PREP SPORTS ROUNDUP: Port Angeles swimmers splash past rival Sequim

By Pierre LaBossiere

Peninsula Daily News

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles swim girls won nine events and beat Sequim 134-49 to push their league record to 5-1.

Port Angeles will likely finish second in the Oympic League after this meet. Sequim is in third.

Port Angeles swimmers winning their events were:

• 200 medley relay — Kenzie Johnson, Nadia Cole, Felicia Che, and Erin Edwards, 1 minute, 58.79 seconds.

• 400 freestyle relay — Che, Edwards, Johnson, Cole, 4:03.79.

• Ashlee Seelye, 200 freestyle, 2:10.62; 100 freestyle, 1:00.35.

• Che, 200 individual medley, 2:23.22; 100 butterfly, 1:03.34

• Cassii Middlestead, 1-meter diving, 214.35 points.

• Sierra Hunter, 500 freestyle, 5:54.71

• Johnson, 100 backstroke, 1:03.84

• Cole, 100 breaststroke, 1:11.85

In total, Che came in first in two individual and two relay events, while Seelye was first in two individual events and Johnson and Cole each won two relays and an individual event.

For Sequim, Sonja Govertsen won the 50 freestyle with a time of 25.70.

The Wolves’ 200-meter freestyle relay team of Jasmine Itti, Syndey Swanson, Sydnee Linnane and Govertsen won with a time of 1:52.21.

Itti also got a second place in the 100 freestyle with a time of 1:01.94 and Govertsen a second in the 100 backstroke with a time of 1:06.32.

The Roughriders (5-1, 6-2) are at home at 3 p.m. Thursday against Kingston. This is the Riders’ final home meet of the year and 10 seniors will be recognized.

Sequim (4-2, 4-2) will finish its regular season by swimming against North Kitsap at 3 p.m. Thursday.

Girls Soccer Port Angeles 6, Bremerton 1

BREMERTON — The Port Angeles girls soccer team dominated Bremerton on the road 6-1 to maintain its position in third place in the Olympic League 2A Division, just a half-game out of first place.

Emilia Long scored a hat trick Thursday to give her 12 goals on the season in her freshman year.

“Millie has a nose for scoring, plus the speed and leg strength to put the ball in the back of the net. We’ve been working with all of our forwards to focus on the quality finish— and the team did that tonight,” said coach Scott Moseley.

Not to be outdone, sophomore Delaney Wenzl scored her eighth goal of the year late in the first half, taking a Lola DelGuzzi-Flores pass and finishing strong past the Bremerton goalie.

Midfielder Kyrsten McGuffey scored in the 43rd minute after some quick footwork freed her up in front of the goal.

“Kyrsten’s goal was another example of a solid finish after her individual effort to get in front of goal,” said Moseley.

The Riders’ defense was strong, holding Bremerton to only two shots on goal.

Moseley also praised the team’s offensive output this season, noting that their 48 goals are the most a Rider team has scored since 2000.

“Credit is due to the girls with assists tonight. Sierra Robinson [two assists], Emily Boyd, [DelGuzzi-Flores] and Cheyenne Wheeler serving up nice passes for their teammates makes it easier to score,” Moseley said.

Port Angeles (6-2, 8-4) faces a couple of tough challenges this week. They play first-place 7-2 Olympic on the road Tuesday then the Riders host rival Sequim at 6:45 p.m. Thursday. Port Angeles lost to Olympic 1-0 and beat Sequim 1-0 earlier this season in a game that could have gone either way.

Cross Country Forks girls win

TENINO — The Forks girls took five of the first six places in the Tenino Evergreen 1A Cross-Country meet, winning the meet by a wide margin.

The boys also had a solid meet, finishing second as a team and getting three runners in the top 15 spots.

Winning the girls’ race was Forks’ Enid Ensastegui with a time of 20:59.4. Her teammate Marissa Bailey finished second with a time of 21:16.1. Madelyn Archibald finished fourth with a time of 22:18.8, Karen Ensastegui fifth with a time of 22:49.2 and Madison Carlson sixth with a time of 23:15.

The girls had 18 team points, well ahead of second-place Rainier, which had 39. Montesano came in third with 78.

For the boys, Samuel Gomez had the best time for Forks, coming in third with a time of 18:16.9. Hugo Sandoval came in 12th with a time of 19:18.4 and Matthew Larson 15th with a time of 19:34.7.

