SEQUIM — Corbin Webb ended his high school career at his home Rick Kaps Gym with a bang.
The 6-foot-2 Sequim senior was on fire in the third quarter and early fourth period as he burned the nets for 25 points and sparked the Wolves to a crucial regular-season ending 58-51 victory over archrival Port Angeles on Tuesday night.
The Wolves led by as much as 13 points (51-38) with 2:53 left in the game and rode out the cushion to capture second place in the Olympic League for the first time.
The Roughriders, who came charging back to make it close at the end by outscoring Sequim 13-7 in the final moments, settled for third place in league.
Both teams move on to subdistrict tournament play this weekend for seeding to the West Central District championships starting next week.
The Wolves will take on Clover Park at Klahowya High School in Silverdale at 8 p.m. Friday while the Riders will battle Sumner at Foster High School in Tukwila at 8 p.m. Friday.
Both teams also will play Saturday.
Sequim could earn anywhere from the Olympic League’s first seed (with two wins) to the fourth seed (with two losses).
Going for fifth seed
Port Angeles could take the fifth seed with two victories or the eighth seed with two losses.
“We will be playing for the fifth seed,” Port Angeles coach Wes Armstrong said.
Webb and his Sequim teammates, meanwhile, made sure they would be playing for a top-four seed with Tuesday’s big win.
Both teams tied for second in league at 12-4 but the Wolves (15-5 overall) earned second with their two wins against the Riders this year.
Port Angeles (16-4 overall) had the momentum on its side when Webb took over the game, swishing in several 3-pointers seemingly with ease.
But it wasn’t as easy as it looked.
“I thought we were defending Corbin pretty well but he came up with some great shots,” Armstrong said.
“He’s a phenomenal player. I love the kid but I’m glad he’s a senior.”
Webb said the offensive fireworks started with solid defense.
“It all starts with defense,” Webb said after making a slow walk to the locker room after being stopped every few seconds by fans, parents and students congratulating him.
“We were playing good defense and that got us going on offense.”
Webb got into a shooting zone with the help of his teammates, he said.
“I guess I just had it going, and everyone was passing me the ball.”
It was a dream ending to the regular season, Webb said.
“It was a great way to end the season on our home court against our rivals,” he said.
The Wolves have a three-headed attack with top scorers Webb and juniors Jayson Brocklesby (6-3) and Gabe Carter (6-4).
“Corbin has a great knack for [drilling] 3s and stretching the defense,” Sequim coach Greg Glasser said.
“I’m really proud of Corbin for finishing his career at home the way he did. He is so deserving of that.”
But Webb gets open a lot thanks to his teammates Brocklesby and Carter, according to Glasser.
“With Gabe and Jayson in the game, it makes it much easier for Corbin to get open,” Glasser said.
“The lanes opened up because of the other guys on the floor, too.”
While Webb was swishing in 25, Brocklesby was scoring 16 and Carter added nine, just missing double figures.
The Riders had their own scoring moments with senior guard Reggie Burke leading the way with 16 points, scoring most of them in the second half.
“Port Angeles was a different team than when we first played them,” Glasser said.
“Wes [Armstrong] had his guys well prepared. They will be a dangerous team at districts.”
The Riders never gave up in the game despite being down by 12 and 13 points with just a couple of minutes left.
They whittled the lead down to four points a few times but the Wolves were hitting their foul shots at the end to hold them off.
“I’m very proud with how hard our kids fought in the game,” Armstrong said.
Webb’s shooting in the second half was the turning point in the game, the Port Angeles coach said.
“For awhile, we kept from being as aggressive defensively as we were earlier,” Armstrong said.
The coach said he thinks the Riders will bounce back fine for the playoffs.
“We had a good post-game talk,” he said. “The coaches will look at some film and be ready to go on Friday, and I’m sure the kids will respond.”
The Wolves, meanwhile, aren’t close to being finished.
“Our goal is just to keep winning games and go as far as we can,” Webb said.
Port Angeles senior point guard Cameron Braithwaite, just 5-9, took over command late in the game, aggressively taking the ball to the basket in heavy traffic and scoring points.
Braithwaite ended up scoring seven points, the same amount as senior guard Keenen Walker.
Cole Uvila sank nine points for the Riders.
Sequim 58, Port Angeles 51
Port Angeles 13 9 11 18— 51
Sequim 15 8 17 18— 58
Individual scoring
Port Angeles (51)
Braithwaite 7, Walker 7, Burke 16, McCartney 8, Uvila 9, Elliott 4.
Sequim (58)
Hill 3, Barry 1, Brocklesby 16, Catelli 4, Carter 9, Webb 25.
