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LOCAL SPORTS: Former Roughrider and Pirate Millie Long Shines in Return to Washington; High School and NWAC Action Heats Up

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Photo: Millie Long (center) celebrates the Seawolves’ 99-54 win with her younger sisters, Tessa, Lorelei, and Lucy. Another sister, Julianna, is a sophomore on the Roughriders’ JV team.

BY OLY ARCHIBALD

PORT ANGELES — Former Roughrider and Peninsula Pirate Millie Long led her 24th-ranked University of Alaska Anchorage Seawolves to a 90-44 blowout of Seattle Pacific last night at the Royal Brougham Pavilion in Seattle.
Long scored 14 points, dished out 4 assists, and tallied 8 steals. She netted half her points with soft jumpers from the elbow and the other half on layups off turnovers.

The Seawolves, now 17-2 overall and 8-0 in GNAC conference play, travel to Montana for a big conference game against 20th-ranked Montana State Billings on Saturday at 2:15 p.m.
Pirate head coach Allison Crumb and assistant coach Gabi Fenumiai attended the game to support their former NWAC MVP.

There is high school basketball action tonight:

The 3rd-ranked Sequim boys control their own destiny for winning the Olympic League championship, but three big games stand in their way:

  1. Tonight’s game against 10th-ranked Bainbridge.
  2. A February 4th trip to North Kitsap.
  3. The final game of the season at home against 8th-ranked Bremerton.

The Wolves blew out Bainbridge in their first meeting, 69-46. Since that loss, the Spartans have won 10 straight games.

Both games will be broadcast live on KONP Newsradio, with the Les Schwab Tires Pre-Game Show starting at 5:45 p.m. Oly Archibald and Joe Gladfelter will provide the play-by-play.

Wolves Head Coach Craig Brooks, on the KONP Newsradio post-game show, noted that the Wolves are ranked 3rd with an 8-1 league record and a 13-1 overall record.

The Olympic League bowling tournament starts today at 11:00 a.m. in Silverdale.

The Roughrider bowling team kicks off the Olympic League tournament Friday in Silverdale.

In swimming, the Roughriders host Bremerton at 3:00 p.m.

There is NWAC basketball tomorrow as the Peninsula Pirates host Everett, with the women tipping off at 2:00 p.m. and the men at 4:00 p.m.