Prep sports: Pack of Wolves earn spots on all-league lists

By Michael Dashiell • June 5, 2024 1:30 am
Sequim Wolves

Led by a quartet of players on each of the baseball, girls golf and boys soccer squads, 22 Wolves earned spots on first or second all-Olympic League teams based on coach voting or finishes in postseason meets or tournaments. All-league honors were announced in mid-May. Sequim’s postseason honorees include:

Baseball

Juniors Brayden White and Ethan Staples were named to the all-Olympic League first team after helping lead SHS to a 12-12 mark and two wins at the district tourney, falling short of a state 2A berth by one win. White, a first baseman, led the team with a .369 batting average, .548 slugging percentage, hits (27), RBIs (17) and triples (three), and was second in runs scored (17) and doubles (seven). He also struck out just seven times in 89 plate appearances.

Sequim Gazette photo by Michael Dashiell / Sequim’s Ethan Staples, shown here pitching during a win over Kingston last month, struck out seven and drove in two runs in the Wolves’ 7-3 bi-district tournament win over Fife. Staples was named to the all-Olympic League first team.

Sequim Gazette photo by Michael Dashiell / Sequim’s Ethan Staples, shown here pitching during a win over Kingston last month, struck out seven and drove in two runs in the Wolves’ 7-3 bi-district tournament win over Fife. Staples was named to the all-Olympic League first team.

Staples started nine games and led the team in wins (four), innings (41 2/3) and strikeouts (53).

Teammates Ayden Holland, a senior, and Zeke Schmadeke, a sophomore, earns spots on the all-league second team. Holland was named an all-league as a utility player. He led the team with a .511 on-base percentage, helped in large part by a team-high 17 hit0by-pitches. He batted .283 with four doubles and 17 RBIs.

Sequim Gazette photo by Michael Dashiell / Sequim third baseman Ayden Holland, right, bounces the ball to his pitcher Ethan Staples in between innings of an April 24 league match-up with North Mason. Holland was named to the all-Olympic League second team.

Sequim Gazette photo by Michael Dashiell / Sequim third baseman Ayden Holland, right, bounces the ball to his pitcher Ethan Staples in between innings of an April 24 league match-up with North Mason. Holland was named to the all-Olympic League second team.

Schmadeke, an outfielder and leadoff hitter, led Sequim with 21 runs scored, 18 stolen bases (out of 19 attempts) and 10 doubles, and was second on the squad in batting average (.338), hits (24), on-base percentage (489) and bases on balls (17). Holland also received the team’s sportsmanship award.

Golf

All four of Sequim High’s girls golfers who qualified for the postseason earned spots on the all-Olympic League first team.

Sequim Gazette photo by Michael Dashiell / Sequim’s Emily Post looks for a spot on the fairway at The Cedars at Dungeness on March 21 as the Wolves take on Bainbridge. Post,who qualified for the class 2A state tourney in May, was named to the all-Olympic League first team.

Sequim Gazette photo by Michael Dashiell / Sequim’s Emily Post looks for a spot on the fairway at The Cedars at Dungeness on March 21 as the Wolves take on Bainbridge. Post,who qualified for the class 2A state tourney in May, was named to the all-Olympic League first team.

Seniors Ava Johnson and Emily Post and sophomore Raimey Brewer each earned 2A state tourney berths while junior Sara German qualified for the West Central Bi-district tourney.

Sequim Gazette photo by Michael Dashiell / Sequim’s Adrian Aragon watches a drive in a March 21 match against Bainbridge at home on March 21. Aragon was named to the all-Olympic League first team.

Sequim Gazette photo by Michael Dashiell / Sequim’s Adrian Aragon watches a drive in a March 21 match against Bainbridge at home on March 21. Aragon was named to the all-Olympic League first team.

Adrian Aragon, a sophomore, was the lone Wolf to earn all-Olympic League honors on the boys’ side, earning a spot on the first team after qualifying for the in West Central Bi-district tournament mid-May.

Boys soccer

Sophomore Joshua Alcaraz and junior Nolan Valenzuela were each named to the all-Olympic League first team for their efforts in a season that saw SHS return to postseason play and finish with six wins overall (6-9).

Sequim Gazette photo by Michael Dashiell / Sequim’s Joshua Alcaraz, center, tries to keep possession as in an Olympic League game against Bainbridge on March 26, was named to the all-Olympic League first team.

Sequim Gazette photo by Michael Dashiell / Sequim’s Joshua Alcaraz, center, tries to keep possession as in an Olympic League game against Bainbridge on March 26, was named to the all-Olympic League first team.

Alcaraz, a striker, led the team in assists and was tied for second on the team goals scored.

