PREP ROUNDUP: Port Angeles trio pitches Riders baseball to win

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles baseball boys got a great pitching performance from the trio of Colton McGuffey, Brody Merritt and Brady Shimko and edged Kingston 2-1 in a league-opening pitchers’ duel win.

Port Angeles hurlers combined to give up just two hits and three walks while striking out 11 in Thursday’s game.

McGuffey went three innings, giving up one hit and two walks and striking out five, while Merritt had a similar line of three innings pitched, one hit allowed and five strikeouts. Shimko didn’t give up a hit in his one inning of relief work, though Kingston did break through for an unearned run in the seventh to make the Roughriders nervous

“I thought the boys battled hard all night, our approach was a little bit passive at the plate, I thought we could’ve been a little bit more aggressive to fastballs in the zone,” said coach Karl Myers.

Ethan Flodstrom had a first-inning RBI triple that Myers said would have been a home run at most parks. It was one of only a handful of hits the Riders managed in this tight game.

“[The] Pitchers did a great job dictating the tempo and keeping us in the game for 7 innings,” he said.

Port Angeles (1-0, 2-0) hosted Lake Washington Saturday. Results of that game were not known before press deadline. The Riders’ next game is at Bremerton (0-1, 1-2) at 4:15 p.m. Wednesday.

Port Angeles 2, Kingston 1

Kingston 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 — 1

PA 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 — 2

WP: McGuffey LP: Hermanson

Pitching

Port Angeles — McGuffey 3IP, 1H, 0ER, 2BB, 5K; Merritt: 3IP, 1H, 0ER, 0 BB, 5K; Shimko: 1IP, 0H, 1R, 0ER, 1BB, 1K

Hitting

Bradow 2-3; Flodstrom 1-3, 3B, RBI; Woods, 1-2 R, SB

Sequim 10, Coupeville 9, 10 inn.

Olympic 9, Sequim 1

SEQUIM — Sequim rallied from a three-run deficit against Coupeville twice to pull out a 10-9 win in extra innings.

Sequim was down 6-3 after Coupeville eruprted for six runs in the sixth. They fell behind again 9-6 in the eighth, then rallied for three runs to keep the game going.

Michael Grubb led Sequim, going 3 for 6 with a double, a stolen base,two runs scored and two RBIs.

Michael Young went 2 for 6 with a run scored and Elandon Washburn went 2 for 4 with two RBIs. Tristin Dodson had a hit, two runs scored and three stolen bases.

Johnnie Young had a great game on the mound, going five scoreless innings, giving up four hits and striking out five.

Joey Oliver pitched the final two innings, giving up zero runs and three hits to pick up the win.

Against Olympic on Thursday, Sequim made four errors and gave up eight unearned runs in a 9-1 loss to Olympic.

The Wolves’ Ian Miller and Silas Thomas gave up just eight hits combined an struck out 11. The duo gave up just one earned run.

Olympic pitchers combined to five-hit the Wolves. More importantly, they kept Sequim from running wild on the basepaths. The Wolves had 10 steals in their season-opening win and six against Coupeville, but none against Olympic.

The Trojans are 3-0 (2-0 in league) and are showing they may be the team to beat in the Olympic League 2A Division.

Michael Young went 2 for 4 for Sequim. Miller had a hit and the lone RBI for Sequim. Michael Grubb and Thomas added singles for Sequim.

Sequim (0-1, 2-1) played at Aberdeen on Saturday. Results of that game were not known before press deadline. The Wolves next play at Forks (0-0) at 4 p.m. Monday.

Sequim 10, Coupeville 9, 10 inn.

C’ville 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 3 0 0 — 9 12 0

Sequim 0 0 1 1 1 3 0 3 0 1 — 10 13 4

WP: Oliver LP: Lippo

Pitching

Coupeville — Hilburn 5IP, 7H, 3ER, 2BB, 6K; Etzel 0.0IP, 2H, 3ER, BB; Luccro 3IP, 4H, 3ER, 2BB, 3K; Lippo 1.1IP, R, ER, BB, K.

Sequim — J. Young 5IP, 4H, 0ER, BB, 5K; Williams 0.2IP, 3ER, 2BB, K; Clark 2.1IP, 5H, 6R, 0ER, 3BB, 2K; Oliver 2IP, 3H, K.

Hitting

Coupeville — Smith 4-6, 2 2B, R, RBI, Etzel 2-4, R, RBI, BB; Lippo 1-5, 2R.

