PORT TOWNSEND — It wasn’t golden, but it was exactly what the Port Townsend boys soccer team needed.
Sam Selisch scored a goal in the waning moments of extra time, boosting the Redskins to a 2-1 win in their loser-out Class 1A subdistrict playoff against Cascade Christian on Thursday.
Selisch’s goal not only saved Port Townsend from risking its season on a shootout, it also put the Redskins in another loser-out playoff with Vashon Island in Orting on Saturday.
The winner of that game moves on to the 1A Tri-District playoffs.
“I feel good [about Saturday’s game] if we play our game like we did tonight,” Port Townsend coach Patrick Kane said.
“I really don’t know anything about [Vashon] except that they are the No. 3 team out of the Nisqually.
“I expect a good match. I don’t expect anything less.”
Kane had been prepared for what appeared to be an inevitable shootout on Thursday, picking his five players before the first five-minute overtime began.
Selisch and company kept that from happening.
The senior midfielder got the ball at the top of the penalty box with less than a minute remaining, then blasted the game-winner into the upper right hand corner of the net to set off a Redskins celebration.
The Redskins still had to play out the remainder of the game since there are no golden goals (think: sudden death) in district playoff games.
Once the final whistle blew 30 seconds later, the Redskins’ comeback from a 1-0 first half deficit was complete.
“We finally starting playing as a team defensively, and we controlled the ball much better [after the goal],” said Kane, giving credit defenders Noah Nelson, Kody Whipple and Aaron Owen.
Sebastian Lyons scored the equalizer in the 43rd minute.
Port Townsend 2, Cas. Christian 1
Cascade Christian 1 0 — 1
Port Townsend 0 2 — 2
Scoring Summary
Second Half: 1, Port Townsend, Lyons (PK), 43rd minute.
Overtime: 2, Port Townsend, Selisch (unknown), 90th minute
Girls Golf Sequim 119, Port Angeles 113
SEQUIM — The Wolves found the perfect capper for a perfect season: a narrow victory over their rivals.
Zoei Zbaraschuk won match medalist honors for the 23rd straight time in her final Olympic League contest, and the Wolves clinched an outright league title in winning Thursday’s nine-hole match at Cedars at Dungeness Golf Course.
The Sequim senior shot a 1-over par 38 to run away from the field.
Teammate Hailey Estes shot a 43 for 30 modified stableford points and Kim Duce added a 49, helping the Wolves dethrone the reigning league champion Roughriders.
“It’s huge for this group of girls,” Wolves (7-0 in league, 9-0 overall) coach Garrett Smithson said.
“It was kind of a goal from the start of the season to win the Olympic League. They are all very happy right now, and so am I.
“It’s a good feeling.”
Estes’ score, which tied Port Angeles’ Tracie DuPuis for the second-best nine-hole tally on the day, was her best of the season.
And in a match that came down to a margin of just six points, it was the difference between winning and losing, Smithson said.
“Hailey’s was kind of the score that won us the match,” Smithson said.
Sequim last won a share of the league crown in 2006. Smithson said he wasn’t sure when the last time Sequim claimed league outright.
Of course, few Sequim teams in the past have been led by a golfer like Zbaraschuk, who will play for Sonoma State University next season.
“Zoei’s obviously an outstanding individual player, but this year she’s kind of rallied the girls together,” Smithson said. “It’s put a nice mojo on the team.”
Port Angeles fell to Sequim for the second time this season, having dropped a nonleague match earlier this spring.
DuPuis’ 38 led the Riders on Thursday, with Emily Cook adding a 50 and Ev Grier a 51.
“It was a great match, and that’s how we wanted it to end . . . having a close one [with PA],” Smithson said. “It was pretty cool watch.”
Port Angeles will compete in the 3A Olympic League tournament Monday at Dungeness, while Sequim will take part in the 2A event the next day.
Sequim 119, Port Angeles 113
Stableford Scores (9 holes)
Port Angeles (113)
DuPuis 43 (30); Cook, 50 (23); Grier, 51 (22); Coventon 53 (20); Baumann, 55 (18).
