PORT TOWNSEND — Jayson Brocklesby and Corbin Webb combined for 43 points to spark the Sequim boys basketball team to a second-half comeback against Port Townsend on Tuesday night.
The Wolves (7-2, 10-3) beat the Redskins (1-8, 2-11) 59-41 in Olympic League action.
Youthful Port Townsend took a 31-30 lead at halftime but the Wolves held the Redskins to 10 points in the second half to run away with the victory.
“The first half was the best we have played all year,” Port Townsend coach Tom Webster said.
“Sequim is hard to score against.”
Sequim coach Greg Glasser was impressed with the Redskins’ first-half play.
“They shot the ball very well and they played good defense,” Glasser said.
But in the second half the Redskins couldn’t contain Webb and Brocklesby.
“Webb and Brocklesby pretty much took over in the second half,” Webster said.
Brocklesby led all scorers with 22 points while Webb was right behind with 21.
Brocklesby also brought down a game-high eight rebounds.
“We played really good defense in the second half to hold them to 10 points,” Glasser said.
Sickness is hitting the Sequim ranks as starting junior forward Gabe Carter missed the game because of illness.
But Glasser is hoping his players will be healthy and ready for a crucial showdown with archrival Port Angeles on Friday night in Port Angeles.
Both teams are tied in league with 7-2 records. The game starts at 7 p.m. following the girls contest.
“We are going to use the next two days to watch film and prepare for Port Angeles,” Glasser said.
“It will be a great atmosphere for the game.”
Sequim 59, Port Townsend 41
Sequim 13 17 13 16— 59
Port Townsend 14 17 6 4— 41
Individual scoring
Sequim (59)
Hill 7, Berry 5, Brocklesby 22, Catelli 4, Webb 21.
Port Townsend (41)
O’Brien 2, Kelly 8, S. Coppenrath 4, L. Coppenrath 9, Charlton 8, Spaltenstein 8, LeMaster 2.
Port Angeles 63, North Mason 50
BELFAIR — It wasn’t pretty but the Roughriders improved to 7-2 in Olympic League competition Tuesday night.
Port Angeles (11-2 overall) blasted out to a 24-9 lead at the end of the first quarter and held on for the win.
“We had a really good start to the game and then went on cruise control,” coach Wes Armstrong said.
“It was an ugly win, we did not play solid defense, but we will take it.”
Hayden McCartney, though, shot lights-out with a season-high 27 points.
Keenen Walker added nine points while Cole Uvila had eight.
The Riders will have to improve by Friday night when they host tough archrival Sequim at 7 in Olympic League action, Armstrong said.
Port Angeles 63, North Mason 50
Port Angeles 24 11 16 12— 63
North Mason 9 11 14 16— 50
Individual scoring
Port Angeles (63)
Braithwaite 6, Walker 9, Burke 4, McCartney 27, Uvila 8, Elliott 4, Payton 4.
North Mason (50)
Price 12, McKen 14, Crummey 2, Allen 2, andquist 13, Davenport 2.
Life Christian 65, Chimacum 57
TACOMA — Landon Cray and Rafael Pagasian combined for 43 points but the Cowboys (3-2, 8-4) came up short in the Nisqually League game Tuesday night.
Cray sank a game-high 22 points while Pagasian added 21.
Life Christian had a more balanced scoring attack with three players scoring in double figures.
Jordan King had a team-high 14 while Stefan Johansen netted 13 and Charles Davis added 10.
Chimacum next will host Vashon Island on Friday night.
Life Christian 65, Chimacum 57
Chimacum 15 16 16 10— 57
Life Christian 15 21 11 18— 65
Individual scoring
Chimacum (57)
Cray 22, Pagasian 21, Eldridge 8, Dukek 1, Ajax 3, Glessing 2.
Life Christian (65)
Gillage 2, Huber 3, King 14, Lockert 6, Davis 10, Divers 2, Bourge 3, Tooner 8, Johansen 13, Comfort 2.
Girls Basketball
Life Christian 54, Chimacum 32
TACOMA — The Cowboys trailed Life Christian Academy by only one point at the break but couldn’t keep pace in the second half of their Nisqually League game Tuesday night.
Life Christian outscored Chimacum 16-4 in the third quarter to break the game open.
Chimacum found itself in a 10-0 hole early but started to press to even it up and went ahead for a bit but couldn’t hold on.
Kiersten Snyder led the Cowboys with 12 points.
