SEQUIM — Kingston stayed at the top of the Olympic League 2A boys soccer standings by beating Sequim 2-0 for the second time this season.
“They’ve got our number, that’s for sure,” Sequim coach Dave Brasher said.
“We had some good chances, just couldn’t put them away.”
Liam Harris had one of those chances eight minutes into Tuesday’s match, but his shot was blocked with a diving save to the right by Kingston’s goalkeeper.
Cameron Chase put one barely over the bar in the 18th minute, and a minute later, Thomas Winfield’s shot was just wide of the goal.
Leo Hernandez then scored the Buccaneers’ first goal that came off a throw in.
The Wolves stayed close the remainder of the first half thanks to goalkeeper Austin Wagner.
“Austin had a couple big saves right before halftime to keep it 1-0,” Brasher said.
Sequim’s Josiah Urquia had a good chance down the left side, but that too was blocked.
The Wolves kept it at 1-0 until Kingston scored in the 72nd minute. On a corner kick, Wagner made a save, but in the ensuing scramble another shot got through.
“They got couple scrappy goals,” Brasher said.
Kingston outshot Sequim 9-8.
Wagner finished with five saves.
Brasher chose defensive center midfielder Matthew Craig as the Wolves’ man of the match.
Sequim (3-4-0, nine points; 6-5-0) is now tied with Bremerton for fourth place in the Olympic League’s 2A Division.
The Wolves travel to face rival Port Angeles (5-2-0, 15 points; 7-3-1), which sits in third place, at Civic Field tonight at 6:45 p.m.
The Roughriders beat Sequim last month 2-1.
“Should be a fun game,” Brasher said.
“We’ve been beating the teams that we need to beat fairly handily. But against the top three [Kingston, North Kitsap and Port Angeles] — I don’t know if we’re nervous or we psych ourselves out — we play them close, but can’t break through and get that big win.”
North Kitsap 1, Port Angeles 0
POULSBO — The Roughriders dropped to third place as the Vikings won their second consecutive match over an Olympic League 2A contender and earned three valuable points by scoring a late goal.
The match was scoreless until North Kitsap’s Deondre Sluys capitalized on a Port Angeles turnover in the 70th minute to make it 1-0.
Coach Chris Saari said the Riders controlled most of the game, but fortune wasn’t on their side Tuesday.
Port Angeles’ Andrew St. George had two goals called back due to offsides infractions in the first half.
In the second half, Lukas Mobius broke through the Vikings’ defense and was brought down in the penalty box. He was given a penalty kick, but North Kitsap goalkeeper Jordan Thompson dove to his left to save Mobius’ penalty shot.
After Sluys scored, the Riders pressed late with three forwards and Tim Meyer hit the crossbar on a long-range shot. Kenny Soule headed the rebound on goal only to have Thompson come up with the save again.
“[We] came up empty-handed, but played one of [our] better overall games of the year,” Saari said.
Saari picked Mobias and Tim Meyer (offense), goalkeeper Keenan Leslie (defense) and St. George (transition) as the Riders’ players of the match.
North Kitsap (6-1-0, 17 points; 6-1-2) also defeated Kingston (6-1-0, 19 points; 9-1-1) by a 1-0 margin Saturday.
Port Angeles (5-2-0, 15 points; 7-3-1) has another crucial matchup today when it hosts rival Sequim (3-4-0, nine points; 6-5-0) at Civic Field at 6:45 p.m.
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Compiled using team reports.
