(Editor’s Note: Port Angeles baseball beat Kingston 3-1 Saturday afternoon. Look for a full write-up in Monday’s Peninsula Daily News)
By Pierre LaBossiere and Michael Carman
Peninsula Daily News
KINGSTON — The Sequim Wolves won a pair of drastically different Olympic League 2A Division baseball games this weekend, jumping right back into the postseason mix after a tough loss last week to rival Port Angeles.
In a wild game Thursday, Sequim induced a whopping 16 walks from beleaguered Olympic pitchers in a 15-13 win at home. The Wolves turned around and won with pitching Friday, beating Kingston 3-1 as Austin Hilliard went nearly the whole way, giving up just three hits.
With the two league wins, Sequim jumped from fifth to third in the Olympic League 2A Division at 6-4 (10-5 overall).
The Wolves only had eight hits but had over two dozen baserunners in Thursday’s win over Olympic. As usual, the Wolves were a terror on the basepaths with six stolen bases.
The Wolves got ahead 14-4 after three innings, then held on as the Trojans scored nine runs in the fifth and six innings to make it close.
Hilliard led the way, going 2-2 with a triple, two walks, two runs scored and four RBIs. Justin Porter went 3 for 4 with a triple, four runs scored, a walk, a stolen base and an RBI.
James Grubb went 2 for 4 with two runs, two RBIs, two steals and a walk. Johnnie Young didn’t have a hit, but walked four times, with two steals, two runs scored and an RBI.
Porter pitched 4 1/3 innings, giving up three earned runs for the win. Gavin Velarde pitched a hitless seventh inning, picking up a save in holding off the hard-charging Trojans.
In Friday’s game, Hilliard went 6 2/3 innings, striking our four and walking four, giving up just a single earned run. Hilliard also added a double and a walk at the plate.
Grubb went 1 for 2 with a walk, a run, an RBI and a stolen base. Ryan Clark had a hit and an RBI.
Sequim next plays at Bremerton at 4:15 p.m. Monday.
Sequim 15, Olympic 13
Olympic 4 0 0 0 6 3 0 — 13 11 3
Sequim 2 6 6 0 0 1 X— 15 8 2
WP: Porter LP: Dean SV: Velarde
Pitching
Olympic — Dean 2 IP, 7H, 13R, 12ER, 7BB, 3K; O’Neil 2IP, 0H, ER, 7BB, K; Trottman 2IP, H, ER, 2BB, 3K.
Sequim — Grubb 0.2 IP, 3H, 4ER, 4BB, K; Porter 4.1 IP, 6H, 6R, 3ER, 2BB, 4K; Thayer IP, 2H, 3ER, 2BB; Velarde IP.
Hitting
Olympic — Eberhart 2-4, 2 2B, 2R, 3RBI; Matheny 2-4, R, RBI; Burleigh 2-3, 2B, 2R, RBI.
Sequim — Porter 3-4, BB, 3B, 4R, RBI; Grubb 2-4, 2SB, 2R, 2RBI, BB; Hilliard 2-2, 2BB, 3B, 2R, 4RBI; Young 0-1, 4BB, 2SB, 2R, RBI; Thomas 0-2, 2BB, SB, 2R; Thayer 1-5, R, RBI.
Sequim 3, Kingston 1
Sequim 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 — 3 6 1
Kingston 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 — 1 3 1
WP: Hilliard LP: Delafuente
Pitching
Sequim — Hilliard, 6.2IP, 3H, 0ER, 4BB, 4K; Velarde 0.1 inning, 1K, SV.
Kingston — Delafuente, 6IP, 6H, 2ER, 3BB, 2K; Daniels 1IP, 2K.
Hitting
Sequim — Grubb 1-2, R, RBI, BB; Thomas 1-2, R, BB; Hilliard 1-2 2B, BB; Velarde 1-4, R; Young 1-3.
Kingston — Crawford 1-3, Hermanson 1-2; Updegrove 1-3; Gardner 0-2, R, BB.
Port Angeles 6, North Mason 4
BELFAIR — Port Angeles fell behind to North Mason, but rallied with clutch runs in the fifth and seventh innings to pull out a 6-4 win and remain in second place in the Olympic League 2A Division.
Freshman Ethan Flodstrom was a hero again for the Roughriders, going 2 for 3 with a double and 2 RBIs, and for the second straight game, driving what turned out to be the winning run with two outs in the fifth inning.
Tyrus Beckett and Bo Bradow each had two hits, with Bradow adding an RBI, while Carson Jackson went 1 for 2 with two stolen bases, two runs scored and a walk. Anthony Quinones had a double and an RBI.
