as both Wolf teams won handily), pop over to:

Baseball:

http://www.johnsphotos.net/Sports/Coupeville-Baseball-2017-2018/2018-03-30-vs-Pt-Townsend/

Soccer:

http://www.johnsphotos.net/Sports/2017-2018-Coupeville-Soccer/2018-03-30-Boys-vs-Chimacum/

And remember, purchases help fund college scholarships for CHS student/athletes. Be the hero the world needs.

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Wolves chew up, spit out, Cowboys!!

Posted in Boys Soccer, tagged 1A Olympic League, Chimacum, CHS Wolves, Derek Leyva, Soccer on March 30, 2018| Leave a Comment »

Aram Leyva scored two goals Friday as Coupeville blasted Chimacum 9-0 on the soccer pitch. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Let’s agree not to sugarcoat things — Chimacum High School boys soccer is not in a great place right now.

When you’ve been outscored 55-0 in five games, your offense isn’t working and neither is your defense.

The latest team to tattoo them was Coupeville, which gave three players their first scoring opportunity of the season Friday, and ran as many JV players into action as possible.

And still romped to a 9-0 win.

The second-straight conference victory for the Wolves, it lifts them to 3-1 in Olympic League play, 4-2-1 overall.

It also pulls CHS within a half-game of league leader Klahowya (3-0), while Port Townsend (1-2) and Chimacum (0-4) bring up the rear.

The Wolves struck for eight of their nine goals in the first half and finished the game with six players in the scoring column.

Freshman Sam Wynn led the way, recording a hat trick to push his season scoring totals to four goals.

Aram Leyva added a pair of goals (he has four on the year), while cousin Derek Leyva settled for a single goal, his team-leading 14th.

Senior Ethan Spark notched his first goal of the season, with sophomores Chris Cernick and Jonathan Partida recording their first-ever varsity scores to round out the attack.

With some help from his defenders, Wolf goalie Dewitt Cole recorded the shutout.

CHS coach Kyle Nelson used the game somewhat as a training device, but with an eye also on clinching the win as quickly as possible.

“We were able to get quite a few JV players in,” he said. “Nice to get another league win.”

Things are about to get a lot tougher for Coupeville, as its next four foes, Vashon (5-2-1), Forks (6-0), Port Angeles (6-2) and Klahowya (5-2-1) are a combined 22-6-2.

First up is Vashon, which visits Whidbey Monday for a 4 PM non-conference game.

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Make your move!!

Posted in Baseball, Boys Soccer, Girls Tennis, Softball, tagged 1A Olympic League, baseball, CHS W, Soccer, Softball, tennis on March 25, 2018| Leave a Comment »

Lauren Rose and Co. are gunning for Coupeville softball’s first league title since 2002. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

They’re punching above their weight class.

Coupeville High School, which sits on the lowest rung of 1A, has played 10 of 18 games this spring against 2A schools.

That, naturally, has skewed the win-loss record a bit, as the Wolves are 4-4 against schools in their own (sorta) weight class, and 3-6-1 when playing teams from a higher berth.

The scheduling disparity will shift (a bit) this coming week, with six of the nine scheduled games against 1A competition, including five happening inside the Olympic League.

Wolf baseball and boys soccer have two conference games apiece, but the biggest thing on the schedule is softball’s visit Wednesday to Klahowya.

With Port Townsend and Chimacum having bailed on softball this season, dropping their teams for a year due to a lack of players, the Olympic League race for supremacy is just a two-team battle.

That means each of the three games the Coupeville diamond women play against Klahowya (Mar. 28, Apr. 20 and Apr. 30) take on a much-bigger emphasis than normal.

The path to hanging a league banner is simple — beat KSS and cue the celebration.

Current standings through Mar. 25:

Olympic League baseball: