Feeds:
Posts
Comments

Posts Tagged ‘Soccer’

Booted by the best!!

Posted in Boys Soccer, tagged , , , , , on March 29, 2017| Leave a Comment »

   Axel Partida and teammates are in a second-place tie with Port Townsend, who they host Friday. (John Fisken photo)

The gap is real.

The Klahowya boys soccer squad has yet to lose a game in 1A Olympic League play, and none of the other three conference teams are getting any closer to making that a reality.

Thrashing visiting Coupeville 7-0 Tuesday, the Eagles ran their season league mark to 3-0 and their all-time win-streak in conference play to 15-0.

That’s the third-longest active league winning streak, behind Coupeville girls basketball (27-0) and Klahowya girls soccer (20-0).

With six more league games ahead of them, the Eagle booters have a chance to slide past their female counterparts this season, if they stay perfect.

The loss drops Coupeville to 1-1 in league play, 2-3-1 overall.

The Wolves are in a second-place tie with Port Townsend (1-1, 3-2), who they host Friday (3:30 JV/5:30 varsity), while Chimacum (0-3, 0-5) is mired in the cellar.

Facing off with Klahowya, Coupeville battled fairly evenly for the opening 35 minutes, then was stung by two goals right before the half.

The Eagles used their familiarity with turf to speed the game up in the second half, stretching the final score out.

“Klahowya is a very good team, especially on their turf field,” said CHS coach Kyle Nelson. “It was a good game to work on our defense and will give us some things to look at to improve.”

Read Full Post »

Brains over brawn!!

Posted in Boys Soccer, tagged , , , , on March 27, 2017| Leave a Comment »

   Coupeville High School freshman James Wood scored the tying goal and set up the go-ahead score in his first Olympic League game. (John Fisken photo)

James Wood plays to his strengths.

The Coupeville High School freshman may not be the biggest player on the soccer pitch, but that hasn’t stopped him from being successful.

“My strengths are probably knowing the game and how to outsmart other people,” Wood said. “Something to work on would be my size, because all my life I have been the lighter and weaker kid.”

Wood has grown up in the sport — dad Robert is the president of the Central Whidbey Soccer Club — first taking the pitch at age four.

“I started doing the sport because it was something to do,” Wood said.”I don’t play football since I’ve been smaller than most kids.”

Having devoted much of his time to soccer, he’s made huge strides and is one of two freshmen, with Aram Leyva, who have already scored for the CHS varsity squad this season.

Wood scored the tying goal in Coupeville’s league opener with Chimacum Mar. 14, then set Leyva up for the go-ahead goal in an eventual 4-3 win.

Having that sort of impact right out of the gate in his first season was all part of his plan.

“I enjoy scoring and team plays the most,” Wood said. “Like knowing I helped score that goal.”

Away from the field, he enjoys his English and science classes.

On the pitch, he credits team captain William Nelson as an inspiration.

“A main person that I look up to is Will, because he is a great player and a good friend.”

As he goes forward, looking to be a big part of a Wolf squad which currently sits at 2-2-1 overall, 1-0 in Olympic League play, Wood just wants to do whatever he can to contribute to the cause.

“My goals are to be a key player on the field and to be a skilled player.”

Read Full Post »

So, where do we stand?!

Posted in standings, tagged , , , , , on March 26, 2017| Leave a Comment »

   Boys soccer is the only CHS sport to have played an Olympic League game this spring. (John Fisken photo)

And we’re underway. Sort of.

A damp, chilly spring has hijacked numerous games in the early going, so there’s some disparity between who has and hasn’t clashed with league foes yet.

Across the four sports which keep track of records — softball, baseball, soccer and tennis — Coupeville has only played one Olympic League contest, a soccer game against Chimacum which it won.

Meanwhile, Klahowya and Port Townsend have played four league games and Chimacum has already racked up seven.

With a schedule heavy on non-conference bouts, Coupeville is sitting above .500 overall, with a record of 7-6-1 across the four sports.

