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Gridiron playoff dream denied

Posted in Football, tagged CHS Wolves, football, Friday Harbor, Northwest League, tiebreaker game on November 4, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Hunter Bronec was one of five seniors on a Coupeville High School football team which finished 5-4. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

A strong season ended on a bit of a sour note.

Thanks to a 35-0 loss to Friday Harbor in a tiebreaker half-game played Monday on a neutral field in La Conner, the Coupeville High School football team is headed to the showers.

The Wolves finish 5-4 on the season, while the Wolverines, who are 3-5, advance to play Pe Ell-Willapa Valley (5-4) in a loser-out, winner-to-state game.

Monday’s rumble on a rain-slicked field didn’t change anyone’s win/loss record, but it did determine bragging rights and settle the chase for District 1’s lone postseason berth for 2B teams.

The clash consisted of two 12-minute halves and was necessary since Coupeville and Friday Harbor, the only Northwest 2B/1B League teams playing 11-man football, split their season series.

CHS won the first meeting 18-5 in Cow Town, while Friday Harbor bounced back to take the regular season finale 17-13 on its home turf on Halloween night.

While those two contests were close, Monday’s rubber match was not.

Friday Harbor came out with a simple plan – run, run, and run some more. And it worked.

The Wolverines chewed up five-plus minutes on the opening possession of the game before punching in a touchdown on a short run.

Then, after Coupeville went three-and-out, Friday Harbor went right back to operating a battering ram-style offense, scoring again with a hair over two minutes left in the “first half.”

The Wolf defense played with intensity all season.

Trailing 14-0 at the break, the Wolf offense never really got untracked on the slick La Conner field, and the score got lopsided in the second half.

CHS quarterback Chase Anderson scrambled every which way but loose, and also pegged a couple of successful passes, but Coupeville was ultimately shut out for the first time this season.

While things didn’t end the way they wanted, the Wolves still put together a strong campaign.

Wins over Annie Wright, Klahowya, Cedar Park Christian-Bothell, Friday Harbor, and Winlock give Coupeville its second winning season under third-year coach Bennett Richter.

Monday marked the end of the road for Wolf seniors Marcelo Gebhard, Zander Pulliam, Jack Porter, Hunter Bronec, Johnny Porter, and manager Matthew Campbell.

Coupeville can return five of the eight players who scored this season, however, led by Anderson and Davin Houston, who combined for 17 touchdowns.

Chase Anderson racked up 99 points as Coupeville’s quarterback/kicker.

Final season scoring stats:

Touchdowns:

Chase Anderson – 12
Jack Porter – 8
Davin Houston – 5
Johnny Porter – 4
Liam Blas – 2
Hunter Bronec – 2
Marquette Cunningham – 2
Richmond Bandong – 1

Conversions:

Anderson — 2
Blas — 1
Cunningham – 1
Houston – 1
Ja. Porter – 1

PATs:

Anderson — 17

Field Goals:

Anderson – 2

Points:

Anderson — 99
Ja. Porter – 50
Houston — 32
Jo. Porter – 24
Blas – 14
Cunningham — 14
Bronec – 12
Bandong – 6

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Wet field, slick pics

Posted in soccer, tagged CHS Wolves, Frankie Tenore, John Fisken photos, Lillian Ketterling, Soccer on November 3, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Lillian Ketterling splashes her way to success. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

The field was drenched, but the cameras stayed dry.

Or dry enough to keep on clickin’, as John Fisken wandered off to La Conner Friday to capture the Coupeville High School co-ed soccer squad in action.

To see everything he snapped, pop over to:

https://www.johnsphotos.net/Sports/Coupeville-Soccer-2024-2025/Soccer-2024-11-01-at-LaConner

“The gum … that’s in your mouth. I see it, you see it, we all see it. In my hand now, mister.”

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Spotlight heats up, wins pile up

Posted in Cross Country, Football, soccer, standings, Volleyball, tagged CHS Wolves, cross country, football, Northwest League, Soccer, volleyball on November 3, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Mikayla Wagner and friends are running off to the state meet. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

The calendar flips to November, and things get serious.

A new month brings with it the full crush of postseason action, with just a smidge of regular season play left to finish.

While Coupeville High School soccer saw its season end Saturday, with the Wolves barely missing out on a playoff berth, all of the other fall sports squads are still alive.

Cross country sends 11 runners to Pasco for the state meet, which goes down this coming Saturday, Nov. 9.

Meanwhile, Wolf football has a half-game tiebreaker with Friday Harbor — set for a neutral field in La Conner — going down Monday.

Win, and Coupeville is league champ and hosts a team from District 4, likely on Saturday, with a ticket to state at stake.

Meanwhile, the most successful Wolf program, volleyball, holds Senior Night Monday, with a non-conference match against Sultan.

