After two seasons playing football for South Whidbey High School, Alex Turner returns to Coupeville for his senior year.
Started as a Wolf, and will finish as a Wolf.
Alex Turner, an All-Conference lineman with South Whidbey, will be suiting up in Coupeville colors Wednesday when football practice begins.
A move related to an illness in the family is bringing him back to CHS for his senior year.
Turner worked his way up through the sports programs at Coupeville Middle School, then played football for CHS as a freshman before heading South.
During his sophomore season at SWHS, he was tabbed as a First-Team All-Conference pick on the offensive line by Cascade Conference coaches.
South Whidbey played an independent schedule last season, as the Falcons worked on rebuilding their program, so Turner and his teammates weren’t eligible for All-Conference honors.
Still, he helped the Falcons go 7-2, winning seven straight against 2B and Canadian schools after season-opening losses to Coupeville and Chimacum.
A six-foot, 210-pound middle linebacker/tight end, Turner hooked up with Falcon QB Kody Newman on several touchdown plays during their junior seasons.
One of those, a 20-yard snag, came against Concrete, a team coached by Marcus Carr, who is now Coupeville’s new head coach.
Turner will likely face his old teammates Oct. 12, when the Wolves travel to Langley with plans to rain on South Whidbey’s Homecoming parade.
CHS has won back-to-back games in the Island rivalry series, and wants to hold on to The Bucket for a third-straight year.
The game will also be a league contest, as Coupeville and South Whidbey are reuniting in the new North Sound Conference.
One wrinkle in the move is Turner also developed into a quality wrestler during his time at SWHS.
Coupeville doesn’t have a wrestling program of its own, but there is a chance he can attend one school and wrestle at another.
Over the past few years, Coupeville and South Whidbey have had an arrangement for sports not offered by CHS, such as golf and cross country.
In the deal, Wolf athletes were responsible for getting themselves to SWHS, then trained and traveled with the Falcons, while competing for Coupeville.
Whether that will be possible for wrestling is unknown at the moment.
“My wrestling is up in the air right now, which really sucks, but I’m doing everything I can to try and wrestle with SW,” Turner said.
“But, if that doesn’t happen, I’d probably go back to basketball, even though I’m not good at it,” he said with a determined laugh.
