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Chase Anderson heads off in pursuit of buckets. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

Chase is once again on the chase.

With the start of a new high school boys’ basketball season approaching, the stat keepers are once again firing up their pens and pencils.

Coupeville has been active on the hardwood since 1917, and I’ve managed to document 428 players who’ve scored in a varsity game.

With many old-school scorebooks lost to time (or still buried in someone’s barn or attic), the numbers aren’t complete, and likely never will be. But we get closer and closer, while making sure to record what’s going down in the present.

Which brings us back to Chase Anderson, who sits at #36 all-time with 599 points heading into his senior season.

Now, reasonably, he’s a longshot to get all the way to #1, needing 707 more points to slip past Logan Downes, with the CHS single season record of 644 by Jeff Stone having stood untouched since 1970.

But never say never.

Anderson is one of six active players on the list, though others will likely join them as the 2025-2026 season plays out.

So, sharpen that pencil and let the nets bounce.

 

CHS boys’ basketball
(1917-2025)
*Active players in bold*:

 

Logan Downes – 1305
Jeff Stone – 1137
Mike Bagby – 1137
Randy Keefe – 1088
Mike Criscoula – 1031
Jeff Rhubottom – 1012
Bill Riley – 934
Pete Petrov – 917
Brad Sherman – 874
Denny Clark – 869

Arik Garthwaite – 867
Bill Jarrell – 855
Hunter Smith – 847
Corey Cross – 811
Hawthorne Wolfe – 800
Jack Elzinga – 770
Barry Brown – 769
Hunter Hammer – 755
Steve Whitney – 730
Dan Nieder – 729

Tom Sahli – 719 (**MISSING SEASON**)
Chris Good – 688
Gavin Keohane – 677
Virgil Roehl – 674
Foster Faris – 668
Pat Bennett – 659
Wade Ellsworth – 659
Jason McFadyen – 654
Rich Morris – 637
Kramer O’Keefe – 636

Wiley Hesselgrave – 632
John O’Grady – 611
Greg White – 604
Denny Zylstra – 602
Joe Whitney – 601
Chase Anderson – 599
Brian Miller – 597
Mike Syreen – 594
Gabe McMurray – 592
Pat Clark – 583

Randy Duggan – 552
Roy Marti – 551
Jim Syreen – 550
Marc Bissett – 549
Gary Hammons – 533
Jerry Zylstra – 527
Brad Miller – 526
Gary Faris – 524
JJ Marti – 520
Cody Peters – 518

David Lortz – 502
Jason Bagby – 499
Xavier Murdy – 482
Pat O’Grady – 472
Harold Buckner – 469
Sean Dillon – 469
Frank Marti – 462
Alex Murdy – 448
Del O’Shell – 440
Tony Ford – 432

Caleb Powell – 421
Mason Grove – 414
Ben Biskovich – 407
Casey Clark – 407
Nick Sellgren – 406
Cole White – 405
Blaine Ghormley – 393
Tom Logan – 385
James Smith – 382
Don Cook – 377

Chad Gale – 373
Mike Millenbach – 373
JD Wilcox – 373
Ty Blouin – 369
Caesar Kortuem – 369
Ray Harvey – 368
Pat Brown – 355
Dick Smith – 352
Ethan Spark – 352
Glenn Losey – 350

Timm Orsborn – 345
Robin Larson – 342
Byron Fellstrom – 340
Kevin Faris – 339
Michael Vaughan – 337
Jim Yake – 331
Aaron Trumbull – 330
Brad Brown – 328
Charlie Tessaro – 328
Utz Conard – 326

Ian Smith – 324
David Ford – 323
Bob Rea – 320
Chris Marti – 319
Gabe Wynn – 316
Nick Streubel – 314
Ben Hayes – 306
Allen Black – 305
Noah Roehl – 301
Blake Day – 299

Noel Criscoula – 298
John Beasley – 293
Risen Johnson – 291
Brian Fakkema – 290
Matt Frost – 290
Hurlee Bronec – 288
Mike Mallo – 282
Keith Jameson – 277
Terry Roberts – 277
Kit Manzanares – 275

