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Andrew Williams (left) and Cole White lead a Wolf soccer squad ranked #7 in the state. (Jackie Saia photo)

It’s a perfect split.

Coupeville High School fall sports teams have six contests next week, with three at home, and three on the road.

Wolf volleyball has the sweetest schedule, hosting Friday Harbor Tuesday and Forks Saturday, while CHS soccer gets a split decision.

The high-flying booters, who boast the best record of any Coupeville team at 4-1, hit the road Tuesday for a major matchup with Mount Vernon Christian.

Then the Wolves bring it home under Friday Night Lights, playing host to Grace Academy.

That leaves football and cross country, who will both listen to the sounds of the bus wheels going round and round this coming week.

The gridiron giants travel to Bellingham Friday, while the harriers run Saturday at the Hole in the Wall Invitational in Arlington.

One inch can be the difference between a volleyball win and loss. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

With action flowing along, a look at up-to-the-moment standings through games of Sept. 30:

 

Northwest League boys’ soccer:

School League Overall
Coupeville 1-0-0 4-1-0
Friday Harbor 1-0-0 4-1-0
La Conner 1-0-0 3-3-0
Orcas Island 1-0-0 4-3-0
Lopez Island 0-0-0 2-2-0
CPC-Lynnwood 0-1-0 1-4-0
Grace Academy 0-1-0 0-5-0
MV Christian 0-1-0 6-1-2
PC Christian 0-1-0 3-3-0

 

Northwest League football — (11-Man):

School League Overall
Friday Harbor 2-0 3-1
Coupeville 1-1 1-4
La Conner 0-2 0-4

 

Northwest League football — (8-Man):

School League Overall
Darrington 1-0 5-0
Concrete 0-1 3-2

 

Northwest League volleyball:

School League Overall
La Conner 3-0 4-4
Orcas Island 3-0 6-2
Darrington 1-1 7-2
MV Christian 1-1 5-2
Concrete 1-3 4-4
Coupeville 0-2 1-4
Friday Harbor 0-2 0-7

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Freshman Davin Houston caught his first varsity TD pass Friday night. (Andrew Williams photo)

The path is perilous, but the road hasn’t washed out.

Coupeville’s goals of winning back-to-back Northwest 2B/1B League football titles, and returning to the state playoffs, took a ding Friday night, that’s true.

But nothing has been decided yet.

Falling 37-26 on Friday Harbor, the Wolves slip a game behind the Wolverines in the standings with two conference tilts left on the schedule.

Friday Harbor sits at 2-0 in league, 3-1 overall, while Coupeville is 1-1, 1-4.

La Conner brings up the rear in the three-way battle for 2B supremacy, at 0-2, 0-4.

The Wolves have non-conference rumbles the next two weeks, travelling to Bellingham, then hosting Forks for Homecoming.

After that comes a road trip to La Conner Oct. 20 and Senior Night Oct. 27 against Friday Harbor.

The Braves and Wolverines play for a second time Oct. 13.

Win out in their two league games, and Coupeville can earn at least a share of the league title and force a tiebreaker with Friday Harbor to decide which NWL team advances to the 2B state tourney.

To do so, the Wolves will need to slow down the Wolverines ground attack, which tore them up in round one.

CHS sophomore Aiden O’Neill punched in a touchdown — his team-leading fifth of the season — off of a short pass from Logan Downes, but Coupeville found itself staring at a 27-7 deficit midway through the third quarter.

Downes strafed Friday Harbor for three more TD’s through the air in the second half.

The first two went to sophomore Chase Anderson and the final one landed in the arms of fab frosh Davin Houston with 14 seconds to play.

Chase Anderson hauled in two scoring bombs from Wolf quarterback Logan Downes. (Bailey Thule photo)

Unfortunately, Friday Harbor had an answer at every turn, whether it was Victor Velasquez cranking a long field goal or Chris Gustafson and associates tearing off huge chunks of yardage on the ground.

Trying to play catch-up, Coupeville went for two-point conversions after its final two scores but failed on both attempts.

