Photo: Sequim Wolves point guard Hannah Bates Olympic League MVP contender
PORT ANGELES — The accolades and awards continue to poor in for former Roughrider and current Peninsula Pirate Millie Long. Last week, Long was named soccer MVP of the NWAC Northern Division. Now, Long has been named the soccer MVP for the entire NWAC. The NWAC has 29 teams with 650 players. In 12 games, Long scored 19 goals with five assists. Last basketball season, Long was named the Northern Division MVP for basketball. Long and her Pirate basketball team are the pre-season #1 ranked team in the NWAC and travels this weekend to Pasco to play Walla Walla and Columbia Basin.
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If the Sequim Wolves girls basketball team wins this year’s Olympic League Championship, they could give some of the credit to Peninsula Women’s basketball coach Allison Crumb. With the Pirates short on players because of injuries and the soccer season, Crumb sent out a media release that the Pirates needed a couple of female players to practice with the Pirates for two weeks. Current Sequim Wolves basketball players seniors Jelissa Julmist and Hannah Bates accepted the invitation. Considering who they were playing with, Julmist and Bates both looked very good as they participated in every wind sprint, drill and scrimmage. Julmist looked much more athletic and faster from last year in the scrimmages. Julmist missed the last part of the season last year breaking her kneecap against Klahowya. Bates, the Wolves point guard, should be a contender the for the Olympic League MVP. Bates looked fantastic scrimmaging against the Pirates and showed a much improved 3 point shot from last year. After their last practice on Thursday night, the entire Pirate team and coaching staff thanked the two Wolves with a standing ovation.
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Even though the girls high school fast pitch season is four months away, a Roughrider sophomore is traveling to Southern California with her Elite 16U squad to participate in the prestigious “The Don Battles On Tournament” in Riverside California November 18th -20th. Sophomore Heidi Leitz is pitching for the Diamond Dusters, an All Star team out of Silverdale made of players from the Kitsap County high schools. The tournament will have 141 teams from around the country with over 2000 players participating. The tournament is a major showcase for college coaches scouting and recruiting prospects. Over 60 colleges have signed in to scout players. Leitz was the Roughriders starting left fielder last season and is well remembered for her grand slam home run against Sequim in the district tournament.