The Seattle Seahawks have fired defensive coordinator Ken Norton Jr. and passing game coordinator Andre Curtis. Seattle never finished higher than 16th in total defense or 11th in scoring defense during Norton’s four-year tenure. Seattle was 28th in total defense and 11th in scoring defense this season. A bigger issue was Seattle’s weak performance in the turnover battle because of a bend-but-don’t-break defensive mentality. The Seahawks created just 18 turnovers this season, ranking 25th in the league.

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After a two-week layoff for the NWAC, the Peninsula Pirates will open Northern Division play in Mount Vernon against Skagit Valley tonight. Lady Pirate Head Coach Allison Crumb has her usual power house unit. The pirates have 6 former alums from Olympic Peninsula schools. They are Hope Glasser of Sequim, Gina Brown from Port Townsend, Ruth Moss of Neah Bay and 3 Port Angeles Roughriders in Cheyenne Wheeler, Madison Cooke and Emilia Long. Long leads the Pirates in scoring at 15 ppg. The Pirates are 9-2 on the season Skagit Valley is 7-5. The tipoff is set for 5 pm.

Peninsula men’s Head Coach Donald Rollman has a tough task as his Pirates take on a Skagit Valley team that is the #1 ranked team in the NWAC. The Cardinals are 11-2, the Pirates are 8-4. The Pirates are led by one of the top shooters in the NWAC in Jaylin Reed a 6’4″ Soph out of Lodi California. Reed averages over 20 ppg.  Tip off will follow the women’s game. The Skagit Valley Department of Health has announced that fans will not be allowed into the gym because of Covid protocol.

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If area basketball fans have not taken notice of the Sequim Wolves girls basketball team they might want to start, especially what happened last Monday afternoon in the big city of Bellevue Washington. All the Wolves did was knock of the Class 3A Bellevue Wolverines of the Kingco league 42 -35. The red hot Wolves are now 11-2 overall and 8-0 in Olympic League play. The Wolves are scheduled to take on North Kitsap tomorrow night in Poulsbo, but the Vikings have had covid issues as they canceled last Saturday night’s game against Port Angeles. The poor Roughriders have had only 2 games since December because of opponents with covid issues cancelling games. The Lady riders are scheduled to take on Olympic Thursday night in Silverdale.

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Port Angeles wrestling at Olympia today canceled for Covid protocol.