Coupeville Sports

Cedar Park Christian football captains Andy Penrod (left) and Lyal Viers return to the prairie of their ancestors Friday night. (Photo courtesy Sarah Viers)

It’s a homecoming in more ways than one.

When Coupeville High School football welcomes Cedar Park Christian-Bothell to town this Friday night, the Wolves will be celebrating their Homecoming with a capital H.

Royalty will be honored at halftime (we assume), with the game and festivities the lead-in to Saturday’s dance.

But two of Coupeville’s rivals Friday will be making a homecoming of their own.

That’s because Cedar Park senior captains Lyal Viers and Andy Penrod are prairie princes, even if they don’t live in Cow Town.

The cousins are the sons of sisters Sarah and Stephanie Engle, respectively, and Andy’s dad is Videoville alumni Isaiah Penrod.

Grandparents include the “Dave’s” — former Coupeville Town Marshal Dave Penrod and the late, great Pastor Dave Engle, AKA the nicest human being I’ve ever met.

Go back through the pages of history, and Lyal and Andy are part of the seventh generation of their family to have a connection to Coupeville.

Now, would I prefer they be wearing the red and black Friday night, as their cousin Brett Arnold did back in the day when he was tearing off chunks of yardage as a Wolf running back?

Of course I do. This blog isn’t called “CPC Sports,” after all…

But I understand family members often end up in different parts of the world, for many different reasons, and yet are still family.

CPC-Bothell is a quality school, and while I don’t want the Eagles to beat the Wolves, I can tip my hat (from all the way out in West Virginia) and wish the young Mr. Penrod and Mr. Viers the best.

Regardless of which uniform they rep under Friday night lights, the two of them will always be bound to the prairie and always welcome in Cow Town.