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26 years later, still the gold standard!!

Posted in Football, tagged CHS Wolves, Class of 1990, football, Jason McFadyen, Ron Bagby, Todd Brown, undefeated on August 26, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Wolf QB Jason McFadyen runs the offense during the last truly great CHS football season. (Photo courtesy Carmen McFadyen)

It came from the dusty "archives" -- Ron Bagby's football contract for the 1990 season.

It came from the dusty “archives” — Ron Bagby’s football contract for his undefeated season. (Jack Sell photo)

The core of the 1990 Wolf gridiron squad. (Photo courtesy Noah Roehl)

Ron Bagby made $86.80 per game in 1990, while delivering arguably the best football season in Coupeville High School history.

That’s just one of the facts I discovered this morning, while digging through several boxes of long-buried, and mostly hand-written, Wolf gridiron records.

The boxes were recovered, Indiana Jones-style, after CHS Athletic Director Willie Smith led me through a maze of back rooms ripe with the smell of history (or maybe just unwashed uniforms).

“Don’t breathe through your mouth!!!” he giggled.

While the mass of paperwork stashed in the boxes should spur several stories, the one which immediately jumps forward is the tale of the ’90 football squad.

With the recent installation of the school’s new Wall of Fame in the CHS gym, current players can gaze upwards towards two football league titles — 1974 and 1990 — both won by teams which went undefeated in the regular season.

While CHS fell 34-14 in its 1990 state playoff opener, falling to visiting Rainier on a brutally windy prairie afternoon, that squad still looms large in Wolf lore.

Through the remainder of Bagby’s 26-year coaching career, and much shorter stints by his successors — Jay Silver, Tony Maggio, Brett Smedley and now first-year man Jon Atkins — Coupeville has never made it back to state in football.

While the school’s basketball, track, baseball and tennis teams have continued to pile up league titles and bring home state trophies, the football program has been on a bit of a dry streak.

As they aim for their own shot of glory in 2016, they can look back to ’90 for inspiration.

It was a year when Coupeville claimed 10 of the 23 spots on the All-League team, yet somehow Bagby was passed over for Coach of the Year by the Northwest B League.

Linemen Chris Frey and Mark Lester and running back/defensive back Todd Brown were All-League on both sides of the ball, while four other Wolves got the nod at one position apiece.

Matt Cross (offensive line), Brad Haslam (kicker), Todd Smith (defensive end) and Frank Marti (linebacker) joined the two-way honorees.

Concrete, which held Coupeville to a season-low in points (while still losing to the Wolves) had seven All-League picks, with Darrington (4), Friday Harbor (2) and Orcas-Lopez (2) rounding out the rosters.

The biggest surprise in 2016 is looking at an All-League sheet and seeing Darrington’s Rob Wales listed as Coach of the Year during a season when Bagby’s marauders beat the Loggers 18-8 and went (ahem) undefeated.

Moving on, the 1990 season is one of the rare ones for which I’ve actually discovered a fully-detailed team stat chart.

No poking through piles of papers, adding things up by hand, and then discovering at the last second that yes, we are missing a stat sheet for game #4 and David can feel the brains leaking out of his ear.

Now, of course, one caveat.

While the offensive stats are all there, I could find only a smidgen of the defensive ones. So, no tackles or sacks, just interceptions.

Hey, it’s a start.

The tale of the tape:

Coupeville beats Sultan 35-6
Coupeville beats Cascade sophomores 29-22
Coupeville beats Mariner sophomores 44-22
Coupeville beats Snohomish sophomores 25-6
Coupeville beats Friday Harbor 28-21
Coupeville beats Concrete 10-0
Coupeville beats Darrington 18-8
Coupeville beats Orcas-Lopez 36-0
Coupeville beats La Conner 41-22

Team stats:

Total points: 266-107 in favor of CHS
First downs: 148-71 in favor of CHS
Passing: 61-113 for 933 yards and 8 TDs
Rushing: 359 carries for 2,340 yards and 28 TDs
Total Yards: 3,273 (364 a game)

Individual stats:

Passing:

