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Kelley tastes sweet revenge!!

Posted in Football, tagged , , , , on October 19, 2014| 1 Comment »

Football has taken Matthew Kelley from Coupeville to SoutH Whidbey to Anacortes to Oak Harbor. (Pat Kelley photo)

   Football has taken Matthew Kelley from Coupeville to South Whidbey to Anacortes to Oak Harbor. (Pat Kelley photo)

South Whidbey is going to remember Matthew Kelley.

After three successful seasons playing youth football with the Falcons (a combined 26-5 record and two championship games), the Coupeville resident played last year for Anacortes, helping the Seahawks to a 6-2 mark.

This year, he’s back on the Island, playing for Oak Harbor after complaints from South Whidbey parents caused a change in the rules that prevents Whidbey kids from playing off-Island.

When he returned, Kelley chose the Wildcats over the Falcons (his two choices, as Coupeville doesn’t field a youth football team).

Saturday he met back up with South Whidbey, which has won just one game in the past two non-Kelley seasons.

It wasn’t a great reunion for the Falcons.

With Kelley hauling in 140 yards worth of passes, and drilling Falcon runners while on defense, Oak Harbor romped to a 36-0 win to run its record to 8-0.

The Wildcats will carry a #1 seed into the playoffs when they host Burlington Oct. 25.

With Cameron Asinsin lobbing balls his way, Kelley snatched a 60-yard touchdown, then tacked on receptions of 55, 20 and five yards.

He was brought down just shy of two additional touchdowns by a close friend, South Whidbey’s Kobe Balora.

Both wins were shortlived for the Falcons, however, as they surrendered scores shortly thereafter.

Kelley had double digits in tackles, while recording three sacks, stripping the ball to force a fumble and getting an assist on a safety.

He is joined on the ‘Cat squad by fellow Coupeville resident Gavin St Onge, who is a two-way terror as a lineman.

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Don’t hurt ’em, Josh Bayne (too late…)!!

Posted in Football, tagged , , , , , on October 18, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Wolf sophomore Chance Kleinfelter scored a TD on his first varsity carry Friday night (John Fisken photo)

 Wolf sophomore Chance Kleinfelter busted free for a 14-yard TD run on his first varsity carry Friday night as CHS pounded Chimacum 57-14. (John Fisken photos)

JR Pendergrass

JR Pendergrass hauled down the Cowboy QB for a safety.

There were no Friday Night Lights, just one bright shining star to light up the sky.

Running wild in the daytime Friday afternoon (kickoff was a painfully early 3 PM), Josh Bayne amassed 400 total yards and six touchdowns, powering the Coupeville High School football team to a 57-14 decimation of host Chimacum.

The win snapped a two-game skid for the Wolves, lifting them to 4-3 overall, 3-2 in Olympic League play.

It also guaranteed them a straight-up battle for a playoff spot in six days.

With Port Townsend shredding host Klahowya 27-9 in a late game Friday, the Redhawks clinched at least a tie for the league title.

Port Townsend (5-2, 4-1) will close out league play with a rivalry game against Chimacum (0-7, 0-5) Oct. 24. Coupeville will host Klahowya (3-4, 3-2) the same night, as the Wolves celebrate Homecoming.

Barring an epic upset by Chimacum, the Coupeville/Klahowya grudge match will be for the league’s #2 playoff berth.

The Wolves put themselves into position to play for a playoff berth by reigniting their running attack.

After being shut down a week earlier by Port Townsend, they shredded every last bit of resistance Chimacum could muster, rolling up 528 yards on the ground.

Bayne went for 306 yards and three touchdowns on 18 carries, while Wiley Hesselgrave pounded off tackle for another 111.

With the rushing attack working so well, Wolf quarterback Joel Walstad, still a bit gimpy as he recovers from a hip pointer, wasn’t asked to carry a huge burden.

When he did throw, though, he did it with precision, completing six passes for 111 yards.

Half of Walstad’s completions went for touchdowns, with Bayne hauling in all three scoring strikes, with the longest a 33-yard catch-and-run.

With 306 yards on the ground, 64 through the air and 30 on a kickoff return, Bayne hit the magic 400-yard mark right on the head.

Hesselgrave and sophomore Chance Kleinfelter joined Bayne in reaching the end zone, with Kleinfelter turning his first varsity rushing attempt into a 14-yard TD run.

The game was relatively close in the first half, with Coupeville up 21-6 at the break.

After that, it was all Wolves, all the time, as they poured it on with a 36-point second half that included a fourth-quarter safety from JR Pendergrass.

The CHS defense was lights-out for much of the game, with Pendergrass, Matt Shank and Aaron Wright recording sacks and CJ Smith picking off a pass.

Hesselgrave was a beast on the defensive side, collecting 10 tackles and three assists, while Bayne snagged eight tackles.

Shank (5), Wright (5), Hunter Smith (5), Jacob Martin (4), Dominic Dausey (3) and Mitchell Carroll (3) all stepped up as well.

With top receiver Ryan Griggs slowed by an injury, Walstad picked up a few new targets.

Carroll and Cameron Toomey-Stout both hauled in 12-yard passes to back up Bayne (3-64) and Hesselgrave (1-23).

With the running game clicking at all times, Coupeville almost had three backs hit 100 yards.

Sophomore Jacob Martin cruised to 80 yards on seven carries to back up Bayne and Hesselgrave.

Walstad (1-15), Kleinfelter (1-14) and Mitchell Losey (3-2) chipped in.

All total Coupeville rolled up 705 all-purpose yards (528 run, 111 pass, 66 return).

