Sequim made too many mistakes to hang closely with Olympic League power North Kitsap, falling 30-7 on Oct. 10.

The Wolves (2-1 in Olympic League, 4-2 overall) were solid defensively, limiting the Vikings to 66 rushing yards on 26 carries and 210 yards through the air — mainly on three long gains, but couldn’t get untracked on the offensive side.

“We didn’t help ourselves out,” Sequim coach Ian Henley said. “You can’t make that many mistakes, because NK is probably the best team we’ve played all season. They are well rounded offensively and defensively; we knew it would be a dogfight.

“We played really well defensively but we struggled to move the ball offensively, a lot of that was missed blocking assignments and not executing the way we should be.”

Tough sledding

Lars Wiker led Sequim with 11 carries for 66 yards while quarterback Zeke Schmadeke was bottled up, running 12 times for 33 yards and completing 9-of-10 passes for 17 yards.

“We gave them a short field all night,” Henley said. “They only had two possessions they started on their side of the 50-yard line. We put our defense in difficult situations. I can’t say enough about how well our defense played. North Kitsap’s defense played just as well and made much fewer mistakes.”

Sequim’s lone score came on a 5-yard run by Tommy Reandeau late in the game.

Looking ahead

Sequim has back-to-back home games — Oct. 18 versus Olympic and Oct. 25 against No. 10-ranked Bainbridge — before closing out the regular season at North Mason on Oct. 31.

“We are in the gauntlet part of the season playing the teams that were thought to be the three best teams in the league [North Kitsap, Olympic, Bainbridge] during the preseason,” Henley said.

“We need to find a way to play our best football and if we clean up some things offensively we can do that and beat anybody in our league.”