SEQUIM — The Sequim girls basketball team posted its second victory in as many nights, this one a 38-34 nonleague nailbiter against Class 1A Coupeville.
Wednesday’s win came in advance of a showdown with rival Port Angeles (3-0, 9-1), and after a 34-24 Olympic League 2A win Tuesday at North Mason.
The Wolves visit the league-leading Roughriders, ranked 10th in 2A in the first Associated Press poll of the season, tonight at 5:15 p.m.
Sequim led Coupeville 31-22 entering the fourth quarter, before the Whidbey Island visitors cut the Wolves’ lead to two.
Sequim’s Jordan Miller quickly answered with a 3-pointer and the Wolves held off Coupeville’s pressure in the final moments.
Adrienne Haggerty led Sequim (1-3, 4-5) with 13 points, while McKenzie Bentz dropped in 11 points.
Sequim 38, Coupeville 34
Coupeville 8 6 8 12— 34
Sequim 12 7 12 7— 38
Individual scoring
Coupeville (34)
Stone 21, Kellner 4, Grove 3, T. Briscoe 2, K. Briscoe 2.
Sequim (38)
Haggerty 13, M. Bentz 11, Christiansen 6, Miller 4, J. Bentz 2, Bauer 2, Montelius, McMinn, Grasser.
Evergreen Lutheran 49, Quilcene 35
QUILCENE — The Rangers hung tough with the fifth-ranked Eagles but turnovers and a rough second quarter led to defeat.
“The girls played the best they have all season and made it a game,” Quilcene coach Briana Weller said of Tuesday’s game.
“The girls really hustled up and down the floor and did a good job of executing on offense and defense.
“We still need to work on making better decisions at times and take care of the ball.”
Weller said the Rangers had 29 turnovers.
Megan Weller led Quilcene with 18 points, and also dished four assists and grabbed one steal.
Abby Weller scored six points and had 10 rebounds for
the Rangers.
Teammate Allison Jones added five points and two assists.
Weller said Alexis Gray worked hard in the paint and had seven rebounds.
“We were outmatched again vertically,” Weller said.
“Abby Weller, Kenzie Kieffer, and Alexis Gray did a phenomenal job of defending the 6-foot-1 Holder sisters.
“Evergreen Lutheran has some really talented athletes and we did a good job of playing them tough and smart and gave the Eagles a game.
Quilcene (0-2, 3-6) visits Crosspoint (1-1, 1-8) on Friday.
Evergreen Lutheran 49, Quilcene 35
Evergreen Lutheran 12 20 8 9— 49
Quilcene 12 6 12 5— 35
Boys Basketball
Hoquiam 55, Forks 44
HOQUIAM — The Spartans had trouble tracking down rebounds in an Evergreen League loss to the Grizzlies at Hoquiam Square Garden.
“Sometimes you are going to have a bad shooting night but there’s no excuse for having a bad block out or bad defensive rotation night,” Forks coach Rick Gooding said.
“We didn’t block out worth a hoot.”
Hoquiam broke the game open in the second quarter, outscoring the Spartans 23-13.
“It went from a one-point game after the first quarter to an 11-point game at half,” Gooding said.
Forks chipped away at the Grizzlies lead in the third quarter.
“Their stud Jack Adams got in some foul trouble and we took advantage,” Gooding said.
“We went on a pretty good run but the ball just was not falling for us tonight.”
Parker Browning led the Spartans in scoring with 15 points.
Freshman Cort Prose added nine points.
Forks (2-4, 4-6) hosts Eatonville (3-3, 7-5) on Friday.
The Cruisers edged the Spartans 65-62 last month.
Hoquiam 55, Forks 44
Forks 9 13 11 11— 44
Hoquiam 10 23 5 17— 55
Individual scoring
Forks (44)
Barr, Schumack 3, Ramsey 6, Baysinger 2, Pegram 1, Tejano 3, Browning 15, Prose 9, Adams 5.
Hoquiam (55)
Espedal, Dick 3, Nash 4, Jump, Steen 7, Adams 24, Dayton 5, Varner 10, Pelan 2.
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Compiled using team reports.
