Our athletes of the week each led their respective teams to victories over their Rainshadow Rivals this week.
Emma Desjardins has already served notice that she’s going to be a force in the Olympic League for years to come. Just a freshman, she scored two goals against Sequim to help the Roughriders to a 4-0 win over the Wolves. Her first goal was an especially spectacular solo effort, juking past a pair of Sequim defenders by the left sideline and hitting a perfect high shot from 25 yards out to the far post.
Dylan Mann led the Riders football team to a 27-14 victory over Sequim in Friday’s Rainshadow Rumble. Mann carried the ball 33 times for 142 yards and had a crucial 27-yard catch and run, breaking a tackle in the flat, to convert a fourth-down play in the second half. That one play was critical to the victory as the Riders went on to score a touchdown.
Mann ended up scoring all four of Port Angeles’ touchdowns and, as middle linebacker, he helped lead the Riders defense in controlling Sequim’s explosive offense all game.
Athletes of the Week is sponsored by Swain’s General Store in Port Angeles.
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