Julian Welling and his Wolf teammates captured their third win of the season Friday night, smacking Chimacum 24-6. (John Fisken photos)
Hunter Smith, seen here in an earlier game, hauled in his 10th TD reception of the year, tying the CHS single-season mark.
A true team win.
That’s what the Coupeville High School football squad put together Friday night, riding touchdowns from three different players as it romped to a 24-6 win at Chimacum.
The victory snaps a three-game skid for the Wolves and lifts them to 2-4 in Olympic/Nisqually League play, 3-6 overall.
With one game left on the schedule — next Friday at home against undefeated Cascade Christian — the Wolves have taken a huge step forward from last year’s 1-9 mark.
First-year coach Jon Atkins mixed things up a bit Friday, going for two-point conversions after all three scores.
When Hunter Smith scampered in on attempts after the first and third touchdowns, it was the first successful conversions of the season for CHS.
The Wolves broke the game open early and never let go of the lead.
Hunter Downes dropped the ball into Cameron Toomey-Stout’s hands on an 18-yard scoring strike late in the first quarter to kick things off.
The first of three TD passes on the night for the junior quarterback, it set the tone.
Smith bolted in for two to open an 8-0 lead and Coupeville stretched the margin to double digits with a safety on the first play of the second quarter.
Downes went right back to work, finding the other Toomey-Stout brother, freshman Sean, with a 20-yard pass to run the score to 16-0.
It was the first varsity TD for the young receiver, and a reward, as Sean Toomey-Stout had provided the Wolves with the earlier safety.
He blew up an option play and rode down the pitch man in the end zone.
Coupeville held Chimacum scoreless through the first half, with Cameron Toomey-Stout pilfering a pass — his third pick of the season — and the Wolf line partially blocking a Cowboy punt.
The hosts finally cracked the code midway through the third quarter, when they put together a seven-yard scoring pass.
The conversion failed, however, and the Wolves put the game on ice with a pair of plays from Smith.
After having opposing teams fail to throw his way most of the season, the junior finally got a rare crack at an interception, and immediately made off with it.
His third pick of the season, it gives Smith 11 all-time (he had one as a freshman and seven as a sophomore), leaving him just one shy of Josh Bayne’s CHS career record.
Shortly thereafter Smith continued his quest to attack all of Bayne’s records, hauling in his 10th touchdown reception of the season.
The snag ties Bayne’s single-season mark, and was Downes 16th TD pass this season.
He’s spread his scoring strikes out between Smith (10), Cameron Toomey-Stout (4), Jacob Martin (1) and Sean Toomey-Stout (1).
Downes sits two shy of Joel Walstad’s single-season record of 18 touchdown passes, set in 2014, when his primary target was … yep, Bayne.
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