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Logan Martin lets it fly. (Photo courtesy Bob Martin)

All around the world, the Wolves were howling.

Four different Coupeville High School grads were in action at the next level this weekend, with action going down in three sports and on two continents.

What was happening:

 

Logan Martin:

Now a sophomore track and field star at Central Washington University, he claimed a pair of top-three finishes at the PLU Open in Tacoma.

Martin finished second in the hammer throw Friday, tossing the implement 176 feet, nine inches, then came back around Saturday to earn third in the shot put with a throw of 42-8.75.

 

Dominic Coffman:

The 2023 CHS grad is playing semi-pro football in Spain, and he rushed for 150 yards and a pair of touchdowns Saturday as the Las Rozas Black Demons won 44-13.

That gives the former Wolf four scores across the past two games for a gridiron squad which is now 6-0 on the season.

 

Tate Wyman:

The Oregon Tech freshman ran in two track events Saturday at the Pacific Northwest Invite in Corvallis.

Wyman placed seventh in the 110 hurdles in 19.13 seconds, and 17th in the 200, where he set a PR with a time of 24.42.

 

Caleb Meyer:

The former Wolf saw his basketball career at Skagit Valley College end Saturday, with the Cardinals falling 79-77 to Tacoma in an overtime thriller in the semifinals of the Northwest Athletic Conference tourney.

SVC finished 26-6 as Meyer saw court time in 20 games during his sophomore campaign.

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Dominic Coffman, live from Spain. (Photos courtesy Brent Coffman)

He’s running wild.

Coupeville grad Dominic Coffman broke through the defense Saturday in Spain, crashing into the end zone with a pair of touchdown runs as he helped keep his gridiron squad undefeated.

Led by their American assassin, Las Rozas thumped visiting Camioneros de Coslada 58-13 to get to 5-0 on the season.

Both of Coffman’s scoring jaunts came on plays where the defense had a chance to bring him down and failed. Badly.

On the first run, the former Wolf cut to the right, bounced outside and blew past three would-be tacklers as he rambled nearly untouched to the promised land.

The second time around, Coffman started up the middle, before blowing through a pack of defenders, leaving them grasping at air as he finished his run.

“That’s two touchdowns for me! And there’s more where that came from!!”

The former Coupeville grad, who moved to Spain after graduation this past spring, was a three-sport star during his days in Cow Town.

He was a vital part of Wolf football, basketball, and track teams which went to the state championships, while he also earned multiple individual honors for his play.

The biggest of those was being tabbed as the Northwest 2B/1B League MVP for his play on the gridiron during his senior season.

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Dominic Coffman flexes during his Coupeville days. (Photo courtesy Brent Coffman)

The Dominator continues to capture the spotlight.

Coupeville grad Dominic Coffman, who now lives and plays football in Spain, is front and center again thanks to First Down Magazine, which covers American-style gridiron action across Europe.

The publication publishes stories on players and action from 15 different leagues.

This time their writers are swinging that spotlight onto Coffman, who has been an immediate impact player on both sides of the ball for the Las Rozas Black Demons.

The article covers his exploits in Cow Town, where he was a football, basketball, and track and field star who joined Class of 2023 mate Jonathan Valenzuela in being the first Wolf boys to advance to state in three sports since at least the ’70s.

The Dominator leads his team onto the gridiron. (Bailey Thule photo)

 

To read the profile of Coffman, pop over to:

https://www.firstdownmag.com/post/dominic-coffman-from-earl-barden-classic-to-the-spanish-gridiron?fbclid=IwAR2FV7Dec0bC1UyYvVM847fG0_JVxWmHrit6N8bdGxSJgX0nNJx4fg2g-Rg

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From Coupeville to Spain, Dominic Coffman continues to tear up the gridiron.

He’s conquering one country after another.

Coupeville grad Dominic Coffman made his Spanish gridiron debut Saturday and immediately blew up the field.

The former Northwest 2B/1B League MVP now suits up for the Las Rozas Black Demons, a semi-pro football team in Madrid.

The squad competes in Liga Nacional de Fútbol Americano (LNFA), the first-tier division for American football in Spain.

In his debut game, Coffman pulled in a swing pass and turned it into a 70+ yard touchdown romp.

In typical Dominator fashion, he blew up the first dude who had a chance to tackle him, then ran right through another would-be tackler as he hit the jets down the right sideline.

Not content to be a one-dimensional superstar, Coffman also blocked a punt as his team won its opener 35-6.

After going to state in three different sports at CHS — football, basketball, and track and field, where he earned a 2nd place medal in the 4 x 100 — he made the jump to a different continent.

So far, so good.

“Just blessed to be here,” Coffman said.

“Thanks to Bennett (Richter), Brett (Casey), my mom and dad. To my teammates, without you guys I don’t know where I’d be right now.

“I will keep playing for the small town in Washington.”

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Flying the friendly skies to Spain. (Photos courtesy Dustin Van Velkinburgh)

Chayse Van Velkinburgh is living the Spanish soccer dream.

The Coupeville Middle School 7th grader is taking a brief break from basketball to participate in a week of pitch training with Real Madrid.

Van Velkinburgh copped MVP status at a soccer camp in Temecula, California in June, which earned him the invite to the home of one of the beautiful game’s premier franchises.

The Wolf ace is nursing an injury, said dad Dustin, but is “competing and working as hard as he can.”

“His Real Madrid coach was very complimentary of his play today,” said the proud papa, a noted pitch warrior in his own right back in the day.

The younger Van Velkinburgh is playing at Valdebebas in Madrid.

The complex includes numerous practice fields, as well as the stadium where the first team Real Madrid women, and second team men, play their games.

Competition at the camp is intense, with players from Chayse’s age group working with the class one year older.

After training, the young booters will play in a game for the Madrid Euro Soccer Academy team.

“This experience is unlike anything I have been a part of,” Dustin Van Velkinburgh said.

“I cannot express the rush of emotion I experienced today when we set foot in the Real Madrid complex.

“Just thinking about all the greats that have played here and now my son gets to share those same fields is truly amazing.”

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