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Hoops on the horizon!!

Posted in Boys Basketball, Girls Basketball, tagged , , , , , on October 14, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Lauren Grove (left) and Lindsey Roberts (John Fisken photo)

   Lauren Grove (left) and Lindsey Roberts will both be back to help power the Wolf girls’ hoops squad. (John Fisken photos)

Gabe Wynn is one of two possible varsity returners for the Wolf boys, along with Hunter Smith.

   Gabe Wynn is one of two possible varsity returners for the Wolf boys, along with Hunter Smith.

It’s never too early to talk about basketball.

While the start of the high school hoops season is still a month away — the first day of practice is Nov. 14 — you can get a jump-start by printing out and laminating the Wolf high school schedules.

Now, there’s always the chance things will get tweaked between now and then, but with CHS Athletic Director Willie Smith humming along these days, the schedules seem pretty set in stone.

A few things we can look forward to:

A lot of road games, with only 17 of 40 at home in 2016-2017.

The Wolf boys get nine home dates, while the girls will grace the CHS gym eight times.

But, both teams have full 20-game schedules, the first time that’s happened in several seasons.

The Coupeville girls, who are coming off their first trip to state in a decade, return to Friday Harbor on the first weekend of the season to defend their title at the Tip-Off Classic.

And while they will have a run of six straight road games at one point — combined with winter break, they don’t play at home between Dec. 11-Jan. 9 — they break more than even on 1A Olympic League games, with five of nine in town.

The boys, despite having one more home game total, actually have one less home game in league play, hitting the road for five of their nine conference bouts.

Finally, if you’re hoping for some doubleheader action, again, get used to hitting the road, as the Wolves have only a single two-for-one special on the home docket.

That comes Saturday, Dec. 10, when South Whidbey comes to Cow Town for a night of Island rivalry.

The schedules as they sit today:

* = Olympic League games. Times listed are for varsity.

GIRLS:

Sat-Nov. 26 @ Sedro-Woolley Jamboree (5:00 PM)
Tue-Nov. 29 @ Blaine (7:00)
Fri/Sat. Dec. 2-3 @ Friday Harbor Tip-Off Classic
Wed-Dec. 7 Chimacum (*) (5:00)
Fri-Dec. 9 Klahowya (*) (3:30)
Sat-Dec. 10 South Whidbey (7:00)
Tues-Dec. 13 @ Klahowya (*) (3:45)
Fri-Dec. 16 @ Bellevue Christian (6:30)
Tues-Dec. 20 @ Concrete (7:00)
Friday-Dec. 30 @ Orcas Island (1:30)
Tues-Jan. 3 @ Port Townsend (*) (6:00)
Fri-Jan. 6 @ Chimacum (*) (6:00)
Tues-Jan. 10 Sequim (5:00)
Fri-Jan. 13 @ Mount Vernon Christian (7:45)
Tues-Jan. 17 North Mason (7:00)
Fri-Jan. 20 @ Port Townsend (*) (6:00)
Tues-Jan. 24 Klahowya (*) (3:30)
Fri-Jan. 27 Chimacum (*) (5:00)
Thur-Feb. 2 @ Sequim (5:15)
Sat-Feb. 4 Port Townsend (*) (5:00) — SENIOR NIGHT

BOYS:

Tues-Nov. 29 Blaine (7:00)
Fri-Dec. 2 Sultan (7:00)
Wed-Dec. 7 @ Chimacum (*) (6:00)
Fri-Dec. 9 @ Klahowya (*) (3:45)
Sat-Dec. 10 South Whidbey (5:15)
Tues-Dec. 13 Klahowya (*) (3:30)
Fri-Dec. 16 @ Bellevue Christian (8:00)
Sat-Dec. 17 Vashon Island (6:00)
Tues-Dec. 20 @ Concrete (5:15)
Fri-Dec. 30 @ Orcas Island (3:00)
Tues-Jan. 3 Port Townsend (*) (5:00)
Fri-Jan. 6 Chimacum (*) (5:00)
Tues-Jan. 10 @ Sequim (5:15)
Fri-Jan. 13 @ Mount Vernon Christian (6:15)
Tues-Jan. 17 @ North Mason (7:00)
Fri-Jan. 20 Port Townsend (*) (5:00)
Tues-Jan. 24 @Klahowya (*) (3:45)
Fri-Jan. 27 @ Chimacum (*) (6:00)
Thur-Feb. 2 Sequim (5:00) — SENIOR NIGHT
Sat-Feb. 4 @ Port Townsend (*) (6:00)

To stay up to date, check out:

School district site: http://coupeville.tandem.co/

Olympic League site: http://olympicleague.com/

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Nipped!!

