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Gridiron gang rolls to lopsided win

Posted in Football, tagged , , , , on October 15, 2021| Leave a Comment »

Coupeville football crunched La Conner for a second time this season, winning 40-0 Friday night. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Back on the field, back in the win column.

A week after cancelling a game due to a lack of healthy players, the Coupeville High School football team travelled to La Conner Friday and blitzed the winless Braves for a second time this season.

Pounding away on the ground, the Wolves ran away with a 40-0 win, keeping alive hopes of sharing the Northwest 2B/1B League title.

Coupeville sits at 2-1 in conference action, 2-3 overall, a half game back of Friday Harbor (2-0, 3-4), and two up on La Conner (0-3, 0-4).

While the Wolves play non-conference foe Cascade (Leavenworth) Oct. 22 during Coupeville’s Homecoming game, La Conner will travel to Friday Harbor that night.

CHS then wraps its regular season Thursday, Oct. 28, when it hosts Friday Harbor in what should be a showdown between teams with league marks of 2-1 and 3-0, respectively.

Win that finale, and Coupeville shares the crown with the Wolverines.

Friday’s clash in La Conner was much like the first time the two schools met in late September, when Coupeville waxed the Braves 51-0 at Mickey Clark Field.

The Wolves moved the ball with ease, scored with ease, and never allowed La Conner to get much of anything going.

Forcing and recovering fumbles on the first two Braves possessions, Coupeville didn’t allow their foes to get a first down until the final minute of the opening quarter.

And that only happened because of a questionable face mask call on the Wolves.

Overall, La Conner spent most of the first half on its own side of the field, rarely generating positive yardage on consecutive plays.

CHS, which also had two first-half interceptions, including a pick-six from Daylon Houston, added to a season in which La Conner, a traditional heavyweight, has yet to score a point in four games.

The Braves are looking at a 175-0 deficit with two games remaining on their schedule.

By contrast, Coupeville’s offense quickly found its groove after a week off, punching in five touchdowns in the first half, with Scott Hilborn and Dominic Coffman each scoring twice on runs.

Jonathan Valenzuela added another run to pay dirt, before Houston, who also walloped four PAT tries through the uprights, picked La Conner’s QB off less than a minute before halftime.

The ball securely in his hands, Houston sliced ‘n diced his way downfield, taking the ball back 70+ yards to cap the first-half scoring.

With a running clock in place after the break, and Coupeville taking its foot off the gas pedal, the Wolves didn’t add to their already-impressive point total in the second half.

Valenzuela did pick off a La Conner pass in the third quarter, however, giving his squad five takeaways in the game.

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Race for top spot heats up

Posted in standings, tagged , , , , , , on October 10, 2021| Leave a Comment »

Grey Peabody denies you. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

Coupeville football had an unexpected week off after injuries forced it to cancel a non-conference game.

Things are starting to drop into place.

The further we get into the fall sports season, the more the frontrunners become clear.

Defending Northwest 2B/1B League champs La Conner (volleyball), Orcas Island (boys soccer), and Mount Vernon Christian (girls soccer) are all back in the lead, while Friday Harbor (football) is rebounding nicely after losing a season to Covid.

While it doesn’t sit in first-place in any sport, Coupeville is solid, currently second-best in volleyball and football.

Originally it seemed like Wolf girls soccer was also in second, but it turns out a score was misreported for the Friday Harbor vs. La Conner game, momentarily bumping CHS down a rung.

That could change this coming week, however, as the Coupeville boosters host Friday Harbor Tuesday.

Toss in home games against La Conner Thursday and non-conference foe Sultan Saturday (that’s Senior Night), and the Wolves have a busy week — and no bus rides.

Boys soccer and football only have a single game apiece, with both teams hitting the road Friday.

The booters are off to Lopez Island, while the gridiron giants travel to La Conner — if both the Wolves and Braves football teams have enough healthy players after both teams cancelled games this past week.

Coupeville’s cross country team doesn’t compete again until the league championships Oct. 21, but volleyball will be busy, with a pair of matches.

The Wolf spikers travel to Orcas Tuesday, where they will attempt to cement their hold on second-place, before hosting Darrington Thursday.

Where things stand through Oct. 10:

 

Northwest League boys soccer:

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

 

Northwest League football:

School League Overall
Friday Harbor 2-0 3-3
Coupeville 1-1 1-3
Concrete 0-0 0-2
Darrington 0-0 2-3
La Conner 0-2 0-3

 

Northwest League girls soccer:

School League Overall
MV Christian 5-0-0 9-1-1
Friday Harbor 3-2-0 3-6-1
Coupeville 2-3-0 3-4-0
La Conner 0-5-0 0-5-0

 

Northwest League volleyball:

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

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Injuries sideline Wolf gridiron giants

Posted in Football, tagged , , , , on October 8, 2021| Leave a Comment »

Mikey Robinett and Coupeville will have a week off, with Saturday’s home game cancelled. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

The game that wasn’t, then was, is now no more again.

Coupeville High School’s clash Saturday at home against 1A power Meridian has been cancelled a little over 24 hours before kickoff.

Injuries, not Covid, are the culprit.

