Hunter Smith looks for running room, as Ryan Labrador trails the play. (John Fisken photos)
Jacob Zettle stays hydrated on a sizzling afternoon in La Conner.
Coupeville was the only school to bring its cheerleaders. Thereby proving, as always, the Wolves have far more spirit than their rivals.
Dawson Houston snags a wayward ball.
The Wolves have a meeting of the minds.
Teo Keilwitz runs to daylight.
Which gets a thumbs up from Jake Hoagland.
Rampaging freshman Sean Toomey-Stout already has the whole “tackling like a wild beast” thing down cold.
No one worried about the score, but Friday was still important.
With Coupeville High School’s football team sitting eight days away from its season opener (Sept. 3 at home vs. South Whidbey), the Wolves got a chance to go out and hit someone who wasn’t their own teammate.
The occasion was a three-team jamboree down La Conner way, with Coupeville and Burlington-Edison filling out the marquee.
The game gave the Wolves a chance to run through their offense and defense under game-like conditions (and the watchful eye of first-year head coach Jon Atkins).
It also might have provided a little bit of an informal scouting session, as Coupeville returns to La Conner in Week 2 (Sept. 9) for a non-conference game with the Braves.
As the teams battled under a scorching sun, wanderin’ paparazzi John Fisken worked the sidelines, capturing the late-summer gridiron action.
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