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Catch an early taste of Friday Night Lights!!

Posted in Football, tagged , , , , , , on July 23, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Topknot firmly in place, Wolf QB Hunter Downes comes out firing. (John Fisken photos)

  Topknot firmly in place, Wolf QB Hunter Downes comes out firing. (John Fisken photos)

Teo Keilwitz

Teo Keilwitz gets ready to explode.

Jacob Martin

Jacob Martin daydreams of blowing up South Whidbey.

Mitchell Carroll

Mitchell Carroll hauls in a pass under pressure.

Freshman Dawson Houston

Freshman Dawson Houston makes his debut with the big boys.

Ryan King

   CHS assistant coach Ryan King (in hat) discusses the finer points of the offense with his players.

Jacob Zettle

Jacob Zettle, ready to terminate.

Julian Welling

Downes makes a connection with center Julian Welling.

It’s still very much mid-summer, even if the Whidbey weather doesn’t always seem like it.

But, even with that said, it’s only six weeks until the Coupeville High School football squad kicks off the 2016-2017 prep sports season with a Sept. 2 home showdown versus South Whidbey.

Putting in work to get ready, the Wolves faced off with Lakeside in a 7 on 7 scrimmage at Camp Casey Friday night, and wanderin’ paparazzi John Fisken was nice enough to swing by and snap these pics for us.

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Ecks bid adieu to Wolf Nation

Posted in Basketball, Football, tagged , , , , , on July 18, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Gabe Eck threw for 1,062 yards as a freshman quarterback last season. (John Fisken photos)

Gabe Eck threw for 1,062 yards as a freshman last season. (John Fisken photos)

Ty Eck

   Ty Eck (11) plays defense during Coupeville’s varsity playoff game against Bellevue Christian.

Seven weeks before opening night, Coupeville High School’s football roster has undergone a transformation.

Sophomore brothers Gabe and Ty Eck, who both started at key positions for the Wolves last season, are transferring to Oak Harbor, with plans to play for the Wildcats this fall.

Gabe Eck became Coupeville’s starting quarterback after sophomore Hunter Downes was injured early in the 2015 season and threw for 1,062 yards.

He completed 84-176 passes, connected on four touchdown passes and was picked off seven times for the Wolves, who finished 1-9 in Brett Smedley’s only season as head coach.

Gabe’s 1,117 yards of total offense (he also scrambled for 55 on the ground) was the third-most of any player in the 1A Olympic League.

Ty Eck hauled in 17 passes for 163 yards as a receiver, scored three touchdowns (second-best on the team) and returned 11 kicks for 124 yards.

His best work came on the defensive side of the ball, however, where he was the team’s third-leading tackler in ’15, recording 54 tackles.

Football will not be the only sport to feel a loss, as both Eck brothers were three-sport athletes.

The duo were JV basketball players as freshmen (Ty made his varsity debut in a playoff game) and were expected to vie for varsity starting jobs this winter.

The Wolf boys’ hoops squad lost almost its entire roster to graduation and will return only two full-time varsity players for 2016-2017 — junior Hunter Smith and senior Gabe Wynn.

A third player, senior Brian Shank, also made his varsity debut in the Bellevue Christian playoff game.

Both Eck brothers added a second varsity letter last spring, with Ty playing baseball and Gabe running track.

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Putting in the work!!

Posted in Football, tagged , , , , on July 17, 2016| Leave a Comment »

CHS quarterback Hunter Downes (center), with

   CHS quarterback Hunter Downes (center) pops a pose with Sean (left) and Cameron Toomey-Stout. (Photos courtesy Downes)

Husky Stadium, where dreams are made.

Husky Stadium, where dreams are made.

coach

Rockin’ the top knot.

He’s healthy, he’s back and he’s ready to lead the charge.

Coupeville High School quarterback Hunter Downes, who missed a chunk of his sophomore season last year due to injuries, is ready to reclaim his starting job as the Wolves welcome a new coach.

He’s been front and center during spring practices, and spent some time at the University of Washington recently, taking part in a summer football camp.

Along for the ride were some of his Wolf teammates, with the Toomey-Stout wrecking crew (Cameron and Sean) also in attendance.

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One of the best and brightest!!

Posted in Football, Happy birthday, Track, tagged , , , , , on July 17, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Mitchell Carroll rumbles for yardage on the gridiron. (John Fisken photos)

Mitchell Carroll rumbles for yardage on the gridiron. (John Fisken photos)

Carroll, trying to contain the excitement of advancing to state.

Carroll, trying to contain the excitement of advancing to state.

Great things are ahead for Mitchell Carroll.

As he heads into his senior year at Coupeville High School, the two-sport (football, track) star seems primed to have a breakout year.

Always among the hardest workers in a Wolf uniform, Carroll, who celebrates a birthday today, brings dedication, talent and commitment to the table every day.

At a time when others are taking the easy way out, he remains front and center for Coupeville, proud of his school and his own talents and ready to put a cap on his career where it started.

Carroll is one of the top Wolf defensive players slated to return to the gridiron as new CHS coach John Atkins kicks off his first year.

He snagged 29 tackles last year, while also picking up a sack and a fumble recovery.

Part of a group of tackle-happy returning Wolves with Chris Battaglia, Uriel Liquidano, Julian Welling and Jacob Martin, Carroll should send his numbers even higher as a senior.

Then, when spring rolls around, and CHS debuts its new track and field layout, local fans will get to see him compete at home for the first time.

As a junior, Carroll threw the shot put and flew in all three jumping events (high, long and triple), making it all the way to state in the final event.

We can praise his work ethic. His commitment to his teammates and school. His big brain (he’s an Honor Roll alumni who competes in Science Olympiad).

Keep on going and we’ll be here all day.

So, let’s wrap this up and let him get to the cake by simply saying this — Mitchell Carroll is one of the best and brightest, in every way, that we are blessed to have here in Wolf Nation.

Guy is a winner, on and off the field, and, from all of us up in the cheap seats, happy birthday.

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Big heart, big motor!!

Posted in Baseball, Football, Happy birthday, tagged , , , , on July 15, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Jonathan Thurston

Jonathan Thurston deals the high, hard cheese. (John Fisken photos)

Thurston works

   Thurston (Batman shirt) brings the spirit along with running mates (l to r) Jimmy Myers, Uriel Liquidano and Aiden Crimmins.

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“I must destroy you.”

Don’t sleep on Jonathan Thurston.

The Coupeville High School senior, who celebrates a birthday today, may weigh about 17 pounds (after a big meal) but 16 pounds of that is heart.

He’s a rampaging beast on the football field, not afraid to hit (or be hit by) much heavier players, bouncing right back up after first holding on to the pass he went up to snag.

Thurston put together one of the better games I’ve seen by a Wolf in recent years.

It came in a JV game against 2A Anacortes last year, when he hauled in a pair of touchdown passes, pilfered an interception and spent much of the game backhanding the Seahawks, often times for real.

The visitors had a roster twice the size of Coupeville (at least) and some of their secondary tried to shove Thurston around.

Didn’t work, as he still made the snag on a throw over the top from Wolf QB Shane Losey, then shot up and knocked a pesky Seahawk on his butt as he strode back to the huddle, smiling all the way.

Thurston is an equal opportunity guy, also tossing some heat for the Wolf baseball squad and playing a vital role in the student cheering section at volleyball games.

Away from athletics, Jonathan seems like a pretty good dude, as well, smart, friendly and outgoing.

As he prepares for his final season on the gridiron, surrounded by his friends, we want to wish him all the best.

Happy birthday, Mr. Thurston. Keep on knockin’ fools on their butts.

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