PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles boys soccer team is heading into the playoffs on a hot streak, shutting out Olympic 4-0 in the final regular seaon match of the year.
Both teams came in tied with 10 points but the Roughriders captured fourth place in the Olympic League and the No. 3 2A seed going into sub-district playoffs Wednesday.
The Riders, 8-4-4 overall and 4-3-1 in league action, will host the South Puget Sound League No. 6 team in a loser-out game Wednesday, team and time to be announced.
Port Angeles dominated most of the Olympic game at Civic Field, consistently putting pressure on the Trojans throughout the match.
“We played with a lot of energy, and passed the ball really well to close out the regular season,” coach Chris Saari said.
Goalkeeper Jack Doryland earned his fifth shutout of the season, saving an Olympic penalty kick with 15 minutes left to play.
“All of our 13 seniors contributed to the win [on Senior night],” Saari said.
It was 2-0 at halftime with Hayden McCartney and Abinet Hayden scoring in the 22nd and 33rd minutes, respectively.
Anthony Brandon and Bobby Stevenson scored in the second half with goals in the 49th and 52nd minutes, respectively.
Max Bukovnik had to assists in the game.
Saari named Stevenson the offensive player of the match, Doryland the defensive player and Bukovnik the transition player.
The Port Angeles junior varsity team beat Olympic 4-2.
Kingston 5,
Sequim 3
KINGSTON — The Wolves concluded the season with another hard-luck loss, this time by two goals to the Buccaneers.
“The kids fought hard,” Sequim coach Dave Brasher said.
“They have played tough all year, and for that I’m real proud of them. We have been in pretty much every game.”
Kingston scored on two free kicks and on two corner kicks.
Scoring for the Wolves were Chris Venegas on a header with an assist by Waylon Lam; Ryan Pinza scored in the 58th minute on a Mason Barrett assist; and Lorenzo Gonzalez scored on a penalty kick in the 79th minute.
Irons Ring played strong defense for the Wolves while Barrett and Lijah Sanford both had good days in midfield, Brasher said.
Forks 3, Tenino 2
TENINO — Geovany Miguel helped the Spartans end their season on a positive note.
Miguel scored early, scoring off a pass from Nanito Sanchez in the sixth minute.
“We got ahead in the sixth minute and were able to stay ahead the rest of the game,” Forks coach Brian Bowers said.
The Sanchez-to-Miguel combo hooked up again in the 17th minute, extending the Spartans’ lead to 2-0.
The halftime score was 2-1 after Tenino’s goal in the 29th minute.
Forks put the game out of reach early in the second half with a goal by Abisi Garcia in the 45th minute.
Miguel was involved again, assisting on the score.
“Geovany had a heck of a game with two goals and an assist,” Bowers said.
Bowers also praised the play of goalkeeper Cody Eng, who recorded 12 saves, and sweeper Chito Uveuta.
“It was a pretty good game for us to end the season off, especially since it’s only our second W,” Bowers said.
The Spartans end the season with a 2-14 overall record, and 2-13 in the SWL-Evergreen Division.
Softball
Forks 5, 10,
Tenino 4, 5
TENINO — Jillian Raben helped the Spartans sweep a doubleheader with Tenino on April 27.
Raben pitched all 15 innings in the twinbill, and went a combined 6 for 7 at the plate.
In the first game, the Beavers jumped to an early lead by scoring four runs in the first inning.
But Raben held them scoreless for the rest of the game while the Spartans’ offense chipped away at the deficit.
Forks scored one run in the third, fifth, sixth and seventh innings to tie the score, 4-4, before prevailing with another run in the extra inning.
Raben struck out 11 batters and went 3 for 4 at the plate with a run and two stolen bases.
Sabrina Collins and Sassy Price also had nice games at the plate.
Collins was 2 for 4 with a run and an RBI, and Price had two triples and two runs.
In the second game, both offenses got off to good starts.
Forks scored two in the first and five in the second inning to lead 7-5.
After that, Raben and the Spartans’ defense kept the Beavers from scoring again.
Raben struck out eight on the mound, and was a perfect 3 for 3 at the plate with an RBI, a run and three stolen bases.
Tabetha Brock was the offensive star with three RBIs and two runs.
Freshman Alisha Chase, who came up from the Forks JV team to start at third base, went 2 for 4 with two runs and an RBI.
Along with Chase, the Spartans started two other freshmen, three sophomores and three juniors.
“It was nice to get two wins,” Forks coach Scott Justus said.
“Our girls are so young and inexperienced, so it was good to beat a team ahead of us in the [SWL-Evergreen Division] standings.”
Game 1
Forks 5, Tenino 4 (8 innings)
Forks 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 — 5 13 3
Tenino 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 4 5 3
WP- Raben
Pitching Statistics
Forks: Raben 8 IP, 11 K, 1 BB, 2 ER.
Hitting Statistics
Forks: Raben 3-4, R, 2 SB; Collins 2-4, 2B, R; Price 2-4, 2 3B, 2 R.
Game 2
Forks 10, Tenino 5
Tenino 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 — 5 7 3
Forks 2 5 0 0 1 2 x — 10 10 2
WP- Raben
Pitching Statistics
Forks: Raben 7 IP, 8 K, 4 BB.
Hitting Statistics
Forks: Brock 2-4, 3 RBIs, 2 R; Raben 3-3, R, RBI, 3 SB; Chase 2-4, 2 R, RBI, SB.
