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There’s a new King in Baker

Posted in Football, tagged , , , , on August 2, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Ryan King, seen here working in Coupeville in 2016, is the new head football coach at Mount Baker Junior High. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Whidbey to Whatcom, and still killin’ it.

Coupeville grad Ryan King, a football captain who came back around to coach multiple sports at his alma mater, is the new head coach for the Mount Baker Junior High gridiron program.

An inductee into the Coupeville Sports Hall o’ Fame, the burly lineman was a key player for the Wolves football program in the early 2000’s.

King was a captain as a senior in 2006 and helped lead the 2005 CHS squad, the last Cow Town gridiron team to post a winning record until Coupeville finally broke back through to the winning side in 2019.

Once he moved into coaching, the former Wolf worked as an assistant football coach at both the middle school and high school levels between 2011-2017.

He was also a head coach for Coupeville Middle School girls’ basketball, where he worked with future high school stars like Chelsea Prescott, Genna Wright, and Mollie Bailey.

King was an assistant football coach in Mount Baker last fall, and now takes the reigns for a junior high program which feeds a high school which is consistently one of the best in a football-mad region.

“Very excited for this opportunity!” said the former Wolf.

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Gridiron giants hit road, build bond

Posted in Football, tagged , , , , on July 25, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Wolf QB Logan Downes strides into his senior year. (Nikki Breaux photos)

It’s the work before the work.

Official practices for a new Coupeville High School football season don’t get underway until mid-August, but the Wolves are still getting ready.

A three-day trip to Shelton for a camp, seen in the pics above and below, is a vital part of building team unity and focus.

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Summer work fuels fall success

Posted in Football, tagged , , , , on July 23, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Wolf senior lineman William Davidson rumbles at summer football camp. (Courtney Sollars photos)

Best way to prepare for breezy fall football Fridays?

Put in the work on hot Thursday afternoons during the summer like Coupeville High School players did recently.

The Wolves, coming off their first league title and trip to state since 1990, traveled to Shelton for a multi-day camp this week.

While in the land of the Highclimbers, Coupeville players participated in a wide array of drills, strong man competitions, and team bonding moments.

Now they’re back home, with less than six weeks until the first game of the 2023 campaign.

That’ll be a home affair Friday, Sept. 1, with non-league rival Klahowya slated to travel to Cow Town for a 6:00 PM kickoff.

Until then, marinate in a batch of camp pics.

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World traveler, gridiron giant

Posted in Football, tagged , , , , , on July 22, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Dominic Coffman busts up field during the All-State football game. (Photo property Tommy Wolf/Lit Media Productions)

Different continent, same gridiron dreams.

Coupeville grad Dominic Coffman is off to Spain in February to join the Las Rozas Black Demons, a semi-pro football team in Madrid.

The squad competes in Liga Nacional de Fútbol Americano (LNFA), the first-tier division for American football in Spain.

Las Rozas is the defending champs, breaking through in 2023 to win the LNFA Bowl after three runner-up finishes.

The league was founded in 1988 and is run by the Spanish Federation of American Football.

Coffman makes the jump from being a Wolf to being a Black Demon.

Coffman, who was a three-sport star during his time at CHS, met with the team while in Spain visiting Carlota Marcos Cabrillo, who was a foreign exchange student at Coupeville this past school year.

Life has been busy lately for the dude who was the Northwest 2B/1B League’s Offensive MVP during his senior season of football.

Coffman played in the Earl Barden Classic — the all-state gridiron game for small school players — in late June.

That came on the heels of his earning a 2nd place medal at the state track and field championships as part of Coupeville’s 4 x 100 relay team.

During his final high school football season Coffman led the Wolves with 14 touchdowns, running around (and over) multiple defenders on almost every play.

Also a standout on defense, he helped lead Coupeville to a 7-2 record, with the program capturing its first league title and trip to state since 1990.

Coffman, who was Homecoming King, qualified for the state championships in three sports — football, basketball, and track and field.

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Let Dawson cook!

Posted in Football, tagged , , , , on July 13, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Dawson Houston (left) and Kwamane Bowens pose with super fan Davin Houston after the Everett Royals won for the fourth time in five games. (Alia Houston photo)

Now, if the stat keepers could just move as fast as Dawson Houston.

The former Coupeville High School quarterback lit up the sky Saturday, throwing for a pair of touchdowns to help spark the Everett Royals to a 50-22 thumping of the Seattle Seminoles.

While it took four days for the semi-pro football franchise to post complete stats — not that any Whidbey-based bloggers were counting the hours (close to 100…) — Houston was impeccable in the moment.

The victory, coming in Everett’s home finale, lifts the squad to 4-1.

The Royals, who also feature former CHS gridiron coach Kwamane Bowens on defense, sit atop the Impact Conference East standings in the Gridiron Developmental Football League.

Houston, getting his most playing time of the season, sliced up the Seminole defense, completing 9-15 passes for 94 yards.

Bowens was his usual explosive self on defense, as well, adding five tackles and an interception.

The former D-I player, who now coaches at Anacortes High School, has 33 tackles, two interceptions, and a fumble recovery on the season.

The Royals get back at it Saturday, hitting the road to face the Spokane Wolfpack.

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