Friday’s Homecoming game brought cousins (left to right) Lyal Viers, Camden Glover, and Andy Penrod back together. (Photo courtesy Tammy Glover)
No comebacks this time around.
A year ago, the Coupeville High School football squad rallied from 21 down with nine minutes to play to shock Cedar Park Christian-Bothell, winning on the final play of the game.
Jump forward to 2025, however, and the Eagles held on to win the non-conference battle, downing the Wolves 31-7 as CHS celebrated Homecoming.
The loss drops Coupeville to 0-4 on the season, with the biggest matchup on their schedule set for next week.
The Wolves, who rep a 2B school, have opened with four straight games against 1A foes.
Next Friday, Oct. 3, that changes, with Coupeville squaring off with its lone conference challenger, Friday Harbor, in the first of two games between the Northwest 2B/1B League rivals.
The first showdown will be on the road, with the Wolverines playing hosts, before Friday Harbor travels to Coupeville Oct. 24 for the regular season finale.
Friday Harbor is 1-3 after thrashing South Whidbey 63-0 Thursday night.
Prior to that came non-league losses to Cedar Park Christian, East Jefferson, and Cle Elum-Roslyn.
Coupeville will have non-conference tilts against South Whidbey and Adna sandwiched between the two NWL bouts, which will decide which 2B league school advances to the state playoffs.
While the Northwest League has seven teams, 2B schools Orcas Island and Mount Vernon Christian don’t play football, while La Conner is rebuilding its program by playing the eight-man version of the sport.
Darrington and Concrete, who also play 8-man ball, are 1B schools.
Coupeville, coming off of its best offensive showing of the season after scoring 27 against Granite Falls last week, was limited to just a single touchdown Friday night.
That came courtesy senior quarterback Chase Anderson, who took a kickoff to the house, covering close to 90 yards as the Eagles failed to slow him down.
Anderson followed up his second touchdown of the season by tacking on the PAT kick, his sixth extra point.
But that was it for the Wolves, who have been outscored 144-60 this year.
With the win, Cedar Park, which lost to Onalaska last week, improves to 3-1 on the campaign.
The Homecoming game was preceded by a parade featuring floats for Wolf fall sports teams. (Michelle Armstrong photo)
Isaac Wacker, Mark Wacker, and Ray Shelly keep the tunes coming. (Photo courtesy Tammy Glover)
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