Friday night “Cinderella” arrived at Port Angeles High School, as the Class 1-B 6th ranked Neah Bay Red Devils tried to pick on their class 2-A big sisters the Roughriders. At halftime, the slipper nearly fit as a very young but super-talented Red Devil team matched the Roughriders rebound for rebound bucket for bucket and floor burn for floor burn. The Red Devils lead by six in the first half, but Roughrider junior point guard Anna Petty had her best shooting game of the year giving the green and white a hard fought 29 – 27 lead at the half.  In the second half, coach Mike Poindexter made some X and O changes, and the Roughriders stretched their lead out to twenty points. But with the red hot outside shooting of sophomores Amber Swan and Ryana Moss, Neah Bay pulled to within ten points. Both Swan and Moss lead the Red Devils with fourteen points. Reliable senior Eve Burke lead the Roughriders with twenty-four points and Anna Petty hit for fifteen as the Roughriders held off the impressive Red Devils 65 – 51. The Roughriders are now 7-6 overall and 6-1 in league play. The Roughriders will travel to Bainbridge Tuesday night to take on the Spartans with the tip off at 7 pm.

—

The Lady Wolves of Sequim are proving they are the team to beat in the Olympic league with a convincing 71 – 46 win over Bremerton. First year Wolves Head Coach Joclin Julmist, who is in the Masters University Athletic Hall of Fame, used an Impressive high – low post offense that crammed the ball inside to 5’10 sophomore Jolene Vaara and 5’11” Jr. Jelissa Julmist. After the Bremerton defense started sagging in on the Wolves’ bigs, Sequim 5’7″ senior Hannah Wagner began her air raid from the 3-point line. Wagner also a standout on the soccer field buried the Knights with five three pointers and twenty-one points. The Wolves lead 32 – 18 at the half. Bremerton ran off sixteen straight points in the third quarter to pull within five points at 42 – 37 with 1:00 left in the 3rd Quarter. The Wolves took control of the game again outscoring the Knights 25 – 7 in the fourth quarter for the 71-46 win. Jolene Vaara hit for fourteen points and Jelissa Julmist hit for twelve. The Wolves are 12-2 overall and 9-0 in league play. The Sequim Wolf boys had a gut wrenching lost at Bremerton 54 – 52.

—

The fifth ranked Peninsula Pirates women’s team won their sixth straight game blowing out Olympic in Bremerton 70-38, mean while the Pirate men lost a heart breaker to Olympic 71 – 67.