SEQUIM — Solid free throw shooting helped Sequim earn its first Olympic League 2A victory of the season 69-65 over North Mason.
The Wolves hit on 20 of 26 attempts (77 percent) from the charity stripe, while the Bulldogs managed just 5 of 9 shooting at the line.
Sequim’s Payton Glasser led all scorers with 21 points, hitting on 9 of 10 attempts from the free-throw line.
Jackson Oliver scored 18 points and grabbed eight rebounds for the Wolves (1-3, 4-6).
Jack Shea added 14 points and seven rebounds and Nick Faunce scored 12 points and notched six rebounds for Sequim.
The Wolves visit rival Port Angeles (2-1, 6-5) on Friday.
Sequim 69, North Mason 65
North Mason 13 15 17 20— 65
Sequim 19 17 13 20— 69
Individual scoring
North Mason (65)
Fisher 19, Solis 15, Briggs 9, Geyer 8, Dumont 4, Ness 3, McCormick 3.
Sequim (69)
Glasser 21, Oliver 18, Shea 14, Faunce 12, Black 2, Cowan 2, N. Despain, Holland.
North Kitsap 71, Port Angeles 56
POULSBO — With first place in the Olympic League 2A division on the line, a poor patch of play in the third quarter helped the Vikings push past the Roughriders.
“It was 33-30 [North Kitsap] in the third quarter and we turned it over three to four times and they hit three 3s in a two to three minute stretch and that was the ballgame,” Port Angeles coach Kasey Ulin said.
“We executed and played well for 30 minutes but you can not have mental lapses against teams of that caliber.
“Overall, I was very proud of the way the guys battled and played together.
“We focus on playing 32 minutes of focused basketball, tonight we had 30. Our goal is to continue getting better day by day, week by week and we are doing that.”
Grayson Peet led the Riders with 19 points.
“Janson Pederson played well with his first start of the season and had nine point, eight rebounds and really stepped up,” Ulin said.
“Now we have to learn from our mistakes, have two great days of practice and we have our biggest game of the year Friday.”
Port Angeles (2-1, 6-5) hosts rival Sequim on Friday.
North Kitsap 71, Port Angeles 56
Port Angeles 12 10 14 20— 56
North Kitsap 15 13 28 15— 71
Individual scoring
Port Angeles (56)
Peet 18, Angevine 12, Pederson 9, McGoff 8, Shamp 6, Clark 2, McGuffey 1, Edwards, Joslin, Gochnour.
Girls Basketball
Coupeville 47, Port Townsend 34
COUPEVILLE — The Redhawks held the Wolves’ leading scorer Makana Stone to 14 points, six off her per-game average, but couldn’t claim an Olympic League 1A road victory.
“The young Redhawks played Coupeville even for three quarters, including the first when we held a 9-7 edge,” Port Townsend coach Scott B. Wilson said.
“But Coupeville got away in the second period and dominated 19-6 in that eight-minute stretch.
Kaitlyn Meek scored 13 to lead what Wilson called an “inconsistent” Redhawks offense that struggled to hit outside shots.
“They were good shots, taken by the right people in the right places, but they were not going in,” Wilson said.
“That started to change in the final period where a big trey by freshman Karlee Kellogg started to turn the tide, and Meek hit from the outside. By then we had run out of time.”
Stone was held in check by Port Townsend’s Jenna Carson.
“Jenna Carson carried most of the defensive duties and did a great job with clean, tough defense,” Wilson said.
“Credit has to go to the Wolves, who frustrated our offense and boxed out so effectively on the defensive end that we rarely got a second shot.
“Still, we mostly played an even game with Coupeville but for a four-minute stretch, and the Wolves appear to be the dominant team in our division. We look forward to playing them again.”
The Redhawks (1-1, 2-7) visit North Kitsap on Friday.
Coupeville 47,
Port Townsend 34
Port Townsend 9 6 7 12— 34
Coupeville 7 19 6 15— 47
Individual scoring
Port Townsend (34)
Meek 13, Carson 7, Kellogg, 6, King 3, Apker-Montoya 2, Olin 2.
Coupeville (47)
Stone 14, Littlejohn 11, Kellner 9, Roberts 7, Briscoe 4.
Wrestling
Sequim competes
ELMA — Sequim’s girls and boys wrestlers have fared well at recent meets.
Abby Hansted led the Wolves with a first-place finish in the 155-pound bracket at the Elma Invitational over the weekend.
Kiara Pierson and Alma Mendoza placed second at 115 and 140 pounds, respectively.
Aylee Bennett finished third at 135 pounds at the Elma meet.
Pierson, Bennett and Mendoza also went 3-0 and won their brackets at the Hawkins Invitational Tournament.
Michael Latimer (220 pounds) and Adrian Klarich (182) led Sequim at the North Mason Classic.
Craig Baker and Pierson each finished third at 113 and 138 pounds, respectively.
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Compiled using team reports.