The Cowboys, now 2-2 in league and 3-9 overall, next will host Vashon Island on Friday night in league competition.
Life Christian 54, Chimacum 32
Chimacum 12 7 4 9— 32
Life Christ. 12 8 16 18— 54
Individual scoring
Chimacum (54)
Nelson 6, Thacker 8, Johnson 1, Snyder 12, Cossell 4, Sutherland 1.
Life Christian (54)
Garcia 1, Bouffiou 5, Trittin 16, Goodman 2, Moore 12, Long 8, Weston 2, Anderson 8.
Port Angeles 59, North Mason 7
PORT ANGELES — The Bulldogs, missing their top player — who is out of the country for two weeks — struggled mightily against the Roughriders in Olympic League action Tuesday night.
Coach Michael Poindexter wasn’t happy about how the score looked and said they didn’t try to run it up.
“We didn’t want it to be that way,” he said.
But the Riders came out on fire after struggling against league power Kingston the Friday night before.
The Riders worked on their man-to-man defense in practice and used it in the first half against the Bulldogs.
“We came out with good focus,” Poindexter said.
North Mason was shut out in the second half when the Riders switched to zone defense.
Port Angeles had balanced scoring with Krista Johnson leading the way with 12 points and Kylee Jeffers adding 11.
“Krista, Kylee and Maddy [Hinrichs] all shot the ball well from the outside,” Poindexter said.
“All the kids shared the ball well.”
The Riders improved to 6-3 in league and 7-5 overall.
Port Angeles next will host archrival Sequim on Friday night in the first game of a doubleheader with the boys teams. The girls start play at 5:15 p.m.
Port Angeles 59, North Mason 7
North Mason 3 4 0 0— 7
Port Angeles 18 17 16 8— 59
Individual scoring
North Mason (7)
Stromberg 3, Shumaker 2, Satron 2.
Port Angeles (59)
Johnson 12, Jeffers 11, Hinrichs 9, Rodocker 8, Cox 4, Northern 4, Frazier 3, K. Jones 2, Walker 2, B. Jones 2, Norberg 2.
Port Townsend 37,
Sequim 33
SEQUIM — The Redskins held off the Wolves in the Olympic League game Tuesday night.
Port Townsend improved its record to 3-7 in league play and 6-7 overall.
With the loss, the Wolves drop to 1-8 in league play and 3-10 overall for the season.
“This game was like a survival of the fittest,” Port Townsend coach Randy Maag said.
“It was a close game with the score within three points for most of the night.”
At the halfway mark, the Redskins led by the slim margin of three points.
The second half was even tighter as the Redskins outscored the Wolves by only one point.
Codi Hallinan of Port Townsend had a game-high 10 points while Gabbi Hossack scored nine and Jewell Johnson netted eight.
Port Townsend next hosts its archrival Chimacum on Saturday night.
Port Townsend 37, Sequim 33
Port Townsend 13 9 7 8— 37
Sequim 9 10 7 7— 33
Individual scoring
Port Townsend (37)
Johnson 8, Maag 6, Lyons 2, Hossack 9, Hallinan 10, Phillips 2.
Sequim (33)
Balkan 5, Haupt 2, Stofferham 3, Harrison 6, Guan 3, Wallner 3, Briones 4, Besand 7.
Boys Swimming
Olympic 108,
Sequim 71
SILVERDALE — The Wolves didn’t have the depth for the Trojans in the Olympic League meet but they had several quality swims, including district qualifying times Tuesday.
“Many of our swimmers swam their best times,” said Sequim coach Linda Moats.
“Overall, we are happy with our athletes’ performances [Tuesday].”
Highlights for the Wolves included Matt Cays swimming a fantastic 50-yard freestyle leg of the 200 medley relay in the time of 27.49 seconds.
Noe Calderon qualified for districts in the 200 free, improving his best time by three seconds.
Kyle Webster also improved his best time by half a second in the 50 free.
Aaron Witherell dove for the varsity squad and captured first place with a score of 132.05 points.
Steve Dewey dropped 21 seconds off his previous best in the 100 butterfly.
In the 500 free, Eric Prosser cut two seconds off his best time while David Vollenweilder dropped 13 off his previous best.
The 200 free relay found the team of Calderon, Dewey, Doug Dunbar and Cays highlighting the day as they captured first place.
The Wolves next will host Bremerton on Jan. 19 at 3:30 p.m.