SEQUIM — Sequim shut out its third straight opponent and remained unbeaten in Olympic League 2A softball play with a 10-0 victory over North Kitsap in five innings.
The Wolves haven’t allowed a run in 25 innings.
McKenzie Bentz and Shelby Jones combined to hold the Vikings to only two hits in Tuesday’s game.
Bentz struck out three and didn’t allow a base runner in three innings on the mound. Jones allowed two hits and a walk but kept North Kitsap off the scoreboard in her two innings.
Bentz, batting leadoff for the Wolves, also had two hits, drove in two runs and scored once.
Jordan Bentz, Nicole Anders and Kaylee Gumm also had two hits apiece, and all three doubled. Gumm and Anders each scored twice. Adrienne Haggerty had one hit and drove in two runs.
Emily Copeland also scored twice for Sequim, including the final run of the game with one out in the bottom of the fifth inning that put the mercy rule into effect.
After hitting a single, Copeland advanced to home on errors. The Vikings (1-1, 1-3) committed five errors in the game, while Sequim played a clean defensive game.
The Wolves (2-0, 7-1) play at Olympic (2-0, 3-1) today.
Sequim 10, North Kitsap 0, 5 innings
North Kitsap 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 2 5
Sequim 0 5 3 1 1 — 10 12 0
WP- M. Bentz; LP- Smith
Pitching Statistics
North Kitsap: Smith 4 1/3 IP, 12 H, 10 R, 4 ER, BB, 4 K.
Sequim: M. Bentz 3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K; Jones 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, BB, K.
Hitting Statistics
North Kitsap: Goetz 1-2; Stembo 1-2.
Sequim: M. Bentz 2-3, R, 2 RBI, SB; Gumm 2-3, 2B, 2 R, RBI; Anders 2-3, 2B, 2 R, RBI; J. Bentz 2-3, 2B, R; Haggerty 1-3, R, 2 RBI; Copeland 1-2, 2 R, RBI, SB; Jones 1-3, R, RBI; Vig 1-1.
Port Angeles 11, Kingston 1
PORT ANGELES — The Roughriders opened their Olympic League 2A schedule by 10-running the Buccaneers in five innings.
Nizhoni Wheeler pitched all five innings to notch the win for unbeaten Port Angeles on Tuesday. She struck out 11 batters and allowed three hits and one walk.
Wheeler was backed up by errorless fielding and the continued hot hitting from the Riders’ bats.
Brennan Gray homered and drove in two runs; Lauren Lunt went 3 for 3 with a double, a run and an RBI; Nikaila Price doubled and had two RBIs; and Natalie Steinman had three hits and scored a run.
Port Angeles (1-0, 7-0) hosts North Mason (0-2, 2-4) today.
Port Angeles 11, Kingston 1, 5 innings
Kingston 1 0 0 0 0 — 1 3 3
Port Angeles 0 7 0 1 3 — 11 14 0
WP- Wheeler; LP- Caitillista
Pitching Statistics
Kingston: Caitillista 2 IP; Belgarde 2 1/3 IP.
Port Angeles: Wheeler 5 IP, R, 3 H, 11 K, BB.
Hitting Statistics
Port Angeles: Gray 2-2 HR, 2 R, 2 RBI; Lunt 3-3, 2B, R, RBI; Steinman 3-4, R; Robinson 2-3, 2 SB; Price 1-2, 2B, 2 RBI; Larson 1-2, R, RBI.
Quilcene 16, Rainier Christian 0
QUILCENE — Bailey Kieffer tamed the Mustangs to keep the Rangers’ undefeated start to the season intact.
Kieffer struck out 13 and allowed only one hit in five innings Tuesday to earn her third win of the season.
“What can I say,” Quilcence coach Mark Thompson said, “hard work and a winning attitude is a heck of a combination.
“Erin Macedo called a great game behind the plate to help out her pitcher, as well as chipping in a couple of RBIs on offense.”
Quilcene’s offense started slow but finally got going with a three-run third inning and a 13-run fourth. That was all the scoring the Rangers would need to end the SeaTac League contest after five innings.
