Spring break is on for Sequim but there was plenty of athletics to enjoy the week prior.
Baseball
Devyn Dearinger’s bases-clearing two-out double capped a six-run comeback and lifted Sequim to an eventual 8-7 victory over North Mason at home in an Olympic League baseball game on March 26.
Dearinger’s two-out double to left field, his second double of the game, drove in Bryant LaBoy, Braydan White who reached via singles earlier in the inning and Ethan Staples, who drew a two-out walk to keep the inning alive.
White closed out the game, getting past giving up a two-out double and hitting a batter in the sixth and allowing a seventh-inning single before striking out North Mason’s James Ringstad to end the game.
The Wolves trailed 7-1 after the top of the fourth before rallying.
Staples had an RBI single, Dearinger added an RBI double, Duran Ward’s ground out drove in a run and Hunter Tennell also had an RBI in Sequim’s four-run fourth.
The Wolves traveled the day before to Belfair to play the Bulldogs and lost 4-2. White had four hits and an RBI while Staples had two hits and pitched five innings and recorded nine strikeouts.
Sequim (2-2, 2-3) next plays at Lakewood on April 5.
Sequim 8, North Mason 7 March 26
NM 0 2 4 1 0 0 0 — 7 9 2
Seq. 1 0 0 4 3 0 x — 8 6 3
Pitching
Sequim — Schmadeke 5 IP, 7 H, 7 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 7 K; White 2 IP, 2 H, 3 K.
Hitting
Sequim — Dearinger 2-3, R, 2 2B, 4 RBI.; Staples 1-2, 2 R, RBI; Schmadeke 1-3, R, SB, 2B.; LaBoy 1-2, 2 R, BB; White 1-3, R; Bear 0-2, BB.
Track and Field
The Wolves started their spring break competing at the Issaquah Icebreaker on March 29 against a large field of teams from across western Washington.
The boys team placed 22nd with 2.33 points, and the girls team did not place. However, a number of players hit personal records and season highs in the young season.
Sean Southard placed seventh throwing 141’6” besting his throw at the state 2A meet last year.
Fellow senior Dawn Hulstedt ran season highs in the 800 meters (2:28.27) and 1,600 meters (5:25.36) placing 16th and 14th in the events. Both times were close to her personal records set late last season.
Sophomore Reid Randall ran a personal record in the 1,600 meters (4:47.83) to place 28th while junior Ahrya Klinger tied for 15th in the clearing 7’6” in the pole vault.
Sequim competes in its next meet at home on April 17 hosting Bremerton.
Fastpitch
Mia Kirner and Michaela Green each doubled and drove in three runs to lead the Wolves past the East Jefferson Rivals 19-3 on March 26.
Hannah Giddins also had a two-run single as Sequim won big for the first time this season.
Their game against Bainbridge on March 27 was cancelled, and Sequim (1-2, 1-3) visits Port Angeles on April 7.
Sequim 19, East Jefferson 3, March 26
EJ 1 0 0 2 0 — 3 5 5
Seq. 2 10 7 0 x x x — 19 7 2
Pitching
East Jefferson — Ellis 2.1 IP, 5 H, 13 R, 4 BB, 2 K; Abbott 1.2 IP, 2 H, 7 R, 7 BB.
Sequim — Whitehead 5 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 BB, 6 K.
Hitting
East Jefferson — Anderson 2-3, RBI; Geelan 1-2, R, 2B; Ellis 1-2, RBI; Smith 1-2, BB
Sequim — Kirner 2-2, 3 R, BB, 2B, 3 RBI; Green 1-3, 2R, BB, 2B, 3 RBI; Doig 1-3, 3 R, 2 BB, 2 RBI; Giddens 1-2, R, 2 RBI.
Boys Soccer
The Wolves (3-2) struggled against the unbeaten Spartans on March 25 in an 8-0 defeat.
“Bainbridge is always a great team and unfortunately when you know that your mindset changes,” coach Dave Breckenridge said. “We tried to give them a run but it didn’t work out. True test for the boys facing the giants that they are.
“We came away with a lot of information and things we definitely need to work on. We have time until we face them at home and I believe the team will be more prepared.”
Sequim rebounded to defeat Olympic 4-1 on Friday, March 28 at home to improve to 3-2 in Olympic League play. They’re next set to travel to play North Kitsap on Friday, April 4.
Sequim Gazette photo by Emily Matthiessen/ Ethan Staples makes a play for home on March 26 during a game at home against North Mason. He had two runs in the 8-7 Wolves win.
Sequim Gazette photo by Emily Matthiessen/ Braydan White makes a throw in two innings of work on March 26 with three strikeouts to help the Wolves win 8-7.
Sequim Gazette photo by Emily Matthiessen/ Sequim’s Duran Ward smiles as he walks into the dugout during an 8-7 win. He had an RBI to help the Wolves.
