SEQUIM — The Sequim Wolves are locked into the postseason. Now begins the battle for positioning.
Tonight the Wolves host seventh-ranked and undefeated Olympic (4-0, 7-0), which has only allowed 13 points in seven games this season.
If Sequim upsets the Trojans, they’ll position themselves for a top-two finish in Olympic League 2A.
It also could set up a potential three-way tie at the top if Olympic beats North Kitsap next week.
A loss tonight locks the Wolves (3-1, 5-1) into third place, which would put them in a pigtail game Tuesday, Nov. 3. Sequim would host the Seamount League’s third-place team.
Head coach Erik Wiker said the Wolves will have to play a cleaner game than they did in their 49-6 win over Port Angeles last week, when they had double-digit penalties and four first-half turnovers.
Port Townsend at Chimacum
PORT TOWNSEND — The Redhawks have already secured the Olympic League 1A title and a home district playoff game.
The Cowboys are coming off their first win since October 2013 and suddenly in the running for a postseason berth.
If Chimacum (1-4, 1-6) upsets eighth-ranked Port Townsend (5-0, 7-0), and Coupeville loses to Klahowya, then the Cowboys would earn the league’s third and final postseason bid.
If Chimacum and Coupeville both win or lose tonight, then they would likely have to play some sort of a tiebreaker to decide which team makes the postseason.
This is contrary to reports earlier this week that the tiebreaker would be decided by margin of victory differential.
Whether it would be a full game or a half-game and where the tiebreaker would be played has not yet been decided.
The Redhawks have shut out the Cowboys three straight times, dating back to last season.
Tulalip Heritage at Clallam Bay
CLALLAM BAY — The Northwest Football League has three Quad-District berths, and with Neah Bay and Lummi close to securing the top two spots, the final bid could be earned at tonight’s game between the Bruins and Hawks.
Both teams have wins over Crescent this season.
Clallam Bay (1-1, 3-3) defeated the Loggers 56-20 last week, and Tulalip Heritage (1-2, 3-3) beat them 78-48 last week.
Port Angeles at North Kitsap
POULSBO — Trojans and Wolves and now Vikings. It’s been a brutal October for the Roughriders.
After playing three of its first four games at home, Port Angeles (0-4, 1-6) went on the road to face seventh-ranked Olympic, ninth-ranked Black Hills and rival Sequim, and have been outscored 137-6.
The Riders remain on the road tonight, this time facing two-time defending Olympic League champion North Kitsap (4-0, 5-2).
Forks at Aberdeen
ABERDEEN — The Spartans and Bobcats face off in a climb-out-of-the-cellar game.
The two teams are both winless in the Evergreen League.
Forks (0-5, 1-6) has one nonleague win, while Aberdeen (0-5, 0-7) is seeking its first win this season.
Head coach Craig Shetterly doesn’t see this as an easy week for the Spartans.
“They’re going to be a good challenge for us,” he said. “I know they’ve had some struggles.
“Nothing changes for us. Every team we play is tough.”
Quilcene at Seattle Lutheran
SEATTLE — The winner nails down second place in the SeaTac League and a home game in the first round of the Quad-District playoffs.
The loser opens the postseason on the road.
Rangers coach Byron Wilson said the high-scoring Saints should be favored in Saturday’s game at West Seattle Stadium.
“They can put points on the board,” Wilson said.
“That seems to the trick in football, score more points than your opponent.”
Neah Bay at Crescent
JOYCE — First-year Loggers head coach Brian Shimko gets a first-hand look at the shift in North Olympic Peninsula 8-man football.
When Shimko played for Crescent in the 1990s, Neah Bay usually played third fiddle to the Loggers and Clallam Bay.
Now, the Red Devils (2-0, 5-0) are two-time defending state champions and looking to continue their years of dominance over Crescent (0-3, 2-5).
