Chase Anderson (left) and Davin Houston celebrate a touchdown in an earlier game. (Julie Wheat photo)
They found some cracks in the defense. Just not enough of them.
Playing on the road Saturday, the Coupeville High School football team became the first squad to score against Granite Falls this season, but couldn’t quite derail the unbeaten Tigers.
With senior quarterback Chase Anderson connecting on four touchdown passes, the Wolves made their hosts work for the 58-27 non-conference win.
With the victory, Granite, which shut out East Jefferson 47-0 and Sultan 42-0 to open the season, gets to 3-0.
Meanwhile, Coupeville, a 2B school which has played three straight 1A foes, will carry an 0-3 mark into next week’s Homecoming clash with Cedar Park Christian-Bothell.
But, while the Wolves are still looking for that first win, they demonstrated they can light up the scoreboard.
Anderson is just the fifth gunslinger in CHS history to toss at least four touchdowns in a game, joining Corey Cross (4), Brad Sherman (4), Hunter Downes (4), and Logan Downes (5).
Playing against a previously-unbreakable Granite defense, he spread the love out, dropping scoring passes into the hands of Davin Houston, Josh Stockdale, and Nathan Coxsey.
Score #1 came on a 15-yard pass to Houston late in the first quarter, tying the game up at 7-7.
Granite promptly pushed its lead back out to 14-7 off a long scoring run to open the second quarter, only to see Anderson respond with a 23-yard scoring strike to Stockdale.
Unfortunately for Coupeville, that would be the last time the game was knotted up, though the Wolves hung tough, with the game not being broken open until late.
The Tigers seized momentum late in the second frame, scoring 16 unanswered points in a little over two minutes.
A long pass play for a touchdown was followed by a blocked punt taken in for another six points, then Granite forced a safety, and suddenly it was 30-14 in favor of the hosts.
The Wolves trimmed things back to 30-20 right before the half, with Anderson and Houston teaming up for a 28-yard touchdown pass, but CHS failed to convert on a two-point PAT try.
The teams exchanged touchdowns to open the third, with Anderson lofting a 25-yard pass to Coxsey to get Coupeville back within 37-27.
That would be the final gasp for the Wolves, however, as Granite went to the ground, grinding out three touchdowns late to make the final score look more lopsided than it really was.
With his two touchdown receptions Saturday, Houston has a team-high four trips to the end zone this season, and the junior Wolf has scored in all three games.
Stockdale, a junior, and Coxsey, a sophomore, recorded their first high school touchdowns.
Granite was led by senior Joseph Roberts, who scored touchdowns three ways Saturday — on a catch, a run, and by recovering the blocked punt.
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