The Wolves defense stood tall near the end, holding on a fourth-and-three, only to see Friday Harbor return the favor on the very next possession.

With his four touchdown passes, Downes has 12 on the season, and becomes the third CHS quarterback to crack 30 scoring lobs for his career.

He has 32, trailing just his basketball coach, Brad Sherman (33), and older brother Hunter Downes (35), who holds the school record.

Anderson accounted for 14 of Coupeville’s 26 points Friday, with two touchdowns and two PAT’s.

That moves him atop the season scoring chart, where he currently edges O’Neill 31-30.

And last, but not least, Davin Houston snagging a pass and bolting past a defender for six means all three of Daniel and Alia’s sons have been involved in a touchdown while repping the red and black.

With the score, the young gun joins a football fraternity which includes older siblings Dawson and Daylon.

 

A side note:

Dear sweet baby Jesus, if Friday Harbor can sell a sweetfully sinful Mac ‘n Cheese hamburger in their snack bar, why can’t Coupeville?

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Skylar Sand soars to snag a catch, leading off a series of Wolf football pics. (Andrew Williams photos)

Same field, different job.

Coupeville High School senior Andrew Williams spends a fair amount of time at Mickey Clark Field, usually helping lead the defensive charge for the Wolf soccer squad.

This time out, though, he’s on the other side of the camera, clicking away as his football-playing classmates get ready for their rumble with La Conner.

But hang around until the final photo, for a look at Williams himself.

Dylan Robinett

Chase Anderson

William Davidson

Cameron Breaux

Mikey Robinett

Brett Casey

And our photographer is revealed, as he preps for his own soccer game. (William Davidson photo)

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Mikey Robinett scored three touchdowns in a recent win over La Conner. (Jackie Saia photos)

They’re chasing big numbers.

Last year’s Coupeville High School football team reached the end zone 52 times, scoring 363 points across nine games.

That breaks down to a fairly astonishing 5.8 touchdowns and 40.3 points a night, helping drive a 7-2 season which included the program’s first league title and trip to state since 1990.

Seven of the 12 Wolves who racked up a TD last year are still in uniform this season, though the five graduates accounted for 43 of the 52 scores.

This time out, Coupeville has already had nine different players hit paydirt through just the first four games.

That gives the Wolves 17 TD’s — eight through the air, eight on the ground, and one on a pick-six — and 114 points, which breaks down to 4.3 touchdowns and 28.5 points per game.

Of the players to score, four — Mikey Robinett, Adrian Cunningham, Malachi Somes, and Jack Porter — have notched their first touchdown this season.

Chase Anderson, Hunter Bronec, Peyton Caveness, Logan Downes, and Aiden O’Neill appear on both the ’22 and ’23 scoring chart.

Meanwhile, lineman William Davidson and injured running back Johnny Porter are still looking for their first ’23 touchdown.

Logan Downes scampers for the end zone.

 

Coupeville’s scoring stats through four games:

 

Touchdowns:

Aiden O’Neill – 4
Mikey Robinett – 3
Adrian Cunningham – 2
Logan Downes – 2
Jack Porter – 2
Chase Anderson – 1
Hunter Bronec – 1
Peyton Caveness – 1
Malachi Somes – 1

 

PATs:

Anderson — 11
Downes – 1

 

Points:

O’Neill — 24
Robinett – 18
Anderson — 17
Downes – 13
Cunningham – 12
Ja. Porter – 12
Bronec – 6
Caveness – 6
Somes – 6

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Fan pics are everything. He’s just Ken. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

It’s Barbie’s world. The rest of us just live in it.

The summer sensation has morphed into fall fashion, with Coupeville High School football fans flooding the prairie with pink as far as the eye can see.

The pics above and below come to us courtesy John Fisken, who was busy snapping away into the fading sunlight Friday.

To see game action shots from Coupeville’s thrashing of La Conner, pop over to:

https://www.johnsphotos.net/Sports/CHS-Football-2023-2024/FB-2023-09-22-vs-LaConner

 

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