PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles lost only three sets all match in its 6-1 win over North Mason in Olympic League boys tennis action.
The Roughriders won all three of the singles matches.
Nick Fritschler won the No. 1 singles match over Steven Settlemeyer 6-0, 2-6, 6-0.
Port Angeles took the other two singles matches in two sets, Micah Needham beat Donny Plankenhorn 6-2, 6-1, and Ben Basden defeated Justin Rock 6-3, 6-0.
Riders coach Brian Gundersen singled out Micah Needham as the player of the match.
“This was Micah’s first singles match ever and I thought he handled it really well,” Gunderson said following Monday’s match.
“He played with poise and looked really comfortable out there.”
The Bulldogs (0-3, 0-5) only win of the match came in the No. 1 doubles match, with Beau Eddy and Eric Villar topping Alex Brown and Jace Bohman 6-4, 6-0.
The Riders dominated the rest of doubles play.
Daniel Manwell and Hayden Kays-Erdmann defeated Nick Kisslar and Tyler Garland 6-1, 6-4; Tanner Gochnour and Janson Pederson defeated Jacob Urdahl and Avery Flowers 6-1, 6-2; Matt Hendry and Connor Heilman had a dominating 6-0, 6-0 win over Dustin Pone and Jarod Curtis.
Port Angeles (2-1, 5-1) plays at Kingston on Wednesday in the third of a stretch of five matches in five days. The Riders host Sequim (3-2, 4-3) Thursday and Chimacum/Port Townsend (0-3, 0-5) on Friday.
Volleyball
Life Christian 3, Chimacum 0
CHIMACUM — The Cowboys had a rough night against the Eagles’ power hitters, losing 25-10, 25-21, 25-7.
Chimacum did have three aces and 100 percent serving for the match.
Sisters Lauren and Audrey Thacker each had two blocks and five kills for the Cowboys.
Alyssa Hamilton added three kills, Kiersten Snyder and Olivia Baird had two kills apiece and Megan Dukek had 13 assists.
Chimacum hosts Charles Wright Academy on Wednesday.
Neah Bay 3, Clallam Bay 0
NEAH BAY — The Red Devils beat the Bruins 25-11, 25-6, 25-19.
“We had a strong serving night, led by senior co-captain Cierra Moss,” Neah Bay coach Rebekah Monette said.
Moss was 19 of 22 serving with seven aces and three kills.
Co-captain Faye Chartraw served 10/13 with six aces and three kills.
The Red Devils’ young players also stepped up and contributed to the win.
“We had strong play by freshmen Vonte Aguirre and Tristin Johnson,” Monette said following Thursday’s match.
Cross Country
Port Angeles at Sunfair Invite
YAKIMA — The Roughriders sent 10 boys and four girls to the Sunfair Invitational last weekend to compete on the hilly 3-mile course at Franklin Park.
“After all the rain, and rain, and rain of the last two weeks, it was like going to Miami Beach when [we] drove over the pass to compete in the Sunfair Invitational,” Port Angeles coach Pat Durr said.
“The weather was sunny and chilly in the morning, but warmed up nicely in the early afternoon.”
The invite featured 40 teams from four states and Canada.
The Roughriders had 10 boys competing in eight different races, while the girls had four runners competing in three different races. In the meet, all the No. 1 runners run with each other, as do the No. 2s and so on. There also were separate races for freshman and sophomores.
Ninth-grader Tristan Butler, the Riders’ No. 3 runner, had an impressive 12th-place finish in the 2-mile freshman race, coming in with a time of 11 minutes and 18 seconds. Cody Anderson took 24th with a 12:20 effort.
In the 3-mile race, Peter Butler, the Riders’ No. 1, ran a 16:24, while No. 2 Simon Shindler finished in 17:40.
No. 4 Evan Herbert came in with a time of 17:55, No. 5 Tony Dalgardno had a 19:17, No. 6 Jordan Johnson finished in 19:28, and the Riders’ No. 7 runner, sophomore Hunter Dempsey, finished the race with a 19:34 time.
For the girls, Elisabeth Teichmann and Svea Bastin ran the 2-mile course in 17:36 and 18:17, respectively, in their first cross country race.
Senior Elizabeth Stevenson, Port Angeles’ No. 2, finished in 19:59, and sophomore No. 1 Willow Suess finished in 20:27.
The Riders next compete in a three-way meet with Klahowya and North Kitsap at Klahowya on Wednesday.