Jason McFadyen 60-108 for 892 yards and 7 TDs
Frank Marti 1-2 for 25 yards
Brad Haslam 1-3 for 16 yards and 1 TD

Receiving:

Ben Biskovich 22 catches for 345 yards
Brian Barr 13-209
Marti 11-183
Haslam 11-62
Todd Brown 2-7

Rushing:

Brown 156 carries for 1248 yards
Marti 80-522
Haslam 45-273
Kit Manzanares 27-170
McFadyen 17-88
Jason McManigle 3-20
Les Hall 6-19

Touchdowns:

Marti 12
Brown 11
Biskovich 4
Haslam 4
McFadyen 3
Barr 1
McManigle 1

PAT:

Haslam 22

FG:

Haslam 2

INT:

Biskovich 5
Barr 2
Haslam 2
Marti 2

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Know Your Foe: Falcon lineman soars!!

Posted in Football, Track, Wrestling, tagged Australia, Chase Barthlett, football, Know Your Foe, Step Brothers, SWHS Falcons, wrestling on August 25, 2016| 1 Comment »

South Whidbey three-sport star Chase Barthlett. (Submitted photo)

Know your foe and respect him, too.

When Coupeville High School opens a new football season Sept. 3, one of the players they’ll need to keep an eye on is Chase Barthlett.

The South Whidbey three-sport star is a rampaging force for the Falcons from his center and defensive end positions, and one intent on helping the forces of Langley retain possession of The Bucket.

While those of us in Coupeville obviously hope he goes home disappointed after the Island rivalry game, we can’t help but take a moment to give him props for all he’s accomplished.

Barthlett, who wants to be an All-State lineman during his final prep season, has his eyes set firmly on an extended gridiron career.

“After high school I want to play college football and then after go on to the NFL,” he said. “Of course, this isn’t a sure thing, so, if not that, then I would love to have a job in the graphic design field of work.”

On the field, Barthlett leads by example, never flinching from battle.

“My best strengths are the physical contact, cause you get to really see the fight or flight instinct in action,” he said.

Barthlett brings the same attitude to his other sports, wrestling and track.

On the mat, he’s a state meet veteran who went to Australia this summer to compete in an international tourney. While there he finished second in his weight class and his team finished third.

When spring rolls around, Barthlett runs the 4 x 100 while spending the majority of his time as a thrower, competing in the shot put, discus and javelin.

He’s been to bi-districts twice in the shot put, finishing fifth as both a sophomore and junior.

A big fan of the Will Ferrell film Step Brothers and hip-hop music, Barthlett gravitates to history class when in school.

“My favorite class has always been history,” he said. “Because you can compare so much of it to present times.”

Family and friends help keep him centered, both in sports and in everyday life.

“The people who have made an impact on me the most have been my parents and my friends,” Barthlett said. “Especially my two best friends, who graduated last year; they really brought me up and showed me how to lead.”

As he looks forward to kicking off his senior year, the Falcon senior doesn’t badmouth his team’s closest rival, instead choosing to focus on the positives he sees in his own program.

“Well, every football team has their own little things that makes them better,” Barthlett said. “But one thing that I’ve only seen at my school is even when we are down and out I’ve never seen one guy quit.

“Especially last year, when it was so easy to quit, every single one of us went back out and fought,” he added. “This year we are stronger and faster and we are ready for this year.”

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We’re #12,997!!

Posted in Football, tagged CHS Wolves, football, MaxPreps, rankings, SWHS Falcons on August 23, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Work the bag, blow up the polls. (John Fisken photo)

Well, if I was Klahowya, I think I’d be peeved right about now.

The Eagles are coming off of a 6-4 season on the gridiron, a second-place finish in the 1A Olympic League, and a trip to the postseason.

And yet, MaxPreps ranks them an astounding 374 slots BEHIND South Whidbey in a national football poll released today.

Yes, the same stinky cheese Falcons who staggered to a 1-9 mark last year.

It’s a strange, strange world in Poll Land, where Coupeville, which also went 1-9 a year ago, gets a little respect.

Not much, but at least a taste nationally, if not in-state.

