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Don’t bow down, Cow Town!!

Posted in Football, tagged 1A Olympic League, all the marbles, CHS Wolves, football, Joel Walstad, Klahowya on October 24, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Joel Walstad is the #3 passer in 1A and he’s healthy again. (John Fisken photos)

Wiley Hesselgrave, here cradling the ball after a reception, has been a two-way terror for the Wolves.

How many marbles? All the marbles.

The Coupeville High School football season comes down to this — one 48-minute bout on its home turf.

Coming off of three straight road games, the Wolves (4-3 overall, 3-2 in Olympic League play) host Klahowya (3-4, 3-2) tonight for Homecoming.

The town’s annual parade is at 2 PM, starting at the school and heading down Main Street to Front Street.

Kickoff is at 5:30 and the rules are simple.

Win and you’re in the playoffs. Lose and you’re not.

Barring an upset of epic proportions, Port Townsend (5-2, 4-1) will blow out Chimacum (0-7, 0-5) tonight and claim the first football title awarded in the new four-team league.

That leaves the Wolves and Eagles playing for the second playoff berth, which would send them on the road to play the #1 team from the Nisqually League (likely Cascade Christian) Nov. 7 or 8.

Win or lose, Coupeville will wrap its regular season Oct. 31 with a non-conference game at Concrete.

While the Wolves were rolled 49-6 the first time they faced Klahowya this season, there are multiple reasons to believe they can gain some revenge tonight.

First, they’ve shown they can drop a beat-down on a big-time opponent when everything is clicking.

Unlike Klahowya, Coupeville was the lone Olympic League team to take down Port Townsend this season.

The Eagles were drubbed in both of their match-ups with the Redhawks, while the Wolves stepped up and knocked PTHS down hard the first time the schools faced.

Second, CHS is healthier than it has been in awhile.

Quarterback Joel Walstad, the #3 passer in 1A, has recovered from a hip pointer that made it hard for him to plant when throwing.

Carson Risner, Oscar Liquidano, Aaron Wright? All playing. Lathom Kelley (hand injury) is expected to be the only starter out.

Third, emotion.

It’s Homecoming and Coupeville will also honor former player Adam Garcia, murdered at 21 last week, prior to the game.

Fourth, the Wolves need to prove the computers wrong again.

ScoreCzar.org has Klahowya pulling out a 29-20 win. But the computers picked Port Townsend the first time around, and Coupeville shocked the world.

Fifth, Josh Bayne is running wild, currently the #2 rusher in 1A and #6 in all classifications, with 1,038 yards (he’s topped Jake Tumblin, who snagged 1,016 last season).

Awesome Joshsome is ready to erupt.

And last, and certainly not least, this is our town, our night.

Seven seniors (Wright, Risner, Isaac Vargas, Liquidano, Walstad, Bayne and Matt Shank) have a chance to exit as immortals.

Cow Town doesn’t bow down. Not tonight, not ever.

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If it’s Monday, you must have stats!!

Posted in Football, tagged CHS Wolves, football, Joel Walstad, Josh Bayne, Stats, Wiley Hesselgrave on October 20, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Sophomore Mitchell Carroll is starting to move up the stats charts both as a receiver and a tackler. (John Fisken photos)

Wolf QB Joel Walstad (upper right) has thrown for 1,000+ yards in his first season as a starter.

When he’s not busy moonlighting as a volleyball cheerleader, Josh Bayne is among the state’s best 1A players.

Change is in the air.

Coming off a huge 57-14 romp over Chimacum, the stat sheet for the Coupeville High School football squad is in flux once again.

Several younger players such as Chance Kleinfelter, Mitchell Carroll and Cameron Toomey-Stout got a chance to slap their names on the board, while big guns such as Josh Bayne and Joel Walstad padded their already-impressive stats.

As the Wolves prepare for a Homecoming showdown with Klahowya (5:30 PM Friday) that will decide which of the two schools goes to the playoffs, take a moment to marinate in all the statty goodness.