Hoquiam 10, 15,
Forks 0, 0
HOQUIAM — The Spartans were dealt a tough blow when Alisha Shaw was hit by a pitch on the wrist and was unable to throw.
With Shaw unable to make her scheduled start or make a relief appearance, Jillian Raben was forced to start and pitch every inning of both games.
After pitching a total of 15 innings a few days earlier, Forks coach Scott Justus said Raben was obviously fatigued.
The Forks’ offense didn’t help much.
With only five hits in the two games combined, the Spartans failed to capitalize on a normally mistake-prone Hoquiam defense.
“We didn’t put the ball in play to cause any errors,” Justus said.
The Grizzlies, meanwhile, had no problem generating offense.
In game one, Nicole Kilmer hit a home run and Ellie Quercia hit two in the second game, a solo shot and a grand slam.
Along with her homers, Quercia had a double, three runs and five RBIs in the game.
“The bad news for the rest of the league is she’s only a freshman,” Justus said.
Forks (4-12, 3-11) finishes the season with doubleheaders against North Beach and the Port Angeles JV team.
Golf
Sequim champions
SEQUIM — The Wolves dominated the Olympic League golf competition by winning both the boys and girls titles while Port Angeles had four named to the all-league teams, including one MVP.
The boys MVP for Olympic League golf is Port Angeles junior Joe Barnes, who is playing his first year in the sport.
Barnes took top honors with a nine-hole scoring average of 38 while teammate Jordan Negus was right behind with a 38.4.
Sequim state-class senior Ryan O’Mera was third in league with 38.5, followed by Logan Schnuit of Klahowya with 40.2, Garrett Payton of Port Angeles ties Trent Ferris of Olympic with 40.8 each, and Casey Torres of Sequim also made all-league honors with 43.4.
The Sequim boys and girls teams both won the league championships with a dual-meet record of 8-0 each.
Klahowya’s Sally Fletcher took girls MVP honors with an average of 47.4.
Others making the all-league team were Kingston’s Aimee Zehrung with 48.4, Hailey Estes of Sequim with 48.8, Dana Fox of Port Angeles with 49.1, Karin Muggli of North Kitsap with 51.1, Elisa Sallee of Sequim with 52.5 and Anna Rees of North Kitsap with 53.5.
The league tournament is set for Tuesday at Bremerton’s Gold Mountain Golf Club, the girls on the Cascade course and the boys on the Olympic course, starting at 11:30 a.m. each.
The top six boys qualify for state, the next nine to the West Central District tournament at Gold Mountain on May 15.
The top eight girls,meanwhile, earn automatic state berths, and the next 12 qualify for districts at the same location.
On Thursday, the Sequim girls wrapped up their perfect league season by beating Klahowya 272-301 at The Cedars at Dungeness Golf Course.
This is the second year in a row the Wolves have won league, going 15-0-1 the last two seasons.
Sequim, 8-0 in league and 10-1 overall, was led by medalist Sallee, who scored a 52. Maddy Fisher was right behind with 53.
“It has been a fun season and we have a lot to took forward to in the future, being such a young team,” coach Garrett Smithson said.
“We will miss our senior leader, Hailey Estes, but like I told her, there is a lot of golf left in the postseason.”
Track and Field
Olympic League championships
POULSBO — Five North Olympic Peninsula athletes captured league titles in the early going of the championship meet at North Kitsap High School.
Peninsula athletes earned three boys titles and two girls individual championships.
Nick Shindler of Port Angeles claimed the top spot in the 3200-meter run in a time of 9:57.67 while teammate Cameron Braithwaite was first in the long jump with a leap of 21-7.25.
Sequim’s Jayson Brocklesby, meanwhile, took top honors in high jump with a height of 6-2.
Port Townsend’s Chad Smith was second in long jump at 19-4.
On the girls side, Port Angeles had two other winners as Katelyn Noard won the javelin with a toss of 98 feet, 11 inches, and Tarah Erickson soared in pole vault with a height of 9 feet even.
Boys
3200—1, Nick Shindler (PA) 9:57.67. 2, Ian Goldizen (Oly) 10:00.58. 3, Craig Boekenoogen (Oly) 10:00.93. Shot put—1, Kyle Fisher (Brem) 45-1.5. 2, Lopaka Yasamura (Seq) 44-5. 3, Kyle Campbell (Oly) 44-0.5. High jump—1, Jayson Brocklesby (Seq) 6-2. 2, Taylor Stephens (NK) 6-0. 3, Brandon Dunham (NM) 5-8. Long jump—1, Cameron Braithwaite (PA) 21-7.25. 2, Chad Smith (PT) 19-4. 3, Carson Roberts (NK) 18-11.25.
Girls
3200—1, Marina Roberts (King) 11:05.88. 2, Annie Roberts (King) 11:43.23. 3, Clara Lund (NK) 11:49.96. Discus—1, Lexi Simmons (NK) 103-8. 2, Ruby Nelson (NM) 96-9. 3, Katelyn Noard (PA) 84-4. Javelin—1, Noard (PA) 98-11. 2, Emily Walsh (NM) 95-2. 3, Kelsie Styrlund (Brem) 91-8. Pole vault—1, Tarah Erickson (PA) 9-0. 2, Sarah Hutchison (Seq) 8-0. 3, Leah Adair (Kla) 8-0. Triple jump—1, Alexandra Lanzafame (NK) 34-5.75. 2, Hannah Snyder (NK) 33-2.5. 3, Emma Berg (NM) 33-1.25.