SEQUIM — It would be hard to find two teams as equal as the Sequim and Port Angeles girls tennis teams.
Their Olympic League match Monday wasn’t decided until the final match with the Wolves coming out on top 4-3.
“Many of the matches were very competitive, and it came down to the last match,” Port Angeles coach Brian Gundersen said.
“It seems that every match against Sequim is going to come down to the wire, and [Monday] was no different.”
The two teams had a doubleheader with the second match a nonleague affair.
Even though both teams moved players around, the Wolves won again, by the same 4-3 score thanks to a sweep in singles with wins by Stacy Hanson, Katrina Chan and Hannah Gauthun, and a victory at No. 4 doubles by Calli Norman and Heidi Stallman.
Sequim took a different route in the league match, winning two of three singles matches and splitting the four doubles matches to win by one.
The Wolves improve to 6-1 in league and 9-2 overall with the victories.
In the league match, the Wolves captured No. 2 and No. 3 singles to get a leg up after the Roughriders took the No. 1 singles match.
The Riders’ Caylie Cook beat Anna Prorok 6-3, 6-2 at No. 1 but Sequim quickly took the advantage when Hillary Smith beat Kyrie Reyes 6-3, 6-2 at No. 2 and Hannah Gauthun defeated Callie Peet 6-4, 7-6 (7-4) at No. 3 in one of the most contested matches of the day.
Gauthun had an easier time in the nonleague match, beating Peet 6-2, 6-4 when the two matched up again at No. 3.
The powerhouse team of Stacy Hanson and Katrina Chan kept the Wolves in the advantage by beating Shayla Bohman and Danielle Rutherford 6-2, 6-3 at No. 1 doubles.
The Riders stayed in the match by claiming the No. 2 and No. 3 doubles matches.
Chelsea Drake and Jordy Fickas beat Melanie Guan and Tenisha Powless 6-3, 6-4 at No. 2 and Kelsey Coffman and Lissy Moriarty defeated Jessica Defilippo and Elizabeth Shore 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 in another highly competitive match.
One of the key matches of the day, though, was at No. 4 doubles where Sequim’s Heidi Stallman and Calli Norman beat Erin McKenna and Krissy Marvelle 6-2, 6-2.
The Riders did win the majority of the nonleague doubles matches as Rutherford and Bohman won at No. 1 on a default, Fickas and Drake won at No. 2 and Moriarty and Coffman won at No. 3.
The Riders next host Kingston and the Wolves host North Mason today in makeup league action, weather permitting.
Baseball
Port Angeles 4, North Mason 0
PORT ANGELES — Junior Wesley Giddings threw a seven-inning no-hitter Monday to help the Roughriders keep pace in the Olympic League standings.
The Riders claimed their fifth win in a row and improved to 9-4 in league, a game behind rival Sequim (10-3) and a half-game behind North Kitsap (9-3) for third place with the season winding down.
Giddings (3-1) threw a stellar game despite not even having his best stuff for the Bulldogs.
He struck out seven while giving up no hits and no runs.
Giddings, however, had control problems at times, walking five. He had given up just four walks the whole season before Monday’s game.
“Wesley threw strikes when he needed them,” Port Angeles coach Bob Withrow said.
“He was pretty effective even though he didn’t have his best stuff. He was competitive and he stayed around the plate.”
When he did throw balls, Giddings threw them in bunches.
“I would go out to the mound, settle him down, and he would be fine,” Withrow said.
“He didn’t try to strike everybody out. He let his defense work behind him. And the defense had a great day.”
Giddings has the second lowest ERA on the team, just behind big 6-foot-8 Easton Napiontek.
The Riders scored two runs in the third and two in the sixth for all they would need.
Napiontek had the best day at the plate, going 2 for 3 with a double and RBI.
Neither team had an error in the game.
Port Angeles 4, North Mason 0
North Mason 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 0
Port Angeles 0 0 2 0 0 2 x — 4 5 0
WP- Giddings (3-1); LP- McKean
Pitching Statistics
North Mason: McKean 6 IP, 4 ER, 5 H, 5 K, 3 BB.
Port Angeles: Giddings 7 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 7 K, 5 BB.
Hitting Statistics
Port Angeles: Napiontek 2-3, 2B, RBI; Gouge 1-2, R; DeFrang 1-2, 2B, BB.
