SPORTS: Port Angeles 12U, 10U youth baseball teams lose at state tournaments

ELLENSBURG — Lynden bounced the North Olympic 12U All-Stars of Port Angeles out of the Cal Ripken Baseball state tournament Sunday.

Lynden beat Port Angeles, 4-1 in the tourney, 12-2 in the five-inning semifinal game.

North Olympic fell just one win from the championship game.

Lynden moves on to play host Ellensburg for the state title today at 1 p.m.

On Sunday, Port Angeles scored in the first to take a 1-0 lead but Lynden broke the game open with eight runs in the second inning.

Relief pitcher Bailey Early had three strikeouts in 1 2/3 innings while giving up just one run on one hit while Blake Mann fanned two in 1 1/3 innings, giving up three runs on two hits.

At the plate, Tyler Nickerson went 1-for-2 with an RBI while Seth Wahto was 1-for-2, scoring a run.

North Olympic had won four straight games at the tournament in pool play before the single-elimination bracket in the semifinals.

10U All-Stars out

MOSES LAKE — The North Olympic 10U All-Stars of Port Angeles were eliminated Sunday after losing 13-9 to Blaine at the Cal Ripken Baseball state championships.

Port Angeles finished 5-1 in the tournament.

Strong play

Overall, North Olympic had a great week after ending up with one of the best records in the tournament.

Port Angeles fell just one win short of the semifinals after losing in the single-elimination quarterfinals.

In Sunday’s first game, Port Angeles beat Ephrata 11-0.

Jaidon Sieble and Ryan Begley both had great pitching appearances on the mound.

The whole team was still on fire at the plate with a total of 16 hits in four innings

In Sunday’s second-game loss, Port Angeles still had great pitching by Joel Wood and Johnnie Young.

Although their bats seemed to be a little off by Port Angeles standards, North Olympic had a total of 12 hits in six innings.

Port Angeles players are holding their heads high after they 10-runned two of the four teams playing in the semifinals.

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