PORT ANGELES — Taylar Clark homered and Hunter-Anne Coburn tossed a three-hitter as Port Angeles rocked North Mason 11-0 in five innings to remain tied atop the Olympic League 2A softball standings with rival Sequim.
The Roughriders and Wolves, who are both unbeaten in league play, have their first meeting of the season today in Sequim.
Clark lit up North Mason’s pitching and Coburn shut down the Bulldogs’ bats in Monday’s win at Dry Creek Elementary School.
Clark went 3 for 3 and hit her first-ever home run, a blast that cleared the left-center field fence, and was a triple shy of hitting for the cycle.
Port Angeles pounded out 11 hits in the game.
Emily Johnson was 2 for 3 with a run and two RBIs, Natalie Steinman was 2 for 3 with a double and a run, and Alyssa Wetzler went 2 for 2 with a run and an RBI.
Carly Gouge and Jaidyn Larson also had a hit each for Port Angeles.
Coburn pitched all five innings for the Riders and didn’t allow a runner to advance past second base, holding the Bulldogs to three singles.
Port Angeles (10-0, 5-0) and Sequim (6-0, 9-2) face off today at 4 p.m. at Sequim High School.
Port Angeles 11, North Mason 0, 5 innings
North Mason 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 3 3
Port Angeles 2 1 6 2 x — 11 11 1
WP- Coburn; LP- Horton
Pitching Statistics
North Mason: Horton 4 IP, 11 R, 11 H, 3 K.
Port Angeles: Coburn 5 IP, 0 R, 3 H, K, 0 BB.
Hitting Statistics
North Mason: Jones 1-2; Left 1-2; Sullivan 1-2.
Port Angeles: Clark 3-3, 2B, HR, 2 R, 3 RBI; Johnson 2-3, R, 2 RBI; Steinman 2-3, 2B, R; Wetzler 2-2, R, RBI; Larson 1-3, 2B, R; Gouge 1-3, RBI.
Quilcene 32, 19,
Muckleshoot 0, 3
AUBURN — The Rangers went on the road and swept a SeaTac League doubleheader against the Kings.
Sammy Rae tossed another no-hitter and was supported by a 21-hit attack as Quilcene took Monday’s first game 32-0.
Rae struck out 12 in five innings. She also went 4 for 5 at the plate and drove in three runs.
Erin Macedo, the Rangers’ cleanup hitter, extended her hitting streak to 11 at-bats and Megan Weller drove in seven runs.
“We are getting good performances up and down the order and our pitching has been outstanding,” Quilcene coach Mark Thompson said.
In the shortened second game, the Rangers put up 10 runs in the first inning and cruised from there to a 19-3 three-inning victory.
Weller earned the win, pitching two innings and striking out four, and Katie Bailey made her debut in the circle this season by pitching the third inning.
The Rangers’ offense was led by Weller, Macedo and Jordan Cawyer, each recording multi-hit performances.
Quilcene (5-0, 10-1) next plays at Rainier Christian (2-1, 4-1) next Tuesday.
The Rangers tamed the Mustangs 22-0 earlier this month.
First Game
Quilcene 32, Muckleshoot 0, 5 innings
Quilcene 8 5 2 4 13 — 32 21 0
Muckleshoot 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 6
WP- Rae
Pitching Statistics
Quilcene: Rae 5 IP, 0 H, 12 K.
Hitting Statistics
Quilcene: Weller 3-3, 2B, 3B, 4 R, 7 RBI; Rae 4-5, 2B, 3 RBI; Macedo 3-3, 2B, 4 RBI; Bailey 2-3, RBI; Brown 2-2, 2 RBI; Love 3-4, 4 R, 3 RBI; Johnsen 1-3, 3 BB, 6 R.
Second Game
Quilcene 19, Muckleshoot 3, 3 innings
Muckleshoot 0 1 2 — 3 4 6
Quilcene 10 9 x — 19 9 1
WP- Weller
Pitching Statistics
Quilcene: Weller 2 IP, 4 K, R; Bailey IP, 2 R.
Hitting Statistics
Quilcene: Weller 2-2, 2 RBI; Macedo 2-2, 2 2B, 2 RBI; Cawyer 2-2, 2B, 3 RBI.
Baseball
Chimacum 7, Coupeville 3
CHIMACUM — The Cowboys earned their first win of the season by putting up four runs in the sixth inning to break a 3-3 tie.
Chimacum jumped out to a 3-0 lead with a run in the first and two in the third, but the Wolves (3-2, 7-7) countered with one run in the fourth and two more in the sixth to even the score at 3-3.
