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Prairie progeny earn football honors

Posted in Football, tagged , , , , on November 11, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Former Coupeville High School cheerleader Sarah (Engle) Viers now roots for son Lyal.

The prairie is strong in them.

Cedar Park Christian senior football captains Lyal Viers and Andy Penrod, part of the seventh generation of their family to have a connection to Coupeville, were honored recently for their play on the gridiron.

Viers was named as both the Offensive and Defensive MVP for the Emerald Sound Conference — a league which includes traditional powerhouse King’s — while Penrod was tabbed as a First-Team All-Conference wide receiver.

Cedar Park, which beat both Coupeville and South Whidbey in non-conference games this season, finished 4-6.

Viers and Penrod are the sons of sisters (and CHS grads) 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.

Andy Penrod snagged 23 passes for 475 yards and nine touchdowns, while Lyal Viers filled up the stat sheet on both sides of the ball.

He racked up 1,385 all-purpose yards, rushing 95 times for 598 yards and seven scores, while adding 32 receptions for 600 yards and four more trips to the end zone.

On defense, Viers had 37 solo tackles, 54 assists, three interceptions, and a fumble recovery to pace CPC.

Lyal Viers (1) and Andy Penrod (9) share a moment with Coupeville’s Camden Glover after their teams played earlier this season. (Tammy Glover photo)

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Gritty Wolves win shootout thriller

Posted in Boys Soccer, tagged , , , , , on October 11, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Solomon Rudat battles for a ball in an earlier game. (Julie Wheat photos)

Never count them out.

Rallying twice from a deficit Friday night, the Coupeville High School boys’ soccer squad forced extra time, then toppled visiting Cedar Park Christian-Lynnwood in a penalty kicks shootout to nab a big win on its home turf.

With the 3-2 victory, the Wolves get to 1-1 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 3-5 overall.

The conference clash, played out under the lights at Mickey Clark Field, came on a night when CHS also held its annual cancer awareness event.

The Wolves, battling questionable reffing, fell behind 1-0 at the half, before Edmund Wilson notched the tying goal after halftime.

CPC regained the advantage, but Wilson, following in the proud goal-scoring tradition of older brothers Aidan and Cael, buried another shot into the back of the net for his team-leading third score of the season.

After a tense, and scoreless overtime, the game was decided on penalty kicks, with several Wolves stepping up big in the spotlight.

Sage Arends and Brian Thompson converted successfully on their shots, while Coupeville goaltender Sam Richards blocked a pair of CPC attempts, setting up Wolf gunner Mal Chapa for the winner.

CHS coach Jim Kunz praised his players for overcoming some “very one-sided” calls, while noting the work of his man in the net.

“Sam made so many saves to solidify the win. Absolutely the MVP for the game. He was amazing.”

The Wolves hope to carry the momentum from the win into a road game next Wednesday, Oct. 15 at Mount Vernon Christian, before returning home for contests against Grace Academy (Oct. 17) and Friday Harbor (Oct. 22).

Josh Richards and the Wolves are flying into the thick of league play.

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Festive night, tough loss

Posted in Football, tagged , , , , on September 27, 2025| Leave a Comment »

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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When you’re here, you’re family

Posted in Football, tagged , , , , , on September 23, 2025| 1 Comment »

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.

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“I’m so proud of these young men!!”

Posted in Football, tagged , , , , on September 28, 2024| Leave a Comment »

The Wolves bask in the glow of a stunning come-from-behind win. (Jeff Porter photo)

“It was unreal, they never quit battling and did not give up. It was crazy!”

Proud pops Jeff Porter was over the moon Saturday, after the Coupeville High School football team pulled off one of the most stunning wins in program history.

Trailing Cedar Park Christian-Bothell 49-28, the Wolves stormed back to score the game’s final 27 points to claim an improbable, and very satisfying, 55-49 non-conference victory.

And those final six points to decide things and lift CHS to 3-1 on the season?

They came when Wolf senior Johnny Porter blocked a field goal attempt on the game’s final play, followed by sophomore Davin Houston plucking the ball out of the air and taking the recovery 70+ yards for a walk-off touchdown.

Or run-off touchdown, if you will.

Coupeville, which has opened with four straight games against 1A schools, finally gets a chance to square off with a fellow 2B squad next week.

That will come Friday, Oct. 4, when the Wolves host Friday Harbor (2-2) for Homecoming.

Kickoff is 6:00 PM and the rumble will be the first of two meetings this season between the only Northwest 2B/1B League teams to currently be playing 11-man football.

While that tussle will have major playoff implications, the Wolves will come in on a major high.

Coupeville got back several players who weren’t available for their loss to Granite Falls a week ago, and the returning stars meshed perfectly with their teammates.

Back under center after a week of pacing the sidelines in street clothes, starting quarterback Chase Anderson both ran and threw for multiple touchdowns.

The junior gunslinger connected with Jack Porter, Hunter Bronec, and Houston on scoring strikes, with his hookup with Houston going for 60+ yards.

Jack Porter heads out to be awesome. (David Somes photo)

And yet, at least in the early going, Cedar Park seemed to have an answer for everything Coupeville threw at it, responding with its own offensive explosions.

Wolf fab frosh Liam Blas picked off an Eagle pass and returned it for a touchdown to knot things up at 14-14, but CPC rebounded to lead 21-14 at the half.

The Anderson to Houston pass play forced another tie early in the second half, but then Cedar Park started to pull away with three straight touchdowns to go up 42-21.

The teams exchanged scoring drives, but that still left things at 49-28 in favor of the private school gridiron warriors.

Things looked bleak, at least on the scoreboard, but CHS coach Bennett Richter and his team made Journey proud by living up to the mantra of “don’t stop believin’.”

Hunter Bronec hauled in his first touchdown pass of the season to make it 49-35, and the Wolves recovered an onside kick and drove for a rushing touchdown from Anderson to tighten things up.

A missed PAT left CHS trailing 49-41, however, forcing the Wolves to find some major mojo in the waning moments.

Cue the Steve Perry.

Not only did Coupeville punch in another touchdown, but the Wolves also pulled off a two-point conversion pass from Anderson to Houston to get all the way back at 49-49.

Davin Houston came up huge and can now go brag to his older brothers Dawson and Daylon, who both starred for the Wolves. (David Somes photo)

That set up the frantic final moments, with CPC getting in position to escape with a win in front of its home fans, only to have Coupeville play spoiler in epic fashion.

Which left Richter, like his players and their parents, sky high as the group headed back to Whidbey.

“Our boys showed extreme resilience today and never quit!!” Richter said.

“I tell them every week that we have everything we need in this locker room! And every week they believe in that more and more!

“Today is a testament to that hard work and belief!”

With the spotlight at its hottest, and the action at its most tense, the Wolves rose to the moment.

“We had big games from everyone today,” Richter said. “Chase was outstanding late.

“Every time we really needed a big play someone stepped up! Couldn’t be more of a team win and I’m so proud of these young men!!”

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