PORT ANGELES — Underclassmen played huge roles in Port Angeles’ 11-1 six inning softball victory against Kingston at Dry Creek Elementary School.
A big day at the plate from Roughriders freshman Natalie Steinman and great pitching from sophomore ace Nizhoni Wheeler powered the Riders to the win Friday.
“Natalie Steinman had a career day with two mammoth home runs over the left-center field fence and five RBIs,” said coach Randy Steinman.
Natalie Steinman also scored three runs.
“Nizhoni Wheeler pitched extremely well and helped herself offensively with three hits and two RBIs,” Randy Steinman said.
Wheeler struck out eight, and allowed just two hits and two walks in her six innings pitched.
Alyssa Wetzler was 2 for 2 at the plate for Port Angeles and sophomore Taylar Clark was 2 for 3 and scored two runs for the Riders (4-0, 9-0).
Port Angeles hosts North Mason (2-4, 2-6) on Monday.
Port Angeles 11, Kingston 1, 6 innings
Kingston 0 0 0 0 0 1 — 1 3 0
Port Angeles 1 1 0 4 0 5 — 11 13 0
WP- Nizhoni Wheeler; LP- Blacarde
Pitching Statistics
Kingston: Blacarde 6 IP, 11 R, 13 H, 2 K, 3 BB
Port Angeles: Wheeler 6 IP, R, 3 H, 8 K, 2 BB.
Hitting Statistics
Kingston: Weizsteon 2-3, R.
Port Angeles: Natalie Steinman 3-4, 2 HR, 5 RBI, 3 R; Wheeler 3-4, 2 RBI; Alyssa Wetzler 2-2, Taylar Clark 2-3, 2 R.
Chimacum 8, Klahowya 2
SILVERDALE — The Cowboys pitcher Ryley Eldridge struck out 10 batters and allowed just five base runners as Chimacum picked up the Olympic League Victory over the Eagles.
Shanya Nisbet had the big bat for Chimacum, going 3 for 4 at the plate with four RBIs in Thursday’s game.
The Cowboys (2-1, 5-4) host Coupeville (2-1, 2-5) on Monday.
Chimacum 8, Klahowya 2
Chimacum 2 0 2 0 0 1 3 — 8 10 2
Klahowya 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 2 4 3
WP- Ryley Eldridge; LP- Amber Bumbalough
Pitching Statistics
Chimacum: Eldridge 7 IP, 2 R, 3 H, 2 BB, 10 K.
Hitting Statistics
Chimacum: Shanya Nisbet 3-4, 4 RBI; Bradyn Nelson 3 BB, RBI; Mechelle Nisbet 1-4, RBI.
Baseball
Port Angeles 5, Kingston 0
PORT ANGELES — Travis Paynter and Ryan Rodocker combined on a three-hit shutout as the Roughriders rolled past the Buccaneers at Civic Field.
Paynter struck out eight and walked one batter in his six innings of work.
He allowed three hits, two of them infield singles.
“It’s funny we felt like Travis wasn’t really sharp all day but then you go back and look at the book and his stats are great,” Port Angeles coach Vic Reykdal said.
“I wouldn’t mind having an off day like that.”
Rodocker came on and pitched an efficient seventh inning, with one strikeout.
“Ryan had a seven-pitch inning,” Reykdal said.
“He went in there and got it done and finished strong.”
Curan Bradley was 3 for 3 with a double, an RBI and scored a run to lead the Riders at the plate.
Logan Ciaciuch went 1 for 3 with two RBIs and scored; and Paynter helped his cause, going 1 for 3 with 2 RBIs.
“Everyone of those runs we drove in,” Reykdal said.
“They had a couple of errors to help us get base runners but our RBI production was solid.”
Port Angeles (5-2, 7-4) sits in third place in the Olympic League standings.
The Riders host North Mason (2-6, 5-10) on Monday.
