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Don’t pack up that football gear just yet!!

Posted in Cheer, Football on October 31, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Wolf super fan Lisa Roberts-Edlin will have an extra chance to watch daughter Madeline Roberts cheer from the sideline.

Wolf super fan Lisa Roberts-Edlin will have an extra chance to watch daughter Madeline Roberts cheer from the sideline.

The tacklin' is not done just yet. (John Fisken photo)

The tacklin’ is not done just yet. (John Fisken photos)

Seriously.

Seriously.

The schedule says this Friday is the end for 12 Coupeville High School senior football players and 11 senior Wolf cheerleaders.

The schedule lies.

While the Coupeville High School football team wraps its regular season with Senior Night against Sultan (7 PM at Mickey Clark Field) tomorrow night, that won’t be the end of things.

Since Washington state high school gridiron squads are allowed as many as 10 games, not counting playoff action, the Wolves (3-4) — who did not qualify for postseason play — will get an additional game.

All that’s known right now is that it will be at home, it should be Friday, Nov. 8 and an opponent will be determined after games are played this week.

Possible foes mentioned so far include Chimacum, Life Christian, Vashon Island and Bellevue Christian.

Regardless of who they play, that should give at least one Wolf senior a second shot at a swan song.

Speedy wing Jake Tumblin, who has ripped off 200-plus-yards rushing totals twice this season, is expected to miss the Sultan game as he recovers from a concussion suffered against King’s.

With an extra week of rest, he is expected to be ready in time for the second-chance finale.

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Pelroy gets some props!!

Posted in Football, Wolves in college on October 30, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Mitch Pelroy has bounced back from injury to have a huge impact on the field for Montana Western. (Haylee Sauer photo)

Mitch Pelroy has bounced back from injury to have a huge impact on the field for Montana Western. (Haylee Sauer photo)

Mitch Pelroy is making a name for himself.

The Coupeville High School grad continues to get notice as he plays football at the next level, and this week it came from his coaches at Montana Western University.

Bulldog coaches selected the freshman defensive back as their Defensive Player of the Week coming off of a game against Southern Oregon.

Pelroy was the only out-of-town player to be named, as the Offensive and Special Teams Player of the Week selections hail from Laurel and Great Falls, Montana.

Montana Western is 3-4.

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X marks the spot of your QB’s destruction!!

Posted in Football on October 29, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Xavier Clark unleashes "The Stunner" on a hapless King's player. (John Fisken photos)

   Xavier Clark unleashes a little play he calls “The Stunner” on a hapless King’s player. (John Fisken photos)

Wolf freshman QB Steven Cope unleashes a bomb.

Wolf freshman QB Steven Cope unleashes a bomb.

Brenden Gilbert brings down a Knight.

Brenden Gilbert brings down a Knight.

Cole Payne gets tripped up as he tries to scramble for big yardage.

Cole Payne gets tripped up as he tries to scramble for big yardage.

Trouble wrapping up the runner came back to bite the Wolves Monday.

Despite big defensive games from a number of players, headlined by Xavier Clark ripping through the line to mow down the visiting King’s quarterback several times, the Coupeville High School JV football team fell 26-8 on a chilly afternoon.

Clark and JR Pendergrass both got to the Knights signal caller, with Pendergrass knocking him down with a quick two-handed blast to the chest, but when King’s got the ball away, trouble started.

Time and again, the Wolves had a Knights player in their grasp, only to let him slip free again. On one touchdown run, the scoring player broke through eight different potential tacklers.

That tipped what was a very close game for most of the way, with King’s scoring two fourth-quarter touchdowns to blow open what was still a 13-8 game with ten minutes to play.

Coupeville had toughened up and made several stops on fourth down prior to that, while King’s racked up a series of flags that called back potential game-breaking plays.

Down 13-0, the Wolves, playing without starting quarterback Joel Walstad (gone on a family trip) finally broke through when Tyree Booker took off down the left sideline for a huge run, zipping virtually untouched for almost the length of the field.

Jacob Martin added the two-point conversion on a tackle-busting run up the gut.

Coupeville closes its JV season with a road trip to Sultan Monday. Nov. 4.

**The photos above are courtesy of traveling photographer John Fisken. To see more head over to:

http://www.cascadeathletics.com/index.php?act=view_gallery&gallery=4657&league=2&page=1&page_name=photo_store&school=24&sport=0

Use the coupon code EB46574962 to purchase photos before Monday, Nov. 11, and receive a 15% discount off your purchase. A percentage of all purchases go to help fund college scholarships for CHS student athletes.

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Are you ready for some gridiron rumblin’?!?!

Posted in Football on October 28, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Team tackling at its finest.

Team tackling at its finest. (John Fisken photos)

Uriel Liquidano absolutely, positively refuses to let the runner get away. (John Fisken photos)

Uriel Liquidano absolutely, positively refuses to let the runner get away.

Cole Payne rests for a moment.

Cole Payne rests for a moment while waiting for the ref to signal a touchdown.

Joel Walstad prepares to tee off.

Joel Walstad prepares to tee off.

Jacob Martin takes the hand-off and prepares to do some damage.

Jacob Martin takes the hand-off and prepares to do some damage.

Xavier Clark (52) gives his teammates a brief pep talk. "Unleash Hell ... on my command!!"

Xavier Clark (52) gives his teammates a brief pep talk. “Unleash Hell … on my command!!”

It’s a 2-for-1 special today, as both the Coupeville High School JV football team and the varsity girls’ soccer team play at home, on the same field.

The gridiron gang hosts King’s at 4 PM, followed by soccer’s Senior Night against Granite Falls at 6:30.

In preparation, we offer up a few left-over Wolf football pics that have been hanging around, waiting to be used. Bask in the glow.

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Back to Coupeville for young trio after playoff thriller!!

Posted in Football on October 27, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Sage Downes prepares to kick some fanny. (Pat Kelley photo)

Sage Downes prepares to kick some fanny. (Olivia Kelley photo)

Unblow the whistle and things might have gone differently.

On the same day game three of the World Series was decided on a highly controversial call by the umps, a ref who thought they saw something they really didn’t helped derail the Anacortes Midget Sea Hawks football team in its playoff opener.

The Sea Hawks, who feature three Coupeville Elementary students (Matthew Kelley, Jake Mitten, Sage Downes), fell 16-12 to Oak Harbor in a battle of 6-2 teams, ending their season.

The call in question happened early, when the Anacortes quarterback was smacked, hard, right after handing the ball off to the speedy Kelley. He had a wide open path down the sidelines to a game-opening touchdown, but the play was whistled dead when a ref on the far side thought the man down still had the ball.

Anacortes, playing on coach Pat Kelley’s birthday, rallied from the setback and held the lead late into the game before giving up what turned out to be the game-winning touchdown.

“The kids played wonderful. We got them to stop stacking the box by throwing the ball well and it opened up runs for other kids,” Kelley said. “Very tough one to accept, but we will have a great team next year. I keep down a really strong group of eight and send 17 up to Juniors.”

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