PORT TOWNSEND — Sequim took a 2-0 halftime lead and held on to beat Port Townsend 3-1 in Olympic League boys soccer action Tuesday.
The field was wet with heavy grass but that didn’t stop the Wolves’ offense, but they did miss a penalty kick.
“We played pretty well,” Sequim coach Dave Brasher said.
“Our offense finally got untracked and our defense played fairly solid.”
Sequim’s Diego Cisneros scored the game’s first goal in the 16th minute “on a beautiful volley” off a cross pass from Waylan Lam, Brasher said.
The Wolves went up 2-0 in the 21st minute on a goal by Lijah Sanford, who received a header assist from Donovan Lee.
Sequim missed going up 3-0 when the team missed a penalty kick that went wide in the 30th minute.
Lee was tripped in the penalty box to earn the free kick.
Lam put the Wolves ahead 3-0 in the 55th minute on an assist by Ryan Pinza.
The Redskins avoided the shutout when Nick Silberman scored a goal in the 65th minute.
“Donovan Lee played well in the midfield for us while Waylan Lam played well up front to get a goal,” Brasher said.
Sequim improved to 2-3-0 in league for an important six points in the race for a 2A playoff spot, and 4-7-2 overall.
The youthful Redskins fell to 0-6-0 in league and 1-10-1 overall.
The Wolves have their final home game today, Senior Night, against North Kitsap.
The Olympic League varsity game starts at 6:45 p.m.
Port Angeles 2, Klahowya 1
PORT ANGELES — Anthony Brandon scored the winning goal in the sudden-death overtime period (87th minute) on an assist by Max Bukovnik.
The Roughriders were ahead 1-0 halftime but the Eagles tied it in the second half for the 1-1 deadlock at the end of regulation.
A quick score
Kyle Bingham scored an unassisted goal on a long shot that went over the Klahowya goalkeeper’s head two minutes in the game but the Riders couldn’t get that second goal until the overtime period.
“We missed multiple great scoring opportunities throughout the match and as a result, Klahowya was able to even the score in the second half and then put a lot of pressure on us,” Port Angeles coach Chris Saari said.
Saari named Brandon and Bingham as the co-offensive players of the match, goalkeeper Jack Doryland as the defensive player of the match and Bukovnik as the transition player of the match.
Doryland made some outstanding saves in the second half and the overtime period, according to Saari.
“He helped keep the Eagles from walking away with the win,” Saari said.
The Riders improved to 2-2-1 in the Olympic League and 6-3-4 overall.
Port Angeles next hosts Port Townsend today at Civic Field with the varsity game starting at 6:45 p.m.
Klahowya beat Port Angeles 1-0 in the JV game Tuesday.
Boys Golf
Port Angeles wins Chimacum invite
PORT LUDLOW — Senior Jordan Negus tied for runner-up honors to spark the Roughriders to first place at the 11-team 25th annual Port Ludlow Invitational, hosted by Chimacum High School.
“This was a great win for us on a challenging and demanding Port Ludlow layout,” Port Angeles coach Mark Mitrovich said.
“This is the first time we have won this event in many years.”
The Riders scored 130 points in the Stableford-scoring match to win by 37 points at Port Ludlow Golf Club.
South Whidbey was runner-up with 93, followed by host Chimacum 92, Kingston 84, Sequim 79, North Mason 78, Bremerton 75, Olympic 71, Klahowya 65, NOrth Kitsap 53, Olympic League Lady All-Stars 23.
Medalist was South Whidbey’s Harrison Price with a Stableford score of 35.
Negus was tied for second with 30, a stroke score of 79 with one birdie and 11 pars.
Senior Brian Schlinkmann was right behind his teammate as he scored 29 Stableford points but with the same stroke score as Negus, 79.
Junior Joe Barnes wasn’t far behind with a stroke score of 82 for Port Angeles, followed by freshman Alex Atwell with an 84 and Garrett Payton with 87.
“I was real pleased with our sportsmanship, our course management and the way we played,” Mitrovich said.
The Cowboys captured third place with Nathan Browning leading the way with 27 Stableford points, followed by Riley Downs with 25, Jack Hilt with 21, Kevin Miller with 18 and Jaelin Campbell with one.
