Girls basketball: SHS’s Julmist, Bates compete in postseason hoops contests

By Michael Dashiell • March 29, 2023 1:30 am
Sequim Gazette file photo by Michael Dashiell / With teammate Jelissa Julmist near mid-court, Sequim’s Hannah Bates, right, keeps a close eye on Port Angeles guard Anna Petty in the first half of the Wolves’ 57-46 win on Feb. 2. Bates and Julmist joined Petty on the Cascade team at the 21st annual West Sound Senior High School All-Star Basketball contest in Bremerton High School in mid-March.
Sequim Gazette file photo by Michael Dashiell / With teammate Jelissa Julmist near mid-court, Sequim’s Hannah Bates, right, keeps a close eye on Port Angeles guard Anna Petty in the first half of the Wolves’ 57-46 win on Feb. 2. Bates and Julmist joined Petty on the Cascade team at the 21st annual West Sound Senior High School All-Star Basketball contest in Bremerton High School in mid-March.

Adding to a storied prep basketball season, Sequim High seniors Hannah Bates and Jelissa Julmist took part in a pair of postseason all-star contests in mid-March.

Bates scored 13 points and Julmist added seven for the Cascade team, who lost a nail-biter to the Puget Sound squad, 47-46, at the West Sound All Star Game on March 14 at Bremerton High School. Also competing was SHS senior Sammie Bacon.

The Cascade team, featuring players from 2A schools Sequim, Port Angeles, Bremerton and Olympic, got a game-high 14 points from Port Angeles standout Anna Petty. The Puget Sound team featured players from 4A South Kitsap, 3A Bainbridge and Central Kitsap, 2A North Kitsap and 1B Crosspoint.

On March 18, Julmist led her 2A squad with 18 points in an All-State game at King’s High School in Seattle on March 18, in a 78-71 loss to 1A all-stars.

Julmist was 7-of-13 from the field and 2-of-6 from 3-point range; she added five rebounds.

Bates had four points, five rebounds and two steals.