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Our stat game is strong!!

Posted in Football, tagged , , , , , on October 26, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Senior Jacob Martin leads Coupeville in rushing and tackles. (John Fisken photo)

   Senior Jacob Martin leads Coupeville in rushing yards and tackles. (John Fisken photo)

This could be a record-breaking season.

With two games left on the schedule, a pair of Coupeville High School football players are making bids to put their names on the program’s all-time record board.

Junior QB Hunter Downes and junior receiver Hunter Smith already tied CHS single-game records for touchdowns thrown and caught in a single game.

That came when Downes riddled Bellevue Christian for four scoring strikes, three of which went to Smith.

Now, Smith sits one snag away from tying Josh Bayne’s season record of 10 touchdown receptions, while also finding himself just 143 yards shy of Chad Gale’s mark (844 yards in 1987) for receiving yards in a single campaign.

When it comes to career marks, Smith sits 225 yards and six touchdowns off of Gale’s records (1,345 yards and 17 TD’s).

Downes is a little further away from his goals, but with a strong finish could make runs at Ian Smith’s single-season mark of 1,848 passing yards and Joel Walstad’s 18 touchdown passes in a year.

The Wolf gunslinger sits at 1,201 yards and 13 touchdowns and Friday’s foe, Chimacum, has the second-worst scoring defense in the Olympic/Nisqually League.

Cascade Christian, Coupeville’s final rival Nov. 4, is #1 in every defensive stat, however.

While the Hunter to Hunter passing attack is making a run at history, they are not the only Wolves putting up strong stats this season.

Here’s a look at where the whole CHS roster stands through week #8 on offense and defense, according to numbers posted on MaxPreps by Wolf coaches.

Complete kicking/kick-returning stats aren’t available at the moment, but are expected to be back in the mix by the end of the season, said CHS coach Jon Atkins.

Offense:

Passing:

Hunter Downes 55-126 for 1201 yards (#2 in league, #5 in 1A) with 13 TD and 10 INTs
Hunter Smith 1-1 for 67 yards
Shane Losey 1-1 for 5 yards

Receiving:

Smith 30 receptions for 701 yards (#2 in league, #3 in 1A, #16 in all divisions)
Cameron Toomey-Stout 15-317 (#6 in league, #13 in 1A)
Jacob Martin 5-137
Clay Reilly 3-64
Sean Toomey-Stout 1-32
Jake Hoagland 2-17
Taylor Consford 1-5

Rushing:

J. Martin 74 carries for 488 yards
Reilly 59-224
Smith 26-103
Chris Battaglia 24-61
S. Toomey-Stout 8-45
Matt Hilborn 15-20
Teo Keilwitz 1-12
Andrew Martin 3-7
C. Toomey-Stout 2-1
Jacobi Pacquette-Pilgrim 1-(-4)
Losey 2-(-10)
Downes 37-(-80)

All-Purpose yards (Rush/Rec/KR/PR/IR):

Smith 1040
J. Martin 625
Reilly 404
C. Toomey-Stout 395
S. Toomey-Stout 87
Hilborn 65
Battaglia 61
Hoagland 17
Keilwitz 12
A. Martin 7
Consford 5

Total yards (Rush/Pass/Rec):

Downes 1121 (#3 in league, #6 in 1A)
Smith 871 (#8 in league, #13 in 1A)
J. Martin 625
C. Toomey-Stout 318
Reilly 288
S. Toomey-Stout 77
Battaglia 61
Hilborn 20
Hoagland 17
Keilwitz 12
A. Martin 7
Consford 5

Touchdowns:

Smith 12
J. Martin 5
C. Toomey-Stout 4
Downes 2
Battaglia 1
Keilwitz 1
Ryan Labrador 1
Reilly 1

PATs:

Reilly 20 (#2 in league, #6 in 1A)

Points:

Smith 72
J. Martin 30
Reilly 26
C. Toomey-Stout 24
Downes 12
Battaglia 6
Keilwitz 6
Labrador 6

Defense:

