TUKWILA — The Port Angeles boys soccer team’s season ended on a controversial call in the 85th minute of overtime in Saturday’s Class 2A bi-district playoff game against Foster.
The Bulldogs broke a scoreless tie with a penalty kick goal in extra time, giving them a spot in the 2A state tournament with a 1-0 victory on their home turf.
The loss eliminated the Roughriders (10-6-2 overall) from postseason play, one win shy of their first state playoff appearance in 11 years.
“It’s been a really good season for us but with a difficult end to it,” Port Angeles coach Chris Saari said.
The teams were tied 0-0 at half and at the end of regulation and it appeared the game was headed to a shootout when Foster was allowed a penalty kick in overtime after a Port Angeles player was called for a foul in the Riders’ own penalty box.
Masse Gashay then scored the winning goal for Foster in sudden-death overtime.
Saari said he didn’t think it was a foul.
“It’s a shame when a game is decided by a referee,” Saari said.
The Riders outshot Foster 13-5 but couldn’t hit the back of the net.
Ali El-Maallam and Anthony Brandon were named co-offensive players of the match for Port Angeles while Max Bukovnik and Forrest Emmett were selected as co-defensive players.
Hayden McCartney earned transition player of the game honors.
Evergreen 3, Sequim 2
TUKWILA — The Wolves ran out of time in their bid for their third straight state berth.
Evergreen moved on to state in the loser-out 2A bi-district game Saturday.
“We were putting pressure on them at the end but we just ran out of time,” Sequim coach Dave Brasher said.
“We played real hard in the game and we had a great year. All of our seniors played well in their final game.
“I’m proud of how we played.”
Sequim (9-8) will be losing 10 seniors from this team.
The Wolves took a 1-0 lead in the 11th minute on a Nick Camporini header off of a corner kick by Mitch McHugh.
Evergreen tied it up two minutes later to make it 1-1 at halftime.
Evergreen went ahead 2-1 in the 50th minute on a penalty kick and then earned some breathing room on a corner kick at the 55th minute for a 3-1 lead.
The Wolves got within a goal when goalkeeper Byron Boots made a penalty kick at the 65th minute.
Boots, a junior, had six saves in the game.
Girls Tennis PA at sub-district
POULSBO — The Port Angeles girls doubles team of Alexis Corn and Laney Boyd earned a 2A bi-district berth at the sub-district championships at North Kitsap High School on Saturday.
Corn and Boyd finished the tournament as the fourth overall seed to earn the district honors.
“Alexis and Laney started the day as the eighth seed and finished in the top four, so I was really pleased with the outcome,” said coach Brian Gundersen.
Shayla Bohman, meanwhile, played a pigtail match at 8 a.m. to get into the sub-district tournament and came up on the losing end, 6-4, 6-4.
“I am so proud of the improvement that Shayla made this season and am excited to see how her game develops between now and next season,” Gundersen said.
The West Central District tournament starts Tuesday at the Harry Sprinker Center in Tacoma.
In addition to Corn-Boyd, the Roughriders also will have boys tennis players Micah Roos, A.J. Konopaski and Hayden McCartney competing in the boys district tournament after qualifying last fall.
Konopaski could miss tennis because he is a starting pitcher on the regional-bound Port Angeles baseball team.
Individual Match Results
First round — Corn/Boyd defeated Kaur/Phan of Lindbergh, 7-6, 6-1.
Second round — Corn/Boyd defeated Guevera/Fyfe of Kingston, 6-4, 2-6, 6-3.
Third round — Grunigen/Bohl of North Kitsap defeated Corn/Boyd, 6-2, 6-3.
Pig-tail Match — Jones of Renton defeated Bohman, 6-4, 6-3
Sequim qualifies 2
POULSBO — The Sequim girls doubles team of Stacy Hanson and Katrina Chan captured the 2A sub-district championship at North Kitsap High School on Saturday.
The pair lost no sets in two matches to advance to the West Central District championships at Sprinker Recreation Center in Tacoma on Tuesday and Saturday.
Hanson and Chan lost three matches during the regular season but went undefeated at the Olympic League meet two weekends ago and at sub-district Saturday.