After that comes the Bi-District tourney, with Coupeville as the #1 seed from District 1.

The Wolves play at home Thursday, then at La Conner Saturday, with two state tourney tickets up for grabs among six schools.

As we head into what is likely to be a wild week, a look at where things sit, win/loss style, through Nov. 3:

Northwest League boys’ soccer:

School	League	Overall
Orcas Island	8-0-0	15-1-0
Lopez Island	6-2-0	11-2-0
PC Christian	6-2-0	11-3-2
Coupeville	4-4-0	6-8-1
Friday Harbor	4-4-0	7-6-0
MV Christian	4-4-0	9-5-1
CPC-Lynnwood	2-6-0	5-9-0
La Conner	2-6-0	2-11-1
Grace Academy	0-8-0	2-12-0

Northwest League football — (11-Man):

School	League	Overall
Coupeville	1-1	5-4
Friday Harbor	1-1	3-5

Northwest League football — (8-Man):

School	League	Overall
Darrington	1-0	5-4
La Conner	0-0	3-4
Concrete	0-1	3-6

Northwest League volleyball:

School	League	Overall
Coupeville	10-0	13-0
Darrington	6-2	16-4
La Conner	6-3	9-7
Orcas Island	5-4	9-8
MV Christian	3-6	7-8
Concrete	1-7	9-11
Friday Harbor	0-9	2-12

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Scrappy booters denied playoff berth

Posted in soccer, tagged CHS Wolves, Northwest League, Orcas Island, regular season finale, Soccer on November 2, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Cael Wilson led Coupeville in scoring during his senior season. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

Close, but no playoff berth.

Playing in the toughest 2B/1B boys’ soccer league in the state, the Coupeville High School co-ed pitch squad was in play for a postseason berth until the final day of the regular season.

Unfortunately for the Wolves, things came to an end Saturday at Mickey Clark Field, as they fell 5-0 to Orcas Island, the #1 team in statewide rankings.

The defeat brings Coupeville’s final record to 4-4 in Northwest 2B/1B League action, 6-8-1 overall.

With the Wolf loss, the fourth and final playoff berth from the nine-team league will go to the winner of a late Saturday afternoon game between Mount Vernon Christian and Friday Harbor.

That team will join Orcas — which is 8-0 in league, 15-1 overall — Lopez Island, and Providence Classical Christian in advancing to the postseason.

Saturday’s finale pitted the Wolves against a rampaging Vikings team which has now outscored its foes 80-11 this season.

By contrast, no other NWL team has registered more than 48 goals.

Orcas, which has played in four of the last five 2B/1B state championship games, winning the crown in 2021, is fast, wily, experienced, and prone to capitalizing on every little mistake.

Even when the error would appear to be made by the refs, who awarded the Vikings a penalty kick after a nothing burger of a play less than seven minutes into play.

Orcas senior Kevin Ibarra Garcia slapped home the game’s opening goal via that freebie, then came back around less than five minutes later to crank in another shot from about 20 yards out to make it 2-0.

The visitors stretched the lead to 3-0 shortly before halftime when a ball slid just under the grasp of Wolf goaltender Hurlee Bronec, before tacking on two more scores in the second half.

Facing a stiff defense, Coupeville only managed to scratch out just a handful of shots on goal.

The best chance for the Wolves came very late in the game, when Preston Epp was awarded his own penalty kick after being roughed up.

The senior captain banged a wicked shot to the left, but it caught part of the bar, and part of the Orcas goalie’s arm, and was denied by a matter of inches.

Hurlee Bronec lays out to block a shot during an earlier game.

Saturday’s game marked the end of the road for a pack of Wolves, with 12th graders Ayden Wyman, Matthew Ward, Epp, Angel Partida, Mason Butler, Cael Wilson, Bronec, and Dane Hadsall playing their final game in the red and black.

Epp and Wilson were five-year players, both starting their runs as 8th graders.

Final season scoring stats:

Varsity:

Cael Wilson – 7
Angel Partida – 5
Sage Arends – 3
Preston Epp – 2
Brian Thompson – 2

JV:

Tamsin Ward – 3
Lillian Ketterling – 2
Frankie Tenore – 1

Angel Partida heads upfield.

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Never fear the camera

Posted in Photos, tagged CHS Wolves, Cris Matochi, Kristina Hooks, Paul Messner, portraits on November 2, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Coupeville Sports Hall o’ Famer Kacie Kiel leads off a series of snappy Wolf portraits. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

Apparently, they’re not afraid of losing their souls.

The Coupeville fans and coaches seen in the pics above and below are content to stare right into the camera and risk the chance the paparazzi behind the lens is up to nefarious purposes.

Bravery, thy name is Wolf Nation.