Tackles:

J. Martin 62
Uriel Liquidano 46
Reilly 44
Smith 38
Hilborn 27
S. Toomey-Stout 27
Battaglia 24
C. Toomey-Stout 24
Julian Welling 24
Keilwitz 14
Labrador 12
Dane Lucero 12
Jacob Zettle 11
Axel Partida 10
Jake Pease 5
James Vidoni 4
Matt Stevens 3
Hoagland 2
Downes 1
Losey 1
A. Martin 1
Pacquette-Pilgrim 1

Sacks:

Liquidano 5.5 (#2 in league, #4 in 1A, #18 in all divisions)
Vidoni 2
Zettle 1.5
J. Martin 1
Welling 1

Fumble recoveries:

Battaglia 1
Hilborn 1
Labrador 1
Lucero 1

Interceptions:

Reilly 2
Smith 2
C. Toomey-Stout 2
S. Toomey-Stout 1

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Rumblin’ in the rain!!

Posted in Football, tagged , , , , , on October 24, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Andrew Martin

Andrew Martin runs between the rain drops. (John Fisken photos)

Gavin Knoblich

Gavin Knoblich anchors the line for the Wolves.

team tackle

   A pack of Wolves including Ulrik Wells (25), Jake Hoagland (middle) and Trevor Bell (72) bring down an Eagle.

Matthew Shreffner

CHS receiver Matthew Shreffner gets lined up.

sun

And then the sun went supernova.

Dawson Houston

Wolf QB Dawson Houston comes out flingin’ heat.

Where’s the lightning when you really want it?

A week after having their game stopped seven minutes early by flashes in the sky (from off-Island), the Coupeville High School JV football squad (and its fans) were left out in the rain and wind for the full duration Monday night.

The first half was a cascade of moisture, which always make one a bit hesitant to be camped out next to the electronics which operate the score board.

As we’re currently living through a year without a press box, the school’s athletic master of ceremonies, Aimee Bishop, was left to construct an intricate wall of blankets and umbrellas around the equipment.

Which worked until the rain was joined by a wall of wind which sliced ‘n diced its way right through the (thin) layer of protection.

All in all, it was the sort of evening where the crew in the stands, and the soaked coaches on the sideline, moaned a bit each time Klahowya threw a pass while up by four touchdowns in the fourth.

Why, you ask?

Because the clock stopped every time the slick ball evaded the grasp of an Eagle receiver, stretching out how long we got to enjoy the “balmy” Washington weather.

By the time we were all set free, Klahowya was headed back to the bus with a 36-0 win that never really felt like a blowout.

Coupeville, which got a strong rushing effort from freshman Andrew Martin — no one was keeping stats in the downpour, but he had to have made a nice run at a 100-yard night — hung close until midway through the third quarter.

With just 12 players available on the sideline, thanks to late-season injuries, the JV squad fought until the final play.

Wolf freshman Spencer Machen picked off a pass to stop one Klahowya drive, and CHS coach Ryan King praised the effort of other young guns such as Jacobi Pacquette-Pilgrim and Ulrik Wells.

To see more photos from this game (purchases fund college scholarships for Coupeville student/athletes) pop over to:

http://www.johnsphotos.net/Sports/FB-20161024-Coupeville-JV-vs-K/

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Eagles soar, Wolves survive!!

Posted in Football, tagged , , , , , , on October 21, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Hunter Smith (John Fisken photo)

   Hunter Smith hauled in his ninth TD reception Friday, leaving him one shy of Josh Bayne’s school single-season record. (John Fisken photo)

Real life mattered more than wins and losses Friday night.

While the Coupeville High School football team would prefer to have returned from Silverdale with something other than a 45-12 loss to Klahowya, relief over teammate Jacob Zettle’s health was first on everyone’s minds.

The Wolf junior crashed hard while trying to make a tackle in the first quarter and remained down on the field for close to 15 minutes before being removed by medics.

He was strapped onto a backboard and taken to a local ER, where his grandmother Suzanne said doctors found he had a concussion and neck spasms, but, thankfully, no issues with his vertebrae.