Port Angeles 5, Kingston 0
Kingston 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 3 2
Port Angeles 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 — 5 8 0
WP- Travis Paynter
Pitching Statistics
Port Angeles: Paynter 6 IP, 3 H, 8 K, BB; Ryan Rodocker IP, K.
Hitting Statistics
Port Angeles: Curan Bradley 3-3, 2B R, RBI; Ciaciuch 1-3, 2 RBI, R; Paynter 1-3, 2 RBI; Eathen Boyer 1-2, BB, Janson Pederson 1-3, R; Micaiah Anderson
North Kitsap 10, Sequim 4
SEQUIM — Errors and an inability to bring home base runners tripped up the Wolves in a loss to the Olympic League-leading Vikings (7-1, 12-2).
Sequim (3-5, 7-7) committed four errors, leading to five unearned North Kitsap runs, and left five runners on base in Thursday’s loss.
Dusty Bates was a bright spot for the Wolves, going 3 for 4 with an RBI.
Sequim hosts Olympic (7-1, 12-2) on Tuesday.
North Kitsap 10, Sequim 4
North Kitsap 4 0 0 2 4 0 0 — 10 10 0
Sequim 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 — 4 9 4
WP- Hecker; LP- Nigel Christian
Pitching Statistics
North Kitsap: Hecker 6 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 3 BB, 8 K; Regan 1 IP, 2 H, 1 R.
Sequim: Christian 4 IP, 7 H, 6 R, 3 ER, BB, 4 K; James Grubb 3 IP, 3 H, 4 R, 2 ER, 4 K, BB.
Hitting Statistics
North Kitsap: Brann 3-4, RBI; Klinger 3-4, 3B, 2 RBI, 2 R.
Sequim: Dusty Bates 3-4, RBI; Gavin Velarde 2-3, RBI, 2 R; Tanner Rhodefer 1-2, Daniel Harker 1-3, R.
Hoquiam 10,
Forks 0
HOQUIAM — The Grizzlies’ Kyle Standstipher no-hit the Spartans in a five-inning contest at Olympic Stadium.
Standstipher struck out the first 12 batters he faced in Thursday’s game, only losing his chance at a perfect game when he walked Forks’ Faustino Farias with two outs in the fifth inning.
The Spartans never hit the ball out of the infield in the game.
Forks (0-10, 0-10) hosts Elma (1-9, 3-10) on Tuesday.
Boys Golf
Port Angeles wins Higgins Memorial
BREMERTON — The Roughriders stayed focused and played through tough weather conditions and difficult pin placements to earn the team title at the Tim Higgins Memorial Tournament at Kitsap Golf & Country Club.
Thursday’s victory was the school’s first Higgins title since 2004.
“We talked about having a game plan when I took them to Oak Table in Sequim for breakfast and we went over strategy,” Port Angeles coach Mark Mitrovich said.
“We talked about avoiding big numbers and minimizing mistakes and having players stay out of the 90’s.
“We showed a lot of mental toughness and quality shotmaking as every player reached that goal.”
The Riders’ Alex Atwell shot a six-over par 78 to tie with Klahowya’s Aaron Holliday for first place.
The pair then played a four-hole playoff, each bogeying the first and second holes, parring the third before Holliday earned his second straight individual title with a par on the par-3 sixth hole.
“Alex, if he could have gotten up and down on either of the first two holes, he would have won it,” Mitrovich said.
“People watching the playoff were pretty impressed with their [Atwell and Holliday’s play.”
Austin Peterson recorded an 82, Mason Jackson fired an 86 and Alex Brown shot 88 for Port Angeles.
The Riders won the title by 20 strokes on host Central Kitsap’s home course.
Sequim tied with the Cougars and South Kitsap for second place.
Jack Shea lead the Wolves with an 83, Alex McCracken shot 89 and Travis Priest and girls golfer Alex McMenamin each fired 91.
Port Townsend finished fifth, with Zack Glover shooting an 82 to finish fourth individually.
