BELFAIR — The Sequim baseball team got huge games from Zeke Schmadeke and Lincoln Bear to win its fifth straight game, 9-1 over North Mason.
The win streak gets Sequim right in the thick of the playoff hunt. The Wolves have a solid chance to finish third among the 2A schools in the Olympic League.
Schmadeke pitched five innings in Monday’s win, allowing just three hits and one walk while striking out five. At the plate, he was 4-for-5 with two runs scored, two steals and two RBIs.
Bear was 3-for-4 with two doubles and a triple, scoring a run and driving in one as he and Schmadeke had seven of Sequim’s 12 hits. He also stole a base. Bryant Laboy pitched two innings, allowing two hits, one earned run and striking out two. He also had a hit at the plate and scored two runs. Logan Doyle, Hunter Tennell and Ethan Staples each had a hit and an RBI.
With the win Sequim is 5-6 in the Olympic League and 9-7 overall. Kingston is 6-5 but still has three games left against 13-4 (9-2 in league) Port Angeles and 12-4 (9-2) North Kitsap. The Wolves have a very good chance of passing the Buccaneers in the standings.
Sequim next hosts North Mason (3-8, 6-9) at 4:15 p.m. today.
Sequim 9, North Mason 1
Seq. 1 2 0 0 2 1 3 — 9 12 0
NM 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 — 1 5 4
Pitching
Sequim — Schmadeke 5 IP, 3 H, BB, 5 K; Laboy 2 IP, 2 H, ER, 2 K.
Hitting
Sequim — Schmadeke 4-5, 2 R, 2 RBI, 2 SB; Bear 3-4, 2 2B, 3B, R, RBI, SB; Tennell 1-5, RBI; Staples 1-3, RBI; Laboy 1-2, 2 R, RBI, SB; Doyle 1-2, RBI.
East Jefferson 3, Cascade Christian 0
PUYALLUP — East Jefferson got outstanding pitching performances from Rylan Dunn and James Lattier in a 3-0 shutout over Cascade Christian.
Dunn started and went six innings, scattering five hits and two walks to earn the victory. He struck out 11. Lattier pitched the seventh, walking one and striking out one to earn the save.
Dunn helped himself at the plate with an RBI double in the fifth inning. Lattier also hit a double, while Evan Kraft had a hit, a walk and a run scored and Sawyer Ziel had a hit and a run scored. Cash Holmes had a base hit and a stolen base.
East Jefferson (3-9, 3-10) next plays at Klahowya (7-6, 8-6) at 4 p.m. today.
East Jefferson 3, Cascade Chr. 0
EJ 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 — 3 5 2
CC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 5 3
Pitching
East Jefferson — Dunn 6 IP, 5 H, 2 BB, 11 K; Lattier IP, BB, K.
Hitting
East Jefferson — Dunn 1-3, 2B, RBI; Lattier 1-3, 2B; Ziel 1-4, R; Kraft 1-2, R, BB; Holmes 1-3, SB.
Girls Tennis
Port Angeles 7, Kingston 0
PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles girls tennis team swept four matches and with three forfeits it earned a 7-0 victory over Kingston.
No. 1 singles player Waverly Mead won her match, beating Kylie Sandstrom 6-1, 6-0.
Also winning their doubles matches were Cayleigh Alward and Abby Riffle at 6-0, 6-0, and Katie Sperr-Crane and Jule Getzin at 6-1 6-1.
The doubles team of Sarah Hancock and Abby Robinson had a tough win, losing their first set, going to three sets, then needing a tiebreaker.
They ended up beating the team of Allena Koch and Claire Rosas 2-6, 6-1, 7-6 (7-2).