Sequim (119)
Zbaraschuk, 38 (35); Estes, 43 (30); Duce, 49 (24); Doan, 55 (18); Morton, 61 (12).
Baseball Forks 6, Winlock 3
MONTESANO — The youthful Spartans won their second game of the season at the neutral site, Montesano High School, on Wednesday.
Forks, 1-11 in the Southwest Washington League and 2-12 overall, went ahead 2-0 in the first, tied it 3-all with a run in the third and went ahead for good with a run each in the fourth and fifth innings.
Braden Decker (1-1) fanned four in earning the win and he also helped his cause by going 1-for-4 with an RBI.
Tanner Watson led the attack at the place by going 2-for-3 with a double. Jon Gimlin had a double and two RBIs.
Forks 6, Winlock 3
Winlock 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 – 3 7 3
Forks 2 0 1 1 1 1 x — 6 6 3
WP- Braden Decker (1-1)
Pitching Statistics
Forks: Decker 5 IP (4K, 1BB, 1HB).
Hitting Statistics
Forks: Watson 2-3 (2B); Gimlin 1-3 (2B, 2RBIs); Sam Dickson 2-4; Decker 1-4 (RBI).
Tenino 19-13, Forks 5-2
FORKS — The Spartans couldn’t keep up their win streak from the day before.
Forks lost the Southwest Washington League doubleheader Thursday, the day after getting their second win of the season.
The Spartans finish the league season at 1-13 and fall to 2-14 overall. They have a couple of nonleague games left, including today at Acosta.
Against Tenino, Tanner Watson had a triple in the first game while Jon Farrell and Mark Jacobson had a double each.
Jon Gimlin and Sam Dickson had a double apiece in the second game.
Softball Port Angeles 18, North Kitsap 0
PORT ANGELES — The Roughriders had an easy time in the Olympic League game Wednesday.
Stacy Webb and Amanda Wasnock combined to hold the Vikings hitters to just three hits.
Sheri Adams led the Riders, going 2-for-2 with two RBIs.
Webb and Miranda Pitz also had hits for the Riders.
Port Angeles 18, North Kitsap 0
North Kitsap 0 0 0 0 0 – 0 3 2
Port Angeles 3 2 6 7 x — 18 8 1
WP- Webb; LP- Dybbro-holt
Pitching Statistics
Port Angeles: Webb 2IP (1H); Wasnock 3IP (3K).
Hitting Statistics
North Kitsap: Stenman 1-2.
Port Angeles: Adams 2-2 (2RBI); Webb 1-2 (2R); Pitz 1-3 (2B).
North Mason 4, Port Angeles 0
SHELTON — Emily Anderson shut down the Roughriders bats as the undefeated Bulldogs took the Olympic League game Thursday.
Anderson allowed only two hits and struck out 14 to get the win.
Stacy Webb pitched well for the Riders, striking out seven.
The Riders travel to Ferndale on Saturday.
North Mason 4, Port Angeles 0
Port Angeles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 0 2 2
North Mason 2 0 2 0 0 0 x — 4 7 0
WP- Anderson; LP- Webb
Pitching Statistics
Port Angeles: Webb 7IP (7H, 7K).
North Mason: Anderson 6IP (2H, 14K).
Tenino 9, 1, Forks 8, 3
FORKS — The Spartans split their last SWL-Evergreen Division doubleheader of the season Thursday with a dramatic 3-1 victory in Game 2.
Taylor Morris bashed a two-run double in the top of the seventh to give Forks a 3-1 lead, and Jillian Raben made it stand in the bottom half for her first save of the season.
Morris’ double completed a standout day at the plate that saw her go a combined 5-for-7 in two games with five RBIs.
Raben was 5-for-7 as well in the doubleheader, while also getting tagged with the loss in an extra-inning affair in Game 1.
Forks (3-11, 4-13) heads to Ocosta today for a nonleague tilt.