Posted in Football, tagged , , , , on September 23, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Downes

   Wolf QB Hunter Downes threw for three touchdowns Friday night, one to Jacob Martin (right). (John Fisken photos)

Hunter Smith

   Hunter Smith snagged the other two scoring strikes, giving him six TDs on the season.

This one was a heart-breaker.

Coming off of back-to-back blowout losses, the Coupeville High School football squad made huge strides Friday night, but fell just short in its conference opener.

Unable to hold on to a four-point halftime lead, the Wolves were clipped 23-20 by Charles Wright Academy in a game played in the wilds of Tacoma.

The loss drops Coupeville to 1-3 overall, 0-1 in Olympic/Nisqually League play.

CHS will get a chance to even its record with back-to-back home games the next two weeks, facing Vashon Island and Port Townsend.

With the 1A Olympic League having joined up with the Nisqually League to form an eight-team super conference for football, Coupeville found itself facing off with one of its new rivals to kick off the seven-game league season.

And while the Tarriers scored first, the Wolves hit right back, using an effective air game to pick apart the Charles Wright secondary.

Junior quarterback Hunter Downes rifled three touchdown passes, two to Hunter Smith and one to Jacob Martin, doubling his season output.

The first one went 34 yards on a Hunter-to-Hunter connection, while the second scoring pass, also to Smith, staked the Wolves to a 13-9 halftime lead.

Downes hit Martin for a second-half score as well, but Charles Wright answered with two touchdowns of its own to hold off Coupeville.

The three passing touchdowns was one off the school’s single-game record of four, jointly held by current CHS offensive coordinator Brad Sherman (2001) and Wolf legend Corey Cross (1971).

Cameron Toomey-Stout picked off a Tarrier pass to pace the CHS defense.

In other league games, Klahowya clocked Vashon Island 35-14 and Cascade Christian clobbered Chimacum 47-19.

Port Townsend and Bellevue Christian wrap up the first weekend of league play when they meet Saturday.

Current standings:

School League Overall
Cascade Christian 1-0 4-0
Charles Wright 1-0 2-2
Klahowya 1-0 3-1
Bellevue Christian 0-0 0-3
Port Townsend 0-0 1-2
Chimacum 0-1 1-3
Coupeville 0-1 1-3
Vashon Island 0-1 0-4

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Fresh (and mostly complete) stats!!

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

Cameron Toomey-Stout is second in receptions, fourth in all-purpose yardage and fifth in tackles. (John Fisken photos)

   Wolf junior Cameron Toomey-Stout is second in receptions, fourth in all-purpose yardage and fifth in tackles. (John Fisken photo)

Stats are a tricky business.

Whether they’re being recorded with pen and paper on the sidelines, or off of game film later, one thing remains constant.

Every player is dang sure their numbers should be higher than what the stat sheets show.

To which I say, hey, it is what it is.

The stats below, which document Coupeville High School’s gridiron progress through three weeks, come with a couple of caveats.

One, if tackles seem a bit low, it’s because no totals have been posted for the La Conner game (at least not on MaxPreps or Hudl).

And two, if you disagree with your stats, talk to your coaches.

Me? I’m just the messenger, not the stat keeper.

Offense:

Passing:

Hunter Downes 12-30 for 276 yards (#2 in league) with 3 TD and 4 INTs

Receiving:

Hunter Smith 8 receptions for 210 yards (#1 in league)
Cameron Toomey-Stout 3-57
Jake Hoagland 1-9

Rushing:

Jacob Martin 25 carries for 159 yards
Clay Reilly 24-134
Smith 17-32
Chris Battaglia 7-10
Matt Hilborn 4-3
Jacobi Pacquette-Pilgrim 1-(-4)
Downes 15-(-26)

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

Smith 478
Reilly 162
Martin 159
C. Toomey-Stout 68
Hilborn 48
Battaglia 10
Sean Toomey-Stout 10
Hoagland 9

Total yards (Rush/Pass/Rec):

Downes 250
Smith 242
Martin 159
Reilly 134
C. Toomey-Stout 57
Battaglia 10
Hoagland 9
Hilborn 3

Touchdowns:

Smith 4 (tied for #4 in league)
Downes 2
Martin 2
Reilly 1

PATs:

Reilly 7 (#2 in league)

Points:

Smith 24 (tied for #4 in league)
Reilly 13
Downes 12
Martin 12

Defense:

Tackles:

Martin 15
Smith 14
Reilly 12
Teo Keilwitz 10
C. Toomey-Stout 8
Battaglia 7
Julian Welling 7
Uriel Liquidano 6
S. Toomey-Stout 6
Jacob Zettle 6
Dane Lucero 5
Hilborn 4
James Vidoni 3
Shane Losey 1
Pacquette-Pilgrim 1

Sacks:

Vidoni 2 (tied for #1 in league)
Liquidano 1
Martin 1

Interceptions:

Smith 2 (tied for #2 in league)
S. Toomey-Stout 1

Fumble Recoveries:

Reilly 1

Special Teams:

Kickoffs:

Reilly 14 for 585 yards (#1 in league)

Punts:

Reilly 9 for 308 yards (#3 in league)

Kickoff/punt returns:

Smith 8 for 219 yards (#2 in league)
Hilborn 3-45
Reilly 3-28
C. Toomey-Stout 2-11
Pacquette-Pilgrim 2-0

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“We kept fighting all the way!!”