Sequim 8,
Port Townsend 2
PORT TOWNSEND — The Wolves scored four runs on five hits in the first inning and never looked back to stay on top of the Olympic League standings by a half-game with the Monday win.
Sequim improved to 10-3 in league and 11-6 overall while North Kitsap, which had a bye Monday, is a half-game behind at 9-3.
Kyler Johnston picked up the win on the mound by giving up just three hits and no earned runs in five innings.
Nick Johnston and Jake Hudson pitched one inning each with Nick Johnston giving up just a run in the sixth inning.
The three pitchers combined for six strikeouts with Kyler Johnston earning four.
The Redskins had a few players in scoring position but couldn’t get them home early.
With two outs in the bottom of the third, Kyle Kelly hit a ground-rule double but couldn’t get home.
Kelly had an RBI-double in the fifth for Port Townsend’s first run.
Karsten Wake had the big bat for the Wolves, going 3 for 4 with a double, four RBIs and a run scored while Hudson had two RBIs on 1 for 2 hitting.
Brett Wright went 2 for 3, scoring two runs and stealing two bases.
Kelly went 2 for 3 for Port Townsend with two doubles and a stolen base.
Sequim 8, Port Townsend 2
Sequim 4 1 0 0 0 0 3 — 8 9 4
Port Townsend 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 — 2 6 1
WP- K. Johnston; LP- Russell
Pitching Statistics
Sequim: K. Johnston 5 IP, 1 R, 0 ER, 3 H, 1 BB, 4 K; N. Johnston 1 IP, 1 R, 0 ER, 2 H, 0 B, 1 K; Hudson 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 BB, 1 K.
Port Townsend: Russell 6 IP, 5 ER, 7 H, 1 BB, 3 K; Courtney 0 IP, 2 BB, 2 H, 3 R; Goodrich 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 BB, 3 K.
Hitting Statistics
Sequim: Wake 3-4, 2B, 4 RBIs, R; Wright 2-3, 2 R, 2 SB; Hudson 1-2, 2 RBIs, BB, HBP.
Port Townsend: Kelly 2-3, 2 2B, BB, SB; Russell 1-3, RBI; Cain 1-3, R.
Chimacum 6, Vashon Island 1
VASHON — The Cowboys remained undefeated on the year at 11-0 behind the eight-hit, one unearned-run pitching performance by Egan Cornachione in Nisqually League action Monday.
Chimacum was ahead 6-0 before allowing the one run in the bottom of the sixth inning.
Austin McConnell went 2 for 2 at the plate with two RBIs and three runs scored.
Chimacum 6, Vashon Island 1
Chimacum 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 — 6 13 2
Vashon 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 — 1 8 0
WP- Cornachione; LP- Berneisel
Pitching Statistics
Chimacum: Cornachione 6 IP, 0 ER, 8 H, 2 K, 2 BB; Nordberg 2 IP.
Vashon: Berneisel 6 IP.
Hitting Statistics
Chimacum: McConnell 2-2, 3 R, 2 RBIs; Cray 2-5, RBI, R; Dukek 2-4, 2 RBIs; Tjemslund 3-4; Cornachione 2-4.
Vashon: Lacina 2-3.
Softball
Port Angeles 11, North Mason 1
PORT ANGELES — The Roughriders blasted the Bulldogs with home runs from Hanna Wahto, Mariah Frazier and Meleny Fors in Olympic League action.
The Riders remained in first place after improving to 10-1 in league.
Port Angeles’ offense really took off in the third inning when seven runs crossed the plate, turning a 1-1 tie into an 8-1 advantage.
The Riders added another run in the fourth inning, and closed out the scoring with two more in the fifth.
Frazier had the most potent bat, going 2 for 3 with a double to go along with her homer. She also scored three runs and brought in two more.
Pitcher Lauren Curtis (6-0) limited the Bulldogs to three hits and one unearned run in five innings, striking out three.
Port Angeles 11, North Mason 1
North Mason 1 0 0 0 0 — 1 3 3
Port Angeles 1 0 7 1 2 — 11 8 3
WP- Curtis (6-0)
Pitching Statistics
Port Angeles: Curtis 5 IP, 1 R, 0 ER, 3 H, 3 K, 0 BB.
