FORKS — Port Angeles placed third at a tougher-than-usual Forks Invite.
The shorthanded Roughriders came in behind Class 4A Battle Ground and perennial Class 1A power Warden at Saturday’s meet.
Port Angeles had five finalists and two champions, to go along with nine top-four finishes.
Evan Gallacci placed first in the 195-pound competition for Port Angeles and Kyle La Fritz won the heavyweight division.
Tyler Gale (113 pounds), Brady Anderson (126) and Ricky Crawford (152) all placed second for the Riders, while Ben Basden (120, Morgan Mower (126), Gavin Crain (132) and Brandyn Fouts (160) each finished fourth.
“All in all, it was a great first tournament, especially for some of the younger kids who gained some valuable varsity experience,” Port Angeles coach Erik Gonzalez said.
The Riders next travel to Kingston on Wednesday for an Olympic League dual meet.
Girls Basketball
Fife 41, Port Angeles 34
PORT ANGELES — The Roughriders were undone by long shots that came too early in their offensive possessions.
Port Angeles made 10 of 24 shots from two-point range and got to the free-throw line 22 times, making 14, by attacking the hoops.
“While those numbers aren’t great, they were enough to win a game in which we again played good defense,” Riders coach Michael Poindexter said of Saturday’s game.
“However, we were 0 for 16 from 3-point territory, too many of those shots coming early in our possessions.
“Our coaching focus this week will be to do a better job of getting players to see the impact of early outside misses, as opposed to trusting their offense to get them inside scoring opportunities.”
The Trojans, coached by Port Angeles graduate Matt Sinnes, flipped the game with a hot-shooting fourth quarter in which they made 75 percent of their field goals, while the Riders only made 22 percent of their shots.
Fife (3-0) out-rebounded Port Angeles 27-21, but the Riders forced more turnovers, 23, than the Trojans, 16.
“Our effort on defense continues to exceed our expectations for early season play, but we have much work to do on offense: court vision, decision making and passing execution continue to be needed areas of improvement,” Poindexter said.
Sophomore Nizhoni Wheeler led Port Angeles with 11 points, while freshman Natalie Steinman added six and Hayley Baxley scored five.
Maddie Boe had six assists and five steals, both team-highs, for the Riders. Emily Johnson contributed four points and three steals.
Port Angeles (1-2) plays at Vashon today.
Fife 41, Port Angeles 34
Fife 9 7 6 19— 41
Port Angeles 4 10 10 5— 34
Individual scoring
Fife (41)
Kilcup 13, Willis 11, Knudson 6, C. Morton 6, Scelbert 3, K. Morton 2.
Port Angeles (34)
Wheeler 11, Steinman 6, Baxley 5, Johnson 4, Buchanan 4, Boe 2, Lunt, Robideau.
Crescent 46, Oakville 33
JOYCE — The Loggers held the Acorns scoreless in the fourth quarter to rally from a 33-30 deficit and earn a nonleague victory.
“We started pressing them and they couldn’t handle it,” Crescent coach Brian Scott said of Saturday’s fourth quarter.
“We fouled them but they didn’t make their foul shots.”
Lauren Hartley led the Loggers with 18 points. Jade Blazek scored 10 and Hailey Holgeson added eight.
Crescent next plays at home against Sequm JV.
Crescent 46, Oakville 33
Individual scoring
Oakville (33)
Maaxx 10, K. Bray 10, J. Bray 6, White 5, Norton 1, Beganah 1.
Crescent (46)
Hartley 18, Blazek 10, Holgeson 8, McGown 4, Lee 3, Casad 2, Hutto 1.
Boys Basketball
Kentridge 73, Sequim 42
KENT — Alex Barry’s 20 points weren’t enough for the Class 2A Wolves to pull off an upset of the Class 4A Chargers.
Barry made 3 of 8 3-pointers Saturday and led Sequim in rebounds with six and steals with five.
Vance Willis, Bailey Earley and Dusty Bates added five points each for the Wolves (1-1), who open Olympic League play tonight at home against Bremerton (0-2) at 7 p.m.
Kentridge 73, Sequim 42
Sequim 12 11 7 12— 42
Kentridge 21 15 22 15— 73
Individual scoring
Sequim (42)
Barry 20, Willis 5, Earley 5, Oliver 2, Glasser 3, Bates 5, Rutherford 2, Espinoza.
Crescent falls to Oakville, Taholah
JOYCE — The young Loggers are still finding their way after falling to Taholah 74-28 on Friday and Oakville 63-23 on Saturday.
“The boys had a rough couple of games this week. They played hard and never gave up,” Crescent coach Darren Heaward said.
“We had to many turnovers, which didn’t help us any, and we need to do a better job on the boards.
“We have a young team, and once they settle down and come together I expected they will become a team to be reckoned with.”
Martin Waldrip led the Loggers in scoring against Taholah with eight points, while Luke Leonard contributed six.
KC Spencer led Crescent with 10 points in the loss to Oakville. Waldrip added five and Zach Fletcher and Wyatt McNeese scored four each.
Saturday’s Game
Oakville 63, Crescent 23
Oakville 27 18 12 6— 63
Crescent 6 2 10 5— 23
Individual scoring
Crescent (23)
Waldrip 5, Fletcher 4, McNeese 4, Spencer 10.
Friday’s Game
Taholah 74, Crescent 28
Taholah 28 25 17 4— 74
Crescent 10 7 7 4— 28
Individual scoring
Crescent (28)
Waldrip 8, Fletcher 4, Leonard 6, Peppard 3, McNeese 4.
