FORKS — A muddy, sloppy field did not slow down Hoquiam in a 5-0 SWL-Evergreen Division win against the Forks Spartans.
The Grizzlies improved to 5-1 in league and 6-1 overall after controlling the passing lanes and the ball in Thursday’s game during a light rainstorm.
“It was a very muddy field, but we passed it around really well, found the open lanes and cracked the net quite often,” Hoquiam coach Fidel Sanchez told The Daily World.
It didn’t help the Spartans that they were playing without standout starting goalkeeper Josh Rice.
“We put a defender in the box, and so we had to switch our defense around,” Forks coach Brian Bowers said. “But that wasn’t the only factor in the game.”
The Spartans fell to 1-5 in league and 1-6 overall.
Israel Fernandez netted two goals for the Grizzlies while Austin Montoure, Angel Mazariegos and Anthony Hernandez also scored in the game.
The Spartans next play after the spring break at Montesano on April 10.
Kingston 3,
Port Angeles 1
KINGSTON — The Buccaneers came away with three Olympic League points on a rainy night at Buccaneer Field on Thursday for the opening of league competition.
The Roughriders scored first when Anthony Brandon got taken down in the Kingston penalty box in the second minute.
Hayden McCartney converted the penalty kick for the Riders.
Kingston answered back in the eighth minutes and earned the go-ahead goal just before halftime.
Nick Boles scored two of the goals for the Bucs.
Brandon, who was voted the boys athlete of the week for Port Angeles High School by scoring five goals in three games last week, was selected as the Rider offensive player of the match in Thursday’s game.
Owen Kays-Erdman was named the defensive player of the match while transition player honors went to Kyle Bingham.
The Riders, 4-2-3 overall and 0-1 in league.
Kingston won the JV game 3-0.
Port Angeles next hosts Bremerton on April 10 at the end of spring break.
Baseball
Sequim 6,
Port Townsend 2
SEQUIM — Tyler Campbell ripped a two-run homer to spark the Wolves to the Olympic League victory just before the start of spring break.
The game was moved to Sequim at the last minute Thursday because the Port Townsend field was too wet to play.
Sequim never trailed in the game, leading 5-0 after three innings before the Redskins scored twice in the sixth inning.
Nick Johnston also carried a hot bat for the Wolves, smacking a double while bringing home two base runners.
Karsten Wake went 2 for 3 with an RBI and a run scored.
Johnston, meanwhile, was strong on the mound, giving up no runs while striking out nine in five innings.
He gave up no walks.
Jake Hudson threw the final two innings, giving up no earned runs while allowing three hits and no walks while fanning three.
Port Townsend junior Kyle Kelly had a strong outing despite having control problmes at times, pitching a complete six-inning game, giving up just four earned runs on six hits while striking out six and walking four.
Kelly also went 1 for 3 at the plate with an RBI.
The Redskins earned two runs in the sixth on singles by Matt Cain, Jeff Ston, Sean Dwyer and Devon Courtney.
Dwyer and Kelly had the RBIs in the inning.
Cain batted 2 for 2 while Dwyer went 1 for 3 with the RBI and run scored.
Sequim 6, Port Townsend 2
Port Townsend 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 — 2 5 2
Sequim 1 2 2 0 0 1 x — 6 6 3
WP- Johnston; LP- Kelly
Pitching Statistics
Port Townsend: Kelly 6 IP, 6 R, 4 ER, 6 H, 6 K, 4 BB.
Sequim: Johnston 5 IP, 0 R, 5 H, 9 K, 0 BB; Hudson 2 IP, 2 R, 0 ER, 3 H, 3 K, 0 BB.
Hitting Statistics
Port Townsend: Dwyer 1-3, R, RBI; Kelly 1-3 RBI; Courtney 1-3, Ralls 1-3, Cain 2-2, Seton 1-1.
Sequim: Wake 3-3, R, RBI, Campbell 1-3, HR, R, 2 RBIs; Serrano 1-1; Ramirez 1-1, R; Springer 1-1; Johnston 1-3, 2 RBIs; Wright RBI.
Softball
Sequim 15,
Port Townsend 0
SEQUIM — Sequim’s Demiree Briones went the distance on the mound, scattering six hits while shutting out the Redskins in the Olympic League game Thursday.
The five-inning contest was moved to Sequim at the last minute because Port Townsend had an unplayable field due to stormy, wet weather.
The Wolves, who went undefeated while winning state last year, remains unbeaten in 2012.
Briones also helped herself at the plate with a double and three RBIs while Bailey Rhodefer Columbia Haupt rapped out a double with two RBIs each.
Sequim 15, Port Townsend 0
Port Townsend 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 6 5
Sequim 3 5 7 0 x — 15 7 0
WP- Briones; LP- Lee
Pitching Statistics
Port Townsend: Lee 1.3 IP, 5 ER, 2 K, 6 H, 4 BB,; Pollizzi 2.67 IP, 5 ER, 4 K, 1 H, 10 BB.
Sequim: Briones 5 IP, 0 ER, 2 K, 6 H, BB.
Hitting Statistics
Port Townsend: Shaw 1-2, Polizzi 1-3, Rutenbeck 1-2, Whipple 1-2, Conway 1-1, Lee 1-1.
Sequim: Rhodefer 2B, 2 RBIs; Briones 2B, 3 RBIs; Haupt 2B, 2 RBIs.