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Cameron Breaux snagged his first pass of the season at La Conner. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Four weeks in, the stat sheet is filling up.

Off to a 3-1 start, the Coupeville High School football squad looks strong in all facets of the game.

Last Friday’s 46-0 romp at La Conner let Wolf coaches mix up their lineup a bit more than usual, which allowed several new names to pop up on the stat sheet.

From Cameron Breaux and Marquette Cunningham to Devinion Hill and Hurlee Bronec, they join mainstays like Tim Ursu and Dominic Coffman.

As we head towards a major rumble — this Friday’s Homecoming game against chief Northwest 2B/1B League rival Friday Harbor — a look at the season-to-date stats:

Kevin Partida (55) is third on the team in tackles. (Brenn Sugatan photo)

 

OFFENSE:

Passing:

Logan Downes — 40-70 for 527 yards with 6 TDs
Chase Anderson — 4-8 for 31 yards with 1 TD

 

Receiving:

Tim Ursu — 16 receptions for 146 yards
Scott Hilborn — 9-124
Daylon Houston — 6-124
Dominic Coffman — 4-84
Hunter Bronec — 3-32
Aiden O’Neill — 1-25
Johnny Porter — 1-14
Cameron Breaux — 1-5
Marquette Cunningham — 1-(-3)

 

Rushing:

Coffman — 46 carries for 347 yards
Hilborn — 33-273
Jo. Porter — 14-85
Ursu — 10-29
O’Neill — 5-17
Jack Porter — 1-8
Anderson — 2-6
Alexander Stinnett — 2-5
Devinion Hill — 1-1
Downes — 12-(-3)

 

Total Yards (Rush/Pass/Rec):

Downes — 524
Coffman — 431
Hilborn — 397
Ursu — 175
Houston — 124
Jo. Porter — 99
O’Neill — 42
Anderson — 37
Bronec — 32
Ja. Porter — 8
Breaux — 5
Hill — 1
Stinnett — 1

 

All-Purpose Yards (Rush/Rec/KR/PR/IR):

Hilborn — 480
Coffman — 431
Ursu — 311
Houston — 295
Jo. Porter — 99
O’Neill — 49
Bronec — 32
Downes — 22
Ja. Porter — 8
Anderson — 6
Breaux — 5
Stinnett — 5
Hill — 1

 

Pancake blocks:

William Davidson — 1
Zane Oldenstadt — 1

 

Touchdowns:

Hilborn — 7
Ursu — 5
Coffman — 4
Houston — 2
Downes — 1
O’Neill — 1
Jo. Porter — 1

 

PATs:

Houston — 11
Anderson — 5

 

Field Goals:

Houston — 1

 

Points:

Hilborn — 42
Ursu — 30
Houston — 26
Coffman — 24
Downes — 6
O’Neill — 6
Jo. Porter — 6
Anderson — 5

 

DEFENSE:

Tackles:

Hilborn — 39
Ursu — 31
Kevin Partida — 27
Coffman — 25
Peyton Caveness — 20
Jonathan Valenzuela — 19
Davidson — 17
Downes — 13
Josh Upchurch — 10
Houston — 9
Mikey Robinett — 6
Marcelo Gebhard — 5
O’Neill — 5
Kai Wong — 5
Oldenstadt — 4
Hurlee Bronec — 2
Coen Killian — 2
Anderson — 1
Ja. Porter – 1

 

Tackles For Loss:

Hilborn — 6
Valenzuela — 5
Caveness — 2
Coffman — 2
Upchurch — 2
Partida — 1
Robinett — 1
Ursu — 1

 

Interceptions:

Downes — 3
Hilborn — 1

 

Fumble recoveries:

Caveness — 2
Coffman — 2
Hilborn — 1
Upchurch — 1
Ursu — 1

 

Sacks:

Coffman — 2
Ursu — 1
Valenzuela — 1

 

QB Hurries:

Coffman — 4
Davidson — 3
Oldenstadt — 3
Hilborn — 2
Robinett — 1
Wong — 1

 

SPECIAL TEAMS:

Punts:

Downes — 5-171

 

Kickoff returns:

Houston — 4-171
Ursu — 3-120
Hilborn — 1-80
O’Neill — 1-7

 

Punt returns:

Ursu — 2-16
Hilborn — 1-3

Wolf linemen Kai Wong (60), Marcelo Gebhard (54) and Mikey Robinett (45) form an imposing trio. (Brenn Sugatan photo)

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Daylon Houston and Coupeville are getting more respect these days. (Brenn Sugatan photo)

Our computer overlords are a benevolent bunch.

At least this week.

We still need to keep an eye on Skynet, but Newman, the system employed by noted numbers cruncher Matthew Evans, likes Coupeville at the moment.

The latest tally released by Evans Rankings has Wolf football in the top 10 for the first time this season.