Brady Shimko got the win in relief, going the final 3 2/3 innings and giving up just one hit with two strikeouts.
“I was really impressed with our approach at the plate today, so many hard hit balls in play only a few strikeouts on the night, it was good to see our guys barrel some balls up,” said coach Karl Myers.
“[I] can’t say enough about our bullpen tonight, Andrew [Pena] came in and did an amazing job throwing strikes and forcing North Mason to put the ball in play, and … Shimko came in with bases loaded one out and held them the rest of the game. Both guys pitched with a ton of confidence and gave us a chance to win combining for 6 innings of 1 run ball,” Myers said.
Myers said the defense also came up big to hold off the Bulldogs.
“Defensively a couple of phenomenal catches in the outfield by … Quinones in left and one difficult one in center for Carson on a top spin line drive. Gavin Guerrero had the play of the night though on a hard ground ball up the middle he gloved it, stepped on second and ripped a throw across for the 4-3 double play; a huge boost with 1st and 2nd, no out for North Mason,” he said.
Port Angeles (7-2, 9-5) played Saturday at home against Kingston, then will play at home at 3:45 p.m. Monday against North Kitsap at Volunteer Field.
Port Angeles 6, North Mason 4
PA 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 — 6 9 3
NM 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 — 4 6 2
WP: Shimko LP: Shew
Pitching
PA — Merritt, 1IP, 2H, 2ER, 1K, 2BB; Pena, 2.1IP, 3H, 1ER, 1K, 1BB; Shimko, 3.2IP, 1H, 0ER, 2K 0BB.
NM — Shew, 7IP, 9H, 5ER, 5K, 2BB.
Hitting
PA — Flodstrom, 2-3, 2B, 2RBI, BB; Beckett 2-4; Bradow 2-4, RBI; Quinones 1-3, 2B, R, RBI.
NM — Shew 2-4, 2RBI, Knight 1-3, RBI; Borah 1-3, R, McCormick 1-4, R.
Girls Softball Chimacum 7, Coupeville 4
CHIMACUM — The Cowboys took back sole possession of first place and clinched a season series victory with a win over the Wolves.
Bradyn Nelson led Chimacum with a 3 for 4 performance at the plate, including a double, a stolen base, two runs and an RBI.
Grace Yaley went 2 for 3 with two RBIs and a run for the Cowboys, Shanya Nisbet notched a two-run double and later scored and Kelle Settje added an RBI single.
Chimacum (5-1, 7-3) holds a one-game lead over Coupeville (4-2, 13-2) in the Olympic League 1A Division standings.
The Cowboys and Wolves will play one more game this season, but Chimacum holds the head-to-head tiebreaker if they finish tied for first place having won twice already against Coupeville.
Chimacum visits Port Townsend on Monday.
Chimacum 7, Coupeville 4
Coupeville 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 — 4 10 3
Chimacum 1 0 2 1 2 1 0— 7 9 1
WP: Snider LP: McGranahan
Pitching
Coupeville — McGranahan 6 IP, 9H, 7R, 6ER, 2BB, 3K.
Chimacum — Snider 7 IP, 10H, 4R, 3ER, 3BB, 4K.
Hitting
Coupeville — McGranahan 2-3, 3B, 3RBI; Crownover 3-4, RBI.
Chimacum — Nelson 3-4, SB, 2B, 2R, RBI; Yaley 2-3, R, 2RBI; M. Nisbet 1-3, R; S. Nisbet 1-4, 2B, R, 2RBI; Montgomery 1-3, Carthum 0-2, BB, R, RBI
Port Angeles 14, North Mason 0, 5 innings
BELFAIR — The Roughriders scored runs in all five innings in a blowout of the Bulldogs.
Hope O’Connor went the distance in the pitcher’s circle, tossing three strikeouts.
Sierra Robinson had three hits and scored three runs for Port Angeles and Lauren Lunt went 4 for 4 and scored twice.
Natalie Steinman had two hits, including a double, drove in a pair of runs and scored.
Nizhoni Wheeler, O’Connor and Nikaila Price all doubled for the Riders (8-0, 9-1).
Port Angeles hosts North Kitsap on Monday.
Port Angeles 14, North Mason 0, 5 innings
Port Angeles 1 3 7 1 2 — 14 15 1
North Mason 0 0 0 0 0— 0 6 3
WP: O’Connor
Pitching
Port Angeles — O’Connor 5 IP, 6H, 0R, BB, 3K.
