Forks’ Miley Blanton (center) controls the ball between Ilwaco players Sharon Merino Orozco (6) and Jacquelyn Hernandez (10). Forks defeated the Fisherman 4-0 at Spartan Stadium with Blanton scoring a hat trick. (Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News)

Forks’ Miley Blanton (center) controls the ball between Ilwaco players Sharon Merino Orozco (6) and Jacquelyn Hernandez (10). Forks defeated the Fisherman 4-0 at Spartan Stadium with Blanton scoring a hat trick. (Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News)

PREP ROUNDUP: Forks soccer breaks through for first win

Miley Blanton scores a hat trick

FORKS — The Forks girls soccer team got a hat trick from Miley Blanton in winning its first game of the year 4-0 over Ilwaco.

Kinley Rondeau also had her first-ever varsity goal, with an assist from Blanton.

Coach Ismael Ramos said the Spartans have been improving all season and that it finally paid off with a victory. The team is 1-5, but had its closest game of the year last week, a 6-4 loss to Winlock.

“We’ve been picking away at it every game. It’s exciting to see,” Ramos said.

He said freshman goalkeeper Pearl Salazar had her best game of the year in earning the shutout victory.

“That was her best game yet. She is becoming more confident. It’s really cool to watch her grow,” Ramos said.

Ramos also said the Spartans’ defense was stellar, led by Lillianna Galeana and Katelynn Wallerstedt.

The Spartans (1-1-0 in Pacific 2B League play) look to keep up the momentum with a game today at Toutle Lake (0-2-0, 1-8-0).

Boys tennis Port Angeles 6, Olympic 1

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles tennis team defeated Olympic by a score of 6-1, improving to 9-1 on the season.

The Roughriders swept all four doubles matches in straight sets and won two out of three singles matches. Olympic’s lone win came from the Trojans’ undefeated No. 1 singles player, Jonah Pantig, over Port Angeles’ No. 1, Tate Alton.

Port Angeles travels to North Kitsap today for a rematch with the 6-0 Vikings.

Port Angeles 6, Olympic 1

Singles

No. 1 — Jonah Pantig (Oly.) def. Tate Alton (PA) 6-0, 6-2.

No. 2 — Sky Gelder (PA) def. Levi Caldwell (Oly.) 6-1, 6-3.

No. 3 — Garret Buerer (PA) def. Zach Mercer (Oly.) 6-0, 6-1.

Doubles

No. 1 — Luke Flodstrom/Nathan Basden (PA) def. Drew Walters/Colby Andrew (Oly.) 6-0, 6-1.

No. 2 — Keatyn Hoch/Austin Worthington (PA) def. Cam Guess/Dylan Williams (Oly.) 6-1, 6-2.

No. 3 — Carter Gundersen/Grant Butterworth (PA) def. Spencer Samson/Roger Gasow (Oly.) 6-2, 6-3.

No. 4 — Zach Neff/Carston Seibel (PA) def. Aiden Vaughn/Austin Coy (Oly.) 6-0, 6-1.

Bainbridge 5, Sequim 2

SEQUIM — Sequim singles plays Lincoln Bear and Mason Rapelje won their matches Monday against Bainbridge.

Bainbridge was able to sweep the doubles matches to take the meet 5-2.

Bear beat Austin Williams of Bainbridge 7-6, 6-3, while Rapelje beat Connor Firth 6-0, 6-1.

The duo of Tegan Kurtze and Bjorn Henrickson was able to take the Bainbridge team of Nate Beinstein and David Powers to a tiebreaker, but fell 6-2, 7-6.

Sequim (4-4) will next play at Olympic (2-6) on Wednesday.

Bainbridge 5, Sequim 2

Singles

No. 1 — Garner Nall (BI) def. Jack Crescelius (Seq.) 6-2, 6-1.

No. 2 — Lincoln Bear (Seq.) def. Austin Williams (BI) 7-6, 6-3.

No. 3 — Mason Rapelje (Seq.) def. Connor Firth (BI) 6-0, 6-1.

Doubles

No. 1 — Lincoln Figgins/Topher Welch (BI) def. Isaac McKeen/Sebastian Buhrer (Seq.) 6-2, 6-0.

No. 2 — Sam King/Milo Quiandongo (BI) def. Wyatt Perez/Josh Loucks (Seq.) 6-2, 6-0.

No. 3 — Sam Sleasman/Carter Jones (BI) def. Ryan Stites/Ian Baylon (Seq.) 6-3, 6-2.

No. 4 — Nate Beinstein/David Powers (BI) def. Tegan Kurtze/Bjorn Henrickson (Seq.) 6-2, 7-6.

Volleyball Seattle Christian 3, East Jefferson 1

SEATTLE — The East Jefferson volleyball team lost 3-1 to Seattle Christian on Monday night.

“It was a close game each set, but EJ just couldn’t pull off the win,” said coach Carrie Beebe.

The Rivals’ Kaydence Plotner had 36 digs and 18 serves with 10 aces. Emma Joy had five blocks, while Penina Vailolo had 26 hits, 11 kills and seven blocks.

Sophia Petta had 42 digs, 25 serves with five aces. She also had 18 hits and five kills.

East Jefferson (4-6) hosts Cascade Christian (4-1) in Chimacum at 6:30 p.m. today.

Sequim’s Mason Rapelje returns a volley against Bainbridge on Monday. Rapelje won his singles match. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Sequim’s Mason Rapelje returns a volley against Bainbridge on Monday. Rapelje won his singles match. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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