Boom Phomvongkoth – 275
Zepher Loesch – 274
Alex Evans – 272
Aaron Curtin – 271
Tyler King – 270
Joe Tessaro – 270
Eric Hopkins – 265
Harvey Wainio – 265
Rick Keefe – 259
Troy Blouin – 256

Sean Callahan – 256
Greg Fellstrom – 248
Richard Hammons – 248
Casey Larson – 247
Don Schreiber – 247
Brandon Huff – 245
Grady Rickner – 245
Brad Haslam – 235
Sean Toomey-Stout – 235
Geoff Hageman – 227

Curt Youderian – 226
Hunter Bronec – 223
Rich Vaughan – 219
Ed Wood – 219
Joel Walstad – 217
Richard Cook – 216
Ryan Keefe – 214
Nick Guay – 213
Jordan Ford – 210
Andrew Mouw – 204

Vance Huffman – 203
Tim Quenzer – 202
Alan Hancock – 198
Shawn Ryan – 197
Mitch Aparicio – 195
John Engstrom – 195
Trevor Tucker – 194
Roy Mattox – 191
Dale Sherman – 188
Scott Stuurmans – 188

Ryan Blouin – 185
Pat Millenbach – 181
Jack Porter – 180
Caleb Meyer – 179
Wayne Hardie – 178
Chris Cox – 177
Evan Tingstad – 177
Jerry VandWerfhorst – 177
Anthony Bergeron – 176
Mike Ankney – 173

Ron Naddy – 172
Dale Libbey – 169
Roger Sherman – 168
Tim Walstad – 168
Randy Blindauer – 166
Mark Bepler – 165
Chad Brookhouse – 163
Jered Brown – 156
Monty Moore – 155
Geoff Wacker – 154

Bill Baas – 153
Ulrik Wells – 152
Jim Faris – 151
Steve Konek – 149
Gavin O’Keefe – 149
Ryan McManigle – 148
Ryan Griggs – 147
Hugh Abell – 145
George Libbey – 142
Sandy Roberts – 134

Craig Anderson – 132
Scott Franzen – 129
Ben Etzell – 127
Gavin Knoblich – 126
Len Buckner – 125
Brian Shank – 125
Joey Lippo – 121
Jessie Smith – 119
Scott McGraw – 116
Christian Townsdin – 116

Camden Glover muscles his way to the hoop.

Camden Glover – 115
Mitch Pelroy – 115
Taylor Ebersole – 114
Eric Taylor – 112
Jim Casey – 111
Jacobi Pilgrim – 111
Jonathan Valenzuela – 110
Brian Barr – 108
Joe Donellon – 101
Jason McManigle – 101

Bryan Hamilton – 99
Brian Knoll – 98
Morgan Payne – 96
Christian Lyness – 95
Koa Davison – 94
Ted Weber – 91
Hunter Downes – 89
James Meek – 89
Dan Miller – 89
Landon Roberts – 88

Steve Bissett – 87
Andrew Cashen – 87
Carson Risner – 86
John Sinema – 86
Nick Morris – 83
Dominic Coffman – 81
Logan Martin – 81
Roy Armstrong – 80
Cameron Toomey-Stout – 80
Caleb Valko – 78

Ross Buckner – 77
Matt Shank – 77
JJ Johnson – 76
Duane Score – 76
Quinten Farmer – 75
Matt Ortega – 75
Mike Ellsworth – 74
Don Spangler – 72
John Zimmerman – 72
Joe Bruzas – 71

Jason Fisher – 71
Tony Prosser – 70
Les Jacobson – 69
Tom Conard – 68
Dean Grasser – 68
Matt Bepler – 67
Zack Swerdfeger – 66
Ron Lanphere – 65
Sage Downes – 64
Ben Hancock – 63

Randy Stone – 63
Mike Brown – 62
Jason McDavid – 62
Jeremy Staples – 62
Brian Hageman – 61
Erik King – 61
David Davis – 60
Tom Mueller – 59
Brandy Ambrose – 58
Sam Kieth – 58

