KINGSTON — So it comes down to this.
After 15 Olympic League games and months of practices, the Sequim boys basketball team will be playing for a coin flip when it travels to Port Angeles on Tuesday night.
The first-place Kingston boys basketball team knocked down 10 3-pointers en route to an 73-62 victory over the Wolves on Friday night.
The loss kept Sequim — already assured of a postseason berth — from locking up at worst the Olympic League’s No. 3 seed in the Class 2A sub-districts.
Instead, the Wolves (10-5 in league, 14-6 overall) can land anywhere between second and fourth among the league’s 2A teams after Tuesday night’s showdown with the Roughriders.
That scenario includes a possible coin flip to determine No. 2 seed if the Wolves beat Port Angeles on its home court.
“If this were for the league title or for the final playoff spot, we’d play it out,” Sequim athletic director Dave Ditlefsen said.
“Since this would just be for seeding [a coin flip is considered OK].”
Of course, all that could have been avoided had the Wolves found a way to knock off Kingston (14-1, 15-4) on Friday night.
Yet with Kingston getting double-digit scoring performances from four different players, including Zane Ravenholt (20 points) Richie Sander (17) and George Hill (16), that wasn’t to be for the Wolves.
“They shot the ball extremely well,” Sequim coach Greg Glasser. “We shot the ball decently in the first half, but we kept on living and dying by the 3 basically. That’s what we ended up dying by I guess you could say.”
Jason Brocklesby scored a game-high 21 points and Nick Camporini added 18 and Gabe Carer 16 for the Wolves.
Kingston 73, Sequim 62
Sequim 13 15 17 17 — 62
Kingston 21 15 16 21 — 73
Individual Scoring
Sequim (62)
Hill 2, Carter 16, Webb 2, Brocklesby 21, Guan 3, Camporini 18.
Kingston (73)
Bowman 1, George 10, Sander 17, Dean 2, Hill 16, Byers 7, Ravenholt 20.
Neah Bay 78, Clallam Bay 37
CLALLAM BAY — The Red Devils (6-0, 16-2) continued their mastery of the Bruins while closing out the North Olympic League schedule undefeated Friday night.
Neah Bay’s Drexler Doherty shredded the Bruins for a game-high 30 points as one of four Red Devils to score in double figures.
Meanwhile, turnover problems once again plagued the Bruins, who gave the ball away 35 times in a game that saw them trailing 45-17 by halftime.
It was Neah Bay’s fourth double-digit win of the season against its archrivals.
“Neah Bay puts a lot of pressure on,” Clallam Bay coach Cal Ritter said.
“They watch the ball well and good a good jump on it. We weren’t ball faking and doing what the boys can do. I knew it was going to be a problem if they didn’t do that.”
Senior Kyle Hess had 11 points and 11 rebounds in the final home game of his high school career. Emmitt James added 12 points.
The Bruins were already locked into a loser-out pigtail game next Thursday at the Northwest District No. 3 (likely Tulalip) prior to Friday’s loss.
The Red Devils head into the 1B Tri-District double-elimination bracket as the top seed out of the NOL.
They will face the Northwest District No. 1 in Joyce on Feb. 12 at 2:45 p.m.
Neah Bay 78, Clallam Bay 37
Neah Bay 27 18 14 19 — 78
Clallam Bay 8 9 12 8 — 37
Individual Scoring
Neah Bay (78)
Doherty 30, Greene 14, Dulik 14, Monette 10, Manuel 5, Kallappa 3, Pascua 2.
Clallam Bay (78)
James 12, Ky. Hess 11, Teachout 4, Portnoy 3, Ke. Hess 3, Welever 2, Hatt 2.
Neah Bay 75, Klahowya 52
KLAHOWYA – The Red Devils (6-0, 16-2) defeated the Klahowya Eagles (3-12, 4-14) in nonleague action Saturday.
Drexler Doherty had eight assists and nine steals to go with his game-high 32 points for Neah Bay.
Neah Bay 75, Klahowya 52
Neah Bay 22 17 10 26 — 75
Klahowya 7 14 12 19 — 52
Individual Scoring
Neah Bay (75)
Doherty 32, Dulik 12, jimmicum 11.
Klahowya (52)
Avis 13, Flowers 10.
Life Christian 70, Chimacum 22
TACOMA — The Cowboys’ playoff hopes took a hit after Friday night’s 1A Nisqually League loss.
The loss denied the Cowboys (2-8, 4-14) a shot at making up ground with Orting (3-7, 4-11) in the standings.
That makes Monday’s game at Orting a must-win since Chimacum lost a coin toss to the Cardinals on Thursday for the fifth-place tie-breaker.
Fifth place will head to Port Townsend on Thursday for a loser-out pigtail playoff.
Life Christian 70, Chimacum 22
Chimacum 4 3 8 7 — 22
Life Christian 19 26 13 12 — 70
Individual Scoring
Chimacum (22)
Ajax 2, Madayag, Downs 2, Dukek 2, Pagasian 9, Manix 2, Miller 3.
Life Christian (70)
Hutchens 10, King 9, Huber 4, Paige 6, Davis 6, Diggs 9, Gilge 10, Curry 8, Kuehner 6.
Bremerton 82, Port Townsend 64
PORT TOWNSEND – The Redskins (5-12, 7-14) had no answer for Bremerton’s Andre Coleman, who scored a career-high 36 points to lead the Knights to victory Friday night.
Bremerton (11-4, 14-5) had an explosive 23-point first quarter and Coleman made six 3-pointers in the first half, setting the tempo for the rest of the game.
“Coleman was cooking with gas,” Port Townsend coach Tom Webster said.
“He was shooting it when he got off the bus.”
Seiji Thielk was Port Townsend’s leading scorer, rallying for 26 points while Jacob DeBerry added 19.
Despite the loss, Port Townsend is guaranteed of a playoff spot thanks to North Mason’s loss Friday night. That defeat negated any confusion there might have been concerning the Redskins’ playoff qualification.
The Redskins will host either Chimacum or Orting on Wednesday night in a loser-out pigtail for the West Central District’s No. 5 seed in the 1A Tri-District.
Bremerton 82, Port Townsend 64
Bremerton 23 21 17 21 — 82
Port Townsend 16 16 16 16 — 64
Individual Scoring
Bremerton (82)
Coleman 36, Banks 13, Wesby 11, Shadle 9, Alman 5, Jones 4.
Port Townsend (64)
Thielk 26, DeBerry 19, Juran 10, Solvik 5, Ristick 4.
Hoquiam 56, Forks 37
FORKS — The Spartans (7-7, 10-10) ended up fourth in the SWL-Evergreen Division after losing their league finale to the Grizzlies (12-2, 17-3) on Friday night.
The Spartans played a close first half on their Senior Night only to get outscored in the third quarter by 14.
Braden Decker led the offense for Forks with 13 points while Frank Noles added seven.
Forks will host Trico Division No. 5 Castle Rock Tuesday in a loser-out playoff game at 7 p.m.
The winner advances to the 1A Southwest Washington District double-elimination bracket.
Hoquiam 56, Forks 37
Hoquiam 15 13 20 8 — 56
Forks 18 6 6 7 — 37
Individual Scoring
Hoquiam (56)
Not reported.
Forks (37)
Decker 13, Noles 6, J. Penn 5, T. Penn 4, Lyons 4, Dean 2.