Senior Night was a happy night for the Coupeville volleyball team as the Wolves eked out a 3-2 win over visiting Granite Falls Thursday, Oct. 18.
The win helped ease some of the sting of a 3-1 loss at Archbishop Murphy Tuesday, Oct. 16.
The win was offensive – in a good way.
After losing 2-1 in an Oct. 9 shootout at South Whidbey, the Coupeville soccer team exploded for three goals and snared its first win of the season 3-1 last Thursday over Sultan.
It sure feels good to beat those Falcons.
The Coupeville High School football secured a playoff berth last Friday with an 18-13 win at South Whidbey.
Unable to generate much of an offensive attack, the Coupeville High School volleyball team dropped a pair of home matches last week, losing a 3-0 to Cedarcrest Tuesday, Oct. 2, and 3-2 to Lakewood Thursday, Oct. 4.
Cedarcrest, which is in second place in the Cascade Conference with a 7-1 record, won 25-9, 25-16, 25-11.
The Coupeville High School soccer team is putting together solid defensive efforts, but the lack of goals is continuing to hurt as the Wolves lost 2-0 to Cedarcrest Tuesday, Oct. 2, and 1-0 in double overtime to Lakewood Thursday, Oct. 4, at Mickey Clark Field.
“We are continuing our trend of shoring up our defense. Earlier this season Cedarcrest defeated Coupeville 6-0 and Lakewood topped the Wolves 5-0,” Wolf coach Dan d’Almeida said.
The first play was an omen of what was to come.
Coupeville fumbled on its initial play and the thrill of homecoming was soon dashed as the Wolves fell 47-14 to Granite Falls Friday, Oct. 5, at Mickey Clark Field.
Coupeville coach Tony Maggio said it was his team’s weakest performance of the season, adding, “We played poorly as a unit; we didn’t seem to be into it. Maybe they were thinking about dancing.”
It was a track meet.
The Coupeville High School football team ran for 450 yards and scored five touchdowns from at least 32 yards in running by Orcas Island 47-14 Friday, Sept. 28, at Mickey Clark Field.
After sputtering occasionally in its first four games, the Coupeville offense piled up 464 total yards although it ran only two plays in the fourth quarter.
King’s looked the part of a top-10 volleyball team as it brushed aside host Coupeville 3-0 Thursday, Sept. 27.
The Knights, continuing their tradition as one of the state’s premier 1A programs, ran their record to 7-0 while beating the Wolves 25-11, 25-3, 25-17.
The Coupeville High School tennis team would have a perfect record so far this season if it wasn’t for South Whidbey.
The Wolves have three losses this fall, and all have been to the Falcons, the latest 3-2 in Langley Wednesday, Sept. 26, in the final contest of their four-match series.
The Coupeville tennis team suffered a 5-0 shutout at the hands of Overlake in Redmond Saturday, Sept. 29.
Coupeville coach Ken Stange said the Owls won easily in all the matches except first singles where Coupeville’s Nathan Lamb lost to Grant Gibson 8-6 in “hotly contested match.” Gibson is one of the top players in his league, according to CHS coach Ken Stange.
King’s, winners of eight of nine matches this fall, had its hands full with the pesky Coupeville High School soccer team before winning 3-0 Saturday, Sept. 29, at Mickey Clark Field.
The Knights scored an early goal against the Wolves and clung to a 1-0 lead until striking for two late goals to hold off the upset-minded Wolves.
Two late goals iced the match for Granite Falls in a 3-0 win over the visiting Coupeville High School soccer team Thursday, Sept. 27.
The Tigers (4-2, 5-3) scored 15 minutes into the match, and from there the Wolves played Granite Falls evenly for most of the remainder of the match, according to coach Dan d’Almeida.
The Coupeville High School soccer team lost 2-0 to Oak Harbor in its season-opening match Thursday, Sept. 6, at Mickey Clark Field.
