KINGSTON — Bailey Kieffer and the Quilcene Rangers were in prime form in their 5-1 road victory over Kingston.
Having already clinched the SeaTac League softball title, the Class 1B Rangers are concluding their regular season with three games against larger schools.
That stretch started Monday against the 2A Buccaneers, who managed only one hit and one run against Kieffer.
“Bailey did a great job moving the ball around and keeping their hitters off-balance,” Quilcene coach Mark Thompson said.
“Our defense after the second inning did a great job behind her.”
The Rangers’ offense took some time to get acclimated to facing 2A pitching, and neither team had a run in the first three innings.
Then Quilcene got going, scoring twice in the fourth inning and twice more in the fifth. The Rangers ended up with five runs on eight hits in the game.
Erin Macedo’s RBI double scored Megan Weller, who had singled, for the first run in the fourth. Macedo later scored on Bailey Kieffer’s sacrifice fly.
In the fifth inning, after Alexis Gray walked and Alex Johnsen reached on an error, Weller’s single scored pinch runner Katie Love.
Johnsen then scored on a sacrifice fly by Macedo, and the Rangers were up 4-0.
After Kingston plated a run in the bottom of the sixth, Quilcene closed out the scoring on an RBI single by Weller in the top of the seventh to make the score 5-1.
“We played pretty well today,” Thompson said of the Rangers.
“We had a few focus errors in the first two innings that almost cost us, but Bailey did a great job keeping the damage to none. After that, our defense was lights-out.”
Next up for the Rangers (8-0, 15-2) is a road rematch with 2B Darrington (2-13). Quilcene rocked the Loggers 11-1 last week.
The Rangers are slated to conclude the regular season at home against 2B North Beach (17-1) on Friday.
Quilcene will open the 1B District 2/4 Tournament next Wednesday. The Rangers will then host the championship and third-place games Saturday, May 21.
Quilcene 5, Kingston 1
Quilcene 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 — 5 8 4
Kingston 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 — 1 1 1
WP- Kieffer
Pitching Statistics
Quilcene: Kieffer 7 IP, H, R.
Hitting Statistics
Quilcene: M. Weller 3-4, 2 RBI; Macedo 2-3, 2B, 2 RBI; Kieffer 1-2, RBI; A. Weller 1-2; Gray 1-2.
Lacrosse
Mountaineers 13, Olympia 5
LACEY — Mike Walton’s seven points led the Olympic Mountaineers to their second victory of the season.
Walton tallied five goals and two assists for the Port Angeles/Sequim team in Monday’s game.
Matt Warner added three goals and an assist, and Charlie Prosser scored two goals. Tyler Waseca, Sawyer Larsen and Bailey King each had one goal.
Christian Middlestead made 10 saves for the Mountaineers (2-10), who finish their season today against Vashon (9-4) at Agnew Fields.
Track and Field
Sequim freshman marks set
BREMERTON — Michael Mattern-Hall jumped into elite company at the Olympic League JV Championship meet at Silverdale Stadium.
Mattern-Hall’s 5-foot, 6-inch high jump Monday matched the Sequim boys freshman mark previously achieved by Jayson Brocklesby in 2010 and Jackson Oliver in 2013.
Brocklesby went on to win the high jump state title as a senior in 2013. Oliver placed second at state as a junior in 2015 and is currently ranked eighth in Class 2A.
Mattern-Hall wasn’t the only one to set a Sequim freshman mark Monday.
Kaitlyn Viada eclipsed the girls freshman record in the javelin by throwing 80-03, surpassing the mark of 80-0 set by Sierra Clark in 2007.
Port Townsend’s JV team set 18 personal-bests at the meet.
Kyle Blankenship ran his fastest 100- and 200-meter dashes, winning the 100 with a time of 12.02 seconds and the 200 with a time of 24.42 seconds.
Senior Alex Brown took first in the 110-meter hurdles (19.03 seconds) and the 300 hurdles (46.75 seconds). His time in the 300 hurdles is a personal best.
For the Port Townsend girls, freshman Brenna Franklin dropped two-tenths of a second off her previous best to win the 100 in 14.10 seconds. She also added 4 feet to her best discus mark to take second.
Aliyah Parson and Karlee Kellogg set personal records and won events, Parson the 1,600 (6:12.07) and Kellogg the long jump (14-03.75).
“For each of these five event winners, today was their first individual win in high school track and field competition,” Redhawks coach Ian Fraser said.
“Perhaps the team’s most impressive performance of the day, however, came from a fourth-place finish. Junior Gannon Short improved his discus throw by 11 feet to place fourth with a throw of 92-03.”
Port Townsend and Sequim will join the rest of their leagues at Bremerton High School on Saturday.
The Redhawks and Chimacum will participate in the Olympic League 1A Subdistrict meet.
The Wolves and Port Angeles will be competing at the Olympic League 2A Subdistricts.
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Compiled using team reports.