Posted in Football, tagged , , , , , on September 9, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Senior Clay Reilly recovered a fumble and hauled in a 31-yard pass Friday. (John Fisken photo)

   Senior Clay Reilly fought hard on both sides of the ball Friday, recovering a fumble and hauling in a 31-yard pass. (John Fisken photo)

Second verse, not as sweet as the first.

Coming off a big win in week one, the Coupeville High School football team was flying high headed into Friday night’s clash at La Conner.

Unfortunately, a big, bruising, highly-efficient and ultimately pretty cold-blooded Braves squad reminded the very young Wolves there’s still a lot of work to do if they want to compete with the big boys.

By the time La Conner was done rolling to a 53-6 win, punctuating it by choosing to score with just 14 seconds to play rather than take a knee, a fair amount of damage had been done.

The key will be how the Wolves, who have just three seniors on their roster, respond to their first setback of the season.

“I liked that we kept fighting all the way,” said Coupeville coach Jon Atkins as he stood on a somber sideline after the game.

“We knew going in this would probably be the best team we face this season and it would be a tough one,” he added. “Now we gotta bounce back and prove we can get a win after a loss and get right back on track.”

A big key for the Wolves as they head into week three, when they host Nooksack Valley, also 1-1, in the final non-conference game on the schedule, will be to cut down on turnovers.

Coupeville was stung in the first half Friday by two huge miscues deep in La Conner territory.

Trailing 6-0 and with the ball in their hands for the first time, the Wolves drove from their own 29 to the Braves 12, with a 31-yard pass play from Hunter Downes to Clay Reilly helping move the chains.

But with Coupeville knocking on the door of making it a tie game, or taking the lead, it coughed up the ball, losing a fumble on the nine-yard line.

La Conner took immediate advantage, pulling off an 84-yard touchdown pass just three plays later.

After the Braves tacked on another score on the first play of the second quarter, the Wolves suffered their other huge momentum-killer.

Putting together a solid drive, keyed by a long pass from Downes to Hunter Smith, CHS made a play for the end zone, only to have La Conner standout Budda Luna jump a route and pick off the ball.

With an open field ahead of him, he hurtled 89 yards to the end zone, putting the game on ice.

Coupeville finally got on the board with a little under seven minutes to play in the first half, when Downes cranked a ball down the right sideline and Smith outran his defender to snag the ball for a 48-yard touchdown strike.

It was the fourth touchdown of the season for the junior receiver.

That was about it for the large contingent of Wolf faithful who traveled over to La Conner, however, as, other than a few plays here and there, the rest of the night was fairly uneventful.

Reilly recovered a fumble deep in his own territory to end one Braves drive, Uriel Liquidano stuffed a play right at the line of scrimmage and drove the runner back for a loss, and Jacob Martin chased down a breakaway runner from behind, preventing a score.

Smith came dangerously close to breaking off a kickoff return for a touchdown for the second straight week, but got snagged at the last second and had to settle for a 55-yard jaunt when he wanted 75 yards.

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They like him! They really like him!!

Posted in Football, tagged , , , , on September 9, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Hunter Smith (John Fisken photo)

   Hunter Smith holds up one thumb for each interception he snagged in week one of the season. (John Fisken photo)

Hunter Smith wasted no time.

The Coupeville High School junior jumped on things right out of the gate and was tabbed as an Athlete of the Week winner Friday by the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association.

Getting the honor out of the way in week one of the 2016-2017 sports schedule takes all the pressure off, as athletes can only win once in a school year.

Smith, who was honored for his play in the Wolves 41-10 season-opening shredding of football arch-rival South Whidbey, joins a list of distinguished CHS athletes to win the award.

Other recent Wolf winners include three-time honoree Makana Stone, Katrina McGranahan and Josh Bayne.

Smith was a two-way terror last Saturday, picking apart the Falcons on both sides of the ball.

He scored three touchdowns, two on passes from Hunter Downes and one on a 76-yard kickoff return to put a final stamp on the rout.

Between his receiving, rushing and return duties, Smith rolled up more than 200 all-purpose yards.

Capping his night, he also picked off two South Whidbey passes.

That gives Smith 10 interceptions for his career, just two shy of tying Bayne’s career record among Wolf gridiron greats.

To bask in the award, and see who else the WIAA honored, pop over to:

http://www.wiaa.com/subcontent.aspx?SecID=961

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