PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles boy soccer team pulled off a monumental upset with a 2-1 win over Kingston at Civic Field.
It was Port Angeles’ first win over the Buccaneers in school history, and it moved the Roughriders one win away from securing third place in Olympic League 2A while knocking Kingston out of first.
Saturday’s win on senior recognition day puts Port Angeles (7-4, 22 points) four points ahead of rival Sequim (6-4, 18 points) for third place.
The Riders opened the scoring in the 19th minute when senior Miki Andrus netted an unassisted goal.
Kingston tied it up in the 36th minute to send the match into halftime tied 1-1.
It would remain tied for nearly 30 minutes.
In the 65th minute, Kingston’s goalkeeper left the box to clear a ball and was caught out of his net.
The ball was cleared to the midfield, Port Angeles’ Grayson Peet took control and hit a perfectly placed long-range pass into the empty net for the game-winning goal.
The Riders then were able to withstand late pressure by the Buccaneers to hold on for the win after four solid minutes of stoppage time.
“Freshman keeper Keenan Leslie made several big saves down the stretch,” Port Angeles coach Chris Saari said.
Saari also said that Saturday was the Riders’ best overall passing game of the season, and that they controlled the possession for most of the match.
The win is the Riders’ 10th of the season overall and gives them a 7-1 home record this season. Their only loss at home was to North Kitsap in a penalty kick shootout after two sudden death overtime periods.
Port Angeles earned league points this season against North Kitsap, Kingston and Sequim — three of the top teams in Olympic League 2A.
The Riders can lock down third place with a win at North Mason (0-9, one point) on Wednesday, or with a loss by Sequim at Bremerton (4-7, 10 points) today or at home against Olympic (1-8, four points) on Wednesday.
The league’s fourth-place finisher opens the District 2/3 tournament Tuesday, May 12, while the third-place team earns a first-round bye and doesn’t play until two days later.
Kingston (8-2, 24 points) can regain still win the league title if it defeats North Mason today and then current league-leader North Kitsap (9-1, 26 points) on Wednesday.
Saari selected Andrus as Port Angeles’ offensive player of the match. Peet and Angel Rivero shared the transition players of the match, and Leslie, Preston Tucker and Vincent Ioffrida were the top defensive players.
Kingston won Saturday’s JV match 1-0.
Track and Field
Sequim boys sixth at Shelton Invite
SHELTON — Jackson Oliver won the high jump and Oscar Herrera had two top-four finishes as the Wolves tied North Kitsap and Bremerton for sixth at the 55th Shelton Invitational.
Sequim, North Kitsap and Bremerton each tallied 31 points to place sixth at the 62-school meet Saturday.
Oliver, who has the top high jump mark in Class 2A so far this season, won the event with a height of 6 feet, 4 inches.
Herrera placed second in the 110-meter hurdles and fourth in the 300 hurdles.
Joshua Cibene recorded a 13-06 in the pole vault to take second for the Wolves.
Three other North Olympic Peninsula boys teams and three area girls teams also competed at the meet.
Led by Ryan Clarke’s third-place finish in the 3,200-meter run, the Port Townsend boys placed 19th with 12 points.
Jeff Seton placed eighth in the javelin for the Redhawks.
Port Townsend also had a pair of scoring finishes in the boys relays.
The 4×100-meter relay team (Koby Weidner, Isaiah Mason, Mark Streett and Cameron Constantine) finished eighth, and the 4×400 (Streett, Brennan LaBrie, Weidner and Constantine) placed fifth.
The Crescent boys took 35th with two points thanks to the seventh-place finish in the 800 by freshman Paul Frantz, the Loggers’ only competitor at the invite.
The Neah Bay boys didn’t record any points, but Elisha Winck placed 10th in the triple jump for the Red Devils.
Neah Bay had the Peninsula’s best showing among the girls teams.
Faye Chartraw placed fifth in the girls shot put to earn the Red Devils’ four points. Her mark of 35-10 is a personal best and ranks first in Class 1B this year.
Port Angeles freshman Gracie Long took sixth in the 3,200 to earn three points for the Roughriders, which tied them for 31st.
The Clallam Bay girls competed in the 4×400 relay. Marissa May, Inga Erickson, Kendra Anderson and Molly McCoy placed 14th in the event.
Pegram, Larson lead Forks at BCS Invite
BELLEVUE — Distance runners Austin Pegram and Kari Larson each had three top-three finishes for Forks at the BCS Invite at Interlake High School.
The Forks boys took 11th and the girls were 13th at the 20-school meet Saturday.
Pegram placed second in the 800-meter run, third in the 1,600 and third in the 3,200.
Freshman Cole Baysinger had three more top-10 showings for the Spartans, taking sixth in the high jump, 10th in the triple jump and 10th in the shot put.
For the Forks girls, Larson finished third in the 800, the 1,600 and the 3,200.
Azalea Ramos had another top-10 showing for the Spartans, placing 10th in the 100-meter hurdles.
