Baseball: Bremerton bests Wolves in pitching duel
Sequim had a heartbreaking end to its season on May 12, losing its loser-out district tournament opener 2-1 in a great pitchers’ duel in Bremerton.
Ethan Staples and Braydan White allowed just seven hits and two earned runs while striking out a combined 13 batters and walking none, more than good enough to win. But, Olympic’s Chase Beninger threw a complete-game five-hitter, allowing the Wolves just one earned run.
Sequim’s Devyn Dearing led off the seventh inning with a single and Bryant Laboy sacrificed him to second, but Beninger got a pop-up and a strikeout to end the game.
Olympic and Sequim finished tied for fourth in the Olympic League with identical 7-7 records. Olympic won two out of the three games between the teams.
Dearinger went 2-for-3, while White had a double and a walk. Zeke Schmadeke and Hunter Tennell also had hits.
Sequim’s season ends with an overall record of 8-13.
Fastpitch: Sequim falls to Fife in hit-fest
In Lacey, the Wolves were knocked out of the Class 2A West Central District Tournament Friday, May 16, but they didn’t go out quietly, bashing 17 hits, including two home runs from senior Grace Gardner.
Gardner went 3-for-5, knocking a three-run home run in the fourth inning and putting Sequim up 14-13 with a solo shot to open the sixth frame.
Kylie Winter also had a big day at bat, going 4-for-5 with two doubles, two runs and two RBIs in her last game for Sequim.
Senior Hannah Giddens also had three hits, a walk and drove in three runs.
The game was a loser-out contest for Sequim who finished 3-11 in the Olympic League and 4-14 overall.
Sequim was the last team in the district tournament, and Port Angeles won the tournament beating North Kitsap 8-1 and Olympic 8-0.
To end the regular season on May 14, Sequim defeated Bainbridge 10-2 at home.
Ava Ritter and Mikki Green each drove in three runs with Ritter and Ryley Doig each notching doubles and Gardner hitting an RBI triple. The Wolves pounded out 11 hits in the contest.
Spanish exchange student Manuela Valle Jover added two hits, scored twice and drove in a run.
Tennis: Sequim’s players face-off
Two Wolves competed at the District III girls tennis tournament this weekend at the Kitsap Tennis and Athletic Center in Bremerton with one advancing to the second day of the tournament.
Tiffany Lam, a junior, opened the tournament with a 6-0, 6-1 win over Ella Mitchell of Fife but lost her next match to Teagan Devries of North Kitsap 6-0, 6-0. Devries went on to win the tournament and No. 1 seed to the state tournament.
Sequim’s Amara Gonzalez, a senior, and Lam had to face each other in the consolation with Lam winning 6-2, 6-0. Lam then lost 6-2, 6-1 to Bailey Andersen of Eatonville, who went on to win third in the tournament.
Gonzalez opened with a 6-3, 6-2 loss to Riley Devore of Franklin Pierce.
Doubles team Kristina Prorok and Sasha Yada were alternates to the tournament but did not compete.
Golf: Three Wolves set for state tourney
Sequim’s Adrian Aragon and Chloe Tweter qualified to move on to the state 2A tournament at Allenmore Golf Course on May 13 in Tacoma.
Aragon finished third at district with an 80 to qualify for state
“Adrian got off to a rough start on the front nine, but really turned it around on the back,” said Sequim coach Greg Glasser.
Sequim’s Chloe Tweter finished fifth with a 106 and joins teammate Raimey Brewer, who qualified for state at the league tournament on April 28.
The boys 2A tournament will be at the Riverside Golf Club in Chehalis on May 20 and 21, while the girls tournament will be at the Tumwater Valley Golf Club in Tumwater the same days.
Track
The District III track meet is set for May 21 and 23 at Bremerton High School.
Photo courtesy Andrea Dietzman/ Amara Gonzalez and Tiffany Lam competed at the West Central District III tennis tournament last weekend with Lam making the second day of the tournament.
