A change in tactics produced plenty of offense for the Wolves in an Olympic League road win, SHS’s first of the season.

Sophomore Sasha Yada and junior Raimey Brewer each tallied two goals for Sequim as the Wolves romped over host North Mason 5-0 on Sept. 17.

“A really great team performance,” SHS coach Haley Sue Freeman said.

“We played in a new formation and the girls really took to it and were making some great connections.

Sequim Gazette photo by Michael Dashiell Sequim’s Aliyah Siemion (3) and Kaiya Robinson guard Bainbridge’s Vega Hendrickson in the first half of the Wolves’ 2-0 loss to the Spartans on Sept. 19.

“We’ve been working on it in practice and felt comfortable. We have a lot of talented midfielders on the team, so it was more midfielder based but it involves the whole team getting in transition and everybody working.”

Kiley Winter notched the Wolves’ first goal early on.

“We got started super early maybe the first five minutes we had a shot from the right side by Kiley Winter, a great shot that really set the tone for the game,” Freeman said.

Sequim Gazette photo by Michael Dashiell / Sequim defender Harper Moore, left, snatches the ball from Bainbridge’s Izzi Pujolar in the first half of SHS’s match-up with the Spartans on Sept. 19.

Amara Gonzalez assisted on one of Yada’s scores.

“Amara put a great ball in, Sasha turned on her defender and put it in,” Freeman said.

Kalli Grove earned the shutout in goal.

“Our back line of Harper Moore, Libby Turella, Amara and Hailey Wagner really played lock down defense,” Freeman said.

Spartans prevail

Two days later at home, the Wolves hung tough with the visiting Bainbridge Spartans but conceded two second half goals in a 2-0 loss on Sept. 19.

Sequim’s Amara Gonzalez, right and Bainbridge’s Vega Hendrickson vie for possession in the first half of a Sept. 19 Olympic League match-up in Sequim.

“We learned the importance of teamwork and communication,” Freeman said following the loss.

“I feel like they hustled. They worked hard until the final whistle.”

The first-year SHS coach noted the Wolves were missing a couple of players and had a thin bench while the Spartans had good numbers in reserve.

“I’m excited to play them again [on Oct. 15] with a full roster,” she said.

Sequim Gazette photo by Michael Dashiell / Sequim defender Harper Moore, looks to keep possession in the Wolves’ Sept. 19 league match-up with Bainbridge. The visiting Spartans won, 2-0.

She said the Wolves (1-2 in Olympic League and overall) need to get a bit better with 50-50 chances.

The Wolves, who opened the season with a 1-0 loss on penalty kicks at Kingston on Sept. 12, were scheduled to play at Olympic (Silverdale) on Sept. 24 — results were not available at press time.

Coming up

Sequim hosts rival Port Angeles on Sept. 26 and North Kitsap on Oct. 1.

The Wolves play at Bainbridge on Oct. 3.