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Build for the future!!

Posted in Football, Middle School, tagged , , , , on October 5, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Dakota Eck tears off some yardage against Forks Wednesday afternoon. (John Fisken photos)

   Dakota Eck tears off some yardage against Forks Wednesday afternoon. (John Fisken photos)

Logan Wertz

Logan Wertz is ready to rumble.

Cade Golden

Wolf QB Cade Golden triggers the offense.

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Damon Stadler checks his positioning before the snap.

Jake Mitten

Jake Mitten looks for an opening, any opening against a tough Spartans defense.

Trystan Ford

Trystan Ford anchors the line.

OK, let’s get this out of the way quickly and then move on.

Losing 50-0 is not a great thing.

Hopefully though, it can be a lesson, a building block for the future.

That’s the hope of Coupeville Middle School football coaches, who saw their team, made up of mainly 7th graders, get mashed by visiting Forks Wednesday afternoon.

The Spartans, whose roster is awash with 8th graders, dominated from the opening kickoff. Literally.

Sweeping up the ball in his own end zone, Forks’ returner spun back onto the field, cartwheeled towards the right sideline, then strolled 100+ yards the other way, coming into contact with (and getting away from) every one of the Wolf defenders.

Things went downhill pretty quickly from there, with Coupeville trailing 22-0 after one quarter and 44-0 at the half.

A running clock kept things from getting further out of hand after the break, though the Wolves came within a dropped pass of finally busting into the end zone on the game’s final play.

While the Wolves were pasted pretty good and fell to 0-2, head coach Bob Martin found a positive in the play of his quarterback, Cade Golden, who completed passes to Dakota Eck, Daniel Barajas, Ben Smith and Jake Mitten.

Damon Stadler also had a strong kickoff return, coming within one tackler of busting it for a quick six.

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Run to daylight!!

Posted in Football, Middle School, tagged , , , , on September 28, 2016| Leave a Comment »

The future of Wolf football is a bright one, with Jake Mitten carrying the ball. (John Fisken photos)

   With Jake Mitten rumbling, the future of Wolf football is bright. (John Fisken photos)

Dylan Estes

Dylan Estes (9) can not be stopped. End of discussion.

Alexis Reimers

   CMS volleyball star Alexis Reimers (center), Cole Collins (far right) and friends show off a poster supporting their classmates.

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“Come with me if you want to live!”

Dakota Eck

   A Sequim player thinks he’s going to wrap up Dakota Eck (42), but, SPOILER ALERT, the Wolf running back got away.

The future is here.

Kicking off their season on a sunny fall Wednesday, the Coupeville Middle School football squad put in strong work, while providing wandering paparazzi with plenty of photo ops.

The pics above come to us courtesy John Fisken.

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Plenty of fight in gridiron warriors!!

Posted in Football, Middle School, tagged , , , , on September 28, 2016| 3 Comments »

Ben Smith, seen here last season, was one of several Wolves to rip off strong runs in Coupeville's first game. (Deb Smith photo)

   Ben Smith, seen here last season, was one of several Wolves to rip off strong runs Wednesday in Coupeville’s first game. (Deb Smith photo)

Dylan Estes will wreck a dude.

The Coupeville Middle School football player is far from the biggest player on the field, but he makes up in heart what he might currently be shy of in inches.

That was on display several times Wednesday during the Wolves season opener against visiting Sequim, most notably when Estes chased down, then body-slammed a receiver twice his size.

Hustle plays like that, and a late offensive surge, were the highlights for CMS, as it fell 36-12 to a much-larger foe.

Coupeville rallied for both of its touchdowns in the fourth quarter, refusing to go down quietly.

Jake Mitten, who led the Wolf attack all afternoon, used a drop-the-shoulder-and-inflict-some-damage running style to rip off Coupeville’s first touchdown of the season, on an eight-yard plunge.

He then successfully pulled off an on-sides kick, allowing the Wolves to get the ball right back.

CMS quarterback Cade Golden promptly took advantage of the opportunity, guiding the Wolves down the field, before hooking up with Sage Downes on a touchdown pass to the left corner.

On the scoring play, Golden avoided a potential sack, then dropped the ball right onto Downes fingertips, giving the Wolf receiver a perfect ball to snag.

Sequim put the game away in the second quarter, using a very effective passing attack centered around a tall receiver, punching in three of their five touchdowns.

Coupeville’s own passing attack picked up the pace as the game went on, with Golden hooking up with Mitten several times.

A number of dropped passes muted the Wolf attack, however.

Along with Mitten, who ran like a battering ram on the same field where his uncle, Jason McFadyen, led the 1990 CHS gridiron squad to an undefeated season, Coupeville got big runs from Dakota Eck and Ben Smith.

Mitten was a two-way warrior, also dropping the Sequim QB on back-to-back plays where he bull-rushed the line and the blockers melted away under his assault.

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Gridiron giants: the next generation!!

Posted in Football, Middle School, tagged , , , , , on June 23, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Jake Mitten rolls out to throw, as CHS QB Hunter Downes comes flying in. (Photos courtesy Bob Martin)

   Coupeville Middle School QB Jake Mitten throws under pressure. (Photos courtesy Bob Martin)

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   High school players and CHS coach Ryan King (Adidas shirt) help out with the practice.

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CHS QB Hunter Downes (white shirt) and his proteges.

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Pointing to the future … sort of.

They’re light in numbers, but big on dreams.

With school out for summer, Coupeville Middle School football players are still hard at work, putting in practices under the watchful eye of gridiron guru Bob Martin.

As the Wolves get ready for a campaign which won’t officially start for a few months, they also found time to pose for a few pics, as seen above.

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Young guns get taste of big time!!

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged , , , , on March 12, 2016| Leave a Comment »

(Photo courtesy Abbie Martin)

The Wolves have fun at an earlier game. (Photo courtesy Abbie Martin)

(Photo courtesy Cheridan Eck)

   Coupeville has invaded the Spokane Convention Center. (Photo courtesy Cheridan Eck)

Now they’re playing with the big boys.

Day one of the state tournament was a learning experience for the Coupeville 7th grade SWISH boys’ basketball squad.

A huge one.

Facing a big, veteran Tahoma team, the Wolves, who are a mix of 6th and 7th graders, struggled on the boards in the first half and were never able to fully recover, falling 53-21.

Coupeville returns to action Saturday morning in Spokane and will play three more games before the three-day tourney wraps up Sunday.

With Tahoma scorching the nets, and ripping down what few rebounds were available, the Wolves trailed 34-9 at the break.

The second half was an improvement, as Coupeville held its own, getting a boost of self confidence moving forward.

Jake Mitten paced the Wolves with eight points and six rebounds, while Matthew Kelley filled up the stat sheet with seven points, two boards, four assists and three blocked shots.

Daniel Olson, Dakota Eck and Alex Jimenez each dropped in a bucket to round out the scoring.

While Jimenez was scoring, he was also becoming a big brother, as his mom Lorena gave birth to Joshua back in Coupeville.

Eck snatched four rebounds and dealt out two assists, while Michael Laska (a rebound, an assist and a steal), Connor Barton (a rebound) and Hawthorne Wolfe (a rebound and a steal) all chipped in.

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