Katie Bailey continued her hot hitting by going 3 for 3 at the plate and driving in five runs. Megan Weller’s third-inning triple jump-started Quilcene’s offense, and Alex Johnsen reached base all four times she batted and scored three runs.
Despite the commanding victory, Thompson said the Rangers still have some things to work on.
“All wins are good wins, but our offense, particularly base running, needs to be better. We were a little unfocused in that department today,” he said.
“I am pleased with our progress to this point. There are a bunch of great attitudes on our team; it makes me confident we’ll fix the problems we had today.”
Class 1B Quilcene (2-0, 4-0) takes a break from league play to face 1A Klahowya (3-3) on the road today.
Quilcene 16, Rainier Christian 0, 5 innings
Rainier Christian 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 1 6
Quilcene 0 0 3 13 0 — 16 11 0
WP- Kieffer
Pitching Statistics
Quilcene: Kieffer 5 IP, 1 H, 13 K.
Hitting Statistics
Quilcene: Johnsen 2-3, 3 R; Weller 1-3, 3B, 3 R, RBI; Macedo 1-1, 3 R, 2 RBI; Bailey 3-3, 5 RBI; Jones 1-3, 2B, RBI; Gray 1-2, RBI; Kieffer 1-3; Cawyer 1-4, 2 RBI; Brown RBI.
Rochester 11, Forks 1
ROCHESTER — Britney Dean only allowed three hits, but the young Spartans struggled in the field in their five-inning Evergreen League loss to the Warriors.
Forks committed five errors and allowed Rochester to have a seven-run fourth inning to turn a 4-1 lead into 11-1.
Dean doubled, and Sarah Adams and Bailey Queen also had hits for the Spartans. Adams scored Forks’ lone run on Julia Lausche’s sacrifice fly.
The Spartans (0-2, 1-2) have a rematch with the Warriors (4-1, 6-1) today at home.
Rochester 11, Forks 1, 5 innings
Forks 0 0 0 1 0 — 1 3 5
Rochester 2 1 1 7 x — 11 3 0
WP- Hahn; LP- Dean
Hitting Statistics
Forks: Dean 1-2, 2B; Adams 1-2, R; Queen 1-2; Lausche RBI.
Boys Soccer
Port Angeles 2, Bremerton 1
BREMERTON — The Roughriders rallied late to preserve their unblemished Olympic League 2A record.
The Knights took a 1-0 lead in the 55th minute of Tuesday’s game when Port Angeles goalkeeper Keenan Leslie got caught outside his box and left the goal open for Jesus Marcial to score from the top of the penalty box.
The Riders finally equalized in the 76th minute when Jackson May was brought down in the box, and Lukas Mobius scored the resulting penalty kick.
Two minutes later, Mobius curled a corner kick to the near post that Wei-Yan Fu volleyed home for the game-winner.
Port Angeles coach Chris Saari chose Mobius and May as the team’s offensive players of the match, Hollund Bailey as the top defensive player and Fu and Grayson Peet as the top transition players.
The Riders (3-0-0, 5-0-1) are tied atop the league with Kingston (3-0-0, 5-0-1).
Port Angeles plays at Olympic (0-2-0, 0-5-0) tonight.
The Riders also won Tuesday’s JV game by a 4-0 score.
Sequim 2, North Mason 0
BELFAIR — The Wolves blanked the Bulldogs for their first Olympic League 2A victory of the season.
Sequim quickly reversed its trend of slow starts by scoring in the first minute of Tuesday’s game when Robert Beeson found the goal off an assist by Patrick McCrorie.
The match remained 1-0 until the 69th minutes when Josiah Urquia set up Thomas Winfield for the Wolves’ second goal.
The Wolves outshot the Bulldogs 12-4.
Sequim goalkeeper Austin Wagner earned the shutout.
Wolves coach Dave Brasher selected defender Evan James as the team’s player of the match.
“We played all right,” Brasher said. “It was kind of a slow-going game, but we’ll take the win.”
