Coupeville Sports

Hunter Bronec and his fellow senior gridiron giants will be honored Oct. 25. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Sometimes you hit the road, and sometimes it hit you right back.

Starting a two-week tango with teams from the vaunted Central 2B League, the Coupeville High School football team made a 298-mile round trip Friday, enduring a 55-13 loss while at Adna.

The non-conference defeat drops the Wolves to 4-3 on the season, but they have a chance to get some fairly immediate revenge.

Adna’s league mate, Winlock, which sits at 0-6 on the season, is scheduled to come to Cow Town next Friday, Oct. 25 when CHS celebrates Senior Night.

That trip comes in at 324 miles round trip, give or take an extra kilometer here or there.

Friday’s road rumble stayed close for a few minutes, as the two teams exchanged early touchdowns, while both failed to convert on the PAT.

Wolf senior Jack Porter brought back a kick return for Coupeville’s opening score, notching his sixth TD of his swan song season.

Unfortunately for the Wolves, things slipped away after that, as Adna punched in the next six touchdowns, all on the ground.

The host Pirates built a 30-6 lead after one quarter of play, then stretched the advantage out to 42-6 heading to the halftime break.

Trailing 48-6 midway through the third quarter, Coupeville finally snapped Adna’s run, thanks to Chase Anderson taking a kickoff to the house.

It was the team-best tenth score for the junior quarterback, and he tacked on the PAT to round out his team’s scoring.

From there, though, the clock continued to skip along, Adna added a final score — this one off of a punt return in the fourth quarter — and things came to a close.

After dropping back-to-back games, Coupeville will look to get back on track against Winlock, which has been outscored 265-102.

Six days later, the Wolves will close the regular season on Halloween with a trip to Friday Harbor for a Northwest 2B/1B League game which will dictate playoff positioning for CHS.