FRIDAY HARBOR — The Sequim girls had a pair of victories this weekend, including a critical game against Bremerton to keep their playoff hopes alive.
Sequim beat Bremerton 54-26 on Friday, then traveled to Friday Harbor on Saturday, where they won a nonleague game 44-32.
Against Bremerton, Hope Glasser led the Wolves with 10 points, while Bobbi Sparks scored nine. Kalli Wiker and Slisha Grasser each added seven.
In the Friday Harbor win, Glasser again led the team with 11, while Jayda Julmist scored 10. Grasser chipped in eight, while Melissa Porter contributed seven points.
Sequim (3-6, 6-9) sits in fifth place in the Olympic League 2A Division, a game-and-a-half back of Olympic (4-4) for fourth place and the final playoff spot out of the league. The Wolves do still have to play league leader North Kitsap, but have a pair of games left against North Mason, one of the weaker teams in the league and Olympic. The Wolves likely need Olympic to lose three out of its final four league games — including the Sequim game — for the Wolves to have a shot at postseason. Olympic has one game against winless Bremerton it should win, but has two tough games against Port Angeles (8-1) and Kingston (5-3).
The Wolves next play at North Mason (2-7, 7-9) at 7 p.m. Tuesday.
Sequim 44, Friday Harbor 32
Seq 11 12 6 15 — 44
FH 7 9 6 10 — 32
Sequim (44) — Glasser 11, Julmist 10, Grasser 8, Porter 7, Schroeder 5, Sparks 3.
Friday Harbor (32) — Lambright 12, Woods, 6, Black 6, A. Hoffman 5, Polda 2, S. Hoffman 1.
Sequim 54, Bremerton 26
Bremerton 2 9 3 12 — 26
Sequim 8 18 14 14 — 54
Bremerton (26) — Dunklin 10, Tarbox 6, Lamma 7, Green 2, Levingston 1.
Sequim (54) — Glasser 10, Sparks 9, Wiker 7, Grasser 7, Porter 5, Aliseda 6, Armstrong 4, Julmist 4, Schroeder 2.
Quilcene 28, Evergreen Lutheran 21
TACOMA — The Quilcene basketball girls won their fourth game in a row, 28-21 over Evergreen Lutheran, to clinch at least second place in the Sea-Tac 1B West League.
According to coach Brianna Weller, this game was up for grabs until the final three minutes. The Rangers went to a full-court offense, which the Eagles could not handle, resulting in several Quilcene turnovers.
“The girls, when they buckled down on defense, really rattled the Eagles. Credit especially Brittney Beukes and Abby Weller for their solid effort in that department. The team came away with 11 steals and converted 15 points off of Evergreen’s turnovers. Outsized, we also offensively outrebounded them as well (we had 18 to their 6),” said coach Weller.
Weller and Sydney Brown led the Rangers with 10 points each. Weller added six steals, while Brown had eight rebounds. Gina Brown had 10 rebounds, while Marissa Kieffer scored four points to go with four rebounds.
The Rangers have given up just 17.8 points a game over their winning streak, though coach Weller said the team can play better.
“It really was not a great game for us. We struggled at times on defense and on offense we missed too many easy shots in the paint (our field goal percentage was only 22 percent). We also need to keep working on seeing the floor and being more reactive versus robotic,” she said.
Quilcene (7-3, 9-7) next plays at Rainier Christian (6-3, 9-3) at 6 p.m. Tuesday. The Rangers still have a shot to win the Sea-Tac 1B West as they have a game left against 8-1 Mount Rainier Lutheran, though they need the Hawks to lose another game to tie them for the league title.
Quilcene 28, Evergreen Luth. 21
EL 6 2 7 6 — 21
Quilcene 8 2 8 10 — 28
Quilcene (28) — S. Brown 10, Beukes 2, Weller 10 points, G. Brown 2, Kieffer 4.
Ocosta 63, Forks 48
FORKS — Fourth-quarter foul trouble turned a close nonleague girls basketball game between Forks and the Ocosta Wildcats.
Already down starting post Chloe Leverington to an ankle injury suffered last Tuesday against Tenino, Forks’ Rian Peters and Ellie Kilmer had to spend time on the bench down the stretch.
“Ocosta managed to stay out of foul trouble but we got into some brutal foul trouble,” Spartans coach David Hurn said.
Kristi Raffelson scored eight of her game-high 27 points in the fourth quarter for Ocosta as the Wildcats turned a tied game after three quarter into a win.
“And one of their other tall girls scored eight as well in the fourth quarter,” Hurn said.
Jayden Olson led Forks with 18 points, including four 3-pointers. She scored 15 of her points in the third quarter.
The game was played in the school’s auxiliary gym due to a scheduling conflict with a children’s theater performance.
“It was a good atmosphere, both teams were playing a great game,” Hurn said. “The girls and I are just disappointed wecouldn’t close the deal. They battled and I’m proud of them, Ocosta is the real deal.
Ocosta 63, Forks 48
Ocosta 12 11 20 20— 63
Forks 13 9 21 5— 48
Forks (48) — Olson 18, Peters 17, Rowley 8, Rondeau 2, Kilmer 2, Johnson 1, Kratzer, Baar, Hoagland.
Forks (0-4, 8-8) hosts Hoquiam on Friday.
Wrestling
Forks at Dream Duals
SPOKANE — Forks wrestlers won three out of four duals at the Dream Duals held at East Valley High School on Saturday, finishing second as a team.
Forks won its pool by beating Royal 54-21, Warden 42-23 and Freeman 39-24. In the championship dual, the Spartans lost to Deer Park 42-28. Deer Park, a 1A school, finished third at the State Mat Classic last year, so they are a powerhouse in the state.
Winning in the Royal Dual was Josue Lucas at 106, Andres Santo-Delacruz at 113 pounds, Wesley Camacho at 126, Keith Kullander at 138, Colby Demorest at 160, Bretty Moody at 170, Shane Queen at 182, Eden Cisneros at 195, Luke Dahlgren at 220, Nate Flores at 285.
Against Warden, Ariel Morales won at 126 pounds, Hayden Baker at 145 pounds, Colby Demorest, Moody, Cisneros, Dahlgren, Flores, Lucas and Cru Demorest at 120 pounds.
Against Freeman, Colby Demorest won, as did Moody, Cisneros, Flores, Lucas, Cru Demorest and Luis Perez at 132 pounds. In the Deer Park dual, Queen won, as did Cisneros, Dahlgren, Lucas, Santos-Delacruz and Wesley Camacho at 126 pounds.
Port Angeles at Black Hills Invite
OLYMPIA — Wrestling at one of the toughest tournaments of the year, Port Angeles wrestlers picked up three places at the Black Hills Invitational.
Riley Gale finished third at 160 pounds, while Carson Jackson was fifth at 170 pounds and Bailey White was fifth at 220 pounds.
The Roughrider wrestlers next have a dual meet against 1A power Forks at 6 p.m. Tuesday. After that, they have a very important meet with Olympic in Bremerton at 7 p.m. Thursday for the Olympic League 2A Division championship. Port Angeles goes into that meet 3-1 in league and Olympic is 4-0.
