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Lou gets two!!

Posted in Girls Soccer, tagged 1A Olympic League, CHS Wolves, Klahowya, Lindsey Roberts, Soccer on October 19, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Lindsey Roberts became the first Coupeville girls soccer player in three years to break the Klahowya defense. (John Fisken photo)

Small victories.

Until they can take the next step and actually dethrone state soccer power Klahowya, the Coupeville High School booters will have to continue to look for areas of improvement.

One, without a doubt, was finally breaking through the Eagle defense, as they did Tuesday night.

After being shutout the first five times they faced Klahowya, over a three-year period, the Wolves finally got on the board in a 5-2 loss, making a small, but important, chink in the Eagles armor.

Sophomore defender Lindsey Roberts notched both goals, taking direct kicks after the rampaging Kalia Littlejohn was fouled by Klahowya’s defense.

That doubled Roberts scoring output on the season, with her four goals sitting third on the stat sheet behind Mia Littlejohn (21) and Kalia Littlejohn (7).

The loss drops Coupeville to 4-2 in 1A Olympic League play, 6-5-1 overall, and puts them two games behind Klahowya (6-0, 8-1-2) with three to play.

The Wolves, who have finished second both years the four-team league has been in existence, can make it three straight years with a win at Port Townsend (2-4, 3-8-1) Thursday.

That would leave them mathematically alive for the league crown, while a #2 seed gets them a home playoff game (on the turf field in Oak Harbor) Oct. 29.

To see the postseason bracket, pop over to:

http://www.olympicleague.com/tournament.php?tournament_id=2068&sport=11

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Saturday soccer scratched!!

Posted in Girls Soccer, tagged Bellevue Christian, cancellations, CHS Wolves, injuries, Soccer on October 14, 2016| Leave a Comment »

“We’re NOT going to Bellevue!!!!” (John Fisken photo)

Weather couldn’t kill the game, but other factors finally did.

Coupeville was supposed to spend Saturday playing a girls soccer game against Bellevue Christian at Lake Washington, but things took one turn after another Friday.

First, storm concerns caused the two schools to move the game up from 4 PM to noon (while also bumping football from 7:00 to 3:00).

A few hours later, though, the non-conference soccer game was called off when BC decided it didn’t have enough players, due to injuries and girls who were out of town.

The game will not be made up.

Coupeville (4-1 in league play, 6-4-1 overall) returns to action Tuesday, when it hosts Klahowya (5-0, 7-1-2) in a battle for first-place in the 1A Olympic League.

The Wolves, who finished second in league in 2014 and 2015, close the season with four league games in an eight-day period.

**Football is still on, with a 3 PM kickoff at Lake Washington.**

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Belgian import embraces soccer challenge!!

Posted in Girls Soccer, tagged Belgium, Beyonce, CHS Wolves, Fanny Deprelle, Soccer on October 14, 2016| 1 Comment »

Belgian foreign exchange student Fanny Deprelle. (Submitted photo)

New experiences, new challenges.

That’s what Fanny Deprelle was seeking when she joined the foreign exchange student program.

A year later, she finds herself in small-town America, a world away from her hometown of Brussels in Belgium, and on a soccer pitch for the first time.

Deprelle made her debut Tuesday for the Wolves in a game against Sequim, something she couldn’t have foreseen a short while ago.

“I never played soccer before,” Deprelle said. “I never thought that I would one day play soccer!!

“But I’m very happy to be on the soccer team,” she added. “I chose soccer because it’s a physical sport; it’s the sport I preferred amongst other proposals and also to meet new people.”

At home, she plays tennis, runs track and swims, and Deprelle plans to join the CHS tennis squad in the spring.

The 18-year-old, who has a 14-year-old sister, decided to leave Belgium (for a bit) and find her way in the world.

“I decided to be an exchange student on September 2015,” Deprelle said. “I wanted to move to the US for the experience, to meet new people, to discover another culture and new places and of course, to learn English.”

Like all foreign exchange students, she had no idea where she would be placed, and landing in a small town on a rock in the middle of the water was unexpected.

“It was a real surprise,” Deprelle said. “On the beginning of September I had a real culture shock.

“I come from a city where there are a lot of shops, it’s easy to use transit and I’m very independent in my country,” she added. “Here, Coupeville is a small town and everything is quiet. It’s very different from my country.”

A month-and-a-half into her American tour, she’s begun to adjust, however.

“Even it was difficult on the beginning, I’m happy to be here in Coupeville,” Deprelle said. “People are very friendly due it’s a small town and it’s very relaxing. I met new people as expected.”

When she’s not playing soccer, Deprelle enjoys spending time with friends and her musical tastes run a wide gamut, with Coldplay, Beyoncé and Flume particular favorites.

After her year in Coupeville, she plans to return home, where she will attend college and study law in both French and English.