Zettle’s injury was one of of least three big ones an already-undermanned Wolf gridiron squad suffered.

Matt Hilborn was rocked on a play late in the game and is believed to have suffered a concussion, while the team’s leading rusher, Jacob Martin, went down in the first quarter with a hand injury.

Klahowya was rockin’ a 67-man roster (CHS, at full strength, runs maybe half that) and the Eagles were looking for some payback after being knocked out of the playoff race with a loss Monday at Port Townsend.

Led by the one-two punch of Gabe Wallis, who scored three touchdowns on the ground, and Dylan Zuber, who had three picks on defense and ripped off a long run for a TD of his own while at QB, the Eagles controlled the game from start to finish.

They had numbers, they had skill and they even had some luck.

Jack Cooper, who doubles as a Klahowya soccer player, nailed a second-quarter field goal that hit the left upright, caught an updraft and spun back to the right for a miracle three.

The lead announcer on the Kitsap Sun live stream that was playing on the internet just about broke his mic as he fell off his seat while marveling at Cooper’s bank shot.

Coupeville’s luck, on the other hand, was nonexistent.

Down 24-0 with the halftime break coming up fast, the Wolves got knifed twice by the refs.

First, Hunter Smith outraced a group of Eagles to the right sideline, skipping nimbly in for a three-yard scoring run, only to see the play waved off on a holding call.

Taking a different tack, he went left on fourth and goal from the eight-yard line, snagged a pass from Hunter Downes and appeared to score for a second time.

It wasn’t to be, however, as the ref ruled Smith down a half-yard shy, giving Klahowya the ball back.

The Eagles rolled the dice one more time and found Lady Luck ready to give them a sloppy kiss, as Zuber artfully danced away from a safety on the final play of the half.

If you thought Coupeville’s luck would change after the halftime show, you would be about 93.2% wrong.

Smith made a sensational snag on a ball from Downes, rambled through several defenders, but couldn’t get past the very last hand in his way and hit the turf at the one-yard line.

And yes, with first and goal from the one, but missing their battering ram in Martin, who was stuck on the sideline, the Wolves somehow then went four and out.

CHS finally found a positive — a bright, glimmering one — when it recovered a fumble on the very next play, which eventually set up a 34-yard touchdown strike from Downes to Smith.

It was Smith’s ninth TD catch of the season, putting him one off of Josh Bayne’s school single-season record.

For Downes, it was scoring toss #13, leaving him five behind Joel Walstad’s record of 18 in one year with two games to play.

Klahowya held firm, though, closing the third with Zuber’s 40-yard-plus scoring run, then opening the fourth with a smash-mouth TD from Eagle Twitter legend James Gherna.

Showing far more class than Port Townsend did when it left its starting offense in while up 50-0 on the Wolves in the fourth quarter, the Eagles went to their back-ups and coasted in for the win.

Coupeville also played its bench for much of the fourth, giving freshmen like Andrew Martin and Dawson Houston valuable field time.

Jake Hoagland and Sean Toomey-Stout hauled in passes, with Toomey-Stout’s being of the 42-yard variety, while Teo Keilwitz garnered his first varsity touchdown to cap Coupeville’s scoring.

The loss drops the Wolves to 1-4 in Olympic/Nisqually League play and 2-6 overall.

Coupeville travels to Chimacum next Friday, then closes at home against Cascade Christian Nov. 5.

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Live on the internet! Friday! Friday!! Friday!!!

Posted in Football, tagged , , , , on October 18, 2016| Leave a Comment »

(John Fisken photo)

   Jacob Martin hears that he’s about to become a YouTube star. (John Fisken photo)

The Wolves are stepping into prime time.

You won’t have to travel to Silverdale Friday to see Coupeville High School clash with Klahowya on the gridiron, as long as you have access to a computer or phone or other electronic doodad.

That’s because the Wolves and Eagles are the game of the week for the Kitsap Sun and will be streamed live out across the internets.

