PORT ANGELES — The Ketchikan Kings finished their tour of the North Olympic Peninsula by defeating the Port Angeles JV boys soccer team 3-1 at Wally Sigmar Field on the campus of Peninsula College.
The Roughriders fielded a spring-break roster of JV and varsity players for Saturday’s friendly against the Alaskan visitors.
Ketchikan lost to Port Townsend 3-2 on Thursday and to Sequim 2-0 on Friday.
The Riders took an early lead Saturday when Andrew Methner executed a wall pass with Spencer Beverford-Stewart and then beat Kethikan’s goalkeeper to the right.
The lead held up until the closing minutes of the first half when the Kings scored the equalizer in the 37th minute.
Ketchikan added goals in the 58th minute and the 66th minute to pull away and beat the Riders.
Port Angeles coach Chris Saari chose Methner and Wei-Yan Fu as the Riders’ transition players of the match.
The Port Angeles (4-0-0, 6-0-1) varsity team’s unbeaten record stays intact heading into spring break.
The Riders’ next match is a big one, against the Olympic League 2A Division’s only other unbeaten squad, Kingston (3-0-0, 5-0-1), at Civic Field on Tuesday, April 12.
Track and Field
Sequim’s Herrera hurdles to victories at Li’l Norway
SEQUIM — Sequim senior Oscar Herrera won both hurdles at the Li’l Norway Invitational at North Kitsap High School.
Herrera ran the 110-meter hurdles in 15.43 seconds and the 300 hurdles in 40.97 seconds at Saturday’s 13-school meet, which also included Chimacum and Clallam Bay.
The Chimacum boys finished sixth, followed by Sequim at seventh. Clallam Bay tied for 10th with Tacoma Baptist.
The Sequim girls placed fifth as a team, while Clallam Bay was 12th and Chimacum 13th.
Audrey Shingleton won the girls 800-meter run for the Wolves with a time of 2 minutes, 28.15 seconds. She added a third-place showing in the 1,600 run.
Shingleton also helped Sequim take first in the 4×400 relay, running a 4:36.73 along with Emma Beeson, Mercedes Woods and Elizabeth Sweet.
Molly McCoy had the Clallam Bay girls’ best individual finish by jumping 4 feet, 8 inches and taking fourth in the high jump.
McCoy also ran the second leg of the Bruins’ second-place 1,200-400-800-1,600 relay. Reagan Herndon ran the 1,200, Kendra Anderson the 800 and Kaylin Signor the 1,600.
Bailey Castillo had the highest finish for the Chimacum girls, taking fourth in the javelin with an 89-06 throw.
The Chimacum boys were led by a pair of runner-ups.
Trevon Noel’s 136-09 in the shot put placed second, and Matt Torres, Jadyn Roberts, Eoin Hartnett and Conner Cottier were second in the 100-100-200-400 relay.
Clallam Bay sophomore Clayton Willis won the boys long jump with a mark of 19-09. He also placed second in the high jump.
The Bruins return to action after spring break at the North Olympic League’s first league meet of the season at Port Angeles High School on Wednesday, April 13.
Sequim and Chimacum next compete Thursday, April 14. The Wolves compete at Port Townsend along with Port Angeles and Coupeville.
The Cowboys are at Olympic along with Klahowya and Bremerton.
Baseball
Anacortes 2, Sequim 0
SEQUIM — Wolves pitcher Austin Hilliard took the loss but more than held his own against the Seahawks in the nonleague tilt.
Hilliard went all six innings for Sequim and struck out five batters while allowing six hits and two runs and walking only one.
The Wolves only managed two hits, singles by Evan Hurn and Logan Hankinson, in Saturday’s loss, their third straight.
Anacortes (8-3) scored its runs in the fifth and seventh innings.
Sequim (1-2, 5-4) hosts rival Port Angeles (2-0, 5-1) today at 4 p.m. The Roughriders have won five in a row since losing their season opener.
The Wolves then host Kingston (0-1, 0-3) on Tuesday before taking the rest of the week off for spring break.
Anacortes 2, Sequim 0
Anacortes 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 — 2 6 1
Sequim 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 2 1
WP- L. Gideon; LP- Hilliard
Pitching Statistics
Anacortes: L. Gideon 7 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 4 BB, 8 K.
Sequim: Hilliard 7 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, BB, 5 K.
Hitting Statistics
Anacortes: L. Gideon 2-3; Ty Saunders 2-3, Brennan 1-2, 2B, R, RBI.
Sequim: Hurn 1-3, Hankinson 1-3.
Oakville 14, Quilcene 4
OAKVILLE — The Rangers’ starters were rested against the state-caliber Acorns.
“This being a nonleague game and with potential to face this same team in playoffs, my coaching staff and I elected to sit our varsity and give our younger, less-experienced players some playing time,” Quilcene coach Darrin Dotson said.
“There are no practice reps that can replace game reps.”
Freshman Robert Comstock and senior Trevor Burnston, both new to pitching this season, took the mound for the Rangers and each allowed seven runs.
Burnston pitched 5 1/3 innings and struck out 10 while walking eight.
“Our JV players surprised me. Six of the nine players on the field have never played high school baseball,” Dotson said.
“These players were given an opportunity to play in a live game. I’ve told our younger players: they are our program’s future, I’m interested in their development now as younger players, not just interested in them when they are junior and seniors.
“I’m a big proponent getting our less-experienced players some game reps.”
Quilcene (1-0, 4-3) returns to SeaTac League action next Monday, April 11, when they host Seattle Lutheran (1-1, 1-6).
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Compiled using team reports.