Tenino 9, Forks 8
Tenino 0 2 4 0 0 0 2 1 – 9 10 2
Forks 0 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 — 8 13 4
WP- O’Brien; LP- Raben
Pitching Statistics
Tenino: O’Brien 8IP.
Forks: Raben 8IP.
Hitting Statistics
Tenino: Elder 3-5; O’Brien 3-4.
Forks: Raben 4-5 (2R); Morris 2-3 (3RBI, BB); Mohn 3-5.
Forks 3, Tenino 1
Forks 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 – 3 5 2
Tenino 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 — 1 7 3
WP- Gillett; LP- O’Brien; S- Raben
Pitching Statistics
Forks: Gillett 5.2IP; Raben 1.1IP.
Hitting Statistics
Forks: Morris 3-4 (2B, 2RBI); Raben 1-2 (R, sac bunt).
Tenino: Crawford 3-3.
Boys Soccer Kingston 3, Sequim 0
KINGSTON — This Olympic League game was a lot closer than the score indicates.
The Buccaneers outshot the Wolves by only 12-10 and led 1-0 most of the game before scoring two late goals.
“We played well,” coach Dave Brasher said. “We just missed a couple of opportunities. We’ll do some damage in the playoffs.”
The Wolves (6-5, 9-5) have the Class 2A No. 2 seed sewed up as they finish the regular season at home against North Mason on Monday.
Senior night starts at 6:45 p.m.
Win or lose, the Wolves will host their first playoff game Thursday night.
Port Angeles 2, Olympic 1
PORT ANGELES — The Trojans received the playoff spot through a complicated formula but the Roughriders got the last laugh in an Olympic League showdown Thursday night.
Olympic already had the Class 3A playoff spot sewn up before Thursday’s game but the Riders (4-3-1, 5-10-1) came out ahead in the standings with the win.
“I’m really proud of our team,” coach Chris Saari said. “We got better as the season progressed and played our best soccer at the end of the year, which gives us hope for next year.”
The Riders led 2-0 before the Trojans scored with two minutes to play.
Luis Neumeier and Abinet Hayden scored the goals while Neumeier had an assist.
Saari named Hayden offensive player of the match and Max Bukovnik defensive player while Kyle Bingham and Tamrat Haskins received transition players of the match honors.
Port Angeles also beat Olympic 2-1 in the JV game.
Girls Tennis Port Angeles 7, Olympic 0
PORT ANGELES — The Roughriders dominated the Olympic the Trojans in Olympic League play Thursday.
The Riders lost only one set the entire match.
“We’ve had some really close matches lately,” said coach Brian Gundersen.
“So it was nice that the girls played so well up and down the lineup.”
Alexis Corn, Chelsea Drake and Laney Boyd easily won their singles matches, losing just one game among them.
In No. 1 doubles play, Sam Manwell and Grace Van Rossen breezed by Emily Crosswaite and McKenzie Winter 6-2, 6-0.
Boys Golf Chimacum 171, Orting 183
PORT LUDLOW — The Cowboys earned the Nisqually League victory at Port Ludlow Golf & Country Club on Wednesday.
Mason Moug of Chimacum captured medalist honors with a 38.
Eric Nelson, Jacob Ruby, Nathan Browning, Jarrett Hansen and Cole Lovekamp played well for the Cowboys.
Track Forks boys win
FORKS — The Spartan boys won nine of 16 events to beat Rainier in a Southwest Washington League dual meet Thursday.
Shane WhiteEagle won four events, including a personal best 11.50 in the 100 to spark the boys team.
He also won the 200 *24.35) and competed in the winning 4×100 and 4×400 relay teams.
Seniors Scott Reed and Charles Rice finished their home track careers in fine style on senior night as Reed won the 300 hurdles and 4×400 while Rice won the 400.
Brian Santman took the 800 and was on the 4×400 team.
Kirsten Larson was a double winner for the Forks girls team as she took the 800 and 3,200.