Offense:

Passing:

Joel Walstad 79 completions for 1,054 yards (#3 in 1A) with 10 TDs and 9 INTs
CJ Smith 9-99 with 1/1
Josh Bayne 1-43

Receiving:

Bayne 26 receptions for 343 yards (#6 in 1A)
Ryan Griggs 22-328 (#8 in 1A)
C. Smith 17-242
Wiley Hesselgrave 10-157
Jacob Martin 9-66
Mitchell Carroll 3-27
Lathom Kelley 4-21
Cameron Toomey-Stout 1-12
Gabe Wynn 1-0

Rushing:

Bayne 105 carries for 1,038 yards (#2 in 1A, #6 in all classifications)
Hesselgrave 33-286
Kelley 21-242
Martin 40-212
Walstad 15-26
Mitchell Losey 7-25
Chance Kleinfelter 1-14
C. Smith 4-12

Kickoff/punt returns:

Bayne 8 returns for 174 yards
Hesselgrave 9-146
Kelley 5-83
Losey 1-10
Toomey-Stout 1-8
Wynn 1-0

Total yards:

Bayne 1,424 (#3 in 1A)
Walstad 1,080 (#7 in 1A)
Hesselgrave 443
C. Smith 353
Griggs 328
Martin 278
Kelley 263
Carroll 27
Losey 25
Kleinfelter 14
Toomey-Stout 12

Touchdowns:

Bayne 14 (#2 in 1A, #8 in all classifications)
Hesselgrave 4
Kelley 4
Walstad 4
Griggs 2
Kleinfelter 1
C. Smith 1

Defense:

Tackles:

Bayne (68) 56 solo, 12 assists (#5 in 1A)
Hesselgrave (41) 34-7
Aaron Wright (33) 23-10
Matt Shank (31) 27-4
Kelley (26) 14-12
Oscar Liquidano (25) 21-4
Martin (21) 15-6
Wynn (13) 13-0
Griggs (12) 9-3
Hunter Smith (11) 11-0
Isaac Vargas (11) 8-3
C. Smith (8) 6-2
Brenden Gilbert (7) 7-0
Losey (7) 5-2
Dominic Dausey (6) 6-0
Walstad (6) 5-1
Josh Lord (6) 4-2
Mitchell Carroll (4) 3-1
James Vidoni (2) 1-1
Kleinfelter (1) 1-0
Jake Lord (1) 1-0
Carson Risner (1) 1-0

Sacks:

Bayne 2
Hesselgrave 2
Shank 2
JR Pendergrass 1
Wright 1

Interceptions:

Bayne 4 (#4 in 1A)
C. Smith 2
H. Smith 1

Fumble recoveries:

Bayne 3
Vargas 2
Dausey 1
Hesselgrave 1
Kelley 1
Martin 1
H. Smith 1
Walstad 1
Wright 1
Wynn 1

Blocked kicks:

Shank 1

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It’s all about the stats!!

Posted in Football, tagged CHS Wolves, football, Gabe Wynn, Joel Walstad, Josh Bayne, Stats on October 12, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Sophomore Gabe Wynn has 13 tackles in his first season. (John Fisken photo)

Numbers tell the story.

Wracked by injuries, Coupeville High School has taken a backwards step or two in the past two weeks, dropping consecutive games and falling back to #29 in the rankings (http://www.scoreczar.org/classifications/4-high-school-football-wa1a ).

But, as the Wolves sit at 3-3 overall, 2-2 in the 1A Olympic League (just a game off of first-place), they have continued to pile up some impressive stats.

Senior two-way terror Josh Bayne currently sits in the Top 10 for 1A players in six categories, while senior quarterback Joel Walstad’s name appear three times.

Your up-to-date stats, heading into next Friday’s game at Chimacum:

Offense:

Passing:

Joel Walstad 73 completions for 943 yards (#2 in 1A) with 7 TDs and 9 INTs
CJ Smith 9-99 with 1/1
Josh Bayne 1-43

Receiving:

Ryan Griggs 22 receptions for 328 yards (#5 in 1A)
Bayne 23-279 (#8 in 1A)
C. Smith 17-242
Wiley Hesselgrave 9-134
Jacob Martin 9-66
Lathom Kelley 4-21
Mitchell Carroll 2-15
Gabe Wynn 1-0

Rushing:

Bayne 87 carries for 732 yards (#2 in 1A)
Kelley 21-242
Hesselgrave 25-175
Martin 33-132
Mitchell Losey 4-23
C. Smith 4-12
Walstad 14-11

Kickoff/punt returns:

Bayne 7 returns for 144 yards
Hesselgrave 8-110
Kelley 5-83
Losey 1-10
Cameron Toomey-Stout 1-8
Wynn 1-0

Total yards:

Bayne 1054 (#2 in 1A)
Walstad 954 (#6 in 1A)
C. Smith 353
Griggs 328
Hesselgrave 309
Kelley 263
Martin 198
Losey 23
Carroll 15