So, bookmark this (or hope I remember to re-post it on Friday):

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Refs knife Wolves (lightning quick)!!

Posted in Football, tagged , , , , , on October 17, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Teo Keilwitz stormed in from the two-yard line Monday for Coupeville's lone TD in an 18-6 loss. (John Fisken photo)

   Teo Keilwitz stormed in from the two-yard line Monday for Coupeville’s lone TD in an 18-6 loss. (John Fisken photo)

Mother Nature (and the refs) pulled off a fast one Monday night.

With the ball in its hands and more than seven minutes left on the clock, the Coupeville High School JV football squad was planning how to pull out a come-from-behind win over visiting Bellevue Christian.

Then things were taken out of their hands, and the Vikings got to go home early with an 18-6 win.

The game was called because of what seems to be a misinterpretation of the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association’s rule book.

Several lightning flashes were seen in the far distant clouds.

How far distant? Like off-the-Island far away.

Like far enough away the refs hadn’t even noticed, until they were alerted.

At which point they bailed, called the game and (in the case of at least one of them) peeled out of the parking lot in his car.

Except … that’s not what the rule book says.

The WIAA rules state (and let’s highlight the important part):

When thunder is heard, or a cloud to ground lightning bolt is seen, the thunderstorm is close enough to strike your location with lightning.

Suspend play and take shelter immediately.

Once play has been suspended, wait at least 30 minutes after the last thunder is heard or flash of lightning is witnessed prior to resuming play.

Any subsequent thunder or lightning after the beginning of the 30-minute count, reset the clock and another 30-minute count should begin.

So, stop right there.

Was thunder heard? Not in the slightest.

Was a cloud-to-ground lighting bolt seen? Not even close.

A couple of far-off (and I do mean far-off) flashes in the sky, and we’re done, as Bellevue Christian didn’t want to sit out a 30-minute (non-necessary) delay, as they were dead set on catching an early ferry.

Perhaps the same ferry being taken by the refs…

The game itself was a scoreless battle until the final two minutes of the first half, when Coupeville was stung on back-to-back plays.

Taking over at Bellevue’s 30-yard line after a fumble recovery by freshman Sean Toomey-Stout, the Wolves seemed primed to open the scoring.

Unfortunately they had a bad exchange on the first-down hand-off, and the ball bounced right into the hands of a Viking defender who returned it 70 yards for a touchdown.

CHS stiffened on defense, prevented the two-point conversion, then tied the game on the ensuing kickoff, as Toomey-Stout bolted 85 yards down the left sideline.

Except the refs threw a late flag at the tail end of the run, calling a Wolf for a block in the back (despite the fact the “offending” party was in FRONT of the guy he hit) that brought the TD back.

After falling behind 12-0 early in the third (BC ripped off a 79-yard scoring run), Coupeville rallied to cut the lead back to a single score.

They did so by pulling off two precision plays.

Facing fourth and 15 from the 25, Wolf QB Dawson Houston dropped a ball in between two defenders and receiver Jonathan Thurston came back to get it, hauling it in for a 23-yard gain.

Two plays later Teo Keilwitz slammed into the end zone over the right side, knocking down and dragging three defenders with him.

Bellevue pulled off its own fourth-down miracle on the next drive, sliding a short touchdown pass over the middle after nearly being picked off on third down.

With Keilwitz and Andrew Martin running well, and Houston starting to find a groove, Coupeville looked like it still had plenty of fight left, only to have the refs deliver a lightning-quick wedgie.

While his squad fell to 1-3, Wolf JV coach Ryan King was encouraged by a lot of what he saw.

“As a unit we played well with a team that matched up well with us,” he said. “They played their hearts out and definitely worked really well together.”

As the refs ankled for the exit like they had dinner reservations, Bellevue Christian’s team and a chunk of the Coupeville players met at midfield for a BC-led prayer.

I might not be much of a lip-reader, but I’m pretty sure the invocation ended with “and thank you for the lousy refs, Lord, much appreciated.”

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