Montesano won the boys race as a team with 29 points to Forks’ 48. Elma was a distant third at 77 points.

Forks at Evergreen 1A Cross Country Meet

Thursday, October 12

Boys

Team scores — Montesano, first, 29: Forks, second 48; Elma, third, 77; Rainier, fourth, 102; Onalaska, fifth, 115; Tenino, sixth, 163.

Samuel Gomez, third, 18:16.9; Hugo Sandoval, 12th, 19:18.4; Matthew Larson, 15th, 19:34.7; Miguel Ramirez, 22nd, 20:26.9; Wesley Camacho, 41st, 22:25.7; Brandon Lua, 43rd, 22:37.6; Willie Geronimo, 46th, 22:50.4; Ruben Tejano, 52nd, 23:40.8; Zach Johansen, 57th, 24:20.6; George Soha, 61st, 25:18.1.

Girls

Team scores — Forks, first, 18; Rainier, second, 39; Montesano 78.

Enid Ensastegui, first, 20:59.4; Marissa Bailey, third. 21:16.1; Madelyn Archibald, fourth, 22:18.8; Karen Ensastegui, fifth, 22:49.2; Madison Carlson, sixth, 23:15; Sylvia Torres, 11th, 24:11.8; Savannah Wegan, 21st, 26:17.2; Brynn Peterson, 23rd, 26:42.9 Forks; Chelsea Biciunas, 24th, 26:46.3; Sage Baar, 26th, 27:07.4; Macy Luong, 27th, 27:10.

Volleyball Sequim 3, North Mason 1

BELFAIR — The Sequim volleyball girls stayed alive for a postseason berth with a much-needed win 3-1 over North Mason.

Thursday’s win put the Wolves at 5-4 in the Olympic League 2A Division, in fourth place. The top four teams go to the league tournament.

The Wolves had to roar back from a slow start 23-25, 25-10, 25-21, 25-22.

Tayler Breckinridge led the Wolves with a whopping 22 kills. She also served 18 for 19 with three aces and had 12 digs.

Brittney Gale had 20 assists and six digs, while Kalli Wiker had 16 assists and Arlene Law 11 kills. Isabelle Dannis added 11 digs.

Coach Jennie Webber-Heilman said the match was a battle as the Wolves struggled with the North Mason serves and did not block the net well.

“But, in the end, our offense picked up the pace and with some great defense, we pulled out the win,” she said.

Webber-Heilman said that if Sequim is able to beat Port Angeles Thursday, the Wolves should qualify for the tournament in fourth place. They are a game-and-a-half ahead of 4-6 North Mason now.

The Wolves (5-4, 7-4) have a very busy week. They played at the Capitol City Invitational Saturday, then host first-place North Kitsap at 6:15 p.m. Tuesday.

Quilcene 3, Mt. Rainier Lutheran 1

QUILCENE — The Rangers maintained their perfect record and clinched a Sea-Tac 1B League championship, winning their 13th straight volleyball match in beating a good Mount Rainier Lutheran team 3-1 (25-20, 17-25, 25-17, 25-19).

Katie Love had a big match with 19 kills and 20 digs. Abbygael Weller had nine kills and 18 digs, while Emily Hitt had five kills, six blocks and eight digs. McKenzie Keiffer had five blocks and Allanah Carron had 21 assists and 12 digs.

The Rangers served outstandingly, with five girls — Hitt, Sydney Brown, Pearl Munn, Weller and Carron — serving 100 percent (74 for 74).

Mount Rainier Lutheran came into this match with a league record of 7-1.

Quilcene (10-0, 13-0), plays one last regular season match on the road Tuesday against Northwest Yeshiva. They get a six-day break until the beginning of the Sea-Tac 1B Tournament on Oct. 23.

Bremerton 3, Port Angeles 1

BREMERTON — The Roughrider volleyball team rallied in game two against a tough Bremerton team, but fell 3-1 (25-16, 23-25, 25-17, 25-15) to the Knights.

Aeverie Politika led the team with five kills while Devin Edwards have four kills. Natalie Steinman led the team with 15 assists and nine digs, while Brennan Gray had 20 digs.

Port Angeles (0-10, 0-12) plays at Olympic at 6:15 p.m. Tuesday.