Wolf freshman Kamden Ratcliff tossed a touchdown pass Saturday and kicked a PAT. (Jackie Saia photo)
They met in the middle.
Coupeville and Medical Lake, two high schools separated by 319 miles, convened in Leavenworth Saturday for a football game in which both teams were far away from home.
And while the contest was close in the early going, the Cardinals pulled away from the Wolves thanks to forcing four turnovers en route to a 33-7 victory.
The non-conference loss, coming against a school which Coupeville has little to no history with, drops Bennett Richter’s squad to 1-5 on the season heading into the regular season finale.
That’s set to go down on Friday Harbor next Friday, October 23, and will determine the Wolves postseason status.
Win and CHS earns a season split with the Wolverines (4-2) and will force a tiebreaker mini game to decide which 2B school from the Northwest 2B/1B League advances to the playoffs.
Lose and it’s a wrap for Coupeville, barring coaches and administrators choosing to pick up a crossover game with another team eliminated from postseason contention.
Saturday’s clash was marked by turnovers, with the Wolves losing two fumbles — one of which was brought back for a Medical Lake touchdown — and two interceptions.
On the defensive side of the ball, Coupeville senior Davin Houston made his presence felt, picking off a pass and recovering a fumble to keep his team in the game.
Davin Houston balled out on both sides of the ball. (Jacob Lujan photo)
Medical Lake, after opening the scoring with that fumble recovery touchdown in the first quarter, added two more scores in the second frame on runs.
Up 20-0 at the half, the Cardinals tacked on six more points in the third, before Coupeville finally got on the board early in the fourth.
Freshman quarterback Kamden Ratcliff lofted a 24-yard scoring strike to receiver Carson Grove, with the latter hitting paydirt for the first time this season.
The young Wolf gunslinger added a successful PAT kick to round out Coupeville’s scoring, before Medical Lake, now 2-5 on the season, iced the game with a final touchdown on a 32-yard rush to daylight.
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