Austin Khile carded a 93 for the Redhawks, while Patrick Morton shot a 97 and Keegan Khile came in at 104.
Chimacum was seventh, led by Jack Hilt’s round of 87.
Chris Bainbridge added a 91 for the Cowboys, while Marcus Bufford shot a 94 and Drew Yackulic hit for a 103.
Port Angeles 164, Bremerton 211
BREMERTON — The Roughriders fired their lowest team total for nine holes on the year in win over the Knights on the Olympic Course at Gold Mountain Golf Club.
Mason Jackson shot an even-par 36 on the back nine, with two birdies and five pars.
Alex Atwell and Austin Peterson each shot 42, Logan Kovalenko fired a career-best round of 44 and Alex Brown shot a 46 for Port Angeles.
The Riders (7-0) visit Kingston (2-4) on Monday.
Track and Field
Sequim wins boys and girls meets
SEQUIM — The Wolves’ boys and girls track and field teams stayed unbeaten after Sequim won a four-team Olympic League meet against Coupeville, Kingston and North Mason.
The victories set up a crucial league meet at North Kitsap on Thursday, with the Wolves’ girls team (11-0) facing the undefeated Vikings (10-0) and Bremerton (7-1) while the boys (9-0) square off with North Kitsap (6-0-1) and the Knights (8-0).
The Sequim boys bested North Mason 95-48, knocked off Kingston 106-42 and topped Coupeville 121-25.
Jackson Oliver and Oscar Herrera were dual-event winners for the Wolves.
Oliver won the high and long jumps, and Herrera claimed the 110-meter and 300 hurdles.
Herrera also ran on the winning 4×400 relay team for Sequim, along with Jason Springer, Miguel Moroles and Logan Habner.
Alex Barry had a solid day for the Wolves, winning the javelin, and placing second in the discus and triple jump.
Brendon Despain won the 1,600 and was second in the 800 for Sequim.
Josh Cibene won the pole vault, took third in the high jump and was fourth in the shot put for the Wolves.
On the girls side, Sequim dropped Coupeville 112-31, beat Kingston 119-34, and took out North Mason 95-57.
Alyse Armstrong and Waverly Shreffler were multiple-event winners for the Wolves.
Shreffler won the 400 and 800 runs, and was second in the 100 sprint.
She also ran on Sequim’s winning 4×400 relay team, along with Gretchen Happe, Emma Beeson and Sophie Radford.
Armstrong claimed first in the high and long jumps, and was second in the pole vault to teammate Emily Van Dyken.
Van Dyken also finished second in the triple jump.
Mercedes Woods picked up a win in the 200, and was second in the 400 and third in the 100.
Woods ran on the winning 4×200 relay team, with Wolves’ teammates Telicia Busby, Beeson and Happe.
Forks, Crescent and Neah Bay also competed as part of the meet.
Payton Rondeau had the best boys finish for the Spartans, taking fifth in the discus.
Runners Tristen Williams and Kari Larson had the best performances for the Forks girls.
Williams was second in the 1,600, Larson was second in the 800.
Azaela Ramos was third in the javelin for the Spartans.
Elisha Winck led the Red Devils boys team, taking second in the long jump, and third in the triple jump.
Cole Svec was third in the high jump and Chris Martinez placed third in the long jump for Neah Bay.
Selena Akin won the discus and Faye Chartraw came out on top in the shot put for the Red Devils.
Chartraw was second in the discus.
Crescent’s Paul Frantz won the boys 800 and Neil Peppard took the top podium position with a win in the discus.
Peppard also came in second in the javelin and fifth in the shot put.
Jordan Scott was third in the 300 hurdles and fourth in the 110 hurdles for the Loggers.
Martin Waldrip came in fourth in the 3,200 for Crescent.
Ryan Lester won the girls 300 hurdles, and was third in the 100 hurdles.
McKenzie Brannan put together second-place finishes in the javelin and shot put for the Loggers, and Ashara Dodson was third in the discus for Crescent.