CHIMACUM — The Port Angeles softball team defeated Chimacum 5-1 in a pitchers’ duel between Nizhoni Wheeler and Ryley Eldridge.
“Both teams had good pitching but were a little sloppy in the field, as both teams had four errors apiece,” Roughriders coach Randy Steinman said.
Wheeler struck out 10 batters and allowed four hits in six innings for Port Angeles.
Eldridge went all seven innings for the Cowboys on Wednesday, holding the Riders to five hits while striking out two and walking five.
“Had some miscues that put PA in better position to score runs, but two missed calls and the score line would have been closer, if not different,” Chimacum coach J.R. Roberts said.
“PA’s sophomore pitcher [Wheeler] had a great game and they ran the bases well.
“We had our chances, but just didn’t convert them.”
Jaidyn Larson went 2 for 3 at the plate and scored a run for Port Angeles, while Wheeler and Emily Johnson each had a hit and walked twice.
Shanya Nisbet was 2 for 3 with a double and an RBI for the Cowboys, and Kyah McKinlay had added a pair of hits.
McKinlay also was involved in Chimacum’s play of the game.
In the bottom of the fifth, Port Angeles had a runner on third base and no outs when McKinlay caught a ball hit to dead center field.
“[McKinlay] throws a beautiful ball on a rope to our catcher [Mechelle Nisbet], who blocks home plate and tags out the runner tagging from third,” Roberts said.
“Just like that, a quick double play. And our pitcher [Eldridge] gets the next batter to pop out, and we’re out of trouble just like that.”
The Cowboys head into a long break with a 2-2 record, with all four opponents coming from the Olympic League’s 2A Division.
Chimacum next plays Thursday, April 9, when it opens Olympic League 1A competition against rival Port Townsend (0-1).
Port Angeles (3-0) hosts Klahowya (2-2) today at 4 p.m. and Dry Creek Elementary.
Port Angeles 5, Chimacum 1
Port Angeles 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 — 5 5 4
Chimacum 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 — 1 4 4
WP- Wheeler; LP- Eldridge
Pitching Statistics
Port Angeles: Wheeler 6 IP, 4 H, R, 10 K, BB; Coburn IP, 0 H, 0 R.
Chimacum: Eldridge 7 IP, 5 H, 5 R, 2 K, 5 BB.
Hitting Statistics
Port Angeles: Larson 2-3, R; Wheeler 1-1, 2 BB; Johnson 1-2, 2 BB.
Chimacum: S. Nisbet 2-3, 2B, RBI; McKinlay 2-3.
Sequim 8, Klahowya 2
SEQUIM — Olivia Kirsch pitched a complete game for the Wolves, striking out six and allowing just one hit in a win over the Eagles.
Jordan Bentz led the Sequim attack at the plate with two hits and three RBIs in Wednesday’s game.
Kaylee Gumm added two more hits, and Kirsch helped her own cause with a hit and an RBI.
The Wolves (3-2) open Olympic League 2A play today at home against Bremerton.
Sequim 8, Klahowya 2
Klahowya 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 2 1 2
Sequim 3 0 2 0 0 3 x — 8 9 2
WP- Olivia Kirsch
Pitching Statistics
Sequim: Kirsch 7 IP, 6 K.
Boys Soccer
Sequim 3, North Kitsap 1
POULSBO — The Wolves took early punches from the Vikings but came out on top in a showdown with the perennial Olympic League power.
“We were kind of Ali versus Foreman, absorbing all kinds of blows in the first 15 minutes,” Wolves coach Dave Brasher said.
“They out-shot us 10-0 in that first 15, but we countered and got the first goal.”
Adrian Espinoza found Liam Harris with a long throw-in, and Harris headed the ball home for a 1-0 lead in the 15th minute.
Sequim added another goal when Patrick McCrorie connected with freshman Josiah Urquia.
“Patrick made a good run down the right side and sent a good cross over, and Josiah hit it nicely,” Brasher said.
The Wolves allowed a penalty goal in the 48th minute, but with North Kitsap pressing offensively, Sequim added a free kick near the Vikings goal.
“Eli Berg sent it in and J.T. McElhose got a head on it, and the goalie tipped it off the cross bar and Cameron Chase sniffed it out and put it in,” Brasher said.
“We played last year’s No. 1 and No. 2 teams [Kingston and North Kitsap this week] and got a split out of it, so I’m pleased.”
“We played really well.”
Sequim (2-2-1) visits Port Angeles (3-0) on Saturday at Civic Field.