“I just received communication from our football staff that we’ve had some mid-week injuries that leaves us with just 13 healthy bodies for this weekend’s game,” said CHS Athletic Director Willie Smith.

“Unfortunately, we are going to need to cancel tomorrow’s game.”

The match-up had only recently been added to the schedule, after Meridian’s league game with Lynden Christian was wiped from the schedule when the latter school switched to remote learning in the wake of Covid outbreaks.

Coupeville had an opening on its schedule, and moved in to replace the Lyncs, but are now also sidelined.

The Wolves, 1-3 on the season, return to action, hopefully, next Friday, Oct. 15, when they travel to La Conner for a Northwest 2B/1B League bout.

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New month, new standings

Posted in standings, tagged , , , , on October 3, 2021| Leave a Comment »

Jill Prince brings the thunder at the net. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

Tony Garcia battles for control of the ball.

Time for some home cooking.

After a week where more events were on the road than not, Coupeville High School’s fall sports teams will get the reverse this coming week.

Boys soccer has the sweetest deal, playing at home Tuesday (La Conner), Thursday (Mount Vernon Christian), and Saturday (Providence Classical Christian).

Wolf football is at home as well, hosting Meridian Saturday in a non-conference game, while both volleyball and girls soccer have mixed schedules.

The spikers play three days in a row, starting with a home contest Tuesday against Concrete.

After that comes back-to-back road trips Wednesday and Thursday, with La Conner and MVC the respective destinations.

Girls soccer starts with a trip to Mount Vernon Tuesday, to play the C-Team of a 4A school.

After that, the Wolf booters arrive back at Mickey Clark Field Thursday for a matchup with Northwest 2B/1B League big shot Mount Vernon Christian.

The lone team to not compete at home this coming week is cross country, which takes a bus to Lakewood Saturday for the annual Hole in the Wall Invite.

Where things stand through Oct. 3:

 

Northwest League boys soccer:

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

 

Northwest League football:

School League Overall
Friday Harbor 2-0 3-2
Coupeville 1-1 1-3
Concrete 0-0 0-1
Darrington 0-0 2-2
La Conner 0-2 0-3

 

Northwest League girls soccer:

School League Overall
MV Christian 4-0-0 8-1-1
Coupeville 2-2-0 3-3-0
Friday Harbor 2-2-0 2-6-1
La Conner 0-4-0 0-4-0

 

Northwest League volleyball:

School League Overall
Coupeville 5-0 5-2
La Conner 5-0 6-0
Orcas Island 4-2 6-3
Darrington 3-3 6-3
Concrete 1-5 1-6
Friday Harbor 1-5 1-7
MV Christian 1-5 2-6

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Friday Harbor football dings Coupeville title hopes

Posted in Football, tagged , , , , on October 2, 2021| Leave a Comment »

Sophomore quarterback Logan Downes scored his second touchdown of the season Friday night. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

Mikey Robinett (45) and Co. play three of their next four games at home.

The dream isn’t dead, but it’s on life support.

Coupeville’s bid to win its first high school football league title since 1990 took a major hit Friday night.

Run over by host Friday Harbor to a 32-6 tune, the Wolves drop to 1-1 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 1-3 overall.

Coupeville sits a game back of Friday Harbor (2-0, 3-2) and one up on La Conner (0-2, 0-3), with two conference tilts remaining for each team.

CHS travels to La Conner Oct. 15, then the Braves make the jaunt to Friday Harbor Oct. 22.

The season finale, bumped up to a Thursday, goes down in Coupeville Oct. 28, when the Wolves get a second crack at Friday Harbor.

With La Conner in a down season — it lost 63-0 to Friday Harbor and 51-0 to Coupeville the first time around — it seems likely the Braves, barring a miracle, are headed to an 0-4 league campaign.

If so, Friday Harbor would have clinched at least a tie for the NWL title coming in to the final week, though a Coupeville win on Senior Night would make them co-champs.

But I’m getting ahead of myself.

Friday’s game started more than an hour late, thanks to ferry issues, and that seemed to be a sign of things to come for Coupeville.

Trailing 32-0, the Wolves finally got on the board when Logan Downes plunged in on a quarterback keeper late in the fourth quarter.

With the ball in his hands, the sophomore gunslinger went right, then, dodging a would-be tackler, cut back to the left and ran over a dude to put six on the board.

It was his second TD of the season, moving him up into a third-place tie with Tim Ursu, with the duo chasing Dominic Coffman (3) and Scott Hilborn (6).

Coupeville went for a two-point conversion, but Downes ensuing pass was knocked down by Friday Harbor’s Dylan Roberson.

The Wolves had their opportunities Friday, and, if they can correct some mistakes, could put up a strong fight in the rematch.

“It was a tough, physical game,” said Coupeville coach Marcus Carr. “We moved the ball well, but had drives stopped by very untimely penalties and a few turnovers.”

The Wolves get a big test in their next game, and a break from league play, as they host 1A Meridian (3-2) Saturday, Oct. 9.

Kickoff is 7 PM.

The game is a late addition to Coupeville’s schedule, as Meridian’s original opponent, Lynden Christian, is having Covid issues.

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