Port Angeles' Curan Bradley slides back to first base as Sequim's Daniel Harker awaits a throw. Bradley was voted to the All-Olympic League 2A first team. (Jay Cline/for Peninsula Daily News)

Port Angeles' Curan Bradley slides back to first base as Sequim's Daniel Harker awaits a throw. Bradley was voted to the All-Olympic League 2A first team. (Jay Cline/for Peninsula Daily News)

PREP SPORTS: Port Angeles’ Paynter and Bradley picked for Olympic 2A first team; baseball and soccer all-league honors

Port Angeles senior pitchers Travis Paynter and Curan Bradley were both voted to the All-Olympic League 2A first team by the league’s coaches.

Paynter and Bradley were part of a stout pitching staff that led the Roughriders to the Class 2A state regional round and a second-place finish in the Olympic League’s 2A Division.

The duo combined to strike out 18 batters and hold Ephrata to two runs in 11 1/3 innings in Port Angeles’ 2-1 12-inning state loss Saturday.

Paynter signed earlier this month to play at Lower Columbia College in Longview.

“Curan’s going to be throwing for somebody,” Riders coach Vic Reykdal said Sunday.

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Port Angeles’ other starting pitcher, Janson Pederson, was voted to the Olympic 2A second team.

“Pitching was our strength,” Reykdal said while looking back on the season.

North Kitsap’s Kole Milyard was named league MVP.

Paynter and Bradley were the North Olympic Peninsula’s only first-teamers, but area players take up eight of the 13 spots on the Olympic 2A second team.

Sequim sophomore Gavin Velarde is the second-team shortstop. He hit .402 this season and stole bases on 22 of 25 attempts.

“He had an MVP-type season,” Wolves coach Dave Ditlefsen said Sunday.

Two Sequim juniors, utility Justin Porter and pitcher James Grubb, join Velarde on the second team.

Along with Pederson, Port Angeles has four other second-teamers: junior designated hitter Noah McGoff, senior outfielders Eathen Boyer and Tanner Gochnour, and sophomore catcher Colton McGuffey, who threw out 16 of the 24 base runners who tried to steal on him.

Olympic League 1A

Three area players were selected to the Olympic 1A Division all-league team.

For Chimacum, senior infielder Henry Lovekamp and sophomore outfielder Logan Shaw were honored.

Lovekamp signed earlier this year to play baseball at Lane Community College in Eugene, Ore., according to the Northwest Athletic Conference.

Junior Berkley Hill is Port Townsend’s lone all-league player.

The Redhawks also received the team sportsmanship award.

Coupeville’s Cole Payne was chosen as league MVP.

All-Evergreen

Forks had three players honored by the Evergreen League.

Senior Reece Moody, junior Parker Browning and freshman Brett Moody all received honorable mention.

BOYS SOCCER

Sequim sophomore midfielder Liam Harris and senior goalkeeper Austin Wagner were voted to the Olympic League 2A Division first team by the league’s coaches.

Harris scored 11 goals and had seven assists this season.

Port Angeles senior midfielder Wei-Yan Fu also made the first team.

Roughriders sophomore goalkeeper Keenan Leslie and Sequim senior defender J.T. McElhose and senior forward Cameron Chase were selected for the second team.

Kingston’s Leonel Hernandez was voted league MVP.

Olympic 1A

Port Townsend had three players make the All-Olympic League 1A Division team, while Chimacum had two.

For the Redhawks, senior Elijah Biskup, Patrick Charlton and Beshir Little were honored.

The Cowboys’ all-leaguers are juniors Carter McCleary and Joseph Richey.

Chimacum received the team sportsmanship award.

Klahowya’s Paul Powell is the Olympic 1A MVP.

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