POULSBO — Sequim made too many mistakes to hang closely with Olympic League power North Kitsap, falling 30-7 in a Thursday night football game.
The Wolves (2-1, 4-2) were solid defensively, limiting the Vikings to 66 rushing yards of 26 carries and 210 yards through the air — mainly on three long gains, but couldn’t get untracked on the offensive side.
“We didn’t help ourselves out,” coach Ian Henley said. “You can’t make that many mistakes because NK is probably the best team we’ve played all season. They are well rounded offensively and defensively, we knew it would be a dogfight
“We played really well defensively but we struggled to move the ball offensively, a lot of that was missed blocking assignments and not executing the way we should be.”
Tough sledding
Lars Wiker led Sequim with 11 carries for 66 yards while quarterback Zeke Schmadeke was bottled up, running 12 times for 33 yards and completing 9-of-10 passes for 17 yards.
“We gave them a short field all night,” Henley said. “They only had two possessions they started on their side of the 50-yard line. We put our defense in difficult situations. I can’t say enough about how well our defense played. North Kitsap’s defense played just as well and made much fewer mistakes.”
Sequim’s lone score came on a 5-yard run by Tommy Reandeau late in the game.
The Wolves will host Olympic on Oct. 18.
“We are in the gauntlet part of the season playing the teams that were thought to be the three best teams in the league [North Kitsap, Olympic, Bainbridge] during the preseason,” Henley said. “We need to find a way to play our best football and if we clean up some things offensively we can do that and beat anybody in our league.”
North Kitsap 30, Sequim 7
Sequim 0 0 0 7— 7
North 3 20 7 0— 30
First Quarter
NK— 26 field goal
Second Quarter
NK— 35 pass (kick failed)
NK— 14 run (kick good)
NK— run (kick good)
Third Quarter
NK— 36 pass (kick good)
Fourth Quarter
S—Reandeau 5 run (Henninger kick)
Individual Stats
Rushing—S: Wiker 11-61; Schmadeke 12-33; Golbeck 1-26; Reandeau 2-11; Miller 1-2; NK: Team 26-66, TD.
Passing—S: Schmadeke 9-10-17, INT; NK: Team 16-23-210, 2 TDs.
Receiving—S: Wiker 5-19; Keeler 1-1; Aragon 1-(-1); Hampton 2-(-2).
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