SPORTS: Hated rivals become friends playing for Wilder Baseball
PORT ANGELES — The rivalry between Sequim and Port Angeles athletes typically begins early.By the end of freshman year of high school, names and faces are catalogued as enemies worthy of little more than an obligatory handshake.
Wilder teammates and future college roommates Cody Sullivan (Port Angeles) and Isaac Yamamoto (Sequim) were certainly no different.
Stars of their respective football and baseball teams, both were well aware of the other. And both were certain they didn’t like the other.
“We always would be playing against each other, and it was like, ‘I thought you were just a mug. I hated you,’” Yamamoto said.
“That’s how it is. You grow up in two different towns and you’re archrivals and you go and you just hate them when you don’t know them.”
Of course, as has often been the case with Wilder all-star teams of the past, that all changed once Sullivan and Yamamoto became teammates in the summer of 2010.
Now, they are not only key figures on a squad vying for a spot in the Senior Babe Ruth World Series, they’re also about to be roomies at Lower Columbia Community College in Longview.
Following in the footsteps of ex-Wilder teammates Eric Lane (PA) and Ben Grubb (Sequim) before them, the former rivals will suit up for the Red Devils baseball next spring.
As it turns out, Sullivan and Yamamoto had more in common than they realized, from a shared work ethic to a strong desire to reach their ceiling as baseball players.
“It’s just kind of my nature that anyone not wearing my jersey is not my friend,” Sullivan said.
“That’s kind of how it was. So when I actually met him and started playing with him, and he was wearing the same jersey, we hit it off really well.
“I really appreciated how every day he worked really hard.”
Devil of a time
Working hard will most definitely be a part of both players’ futures.
Lower Columbia head coach Kelly Smith is notorious for pushing his players as hard as anyone in the NWAACC.
It’s a method that has produced results, with 14 of his 16 Red Devil teams winning division titles, eight taking second in the NWAACC postseason tourney and four winning it all.
The latter includes the 2010 edition led by Lane, a division MVP, and Grubb, an All-NWAACC catcher.
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Keith Thorpe/ New Cody Sullivan, left, and Isaac Yamamoto talk during a break in practice at Port Angeles Civic Field on Tuesday. The two friends, Port Angeles High School graduate Sullivan and Sequim High School graduate Yamamoto,
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Today, Saturday and Sunday, July 22-24, in:
■ Port Angeles
■ Sequim-Dungeness Valley
■ Port Townsend-Jefferson County
■ Forks-West End
PORT ANGELES
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Serenity House Dream Center — For youth ages 13-24, homeless or at risk for homelessness. 535 E. First St., 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Housing and planning help, plus basic needs: showers, laundry, hygiene products, etc. Meals served daily. Volunteers and donors phone 360-477-8939 or 360-565-5048.
Play and Learn Port Angeles — For children for ages 0-5 to attend with parent, grandparent or caregiver with individual and group play, songs and story time. 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Phone 360-452-5437 for location and information.
Walk-in vision clinic — Information for visually impaired and blind people, including accessible technology display, library, Braille training and various magnification aids. Vision Loss Center, Armory Square Mall, 228 W. First St., Suite N. Phone for an appointment 360-457-1383 or visit www.visionlossservices.org/vision .
Insurance assistance — Statewide benefits advisers help with health insurance and Medicare. Port Angeles Senior Center, 328 E. Seventh St., 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Phone Marge Stewart at 360-452-3221, ext. 3425.
City Manager Coffee — Port Angeles City Manager Kent Myers holds a weekly informal coffee hour with city residents. Various locations. 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Phone 360-417-4630 or email tpierce@cityofpa.us .
Joyce Depot Museum — 1915-era log depot houses, photographs and historical information regarding Joyce, Port Crescent, Twin, Lake Crescent, Camp Hayden, the Spruce Railroad and early logging. 15 miles west of Port Angeles on state Highway 112, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Phone 360-928-3568.
Guided walking tour — Historic downtown buildings, an old brothel and “Underground Port Angeles.” Chamber of Commerce, 121 E. Railroad Ave., 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Tickets $12 adults, $10 senior citizens and students, $6 ages 6 to 12. Children younger than 6, free. Reservations, phone 360-452-2363, ext. 0.
Feiro Marine Life Center — City Pier, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. $4 adults, $1 youth, children younger than 2 are free. Phone 360-417-6254.
Port Angeles Fine Arts Center — “The Back Country.
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