The Wolves, meanwhile, claimed fifth place as ace Ryan O’Mera finished with a Stableford score of 23, followed by Casey Torres with 20, Travis Priest with 14 and Brendan Hudson and Christian Velarde with 11 each.
Sequim’s Hailey Estes led the Olympic League Lady All-Stars with 10 Stableford points.
Girls Golf
Sequim 279,
North Mason 314
SEQUIM — The Wolves remained undefeated in the Olympic League despite missing two of their top three golfers, including ace Hailey Estes, who was playing at the Port Ludlow Invitational on Tuesday.
Freshman Caitlin Stofferahn earned medalist honors for Sequim with a 49 on the par-37 front nine at The Cedars at Dungeness Golf Course on Tuesday.
Elisa Sallee captured second with 51, followed by teammates Vanessa Martinez with 57, and freshman Kaylee Ditlefsen and Maddy Fisher, tied with scores of 61 each.
North Mason’s Andi Rasmussen scored 52 for third place.
The Wolves remain on top of the league standings at 6-0, and are 8-1 overall.
Stofferahn shot seven shots better than her previous best score while Ditlefsen, in her first varsity match, bettered her previous best nine-hole score by five shots.
“I am really proud of how the girls are progressing throughout the season,” Sequim coach Garrett Smithson said.
“All of them are putting up better numbers as we get closer o the postseason.”
Sequim next plays Bremerton at Gold Mountain on Tuesday.
Baseball
Olympic 5,
Port Townsend 4
SILVERDALE — The Redskins lost an Olympic League heartbreaker when the Trojans scored the winning run on two untimely Port Townsend errors in the ninth inning.
The Redskins tied the game up at 4-all with a run in the top of the seventh inning when Devon Courtney smacked a lead-off double and was then driven home on a Sean Dwyer RBI-single.
Kyle Kelly, Courtney, Dwyer and Harry Goodrich all had two hits each for the Redskins.
Port Townsend starter Kelly threw eight innings, walking none and striking out five.
Olympic 5, Port Townsend 4
Port Townsend 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0—4 10 6
Olympic 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1— 5 8 2
Pitching Statistics
Port Townsend: Kelly 8 IP, 5 K, 0 BB; Charlton 1 IP.
Hitting Statistics
Port Townsend: Kelly 2-4, R; Courtney 2-5, R; Dwyer 2-4, RBI; Ralls 1-2, R; Goodrich 2-3, rBI’ Cain 1-4, RBI.
Olympic: Ward 3-5, 2 R; Jamrog 2-4; Matheny 1-4 R, 2 RBIs; Wojcek 1-4, R.
Onalaska 6,
Forks 1
ONALASKA — The Spartans managed to just get one game in of a scheduled SWL-Evergreen Division doubleheader Tuesday.
The second game was postponed because of rain.
Forks earned its lone run in the fourth inning when Michael Dean was walked and Brady Castellano brought him home on an RBI-double.
Onalaska put the game away on four unearned runs in the sixth inning.
Dean gave up just four hits and two earned runs from the mound.
Softball
Kingston 10,
Port Angeles 9
SILVERDALE — The Buccaneers just made a mess of the Olympic League standings.
Kingston, 7-1, has made a two-team sprint between rivals Port Angeles and Sequim into a three-way three-legged potato-sack race for the league title.
The Wolves, the Class 2A defending state champions, are now on top of the standings at 8-1 with Kingston behind by a half-game, and the Roughriders in third at 10-2.
Port Angeles is two major breakdowns away from sitting in the driver’s seat at 12-0 with Kingston and Sequim saddled with two losses each.
But that’s not to be as the Wolves came back after being down 7-1 to the Riders and winning that game 8-7 at Sequim.
And now Kingston has topped that, being down 9-0 but scoring 10 unanswered runs in the top of the sixth inning to shock the Riders.
Sarah Steinman went 3 for 3 with two RBIs, scoring once.
Maddy Hinrichs, Hannah Wahto and Mariah Frazier all went 1 for 1 with two RBIs, and scoring once each.
The Riders next travel to Bremerton for an Olympic League game Friday, weather permitting.