Steve Smith – 58
Martin Walsh – 58
Matt Helm – 57
Dennis Terrell – 57
Drew Chan – 56
DeAndre Mitchell – 56
Daniel Olson – 56
Ellis Schultz – 56
Dave Stoddard – 56
CJ Smith – 54

Larry Zylstra – 54
Asa Owensby – 52
Marc Aparicio – 51
Chris Chan – 51
Joe Kelley – 51
Marvin Darst – 50
Troy Hurlburt – 49
Stanley Bruzas – 48
Dalton Engle – 48
Jerry Helm – 48

Dalton Martin – 47
Eddie Fasolo – 45
Doug Speers – 45
Banky Fisher – 44
Keith Dunnagan – 42
Zane Oldenstadt – 42
Gaylord Stidham – 41
Erick Harada – 40
James Jorgensen – 40
Nevin Miranda – 40

Jeff Thomas – 40
John Wyatt – 40
John Moskeland – 39
Danny Bonacci – 36
Chuck Ruthford – 36
Charlie Toth – 36
Jim Marti – 35
Zeb Williams – 35
Robert Cushen – 34
Dante Mitchell – 34

Sid Mudgett – 34
Johnny Porter – 34
Dave Brandt – 33
Ryan Kelley – 33
Brian Roundy – 32
Richard Barber – 31
Joe Libbey – 31
Ray Cook – 29
Tim Leese – 29
Ralph Lindsay – 29

Kyle Rockwell – 29
Rick Marti – 28
Toby Martinez – 28
Daniel McDonald – 28
Joe Rojas – 28
Todd Smith – 28
Scott Sollars – 28
Richard Benson – 27
Mike Duke – 27
John Holmes – 26

Lewis Berry – 25
Mark Short – 25
Tim Youderian – 25
Jared Helmstadter – 24
Trent Diamanti – 23
Trevor Mueller – 22
Dan Schleiffers – 22
Malachi Somes – 22
William Davidson – 21
Jay Roberts – 21

Dustin Van Velkinburgh – 21
Matt Douglas – 20
Jordan Emerson – 20
Dane Lucero – 20
Dean Strom – 20
Scott Fisher – 19
Scott Losey – 19
Bud Merryman – 19
Matt Petrich – 19
Jason Raymond – 19

Rob Blouin – 18
Rick Keith – 18
Marvin Mitchell – 18
Guy Walker – 18
Gary Boyke – 17
Jim Keith – 17
Jean Lund-Olsen – 17
Cedric McIntosh – 17
TJ Rickner – 17
Rick Frieze – 16

Frank Nelson – 16
Chad Nixon – 16
Josh Wilsey – 16
Steven Cope – 15
Eric Dyer – 15
Mike Lester – 15
Brad Rogers – 15
Henry Edwards – 14
Todd Brown – 13
DJ Kim – 13

LaVerne Arnold – 12
Mike Eaton – 12
Guy George – 12
Kole Kellison – 12
Glen Lanphere – 12
Desmond Bell – 11
Bill Hamilton – 11
Howard Libbey – 11
Ken Pickard – 11
Jon Roberts – 11

Chris Squires – 11
Ben Winkes – 11
Jermiah Copeland – 10
Ron Edwards – 10
Travis Hooker – 10
Mikey Robinett – 10
Daniel Graham – 9
Kyle King – 9
Bruce Seiger – 9
Jimmy Sullivan – 9

Fred Wyatt – 9
Erik Anderson – 8
Dave Bowers – 8
Rob Fasolo – 8
Kraig Gordon – 8
Cody Roberts – 8
Robert Shafer – 8
Dave Wells – 8
Charlie Cook – 7
Bobby Engle – 7

Brian Folkestad – 7
Wayne Hesselgrave – 7
Aiden O’Neill – 7
Ed Cook – 6
Tucker Hall – 6
Chuck Hardee – 6
Kevin King – 6
Robert Kirkwood – 6
Quinten Simpson-Pilgrim – 6
George Smith – 6

