SEQUIM — Kiah Jones and Paxton Rodocker combined for 24 points to spark the Port Angeles girls basketball team to a 48-30 win over archrival Sequim at Rick Kaps Gym on Tuesday night.
Jones netted 13 and Rodocker added 11 as the Class 2A Roughriders ended up tied for second in the Olympic League with 3A Bremerton.
Both teams ended up with 13-3 league records while the Riders are 14-5 overall going into the playoffs.
Port Angeles easily swept its two-game series with its archrival, but still, Tuesday’s victory was sweet, Kiah Jones said.
“It was especially good because it was on their home court,” she said.
Despite the lopsided scored, Port Angeles coach Michael Poindexter saw a lot of positive play from Sequim.
“I think the Sequim girls played hard and ran the court well,” he said. “I think they improved on their rebounding in the second half.”
Staying power
On Tuesday in the season’s final regular-season game, the Wolves stayed with the Riders early, trailing only 11-6 at the end of the first quarter.
But an 11-0 second-period score broke the game open for the Riders although Sequim almost traded them basket-for-basket as the Riders ended up with just a 26-24 second-half advantage.
12 points for Harrison
Haleigh Harrison sank a team-high 12 points for the Wolves, who finished the season 3-13 in league and 5-15 overall.
In the subdistrict seeding playoffs, the Riders will be playing for a top-four seed at the West Central District Tournament next week.
In subdistricts, they will be taking on 18-2 White River (ranked No. 5 in state), the South Puget Sound League champion at 14-1.
The game is set for tonight at Clover Park High School starting at 7:30 p.m.
The winner between the two plays the winner between Kingston (Olympic League champion) and Renton (Seamount League champion) on Saturday for the No. 1 and 2 seeds to district.
The two losers play Saturday for the No. 3 and 4 seeds.
“White River will run and run and run in the game,” Kiah Jones said.
“We haven’t played a team like that and we are not used to that style of play but we know as a team we can do that.
“I think we will match up well with White River well.”
Both Port Angeles and White River have similar styles, Poindexter said.
“White River is deep,” he added.
The Hornets finished in the top eight at state last year and return several players.
Port Angeles 48, Sequim 30
Port Angeles 11 11 14 12— 48
Sequim 6 0 12 12— 30
Individual scoring
Port Angeles (48)
K. Jones 13, Rodocker 11, Frazier 6, Cox 6, Johnson 4, B. Jones 4, Walker 2, Moseley 2.
Sequim (30)
Harrison 12, Briones 4, Balkan 4, Haupt 5, Guan 2.