The sub-district finals match was rained out, and Hanson and Chan took first place on a coin toss.
Individual Match Results
First round — Hanson/Chan defeated Baker/Andrescik of Eatonville, 6-0, 6-2.
Second round — Hanson/Chan defeated Huang/Kit of Evergreen, 6-3, 6-3.
Championship — Hanson/Chan won on coin toss because of rainout.
Girls Golf PA second at Duke Streeter
PORT ANGELES — The Roughriders captured second place at their own 17th annual Duke Streeter Invitational on Friday but Sequim’s Kim Duce and Elisa Sallee won individual honors in the two-person tournament.
Shelton won the girls title with a combined score of 191 with Caitlyn Ernst and Jessica Lanman shooting 87 and Lindsey Norton and Rilee Villanueva shooting 104.
Shelton also won the boys tournament.
Port Angeles was second with a total score of 200 as Dana Fox and Sydney Rauch shot a combined 100 and teammates Madison Baumann and Kelly Winn shooting an identical 100.
But individual honors went to Sequim’s Duce and Sallee, who had a score of 84 for 18 holes.
The nine-hole JV scramble was won by Taylor Rutz and Chloe Brown of Port Angeles with a score of 59.
Baseball Quilcene 14, Mount Rainier 0
QUILCENE — Brandon Bancroft pitched a no-hitter to spark the Rangers to the tri-district victory over Mount Rainier Lutheran in five innings Saturday.
Bancroft struck out 11 and walked just one.
Quilcene (13-4) was ahead 14-0 after three innings and cruised to the win.
Bancroft also went 2-for-3 at the plate, scoring three runs and hitting one in while Kolby Schreier went 1-for-1 and scored three runs.
Faustino Suarez smacked a triple and had three RBIs.
Quilcene 14, Mt. Rainier Lutheran 0
Mt. Rainier 0 0 0 0 0 x x — 0 0 4
Quilcene 5 4 5 0 x x x — 14 10 0
WP- Bancroft
Pitching Statistics
Quilcene: Bancroft 5IP, 0H, 0R, 11K, BB.
Hitting Statistics
Quilcene: Bancroft 2-3, 3R, RBI; K. Schrier 1-1, 3R, RBI, 3R, 2BB; Perez 1-2, 2R, RBI, BB; Suarez 2-3, 3B, 3RBI, 2R; C.J. Schrier 1-2, BB; Plienes 1-3, RBI, R; Davidson 1-3, R.
Softball Quilcene 10, 15, Tacoma Baptist 2, 1
QUILCENE — The Rangers concluded Sea-Tac League action by ripping Tacoma Baptist in a doubleheader Thursday.
Sarah Bacchus threw a one-hitter in the first game, striking out five, while eighth grader Sammy Rae tossed a three-hitter with six strikeouts in the second game.
Bacchus also had a strong batting outing in the first game, going 3-for-3 with a triple and a double, scoring three runs and earning two stolen bases.
Rae also swung a big bat as she went 3-for-3 with two home runs, scoring three runs and stealing two bases.
Tawnya Turley was 2-for-2 with three stolen bases and a run.
In the second game, Turley went 5-for-5, scoring three runs and stealing two bases while Sophia Knutzen went 3-for-4, stealing two bases and Bacchus hit a home run, scoring two runs.
Rae went 2-for-3 with a double, scoring two runs while Leanne Weed went 3-for-3, scoring two runs.
Lacrosse North Kitsap 7, Olympic Mountaineers 5
POULSBO — The Mountaineers saw their season come to an end in Thursday’s pigtail playoff for the Olympic Conference’s third and final spot in the state tournament.
Nick Stevens scored three goals and collected 10 ground balls as North Kitsap claimed sole possession of third place and a first round playoff matchup with Skagit Valley.
Jacob Dostie netted two goals and grabbed 7 ground balls for the Mountaineers and teammate Keegan Gallagher scored a goal and grabbed 9 ground balls.
Julian Walls had 19 saves in goal.
The Mountaineers finished 4-11-0.