SPORTS: Port Angeles rips Olympic in wrestling; other prep reports

PORT ANGELES — The five seniors on the Port Angeles wrestling team all had easy victories to spark the Roughriders to victory on senior night Thursday.

The Riders ripped Olympic 50-21 to close out Olympic League action and finish in a three-way tie for second place.

Port Angeles concludes the regular season 6-2 in league and 10-2 overall.

The five seniors are Nathan Cristion, Jacob Dostie, Daniel Jenkins, Trevor Lee and Andrew Symonds.

Cristion pinned Cody James in 52 seconds at 189 pounds while Dostie pinned Ryan O’Dell in 1:53 at 215.

Lee and Jenkins were awarded forfeits while Symonds won by 11-0 major decision over Ryan Jordan at 140.

Kody Steele also won for the Riders as he beat Kyle Kanuk 11-1 in a major decision at 145.

The Riders also took three other forfeits.

Port Angeles next hosts the Class 2A Olympic League sub-regionals next Friday and Saturday with wrestling starting at 5 p.m. on Friday and 10:30 a.m. on Saturday.

Port Townsend 42, North Kitsap 36

PORT TOWNSEND — The Redskins won five matches, all by pins, and were awarded forfeits at the two highest weights to win the Olympic League match Thursday night.

Earning falls for Port Townsend were Mikael Callahan at 130 pounds (in 3:12); Alex Morris at 140 (14 seconds); Kris Windle at 152 (36 seconds); Tyler Westlake at 160 (46 seconds); and Zac Olson at 171 (3:35).

Nick Katsikapes took a forfeit at 215 and Justin Powers had a forfeit at 285.

This was senior night for the Redskins, their final home match of the season.

Boys Swimming Kingston 95, Sequim 88

SEQUIM — Taylor Bonneau was a double winner but the Wolves lost a heart-breaking Olympic League dual meet to the Buccaneers on Thursday.

Bonneau won the 50-yard freestyle in 23.67 seconds and the 100 free in 53.69 seconds, just missing the state qualifying time in the 100.

Other winners for Sequim were Ira Perkins in diving with 186.35 points and Noe Calderon in the 100 breaststroke in 1:11.33.

The 200 free relay also won in 1:40.03 with Thomas Moores, Bonneau, Calderon and Drew Rickerson.

Boys Basketball Neah Bay 64, Clallam Bay 51

NEAH BAY — Turnovers were the name of the game as the Bruins (2-2, 11-5) found out the hard way, turning the ball over 39 times to the Red Devils (4-0, 12-2) in a North Olympic League game Wednesday night.

Although Clallam Bay shot 23-for-49 at 46.9 percent over Neah Bay, which shot 28-for-69 at 40.6 percent, the Bruins couldn’t battle back after trailing 32-21 at halftime.

Drexler Doherty scored 17 points along with two rebounds, one assist and five steals for the Red Devils while Kyle Hess scored 17 points for the Bruins as the game’s leading scorers.

Clallam Bay will next travel to face Shorewood Christian on Saturday with game time starting at 2:30 p.m. and Neah Bay will next host Crescent tonight starting at 8 p.m.

Neah Bay 64, Clallam Bay 51

Clallam Bay 14 7 14 16 — 51

Neah Bay 12 20 18 14 — 64

Individual Scoring

Clallam Bay (51)

Hess 17, Portnoy 12, James 10, Teachout 8, Willis 4.

Neah Bay (64)

Doherty 17, Dulik 14, Monette 12, Greene 8, Pascua 6, Manuel 3.

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