SILVERDALE — The Port Angeles boys tennis team started the fall season strong with a 6-1 victory against Class 4A Central Kitsap.
Roughriders players won two of three singles matches and all four doubles contests in the nonleague match.
Port Angeles coach Gil Stockton said that singles player Ben Basden earned the team’s match ball for his gritty, 6-2, 0-6, 6-4 victory.
“It was a hard-fought third set which could have gone either way, but he prevailed through sheer will and focus,” Stockton said of Basden.
The Roughriders (1-0) face North Kitsap at 4 p.m. today.
Port Angeles 6, Central Kitsap 1
Match Report
Singles
No. 1: Tyler Feldbrush (CK) def. Jason Pederson (PA) 6-0, 6-0.
No. 2: Ben Basden (PA) def. Eliot James (CK) 6-2, 0-6, 6-4.
No. 3: Elliot Suelter (PA) def. Brennan Dour (CK) 6-0-, 6-2.
Doubles
No. 1: Alex Brown/Tanner Gouchnour (PA) def. Warren Coons/Joe McMicken (CK) 6-3, 6-3.
No. 2: Matt Hendley/Connor Heilman (PA) def. Bryce Higgins/Jeremy Carlson (CK) 6-3, 6-3.
No. 3: Julian Eren/Kody Kuch (PA) def. Micah Harris/Drew Pearson (CK) 6-0, 6-0.
No. 4: Kyler Mabrey/Tyger Nickerson (PA) def. Chris Angico/Lawrence Good (CK) 6-3, 6-3.
Riders seeking coach
With practices set to begin in November, the Port Angeles boys basketball team is in need of a head coach.
Peninsula Daily News reported last month that former Roughriders boys coach Brent Stephens accepted an assistant coaching position for the women’s basketball team at Feather River Junior College in Quincy, Calif.
Port Angeles went 12-9 last season, advancing to the West Central District playoffs.
A complete job description and application is available at https://portangelesjobs.hrmplus.net.
