Coupeville Sports

   Jake Mitten (right) and teammates operate as a pack to bring down a Chimacum runner. (John Fisken photos)

The Wolf line, looking dapper in pink.

Dakota Eck fights for yardage in a clash with Forks.

“And where do you think you’re going?!!”

Time to put the gear away.

Wrapping up its season a little later than originally expected, the Coupeville Middle School football squad fell 19-8 Wednesday at Chimacum.

The game, which was pushed back from its originally scheduled date when wind played havoc with the ferry, was played, not surprisingly, in tons o’ wind.

That made life difficult on the Wolves, who wanted to come out runnin’ and gunnin’.

“Lot of good things, but the wind was a huge factor,” said CMS head coach Bob Martin. “Wanted a pass game, ended up with a run game and lots of dropped balls.”

Still, even in defeat, Coupeville continued to show a lot of positive signs.

The Wolves thrashed Port Townsend this season and were competitive in every other game, especially against schools that didn’t boast rosters three times the size of what CMS could offer

Now, 8th graders like Jake Mitten, Cade Golden and Sage Downes will make the jump to high school ball, while the team’s 7th graders will form the core of the next CMS squad.

However they line up next fall, these players have impressed their coaches.

“So proud of the progress they have made this year!,” said assistant coach Michael Davidson.