Hitting
Port Angeles — Robinson 3-4, 3R; Lunt 4-4, 2R; Steinman 2-4, 2B, R; N. Wheeler 1-2, 2B; O’Connor 1-3, 2B; Price 1-3, 2B.
Port Angeles JV 3, Quilcene 1
PORT ANGELES — Isabelle Cottam tossed a two-hitter as the Roughrider JV handed the Quilcene varsity its first loss of the season.
Madie Roening and Nacia Bohman had RBI doubles for Port Angeles and Rose Clark went 2 for 3 with an RBI in the win.
The Rangers (4-0, 7-1) host the Kingston varsity on Tuesday.
Golf Shelton duo wins Duke Streeter
PORT ANGELES — Shelton’s Tim Nail and Jonah Perry claimed the two-person scramble format at the eight-team Duke Streeter Invitational at Peninsula Golf Club.
Nail and Perry teamed to shoot a 7-under-par 65 and defeated a team from Capital in a playoff.
The annual event is hosted by Port Angeles High School and Peninsula Golf Club and held in memory of longtime Peninsula member Duke Streeter.
“It is very rewarding with the majority of the kids coming up and making a point of saying this is their favorite event of the year,” Roughriders coach Gil Stockton said.
The Port Angeles tandem of Mathew Locke and Logan Kovalenko had the best local score with a 1-under-par 71.
Teammates Cameron Fouts and Parker Elias added a 79 and Carson Wilder and Royce Duncan shot an 85.
Sequim was lead by a 72 from Josiah Carter and Jarritt Allen. Andrew Vanderberg and Issac Smith shot 76 and Gavin Happe and Liam Stevenson shot 100.
Port Townsend’s Patrick Morton and Caleb Johnson teamed for a 78. Jacob Madison and Chris Durham shot an 88 and Payton Lake and Sam Boatman totaled 96.
Logan Storm and Nate Miller led Chimacum with an 84.
Joey Kithcart and Sean Storey shot 100 and Brayden Yingling and Gabe Van Camp posted a 107.
Sequim defends Higgins title
BREMERTON — The Wolves claimed the team competition at the Higgins Memorial for the second straight season.
Blake Wiker, Paul Jacobsen, Andrew Vanderberg and Josiah Carter combined to score 97 points in the Stableford format event.
All four players shot rounds in the low 80s to finish nine strokes ahead of the second-place team.
Sequim hosts the Olympic League Championship on Tuesday at Cedars at Dungeness.
Sequim 179, North Mason 244
ALLYN — Alex McMenamin shot a 2-under-par 34 to lead the Wolves girls to a win over the Bulldogs earlier this week.
Sarah Shea added a 42, Samantha Smith shot 49, Angela Currilo a 54 and Maddie Uranga a 55 to round out Sequim’s total.
Sequim hosts the Olympic League Championship on Tuesday at Cedars at Dungeness.
Girls Tennis Olympic 4, Port Angeles 3
BREMERTON — Port Angeles got singles’ victories from Summer Olsen and Claire Fritschler, but fell to Olympic on the road 4-3.
The Roughriders other win came from the doubles team of Paulina Crawford and Preetha Patel, who won over the team of Jemina Estepa and Ginolane Estepa 6-3, 7-5.
Olsen beat Sarah Dolsin 6-2, 6-3, while Fritschler came from behind to beat Beyoncé Oresako 4-6, 6-0, 6-0.
The Riders (2-8) next play at Olympic again at 4 p.m. Monday.
Olympic 4, Port Angeles 3
Match Report
Singles
No. 1: Summer Olsen (PA) def. Sarah Dolsin (O) 6-2, 6-3.
No. 2: Karlie Taylor (O) def. Hailey Horton (PA) 6-4, 6-2.
No. 3: Claire Fritschler (PA) def. (O) Beyonce Oresako 4-6, 6-0, 6-0.
Doubles
No. 1: Chiacca Droelll/Marissa Nemeth (O) def. Audrey Little/Hanna Brown (PA) 6-1, 6-0.
No. 2: Sychey Troy/Brooklyn Haro (O) def. Saige Hefton/Hanna Brown (PA) 6-1, 6-0.
No. 3: Paulina Crawford/Preetha Patel (PA) def. Jemina Estepa/Ginolane Estepa (O) 6-3, 7-5.
No. 4: Kaylani Riley/Madde Tofts (O) def. Shanzi Crosgrove/Emily Metzler (PA) 6-2, 4-6, 6-3.
