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T-minus two weeks!!

Posted in Football, tagged CHS Wolves, football, Jake Hoagland, Lathom Kelley, Ty Eck on August 5, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Ty Eck lets it fly. (John Fisken photos)

Lathom Kelley has places to be, and he believes in getting there as quickly as possible.

Jake Hoagland reaches that point of a scrimmage where your helmet weighs about 125 pounds.

Brenden Gilbert, unleashed.

Ethan Kedrowski: “Good lord, don’t let Gilbert hit me…”

JR Pendergrass holds the line, giving Wolf QB Gabe Eck plenty of time to throw.

But, it’s still the middle of the summer…

It may feel that way, but, as of today, we are only two weeks away from the official start of the fall high school sports season.

Football teams across the state will take the field Wednesday, Aug. 19 for the first day of practice, with the rest of the various sports squads following suit on Aug. 24.

In Coupeville, that means volleyball, boys’ tennis and girls’ soccer will join the action.

Tennis will be led by Ken Stange, going into his 11th year at the helm of the Wolf netters. While he recently resigned as a teacher at CHS to pursue a new vocation, he intends to remain on as the net guru.

His fellow coaches include Troy Cowan (entering his third season as soccer coach), Breanne Smedley (second year at the helm of the volleyball program) and Brett Smedley, who will be making his debut as head football coach.

To get you ready, a few more left-over pics from the CHS summer football scrimmage.

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EXCLUSIVE: Get an eraser, baby!!

Posted in Football, tagged CHS Wolves, football, Ian Barron, Josh Bayne, rushing records, Tom Roehl on August 2, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Ian Barron, the one true CHS rushing king. (Photo courtesy Devyn Barron Nixon)

Ian Barron, the one true Coupeville High School rushing king. (Photo courtesy Devyn Barron Nixon)

The CHS football record board as it stands today. (Shelli Trumbull photo)

This 2000 letter from Tom Roehl to the Everett Herald backs (David Svien photo)

This 2000 letter from Tom Roehl to the Everett Herald backs the long-held belief that Barron truly holds the school records. (David Svien photo)

I’m sorry, but the record board is wrong.

When Coupeville High School recently installed glossy new boards to honor Wolf football and volleyball players from years past, it was a huge step forward for the school.

I give the coaches and those who went through the records they had, all the credit in the world.

They did the best they could with the limited records they could retrieve.

But I have to semi-officially blow up two of those records right now.

With all due respect to Josh Bayne, who was an electrifying rusher and exited as the 1A Olympic League MVP last year, you don’t own the school’s single season and career rushing marks.

Sorry.

You’re still one of the best players I have personally seen play in the past 25 years, Mr. Bayne, a back-cracker on ‘d’ and a wild man with the ball.

But, having obtained a great deal of paperwork once owned by longtime CHS football assistant coach Tom Roehl, I discovered a smoking gun today.

It’s a two-page letter from Roehl and Wolf head coach Ron Bagby to Everett Herald Prep Editor John McDonald, sent in 2000 in support of senior running back Ian Barron.

In the document, Roehl details Barron’s remarkable four-year run at CHS, and the numbers don’t lie. But they do astound.

Barron, and not Bayne, owns both the single season and career rushing records. And it’s not even close.

Bayne is listed with 2,154 yards gained in his stellar career. Which is dang impressive.

But Barron had 2,178 yards … at the halfway point of his career.

He gained 425 yards as a freshman, then put together a 1,753-yard campaign (the true school record) as a sophomore.

If he never played another down after that, he would still rightfully own the record.

But Ian did take the field again, tossing up 1,087 yards as a junior … in just three games.

A broken ankle in the second half against Chief Leschi ended his season prematurely, otherwise he would have likely scorched his sophomore mark. Can you say 2,000+ yards, cause I certainly can.

Barron came back strong as a senior, gutting out an additional 1,448 yards to run his all-time total to 4,713 yards, more than double the mark that currently owns the top slot on the board.

