Coupeville Sports

Nick “The Big Hurt” Streubel

The fifth-ranked team in the country has an eye on Coupeville.

Stanford, which is a pristine 3-0 and one of two Pac-12 schools currently fighting for the top of the NCAA college football rankings, has possibly stepped into the hunt for The Big Hurt.

The Cardinal requested grades and transcript info Monday on Wolf senior lineman Nick Streubel.

Streubel, a six-foot-three, 315-pound (when he’s in full-on Beast lifting mode) two-way holy terror with nimble feet honed by his early years as a swimming champ, has received various levels of interest from a wide variety of colleges, who all have to dance a complex tango to stay within NCAA regulations.

Washington, Wyoming, Boise State and Oregon State have all eyeballed Streubel, while maintaining a proper distance.

Stanford currently sits behind only defending national champ Alabama, Oregon, Clemson and Ohio State in the national rankings. A school as famous for its academics as its many sports successes, its football alumni include John Elway and Andrew Luck.

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  CHS junior Tyree Booker, playing receiver here in a varsity game, moved over to QB to help shore up an undermanned Wolf JV squad. (Shelli Trumbull photo)

The stats were nice. The final score not so much.

Despite 200+ yards through the air from quarterbacks Tyree and Ramon Booker, the Coupeville High School JV football squad was undone by excess turnovers Monday afternoon.

Coughing the ball up six times, the Wolves shot themselves in the foot too many times and eventually limped away from Lynden Christian on the short end of a 48-6 score.

Now 0-2 on the season, the undermanned JV squad got its only score from Tyree Booker, who scampered into the end zone on a one-yard QB sneak.

The Wolf defense created a few turnovers of its own, forcing a fumble recovery and snagging two interceptions. Cole Payne and Anthony Bergeron claimed the picks.

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Wolf center Carson Risner (left) rumbles in the trenches. (Shelli Trumbull photo)

It’s a good news, bad news kind of thing.

Coupeville High School junior Carson Risner, who suffered an injury during football practice last week, was found to have a complete tear of his MCL Monday. That’s the bad news.

The good news is that the two-way lineman will not have to undergo surgery, said mom Jennie Prince. Doctors expect Risner to heal in 4-6 weeks while wearing a brace.

Then, things may get interesting. If he stays on track, the Wolves could get their starting center back in time for the stretch run of Cascade Conference games.

If not, the chances Risner will at least be healthy in time for the basketball and track seasons took a huge leap once it was determined that no surgery was needed.

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Matthew “Slash” Kelley, touchdown-scorin’ terror of the gridiron. (Pat Kelley photos)

A flock of Sea Hawks descends on a Lakewood runner.

    The team’s defensive coordinator relishes the moment. “I told ’em not to run on us. I told ’em!!”

Not even the Coupeville Connection could save them.

Multiple turnovers in the red zone killed the Anacortes Midget Sea Hawks football squad as it suffered its first loss in four games this season.

Even with Matthew Kelley breaking off a 45-yard scoring jaunt down the left sideline, the Sea Hawks fell 18-6 to Lakewood to drop their record to 3-1 on the season. Anacortes, which features Kelley and Coupeville Elementary classmates Sage Downes and Jake Mitten, has four games remaining.

The game was tied at 6-6 late into the fourth quarter, when Lakewood finally capitalized on the frequent Anacortes turnovers to blow open a close game. The final touchdown came with less than two minutes to play.

Anacortes next hosts Stanwood Black Saturday, Sept. 28.

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Jake Tumblin

Back where he belongs.

After missing most of the first two games of his senior season with an injured hamstring, Coupeville High School’s top offensive weapon, wing Jake Tumblin, returned to full-on ball-carrying duty Friday night, rambling for 125 yards on 12 carries.

For a team hampered by wide-spread injuries, it was a beautiful sight.

It wasn’t quite enough to lift the Wolves to a second win, however, as a plucky Lynden Christian defense held off their hosts and escaped with a razor-thin 13-6 non-conference victory.

The loss dropped Coupeville to 1-2 on the season, but was a marked improvement from the previous week, when it was stomped by Port Townsend.

The Wolves finish their non-league games with a trip to Nooksack Valley Friday, Sept. 27, then have a bye week before starting a four-game run against Cascade Conference foes with a game at Granite Falls.

Coupeville’s next home game is not until Oct. 18, when it hosts South Whidbey (currently 3-0) for Homecoming.

Missing starting center Carson Risner (out with a possible torn ACL) and starting quarterback Gunnar Langvold (knee), the Wolves struggled to ignite on offense in the first half.

“We had some troubles in our red zone early with snaps and turnovers, really hurt us,” said CHS coach Tony Maggio. “Jake did a nice job rushing, but we are still having the dropped ball blues, both on defense for interceptions and on offense.

“We played very hard on defense, but are having trouble figuring it out on offense.”

Coupeville finally broke through when backup QB Josh Bayne plunged in from the one-yard line on a quarterback sneak in the third quarter.

Trailing 7-0 at the time, Coupeville had a chance to tie, but missed the extra point.

The visiting Lyncs (2-1), who scored their opening touchdown on a 12-yard pass play, then capped the scoring when Jordan Jansen busted loose for a 53-yard run to the promised land.

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