SEQUIM — The Sequim baseball team won its third straight game and clinched a district tournament berth with a 9-2 upset of Olympic.
Sequim’s first four batters reached base as the Wolves jumped out to a 4-0 lead after one inning Monday and never looked back.
Leadoff hitter Dusty Bates was hit by a pitch to open the bottom of the first.
Tanner Rhodefer followed with a single, and Evan Hurn doubled home Bates and Rhodefer to give Sequim a 2-0 lead.
Ian Dennis walked to give the Wolves two runners on base before Olympic finally recorded the first out.
Nigel Christian continued Sequim’s attack with a single that loaded the bases, and James Grubb brought in two runs with a single to make it 4-0.
The first-inning onslaught ended there, but the four runs were all the Wolves needed.
The Trojans did answer with two runs in the top of the second, but Rhodefer shut them down from there, going six innings and striking out six to earn the win.
Sequim added a run in the fourth when Gavin Velarde stole home, and two more in the fifth when Velarde tripled home Austin Hilliard and then scored himself on a single by Bates.
The Wolves scoring concluded in the sixth when Dennis and Daniel Harker each turned singles into runs.
Sequim (6-5, 10-7) moved up to third place in Olympic League 2A with one game remaining.
Olympic (8-3, 10-6), meanwhile, drops out of a first-place tie with North Kitsap (9-2, 15-3).
The Class 2A District 2/3 tournament begins with two rounds this Saturday.
If Sequim finishes third in league, it will open districts against Lindbergh (8-6, 8-6), the Seamount League’s No. 2 team, at Franklin Pierce High School in Tacoma at 9:30 a.m.
If the Wolves take fourth, they’ll face White River (10-3, 12-7), the No. 2 South Puget Sound team, in the first round at Russell Road Park in Kent at 10 a.m.
Sequim 9, Olympic 2
Olympic 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 — 2 8 0
Sequim 4 0 0 1 2 2 x — 9 14 4
WP- Rhodefer; LP- Goldizen
Pitching Statistics
Olympic: Goldizen IP, 4 H, 4 R, BB, 2 K; Turnquist 5 IP, 10 H, 5 R, 2 BB, 2 K.
Sequim: Rhodefer 6 IP, 8 H, 2 R, 2 BB, 6 K; Hilliard IP, 0 H, BB, K.
Hitting Statistics
Olympic: Santos 2-3, RBI; Diaz 2-3; Castorena 1-1, RBI; Goldizen 1-3; K. Pereira 1-2.
Sequim: Bates 3-3, R, RBI, 2 SB; Rhodefer 2-3, 2B, R; Christian 2-4, 3B, 2 RBI; Velarde 2-3, 3B, 2 R, RBI, 2 SB; Hurn 1-3, 2B, R, 2 RBI; Dennis 1-3, 2 R; Harker 1-4, R; Grubb 1-4, 2 RBI; Hilliard 1-3, R, SB.
North Kitsap 6, Port Angeles 5
POULSBO — For the third time in four games, the Roughriders lost a one-run game in walk-off fashion.
Port Angeles’ magic number to clinch a district tournament berth remains one, which it has been throughout most of its four-game losing streak.
The Riders (5-6, 8-8) have to beat second-place Olympic (8-3, 10-6) tonight or rely on Olympic League 2A-leading North Kitsap (9-2, 15-3) to defeat last-place Kingston (1-9, 3-10) on Thursday.
In Monday’s loss, Port Angeles continued its recent knack for giving North Kitsap a close game.
The Riders scored four runs in the sixth inning, highlighted by a pinch-hit two-run double by Travis Paynter, to take a 5-4 lead.
The Vikings, ranked fourth in 2A by Washingtonbaseballpoll.com, tied the score with a run in the bottom of the sixth, and then won the game when Tyler Trainer doubled and scored on consecutive passed balls.
Port Angeles managed only four hits but turned them into four runs, reversing a recent trend of many hits without many runs.
“We had a couple critical [hits] at the right time,” Riders coach Vic Reykdal said.
Matt Hendry and Janson Pederson each had a hit and drove in a run and Curan Bradley singled and scored for Port Angeles.
Pederson pitched six innings, allowing eight hits and five runs while striking out three, and took the loss.
Reykdal said that overall it was a nice outing for Pederson.
“The box score doesn’t look great,” Reykdal said. “He got in a little bit of trouble, but he got out of it.”
Port Angeles closes out the regular season with a rare evening game at Civic Field tonight at 6 p.m.
The Riders can take over third place in Olympic League 2A with a win and a loss by Sequim (6-5, 10-7) to North Mason (5-6, 8-10).
North Kitsap 6, Port Angeles 5
Port Angeles 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 — 5 4 2
North Kitsap 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 — 6 8 2
WP- Regan; LP- Pederson
Pitching Statistics
Port Angeles: Pederson 6 IP, 5 R, 4 ER, 8 H, 3 K, 5 BB.
Hitting Statistics
Port Angeles: Paynter 1-1, 2B, R, 2 RBI; Pederson 1-2, BB, RBI; Hendry 1-2, R, RBI; Bradley 1-4, R.
Boys Soccer
Sequim 3, Bremerton 2
BREMERTON — Patrick McCrorie played a role in all three of the Wolves’ goals as they finish out their Olympic League 2A schedule and prepare for next week’s district tournament.
McCrorie had a goal and two assists in Monday’s game.
His goal came in the fifth minute off an assist by Eli Berg to open the scoring. Five minutes later, McCrorie set up Kyle Harrison for a goal that made it 2-0.
Sequim coach Dave Brasher said the Wolves switched some things around, and Bremerton scored in the 30th minute off a free kick.
A few minutes later, Bremerton scored on a free kick, and suddenly the match was tied, and it remained so at halftime.
Sequim took advantage of having the wind at its back by keeping the ball on the offensive end of the field for most of the second half, out-shooting the Knights 15-2 after halftime.
In the 64th minute, one of those shot attempts found the net when McCrorie set up Berg for a left-footed kick that gave the Wolves a 3-2 advantage.
Brasher chose J.T. McElhose as the Wolves’ man of the match for his play at left back.
Sequim (7-4, 21 points) closes out the regular season at home against Olympic (1-9, four points) on Thursday.
The Wolves can move up to third place in the league with a win over the Trojans and a loss by Port Angeles (7-4, 22 points) to last-place North Mason (0-10, one point).
However, the game between the Roughriders and Bulldogs, scheduled for tonight, has been postponed, and Port Angeles athletic director Dwayne Johnson did not know Tuesday afternoon if it would be rescheduled or counted as a North Mason forfeit due to the Bulldogs’ lack of players.
If it is a forfeit, the Riders would claim third place and earn a bye in the first round of the Class 2A District 2/3 tournament, which begins next Tuesday.
Boys Golf
Sequim 169, Olympic 200
BREMERTON — Jack Shea earned yet another match medalist honor as the Wolves improved to 6-2 in Olympic League play.
Shea finished with a nine-hole score of 38 at Rolling Hills Golf Course on Monday.
Olympic’s C.J. Lagat was second with a 41, and Sequim’s Jade Arnold was third with a 42.
Rounding out the scoring for the Wolves were Josiah Carter, who shot a 43, and Travis Priest with a 46.
Non-scoring rounds for Sequim were Alex McCrackin with a 46 and Arnold Black with a 62.
The Wolves conclude the regular season against Klahowya (1-5) today at Cedars at Dungeness.
The Olympic League tournament will be next Tuesday at Cedars at Dungeness.