The CHS record boards were a long time coming. They are a great addition to keeping Wolf athletic history alive.

But they are a work in progress.

The next step in that progress — paying homage to the one true rushing king.

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Oh Lord(s), it’s your birthday!!

Posted in Football, Happy birthday, tagged CHS Wolves, football, Happy birthday, Jake Lord, Josh Lord on August 2, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Jake Lord (John Fisken photos)

Josh Lord

The early days.

Most of an offensive line was born today.

People didn’t know it at the time, but when Jake and Josh Lord came roaring into the world they brought with them a 2-for-1 deal for future football coaches.

Now, as they prepare for their senior seasons at Coupeville High School (and as I still struggle a bit to tell them apart without the help of uniforms and a roster…), they’ve grown into solid young men.

Not just in body size, where they more than fill the needs of their line coaches, but also as good-natured dudes off the field, as well.

As they celebrate a joint birthday today, we want to wish them much success, in the upcoming gridiron season and beyond.

Happy birthday, Mr. Lord one, and Mr. Lord two.

May you continue to reign.

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Bring ’em home!!

Posted in Football, tagged 25 years, anniversary, Brad Haslam, CHS Wolves, Concrete, football, Frank Marti, Jason McFadyen, undefeated on July 31, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Wolf QB Jason McFadyen operates under center during the undefeated 1990 season. (Photo courtesy Jason McFadyen)

Artifacts from the olden days — a preseason memo from Wolf coach Ron Bagby and a program from the home state playoff game. (Courtesy Tom Roehl Archives)

I took a photo of a 25-year-old photo. I got skills.

Let’s throw a party.

The greatest football team in Coupeville High School history, the undefeated 1990 squad, hits a magical milestone this year.

It will be 25 years since that Wolf squad, led by the precision passing of Jason McFadyen and an unstoppable running attack, went 9-0, outscoring its opponents 258-107.

While they fell to Rainier in a home state quarterfinal playoff game played on a windswept Mickey Clark Field Nov. 10, 1990, they remain the gold standard.

No Wolf team has come close to that win total since then, and that trip to the state playoffs, the fourth in school history, was also the last one a CHS gridiron squad has earned.

Which is why we need to take a moment this season and acknowledge that squad.

And, in a moment of perfect symmetry, I have the ideal time.

Coupeville plays four home games this coming season, all in October.

The first three are 1A Olympic League contests (Oct. 2 against Port Townsend, Oct. 9 against Klahowya and Homecoming Oct. 16 against Chimacum).

The regular-season finale, though, on Friday, Oct. 30 is a non-conference affair against Concrete.

Which would be the perfect game to honor the ’90 squad, since back then Concrete was a fellow Northwest B League opponent, and the Wolves beat Concrete 10-0 in the season’s biggest win.

Frank Marti capped a 122-yard rushing performance with a one-yard touchdown plunge in the fourth quarter, then Brad Haslam dropped the punctuation mark with a 34-yard field goal.

Wins over Darrington, Orcas Island and La Conner would cap the regular season, but win #6, coming over the power team in the league, was the one that shocked the world.

So, we need to make this happen.

Whether it’s the Coupeville Booster Club, school officials, current football coaches, the players on that team, or us, the fans, we have three months to make this a reality.

At halftime on Oct. 30, the ’90 squad should come back to claim the Cow Town field.

So, here, from that playoff roster, are the guys we’re looking to find.

If you know them, if you are them, spread the word. We’re gonna make this happen.

1990 Coupeville Wolves:

Coaches:

Ron Bagby
Brian O’Hara
Tom Roehl (RIP)
Jon Prater

Manager:

Brent Fitzgerald

Seniors:

Brian Barr
Ben Biskovich
Sean Dillon
Chris Frey
Les Hall
Mark Lester
Frank Marti
Jason McFadyen
Ryan Samplawski
Aaron Williams