FORKS — The Forks baseball team got a one-hitter from pitchers Carter Windle and Logan Olson and erupted with an 11-run third inning to romp over Northwest Christian 16-0 in their season opener Friday.
Windle and Olson combined for 13 strikeouts in just five innings. Windle went 2⅔ innings for the Spartans, giving up one hit and striking out seven. Olson with 2⅓ and give up no hits, no walks and struck out six.
Windle also scored three runs while Olson had a three-run inside-the-park home run and stole three bases. Dalton Kilmer was a perfect 3-for-3 at the plate with a triple, three runs, three RBIs and two stolen bases. Hayden Baker went 3-for-4 with a double while Tyler Wood was 2-for-3 with a double and two RBIs. Ryan Rancourt hit a double and drove in two. Raymond Davis scored three runs.
The Spartans next play Tuesday at Ilwaco for a Pacific Coast 2B League game.
Forks 16, NW Christian 0
NWC0 0 0 0 0 X X — 0 1 2
Forks 1 3 (11) 1 X X X— 16 11 0
WP: Windle LP: Lindstrom
Pitching
NWC — Lindstrom 1 IP, 2 ER, 3K, 2 BB; Lanham 1.1 IP, 4 H, 6 ER, 2 BB; Dominguez 1.2 IP, 7 H, 4 ER, 3 K, 2 BB.
Forks — Windle 2.2 IP, H, 7 K, 2 BB; Olson 2.1 IP, 6 K.
Hitting
NWC — Phillips 1-1, SB.
Forks — Kilmer 3-3, 3 B, 3 R, 3 RBI, BB, 2 SB; Olson 1-2, HR, R, 3 RBI, 2 BB, 3 SB; Baysinger 0-1, 2 R, RBI, 2 BB; Wood 2-3, 2B, R, 2 RBI; Baker 3-4, 2B, R, RBI; Windle 0-2, 3 R, BB; Davis 1-3, 3 R; Rancourt 1-3, 2B, R, 2 RBI.
Softball Port Angeles 6, North Mason 5
BELFAIR — For the second straight game, the Port Angeles softball team had to rally from a deep hole.
And for the second straight game, Jada Cargo-Acosta was in the middle of the action.
The Roughriders got down 4-0 after the Bulldogs scored three in the first inning then added a solo home run in the second. Cheyenne Zimmer came in to pitch in the second inning and slammed the door on North Mason, allowing only one run over the final six innings while striking out nine batters.
At the plate, the Riders scored two runs each in the fourth, fifth and sixth innings to take a 6-4 lead. Cargo-Acosta had a big blow with two RBIs on a deep double off the fence to tie the game at 4-4
“I thought it was going out,” said coach Randy Steinman. Cargo-Acosta also had a huge 3-run home run in the opening game of the year last week to help spark a Riders’ comeback win over North Kitsap.
Zoe Smithson, who went 3-for-4 with a triple and a double, had an RBI in the sixth inning to give the Riders a 5-4 lead. Teagan Clark added an RBI double to give Port Angeles an insurance run, which the Riders ended up needing.
In addition to her heroics at the plate, Cargo-Acosta made two great defensive plays at shortstop to preserve the win, Steinman said. One was a barehanded grab of a ball with the bases loaded and two out. She threw the batter out to end that threat.
The final out was made by Lily Halberg, who made a catch running at full speed of a foul fly ball with two runners on to end the game, Steinman said.
“That’s two games in a row. These kids never give up,” Steinman said.
Port Angeles (2-0) next plays at Sequim at 4:15 p.m. Tuesday.
Port Angeles 6, North Mason 5
PA 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 — 6 11 2
NM 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 — 5 7 1
WP: Zimmer
Pitching
PA — Clark 1 IP, 4 R, 4 H, 2 BB; Zimmer 6 IP 4 H, R, 9 K, 2 BB.
Hitting
PA — Clark 2-4, 2 B, RBI; Smithson 3-4, 3B, 2B, R, 2 RBIs; Cargo-Acosta 1-4, 2B, 2 RBIs; Brenkman 2-4, RBI, Worthington 2-4, Zimmer 1-3.
Track and Field Forks at North Beach
OCEAN SHORES — Forks’ Skyler Steffen won both the shot put and the discus at a 2B Pacific League meet held at North Beach.
Steffen won the shot put at Thursday’s meet with a distance of 43 feet, ½ inch, a distance of more than 7 feet beyond the second-place effort. He likewise won the discus by a huge margin, with a distance of 134-4, more than 36 feet beyond the second place throw.
Steffen also finished second in the javelin with a throw of 117-5.
The Forks girls (Kesia Rowley, Myra Luong, Cassia Helvey and Candida-Rose Sandoval) won the 4X200 relay with a time of 2:12.06.
Also picking up a pair of second-place finishes was the Spartans’ Ashton Doyle, who finished second in the long jump with a leap of 18-1¼, less than 8 inches out of first place. Doyle finished second in the 100-meter run with a time of 12.12. Doyle also got third in the 200 meters with a time of 24.78.
The boys 4X100 team (Ryan Anderson, Brandon Galeana, Grady Earls and Klaton Helvey) was second with a time of 50.47.
As a team, the Forks girls finished third out of seven teams with 83 points. Ocosta won with 125 points. The Forks boys finished fourth with 80 points. Ocosta won the boys’ meet with 139.5 points.
For the girls, Sandoval picked up a second place in the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 1:03.14.
Finishing third in the 100 meters (15.41) and 200 meters (33.10) was Leslie Hernandez-Beltran, while Rowley was third in the javelin (76-9) and Julia Biciunas was third in the high jump (4-4).
Boys Soccer Forks 2, Tenino 1
TENINO — The Spartans rallied thanks to two second-half goals by Tony Flores to beat the Beavers on Friday.
Forks (2-0) visits Elma on Monday.
Girls Tennis Bainbridge sweeps EJ
BAINBRIDGE — The Class 3A Spartans swept 1A East Jefferson 7-0.
East Jefferson’s No. 2 doubles team of Olivia Mattern and Myka Briggs won their first set 6-4, but dropped the second set 6-2 and the third-set tiebreaker 10-5.
East Jefferson (1-1) visits Bremerton on Monday.
Golf Klahowya sweeps EJ
PORT TOWNSEND — The Eagles took boys and girls golf matches against East Jefferson at Port Townsend Golf Course.
East Jefferson’s boys team fell 205 to 225, while the two-player girls squad was outshot 255-272.
Braley Phillips led a host of new East Jefferson players with a round of 51 on the par-35 course. Teammates Wilder Lewis (55), Cade Martin (58) and Lane Liske (61) also counted toward the team’s total. Klahowya’s Blake Solvie was match medalist with a round of 48.
“We had a rough start with a team of relative beginners against Klahowya,” coach Hazli Kastikapes said. “The newly sanded greens were challenging. But the weather was terrific. The team is enthusiastic and ready to work on the basics.”
Allysa Vandenberg carded a 64 and Logan McMichael had a 68 for East Jefferson in the girls match. Jorgie Neshem had the lowest round for Klahowya with a 57.
East Jefferson golf visits Bremerton on Tuesday.
“This shortened season features 8 matches culminating in a Olympic league final April 27 at the Cedars at Dungeness.
