SEQUIM — Ryan O’Mera and Sequim’s superior depth were a little too much for archrival Port Angeles in the showdown for the possible Olympic League boys golf championship Wednesday.
The Wolves barely beat the Roughriders by two strokes, 417-419, at The Cedars at Dungeness GolfCourse.
Sequim improves to 5-0 in league competition while Port Angeles, the previous league leader, falls to 5-1.
“The greens were rolling true, but at a very fast pace that made it challenging for many of the players,” Sequim coach Bill Shea, the director of golf and general manager at Dungeness, said.
O’Mera was the only golfer to shoot below 40 on both the front and back nines as he remains undefeated on the year.
He shot 37 and 36 for a 1-over 73. The 36 was the lowest nine-score on the day.
“Ryan had a great round,” Shea said.
O’Mera was playing even-par the whole match but bogeyed the final hole for the ending 1-over score.
Joe Barnes of Port Angeles was runner-up four strokes behind at 77, shooting 40 and 37.
Barnes, a junior who was medalist for the Riders in their past two matches, finished strong with birdies on three of the last four holes.
O’Mera and Barnes were the only two to break 80 in the match.
PA takes 3 of top 4
The rest of the Riders’ Big Three of Garrett Payton and Jordan Negus captured third and fourth, respectively, as Port Angeles dominated the top of the leaderboard.
Payton ended with an 80, 41 and 39, while Negus struggled on the day with an 81, 42 and 39.
Alex Atwell of Port Angeles and Sequim’s Jesse Francis tied for fifth place with 83 each.
Francis, normally the No. 6 player who has competed in just two or three varsity matches, had the key score in the match with his 83, seven strokes better than his handicap.
The Wolves were trailing by 13 points with one match still in the course when Francis came in with his 83 to seal the victory.
‘We’re right where I thought we would be in the beginning of the season — we’re top-heavy with Ryan O’Mera at the top with a lot of average scorers close to each other on the bottom,” Shea said.
“We get a nice early lead with Ryan [at No. 1], and we get padding at the end of it.”
Sequim golfers came in first, tie for fifth, seventh, eighth and ninth while Port Angeles claimed second, third, fourth, tie for fifth, and 10th.
O’Mera remains undefeated on the year with medalist honors in all six Sequim matches.
In an early nonleague match, O’Mera edged a Central Kitsap player by a stroke, his closest competition of the year. Central Kitsap is a Class 4A school while the Wolves compete at 2A.
Otherwise, O’Mera has been untouchable so far.
Softball
Sequim 19, Klahowya 1
SILVERDALE — Demiree Briones pitched a four-hitter and Amber Robb hit six runs in as the Wolves rebounded after losing for the first time in 36 games earlier in the week.
Sequim scored 11 runs in the first two innings and never looked back in the Olympic League victory Wedesday.
At the plate, Robb went 3 for 4, Marylu Clift had two triples and three RBIs and Briones added a triple and two RBIs.
The Wolves improved to 7-1 on the year and overall, remaining a half-game behind the Roughriders, who are 8-1 after winning Wednesday.
Sequim 19, Klahowya 1
Sequim 6 5 0 6 2 — 19 16 2
Klahowya 0 0 0 0 1 — 1 4 6
WP- Briones; LP- Wood
Pitching Statistics
Sequim: Briones 5 IP, 0 ER, 4 H, 4 K, 1 BB.
Hitting Statistics
Sequim: Robb 3-4, 6 RBIs; Briones 2-4, 3B, 2 RBIs; Clift 2-4, 2 3B, 3 RBIs.
Port Angeles 10, Olympic 1
SILVERDALE — Lauren Curtis remained undefeated on the year at 5-0 to spark the Roughriders to the Olympic League win Wednesday.
Port Angeles is at the top of the standings at 8-1 in league and overall while Sequim, the only team to beat the Riders, is 7-1.
Curtis scattered six hits while allowing just one earned run, striking out four and walking none.
Meleny Fors smacked a home run and scored twice while Hannah Wahto and Mariah Frazier both went 2 for 4 with a double each in the game.
Port Angeles 10, Olympic 1
Port Angeles 3 1 3 0 1 2 0 — 10 13 3
Olympic 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 1 6 3
WP- Curtis (5-0); LP- Barry
Pitching Statistics
Port Angeles: Curtis 7 IP, 1 ER, 6 H, 4 K, 0 BB.
Hitting Statistics
Port Angeles: Fors 2-3 HR, RBI, 2 R, Curtis 2-3, RBI; Wahto 2-4, 2B, 2 RBIs, R; Frazier 2-4, 2B, RBI, R.
Baseball
Port Townsend 2, North Mason 1
PORT TOWNSEND — Sophomore Cody Russell records his first high school victory on the mound.
Russell went the distance, striking out five and allowing no earned runs.
“The Port Townsend squad is having one of its best season in several year,” coach Pat Kelly said.
“The win-loss record really doesn’t show how well the young men from Port Townsend have been playing.
“They have been very competitive in all but one game this season.”
