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Little school, big success!!

Posted in 1A Olympic League, standings, tagged , , , , , on April 29, 2017| Leave a Comment »

   Maggie Crimmins and her Wolf tennis teammates captured their third-straight league title this week. (John Fisken photos)

Zack Nall (20) and CHS boys soccer are off to the playoffs May 4.

We’re coming down to the wire.

As spring sports head toward the regular season finish line, Coupeville, the smallest school in the 1A Olympic League, continues to hold off Klahowya, the biggest, in two important categories.

With baseball, girls tennis and boys soccer titles clinched (softball is the last holdout as Chimacum and Coupeville continue to fight), the Wolves have won four team titles during the 2016-2017 school year.

CHS has brought home girls and boys tennis, volleyball and girls basketball championships, compared to Klahowya winning girls and boys soccer and baseball.

Port Townsend took boys basketball and Chimacum is trying to hold on to its top dog status in softball.

With football’s title having gone to interloper Cascade Christian after the Olympic League joined up with the Nisqually League for that sport, it appears Coupeville will win the most team titles for the second straight year.

Klahowya, two games back of Chimacum with three to play in softball, would have to jump both Coupeville and the Cowboys to claim the title and tie the Wolves 4-4.

At the same time it’s primed to win the most team titles for a second year, Coupeville is also on the cusp of another distinction.

With seven league games left for each school this spring, CHS has 48 varsity wins this school year across the 10 sports it plays.

With a 48-44 edge on Klahowya, the Wolves are trying to boot the Eagles from the roost.

KSS held a 52-40 advantage in 2014-2015, then CHS cut that to 45-42 in 2015-2016.

Standings through games played Friday:

Olympic League softball:

School League Overall
Chimacum 5-1 7-3
COUPEVILLE 4-2 13-2
Klahowya 3-3 7-4
Port Townsend 0-6 0-11

Olympic League baseball:

School League Overall
Klahowya 7-0 9-4
COUPEVILLE 5-2 10-7
Chimacum 2-5 4-7
Port Townsend 0-7 0-12

Olympic League boys soccer:

School League Overall
Klahowya 8-0 12-2-1
Port Townsend 5-2 7-6-0
COUPEVILLE 3-6 4-10-1
Chimacum 0-8 2-10-0

Olympic League girls tennis:

School League Overall
COUPEVILLE 4-0 6-3
Klahowya 2-3 4-9
Chimacum 0-3 0-6

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One bad break!!

Posted in Boys Soccer, tagged , , , , , on April 26, 2017| Leave a Comment »

   Brandon Jansen (5) fights for control of the ball Tuesday against Klahowya. (John Fisken photos)

Team captain Uriel Liquidano leads off our Senior Night portraits.

He’s joined by Nick Dion.

Zack Nall swings by for an appearance.

Jansen, in a moment of rest.

Liquidano’s niece is so adorable, she needs a close-up.

The seniors hang out with coaches Gary Manker (left) and Kyle Nelson.

Liquidano gets some love from teammate Hunter Downes.

They lost more than a game.

While the Coupeville High School boys soccer squad fell 4-1 to visiting Klahowya Tuesday, it was a mid-game injury which hurts the most.

Junior sharpshooter Ethan Spark, who is tied for the team scoring lead with six goals, broke his big toe doing a slide tackle.

He’s expected to be sidelined from any sporting activity for 4-6 weeks said mom Kali Barrio, which means the Wolves will be missing one of their primary weapons when they open the playoffs next week.

After absorbing its seventh straight loss to Klahowya, Coupeville sits at 3-5 in Olympic League play, 4-9-1 overall.

With one regular season game left, Friday at Port Townsend, the Wolves are locked in as the league’s #3 seed, and will host the Nisqually League’s #4 team in a loser-out playoff game Thursday, May 4 at Oak Harbor Stadium.

To see the playoff bracket — http://www.olympicleague.com/tournament.php?tournament_id=2267&sport=9

With the win Tuesday,  Klahowya (7-0, 10-2-1) clinched its third consecutive league title.

One bright spot on Senior Night came courtesy junior William Nelson, who banged home his fourth goal of the season.

It came just eight minutes into the game, when he intercepted a pass and promptly smashed the ball into the upper corner of the net.

It was only the second time Coupeville has scored on Klahowya in seven match-ups, and was only the 10th goal surrendered this season by the very-stingy Eagle defense.

Klahowya tied the game right before the break, and the two teams remained deadlocked until deep in the second half.

The Eagles slipped two more scores into the net late in the game, but the final margin was a bit deceiving.

“Looking at the results over the season against Klahowya shows the tremendous growth the boys have made,” said CHS coach Kyle Nelson.

 

To see more photos from this game (purchases fund college scholarships for CHS student/athletes), pop over to:

http://www.johnsphotos.net/Sports/2017-Coupeville-Boys-Soccer/20170425-vs-Klahowya/

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Close, just not close enough!!

Posted in Boys Soccer, tagged , , , , on April 23, 2017| Leave a Comment »

Wolf goalie Brian Roberts pops in to make a save. (John Fisken photos)

Aram Leyva was kung fu fightin’.

The Coupeville High School boys soccer squad always plays Port Townsend tough, and Saturday was no different.

Unfortunately, the final score, with the Wolves on the short end of the stick, was all too familiar as well.

Falling 3-0 on its home field on a wet, windy day, Coupeville is now all but assured it will finish in third-place in the four-team 1A Olympic League.

The Wolves sit at 3-4 in conference play, 4-8-1 overall, looking up at Klahowya (6-0, 9-2-1) and Port Townsend (4-2, 6-5) with two regular-season games left to play.

