SEQUIM — The Port Angeles girls swim team outpointed Sequim 115-54 in the first matchup this year between the two North Olympic Peninsula squads that both placed among the top 11 teams in the state last year.
Port Angeles’ Felicia Che and Kenzie Johnson each won two races at Friday’s meet, while Lauren Sundin, Mia Coffman and Sydney Swanson all won races for Sequim.
Che and Johnson showed their dominance with huge winning margins.
Che won the 200 individual medley in a time of 2 minutes, 25.50 seconds (winning by 20 seconds) and the 100 butterfly with a time of 1:05.64 (winning by 17 seconds). Johnson won the 100 freestyle with a time of 58.39 seconds (winning by nine seconds) and the 100 backstroke with a time of 1:04.03, a 6-second winning margin.
Coffman won the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 5.42.69 seconds, qualifying for state. She also finished second in the 100 backstroke at 1:10.38.
Swanson won the 100-yard breaststroke with a district-qualifying time of 1:20.43. She just edged out the Roughriders’ Adriana McClain, who finished second at 1:20.89. Swanson also finished second in the 200 freestyle with a time of 2:13.86.
Winning that 200 freestyle race was Port Angeles’ Sage Hunter, who took first with a time of 2:04.70.
Sequim’s Sundin won the 50 freestyle with a time of 26.68, just edging out Roughrider Mackenzie DuBois, who had a time of 27.07.
The Sequim 200 medley relay ream of Francesca Bargis, Swanson, Lauren Sundin and Petra Bernsten won with a district-qualifying time of 2:05.03. This was a close race with the Riders’ team of Emma Murray, McClain, Che and DuBois just three seconds behind at 2:08.25.
The Port Angeles 200 freestyle relay team of Adriana McClain, Hunter, Ann Edwards and DuBois won with a time of 1:54.48. The Riders’ 400 relay team of Che, DuBois, Hunter and Emma Murray won with a time of 4:20.51.
Port Angeles (2-1) next swims Tuesday at Olympic while Sequim (2-1) hosts Port Townsend at 3:30 p.m. Thursday.
Sequim coach Sarah Thorson said that after Friday’s meet, the Wolves have qualified for district in eight events and for state in one — Coffman’s time in the 500 freestyle.
Girls’ soccer
Port Angeles 4, Ferndale 1
PORT ANGELES — The unbeaten Port Angeles High School girls soccer team continued its strong early season form by beating Ferndale 4-1 at Wally Sigmar field with all four goals coming from Millie Long.
The win was the Roughriders’ second this year over a 3A opponent as Port Angeles improved its record to 5-0 (2-0 in league) for the season.
“This was a solid win for the girls. They beat us last year in Ferndale, so we got some revenge. We continued our strong play both offensively and defensively,” said coach Scott Mosely. “We have 27 goals in five games and have only given up two. The exciting thing for the coaching staff is that we know we can still play better.”
The Golden Eagles came into the game with a strong defensive record, allowing only 3 goals in their first 4 games but were quickly overwhelmed by the Riders’ offense. In the fifth minute, Jada Cargo played a ball to Long who shot the ball with a strong left-footed kick from 20 yards for a goal.
In the 22nd minute, Hannah Reetz earned the assist on the second goal by Long, again left-footed from distance.
The second half was nearly a repeat of the first with two more goals by Long, assisted by Catie Brown (with her team-leading fourth assist) and Shinia Kildall. On the Roughriders’ third goal, Long took Brown’s pass and ran past the Ferndale keeper, who tried to grab her. Long shook off the goalkeep and finished into the open net.
Long now has 13 goals on the season after just five games.
After holding Ferndale to zero shots on goal in the first half, the Riders allowed three shots in the second half and gave up a late goal after a Golden Eagle free kick was mishandled and Ferndale’s Aleah Washington poked it in. The goal was only the second given up in 5 games for Port Angeles.
The JV defeated Ferndale 1-0.
Port Angeles returns to league play this week, traveling to North Mason (2-0, 2-1) on Tuesday for a clash between two first-place teams.
Members of the Sequim swim team cheer on their teammates against Port Angeles on Friday. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
