May Rose scored her second goal of the season Thursday, helping lift Coupeville to a playoff berth-clinching win. (John Fisken photo)
Goal one — make the playoffs — accomplished.
Goal two –unseat Klahowya as league champs — still attainable.
Riding goals from May Rose and Kalia Littlejohn, the Coupeville High School girls’ soccer team upended scrappy Chimacum 2-1 Thursday night and punched its ticket to the postseason.
The win, the third in the last four games for the Wolves, lifted them to 3-1 in 1A Olympic League play, 5-5-3 overall.
It also guaranteed the Wolves will finish no worse than second in the conference for the second straight year.
They have two regular season games left and could still catch the defending 1A state champs in the standings.
Coupeville travels to Klahowya (4-0, 10-3-1) Monday for a battle royale, then holds Senior Night Tuesday, with Port Townsend (0-4, 0-10-2) in town.
The Wolves controlled play for much of Thursday night’s action.
“The Chimacum goal was us getting lazy and not taking care of business,” said Wolf coach Troy Cowan. “Don’t let the close score fool you; they were handled.”
Rose opened the scoring, taking a pass from Kalia Littlejohn and pounding it home. It was the fleet-footed junior’s second goal of the season.
“May Rose played lights out; she has really worked hard and improved her game!,” Cowan said. “Her first touch has become a real weapon and she is getting hungry for the ball, which is bad news for defenders!!!”
Having helped out on the first score, Littlejohn put the second one away herself, notching her ninth goal.
The score was set up by big sis Mia Littlejohn, who tallied her team-high eighth assist.
“Of course, Batman and Robin (Littlejohn sisters) are still on course to break every record in the sport of women’s and probably men’s soccer,” Cowan added. “And don’t ask me which one is Batman and which one is Robin.
“They are just talented, very competitive, driven young ladies that love soccer!,” he added. “I’m glad they play for CHS!!!”