“The kids stayed positive and came back and scored four in the bottom of the sixth to earn the win,” Chimacum coach Andy Lingle said of Monday’s game.
“It was a great team effort.”
Jonny Rogers continued his hot hitting for the Cowboys by going 3 for 4 with a run and an RBI, while Mathew Bainbridge went 2 for 3 with a run and an RBI.
Lane Dotson pitched the last three innings, giving up a run on one hit to earn the win.
Chimacum (1-3, 1-12) hosts rival Port Townsend (1-3, 1-9) today at 4 p.m.
Chimacum 7, Coupeville 3
Coupeville 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 — 3 4 3
Chimacum 1 0 2 0 0 4 x — 7 7 2
WP- Dotson
North Mason 3, Port Angeles 1
PORT ANGELES — Curan Bradley pitched a gem for the Roughriders but didn’t receive enough offensive support to get the win.
Bradley struck out 13 batters over six innings and allowed just four hits and three runs in Monday’s loss.
Port Angeles had six hits but only managed one run.
“We left bases loaded in fourth and fifth innings,” Riders coach Vic Reykdal said.
“We couldn’t come up with a big hit when we needed it.”
Eathen Boyer had two hits and scored Port Angeles’ only run. Janson Pederson, Micaiah Anderson, Ben Basden and Logan Ciaciuch had a hit apiece for the Riders.
Monday’s loss cuts Port Angeles’ (5-3, 8-5) lead over rival Sequim (3-5, 7-7) for third place in Olympic League 2A to two games.
North Mason (3-6, 6-10) and Bremerton (2-6, 4-8) also are within three games of the Riders.
The top four finishers advance to the postseason.
Port Angeles travels to face Sequim today at 4 p.m.
The Riders then host Bremerton on Friday.
“We’re right in the melting pot with the third- through sixth-place teams — there’s four of us,” Reykdal said.
“These next two are important for us.”
North Mason 3, Port Angeles 1
North Mason 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 — 3 4 4
Port Angeles 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 — 1 6 1
LP- Bradley
Pitching Statistics
Port Angeles: Bradley 6 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 13 K, 4 BB; Rodocker IP, 0 H, 0 R, K, BB.
Hitting Statistics
Port Angeles: Boyer 2-4, R; Pederson 1-2; Anderson 1-2; Basden 1-3; Ciaciuch 1-4.
Quilcene 22, Muckleshoot 6
AUBURN — The Rangers were all present for the first time since before spring break and provided a glimpse of how good they can be in their big win over the Kings in SeaTac League play.
A.J. Prater had three doubles, five runs, five RBIs and six stolen bases for Quilcene.
Eighth-grader Ben Bruner walked four times and had a sacrifice bunt while driving in five runs, and Eli Harrison had two singles, three runs and three RBIs.
Harrison also started at catcher and threw out two runners trying to steal third base.
Dillon McEdwards scored five times off of one hit and one walk and was hit by pitches twice and reached base on error once.
McEdwards made his first varsity start at pitcher for the Rangers. He struck out two batters in the first inning before struggling in the second inning.
Andrew Johnston took over for McEdwards and struck out five of the next 20 batters he faced.
The Rangers and Kings were slated to play a doubleheader, but Muckleshoot ran out of pitchers in the first game and was unable to continue for the second game, thereby conceding a second win to Quilcene.
The Rangers (7-2, 9-2) host Seattle Lutheran (2-6, 2-7) for a doubleheader Friday.
Boys Golf
Port Angeles 172, Kingston 186
KINGSTON — The Roughriders clinched their second Olympic League championship in three years by defeating the Buccaneers at White Horse Golf Club.
Port Angeles seniors Alex Atwell and Mason Jackson shared match medalist honors by firing identical 2-over-par 38 scores.
“Alex and Mason played like champions,” Riders coach Mark Mitrovich said of Monday’s match.
“They stepped up for us when it was needed and played like champs.”
Atwell had an eagle on the par-5 third hole and had a birdie.
Jackson had one birdie and five pars in his round.
Alex Brown fired a 46 and Logan Kovalenko shot a 50 to round out the scoring for the Riders.
Port Angeles improves to 8-0 in league play.
Sequim 156, Bremerton 199
SEQUIM — Four of six Wolves had their best tournament rounds of the season at Cedars at Dungeness.
Jack Shea continued his standout season Monday by shooting a 2-under-par 34 and earning match medalist.
Travis Priest was next with a season-best 37. Jade Arnold had a career-best 42 and Alex McCraken finished with a 43 to round out Sequim’s scoring.
The Wolves’ team score of 156 also is a low for the season.
Hunter Bradley topped Bremerton’s effort with a 43.
Sequim improves to 5-2 on the season.
