BREMERTON — The Port Angeles Roughriders finally solved Kole Milyard and the North Kitsap Vikings.
After being shut out twice by Milyard, Port Angeles plated runs in the first and second innings to win 2-0 and keep its baseball season alive.
The Roughriders are now one win away from regionals. They face Highline in another loser-out game Saturday at Franklin Pierce High School in Tacoma.
Port Angeles pitcher Curan Bradley bounced back from a substandard outing against the Vikings last week. That time, a 2-0 loss, the Olympic League 2A championship was on the line.
Wednesday at the Kitsap County Fairgrounds, the season was on the line in the consolation bracket of the District 2/3 tournament.
Bradley threw a complete-game shutout by scattering five hits over seven innings and not allowing a walk. He only struck out one, but the ball rarely left the infield.
“He gave up five hits, but kind of spread them out. No more than one hit per inning,” Riders coach Vic Reykdal said.
“He located really well, kept the ball down. Benny Basden, our second baseman, had five ground balls hit to him. [Shortstop] Luke [Angevine] had three putouts. [Third baseman] Matt [Hendry] I think had two.”
Milyard had blanked Port Angeles twice this season, but Port Angeles manufactured a run in each of the first two frames.
Bradley led off with an infield single. He then moved to third when the throw to first on Hendry’s bunt was overthrown, and Hendry moved to third.
Eathen Boyer then drove in Bradley with a sacrifice fly.
In the second inning, Jace Bohman was hit by a pitch and then scored from first on Janson Pederson’s double.
“A couple runs early on those guys and the kids really got some confidence,” Reykdal said.
“Then old Mr. Bradley did the rest from there.
“And obviously our defense was excellent behind him.”
Ryan Rodocker, filling in at center field due to injury, took away a sure extra-base hit one of the few times North Kitsap hit the ball hard.
“Ryan Rodocker made a brilliant catch,” Reykdal said.
“It could have started something. Milyard hit a bomb in the fourth inning, direct shot right over Ryan. Ryan dropped his head, ran back . . . just made one of the toughest catches you can make.”
North Kitsap and Olympic were both eliminated from the postseason, leaving Port Angeles (17-5) and Sequim (13-8) as the last two Olympic League 2A teams standing.
If the Riders beat Highline (16-7) on Saturday at 10 a.m., they’ll assure themselves a regional berth and face Steilacoom or Sammamish in the fifth-place game at 4 p.m.
Port Angeles opened the district tournament with a 15-8 win over Steilacoom.
Among the Roughriders’ goals coming into this season were to win the league championship and advance farther than they did in 2015, when they fell one game short of regionals.
“Now we are still battling for our regional goal,” Reykdal said. “We’re hanging in there.”
Sequim already has locked down a spot in regionals. The Wolves meet River Ridge in the district semifinals Saturday at 10 a.m. at the Kitsap County Fairgrounds.
The winner of that game will face either Fife or Liberty in the district championship game at 4 p.m. The two semifinal losers play the third-place game at 7 p.m.
Port Angeles 2, North Kitsap 0
North Kitsap 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 5 1
Port Angeles 1 1 0 0 0 0 x — 2 4 0
WP- Bradley; LP- Milyard
Pitching Statistics
North Kitsap: Milyard 6 IP, 4 H, 2 R.
Port Angeles: Bradley 7 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 0 BB, K.
Hitting Statistics
North Kitsap: Wlodarchak 2-3, 2B.
Port Angeles: Bradley 1-2, BB, R; McGoff 1-3; Basden 1-3; Pederson 1-2, 2B, RBI.
Softball
Quilcene 12, Darrington 1
DARRINGTON — The Rangers broke open what was a close game with an eight-run fifth inning.
Quilcene’s big fifth Wednesday was highlighted by Erin Macedo’s two-run single. Megan Weller, Alex Johnsen and Katie Love also had hits in the frame.
The Rangers also plated three runs in the fourth. Katie Bailey’s single brought in Weller and Johnsen for two of those runs.
Bailey Kieffer tossed a three-hitter for Quilcene, earning her 12th win of the season. Kieffer allowed only three hits, and the Loggers’ lone run came on the Rangers’ lone error of the game.
Quilcene (16-2) has won 11 straight game. The Rangers finish the regular season today when they host North Beach (17-1) at 3 p.m.
Quilcene 12, Darrington 1, 5 innings
Quilcene 0 0 1 3 8 — 12 8 1
Darrington 0 0 0 0 1 — 1 3 2
WP- Kieffer; LP- Young
Pitching Statistics
Quilcene: Kieffer 5 IP, 3 H, R, 0 ER.
Hitting Statistics
Quilcene: Johnsen 1-2, RBI; M. Weller 2-4, 3 R, RBI; Macedo 1-4, RBI; Bailey 2-2, 3 RBI; Love 2-3, RBI.
Girls Tennis
Sequim’s Hugoniot 6th at league championships
POULSBO — Sequim’s Izzy Hugoniot was the only North Olympic Peninsula player to place at the Olympic League 2A championships at North Kitsap High School.
Hugoniot advanced to the final round, where she fell to North Kitsap’s Maddi Skansi 6-2, 6-3 in the fifth-place singles match.
Hugoniot will be an alternate at next week’s District 2/3 tournament at the Kitsap Tennis and Athletic Center in Bremerton.
North Kitsap’s Danya Wallis claimed the league singles title, and Kingston’s Sarah Hamal and Emma Saas are the doubles champions.
Olympic League 2A Championships
Final Round
Singles
1st/2nd: Danya Wallis (NK) def. Anneli Seaberg (NK) 6-1, 6-1.
3rd/4th: Sarah Casias (Brem) def. Marissa Nemeth (Oly) by injury default.
5th/6th: Maddi Skansi (NK) def. Izzy Hugoniot (Seq) 6-2, 6-3.
Doubles
1st/2nd: Sarah Hamal/Emma Saas (King) def. Megan Cragg/Gillian Grennan (NK) 3-6, 6-0, 6-3.
3rd/4th: Savannah Obernberger/Autumn Johnson (NK) def. Elena Vasquez/Sam Marcotte (NK) 7-5, 6-4.
5th/6th: Beaulieu/Zefcakova (King) def. Jasmine Palaganas/Emily Nguyen (Brem) 6-0, 6-4
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Compiled using team reports. Coaches can submit game reports and statistics to sports@peninsuladailynews.com.
