Davin Houston scored six touchdowns as a junior. (Parker Hammons photos)
They reached the end of the road, way down the road.
Playing Friday in Raymond, the Coupeville High School football team scored first, but couldn’t keep it going, ultimately falling 48-14 to Pe Ell/Willapa Valley in a loser-out, winner-to-state playoff tilt.
With the loss, the Wolves finish 1-8, while PWV gets to 7-3 and will find out its next opponent Sunday when the 16-team bracket for the 2B tourney is announced.
After traveling 100+ miles for the matchup with a District 4 powerhouse, Coupeville struck gold early, as Davin Houston hauled in a touchdown toss from Chase Anderson, plunging in for his sixth score of the season.
Unfortunately for the Wolves that was where the trips to the end zone ended, at least for a while, as PWV began to pound away on both sides of the ball.
The Titans tied things up, moved ahead, then piled on the points en route to a 27-7 halftime lead.
Another touchdown early in the third quarter stretched Coupeville’s deficit out to 35-7, before Anderson connected with Aiden O’Neill on a scoring strike to get the Wolves into double-digits.
With the penalties piling up for the visitors, PWV closed things out by punching in two more touchdowns in the late going to set the final score.
Coupeville loses six seniors, with O’Neill, Anderson, Marquette Cunningham, Jayme Carranza, Malachi Somes, and Camden Glover set to graduate next spring.
But the Wolves can return four of the six players who scored a touchdown this year, plus a bunch of heavy hitters such as Jackson Sollars, Ira Volpentesta, and Riley Lawless.
Rugged lineman Riley Lawless is slated to return next fall.
Final season scoring stats:
Touchdowns:
Chase Anderson – 9
Davin Houston – 6
Aiden O’Neill – 3
Liam Blas – 2
Nathan Coxsey – 1
Josh Stockdale – 1
PATs:
Anderson – 16
Conversions:
Houston – 1
Points:
Anderson – 70
Houston – 38
O’Neill – 18
Blas – 12
Coxsey – 6
Stockdale – 6
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