Track and Field
Crescent trio hurdle to victory
HOQUIAM — Ryan Lester, Jordan Scott and Zach Fletcher all won hurdle events for Class 1B Crescent at the five-team Evergreen 1A/2A League meet a Seabreeze Stadium.
The meet was hampered by rainy and cold (temperature in the 40s) conditions.
“Most potential good marks quickly became waterlogged, frozen marks, as all athletes essentially battled for survival and simply competed for placement,” Loggers coach Darrell Yount said of Wednesday’s meet.
“Even so, ever-quick Ryan Lester was able to blitz the field in the [girls] 100-meter hurdles with a quality 18.3[-second mark], and teammate Big Jordan Scott was able to do the same on the boys side, winning in 19.1 [in the 110 hurdles].”
Scott then combined with teammate Zach Fletcher to pull off a 1-2 finish in the 300 hurdles, Fletcher coming in first with a time of 48.8 seconds.
Freshman Paul Frantz, who a year ago flew through his middle school season undefeated, put forth two more quality 400 times Wednesday.
He place second in the open with a time of 56.7 seconds, and then flew through is opening 400 in the 4×400 relay in 55 seconds to lead the Loggers to a second-place showing with a time of 4:03.
Crescent had two third-place finishes: Wyatt McNeese in the boys shot put (38 feet, 4 inches) and the girls 4×200 relay team of Lester, Tena Ward, Hannah Lee and Kayla Olsen (2:06).
The Loggers continue their early season globetrotting schedule by travelling to Edmonds for the always popular Terrace Relays hosted by Mountlake Terrace at Edmonds Woodway High School.
Port Townsend and Chimacum also will compete at the Terrace Relays.
Sequim boys, girls win at Olympic
BREMERTON — The Sequim boys and girls teams each won the four-team meet at Silverdale Stadium.
The Wolves edged the Port Angeles girls 95 to 91.5.
Mattie Clark was a double winner Wednesday for Sequim, taking both the 100-meter hurdles and the 300 hurdles.
Waverly Shreffler won the 400-meter run and placed second in the 800 for Sequim.
Emily van Dyken was the Wolves’ other individual winner, taking the pole vault.
Sequim also won two relays and placed second in the other.
Anna White, Telicia Busby, Molly Earley and Mercedes Woods teamed up to win the 4×100 relay, and Busby, Woods, Heidi Vereide and Gretchen Happe won the 4×400 relay.
Elyse Lovgren had a standout performance for Port Angeles, winning the 100 and the triple jump, while also placing second in the 200 and third in the long jump.
Gracie Long also was a double winner for the Roughriders, taking first in the 1,600 and the 3,000. She added a fourth-place showing in the high jump.
The Olympic girls took third and Chimacum was fourth.
Bailey Castillo won the javelin for the Cowboys with a throw of 100 feet and 5 inches.
She also helped Chimacum’s 4×100 relay take third along with Sammy Raines, Alisha Leoso and Alyssa Hamilton.
Boys results
The Sequim boys were dominant in the hurdles and the field events an had a barrage of runner-up finishes in the running events.
Oscar Herrera was the biggest winner for the Wolves, finishing first in both the 110 and 300 hurdles and teaming with Miguel Moroles, Jason Springer and Kane Stoddard to win the 4×400 relay.
Alex Barry won the javelin by more than 25 feet with a 102-03 mark. He also placed third in the discus and finished third in the 200.
Austin Adams took first in the shot put and Joshua Cibene won the pole vault with a 13-0, the second-best mark of his career.
Teammate Rickey Gross was third in the pole vault.
Cibene also had a third-place showing in the high jump, one spot behind teammate Jackson Oliver.
Oliver also placed third in the triple jump and the long jump, finishing one spot behind Springer in the latter.
The Wolves had a runner-up in each of the running events:
Stoddard in the 100, Moroles in the 200, Springer in the 400, C.J. Daniels in the 800, and Brendon Despain in the 1,600 and the 3,200.
Port Angeles was a distant third with 51 points and Chimacum came in fourth with 19 points.
Peter Butler won the 1,600 and 3,200 for the Riders.
Paul Van Rossen took first in the discus and third in the shot put.
Sam Burton placed second in the pole fault for Port Angeles.
The Chimacum boys were led by a first-place finish in the 4×100 relay by Eoin Hartnett, Ryan Caldwell, Victor Hitt and Matt Torres.
Trevon Noel placed second in the shot put and the discus.
