Gabe Eck is blowin’ up!!

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Gabe Eck is blowin’ up!!

September 19, 2015 by David Svien

Wolf freshman Gabe Eck threw for 403 yards and three touchdowns in his first-ever start. (John Fisken photo)

One game does not a career make.

But, dang, it was a game.

Making his first start under center Friday, Coupeville High School freshman quarterback Gabe Eck shot bullet holes through Chimacum’s pass defense, completing 19 of 34 passes for 403 yards and three touchdowns in a 28-26 win.

To put the 403 yards in perspective?

Brad Sherman is the rightful career passing yardage leader at CHS (as far as we know from the spotty records) and his best game (we think) was 374 yards.

Is Eck’s total a single game record for the Wolves? Good luck in finding out, but it’s smack-dab in the conversation.

And, for the moment, it moves him ahead of sophomore Hunter Downes, who started at QB in the season’s first two games but was sidelined by injury Friday, on the stats sheet.

Who knows what’s to come, except for the fact Coupeville has two talented young gunslingers.

With that being said, semi-official stats through Week 3 arrive, with the usual caveat — if you disagree with your numbers, take it up with your coaches, who are the ones filing these stats on MaxPreps.

Offense:

Passing:

Gabe Eck 23-42 for 416 yards with 3 TD
Hunter Downes 25-46 for 239 yards with 1 TD and 3 INTs
CJ Smith 1-1 for 10 yards

Receiving:

Hunter Smith 19 receptions for 220 yards
C. Smith 10-213
Wiley Hesselgrave 9-83
Ty Eck 3-82
Jordan Ford 1-28
Lathom Kelley 2-22
Ryan Griggs 1-10
Jake Hoagland 2-7

Rushing:

Hesselgrave 16 carries for 152 yards
Kelley 14-37
Jacob Martin 7-12
Chris Battaglia 1-4
Mitchell Losey 1 (-3)
G. Eck 25 (-13)
Downes 12 (-49)

Total yards:

G. Eck 403
Hesselgrave 235
C. Smith 223
H. Smith 220
Downes 190
T. Eck 82
Kelley 59
Ford 28
Martin 12
Griggs 10
Hoagland 7
Battaglia 4

Touchdowns:

T. Eck 2
Hesselgrave 1
Martin 1
C. Smith 1
H. Smith 1

PATs:

Zane Bundy 3

Field Goals:

Bundy 1

Points:

T. Eck 12
Bundy 6
Hesselgrave 6
Martin 6
C. Smith 6
H. Smith 6

Defense:

Tackles:

Kelley 31
Battaglia 19
Uriel Liquidano 18
T. Eck 16
Brenden Gilbert 15
Hesselgrave 15
Mitchell Carroll 12
Tyler McCalmont 12
Losey 10
Julian Welling 8
Ford 7
Clay Reilly 6
Martin 5
H. Smith 4
Griggs 1
Teo Keilwitz 1
Jake Lord 1
Josh Robinson 1
C. Smith 1