TACOMA — Bailey Rhodefer had a perfect day at the plate to help Sequim claim the West Central District’s fifth seed at this weekend’s 2A state softball tournament in Selah.
The Wolves will open the tournament against the hometown Selah Vikings on Friday at 10 a.m.
Port Angeles, meanwhile, split a pair of games to finish third at the district tournament at Sprinker Fields, and will open the state tournament against Granite Falls on Friday at noon.
Sequim advanced to state by beating Kingston 10-3 and Olympic 11-0 in six innings.
Rhodefer was 9 for 9 at the plate in the day’s two games. The senior catcher scored seven runs, had three RBI, two triples and stole two bases.
Against the Buccaneers (14-7), Alexas Besand and MaryLu Clift drove in three runs each to help the Wolves clinch a spot at state.
Makayla Bentz earned the win by striking out five and scattering seven hits over seven innings.
In the second game of the day, Rylleigh Zbaraschuk ended Sequim’s fourth blowout win over Olympic in less than a month with a grand slam in the sixth inning that put the 10-run rule into effect.
Besand and Melissa Lewis also belted homers for the Wolves.
Lewis went the distance on the mound, fanning four and holding the Trojans to four singles.
Monday’s 11-0 win was the smallest margin of any of Sequim’s four wins over Olympic (13-13) this season. Overall, the Wolves have outscored the Trojans 69-3.
The Olympic League foes could meet again in the state tournament, as both are in the same bracket.
Sequim (21-2) took an unlikely route to the state tournament after opening districts with a shocking 6-4 loss to Sumner, forcing the Wolves to work their way to through the losers bracket.
The game began Friday afternoon, and concluded Saturday morning after rain suspended play. Soon after the game, the tournament remainder of the district tournament was postponed until Monday.
It was only the Wolves second loss of the season, along with an 8-7 setback to Anacortes in late March.
Sequim 10, Kingston 3
Kingston 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 — 3 7 3
Sequim 1 3 3 0 2 1 x — 10 14 3
WP- Makayla Bentz; LP- Hilse
Pitching Statistics
Kingston: Hilse 6IP, 14H, 10R, 7BB, 6K.
Sequim: Bentz 7IP, 7H, 2ER, 5BB, 5K.
Hitting Statistics
Kingston: Garcia 2-3, 2B, R; Mullin 1-4, 2RBI; Hilse 1-3, 3B, 2R.
Sequim: Rhodefer 5-5, 3B, 5R, 2RBI; Besand 1-2, 3RBI, 3BB; Clift 1-3, 3RBI; Grubb 2-5, R, RBI; Lott 2-4, RBI; Zbaraschuk 1-3, R, 2BB, SB.
Sequim 11, Olympic 0 (6 innings)
Olympic 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 4 0
Sequim 1 2 2 0 1 5 — 11 12 2
WP- Lewis; LP- Villalobos
Pitching Statistics
Olympic: Villalobos 5IP, 12H, 10ER, 3BB, K.
Sequim: Lewis 6IP, 4H, 0R, BB, 4K.
Hitting Statistics
Olympic: Friedrich 1-2; Warner 1-3; Bigelow 1-3; Prouse 1-2.
Sequim: Rhodefer 4-4, 3B, 2R, RBI, 2SB; Besand 3-3, 2B, HR, 2R, RBI, 2SB; Zbaraschuk 1-3, HR, 2R, 4RBI, SB; Lewis 1-2, HR, R, RBI.
Sumner 6, Sequim 4 (Friday-Saturday)
Sumner 0 2 0 0 3 0 1 — 6 6 2
Sequim 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 — 4 8 1
WP- Simms; LP- Makayla Bentz
Pitching Statistics
Sumner: Eidal 3IP, 7H, 4R; Simms 4IP, H, 0R, 3BB, 4K.
Sequim: Bentz 7IP, 6H, 6R, 8BB, 10K.
Hitting Statistics
Sumner: Eidal 2-2, R, RBI; Haines 0-3, 3RBI.
Sequim: Besand 1-3, HR, 2RBI; Zbaraschuk 2-4, 2B, R, 2RBI, SB; Grubb 2-3, 2R.
Roughriders third at district tourney
TACOMA — Port Angeles (20-4) fell to White River 3-0 in the semifinals, and then pounded Sumner 10-2 in the third-place game.
The Riders played White River tough, but struggled to solve Hornets pitcher Kayla Smith.
“Smith kept our hitters guessing with her rise ball, curve ball and change up,” Port Angeles coach Randy Steinman said.