Nic Anthony – 5
Ariah Bepler – 5
Scott Davidson – 5
JD Myers – 5
Timothy Nitta – 5
Nate Steele – 5
Ron Zylstra – 5
Andrew Bird – 4
Bill Boze – 4
Miles Davidson – 4

Ralph Engle – 4
Jason Legat – 4
Morgan Roehl – 4
Rusty Bailey – 3
Luke Currier – 3
Davin Houston – 3
Frank Mueller – 3
Tracy Wilson – 3
Teo Benson – 2
Norm Enders – 2

Carson Field – 2
Easton Green – 2
Chris Locke – 2
Jeremy McCormick – 2
Rich McCormick – 2
Fred Meadors – 2
Denny Moss – 2
Tony Sherman – 2
Marion Sill – 2
Stephen Stietenroth – 2

Robbie Wanamaker – 2
Paul Baher – 1
Bill Engle – 1
Robert Engle – 1
Bob Franzen – 1
Meryl Gordon – 1
Oscar Liquidano – 1
Raleigh Sherman – 1

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Liam Blas roared in for his second touchdown of the season Friday night. (Parker Hammons photo)

It’s been almost an even split this season.

Through eight games, Coupeville High School football has tallied 20 touchdowns, with 11 of those coming from seniors and nine from underclassmen.

Chase Anderson and Aiden O’Neill rep the Class of 2026, with the other four guys to have paydirt either being sophomores (Liam Blas, Nathan Coxsey) or juniors (Davin Houston, Josh Stockdale).

Where things currently stand in the season-long scoring chase:

 

Touchdowns:

Chase Anderson – 9
Davin Houston – 5
Liam Blas – 2
Aiden O’Neill – 2
Nathan Coxsey – 1
Josh Stockdale – 1

 

PATs:

Anderson – 14

 

Conversions:

Houston – 1

 

Points:

Anderson – 68
Houston – 32
Blas – 12
O’Neill – 12
Coxsey – 6
Stockdale – 6

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Ayden Warren played a strong defensive game Saturday in a Coupeville loss. (Parker Hammons photo)

“That’s a really good football team over there.”

As the players exited Mickey Clark Field Saturday, Coupeville High School football coach Bennett Richter was philosophical about what had transpired on a cold, wet, windy prairie afternoon.

Adna, a top 10 ranked team in 2B, had blown open a close game, using a 38-point explosion in the second quarter to nail down a lopsided 52-7 non-conference victory over the Wolves, making a fairly loud statement.

“I’d like to have a couple of those big boys…” Richter mused as a 300+-pound Pirate lineman, his uniform soaked in sweat, rain, and grime, strolled by.

“Adna is going to make some noise in the state playoffs.”

Now, even with the loss, which drops Coupeville to 1-6 on the season, the Wolves still have their own playoff hopes.

With only two of the seven schools in the Northwest 2B/1B League playing 11-man football, CHS and Friday Harbor are locked in a duel for the chance to advance to a cross-over playoff game, with a trip to state at stake.

Friday Harbor won the first go-round with Coupeville by a 28-14 score, and the rematch is set for next Friday’s regular-season finale in Cow Town, which doubles as Senior Night for the Wolves.

Earn a season split with a win, and Richter’s team will force a tiebreaker half-game clash, likely to be played on a neutral field in La Conner.

As they prep for rumble #2 with Friday Harbor, which sits at 3-4, the Wolves will try to have a short memory and flush the last three quarters of Saturday’s game from their collective memories.

If you look at just the first 15 minutes or so from the Adna game, it’s a really positive story.

While the visitors struck first, using a 75-yard return on the opening kickoff to set up a very short field, then punching in a touchdown on an eight-yard run, Coupeville responded in kind.

Trailing 8-0 after Adna was successful on a two-point conversion run, the Wolves drove 62 yards on six plays for their own touchdown.

CHS quarterback Chase Anderson slipped through two defenders and unleashed a 46-yard bomb through the air on third-and-nine, the ball dropping right onto the waiting fingertips of a sprinting Davin Houston, to push the Pirates back.