Hitting Statistics
Port Angeles: Frazier 2-3, HR, 2B, 2 RBIs, 3 R; Holcomb 2-4, 1 R; Wahto HR; Fors HR.
Sequim 25,
Port Townsend 3
PORT TOWNSEND — Sequim took advantage of eight errors and 20 base-on-balls to score 25 runs in its victory over Port Townsend on Monday.
The Wolves (9-1) jumped on Port Townsend early, scoring 14 runs in the top of the first inning.
They didn’t let up after that, adding two runs in both the second and third innings, three in the fourth and four in the fifth inning.
Demiree Briones batted a deceptive 2 for 5, reaching base on error three times and walking once, and scoring six runs with five RBIs.
Kinzie Winfield contributed five RBIs, and Alexas Besand brought in three more.
Rylleigh Zbaraschuk and Bailey Rhodefer each scored three runs for Sequim.
Makayla Bentz earned the win, pitching two hitless innings and striking out four batters.
Melissa Lewis pitched the final three innings for the Wolves, striking out two and allowing six hits.
Sequim 25, Port Townsend 3
Sequim 14 2 2 3 4 — 25 9 2
Port Townsend 0 0 2 0 1 — 3 6 8
WP- Bentz; LP- Poliizzi
Pitching Statistics
Sequim: Bentz 2 IP, 4 K, 0 H, 0 ER; Lewis 3 IP, 2 K, 6 H, 3 R, 2 ER.
Port Townsend: Poliizzi 2/3 IP, 1 H, 14 R, 7 ER, 12 BB; Lee 4 1/3 IP, 2 K, 8 H, 11 R, 2 ER, 8 BB.
Hitting Statistics
Sequim: Briones 2-5, 6 R, 5 RBIs; Winfield 1-2, 5 RBIs, 2 R, 4 BB; Rhodefer 1-1, 3 R, 2 BB.
Port Townsend: Lee 2-3, 3B, RBI; Poliizzi 1-3, 2B, RBI; Rutenbeck 1-2, RBI, 1 R.
Boys Golf
Sequim 420,
North Mason 452
SEQUIM — The Wolves stayed perfect on the season by defeating the visiting Bulldogs at The Cedars at Dungeness Golf Course on Monday.
Ryan O’Mera remained perfect on the year and had the best round of the match for the Wolves, shooting 38 on the front nine and 34 on the back for an even-par score of 72.
North Mason’s Andy Renne was the second medalist with an 81, and Sequim’s Casey Torres the third medalist with a round of 85.
The Wolves (6-0) also got good performances from Anthony Pinza with an 86, and Brendon Hudson, who shot his handicap, 87.
Girls Golf
Sequim wins
three-way meet
KINGSTON — Sequim improved its season record to 7-1 by taking a non-league match Tuesday against North Kitsap and Kingston.
The Wolves scored 271, followed by North Kitsap 282 and Kingston 302.
Hailey Estes topped the Wolves by shooting a 49 on the front nine at White Horse Golf Club.
Maddy Fisher and Brianna Kettel had season-best individual scores of 53 and 54, respectively.
Sequim remains 5-0 in Olympic League play with three league matches left.
Judo
Port Angeles wins three-way meet
PORT ANGELES — Takara Andrus and Luke Johnson won all of their matches for the Roughriders, leading Port Angeles to hard-fought victories over Kentlake (57-10) and Kentwood (40-20) on Saturday in Puget Sound Judo League competition.
Also competing for Port Angeles was Meg Bolton, Elspeth Charno, Gavin Crain, Mustang Riggins and Derek Smith.
Boys Soccer
Hoquiam 2, Forks 0
HOQUIAM — Despite being shut out, Forks coach Brian Bowers was upbeat following his team’s loss to powerhouse Hoquiam in SWL-Evergreen Division action.
“We played pretty well, considering Hoquiam is the No. 2 team in the league,” Bowers said.
He singled out the defense, complimenting the efforts of Chito Uzeuca, Jeffery Treichel, Adam Ovenland and goalkeeper Josh Rice, who recorded 14 saves.
The Grizzlies broke through the praiseworthy Spartans’ defense to score goals in the 30th and 60th minutes.