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“It was a good day!!”

Posted in Football, Middle School, tagged , , , , on October 17, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Sean Toomey-Stout hauls in a reception.

Sean Toomey-Stout was a two-way terror this season. (John Fisken photo)

More like great day.

Closing their season in style, the Coupeville Middle School football squad savaged host Sultan 46-0 Thursday, avenging an earlier season loss to the Turks.

The first time the two schools met, it was much different.

“The last time we met Sultan it was our first and only home game, most players had less than 24 hours of football under their belts and we were beat; it wasn’t pretty,” said CMS coach Bob Martin. “This time the story was a bit different.

“Our young men practiced six days a week, conditioned just about every day, and showed Sultan the results of what hard work and dedication can accomplish,” he added. “It was a good day.”

Coupeville came out ready to rumble, stripping the ball away from Sultan on the opening kickoff.

One play later, the Wolves scored their first touchdown and the rout was on.

“Our offense and defense were very solid; we scored on almost every possession and limited them to no more than five first downs,” Martin said. “It was a total team effort, everyone knew what their responsibilities were and did it.”

Chris Battaglia closed out a stellar eighth grade season by rumbling for 265 yards on the ground, while Teo Keilwitz (50-yard TD) and Sean Toomey-Stout (20-yard pick six) both chipped in with game-busting plays.

The Wolf defense hit Sultan from every side, and always with intensity.

Toomey-Stout (seven tackles), Keilwitz (6), Koa Davison (5), Jaushon Clay (5), Jake Pease (4) and Battaglia (4 tackles, 3 assists) all made an impact.

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Help a brother out!!

Posted in Football, Fundraisers, tagged , , , , , on October 14, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Former Wolf QB Gunnar Langvold.

Former Wolf QB Gunnar Langvold.

Bord Langvold

Bord Langvold

I have always liked Gunnar Langvold.

The former Coupeville High School quarterback would likely be the first to admit he had a checkered career with the Wolves.

Gunnar, who I used to work with at Christopher’s on Whidbey, is a goofball who means well but, sometimes allowed the, shall we say, slightly idiotic side of his personality, to win over common sense.

He was also a kid, growing up and finding his way.

Kids make mistakes. Hopefully they learn from their errors while they still have time.

I was very happy to see Gunnar get back on the field last year, after injuries and personal errors in judgement cost him parts of two seasons.

He played well in the games where he was eligible and healthy, including leading Coupeville to a huge blowout win over Chimacum in his final game.

Even better, he graduated from CHS and has seemed to settle more on the side of making positive choices.

So, it’s tough to see the guy facing more battles in his life.

He had recent knee surgery, thanks to a renegade trampoline, but, as he recovers from that, his family is facing hard times.

Gunnar’s dad, Bord Langvold, who used to be a regular at Videoville during my 12 years behind the counter, has been fighting the ravages of kidney disease.

It’s an illness I know all too well, as my mom was slowly chipped away by it.

Bord is on kidney dialysis three times a week and now his insurance has decided not to cover the entire bill, leaving the Langvolds responsible for 20% of the bill.

With retirement and disability checks not covering everything, the family’s house has gone into foreclosure, as well.

Through good times and bad times, Gunnar was a huge part of Wolf Nation.

I think his time playing football and the work put in by gridiron coach Tony Maggio and his staff to try and shape Gunnar into a stronger person first and a better athlete second benefited him greatly.

It would be nice if we, as a community, could continue and try to keep that helping hand extended.

Whether you can help financially or through a few words of support, reach out to Gunnar. Let him know that you care about him and where he, and his family, are going in life.

He’s a good guy at heart, maybe a little misunderstood at times and more than a little idiotic at others, but a young man with great promise and potential he is starting to fully tap.

Let’s make sure we don’t forget him now that his days in the red and black are done.

To see Gunnar’s fundraiser for his dad, pop over to:

http://www.gofundme.com/ftqcyw

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Hit me hard, I hit you harder!!

Posted in Football, tagged , , , , on October 14, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Matthew Kelley sports a reminder that football is a contact sport. (Pat Kelley photo)

Matthew Kelley sports a reminder that football is a contact sport. (Pat Kelley photo)

Not even a cheap shot can derail the Kelley Express.

Bouncing back after a shot to the ribs knocked him out of the game for much of the first half Saturday, Coupeville Middle School gridiron giant Matthew Kelley returned just in time to decide his team’s game.

Flying back on to the field at Friday Harbor, Kelley, a sixth grader at CMS, racked up eight tackles and two sacks, stripping the ball from the quarterback on the second take-down.

That allowed his Oak Harbor Junior Gold squad to recover the ball and turn the tide in what became a 19-12 win.

The victory kept Oak Harbor perfect at 7-0. Having already secured the #1 seed for the playoffs, the Wildcats will close the regular season with an all-Island match-up with South Whidbey (1-6) Oct. 18.

Friday Harbor was clinging to a 12-6 lead and had the ball on its own 35-yard line when Kelley broke through the line, leveled the QB and popped the ball out.

The Wildcats took immediate advantage, recovering the ball and driving for the go-ahead touchdown. They added a final score to pad the lead with four seconds left in the game.

Kelley wasn’t the only Coupeville kid to shine last weekend.

Logan Downes, who moonlights for the Oak Harbor Pee Wees, shined in a 40-6 win over Friday Harbor.

Downes, who attends third grade at Coupeville Elementary School, took a punt back 55 yards and later ripped off a 95-yard scoring run in the third quarter that put the game on ice.

His ‘Cat squad is 6-1.

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