Scoring:

Bayne (48) — 8 TD (#2 in 1A)
Walstad (41) — 4 TD, 12 PAT (#6 in 1A), 1 FG, 1 two-point conversion
Kelley (24) — 4 TD
Hesselgrave (18) — 3 TD
Griggs (10) — 1 TD, 2 conversions
C. Smith (10) — 1 TD, 2 conversions
Matt Shank (2) — 1 safety

Defense:

Tackles:

Bayne 48 solo, 10 assists (#4 in 1A)
Hesselgrave 24-4
Aaron Wright 18-9
Kelley 14-12
Shank 22-3
Oscar Liquidano 21-4
Martin 13-4
Wynn 13-0
Griggs 9-3
Isaac Vargas 8-3
Brenden Gilbert 7-0
C. Smith 5-2
Hunter Smith 6-0
Walstad 5-1
Losey 4-2
Josh Lord 3-2
Dominic Dausey 3-0
James Vidoni 1-1
Jake Lord 1-0
Mitchell Carroll 0-1

Sacks:

Bayne 2
Hesselgrave 2

Interceptions:

Bayne 4 (#2 in 1A)
C. Smith 1
H. Smith 1

Fumble recoveries:

Bayne 3
Vargas 2
Dausey 1
Hesselgrave 1
Kelley 1
Martin 1
H. Smith 1
Walstad 1
Wright 1
Wynn 1

Blocked kicks:

Shank 1

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Stats, baby! We got big stats!!

Posted in Football, tagged 1A Olympic League, CHS Wolves, CJ Smith, football, Joel Walstad, Josh Bayne on September 28, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Senior captain Aaron Wright is third on the team in tackles. (John Fisken photos)

"Hi. We're gonna roll up about 500 yards on you. That work? It does? Nice."

“Hi. We’re gonna roll up about 500 yards or so on you. That work for you? It does? Nice.”

The best team in all the land.

Coming off a huge 29-21 win over highly-regarded Port Townsend Friday night, the Coupeville High School football squad is in sole possession of first place in the 1A Olympic League.

Now 3-1 overall, 2-0 in league play, the Wolves hold a game lead over Port Townsend (2-2, 1-1) and Klahowya (1-3, 1-1) and sit two up on Chimacum (0-4, 0-2).

Coupeville also boasts the best record on Whidbey, leading Oak Harbor (2-1) and South Whidbey (1-3).

How did the Wolves get there? By puttin’ up stats, baby. Big stats.

Take a gander below and marinate in all the statty glory:

Offense:

Passing:

Joel Walstad 53-94 for 754 yards (#2 in 1A)
CJ Smith 2-5 for 12 yards

Receiving:

CJ Smith 14 receptions for 229 yards (#2 in 1A)
Ryan Griggs 15-208 yards (#4 in 1A)
Josh Bayne 15-181
Wiley Hesselgrave 6-95
Jacob Martin 5-32
Lathom Kelley 4-21
Gabe Wynn 1-0

Rushing:

Bayne 56 carries for 580 yards (#1 in 1A)
Kelley 21-242
Hesselgrave 20-133
Martin 25-84
CJ Smith 3-9
Walstad 12-6

Kickoff/punt returns:

Bayne 5 returns for 114 yards
Kelley 5-83
Mitchell Losey 1-10
Cameron Toomey-Stout 1-8
Wynn 1-0

Scoring:

Bayne (42) — 7 TD
Walstad (35) — 3 TD, 12 PAT, 1 FG, 1 two-point conversion
Kelley (24) — 4 TD
Hesselgrave (12) — 2 TD
Smith (10) — 1 TD, 2 conversions
Griggs (8) — 1 TD, 1 conversion
Matt Shank (2) — 1 safety

Defense:

Tackles:

Bayne 26 solo, 5 assists
Kelley 14-12
Aaron Wright 10-5
Shank 11-2
Oscar Liquidano 8-4
Wynn 10-0
Martin 7-2
Hesselgrave 6-1
Isaac Vargas 4-2
Brenden Gilbert 4-0
Griggs 4-0
Jake Lord 2-2
Walstad 2-0
CJ Smith 1-1
James Vidoni 1-1
Hunter Smith 1-0
Mitchell Carroll 0-1

Sacks:

Bayne 2
Hesselgrave 1

Interceptions:

Bayne 4
CJ Smith 1
Hunter Smith 1

Fumble recoveries:

Bayne 2
Kelley 1
Vargas 1
Walstad 1
Wynn 1

Blocked kicks:

Shank 1

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A good ol’ fashioned butt-whuppin’!!

