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Gridiron giants get some love

Posted in Football, tagged CHS Wolves, football, Logan Downes, Recruit Radar, SB Live on August 11, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Coupeville High School football coaches Bobby Carr (front) and Alex Turner appreciate preseason love, but really want postseason success. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

They see us.

The preseason props continue to roll in for Coupeville High School football, which is coming off its first league crown and trip to state since 1990.

First, the Wolves landed at #10 among 2B schools in early rankings from Recruit Radar, and now SB Live is picking CHS to defend its Northwest 2B/1B League title.

The website has spent the past week revealing how it thinks every league in Washington state, in each classification, will play out.

When it comes to the NWL, SB Live has Coupeville holding off Friday Harbor and La Conner in the three-team race.

The article, written by Todd Milles, offers this rationale:

Reigning champions posted first winning league record since 2005, and although they graduated a ton of skill-position production from last season, they still have skilled QB Logan Downes running the show.

Logan Downes is back for one final run behind center. (Brenn Sugatan photo)

As he prepares to chase records during his senior campaign, Angie and Ralph’s youngest also nabbed some personal preseason accolades this week.

Logan Downes, who aims to unseat big bro Hunter atop the school’s career passing touchdown chart, was tabbed by Recruit Radar gridiron guru Tyson McCallum as one to watch.

Coupeville begins practice next Wednesday, Aug. 16, with the season opener set for Friday, Sept. 1.

The Wolves welcome non-conference foe Klahowya, a 1A squad, to Cow Town that night, with a 6:00 PM kickoff.

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Gridiron giants get preseason props

Posted in Football, tagged Bennett Richter, CHS Wolves, football, preseason rankings, Recruit Radar on August 8, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Coupeville gridiron guru Bennett Richter stalks the sidelines during the state playoffs. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

The hype machine begins.

Coming off its first league title and trip to state since 1990, Coupeville High School football has already nailed down a spot in a preseason top 10.

The Wolves, who went 7-2 for first-year head coach Bennett Richter, return a strong group led by seniors such as Logan Downes, William Davidson, and Mikey Robinett.

Eight days before the opening practice, Coupeville lands at #10 among 2B squads on a list issued by Recruit Radar.

Defending state champ Napavine, which beat Okanogan 41-27 last December, sits atop the preseason rankings.

Coupeville opens its season at home Sept. 1, hosting 1A Klahowya.

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Gridiron stars yesterday, today, and tomorrow

Posted in Football, tagged CHS Wolves, Dawson Houston, Everett Royals, football, GDFL, Kwamane Bowens on August 4, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Former Wolves Dawson Houston (left) and Kwamane Bowens are part of a semi-pro football team which has won six straight games. (Alia Houston photo)

Once were Wolves, always are winners.

Dawson Houston and Kwamane Bowens don’t rep the black and red anymore, but they’re doing just fine wearing purple and gold for the Everett Royals semi-pro football team.

While the duo is a bit dinged up at the moment, they’re holding out hope of seeing playoff action as their team basks in the glow of a 7-1 record and a conference title.

The Royals closed the regular season Saturday, July 29, holding off the South Lane Buzzards 20-13.

Having clinched the Impact East Division crown, now they’re one of 14 teams advancing to the Gridiron Developmental Football League playoffs.

Everett is slated to play the Spokane Wolfpack (4-4) in the postseason opener, though a date and time are still to be determined.

Win that game and the Royals advance to the quarterfinals to square off with the winner of a game featuring the Inglewood Blackhawks (7-0) and the Arizona Road Runners (4-3).

Houston, a two-year starter at quarterback during his time at Coupeville High School, has completed 16 of 29 passes in his rookie campaign, throwing for 153 yards and two touchdowns.

Bowens, who attended Coupeville Middle School, departed Whidbey for a few years, then came back around.

He was a high school gridiron supernova, played NCAA D-I football on scholarship, and returned to join Marcus Carr’s staff at CHS.

These days, the recently married music star is an assistant coach at Anacortes High School.

While on the field for the Royals, Bowens has racked up 42 tackles, two interceptions, and a fumble recovery.

Overall, Everett has outscored its foes 207-75 on the season.

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There’s a new King in Baker

Posted in Football, tagged CMS Wolves, football, girls basketball, Mount Baker, Ryan King on August 2, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Ryan King, seen here working in Coupeville in 2016, is the new head football coach at Mount Baker Junior High. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Whidbey to Whatcom, and still killin’ it.

Coupeville grad Ryan King, a football captain who came back around to coach multiple sports at his alma mater, is the new head coach for the Mount Baker Junior High gridiron program.

An inductee into the Coupeville Sports Hall o’ Fame, the burly lineman was a key player for the Wolves football program in the early 2000’s.

King was a captain as a senior in 2006 and helped lead the 2005 CHS squad, the last Cow Town gridiron team to post a winning record until Coupeville finally broke back through to the winning side in 2019.

Once he moved into coaching, the former Wolf worked as an assistant football coach at both the middle school and high school levels between 2011-2017.

He was also a head coach for Coupeville Middle School girls’ basketball, where he worked with future high school stars like Chelsea Prescott, Genna Wright, and Mollie Bailey.

King was an assistant football coach in Mount Baker last fall, and now takes the reigns for a junior high program which feeds a high school which is consistently one of the best in a football-mad region.

“Very excited for this opportunity!” said the former Wolf.

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