Valenzuela, a goalkeeper who was named to the all-league second team as a sophomore in 2023, notched 125 saves.

Sequim Gazette photo by Michael Dashiell / Sequim goalkeeper Nolan Valenzuela, center, keeps an eye on Bremerton attacker Adrian Ortiz, left, in the Wolves’ Olympic League home game on April 30. Valenzuelawas named to the all-Olympic League first team this spring.

Sequim Gazette photo by Michael Dashiell / Sequim goalkeeper Nolan Valenzuela, center, keeps an eye on Bremerton attacker Adrian Ortiz, left, in the Wolves’ Olympic League home game on April 30. Valenzuelawas named to the all-Olympic League first team this spring.

Earning spots on the all-league second team were junior striker Preston Kurtze and sophomore midfielder Finn Braaten. Junior Khylan Henderson received the team’s sportsmanship award.

Fastpitch

Despite a tough season on the diamond (2-16), Sequim High’s fastpitch team got standout seasons from a trio of Wolves.

Sequim Gazette photo by Michael Dashiell / Sequim’s Mikki Green looks to rip into a pitch as the Wolves host North Mason on April 30. She was named to the all-Olympic League first team this spring.

Sequim Gazette photo by Michael Dashiell / Sequim’s Mikki Green looks to rip into a pitch as the Wolves host North Mason on April 30. She was named to the all-Olympic League first team this spring.

Senior infielder Taylee Rome and multi-position player Mikki Green, a junior, were named to the all-Olympic League first team. Rome hit .644 for the season (29-for-46), hit eight doubles and four home runs and finished with 20 RBIs and 19 runs scored in 18 games.

Sequim Gazette photo by Michael Dashiell / Sequim shortstop Taylee Rome throws out a Bainbridge baserunner in a March 19 Olympic League match-up. Rome was named to the all-Olympic League first team.

Sequim Gazette photo by Michael Dashiell / Sequim shortstop Taylee Rome throws out a Bainbridge baserunner in a March 19 Olympic League match-up. Rome was named to the all-Olympic League first team.

Junior infielder Mia Kirner was named to the all-league second team. Sophomore Kiley Winter received the team’s sportsmanship award.

Girls’ tennis

SHS tennis standout Calleigh Thompson, a sophomore, was named to the all-Olympic League first team after earning berths in both the district and state tournaments as a singles player.

Sequim Gazette photo by Michael Dashiell / Sequim’s Calleigh Thompson returns a shot in a match against Olympic on April 21. Thompson was anemd an all-Olympic League first teamer this spring.

Sequim Gazette photo by Michael Dashiell / Sequim’s Calleigh Thompson returns a shot in a match against Olympic on April 21. Thompson was anemd an all-Olympic League first teamer this spring.

Thompson went 13-9 in singles play this season, placing fourth at districts and qualifying for the class 2A state tournament.

Track & field

Two Wolves — a senior and a freshman — led a five-athlete contingent on the all-Olympic League track and field teams.

Sequim Gazette file photo by Michael Dashiell / Sequim freshman Clare Turella captured a state title by clearing 5-feet, 2-inches at the Cclass 2A State Track and Field Championships in May. She was named to the all-Olympic League first team.

Sequim Gazette file photo by Michael Dashiell / Sequim freshman Clare Turella captured a state title by clearing 5-feet, 2-inches at the Cclass 2A State Track and Field Championships in May. She was named to the all-Olympic League first team.

Freshman Clare Turella tied for the league title at 4-10 and won the district championship outright with a 5-3 leap; she was named to the all-league first team. She went on to win the state title with a 5-2 mark. Senior Ari Skov joined Turella on the first team with a third place finish at league — tops among 2A athletes — and earned a title at districts in the pole vault.

Sequim Gazette photo by Michael Dashiell / Sequim’s Ari Skov clears the pole vault bar at the West Central Bi-district meet in Belfair on May 18. Skov, who won the event with a 12-9 mark and qualifed for the class 2A state meet, was named to the all-Olympic League first team.

Sequim Gazette photo by Michael Dashiell / Sequim’s Ari Skov clears the pole vault bar at the West Central Bi-district meet in Belfair on May 18. Skov, who won the event with a 12-9 mark and qualifed for the class 2A state meet, was named to the all-Olympic League first team.

Three Sequim athletes were named to the all-league second team: seniors Kaitlyn Bloomenrader and Cayden Beauregard, and sophomore Ahrya Klinger. Bloomenrader was second in the 800 at the league meet and third at districts (she placed 13th at the state meet). Beauregard was fourth at league in the pole vault (second among 2A competitors), and Klinger was second at league in the pole vault and tied at third for districts; she placed 16th at state.