Posted in Football, tagged 1A Olympic League, CHS Wolves, football, Joel Walstad, Josh Bayne, Wiley Hesselgrave on September 19, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Wiley Hesselgrave, destroyer of souls. (John Fisken photos)

Even recent shoulder surgery couldn't keep CHS softball star (and super fan) McKayla Bailey away from the game.

Even recent shoulder surgery couldn’t keep CHS softball star McKayla Bailey (and mom Donna) away from the game.

Willie Smith (left) and Joel Norris keep things hoppin’ in the press box.

Wiley Hesselgrave was back and the Earth trembled.

Returning to the lineup after missing a game with a hurt shoulder, the Coupeville High School junior linebacker was like a wild beast unleashed Friday night, and it kick-started his Wolf teammates.

Hitting harder than they had a week before, with Hesselgrave laying down bone-crackin’ licks to set the pace, CHS rolled out to a 27-0 lead after one quarter before strolling home with a 48-24 win over visiting Chimacum.

The victory lifted Coupeville to 2-1 overall, 1-0 in Olympic League play.

It also sets up an early-season battle for first place in the new four-team 1A league.

Port Townsend (2-1, 1-0), which beat Klahowya 22-9 Friday, travels to Whidbey next Friday, Sept. 26, with a 5:30 kickoff.

They’ll find a Wolf team waiting for them which ripped off four touchdowns in four minutes against Chimacum.

After trading punts with the Cowboys, Coupeville broke through on a one-yard quarterback keeper by Joel Walstad with five and a half minutes in the quarter.

The score was set up by runs of 13 and 12 yards by Josh Bayne and a quick pass-catch-and-smash-through-three-would-be-tacklers from Walstad to Hesselgrave.

Then the dam broke.

Jumping on Chimacum errors — a fumble recovery by Bayne and an onside kick snagged by a freewheeling Hesselgrave — the Wolves punched in touchdowns on back-to-back offensive plays.

The first was another 1-yard keeper by Walstad, the second a broken play that turned magical.

Scrambling to evade a would-be sacker, Walstad stayed on his feet just long enough to allow Bayne to break free, hitting the speedy senior in mid-stride for a 33-yard scoring strike.

Coupeville tacked on a two-point conversion, with Walstad lobbing a pass to his tallest target, six-foot-two junior Ryan Griggs, who plucked the ball from the heavens.

Not done, the Wolves forced another fumble recovery and three plays later, Bayne strolled up the middle, virtually untouched, for a five-yard touchdown run.

Up 27-0, CHS got two more scores before the halftime break.

Bayne scored the third of his four touchdowns on the night on an eight-yard burst to the promised land, then CJ Smith made a sensational catch, going airborne and reaching over two defenders, while being lit up, to haul in a 20-yard bomb from Walstad.

After that, the second half was all about letting the clock run freely and getting young players such as Cameron Toomey-Stout, Hunter Downes, Mitchell Carroll and Clay Reilly some solid varsity action.

Chimacum, playing for pride, punched in three scores in the second half to make the final score more reasonable, but Coupeville had also long ago taken its foot off the gas pedal.

Walstad, who had thrown for 200+ yards in both of the first two games, settled for more of a game-managing role this time around. He completed six of 11 passes for 128 yards and two touchdowns.

Bayne hauled in three passes for 57 yards, Smith collected two for 57 and Hesselgrave’s reception and demolition of the Chimacum defense netted 14 yards.

Coupeville opted to get most of its offense on the ground, with Bayne busting out several big runs as he rolled up 171 yards on just 13 carries.

Two-way terror Hesselgrave tossed in 94 yards on seven runs, with Lathom Kelley (4-47) and Jacob Martin (4-6) also chipping in.

The unsung heroes were blockers like Martin and the Wolf line — Aaron Wright, Isaac Vargas, Brenden Gilbert, Oscar Liquidano and Matt Shank — who controlled play and blew big holes open for their guys.

Many of them were also featured in a defensive front which Wolf coach Tony Maggio credited heavily, saying “Our defense was really impressive. They really swarmed to the ball and didn’t give up any big plays, especially in the early going.”

Shank and Bayne each netted eight tackles, while Kelley (7), Wright (5), Hesselgrave (4), Gabe Wynn (3), Vargas (3), Gilbert (2), Liquidano (1) and James Vidoni (1) brought the heat, as well.

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