PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles had been working on getting off to quicker starts in games during recent practices and it paid off almost immediately in an 8-1 win over North Mason on Thursday evening at Wally Sigmar Field.
“We want to better use the pregame warmup, so we don’t use the first 10 minutes to get into the game and get ready,” Roughriders girls soccer coach Daniel Horton said.
Less than a minute into the contest, Port Angeles junior Teanna Clark found the back of the net.
“Teanna was back to her old ways,” Horton said. “She scored our first goal 41 seconds in, a header in off a Pyper Alton cross. And then at 24 minutes, Teanna finished another cross from Pyper, also from the right side on the inside of her foot. Two perfectly placed balls by Pyper.”
Junior striker Kedryn DeScala then added a natural hat trick, scoring three goals in six minutes (26th, 28th and 32nd) for a 5-0 Port Angeles lead.
“She had a ton of assists for us last year at the striker position, but we wanted her to score this year,” Horton said. “She has the ultimate green light and she definitely listened to us last night. She hurt her ankle in practice and was limited in minutes vs. Klahowya on Monday, but she came out strong.”
Clark assisted on DeScala’s first goal and freshman Mariah Traband assisted on DeScala’s 32nd-minute strike.
The Riders scored off a corner kick for a 6-0 halftime lead.
“We wanted to get shots on frame,” Horton said. “That was an emphasis at practice. We have to be able to transition, control the ball and turn that into a shot opportunity.”
Clark sent in the corner, Traband settled the ball and made a square pass to defender Sophie Richie, who was there to shoot and score.
Senior defender Ava-Anne Sheahan scored five minutes into the second half and another defender, Brooke Pierce, rounded out the goal scoring in the 66th minute.
“She came up from center back and had nothing but space, so she dribbled up and put in a great shot,” Horton said. “We had some finesse shots and some shots where we would not be denied, and that was a laser.”
Boys Tennis Port Angeles 7, Bainbridge 0
PORT ANGELES — The Roughriders (2-0), didn’t drop a set in singles and won a couple of tough, three-set matches in doubles to earn the sweep, coach Brian Gunderson said.
“I couldn’t be happier with how our guys have started this season. We still have a lot of improving to do, but the guys have worked hard and it’s paying off on the court,” Gunderson said.
Gundersen singled out Tate Alton as his player of the match.
“Tate has stepped into the No. 1 singles slot for us this year and he has taken to it really well,” Gunderson said.
Port Angeles is back on the court next Tuesday at Olympic.
Port Angeles 7, Bainbridge 0
Match Report
Singles
No. 1: Tate Alton (PA) def. Garner Hall, 6-2, 6-4.
No. 2: Sky Gelder (PA) def. Austin Williams, 6-4, 7-5.
No. 3: Garret Buerer (PA) def. Parker Jones, 6-3, 6-0.
Doubles
No. 1: Luke Flodstrom/Nathan Basden (PA) Lincoln Figgins/Topher Welch, 6-1, 6-2.
No. 2: Austin Worthington-Keatyn Hoch (PA) def. Reed Grandt-Sam King, 6-4, 4-6, 6-2.
No. 3: Carter Gundersen-Grant Butterworth (PA) def. Milo Quinndongo-Sam Sleasman, 6-0, 6-4.
No. 4: Zach Neff-Carston Seibel (PA) def. Connor Firth-Andrea Berteletti, 5-7, 6-2, 7-6.
Sequim 4, North Mason 3
Match Report
Singles
No. 1: Jack Crecelius (S) def. Yariel Barajas 6-3, 7-5.
No. 2: Janusch Biehl def. Zack Post (S) 7-5, 6-4.
No. 3: Owen Oblizalo def. Isacc McKeen (S) 6-2, 7-5.
Doubles
No. 1: Lincoln Bear/Mason Rapelje (S) def. Sean Goodwin/Greg Huffman 6-0, 6-0.
No. 2: Matt Ford/Tiger Stanley def. Ryan Stites/ Ian Baylon (S) 6-4, 6-3.
No. 3: Wyatt Perez/Lucas Enges (S) def. Armayo Marsh/Jerome Austin 6-1, 6-0.
No. 4: Lincoln Forrest/Tegan Kurtze (S) win by forfeit.
Volleyball Sequim 3, Kingston 0
KINGSTON — Nearly perfect from the service line, the Wolves earned their first win in a 25-18, 25-23, 25-13 sweep of the Buccaneers.
“We served very, very well — 98 percent — and we had 19 aces, so that was a big difference from our jamboree,” coach Jennie Webber Heilman said.
Brianna Palenik sparked Sequim with a six-point run in the first game.
“That got us going,” Webber Heilman said.
The Wolves trailed 20-14 in the second game, but Sequim rallied.
“Arianna Stovall had a five-point serving run to catch us up at 22-all,” Webber Heilman said. “And Brianna served twice to end it.”
Rose Gibson and Kassi Montero each had six-point runs in the third set.
Montero was 19-of-19 with four aces, four kills and five digs.
Gibson served 13-of-13 with three aces, five perfect passes, four kills, five digs and a stuff block.
“Tiffany Lam led us in serve/receive, we were getting some great passes in, some balls that were wowing us on the sidelines,” Webber Heilman said.
Lam had five perfect passes and 10 digs.
Kenzie Berglund was 15-of-15 on serve with five aces, and added 21 assists and five digs.
Stovall served 19-of-20 with five aces, eight kills, three stuff blocks and three digs.
The Wolves (1-1) visit North Mason on Tuesday.
Crescent 3, Quilcene 1
JOYCE — The Loggers were strong in the middle and edged the Rangers 25-21, 25-11, 18-25 and 26-18.
“We battled hard against an evenly matched Quilcene Ranger team,” Crescent coach Kimber Sprague said.
Middle hitter Ashly Lium had eight kills, two blocks and served 100 percent. Katelyn Dunavant had nine kills and three aces at middle hitter.
Hayden Horn had 21 assists and perfect serving at setter.
Naomii Sprague chipped in with four digs and a 100 percent night on serves.
Alexis Dunavant added three aces and a tip, and Mariah Hopper had four aces and a tip.
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KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Port Angeles’ Sophia Ritchie, front left, storms past North Mason’s Addisen Sheridan, right, as teammates Ava-Anne Sheahan, rear left, and Cayleigh Alward keep pace on Thursday night in Port Angeles.
KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Port Angeles’ Pyper Alton dribbles past North Mason’s Magdalena Miguel Sebastian during Wednesday’s match at Peninsula College in Port Angeles.