Then, three plays later, Anderson again slipped a tackle, before outsprinting the defense to the right corner of the end zone for a 10-yard scoring rumble, his team-leading seventh score of the season.

A successful PAT from Anderson cut the margin to 8-7, followed by Coupeville’s defense stepping up big-time early in the second quarter during a driving rainstorm.

Riley Lawless got the crowd revved up by crushing an Adna ballcarrier, and the Wolves forced two fumbles on the ensuing drive.

While Adna managed to wrestle the ball back the first time, it wasn’t quite so lucky the second time, as the slick ball shot loose and was covered by a pile of Wolves.

With the ball back in Anderson’s hands, things seemed bright for the Wolves on an otherwise dark, dank day.

Unfortunately, that was almost exactly the moment when everything fell apart for Coupeville.

Adna turned the tide by forcing a punt, then taking the kick to the house on a 55-yard sprint to the end zone, and things got much worse from there.

Coupeville’s next three drives ended with an interception and a pair of punts, with the Pirates following up each defensive stand with a quick touchdown drive of their own.

That sent a 16-7 deficit to 22-7, then 30-7, then 38-7, with time still left on the first-half clock.

The visitors went for the KO, and got it, immediately following a touchdown by dropping an onside kick, and recovering it, with less than 30 seconds until halftime.

Wolf lineman Ira Volpentesta made a nice stop on Adna’s first run play after the turnover, but the Pirates went to the air on the next play, connecting on a scoring strike to carry a 46-7 lead into the locker room.

The rain was much less brutal in the second half, but the clock also flew faster, after the visitors busted off a final 30-yard rushing touchdown to trigger the 40-point mercy rule.

With the clock whizzing down to 0:00, the Wolves continued to fight, however.

Liam Blas busted off a strong run, bouncing off of bodies and churning for yardage, while Ayden Warren came screaming through the line to plant the Adna quarterback into the turf for a late sack.

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Liam Blas (left) and Bennett Richter are part of a pack of Wolves bringing The Bucket back to Coupeville. (Kevin Blas photo)

How sweet it is.

Delivering a ferocious second-half beatdown to their archrivals Friday night, the Coupeville High School football squad turned frustration into elation.

When the Wolves exited Waterman Field in Langley, after serenading sticky-fingered receiving ace Malachi Somes on his 18th birthday, they carried with them several things.

First, a 35-6 win over host South Whidbey, fueled by a 28-point explosion after halftime.

And with that victory, their first in six games this season, the Wolves reclaim ownership of The Bucket, that slightly dented trophy which has only grown in stature over the past 16 years.

Win, and win convincingly, as Coupeville did while senior quarterback Chase Anderson ran for three touchdowns and tossed another, and you also earn the right to talk all sorts of smack for a full year.

365 days. Gird your loins, Falcon faithful.

It’s likely to be a painful year down South, where the Falcons fall to 0-4 after absorbing the non-conference loss and losing what may have seemed like an iron grip on ye olde trophy.

For Coupeville, and a jubilant coach Bennett Richter, gone is the frustration of a seven-year dry spell, a period in which the Falcons won six straight Island rivalry clashes (and the 2020 game was cancelled thanks to a pandemic).

“This is why we do this!! This is why I coach!!” the Wolf head man bellowed, before promptly being swept up into a never-ending series of back slaps, hugs, photo ops with the hardware, and, maybe, possibly, even a few well-earned tears of joy.

“Yeah, baby!!” (Jennifer Morrell photo)

There was a time when CHS won the Bucket game four times in six years, with former coaches Tony Maggio and Jon Atkins each leading two squads to the promised land.

But recent history had not been quite so kind to the Wolves, as Falcon gunslingers like Kody Newman and Parker Collins made their names leading the blue and white gridiron warriors to a string of victories.

South Whidbey celebrated Homecoming Friday, but on the field, the good times ended for the locals as, for once, the hottest QB playing was wearing red and black.

