BREMERTON — The Port Angeles boys tennis team responded to two consecutive close losses to North Kitsap and Bremerton with a 6-1 road win over Olympic.
Roughriders coach Gil Stockton said his team played with a “renewed intensity.”
“Realizing that the team would be undefeated this season if only one person/team had won their individual matches for the team win . . . each player made the commitment to work harder and smarter in their respective matches,” Stockton said.
“The team has set a goal to not experience a team loss for the remainder of the season. It will be interesting to see what we are made of.
“When this team decides to play with the skills and intelligence they all possess, they are a force to be reckoned with.”
“I feel confident they will achieve the team goal for the rest of the season.”
Stockton awarded the match ball to the Riders No. 1 doubles team of Alex Brown and Tanner Gochnour for “exhibiting remarkable intensity and focus in their quick 6-0, 6-0 win. It was a treat to watch.”
Port Angeles 6, Olympic 1
Match Report
Singles
No. 1: Tye Loan (Oly) def. Janson Pederson (PA) 6-0, 6-1.
No. 2: Elliott Soelter (PA) def. Isaiah Pahimula (Oly) 6-1, 7-5.
No. 3: Ben Basden (PA) def. Prab Sangha (Oly) 7-6, 7-5.
Doubles
No. 1: Alex Brown/Tanner Gochnour (PA) def. Cole Bender/Mathew Walters (Oly) 6-0, 6-0.
No. 2: Matt Hendry/Kody Kuch (PA) def. Logan Peck/Ethan Tufts (Oly) 6-1, 6-0.
No. 3: Nick Fritschler/Connor Heilman (PA) def. Jacob Nemeth/Dominick Barras (Oly) 6-3, 6-3.
No. 4: Kyler Mabrey/Keenen Leslie (PA) def. Micah Leach/Alec Young (Oly) 6-1, 6-3.
Cross Country
Sequim, PA wins Sequim meet
SEQUIM — The Sequim boys and Port Angeles girls won the three-way meet that included Port Townsend at Robin Hill County Park.
Port Townsend’s Ryan Clarke took first in the boys race with a time of 15 minutes, 49.62 seconds
He was followed by five consecutive Sequim runners: C.J. Daniels (second, 15:54.15), Brendan Despain (third, 16:01.93), Peter Ohnstad (fourth, 16:09.60), Mikey Cobb (fifth, 16:11.68) and Jackson Oliver (sixth, 16:13.58).
The Wolves claimed eight of the top 11 spots to claim 20 points to Port Townsend’s 57 and Port Angeles’ 58.
Peter Butler was the Roughriders’ top finisher Wednesday, taking seventh, while teammate Simon Shindler came in eighth.
In the girls race, Port Angeles freshman took first for the fourth time in seven meets with a time of 19:03.65.
The Riders claimed five of the top six spots. Willow Suess was third with a time of 20:40.21, Madelyn Dougherty (fourth, 21:16.76), Lael Butler (fifth, 21:17.04) and Annika Pederson (sixth, 21:33.57).
Sequim’s Waverly Shreffler took second place with a time of 20:09.22.
Port Angeles finished with 19 points to Sequim’s 36. Port Townsend did not have enough runners to earn a team score.
The Redhawks’ two runners were Meigan Kunz, who came in 14th, and Hannah Hooten, who finished 15th.
