Coupeville Sports

   Wolf junior Chris Battaglia is second on the team in rushing yards and tackles. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

If football stats are like stocks, Chris Battaglia is trending upwards.

The Coupeville High School junior had his best rushing game of the season Friday, grinding away for 53 yards against a tough, beefy Nooksack Valley defense.

That gave the Wolf passing game a little breathing room, where Hunter Downes (194 yards) and Shane Losey (16) combined to break the 200-yard barrier.

The biggest beneficiary of their heaves was Hunter Smith, who hauled in four tosses for 130 yards.

As he continues to pile up game, season and career CHS football records for receiving yards and touchdowns, as well as interceptions, the senior standout is also inching up on another maybe less-noticed milestone.

Those four snags gives Smith 95 career receptions, putting him on the cusp of breaking triple digits.

He pulled in 32 as a sophomore, 49 as a junior and has 14 through this year’s first three games.

Also of note is the tackling stats of sophomore stud Sean Toomey-Stout.

He’s racked up 38 take-downs through three games, which puts him on pace for 127, not that far off the school single-season record.

That belongs to Joe Kelley, who collected 142 tackles during the 2001 campaign.

As Coupeville (2-1) prepares for its league opener against Charles Wright (2-1) this Friday (7 PM kickoff), let’s take a gander at the season-to-date stats, as compiled by CHS coaches and posted on MaxPreps.

Keep in mind, though, that when you look at where Wolf players are ranked, it comes with one caveat — not all teams in the state are actively reporting stats.

OFFENSE:

Passing:

Hunter Downes 31-64 for 650 yards (#2 in 1A) with 8 TDs and 2 INTs
Shane Losey 1-2 for 16 yards

Receiving:

Hunter Smith 14 receptions for 360 yards (#1 in 1A, #4 in the state)
Cameron Toomey-Stout 10-129 (#9 in 1A)
Sean Toomey-Stout 4-120 (#10 in 1A)
Matt Hilborn 3-51
Losey 1-6

Rushing:

S. Toomey-Stout 22 carries for 128 yards
Chris Battaglia 22-114
Hilborn 16-13
Smith 3-5
Jean Lund-Olsen 1-3
Downes 12 (-25)

All-Purpose Yards (Rush/Rec/KR/PR/IR):

Smith 490
S. Toomey-Stout 293
C. Toomey-Stout 267
Battaglia 114
Hilborn 64
Losey 6
Lund-Olsen 3

Total Yards (Rush/Pass/Rec):

Downes 625 (#3 in 1A)
Smith 365
S. Toomey-Stout 248
C. Toomey-Stout 129
Battaglia 114
Hilborn 64
Losey 22
Lund-Olsen 3

Touchdowns:

Smith 5 (#2 in 1A)
C. Toomey-Stout 3 (#7 in 1A)
S. Toomey-Stout 2 (#8 in 1A)
Hilborn 1

PATs:

Hilborn 6 (#3 in 1A)

Points:

Smith 30 (#2 in 1A)
C. Toomey-Stout 18 (#7 in 1A)
Hilborn 12 (#10 in 1A)
S. Toomey-Stout 12 (#10 in 1A)

DEFENSE:

Tackles:

S. Toomey-Stout 38 (#3 in 1A, #5 in the state)
Battaglia 21
C. Toomey-Stout 19
Hilborn 17
Julian Welling 14
Losey 13
Dane Lucero 12
Jake Pease 12
Smith 11
James Vidoni 11
Jake Hoagland 10
Tyler McCalmont 5
Trevor Bell 3
Gavin Knoblich 2
Andrew Martin 2
Koa Davison 1
Dawson Houston 1
Teo Keilwitz 1
Lund-Olsen 1

Tackles for Loss:

Vidoni 4
McCalmont 3
Lucero 2
Hoagland 1
Knoblich 1
Pease 1

Interceptions:

C. Toomey-Stout 2 (#1 in 1A, #6 in the state)
Smith 1 (#4 in 1A)

Fumble recoveries:

Pease 2
Hoagland 1
S. Toomey-Stout 1
Welling 1

Sacks:

Losey 1.5
Lucero 1.5
Battaglia 1
Pease 1
Vidoni 1
Welling 1

SPECIAL TEAMS:

Kickoffs:

Hilborn 11 for 273 yards
Ethan Kedrowski 3-44

Punts:

Downes 5 for 124 yards

Kickoff/Punt returns:

C. Toomey-Stout 5 for 108 yards (#3 in 1A)
S. Toomey-Stout 3-45
Smith 2-33