Anderson did get picked off once in his final gridiron battle with the next-door neighbors, but other than that, he was at the top of his game, mixing big runs with dynamic passes as he shredded the Falcons time and again.

Especially in the second half.

The game began as a fairly tense affair, with a fast-moving, almost penalty-free first quarter featuring only two drives and no points.

South Whidbey took the opening kickoff and marched 63 yards down the field — as my new pen from the $1.25 store literally exploded in my hand — only to be shut down at the most crucial moment by a fired-up Wolf defense.

I always have a back-up writing utensil, however, and, apparently, the Wolves also have some heavy hitters willing to rattle a few noggins.

Somes and Riley Lawless came up with big stops along the way, but it was Josh Stockdale who pulled down the South Whidbey ballcarrier short of the sticks on fourth down to force a turnover.

Chase Anderson dreams about beating South Whidbey. (Parker Hammons photo)

With the ball in its possession for the first time, Coupeville stayed on the ground, with Anderson, Davin Houston, and Liam Blas churning up yardage and keeping the clock running.

The Wolves actually waited until the first play of the second quarter to end the drive, as Anderson bolted around the left side on a 15-yard dash to the end zone to slap the first six points on the board.

The teams exchanged punts on the next two possessions, before things got wild in the waning moments of the half.

Coupeville recovered a fumble off of a bad Falcon snap and was ready to blow things open, only to be stuffed several times inside the 10-yard line. Compounding matters, the Wolves pushed a field goal try wide left, and what could have been 14-0 or 10-0 remained stuck at 7-0.

If Richter already didn’t have angina at the moment, all he could do was watch in horror as South Whidbey, racing the clock, drove 91 yards in 45 seconds, connecting on a 30-yard scoring strike as the clock flipped over to 0:00.

The Falcons promptly muffed the PAT, however, thanks to an awkward snap, and the extra-long halftime show roared into view with the game sitting at 7-6 in favor of Cow Town.

If you were expecting more of the same in the second half, plot twist. Only one team came back out of the locker room ready to unleash total freakin’ destruction.

That would be the men in red and black, as Coupeville brought out the whoopin’ stick and methodically spanked its hosts over the game’s final 24 minutes.

Anderson bolted for another score, on a six-yard slash, but only after Houston spun everyone out of their shoes on a 12-yard reverse and Anderson, bobbing and weaving like Muhammad Ali in his poetry-spouting prime, zipped a 19-yard pass to Somes on fourth-and-10.

With Wolf defensive dynamos like Jackson Sollars and Camden Glover hitting from every angle and thoroughly shutting down the Falcons, the CHS offense methodically went to work, making the scoreboard numbers pop.

Houston brought the fans to their feet on a kickoff return where he muffed the ball, snagged the runaway pigskin on the run, and still managed to pick up 20+ yards. Followed by his own 22-yard touchdown sprint two plays later.

“My legal name is Davin Houston. But you can call me The Dazzler.” (Parker Hammons photo)

Up 21-6 heading into the fourth, Coupeville got a 21-yard touchdown pass from Anderson to Aiden O’Neill and an 11-yard scoring run from its QB to set the final score, but that wasn’t all the highlights.

O’Neill, back after missing most of his junior season with an injury, picked off two Falcon passes in the final frame, helping ensure no late-game heroics.

Fresh off the win, the Wolves get their next two games at home, with Adna set to visit Mickey Clark Field Saturday, Oct. 18, before Friday Harbor comes to Whidbey Oct. 24 for the regular-season finale.

That game will be Senior Night for O’Neill, Glover, Anderson, Marquette Cunningham, Somes, and Jayme Carranza.

Malachi Somes (holding The Bucket) celebrates a birthday win with his teammates. (Megan Rickner photo)

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Riley Lawless takes great delight in destroying rival quarterbacks. (Parker Hammons photos)

It’s one final burst of Parker Pics.

Parker Hammons, one of the best student photographers at Coupeville High School in recent years, recently moved out of state.

But as he goes, we’re treated to a medley of Wolf football pics from his final moments on the prairie.

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