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Jonathan Valenzuela was in on nine tackles Friday in a win over Sultan. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

The numbers keep piling up.

Week three of the high school football season brought a win to Coupeville, as the Wolves stomped visiting Sultan 30-13 Friday night.

Running wild over the Turks, the Wolves, now 2-1 heading into a trip to La Conner, added to their season totals on both sides of the ball.

From touchdowns, to tackles for loss, to fumble recoveries, CHS coaches plugged it all into MaxPreps, and then I came along to pluck the fruit which will get me sweet, sweet page hits.

So, here you go, some season-to-date stats to marinate in.

Josh Upchurch (78) visualizes destroying opposing linemen. (Helen Strelow photo)

 

OFFENSE:

Passing:

Logan Downes — 35-65 for 424 yards with 5 TDs

 

Receiving:

Daylon Houston — 6 receptions for 124 yards
Scott Hilborn — 8-101
Tim Ursu — 14-99
Dominic Coffman — 4-84
Hunter Bronec — 1-9

 

Rushing:

Coffman — 41 carries for 274 yards
Hilborn — 31-246
Johnny Porter — 8-50
Ursu — 10-29
Aiden O’Neill — 4-21
Jack Porter — 1-8
Alexander Stinnett — 1-1
Downes — 12-(-3)

 

Total Yards (Rush/Pass/Rec):

Downes — 421
Coffman — 358
Hilborn — 347
Ursu — 128
Houston — 124
Jo. Porter — 50
O’Neill — 21
Bronec — 9
Ja. Porter — 8
Stinnett — 1

 

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

Coffman — 358
Hilborn — 350
Houston — 295
Ursu — 261
Jo. Porter — 50
O’Neill — 28
Downes — 22
Bronec — 9
Ja. Porter — 8
Stinnett — 1

 

Touchdowns:

Hilborn — 4
Ursu — 4
Coffman — 2
Houston — 2
Downes — 1
Jo. Porter — 1

 

PATs:

Houston — 11
Chase Anderson — 1

 

Field Goals:

Houston — 1

 

Points:

Houston — 26
Hilborn — 24
Ursu — 24
Coffman — 12
Downes — 6
Jo. Porter — 6
Anderson — 1

 

DEFENSE:

Tackles:

Hilborn — 29
Kevin Partida — 21
Ursu — 21
Coffman — 19
Peyton Caveness — 17
William Davidson — 17
Downes — 12
Houston — 9
Jonathan Valenzuela — 9
Josh Upchurch — 7
O’Neill — 5
Kai Wong — 5
Mikey Robinett — 4
Zane Oldenstadt — 4
Marcelo Gebhard — 3
Anderson — 1

 

Tackles For Loss:

Hilborn — 4
Valenzuela — 2
Caveness — 1
Coffman — 1
Robinett — 1
Upchurch — 1

 

Interceptions:

Downes — 3
Hilborn — 1

 

Fumble recoveries:

Coffman — 2

 

Sacks:

Coffman — 1

 

SPECIAL TEAMS:

Kickoff returns:

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

 

Punt returns:

Ursu — 1-13
Hilborn — 1-3

“Hey! Is that updated stats??” (Brenn Sugatan photo)

Wolves hit their stride

Thomas Strelow goes for a run in the woods. (Jackie Saia photos)

Wolf soccer coach Kyle Nelson tapes up Wynter Arndt as she prepares to defend her home pitch.

They’re off to see the world.

Coupeville High School athletic teams will spend some time on buses and ferries this coming week, with seven of nine events on the road.

All five fall Wolf squads have at least one meet, match, or game away from Whidbey, with only volleyball and boys soccer getting to play in front of their home fans.

The CHS spikers have the busiest schedule, playing three times, with road matches Tuesday at Darrington and Saturday at Forks packaged around a home clash Thursday with Orcas Island.

Meanwhile, Wolf cross country is off to Orcas Wednesday and Shoreline Saturday for the King’s Invite, while football travels to La Conner for Friday Night Lights.

Rounding out things, the booters hit the pitch, with the boys team traveling to La Conner Tuesday before playing at home Friday against Friday Harbor.

Coupeville’s girls soccer squad is off until Saturday, when it treks out to Forks for a non-league clash.

Where things stand through Sept. 18:

 

Northwest League boys soccer:

School League Overall
Grace Academy 2-0-0 3-0-0
Orcas Island 2-0-0 3-0-0
Friday Harbor 1-0-0 1-0-0
PC Christian 1-0-0 2-0-1
Coupeville 1-1-0 1-1-0
MV Christian 1-1-0 2-1-0
CPC-Lynnwood 0-2-0 0-2-0
La Conner 0-2-0 1-4-0
Lopez Island 0-2-0 0-2-0

 

Northwest League football:

School League Overall
Darrington 1-0 3-0
Friday Harbor 1-0 2-1
Coupeville 0-0 2-1
Concrete 0-1 0-2
La Conner 0-1 0-1

 

Northwest League girls soccer:

School League Overall
MV Christian 1-0-0 1-1-0
Friday Harbor 1-1-0 2-3-1
La Conner 0-0-0 0-4-0
Coupeville 0-1-0 0-4-0

 

Northwest League volleyball:

School League Overall
Coupeville 1-0 1-2
MV Christian 1-0 3-0
Orcas Island 1-0 2-1
Darrington 1-1 3-1
La Conner 0-0 1-0
Concrete 0-1 2-4
Friday Harbor 0-2 0-2

Ayden Wyman likes to knock the soccer ball into the back of the net. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Ayden Wyman is on a run.

