Coupeville Sports

Cole Payne sprints to daylight. (John Fisken photos)

Joel Walstad drops back to pass.

Auston Kirk prepares to trigger the play.

A pack of Wolves descends on the ball carrier.

Small moments build into big moments.

As they rebuild the size and strength of the Coupeville High School football program, Wolf coach Tony Maggio and his staff reached a milestone Monday.

When the Wolf JV squad played at Sultan to wrap its season, it was the first time in three seasons the Wolves had been able to complete a full JV schedule.

Injuries and a major lack of bodies had made that impossible the past two seasons, but this year Coupeville fulfilled its schedule obligations, and won a few games along the way behind the play of Cole Payne, Joel Walstad, Jacob Martin, Xavier Clark and others.

Maggio’s thoughts on the season put together by JV coach Dustin Van Velkinburgh and his kids:

“Proud of our JV kids. They will not quit, first time in three years we had enough kids to finish the entire JV Season, winning a few games along the way and very competitive in a few others.

You kids that were out there tonight battling, don’t ever let anyone tell you that you are not good enough, and not trying hard enough, and that one player is any more important than another player … garbage.

You are all Coupeville Wolves, and I could not be prouder of you all.