Sports: Clallam Bay loses playoff football game, but there’s always basketball

CLALLAM BAY — There is good news and bad news about the Clallam Bay loss to LaCrosse-Washtucna in the state Class B-8 football semifinals Saturday afternoon.

The bad news, of course, is that the Bruins lost the game and will miss a chance to play for the state championship.

The good news, however, is that they can get a jump-start on their boys basketball season starting this week.

Head boys basketball coach John Wilson, who is not celebrating the football loss, had only one varsity player out for the team as of Saturday. But that’s normal for the Bruins, who traditionally go deep into the football playoffs, and most of their gridiron players also compete in basketball.

That’s why Wilson always sets up a late start for the cagers.

While most teams open their basketball seasons this week, the Bruins don’t start until Dec. 11 when they begin the year at home against Seattle Lutheran.

Players need five practices under their belts before they can play.

Wilson has been working with just five players in practice during the first two weeks of the preseason but he expects a total of 22 to 23 to turn out once football season ends.

The Bruins went 17-7 last year and missed going to state by one win. Wilson is expecting the whole team back since no one graduated from last season’s team.

More in Sports

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS
Wilder Junior's Hunter Tennell bats against Kingston on Saturday in Port Angeles.
AMERICAN LEGION: Wilder Junior sweeps, extends winning streak to 13

Wilder Junior stretched its winning streak to an impressive… Continue reading

Port Angeles Lefties
PORT ANGELES LEFTIES: Bellingham takes two of three from Lefties

The Port Angeles Lefties ran into a buzzsaw of pitching… Continue reading

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS
Lefties first baseman Will White tries to catch Seattle Gumberoos baserunner Eoin Buechs off the bag during Thursday's game at Port Angeles Civic Field.
LEFTIES: Pound out 17 hits in win over Edmonton

Port Angeles gained the upper hand — and the… Continue reading

SPORTS ON TV: Sports broadcast highlights for July 4-7

SPORTS ON TELEVISION July 4 9 a.m. FS1 UEFA Women’s Soccer, EURO… Continue reading

Port Angeles Lefties
PORT ANGELES LEFTIES: Lefties’ five-game win streak snapped in Edmonton

The Port Angeles Lefties had their five-game winning streak… Continue reading

AMERICAN LEGION: Wilder A falls to Kingston Kings

The Kingston Kings scored four runs in the first… Continue reading

Sequim's Jericho Julmist, left, and Port Angeles' Brock Hope, will play in an Adidas 3SSB tournament in South Carolina later this month.
AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Local hoops stars to play in Adidas 3SSB tournament

Two standout basketball players from the Olympic Peninsula are… Continue reading