Malachi Hampton caught a 13-yard touchdown pass from Zeke Schmadeke in the first quarter, Jericho Julmist blocked a Bremerton extra-point attempt and the Wolves’ defense hung tough in a 7-6 Olympic League victory on Oct. 4.
Sequim (2-0 in Olympic League, 4-1 overall) was stuck in traffic in the aftermath of a traffic collision in front of 7 Cedars Casino, delaying the start of the contest 90 minutes.
“We got caught in the accident, pushed the start time back to 8 p.m. and we came out a little flat,” Wolves coach Ian Henley said.
“We had a hard time with anything offensively. We struggled to block. The change in routine kind of caught us flat-footed and they spent the whole game trying to respond to that.”
Henley said the defense came through with multiple red zone stops.
“We responded well on big plays,” Henley said.
“We stopped them on fourth down a lot. They did fumble the ball a few times and that helped us. Bremerton played hard and we were able to make that one extra play we were able to block that extra point.
“That was Jericho’s first game for us; he turned out late.”
Schmadeke rushed 19 times for 89 yards. Liam Wiker added 12 carries for 38 yards.
The Wolves managed just 150 total yards, while the Knights had 192.
“It was a very evenly matched game between two similar teams,” Henley said.
“Zeke made a couple of big plays with his legs as he has all season. Liam Wiker played through sickness and Malachi Hampton same thing, he’d been battling a cold all weekend.”
Looking ahead
The Wolves, now ranked No. 15 in the state RPI rankings, take on traditional league powerhouse North Kitsap on Oct. 10 in Poulsbo. The Vikings (2-1 in Olympic League, 2-3 overall) are coming off a 55-13 home win over Port Angeles.
“Losing that day of practice makes it tough on us, but NK is in the same situation,” Henley said. “We talked about being focused on Monday and moving everything up a day.”
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.