Smith fanned 11 batters and only allowed four hits.
Maddy Hinrichs (2 for 3) was the only Port Angeles player to record multiple hits against Smith.
White River won the district championship by streaking through the district tournament without allowing a run.
Pitcher Sarah Steinman had a solid on the mound for Port Angeles, striking out three and allowing six hits in six innings.
In the second game, the Riders bats produced 10 hits, including two hits apiece from Raelyn Lucas, Carly Gouge and Sarah Steinman. Lucas and Steinman both doubled and drove in a run
Ashlee Reid contributed a triple and brought in two runs.
Cara Cristion also had two RBI, and earned the win by striking out two and holding the Spartans to five hits over seven innings on the mound.
“[We] played great from start to finish,” Steinman said.
“Everyone contributed with hits, pitching and defense. An all around team effort.”
White River 3, Port Angeles 0
Port Angeles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 4 1
White River 2 0 1 0 0 0 x — 3 6 1
WP- Smith; LP- Steinman
Pitching Statistics
Port Angeles: Steinman 6IP, 6H, 3K.
White River: Smith 7IP, 4H, 11K.
Hitting Statistics
Port Angeles: Hinrichs 2-3; R. Lucas 1-3; Politika 1-3.
Port Angeles 10, Sumner 2
Port Angeles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 0
Sumner 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 0
WP- Cristion; LP- Simms
Pitching Statistics
Port Angeles: Cristion 7IP, 5H, 2K.
Sumner: Simms 7IP, 10H, 4K.
Hitting Statistics
Port Angeles: R. Lucas 2-4, 2B, RBI; Gouge 2-4, RBI; Steinman 2-4, 2B, RBI; Reid 1-4, 3B, 2RBI; Cristion 1-3, 2RBI; D. Lucas 1-3; Kuch 1-1, 2B.
Quilcene 5,
Wishkah Valley 4
ABERDEEN — The Rangers won their final game before the 1B state tournament this weekend by beating the Loggers, another state tournament team.
Quilcene (16-4) opens state against Almira Coulee Hartline on Friday at 1 p.m. in Yakima.
The Rangers built a 5-0 lead, but had to survive a pair of rallies by Wishkah Valley to earn the victory.
The Loggers plated four runs in the fourth and then had the tying run on third base and the winning run on second with one out in the seventh inning.
But, Quilcene ace Sammy Rae struck out the next batter to take a sacrifice hit out of play, and then the Rangers finished the Loggers off.
“She knows how to pitch when it counts,” Quilcene coach Mark Thompson said of Rae, who struck out 16 batters.
At the plate, Rae went 2 for 3 with a pair of doubles and three RBI. Katy Bailey, Audrey Mason and Emily Ward had the Rangers’ other hits.
Wishkah Valley pitcher Teagan Louthan lost her second game of the season to Quilcene, but did strike out 11 and hold the Rangers to five hits.
“Overall, we played well,” Thompson said.
“We got a little comfortable with a 5-0 lead, but it was probably a good lesson for us. It’s nice to have these lessons and still win.”
Quilcene 5, Wishkah Valley 4
Quilcene 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 — 5 5 2
Wishkah Valley 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 — 4 5 1
WP- Rae; LP- Louthan
Pitching Statistics
Quilcene: Rae 7IP, 16K, 3BB, 5H.
Wishkah Valley: Louthan 7IP, 11K, 5H.
Hitting Statistics
Quilcene: Rae 2-3, 2 2B, R, 3RBI; Bailey 1-1, 2BB, RBI; Mason 1-3, R; Ward 1-4, R.
Girls Tennis
Port Angeles
at districts
BREMERTON — Roughriders singles player Kyrie Reyes came within one win of advancing to the 2A state championships by going 2-2 at the West Central District championship at Bremerton Tennis Club.
Reyes opened the tournament with a 6-4, 6-4 loss to Olympic’s Melina Johnson.
Reyes came back in the second round to defeat Renton’s Kimberly Hoang 6-4, 7-6.
Reyes then lost to Nicole Westendorp of Kingston 4-6, 1-6, before beating Franklin Pierce’s Mattie Wilsie in the state runner-up match 6-3, 6-4.
The top-six district placers move on to state. Reyes finished seventh.
Port Angeles’ other player at the district tournament, Callie Peet, lost both of her matches, but forced a super tiebreaker with Westendorp before being eliminated.
“Both girls worked hard this year to get to districts, and brought a positive end to the Port Angeles girls tennis season,” Riders coach Stephanie Gochnour said.