For a team looking catch a break, Sequim’s boys soccer squad got one Saturday — sort of.

The Wolves capped a rough first portion of the 2016 season with a non-league win against visiting Ketchikan (Alaska) on April 2, scoring a 2-0 win.

The win was a consolation after seeing a one-score lead disappear in an eventual 2-1 defeat at Olympic League powerhouse North Kitsap on March 31.

“We’ve played some tough games in a row; the kids are pretty tired,” Sequim coach Dave Brasher said following Saturday’s victory.

Sequim High’s spring break comes at the right time. After taking narrow defeats to Klahowya, Kingston and Port Angeles early on in the season, the Wolves got last week off on the right note with a 2-0 win at North Mason. Robert Beeson and Thomas Winfield each notched goals in the victory, with Cameron Chase earning an assist.

Two days later, it looked like Sequim might upset North Kitsap in Pouslbo when Josiah Urquia netted a score in the first half, his second of the season.

But a little later on in the half, SHS center defender Christian Benson twisted an ankle, forcing a lineup shift. The Vikings took advantage, scoring a pair of goals — one on a Sequim own-goal, another on a 25-yard free kick — just before the first half whistle.

In the second half, Sequim battled back and looked to even the score on a corner kick that Winfield headed off the crossbar and down onto the goal line.

“We thought it might be in, they thought it wasn’t,” Brasher said.

The scored stayed 2-1 and North Kitsap prevailed.

The Wolves rebounded from the league loss with the shutout of the visiting squad from Ketchikan, albeit with a mixed lineup thanks to injuries and having Hayden and Evan James on vacation.

Winfield opened the scoring for Sequim with a lefty shot on goal in the first half.

Urquia looked to make it 2-0 with a breakaway in the second half but collided with the Ketchikan keeper. Konnor Parrish snagged the rebound and netted Sequim’s second score.

Sequim got a scare later on when midfielder Patrick McCrorie went down with a leg injury.

“He’s been arguably our MVP,” Brasher said of McCrorie.

Ketchikan wound up playing at Port Townsend the day prior to the Sequim matchup — a 3-2 PT win — and at Port Angeles a day later — a 3-1 Ketchikan win against PA’s junior varsity squad.

Sequim gets several days off before hosting Port Townsend’s Redhawks on April 12. The Wolves play at Bremerton on April 14, then host Olympic’s Trojans on April 16.

“We’re expecting a much better half (of the season),” Brasher said.