However the rest of her American adventure plays out, Deprelle is confident her time abroad will help shape her life in a positive way.

“I think it will be this experience. I will come back changed and stronger.”

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Wolves pile up pitch stats!!

Posted in Girls Soccer, tagged CHS Wolves, MaxPreps, Mia Littlejohn, Sage Renninger, Soccer, Stats on October 13, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Wolf goalie Lauren Grove has 57 saves this season. (John Fisken photo)

Color me confused.

MaxPreps wants to be the go-to place for stats and scores for high school sports (they even made a deal with the WIAA to provide basketball rankings come playoff time) and yet they remain kind of shoddy at the whole thing.

Case in point: trying to go through their soccer stats and scores.

As it stands, MaxPreps currently lists Coupeville’s 4-1 win over North Mason twice, gives Wolf freshman Megan Thorn four goals (spoiler: she hasn’t scored yet) and can’t seem to match its goaltender stats.

CHS senior net-minder Lauren Grove is listed with 57 saves on Coupeville’s personal stat page, and yet appears nowhere on the state leader board, even though that number should put her 20 ahead of anyone else.

So, with all of that in mind, and the caveat that there are a bunch of schools who simply haven’t reported a single stat to the “official clearing house,” here’s how the Wolves (6-4-1) stack up with five regular-season games to play.

Goals:

Mia Littlejohn 21 (#1 in state)
Kalia Littlejohn 7 (tied for #10 in 1A)
Lindsey Roberts 2
Tia Wurzrainer 2
Bree Daigneault 1
Avalon Renninger 1
May Rose 1

Assists:

Sage Renninger 9 (tied for #1 in 1A, #8 in state)
M. Littlejohn 4 (tied for #18 in 1A)
Lauren Bayne 1
Daigneault 1
K. Littlejohn 1
Roberts 1
Wurzrainer 1

Points:

M. Littlejohn 46 (#2 in 1A, #3 in state)
K. Littlejohn 15 (tied for #15 in 1A)
S. Renninger 9
Roberts 5
Wurzrainer 5
Daigneault 3
A. Renninger 2
Rose 2
Bayne 1

Saves in goal:

Lauren Grove 57 (#1 in state?)

Shutouts:

Grove 2

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“It was a loss, but felt like a win!!”

Posted in Girls Soccer, tagged CHS Wolves, Ema Smith, Megan DePorter, non-conference, Sequim, Soccer on October 11, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Ema Smith did “an awesome job in box” while sharing goaltender duties with Lauren Grove Tuesday night. (John Fisken photos)

Mallory Kortuem (left) and Megan DePorter (23) both had strong games against 2A Sequim.

Troy Cowan had a quandary.

As Coupeville High School girls soccer coach, he wants to win every time his team takes the pitch.

That being said, he went into play Tuesday at Sequim with a checklist of items: several key players with nagging injuries, multiple bench players who hadn’t seen much action and the knowledge the game, as a non-conference affair, wasn’t life or death.

So, Cowan took the practical route, sitting starting defender Lindsey Roberts (“she desperately needed a day of rest”), playing back-up goalie Ema Smith for a half and running in every one of his subs for substantial playing time.

And Coupeville still largely held its own against a 2A squad while playing on the road.

While Sequim slipped a pair of second-half goals into the net to escape with a 2-0 victory, Cowan came away 99% pleased with what he saw (he still wanted a win).

“It was a loss but felt like a win,” he said “The girls played really awesome; I am so proud of all of them!”

The defeat drops Coupeville to 6-4-1 on the season.

The Wolves have another non-conference game Saturday at Bellevue Christian, before they begin their final run of league games.

CHS currently sits at 4-1, a half-game off of Klahowya (4-0) for first place in the 1A Olympic League.

With Roberts idle and Lauren Bayne running at about 50%, Cowan juggled his defensive lineup, even moving goaltender Lauren Grove out of the net and into the field after a scoreless first half.

With Grove set to graduate this spring, sophomore Ema Smith is her heir apparent and she got a rare chance to anchor the defense against Sequim.

“Ema did an awesome job in box,” Cowan said. “She came out strong and stopped several scoring attempts and her drop kick was impressive.”

He also praised the play of Megan Thorn, Cassidy Moody and foreign exchange student Fanny Deprelle, as well as young guns Tia Wurzrainer and Mallory Kortuem.

“Those two did a terrific job tonight and worked really well together!,” Cowan said.

Two Wolf stars, midfielder Sage Renninger and defender Megan DePorter, anchored the squad all night.

“Sage was our offensive spark plug tonight, winning so many balls and starting our offensive runs,”Cowan said. “She was just tremendous tonight and really leads by example.

“Megan was our lifesaver. Multiple times Sequim had what looked like sure goal scoring breakaways and from out of nowhere came screaming Megan to save the day!!,” he added.

“She really found another gear tonight and was absolutely fearless.”

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