SEQUIM — Sequim’s softball team remained in the running for the Olympic League title by smashing Bremerton 14-3 in six innings Wednesday.
The Wolves are a half-game behind Kingston and a half-game ahead of archrival Port Angeles in a logjam at the top of the standings.
Kingston clobbered Olympic 14-3 on Wednesday to remain in first.
Sequim’s game at Port Angeles on Thursday was rained out and so that crucial game has been moved to this coming Wednesday at Dry Creek Elementary School west of Port Angeles.
The Buccaneers lead everybody at 12-1 with the Wolves right behind at 11-1 and the Roughriders sitting in third at 11-2.
Third time’s the charm between the two North Olympic Peninsula rivals with their second game of the season being rained out twice now.
On Wednesday, the Wolves took a 9-2 lead on the Knights and cruised to the victory.
Senior ace Demiree Briones won again on the mound, allowing just two earned runs and four hits while fanning five in six innings.
Rylleigh Zbaraschuk, Bailey Rhodefer, Briones and Marylu Clift all batted 3 for 4 each in the game.
Clift ripped a home run, scoring three runs and hitting two in while Zbaraschuk hit a triple and a double with two runs and an RBI.
Rhodefer smacked two doubles with three runs and two RBIs while Kinzie Winfield went 2 for 4 and had three RBIs.
Sequim 14, Bremerton 3, 6 innings
Bremerton 1 0 0 1 0 1 — 3 4 2
Sequim 1 4 1 3 0 5 — 14 18 3
WP- Briones; LP- Pratt
Pitching Statistics
Bremerton: Pratt 5 IP, 11 ER, 18 H, 0 K, 0 BB.
Sequim: Briones 6 IP, 2 ER, 4 H, 5 K, 3 BB.
Hitting Statistics
Bremerton: Williams 2-2, R.
Sequim: Zbaraschuk 3-4, 3B, 2B, 2 R, RBI; Rhodefer 3-4, 2 2B, 3 R, 2 RBIs; Briones 3-4, 2 RBIs; Clift, 3-4, HR, 3 R, 2 RBIs; Winfield 2-4, 3 RBIs.
Port Angeles 12, Klahowya 0
SILVERDALE — The Roughriders scored eight runs in the third to break the game open in the five-inning game Wednesday and keep pace with Olympic League-leading Kingston and Sequim in the standings.
The Riders improve to 11-2 in league overall, and are a game behind the Buccaneers and a half-game behind Sequim.
Their game with archrival Sequim was rained out Thursday and re-scheduled for this coming Wednesday at Dry Creek Elementary School.
Dove Lucas (1-0) picked up the win on the mound, allowing just two hits while gaining the shutout with seven strikeouts and two walks.
Emily Drake carried the big bat, going 2 for 3 while hitting a triple and a double, scoring three times.
Lucas and Hannah Wahto also went 2 for 3 each with Lucas scoring twice and knocking in two runs.
Wahto scored a run.
Port Angeles 12, Klahowya 0, 5 innings
Port Angeles 0 1 8 0 3 — 12 10 0
Klahowya 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 2 3
WP- Dove (1-0); LP- Moore
Pitching Statistics
Port Angeles: Lucas 5 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 7 K, 2 BB.
Hitting Statistics
Port Angeles: Drake 2-3, 3B, 2B, 3 R; Lucas 2-3, 2B, 2 RBIs, 2 R; Wahto 2-3, RBI, R.
Quilcene 23,
Rainier Christian 1
AUBURN — The 1B Rangers ripped 2B Rainier Christian in Sea-Tac League action in five innings Wednesday.
Quilcene remains perfect in league at 5-0 while improving to 6-2 overall.
Starting pitcher Sammy Rae picked up the win by giving up no runs while fanning five in two innings while Megan Weller threw the final three innings, giving up no earned runs while striking out three.
Savannah Drew was strong at the plate, going 2 for 2 with five stolen bases, three runs and two walks while Rae went 2 for 2 with three stolen bases, two runs and two walks.
Bee Sitthisin went 1 for 2 with eight stolen basses and two runs.
The Rangers next play a nonleague doubleheader against Port Townsend on Saturday.
Quilcene 23, Rainier Christian 1
Quilcene 5 3 5 5 5 — 23 5 NR
Rainier 0 0 0 0 1 — 1 2 NR
WP- Rae
Pitching Statistics
Quilcene: Rae 2 IP, 5 K, 2 BB, 0 R; Weller 3 IP, 3 K, 2 BB, 1 R, 0 ER.
Hitting Statistics
Quilcene: Rae 2-2, 3 SB, 2 R, 2 BB; Sitthisin 1-2, 8 SB, 2R; Drew 2-2, 5 SB, 3 R, 2 BB.
Baseball
Port Townsend 5, Bremerton 1
PORT TOWNSEND — Kyle Kelly pitched a complete game as the 1A Redskins end their Olympic League season on a high note while at the same time knocking the Knights out of the 3A playoffs.
Kelly scattered five hits and allowed just one run in seven innings.
He struck out five and made six put-outs in the game.
Daniel Charlton had three RBIs in the game while Devon Courtney went 3 for 4 and scored two runs.
Cody Russell was 2 for 3 at bat with two RBIs.
The Redskins end their season on a winning note while winning four games for the season.
