Freshman Davin Houston caught his first varsity TD pass Friday night. (Andrew Williams photo)
The path is perilous, but the road hasn’t washed out.
Coupeville’s goals of winning back-to-back Northwest 2B/1B League football titles, and returning to the state playoffs, took a ding Friday night, that’s true.
But nothing has been decided yet.
Falling 37-26 on Friday Harbor, the Wolves slip a game behind the Wolverines in the standings with two conference tilts left on the schedule.
Friday Harbor sits at 2-0 in league, 3-1 overall, while Coupeville is 1-1, 1-4.
La Conner brings up the rear in the three-way battle for 2B supremacy, at 0-2, 0-4.
The Wolves have non-conference rumbles the next two weeks, travelling to Bellingham, then hosting Forks for Homecoming.
After that comes a road trip to La Conner Oct. 20 and Senior Night Oct. 27 against Friday Harbor.
The Braves and Wolverines play for a second time Oct. 13.
Win out in their two league games, and Coupeville can earn at least a share of the league title and force a tiebreaker with Friday Harbor to decide which NWL team advances to the 2B state tourney.
To do so, the Wolves will need to slow down the Wolverines ground attack, which tore them up in round one.
CHS sophomore Aiden O’Neill punched in a touchdown — his team-leading fifth of the season — off of a short pass from Logan Downes, but Coupeville found itself staring at a 27-7 deficit midway through the third quarter.
Downes strafed Friday Harbor for three more TD’s through the air in the second half.
The first two went to sophomore Chase Anderson and the final one landed in the arms of fab frosh Davin Houston with 14 seconds to play.
Chase Anderson hauled in two scoring bombs from Wolf quarterback Logan Downes. (Bailey Thule photo)
Unfortunately, Friday Harbor had an answer at every turn, whether it was Victor Velasquez cranking a long field goal or Chris Gustafson and associates tearing off huge chunks of yardage on the ground.
Trying to play catch-up, Coupeville went for two-point conversions after its final two scores but failed on both attempts.
The Wolves defense stood tall near the end, holding on a fourth-and-three, only to see Friday Harbor return the favor on the very next possession.
With his four touchdown passes, Downes has 12 on the season, and becomes the third CHS quarterback to crack 30 scoring lobs for his career.
He has 32, trailing just his basketball coach, Brad Sherman (33), and older brother Hunter Downes (35), who holds the school record.
Anderson accounted for 14 of Coupeville’s 26 points Friday, with two touchdowns and two PAT’s.
That moves him atop the season scoring chart, where he currently edges O’Neill 31-30.
And last, but not least, Davin Houston snagging a pass and bolting past a defender for six means all three of Daniel and Alia’s sons have been involved in a touchdown while repping the red and black.
With the score, the young gun joins a football fraternity which includes older siblings Dawson and Daylon.
A side note:
Dear sweet baby Jesus, if Friday Harbor can sell a sweetfully sinful Mac ‘n Cheese hamburger in their snack bar, why can’t Coupeville?
Coupeville Sports 
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