LA CONNER — Quilcene defeated La Conner 8-1 behind a dominating pitching performance by Sammy Rae in nonleague softball action.
Rae pitched seven innings, scattering five hits and striking out a season-high 18 batters.
The senior also was a major contributor on offense, going
3 for 4 with a double, a triple and four RBIs.
Erin Macedo went 3 for 3 for the Rangers on Wednesday, scoring all four times she batted, and Katie Love went 3 for 4.
The decisive inning for Quilcene came in the fifth, when Allison Jones hit a two-out two-run single to score Macedo and Janelle Johnson, who had led the inning off with a hit.
“That was a huge at-bat for Allison, to come up with two outs and be clutch,” Quilcene coach Mark Thompson said.
“With the way Samantha was pitching, it really put La Conner away.”
Jordan Cawyer’s RBI double in the sixth inning added some insurance for the Rangers.
Next up for Quilcene (3-0, 8-1) is a trip to Auburn today for its first SeaTac League meeting of the season with the Muckleshoot Kings (0-2).
Quilcene 8, La Conner 1
Quilcene 1 0 2 0 2 1 2 — 8 12 2
La Conner 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 — 1 5 2
WP- Rae
Pitching Statistics
Quilcene: Rae 7 IP, 5 H, 18 K.
Hitting Statistics
Quilcene: Macedo 2-2, 2B, 4R; Rae 3-4, 2B, 3B, 4 RBI; Love 3-4.
Track and Field
Port Angeles girls sweep four-team meet
BREMERTON — Elyse Lovgren and Gracie Long were double winners as the Port Angeles girls swept their head-to-head matchups with Port Townsend, Chimacum and Bremerton.
Lovgren won the long jump (15 feet, 7 inches) and triple jump (34-01) for the Roughriders. She also placed second in the 200-meter dash and third in the 100.
Long won the 3,200-meter run (11 minutes, 56.83 seconds) and the 300-meter hurdles (53.61 seconds).
Port Angeles beat Bremerton 92-55, Port Townsend 116-29 and Chimacum 118-20 at Wednesday’s meet.
Port Townsend had the best boys performance of the three area teams, going 2-1, including wins over Port Angeles and Chimacum.
The Port Angeles girls swept the distance runs. Along with Long’s win in the 3,200, Maddie Dougherty won the 800 (2:45.59) and Lael Butler won the 1,600 (5:59.33).
Long and Dougherty are freshmen, and Butler is only a sophomore.
Dougherty also placed second in the 1,600 and third in the pole vault.
Senior Zoe Owens won the high jump and placed second in the javelin and the triple jump.
Owens’ top mark of 4-06 in the high jump was equalled by teammates Kiana Robideau and Long, but Owens took first place, Robideau was second and Long was third.
Devin Edwards, another Port Angeles freshman, won the shot put with a distance of 29-02 and came in second in the 100 hurdles.
Madison St. George, Cami Raber, Stephanie Dudley and Kendal Jacobson also took first for the Riders, winning the 4×400-meter relay with a time of 4:28.54.
The Chimacum girls defeated Port Townsend and lost to Port Angeles and Bremerton
Bailey Castillo won the javelin for the Cowboys with a season-best throw of 100-10. She remains the only girl on the North Olympic Peninsula to throw the javelin 100 feet this season.
Castillo also ran to a first-place finish in the 4×200 relay. Alyssa Hamilton, Alisha Leoso, Alice Yaley and Castillo ran the event in 1:59.96.
The Port Townsend girls lost all three head-to-head matchups.
Hanna Trailer was the Redhawks’ top individual performer, placing second in the 3,200 and third in the 800.
Port Townsend also took second in the 4×200 relay (Selena Rubio, Tori Rogers, Brenna Latchford and Vanessa McKenney) and the 4×400 relay (Kailee Kunz, Emily Skeel, Meigan Kunz and Rubio).
Boys results
The Port Townsend boys beat Port Angeles 67-55 and Chimacum 86-26, and fell to Bremerton 84-59.
The Redhawks had six winners.
Ryan Clarke won the 1,600 with a time of 4:33.21, and Brennan LaBrie won the 3,200 with a 10:49.71. LaBrie also placed second in the 400.
Jeff Seton won the javelin with a throw of 151-07. He did well in all three throwing events, finishing third in the shot put and discus.
Isaiah Mason won the long jump (19-07) and Seren Dances took first in the triple jump (40.04.5) for the Redhawks.
Mason also helped Port Townsend win the 4×100 relay, teaming up with Koby Weidner, Mark Streett and Cameron Constantine for a time of 45.17 seconds.
Constantine also had second-place finishes in the 100 and the 200. His 200 time of 23.80 seconds is the fastest on the Peninsula this season.
Weidner had third-place showings for the Redhawks in the 100 and 200.
The Port Angeles boys’ lone team win came against Chimacum.
Paul Van Rossen had the meet’s top discus throw, 121-05.
Alek Long also won for the Riders, running the 800 in 2:22.15.
Chimacum was led by the second-place showing by Trevon Noel in the discus. He also finished fourth in the shot put.
Johnny Pace took third in the 300 hurdles for the Cowboys.
Chimacum and Port Angeles, along with fellow Peninsula teams Sequim and Forks, will return to Bremerton on Saturday for the Bremerton Invitational.
Port Townsend, meanwhile, will compete at the Bellevue Invitational at Bellevue High School on Saturday.