Sequim (1-2-0, 2-3-0) plays at North Kitsap (1-1-0, 1-1-2) today and then hosts Ketchikan, Alaska, for a nonleague friendly Friday at 4 p.m.
Girls Golf
Port Angeles 247, North Mason 263
PORT ANGELES — Maddie Boe led the Roughriders to their first victory of the season.
Boe shot a 59 to share match medalist honors with North Mason’s Megan Jackson at Peninsula Golf Club on Tuesday.
Rose Shinn-Clark carded a 61 for Port Angeles, Haylie Goodie shot 62 and Maya Wharton and Olivia Doe each had a 65.
The Riders next match isn’t until Tuesday, April 12, when they host Bremerton.
Sequim 207, Kingston 223
KINGSTON — Sarah Shea and Alex McMenamin helped the Wolves remain unbeaten by defeating the Buccaneers at White Horse Golf Club.
Shea shot a 46 and McMenamin a 49 in Tuesday’s match. Sydney Balkan added a round of 55 and Samantha Smith shot 57 for the Wolves.
Kingston’s Kindra Smith was the match medalist with a 45.
Boys Golf
Port Angeles 191, North Mason 201
PORT ANGELS — Logan Kovalenko was the match medalist and the Roughriders won their second consecutive match.
“The team set a goal prior to their match today to shoot under 200 as a team and, with Logan Kovalenko leading the way with a 43, they accomplished their goal,” Port Angeles coach Gil Stockton said.
Parker Elias shot 46, his best score ever, and Cameron Fouts’ career-best round of 53 was highlighted by the first birdie of his life on the ninth hole.
Royce Duncan has improved from shooting a 57 earlier this season to carding his best of the season, a 49, in Tuesday’s match.
“The guys played their best match of the year, shooting a 191,” Stockton said.
“It’s amazing how a nice, sunny day, the course [being] in outstanding shape and hard work will bring out the best in us.”
Port Angeles’ next match is after spring break, Tuesday, April 12, at home against Bremerton.
Sequim 182, Kingston 192
KINGSTON — Jack Shea and Blake Wiker blew away the field in the Wolves’ Olympic League victory over the Buccaneers at White Horse Golf Club.
Shea shot a 3-over-par 39 to earn medalist honors Tuesday, and Wiker was right behind with a round of 41.
Jake Sparks and Liam Payne each shot 52 to round out Sequim’s scoring.
Dawson Clark led Kingston with a score of 46.
Girls Tennis
Port Angeles 4, Olympic 3
PORT ANGELES — The Roughriders won a thrilling Olympic League showdown with the Trojans.
“Interesting set of events,” Port Angeles coach Stephanie Gochnour said of last Friday’s match. “Five tiebreakers in [Friday’s] matches.”
Gochnour selected Maddy Woods as the Riders’ player of the match for going 2 hours, 47 minutes, including two tiebreakers, in the No. 2 singles match that was eventually won by Olympic’s Emily Bohman.
“A nail-biter until the end,” Gochnour said. “Fun to watch.”
Port Angeles 4, Olympic 3
Match Report
Singles
No. 1: Marissa Nemath (Oly) def. Audrey Little (PA) vs. 6-1, 6-0.
No. 2: Emily Bohman (Oly) def. Maddy Woods (PA) vs. 6-4, 6-7(4-7), 7-6(7-5).
No. 3: Claire Fritschler (PA) def. Jada Medoza (Oly) 7-6(7-3), 6-2.
Doubles
No. 1: Kyliene Trottman/Sarah Polsin (Oly) def. Patricia Polo/Emily Traughber (PA) 6-4, 6-3.
No. 2: Maria Soule/Karina Paup-Byrnes (PA) def. Brooklyn Haro/Beyoncé Greszo (Oly) 7-6(7-2), 6-2.
No. 3:Hailey Horton/Lum Fu (PA) def. Jasime Medina/DJ Cherry (Oly) 7-6(7-3), 6-3.
No. 4: Aeverie Politika/Summer Olsen (PA) def. Karli Taylor/Sydney Troy (Oly) 6-2, 7-5.
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Compiled using team reports.