Port Townsend’s Jaden Watkins, 2, steals the ball away from Sequim’s Michael Young during a Crush in the Slush game played in Port Townsend on Saturday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Port Townsend’s Jaden Watkins, 2, steals the ball away from Sequim’s Michael Young during a Crush in the Slush game played in Port Townsend on Saturday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

CRUSH IN THE SLUSH: Sequim boys take over in second half over Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND — With a banged-up Nate Despain sitting on the bench, the Sequim boys swept their two Crush in the Slush games, dominating Port Townsend in the second half in a 63-36 win.

This game was close until late in the second quarter. Sequim went on a little run to take a 36-27 lead into the halftime break, then the Wolves outscored the Redhawks 27-9 in the second half.

The Wolves are back on a two-game winning streak after losing three straight coming in to the tournament.

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“It was good to get a couple of wins,” said Sequim coach Greg Glasser. He said it was good for a lot of players to get in the game — nine different Wolves scored — and learn to play without Despain controlling the ball. He gave credit to Riley Cowan, who only scored two after his 27-point outburst against Ferndale, for controlling the game for the Wolves.

“Ferndale wasn’t pretty, but we figured out a way to win. [Port Townsend] was fun with other guys contributing in big ways. The team really came together as a group in this tournament,” Glasser said.

Despain, the leading scorer for the Wolves, sat with a quad injury. He also had a swollen elbow on his shooting arm after Sequim’s win over Ferndale on Friday.

Hayden Eaton led Sequim with 17 points and eight rebounds, while Blake Wiker, who doesn’t get a lot of minutes normally, hit four 3-pointers (including three in the Wolves’ 23-point second quarter) to finishwith 14 points.

“[Wicker’s] three 3-pointers did a lot of damage,” said Port Townsend coach Tom Webster.

“They’re well-coached and they outplayed us,” Webster said. Still, in all, Webster said the tournament was positive for Port Townsend, which split its two games.

“It was good for us in a lot of ways to play a team like that,” Webster said.

The Redhawks were led by Noa Montoya and Jaden Watkins with 12 points each.

Sequim (3-2, 7-4) takes a week off and then is back into Olympic League 2A Division with a road game at Port Angeles (2-1 6-3) on Jan. 8.

Port Townsend (1-1, 5-4) next has a nonleague game Friday at Kingston (0-5, 0-10).

In other scores in Saturday’s Crush in the Slush games, the Neah Bay girls beat Port Townsend 77-24, while the Neah Bay boys beat The Northwest School 48-32.

Sequim 63, Port Townsend 36

Sequim 13 23 14 13 — 63

PT 13 14 7 2 — 36

Sequim (63) — Eaton 17, Wicker 14, Whitney 8, Christiansen 7, Rollness 6, Young 4, Lewis 3, Cowan 2, Langston 2.

Port Townsend (36) — Watkins 12, Montoya 12, Crawford 5, Coggins 3, Winegar 2, Harris 2.

Sequim’s Sequim’s Keeshawn Whitney hits a jump shot despite the block attempt of RedhawksTao Johnston, 14, and Kuba Krol, 24, during a Crush inthe Slush game on Saturday in Port Townsend. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Sequim’s Sequim’s Keeshawn Whitney hits a jump shot despite the block attempt of RedhawksTao Johnston, 14, and Kuba Krol, 24, during a Crush inthe Slush game on Saturday in Port Townsend. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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