Co-op beats Swain’s and Forks
SEQUIM — Clallam Co-op won two games in one day against two different opponents in Olympic Junior Babe Ruth baseball action.
Co-op won its opener Saturday against Swain’s 6-2 and took the second game over Forks 11-5.
Co-op improves to 4-0 this season with the two wins.
Jonathon Serrano got the started the first game for Co-op and earned the win with help from the solid defense of his teammates.
Serrano led the Co-op offense as well, going 3 for 3 with a double, while Gavin Velarde went 2 for 2 with a triple and Ryan Clark added to the hit parade with a 2 for 3 performance.
In the second contest, Co-op started Velarde on the mound against Forks.
At the plate, Velarde went 3 for 4 with three runs, and Mikey Bettiga had a timely single with two RBIs and a run scored.
Julian Hernandez flashed the leather from the hot corner all day to stifle any chance for a Forks comeback.
Local 155 tops First Federal
PORT ANGELES — Local 155 beat First Federal of Port Angeles 6-3 in Olympic Junior Babe Ruth baseball play.
At the plate for Local in Saturday’s win, Tate Gahimer and Anthony Gregory swung hot bats with three hits and one run scored apiece. Gregory also drove in two runs.
Also for Local, Brady Shimko, Seth Schofield, Montgomery Bullock, Devin Batchelor and Derek Bowechop each had hits.
Schofield got the start on the mound and held First Federal hitless over three innings before giving way to Gahimer, who gave up two hits in three innings of work and earned the win.
Bowechop pitched the final inning for Local 155.
Dylan Dauguard started for First Federal and allowed two hits and one run.
At the plate for First Federal, Seth Mann, Hyden Woods and Brayen Johnson all had hits.
Lions bowl over Laurel Lanes
PORT ANGELES — The Lions defeated Laurel Lanes 10-0 in a four-inning mercy rule victory to improve to 6-0 in 12U Cal Ripken baseball play this season.
Mason Nickovich and Michael Soule combined Friday to limit Laurel to one hit, a single by Jon Aranda, while striking out six and pitching the third shutout of the season for Lions.
Naaman McGuffey, Daniel Cable and Elisha Howard each had a multiple-hit game to pace Lions’ offense.