The Wolves open at #52 (out of 55) teams in 1A, two slots ahead of Chimacum, which it lost to last year.

State-wide, Coupeville is #277 of 299 teams, while nation-wide, the Wolves are #12,997 of 14,578 teams.

Yes, you read that last number right — there are more than 14,000 schools playing high school football in the USA, from #1 IMG Academy in Bradenton, FL to #14,578 Navajo Pine, NM.

Defending 4A champion Gonzaga Prep, sitting at #213 nationally, is the top-rated Washington state school.

In case you were curious.

But, since Coupeville won’t be coming anywhere near GP, let’s look instead at how MaxPreps thinks the Wolves stack up against the 10 teams which are actually on the schedule:

South Whidbey (45th in 1A, 256th in state, 11,833rd in nation)
La Conner (12th in 2B, 179th in state, 8,097th in nation)
Nooksack Valley (22nd in 1A, 180th in state, 8,106th in nation)
Charles Wright Academy (30th in 1A, 224th in state, 10,385th in nation)
Vashon Island (37th in 1A, 238th in state, 11,237th in nation)
Port Townsend (13th in 1A, 116th in state, 5,529th in nation)
Bellevue Christian (35th in 1A, 230th in state, 10,893rd in nation)
Klahoywa (47th in 1A, 264th in state, 12,207th in nation)
Chimacum (54th in 1A, 280th in state, 13,143rd in nation)
Cascade Christian (14th in 1A, 121st in state, 5,834th in nation)

So, based on the preseason polls, Coupeville is slated for a second straight 1-9 mark.

But, that’s why they play the games.

Go out, pull off an upset or two and show the computers they know diddly and squat.

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Practice? We’re talking about practice?!?!

Posted in Cheer, Football, Volleyball, tagged Cheer, CHS Wolves, Clay Reilly, football, John Fisken photos, Julie Bucio, practice, volleyball on August 22, 2016| 1 Comment »

Clay Reilly (2) sees the end zone and he’ll be danged if anyone is getting in his way. (John Fisken photos)

Wolf cheerleader Mckenzie Meyer touches the heavens.

Spikers Sarah Wright (left) and Payton Aparicio hone their already-formidable bumping skills.

Wolf frosh Ashleigh Battaglia kind of enjoys cheer. At least a little bit.

Willow Vick is locked in the zone.

A Wolf lineman offers the stare o’ death.

Julie Bucio embraces school spirit, full tilt.

The past meets the future, as junior QB Hunter Downes fires a pass while being monitored by offensive coordinator Brad Sherman, who holds all the CHS passing records.

Freshman Scout Smith (center) jumps into the fray on day one.

Put in the work now, win later.

That’s the goal for Coupeville High School’s fall sports programs, which all put in practice time Monday.

Wandering camera clicker John Fisken was able to nab three of the five Wolf teams in action, netting volleyball, football and cheer.

Boys tennis and girls soccer were also scheduled to make their practice debuts Monday, and we’ll try and nab some photos of those squads in the coming days.

Until then, a picturesque look at some of the Wolves who will light up the scoreboard this season.

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Young gridiron warriors kick off season!!

Posted in Football, tagged CMS Wolves, football, John Fisken photos, Logan Downes, Oak Harbor Youth Football on August 22, 2016| 3 Comments »

Coupeville’s quarterback of the future, Logan Downes, rolls out while playing youth football in Oak Harbor. (John Fisken photos)

“I know purple and gold are not really my colors. It is what it is.”

Coupeville’s football future is hard at work up in the big city.

With no youth football program of its own, the home of the Wolves sends its young gridiron warriors to Oak Harbor.

Nine Coupeville kids are currently suiting up in the Oak Harbor Football and Cheer League, spread across three divisions.

Future Wolves include:

Daylon Chapel (Pee Wee Gold)
Joseph Cuaresma (Pee Wee Gold)
Hunter Bronec (Midget Purple)
Hurlee Bronec (Midget Purple)
Logan Downes (Midget Gold)
Gabriel Reed (Midget Gold)
Wyatt Howard (Midget Gold)
Tyson Bovee (Seniors)
Dominic Ricci (Seniors)