Those three schools will represent the Olympic League in postseason play, as Chimacum (0-7, 2-9) was officially eliminated after absorbing an 8-1 loss Saturday to Klahowya.

Coupeville’s only chance to claim the league’s #2 seed hinges on pulling off the upset of the century Tuesday on Senior Night.

Somehow find a way to deliver Klahowya’s first-ever Olympic League loss (the Eagles are 18-0 over the past three seasons), and the Wolves faint hopes would still flicker.

After that, knock off Port Townsend on the road in the regular season finale Apr. 28, have the RedHawks lose to Klahowya and Chimacum the first two days of May, and CHS is golden.

If any of that fails to happen, accept the #3 seed and get ready to host a “home” playoff game at Oak Harbor’s Stadium May 4.

Saturday, the Wolves held Port Townsend to just a single first-half goal, but couldn’t find the back of the net themselves.

As a damp CHS coach Kyle Nelson surveyed the aftermath, he had a mixed reaction.

“Again we gifted them a goal,” he said with a slight grimace. “The positive is the continued improvement in how we are passing the ball around and making connections.

“We will be looking forward to seeing them next week for a little payback.”

 

To see more photos from both varsity and JV action (purchases fund scholarships for CHS student/athletes) pop over to:

http://www.johnsphotos.net/Sports/2017-Coupeville-Boys-Soccer/20170422-vs-Port-Townsend/

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It’s a battle!!

Posted in 1A Olympic League, tagged , , , , , on April 23, 2017| Leave a Comment »

   Someone is listening, as CHS softball has rolled to an 11-1 record. (John Fisken photo)

The race tightens.

When you add up baseball, soccer, tennis and softball, Klahowya has picked-up 14 varsity league wins this spring, while Coupeville (which has played two less games) has nine.

That five-win bulge has allowed the Eagles to narrow the school year race from 32-24 to 41-38.

Port Townsend has 26 wins across the core 10 sports during the 2016-2017 school year, while Chimacum has 19.

With 17 league games left (if rain allows everything to be played), Coupeville is attempting to interrupt Klahowya’s two-year reign atop the 1A Olympic League.

The Eagles ruled the 2014-2015 school year 52-40, then narrowly held off the Wolves 45-42 in 2015-2016.

Can Coupeville ride hot streaks in softball and tennis to hang on, or will Klahowya’s strength in baseball and soccer be enough to fuel a come-back win?

Stay tuned…

Standings through games played Saturday:

Olympic League softball:

School League Overall
Chimacum 4-0 6-1
COUPEVILLE 3-1 11-1
Klahowya 1-3 4-4
Port Townsend 0-4 0-7

Olympic League baseball:

School League Overall
Klahowya 5-0 6-3
COUPEVILLE 2-2 7-7
Chimacum 2-2 4-4
Port Townsend 0-5 0-7

Olympic League boys soccer:

School League Overall
Klahowya 6-0 9-2-1
Port Townsend 4-2 6-5-0
COUPEVILLE 3-4 4-8-1
Chimacum 0-7 2-9-0

Olympic League girls tennis:

School League Overall
COUPEVILLE 1-0 2-3
Klahowya 2-1 4-6
Chimacum 0-2 0-5

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Booters punch playoff ticket!!

Posted in Boys Soccer, tagged , , , , , on April 20, 2017| Leave a Comment »

   Zack Nall (20), seen in action last year, tallied his third goal of the season Thursday in a 3-0 win. (John Fisken photo)

Goal one, accomplished.

Knocking off visiting Chimacum 3-0 Thursday, the Coupeville High School boys soccer squad clinched a playoff berth.

With the victory, the Wolves rise to 3-3 in Olympic League play (4-7-1 overall) and sit three games up on the Cowboys (0-6, 2-8) with three to play.

Coupeville has the tiebreaker, having swept the three-game season series.

Now, goal two is to beat one, or both, of their other two league rivals, if they want to avoid a third straight third-place finish.

The Wolves are a half game off of second-place Port Townsend (3-2, 5-4) and still have two games left against the RedHawks.

Chasing down Klahowya (5-0, 8-2-1) is mathematically possible, but far-fetched, as it would require three straight Coupeville wins and four straight losses from an Eagles squad which has yet to lose a game against its Olympic League foes.

CHS hosts Port Townsend Saturday (12 PM), and that will have a huge impact on the race for second place.

Win and they bounce a half game up on the RedHawks. Lose and they fall a game-and-a-half back and are all but doomed to finish third.

Coupeville closes the regular season with a home game Apr. 25 against Klahowya and a road trip Apr. 28 to Port Townsend.

The Wolves host their opening, loser-out, playoff game at Oak Harbor High School’s stadium.

If they’re the Olympic League’s #3 seed, the game would be May 4 vs. the Nisqually League’s #4 team.

Finish #2 and they open the district tourney May 6 vs. the #3 seed from the NL.

Thursday night, Coupeville got second-half goals from Zack Nall, Aram Leyva and William Nelson to put away the Cowboys.

“Chimacum played some good defense and their goalie made some nice saves to make this a closer game than last week,” CHS coach Kyle Nelson said.

It was Leyva’s sixth goal of the season, pushing the freshman into a tie for the team scoring lead with junior sharpshooter Ethan Spark.

Nall and William Nelson have three scores apiece this season.

Two of the three goals were assisted, as Spark set up Leyva and the younger Nelson fed Nall.

Will the Thrill banged home his score off of a free kick.

While his team was busy notching goals, Wolf goaltender DeWitt Cole (with the aid of defenders like Uriel Liquidano and Axel Partida), kept the Cowboys at bay.

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