The Coupeville High School sophomore has scored both of her team’s goals this season, including one in a narrow 2-1 loss Saturday to visiting Ocosta.

Toss in four scores from her fab frosh season, and Wyman is already tied with former Wolf stars Mallory Kortuem and Eryn Wood for 11th place on the all-time CHS girls soccer scoring list.

The program, which launched in 2004, has five players who’ve tallied double digits, led by Mia Littlejohn (35) and Kalia Littlejohn (33).

Genna Wright (20), Lindsey Roberts (17), and Avalon Renninger (12) round out the Wolf girls in the top five.

Sophie Martin (8), Sage Renninger (8), Marisa Etzell (7), Alexia Hemphill (7), and Micky LeVine (7) are next up for Wyman, who has another nine regular season games left on the schedule in her second season.

Saturday’s loss to Ocosta, which travelled 145 miles one-way for the non-conference tilt, drops Coupeville to 0-4.

The Wildcats, who like to make one long trip each season as a team bonding experience, are 2-2-1 on the season.

Coupeville’s record is a bit deceptive, with two of its four losses being one-goal affairs. The other defeats were against 3A Oak Harbor and private school power University Prep.

The Wolves get some time to rest up, recover from nagging injuries, and work on fine-tuning their attack on both sides of the field, not playing again for a week.

CHS will be the one making the epic journey, trekking a modest 113 miles to the wilds of Forks Saturday, Sept. 24 for another non-conference rumble.

After that the Wolves have three straight Northwest 2B/1B League clashes, starting with a matchup against defending league champ Mount Vernon Christian.

It’s suds ‘n spirit

CHS cheerleaders make local cars sparkle. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

Dirty cars help make the wheels on the bus go round and round.

Coupeville High School cheerleaders were out and about Saturday, conducting a car wash fundraiser, with the money raised going to help fund a bus to carry the team to road games.

We can’t vouch for how clean photographer John Fisken’s own ride may be, but the wandering cameraman did stop off and snap the pics seen above and below.

Tirsit Cannon blazes a trail of success. (Jackie Saia photos)

Into the woods they go.

Coupeville Middle School cross country guru Elizabeth Bitting brought her runners to their first meet of the season Saturday in Langley.

And hopefully she had the big bus, as the Wolves sent 31(!) runners to the line at the 43rd annual Carl Westling Invite.

That’s an astonishing number for a program at a small school, and there’s talent to go with the roster depth.

Paced by four top-10 finishers, the Wolf girls claimed 2nd place out of five middle school teams in action, including beating host South Whidbey — a traditional powerhouse — for the first time ever at this event.

“They did AMAZING!!!!!!,” Bitting said. “Today’s goal was to have a good time and I think that goal was accomplished!”

The Wolf boys were strong as well on the 3,000-meter course, finishing 3rd on their side of the books, while King’s captured team titles for both genders.

Coupeville gets a chance to chase after the private school titans another time, with a trip to the King’s Invite set for next Saturday, Sept. 24.

Avery Eelkema (left) and Ossian Merkel attack the trail, fists at the ready just in case they need to throw down with any rival teams.

 

Saturday’s results:

 

GIRLS:

Lydia Price (6th) 14:18
Laken Simpson (7th) 14:30
Olivia Hall (8th) 14:33
Mikayla Wagner (9th) 14:42
Tirsit Cannon (17th) 15:38
Ivy Rudat (18th) 15:48
Marin Winger (19th) 15:59
Sage Stavros (20th) 16:05
Allie Powers (25th) 17:40
Mary Western (33rd) 18:51
Devon Wyman (34th) 18:51
Camilla Wolfe (39th) 19:23
Arianna Cunningham (45th) 20:08
Elizabeth Marshall (48th) 20:33
Hailey Goldman (49th) 20:36
Maci Wofford (51st) 21:32
Alexandra Lo (53rd) 21:38
Amelia Crowder (54th) 23:11
Savannah Niewald (55th) 23:16
Emma McFadden (57th) 25:14

 

BOYS:

Axel Marshall (7th) 12:28
Beckett Green (9th) 13:01
Kenneth Jacobsen (15th) 13:32
Nathan Niewald (18th) 14:17
Cyrus Sparacio (20th) 14:30
Max Ohme (31st) 15:40
Avery Eelkema (39th) 17:06
Ossian Merkel (40th) 17:06
Johnathan Jacobsen (44th) 18:14
Zach Blitch (46th) 18:28
Isaiah Allen (49th) 18:36

Beckett Green visualizes the finish line.