Sequim — Grubb 3-6, 2B, 2R, 2RBI, SB; J. Young 2-4, 2B, R, RBI, BB; Washburn 2-4, 2RBI; M. Young 2-6, R; Miller 1-6, R, 3B; Dotson 1-2, 2R, 2BB, 3SB.

Olympic 9, Sequim 1

Olympic 0 0 0 1 5 2 1 — 9 8 1

Sequim 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 — 1 5 4

WP: Dower LP: Miller

Pitching

Olympic — Dower 3IP, 4H, 1ER, 3BB, 5K; Turnquist 4IP, 1H, 2BB, 5K.

Sequim — Miller 4.2IP, 6H, 6R, 1ER, 2BB, 7K; Thomas 2.1IP, 2H, 3R, 0ER, 3BB, 4K.

Hitting

Olympic — Heino 2-3, 2R, RBI, BB; Buchanan 2-4, R, RBI, Pereira 1-3, 2B, 2RBI, BB; Turnquist 1-3, R, 2RBI.

Sequim — Young 2-4, Miller 1-4, RBI; Grubb 1-3; Thomas 1-3; Williams 0-2, R, BB.

Boys Soccer

Sequim 4, Coupeville 2

Sequim 2, Fife 2

SEQUIM — Sequim remained unbeaten on the season, getting a pair of goal from Liam Harris, his fifth and sixth goals of the year, and held on to beat a Coupeville team 4-2 that tried to rally from a 3-0 deficit.

The Wolves got up 3-0 in the first half of Friday’s game on an unassisted free kick by Hayuk Minano, a goal by Eli Gish with an assist from Minano and a goal by Harris, also with an assist from Minano.

Coupeville roared back with two quick goals in the 57th and 66th minutes by Derrick Layva. Sequim picked up an insurance goal from Harris in the 67th minute with an assist to Gish.

Coach Dave Brasher said Sequim was missing three starters who were participating in science and knowledge fairs. It was also Sequim’s third game in four days.

“That was a group of tired boys,” he said.

He named Chris Morgan his player of the game for his defense.

On Thursday, Sequim scored a late goal to force a draw with Fife 2-2. Harris scored both of the Wolves’ goals, with assists from Byron Wright and Ryan Tolberd.

All of the goals were scored in the first half.

Brasher said the Wolves nearly pulled out a win several times in the second half as Michael McAleer and Minano each had near-misses on golden opportunities.

“We played really well,” said Brasher. “We just couldn’t get that winner.”

Sequim (1-0, 2-0-1), next plays at home at 6:45 p.m. Monday against North Mason (1-1, 1-1-1), in their fourth match in six days.

Kingston 4, Port Angeles 2

KINGSTON — Port Angeles got up 2-0 early against Kingston, but the Olympic League 2A Division defending champion Buccaneers responded with two quick goals at the end of the first half, then two more in the second half to win 4-2.

The Roughriders were up 2-0 just seven minutes into Friday’s game on goals by Andrew and Stuart Methner. Stuart’s goal was assisted by Andrew.

Andrew Methner’s goal came on a rebound after Andrew St. George headed a ball off the post.

Kingston’s Henry Golden had a hat trick and an assist in bringing the Buccaneers back from that early hole.

The Buccaneers capitalized on a few defensive lapses and mistakes by the Riders to get back into the game and take the eventually take the lead in the second half,” said coach Chris Saari. “Kingston … fought back well from their 2-0 early deficit. They won the Olympic league 2A title last year and went to the quarterfinals in State. They have good overall team skill, moved the ball well and finished strongly in the game.”

Saari named Stuart Methner his offensive player of the match and Hollund Bailey his defensive player. He named Andrew Methner his transition player of the game.

Port Angeles (0-1, 2-1) next plays at home at 6:45 p.m. Monday against Bremerton (1-1, 1-2).

Girls Softball

South Kitsap 10, Port Angeles 4

PORT ORCHARD — The Port Angeles girls got a pair of home runs from Jada Cargo-Acosta and Madlyn Roening, but couldn’t do much more damage than that in losing 10-4 to 4A South Kitsap.

Not only is South Kitsap a 4A school, the Wolves qualified for the 4A state tournament last year.

Coach Randy Steinman said errors didn’t help the Riders in Thursday’s loss.

“Port Angeles made some mistakes in the field that gave South Kitsap the extra opportunities it needed to win the game. Even with the mistakes, we had some bright spots that shows this team is heading in the right direction,” he said.

In addition to Roening and Cargo-Acosta’s home runs, Natalie Steinman went 2 for 3 with a walk and an RBI, while Hope O’Connor was 1-4 with a double and an RBI.

