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Season opener offers unique challenge

Posted in Football, tagged , , , , on August 20, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Davin Houston and Co. open a new season in 17 days. (Andrew Williams photo)

There’s a new foe on the gridiron.

When the Coupeville High School football team opens its season at home Friday, Sept. 6, the team it welcomes to Mickey Clark Field will be one it’s never played before.

And also one which is fairly new to the whole Friday Night Lights experience.

Annie Wright, a private 1A school from Tacoma, is a member of the Nisqually League and well-known for being successful on the basketball court.

But the Gators are new to football, having debuted just last year with a mostly JV schedule.

Coached by the school’s Director of Athletics, Harvard grad Mike Finch, Annie Wright played one varsity contest, closing the season with a 26-13 loss at La Conner.

Now, the Gators are set to take a much-bigger step, as a team with just four seniors is slated to clash with Cascade Christian, East Jefferson, and Klahowya among others.

First up, however, is a trip to Whidbey to face Coupeville, which beat La Conner 48-6 and 43-12 last season.

But everything rolls on in sports.

The Wolves will have new faces in new places as Bennett Richter opens his third year at the helm of the CHS gridiron program.

La Conner has moved, at least temporarily, from 11-man football down to the 8-man game.

And Annie Wright, which offers programs for preschool-12th grade, is ready for its prime-time football closeup in Cow Town.

Seventeen days away and counting.

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Turner earns gridiron promotion

Posted in Football, tagged , , , , on August 15, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Alex Turner rocks an impressive amount of hair last fall. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Coupeville High School football has a new assistant coach, and he’s a familiar face.

Former Wolf player Alex Turner, who has been working with the program as a volunteer, has been hired to replace Brett Casey, who stepped down at the end of last season to focus on his work as a teacher.

The hire was confirmed Thursday by Coupeville Athletic Director Brad Sherman and will be official once approved by the school board at its next meeting.

CHS gridiron gurus are shuffling their duties, with head coach Bennett Richter moving to the offensive side of the ball, while assistant coach Bobby Carr has taken over the defense.

Turner, who played his senior season for Coupeville after suiting up for South Whidbey for several years, will now coach special teams while continuing to work with position players.

The 2019 CHS grad attended school and played sports in Cow Town as a middle school athlete and high school freshman, before moving South before his sophomore year.

He was an All-Conference lineman for the Falcons, and a successful wrestler.

After returning to Coupeville, Turner was a force on the football field for the Wolves, then qualified for the 1A state tourney as the school’s lone grappler, going 2-2 at Mat Classic XXXI in Tacoma.

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Tick-tock, almost time to rock

Posted in Football, tagged , , , , , on August 1, 2024| Leave a Comment »

“I’m (almost) back, baby!” (Bailey Thule photo)

The calendar rolls once more, and the countdown begins.

As of today — August 1, 2024 — there are 20 days left until Coupeville High School football begins fall practices.

The Wolf gridiron team hits the field Wednesday, Aug. 21, with soccer, volleyball, and cross country athletes making their returns on the following Monday — Aug. 26.

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Summer tackles help build fall success

Posted in Football, tagged , , , , on July 26, 2024| Leave a Comment »

“Can’t catch me!” (Courtney Sollars photos)

The countdown continues.

A new season of Coupeville High School football officially begins August 21, but that doesn’t mean the Wolves aren’t staying busy during the summer.

Bennett Richter’s team was in Adna recently for a team camp, and the photos seen above and below come to us from that event.

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One Wolf? More than enough!

Posted in Football, tagged , , , , on July 17, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Chase Anderson was a First-Team All-Conference pick on both offense and defense last year as a sophomore. (Andrew Williams photo)

Chase Anderson is a one-man wrecking crew.

The Coupeville High School junior capped his team’s trip to the Adna Pirates Football Camp by winning the event’s Punt-Pass-Kick competition.

By himself.

While most of the eight teams in attendance, including 2B state runner-up Napavine, operated with a relay system, Anderson handled all three components by himself.

He opened by firing a pass 55 yards, launched a precision punt, then won the event with a 38-yard field goal.

Which is well within his range, as Anderson has nailed a 60-yard try in practice, a moment captured on film by CHS coaches.

The three-sport athlete, who is also a key part of Wolf basketball and baseball squads, is expected to be the focal point for a new-look Coupeville gridiron squad.

After playing at receiver previously, Anderson replaces the graduated Logan Downes at quarterback this season.

He’s also expected to play safety, while handling the team’s kicking duties.

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