Coupeville Sports

   Jacob Martin punched in Coupeville’s first touchdown Friday night. (John Fisken photo)

   Wolf seniors (l to r) Brenden Gilbert, Zane Bundy, Lathom Kelley and Ryan Griggs bow out together. (Janine Bundy photo)

In the end, it turned out to be a very long trip with very little payoff.

At least on the scoreboard.

Bringing their first season under head coach Brett Smedley to an end Friday night, the Coupeville High School football squad ran afoul of Pirates, falling 70-31 in a non-conference game at Vashon Island.

The very-young Wolves, who started freshmen at several key positions including quarterback, finished 1-9, their fewest wins in a season since 2011.

It was the tenth straight non-winning season for Coupeville football.

Other than a 5-5 mark last year in Tony Maggio’s third and final season, the Wolves have posted losing marks every year since 2005, when they went 6-5 under Ron Bagby.

Facing off with Vashon in a crossover game featuring two teams that failed to make the playoffs, Coupeville got stung early and often.

The Wolves trailed 36-0 early in the second quarter before finally breaking through on offense.

Once they did, they scored their most points of the season. Coupeville’s previous high came in their only win, a 28-26 victory at Chimacum Sept. 18.

Junior Jacob Martin bolted in for his second touchdown of the season — his first came on a fumble recovery against South Whidbey in the season opener — then Zane Bundy tacked on the PAT.

Coupeville continued to chip away at the lead, with Lathom Kelley skipping in to the end zone to match Martin with his second score of the year.

The Wolves added a two-point conversion when Bundy pulled off a fake and took the ball in himself.

His PAT and conversion gave the first-year kicker 25 points on the season, as he edged past Wiley Hesselgrave to be the team’s leading scorer at 25-24.

That was well behind last year, when All-State senior running back/defensive back Josh Bayne tallied 25 touchdowns on his way to 152 points by himself.

Coupeville closed its scoring with touchdowns from freshman twins Gabe and Ty Eck.

The Wolves tacked on two-point conversions after both, via seniors Ryan Griggs and CJ Smith.

The game was the final one for a group of seniors led by four-year letter winners Kelley and Hesselgrave.

Also departing are Bundy, Griggs, Smith, Jake Lord, Josh Lord, JR Pendergrass, Mitchell Losey, Jordan Ford and Brenden Gilbert.