Port Angeles (0-0, 2-1) next plays at Bremerton (0-0, 0-2) in the Riders’ Olympic League 2A Division opener at 4:15 p.m. Wednesday.

South Kitsap 10, Port Angeles 4

PA 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 — 4 9 3

SK 1 4 0 0 0 5 x — 10 10 0

WP: LP:

Pitching

Port Angeles — Hall 2IP, 5R, 4H, 3K, 4BB; O’Connor 4IP, 5R, 5H, 2BB

Hitting

Port Angeles — Cargo-Acosta 2-3, HR, R, RBI; Roening 1-1, HR, R, RBI; Steinman 2-3, RBI, BB; O’Connor 1-4, 2B, RBI; Nevaril 1-1, BB; Lucah Folden 1-2; Robinson 1-3, BB, R.

Golf

Port Angeles 200, Bremerton 216

PORT ANGELES — Nate Drake shot a career-best 48 to help lead the Roughriders to an Olympic League win over Bremerton 200-216 at Peninsula Golf Club.

Cameron Fouts shot a 49, while Skyler Cobb carded a 51 and Mathew Locke 52. Derek Deunaway and Derek Sparks also shot solid rounds of 54 and 55.

The boys needed a good effort from top to bottom to overcome a 43 shot by Bremerton’s Bryce Kahle. However, he was the only Bremerton golfer under 50 as all six Roughrider golfers had better scores than Bremerton’s No. 3 golfer.

Port Angeles (1-1, 1-1) next plays at 3 p.m. Tuesday at Klahowya (1-1, 1-1). That is a league match in the combined 1A/2A for golf.

Sequim 153, North Mason 176

SEQUIM — Blake Wiker and Paul Jacobsen of Sequim each shot a 1-under-par 35 to help lead the Wolves to a low-scoring win over North Mason 153-176 at the Cedars at Dungeness.

Josiah Carter tied for third with a 39 and Liam Payne and Jarrett Allen each shot 44. Freshman Garrett Hoesel carded a 50.

Sequim (2-0, 2-0) lead the Olympic League. The Wolves next play at Chimacum (1-1, 1-2) at 3 p.m. Tuesday.

Girls

Golf Sequim 182, North Mason 233

SEQUIM — Sequim’s Sarah Shea led all golfers with a 38, helping to lead the Wolves to a 182-233 win over North Mason at the Cedars at Dungeness.

Samantha Smith shot a persona-best 42, while Angela Carrillo-Burge carded her personal-best at 47. Maddie Uranga finished up the team scoring with a 55. JoNell Hill had a 59 and Jessica German a 72.

Sequim (2-0, 2-0) next plays at Chimacum (0-2, 0-2) at 3 p.m. Tuesday.

Girls Tennis

North Kitsap 7, Port Angeles 0

POULSBO — The Port Angeles tennis girls weren’t able to break through for a win against North Kitsap, but had two doubles’ matches that were very close.

The doubles team of Jocelyn Reifenstahl and Camryn Mason went three long sets in a close loss to North Kitsap’s Tori Carver and Eunice Moran 6-4, 4-6, 4-6. Hanna Brown and Emily Rygaard also had a close loss to Rachael Greffell and Jessica Raper 5-7, 3-6.

Port Angeles (1-2, 1-2) next plays at home at 4 p.m. Tuesday against Klahowya (0-2, 0-2).

North Kitsap 7, Port Angeles 0

Match Report

Singles

No. 1: Danya Wallis (NK) def. Summer Olsen (PA) 6-0, 6-0.

No. 2: Hailey Horton vs. Grace Hansen (NK) def. Hailey Horton (PA) 6-2, 6-1.

No. 3: Emily Metzler vs. Anna Bronchal (NK) def. Emily Metzler (PA) 6-0, 6-0.

Doubles

No. 1: Amy Barreith/Noey Barrieth (NK) def. Saige Hefton/Casandra Shamp (PA) 6-2, 6-0.

No. 2: Tori Carver/Eunice Moran (NK) def. Jocelyn Reifenstahl/Camryn Mason (PA) 4-6, 6-4, 6-4.

No. 3: Paulina Crawford/Madison Saiz cs. Geneva Newell/Kkyra Palodino (NK) def. Paulina Crawford/Madison Saiz (PA) 3-6, 6-0 6-2.

No. 4: Rachael Greffell/Jessica Raper (NK) def. Hanna Brown/Emily Rygaard (PA) 7-5, 6-3.