Chartraw helps Wolves rebound with win

The Sequim girls basketball team bounced back from a loss in Port Angeles earlier in the week with an emphatic 66-40 victory over North Kitsap at home on Jan. 9.

Gracie Chartraw especially came back from a rough shooting night on Jan. 6 against the Roughriders with a stat line nearing a quadruple-double against the Vikings. She hit four 3-pointers and scored 34 points to go with eight rebounds, eight assists and seven steals.

Chartraw shot 14-for-25 from the floor (56 percent).

The Wolves started out fast, getting out to a 21-7 lead after one quarter and outscored North Kitsap 20-10 in the fourth.

Jordyn Julmist had 15 points, while coach Jocyln Julmist said Hailey Wagner had an “amazing game on defense.” She had six points and seven rebounds.

Against Port Angeles on Jan. 6, Sequim had shooting struggles going 9-for-55. Chartraw kept the Wolves close early in the fourth quarter with six straight points to cut the Riders’ lead to 30-22 with 4:08 left in the game. However, Port Angeles’ Morgan Politika took over scoring five straight points with a 2-pointer and a 3-pointer to push the lead back to 35-22. That seemed to open up the Riders’ offense, as Becca Manson and Teanna Clark added a pair of 3-pointers and the Roughriders outscored the Wolves 14-0 down the stretch to win 44-22.

“We just couldn’t get anything to go. We were right there the whole game, but we just couldn’t get anything to fall,” Joclyn Julmist said.

Julmist commended the rebounding skills of Sequim though with Indi Mixon and Hailey Wagner leading the team with nine each.

The Wolves (4-2, 4-4) were set to play in Bremerton on Jan. 13, at Olympic tonight, Jan. 14, and then host Kingston on Friday, Jan. 16.

Boys take one against Vikings, too

The Sequim boys basketball got up huge early on North Kitsap in Poulsbo on Jan. 9, and withstood a barrage of 3-pointers in the second half to win on the road 70-60.

The Wolves got up 29-6 at the end of the first quarter, punctuated by a Zeke Schmadeke 3-pointer at the buzzer. The Wolves led 43-20 at half with Sequim’s Mason Rapelje getting a big 3-pointer at the buzzer.

Rapelje led the team in scoring with 24, making three 3-pointers. He added four steals.

Sequim got up by as much as 30 points. The Vikings started bombing away in the second half and scored 40 points in the final 16 minutes, but Sequim’s lead was too big for North Kitsap to catch up.

Solomon Sheppard had 18 points, adding eight rebounds and six assists. Zeke Schmadeke had his biggest scoring output of the year with 12 points, hitting a pair of 3-pointers and shooting 4-for-5 from the floor. Andy Reynolds added nine points and five rebounds.

Versus Port Angeles in the double-header following the girls’ game, Sequim narrowly lost 58-55 in a close, back-and-forth boys basketball battle between rivals.

With Port Angeles clinging to a 50-48 lead with 1:48 left in the game, the game came down to a huge 3-pointer by John Ruddell that gave the Roughriders their first two-possession lead since the third quarter.

Sheppard, who was a force all game on defense, hit a shot in response with 1:35 left, bringing the score back to one possession at 53-50.

Port Angeles’ Brody Pierce, who scored 21 points, hit another critical shot with 1:08 left, driving to the basket and laying the ball in while surrounded by Sequim defenders. That gave the Riders a two-possession lead again at 55-50 that proved too much for Sequim to overcome, as Port Angeles went on to win 58-55.

Sheppard led the Wolves with 21 points and four blocks, while Rapelje had 18 points.

Sequim was set to host Bremerton on Tuesday and Olympic today, Jan. 14, and travel to Kingston on Friday.

Flag football keeps winning

The Wolves’ varsity flag football team remains in first place in the Olympic League following two more wins on Jan. 8 in Bremerton.

Sequim won its first game of the night 29-0 over Olympic.

Ruby Moxley-Horgan opened the scoring attack with a rushing touchdown on a lateral from Kiley Winter.

Quarterback Lily Sparks made two touchdown passes with the first to Winter, and second to Raimey Brewer. Sparks also threw a two-point conversion to Brewer after a rushing touchdown from Winter.

On defense, Xyla Reichner grabbed two interceptions and Sophie Berglund recorded a sack with her playing blitzer most of the night, according to coach Kathleen Rose.

In the second game, the Wolves made big defensive stops to win 14-7 against Kingston. For Sequim, Sparks threw a touchdown to Winter, and Moxley-Horgan had a pick-six interception return for a touchdown. Winter and Brewer also had interceptions in the game.

This week, Sequim travels Thursday, Jan. 15 to Bainbridge to play two league games.

Wrestling squad earns medals in Hoquiam invite

Sequim’s boys were one of 12 teams to participate in the 47th annual Ron Baze Memorial on Jan. 10.

Johnny Vilona (138 pounds) earned first place in his weight bracket with four wins, including three pins over Jose Morales of Raymond/South Bend in 3:17, Angel Resto of Elma in 1:11, and Adam Braaten of Aberdeen in 0:55 . In the championship match, he won by major decision 12-2 over Ethan Parris of Aberdeen.

Ryan Spelker placed second in the 132-pound bracket with three wins – a 19-12 win over Gibran Garcia of Aberdeen, pin of Carter Humphries of Tumwater in 27 seconds, and 7-5 decision over Justice Larsson of Hoquiam. In the first place match, Spelker lost by major decision 17-5 to Jaidon Williams of Aberdeen.

Three Wolves earned third place in their weight classes – Brandon Bair (106), Finn Jones (126), and Riley Downs (144). Bair recorded a 15-0 tech fall, a pin in 57 seconds, and a pin in the third place match in 1:37 over Adrian Nunez of Aberdeen.

Jones earned a 10-3 decision, 8-3 decision, two pins in 0:53 and 4:11, and he won the third place match with a pin in 3:51 over Cruz Ortiz-Cruz of Hoquiam.

Riley Downs (144) placed third with wins by pin in 2:41 and 3:37, and he won the third place match 19-3 over Logan Rutzer of Ocosta. Sequim’s Cash Hiner (215) placed fourth with a pin in 1:44 and a 7-6 decision during the tournament.

Other Wolves recording wins on the day included Levi Breithaupt (138) with two pins and an overtime sudden victory win, Andre Linson (165) with two pins, Samuel Mason (190) with a pin, and Jasper Flath (285) with a pin.

Sequim hosts its senior night on Jan. 15 with matches against Bainbridge and Port Angeles.

Photo by Dave Logan, Olympic Peninsula News Group Sequim’s Zeke Schmadeke shoots against the defense of Port Angeles’ Ashton Gedelman (20) and Abe Brenkman (35) on Jan. 6. Sequim lost narrowly 58-55.