Russell also had a triple in the game, going 1 for 2 while Devon Courtney had a double.
The Redskins have improved to 2-8 in the Olympic League and 3-10 overall.
Port Townsend 2, North Mason 1
North Mason 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 1 6 1
Port Townsend 1 0 0 1 0 0 x — 2 5 4
WP- Russell
Pitching Statistics
Port Townsend: Russell 7 IP, 0 ER, 5 K.
Hitting Statistics
Port Townsend: Courtney 1-3, 2B, Charlton 1-3, RBI; Ralls 1-3, R, King 1-2, Russell 1-2, 3B.
Port Angeles 13, Olympic 0
SILVERDALE — Senior Easton Napiontek threw a two-hit shutout and also whacked a home run and scored two runs to spark the Roughriders in the Olympic League contest.
Napiontek (3-1) struck out eight and walked none in the six-inning game, called after the Riders scored seven runs in the top of the sixth after leading 6-0.
Brian DeFrang had a double and had four RBIs while Michael Konopaski went 2 for 3 and had a double.
The Riders won their third straight game and swept the Trojans for the year.
The Riders, now 7-4 in league and 8-5 overall, next play at Kingston today.
Port Angeles 13, Olympic 0
Port Angeles 2 1 2 0 1 7 — 13 13 0
Olympic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 2 0
WP- Napiontek (3-1); LP- Name (X-X)
Pitching Statistics
Port Angeles: Napiontek 6 IP, 0 ER, 8 K, 2 H, 0 BB.
Hitting Statistics
Port Angeles: Napiontek 3-4, HR, RBI, 2 R; DeFrang 2-3, 2B, 4 RBIs, R, 2 SB, HBP; Mic. Konopaski 2-3, 2B, 2 R, RBI.
Sequim 2, Klahowya 1
SILVERDALE — Karsten Wake and Jake Hudson combined for a five-hitter for the Wolves in the Olympic League game Wednesday.
Hudson picked up the win while Tyler Campbell had a strong day at the plate, going 2 for 3 with a double and an RBI.
Kyler Johnston singled to right field with two outs to bring in the go-ahead run in the top of the seventh inning.
Sequim 2, Klahowya 1
Sequim 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 — 2 4 1
Klahowya 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 1 5 0
WP- Hudson; LP- Kieffer
Pitching Statistics
Sequim: Wake 4.2 IP, 1 ER, 5 H, 1 BB, 3 K; Hudson 2.1 IP, 0R, 0 H, 0 BB, 2 K.
Hitting Statistics
Sequim: Campbell 2-3, 2B, RBI; Wake 1-3, R; K. Johnston 1-3, R.
Track and field
Sequim wins 3-way
SEQUIM — Emanuel Herrera and Jayson Brocklesby were triple winners to lead the Wolves to a three-way Olympic League victory against Port Townsend and Kllahowya on Wednesday.
The Sequim boys dominated the meet with 11 individual victories and a score of 104.
The Eagles were back in second at 52 while the Redskins were third with 15.
The Sequim boys, who set 19 personal records, are now 4-2 in league and 9-2 overall.
On the girls side, the Wolves nipped the Redskins for first, 82-80, while the Eagles were way back in third at 25.
The Sequim girls are 3-3 in league and 8-3 overall.
“It was an excellent tam effort to beat a good Port Townsend team,” Sequim coach Brad Moore said.
Brittany Grant was a triple winner for Port Townsend while teammates Marie Karlsen and Christine Unrue were double winners.
Sequim’s Hamish Peers also was a double winner in the boys meet while Sequim’s Mandi England earned two wins in girls competition.
Herrera and Brocklesby helped the Wolves dominate on the boys side as Herrera captured the 110-meter hurdles, the 300 hurdles and the 200 while Brocklesby claimed the 400, triple jump and high jump.
Brocklesby won by a foot in high jump at 6-foot even and almost won by 6 feet in triple jump with a leap of 39-02.50.
He won the 400 dash with a time of 54.74 seconds.
Herrera, meanwhile, controlled the hurdles events with a time of 43.57 in 300 hurdles and 16.09 in 110.
He also won the 200 sprint in 23.93.
Peers was tops in the javelin throw and in pole vault. His winning pole vault height was 10-06.
On the girls side, Grant was stellar.
She captured wins in the 3200 in 12:23.68, the 1600 in 5:47.91 and the 800 in 2:28.80.
Karlsen took wins in the 400 (1:04.69) and long jump (13-10.50) while England was first in the 100 (13.73) and the 200 (29.43), and Unrue took the shot put (26-08.00) and the javelin (93-05).
Emily VanDyken set a freshman record in pole vault, clearing 8-feet even to take first.
The previous freshman record was held by Samantha Whiteside at 7-6. Whiteside still holds the overall school record of 11-0.
Other individual winners for the Sequim girls were Sarah Hutchison in the 100 hurdles, Olivia Barrell in discus and Jasmine McMullin in triple jump.
In addition, the Sequim boys won the 4×100 and 4×400 relay races, the Sequim girls took the 4×100 and the Port Townsend girls won the 4×400.