They had a very competitive season, playing seven games that were decided by two runs or less, and giving themselves a real chance in the majority of the other games.
The pitching staff was led by Kelly and Russell, who both kept them in games all season long.
Offensively, the standouts were Charlton, Kelly, Courtney, Matt Cain and Sean Dwyer.
The Redskins played an up-tempo and aggressive brand of baseball this season: bunting, squeezing and stealing their way around the base paths.
“Look for us to be even more competitive next year,” coach Pat Kelly said.
“We will be returning all but one starter.”
Port Townsend 5, Bremerton 1
Bremerton 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 1 5 1
Port Townsend 1 0 1 0 2 1 x — 5 9 1
WP- Kelly; LP- Winderl
Pitching Statistics
Port Townsend: Kelly 7 IP, 1 R, 5 H, 5 K.
Hitting Statistics
Bremerton: Noll 2-3, Wales 1-2, R.
Port Townsend: Courntey 3-4, 2 R; Charlton 1-3, R, 3 RBIs; Davis 2-3, R; Russell 2-3, 2 RBIs; Kelly 1-4, R.
Chimacum 12,
Life Christian 0
TACOMA — The Cowboys are one win away from a perfect regular season.
Chimacum, 12-0 in the Nisqually League and 14-0, concludes regular season play at home against Cascade Christian on Saturday at 10 a.m.
The Cascade Christian game originally was moved to today from Tuesday but has been rescheduled once again.
The Cowboys will be feting their senior class Saturday, which includes three four-year varsity players, who are 72-9 in their high school career.
The 1A defending state champions had no trouble against Life Christian on Wednesday, winning in five innings.
Mike Nordberg picked up the win on the mound while Austin McConnell hit a home run and had two RBIs on a 2 for 3 day.
Quinn Eldridge also had a 2 for 3 day with two RBIs.
Egan Cornachione also went 2 for 3 at the plate while Landon Cray was 2 of 4.
Hoquiam 11, 9, Forks 1, 3
FORKS — The Spartans lost a SWL-Evergreen Division doubleheader Wednesday.
In the first game, Cameron Leons had a double for Forks while Michael Dean had two hits, including a double, with an RBI.
PT looking for football coach
PORT TOWNSEND — Port Townsend is looking for a new head football coach after Tom Webster stepped down after leading the program for the past three years.
Webster stepped in to coach the program when there was a vacancy even though he also was coaching the boys basketball and baseball programs.
“We asked him to help us out and he did,” athletic director Patrick Kane said.
“It was asking too much for him to continue there. This is our magic year where we get a new head coach. Tom will still be on the coaching staff.”
Kane is expecting interviews to begin May 14.
The post could be difficult to fill because there is no teaching position to go with it.
Webster stepped down from coaching varsity baseball this year but he is still the head boys basketball coach.
Track and field
NOL championships
JOYCE — The Crescent Loggers dominated the North Olympic League championships at Crescent High School on Wednesday.
The Logger boys amassed 79 points to Neah Bay’s 48 and Clallam Bay’s 32.
On the girls side, Crescent topped everybody with 71, followed by Neah Bay with 40 and Clallam Bay with 34.
Mike Zapien and Matthew Waldrip were triple winners for the Loggers while senior Titus Pascua earned three wins for the Red Devils.
Overall, the Loggers had eight individual wins and one relay victory for the boys while the Red Devils earned four individual wins and a relay victory while the Bruins settled for one individual title.
Pascua dominated the sprints while Zapien won all three throws and Waldrip was tops in the two hurdles races.
Waldrip started things out with a win in the 110-meter hurdles in 17.87 seconds, and he continued later with a victory in the 1600 run in 5:21.82 and he finished the day tops in the 300 hurdles in 43.03 seconds.
Zapien, meanwhile, was deadly in the throws, taking shot put with a heave of 45 feet, 6.5 inches, winning the discus with a 120-05 throw, winning by 30 feet, and taking the javelin with a toss of 140-01, nudging out Harold Tyler of Neah Bay for first.
As dominating as Zapien was in weights, Pascua was the same in sprints, taking the 100 dash in 12.09 seconds, the 200 in 24.68 and the long jump with a leap of 18-05.
Other boys winners were Clallam Bay’s Jesse Wonderly in the 400, Neah Bay’s JaRickson Kanichy in the 800, Crescent’s Derek Findley in triple jump and Crescent;s Donovan Christie in high jump.
On the girls side, Crescent’s Lynn Grover, Jandi Frantz and Devanie Christie, along with Neah Bay’s Courtney Winck and Selena Akin with all double winners.
Grover was first in the sprints, taking the 100 dash in 14.82 seconds and the 200 in 31.28 while Frantz took the title in triple jump with a length of 29-10.5, and in the 400 in 1:11.37.
Teammate Christie was first in the 800 in 3:09.08 and the javelin with a distance of 103-07.
Winck was tops in 100 hurdles in 18.30 and the long jump with a leap of 13-08.5.
Neah Bay teammate Akin, meanwhile, captured first in discus with a throw of 78-03, and the 1600 with a time of 8:04.11.
Other girls winners were Crescent’s Kellie Belford in the 300 hurdles, Clallam Bay’s Melissa Willis in high jump and Fay Chartraw in shot put with a heave of 27-00.5.