TACOMA — Five Port Angeles boys and girls tennis players are still fighting for state berths after three rounds of Class 2A West Central District action at Sprinker Recreation Center on Tuesday.
The district finals are set for Saturday at Sprinker Recreation Center.
The teams of Alexis Corn and Laney Boyd, Hayden McCartney and A.J. Konopaski, as well as singles player Micah Roos, all went 2-1 on Tuesday.
“I was particularly curious to see how the guys would respond since they haven’t been in action since October, and I couldn’t have been happier with the quality of their play,” Port Angeles coach Brian Gundersen said.
Roos came into the tournament as the sixth overall seed in the singles bracket and breezed in his opening match, 6-0, 6-0.
He then ran into Drew Dawson of Franklin Pearce and despite taking the early lead, lost 6-4, 6-2.
Roos finished his day defeating Sequim’s Waylon Lamb 6-0, 6-2.
The Rider duo of Konopaski and McCartney also started with a fairly convincing win, defeating Nguyen-Leng of Evergreen 6-1, 6-1.
Their next match was the match of the day, losing in three sets to the top seed from the Seamount League, 6-7, 6-3, 3-6.
They finished their day with a gritty win against another team from Evergreen, 6-4, 7-6.
Corn and Boyd came into the day with a first-round bye, due to their top-four finish at the sub-district tournament last week.
Their first match was a re-match against Olympic League rival Kingston with the Riders coming up short 4-6, 3-6.
Corn and Boyd rebounded to win their final match of the day vs. Huang-Kit of Evergreen, 6-4, 6-4.
The Riders will continue the tournament on Saturday with state berths on the line.
Tuesday’s complete results are below:
Micah Roos
First round — defeated Erik Swartout (Eatonville), 6-0, 6-0
Second round — lost to Drew Dawson (Franklin Pearce), 4-6, 3-6
Third round — defeated Waylon Lamb (Sequim), 6-0, 6-2
Saturday — plays Sameer Vohra of Evergreen
A.J. Konopaski-Hayden McCartney
First round — defeated Nguyen-Leng (Evergreen), 6-1, 6-1
Second round — lost to Villanueva-Bayna (Lindbergh), 6-7, 6-3, 3-6
Third round — defeated Nocom-Quach (Evergreen), 6-4, 7-6
Saturday — plays Pham-Gim of Interlake
Alexis Corn-Laney Boyd
First round — bye (due to top-four finish at sub-districts)
Second round — lost to Wicklein-Daniels (Kingston), 4-6, 3-6
Third round — defeated Huang-Kit (Evergreen), 6-4, 6-4
Lacrosse
North Kitsap 7, Olympic Mountain. 5
POULSBO — The Mountaineers saw their season come to an end in Thursday’s pigtail playoff for the Olympic Conference’s third and final spot in the state tournament.
Nick Stevens scored three goals and collected 10 ground balls as North Kitsap claimed sole possession of third place and a first round playoff matchup with Skagit Valley.
Jacob Dostie netted two goals and grabbed 7 ground balls for the Mountaineers and teammate Keegan Gallagher scored a goal and grabbed 9 ground balls.
Julian Walls had 19 saves in goal.
The Mountaineers finished 4-11-0.
Boys Golf
PT qualifies four for 1A state
BREMERTON — Throw out one hole, and Port Townsend’s Cody Piper may have been the best golfer at Gold Mountain Golf Course on Tuesday afternoon.
The Redskins sophomore rebounded from a triple bogey on the ninth hole to shoot a 3-over par 74 at the Class 1A tri-district tournament.
Piper finished just one shot off the lead despite the hiccup, easily qualifying among the top 32 golfers to move on to the 1A state tournament next Tuesday and Wednesday at The Home Course in DuPont.
“It’s good to see he got his confidence back,” Port Townsend coach Gabriel Tonan said.
Piper was one of three Redskin boys to qualify for state, with teammates Sean Anderson and Gabe Hensley also punching state tickets.
Hensley shot an 80 to finish well ahead of the cut line, while Hensley was right on it at 90.
Also qualifying for the girls was Jennifer Grauberger, who finished tied for fourth after shooting an 84.
Chimacum’s Mason Moug qualified for next week’s 1A state tourney as well. His official score was not reported.
Softball
North Mason 10,
Chimacum 0
BELFAIR — The Cowboys’ nonleague playoff tune-up didn’t go quite as planned Tuesday afternoon.
Class 2A North Mason scored nine runs in the first three innings on its way to a five-inning, mercy-rule victory over Chimacum.
The Cowboys (8-2 in league, 13-4 overall) enter this weekend’s 1A tri-district tournament in Sedro-Woolley as the Nisqually League’s second seed.
They will take on Emerald City League No. 2 Bellevue Christian in first-round action at noon on Saturday.
The double-elimination bracket will begin and end that day, weather permitting, with four of eight teams going on to the 1A state tournament.
North Mason 10, Chimacum 0
Chimacum 0 0 0 0 0 X X — 0 1 3
North Mason 5 1 3 0 1 X X — 10 8 1
WP- Stromberg; LP- Cadero (5-1)
Pitching Statistics
Chimacum: Cadero 3IP, 9ER, 7H, 2BB; Nelson 1.1IP, H, R, 0ER, K.
North Mason: Stromberg 5IP, K, 0R.
Hitting Statistics
Chimacum: Savidge 1-2.