Sporting a record of 3-1 heading towards a Homecoming showdown with Friday Harbor, Bennett Richter’s 2B squad has wins over 1A schools Klahowya and Sultan to its credit.

The only loss on the record came to another 1A school, South Whidbey, which is 4-0 and ranked #4 in its classification by Newman.

The work of Evans Rankings doesn’t officially impact the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association and its own RPI rankings, but it should, as the former often turns out to be much more realistic than the latter.

All hail our computer overlords! Now get back to practice.

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Freshman Aiden O’Neill scored his first high school touchdown Friday as Coupeville whacked La Conner. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

La Conner football ain’t what it used to be.

The Braves, a longtime gridiron power in the region, have been in a rebuilding phase the past couple of seasons.

A program which has been to the state playoffs 14 times, most recently in 2016, has won just eight regular-season games since that last postseason trip.

But it gets worse. Much worse.

La Conner closed the 2020 season with a win over Darrington and has failed to score a single point across seven games since then.

The Braves were outscored 231-0 during an 0-5 season last fall, and 98-0 in the first two games this year.

The most recent chunk of points came courtesy Coupeville, which travelled to La Conner Friday and came away with a resounding 46-0 win.

The victory sets up a showdown for sole possession of first place in the Northwest 2B/1B League.

That’ll go down in Coupeville next Friday, Sept. 30, as the Wolves (1-0 in league, 3-1 overall) welcome Friday Harbor (1-0, 2-2) to town.

It’s Coupeville’s Homecoming game, with kickoff set for 6 PM at Mickey Clark Field.

The clash at La Conner was essentially over after one play, as Scott Hilborn yanked the ball from the sky and exploded down the right sideline.

Taking the kickoff all the way back, he staked the Wolves to a super-quick lead, then a few plays later tacked on a second score on a rushing play.

Coupeville’s defense, anchored by big hits from Josh Upchurch and Peyton Caveness, among others, shredded La Conner all night, and the Wolf offense was unstoppable with the ball in its own hands.

Dominic Coffman is coming to destroy you. All of you. (Brenn Sugatan photo)

Dominic Coffman rumbled in for the first of back-to-back touchdown runs to make it 20-0 at the end of the first quarter, and the only bright spot La Conner had was seeing one of Coupeville’s PAT attempts come up short.

It didn’t matter, though, as the Wolves slapped four more touchdowns (and two PAT’s) up on the scoreboard in the second quarter, forcing a running clock before the break.

Coffman punched in his second TD, before Wolf quarterback Logan Downes connected with freshman Aiden O’Neill on a long scoring play.

Hilborn found the end zone for a third time on a short plunge to paydirt, before freshman Chase Anderson, on in relief of Downes, tossed his first prep touchdown pass.

Anderson, who was a varsity starter and letter winner for CHS baseball as an 8th grader, connected with senior Tim Ursu, who dipped and dodged and made all the Braves miss.

Chase Anderson limbers up his touchdown-chucking arm. (Brenn Sugatan photo)

Friday’s three scores give Hilborn a team-leading seven touchdowns through four games, while Ursu (5) and Coffman (4) are hot on his heels.

In addition to getting extensive playing time behind center, Anderson also booted four PAT’s while filling the kicker role as Daylon Houston was in street clothes recovering from an injury.

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Tim Ursu, ever alert. (Brenn Sugatan photos)

The pregame warmups are their own show.

A big part of Friday Night Lights comes as fans begin to wander in, while football players and cheerleaders get limbered up and ready for the action ahead.

Catching the action at a recent home game was Coupeville High School student Brenn Sugatan, who delivers the pics seen above and below.

Fortified by snacky goodness and ready for a long night of cheering.

“What kind of shampoo you using? Cause dang, the mane is flowin’!”

Round and round they run.

“Simmer down, man. I’ll stand up when I’m ready.”

Before you throw down a beat-down, always remember to stretch.

Coen Killian teaches the young guns how it’s done.

How many bugs crawled into the helmets while the photo was snapped? Just asking.

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Kwamane Bowens snags a photo with Coupeville grad turned U-Dub football star Sean Toomey-Stout, who he coached in high school. (Photo courtesy Bowens)

Life is good.

Kwamane Bowens, who was a Coupeville student as a young man, then came back around to help coach Wolf football players, is a multi-threat.

The former NCAA D-I scholarship athlete is currently on the gridiron coaching staff at Anacortes High School, where the Seahawks are a flawless 3-0 after smacking formerly-big-and-bad Archbishop Thomas Murphy last Friday.

Bowens also continues to pursue his musical career as Groovie Mane, having dropped his debut album, Key to Me.

To listen to his music, pop over to https://music.apple.com/us/album/key-to-me/1603659980.

And take a gander at the video for his song Can’t Change (which does have some explicit lyrics) below:

 

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