That’s not bad, considering six of those contests (2-3-1) have been against bigger 2A schools. When pitted against other 1A schools, CHS is 5-3 this spring.

Standings through Sunday:

Olympic League softball:

School League Overall
Chimacum 2-0 3-1
COUPEVILLE 0-0 2-0
Klahowya 0-1 1-2
Port Townsend 0-1 0-2

Olympic League baseball:

School League Overall
Klahowya 1-0 1-2
Chimacum 1-1 2-2
COUPEVILLE 0-0 3-2
Port Townsend 0-1 0-1

Olympic League boys soccer:

School League Overall
Klahowya 2-0 3-1
COUPEVILLE 1-0 2-2-1
Port Townsend 1-1 2-2
Chimacum 0-3 0-5

Olympic League girls tennis:

School League Overall
COUPEVILLE 0-0 0-2
Chimacum 0-0 0-2
Klahowya 0-0 0-1

Read Full Post »

Wolves nipped in bat country!!

Posted in Boys Soccer, tagged , , , , on March 21, 2017| Leave a Comment »

   Uriel Liquidano scored his first goal of the season Tuesday, knocking in a header at Forks. (John Fisken photo)

The longest road trip of the season took a bad detour in the final moments.

Having traveled 114 miles one-way Tuesday to visit Forks, the land of twinkly vampires and Ron Bagby memorials, the Coupeville High School boys soccer squad squandered a two-goal lead and fell 3-2 in a non-conference game.

The loss dropped the Wolves to 1-2-1 on the season.

CHS struck early, getting scores from Ethan Spark and Uriel Liquidano as it built a semi-cushy lead.

Spark knocked a ball into the top left corner of the net from 30 yards out for his team-leading fourth goal of the season, then the always-dependable Liquidano struck for his first score of 2017.

Using his head to redirect a William Nelson corner kick past the Forks goalie, the senior put the Wolves up 2-0.

The host Spartans chipped away, however, scoring on a corner kick right before the break, then using a goal off of a breakaway to knot things up in the second half.

With the game in its final minutes, Forks struck one last time, converting off of a corner kick right before the clock froze at the two-minute mark, sending the final countdown into the hands of the ref.

The Wolves return to their home pitch Friday for another non-conference game, when they welcome North Mason to town for a 3:30 game.

It will be the third time in five games this season Coupeville has played above its classification against a 2A school.

Read Full Post »

(Bad) Wolves chomp (good) Wolves!!

Posted in Boys Soccer, tagged , , , , on March 18, 2017| Leave a Comment »

   Wolf junior William Nelson, he of the steely gaze, notched his second goal of the season Friday afternoon. (John Fisken photo)

The undefeated season is gone.

Playing on a cold, damp hunk of pitch Friday, the Coupeville High School boys soccer squad fell 3-1 to visiting Sequim, giving the Wolves their first loss of the season.

The non-conference defeat, coming at the hands of a 2A school, evened Coupeville’s season record at 1-1-1.

The Wolves, who have played two of three against big school competition so far, travel to the wilds of Forks Tuesday, then return home to face yet another 2A school in North Mason next Friday.

After that they return to 1A Olympic League play, where they currently sit in a first-place tie with Klahowya, each team owning a spotless 1-0 conference mark.

Coupeville’s lone goal against Sequim came courtesy of junior captain William Nelson, who connected for the second time this season.

He sits one score off of team-leader Ethan Spark, who has tallied three of his team’s seven goals.

Nelson’s score came off of a corner kick, which he bent like Beckham, sending the ball past the flailing Sequim goalie.

He came close to replicating the score shortly afterwards, only to have a defender head the ball just clear of the back post.

While Coupeville had issues with Sequim’s speed (and the constant wind), CHS coach Kyle Nelson came away with a fair amount of positives.

“It was a good game for us to get experience playing against some fast and talented soccer players.”

Read Full Post »

« Newer Posts - Older Posts »