PORT ANGELES — A complete-game no-hitter by Janson Pederson highlighted Port Angeles’ sweep of Shelton and Vashon in the Roughriders’ doubleheader at Civic Field.
Pederson struck out 11 batters and Port Angeles beat up on Shelton 9-0 in its first game Saturday.
In the second game, Luke Angevine’s RBI single capped a five-run rally as the Riders came from behind to defeat Vashon 8-7.
Pederson’s no-hitter followed dugout etiquette to the extreme.
“Obviously, the kids weren’t saying anything about it during the game, so I didn’t realize he had thrown a no-hitter until I walked out to the truck and looked at the book,” Riders coach Vic Reykdal said with a laugh.
“I called him and told him I wasn’t trying to play it down. The kids all knew but I had no idea.”
Pederson used all his pitches to cut down the Class 3A Highclimbers.
“Janson has a pretty good arsenal, and today his curve was really nasty,” Reykdal said.
“He was locating his fastball, working in the change-up, and showed great command and control.”
At the plate, Pederson went 2 for 2 and walked and scored.
Daniel Williams went 2 for 4 with a double for Port Angeles, and Tanner Gochnour was 2 for 3 with two RBIs and a run.
Playing their fourth game in three days, the Riders went with the lesser-used arms of Dane Bradow and Colton McGuffey on the mound against Vashon.
Bradow had a tough inning, allowing four runs in the second, but bounced back and retired the side quickly in the third.
McGuffey, a sophomore, took advantage of what, with the Riders’ large stable of experienced pitchers, might be his lone appearance on the mound this season by striking out six in four innings.
“Colton is our catcher and this will probably be his only chance this year [to pitch],” Reykdal said.
“I hate to say that, but we kind of knew it was a one-shot deal. And he gave up some runs in the sixth, but he came on in the seventh and got them one-two-three.”
Noah McGoff brought in two runners to jump-start Port Angeles’ rally in the bottom of the sixth.
Corey Stone came up later with two outs and two on, and delivered a two-run single to tie the game at 7-all.
Stone moved up to second and then third on an errant throw to the plate.
“And Mr. Luke Angevine ends up staying hot and gets the single to take the lead and eventually win the game for us,” Reykdal said.
“Clutch hitting on Corey and Luke’s part with two outs, and a nice shot from Noah to get us rolling.”
Port Angeles (4-2, 9-3) hosts Port Townsend (0-2, 0-8) on Tuesday.
First Game
Port Angeles 9, Shelton 0
Shelton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 0
Port Angeles 1 1 1 2 2 2 x — 9 11 0
WP- Pederson
Pitching Statistics
Port Angeles: Pederson 7 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 3 BB, 11 K.
Hitting Statistics
Port Angeles: Gochnour 2-3, R, 2 RBIs; Pederson 2-2, BB, R; Williams 2-4, 2B; Hendry 1-2, 2 R; Stone 1-2, R, RBI; Chapman 1-3, R, RBI, HBP.
Second Game
Port Angeles 8, Vashon 7
Vashon 0 4 0 0 0 3 0 — 7 7 1
Port Angeles 2 0 0 0 1 5 x — 8 14 2
WP- McGuffey
Pitching Statistics
Port Angeles: Bradow 3 IP, 4 R, 5 H, BB, 4 K; McGuffey 4 IP, 3 R, 2 ER, H, BB, 6 K.
Hitting Statistics
Port Angeles: Angevine 4-4, RBI; McGoff 2-4, 2B, 2 R, 2 RBI; Paynter 2-4, 2B, RBI; Stone 2-4, R, 3 RBI.
BOYS SOCCER
Port Angeles 3, North Mason 2, OT
BELFAIR — Senior Jackson May scored his second goal of the game in the third minute of sudden-death overtime and the Roughriders squeaked out an Olympic League 2A Division win against North Mason.
“[We] pressed late, playing with three forwards and three defenders, but couldn’t find the back of the net in regulation,” Port Angeles coach Chris Saari said of Saturday’s game.
May nabbed the walk-off winner when he received a pass from Tim Meyer and first-time volleyed the ball over the onrushing North Mason goalkeeper’s head and into the net.
May also scored in the 10th minute on a nice side volley assisted by Grayson Peet.
North Mason took advantage of some dodgy defense by the Riders and tied the game at 1-1 in the 33rd minute.
A series of Port Angeles shots failed to find the back of the net in the 54th minute, but the ball kept bouncing around the Bulldogs’ goal and was eventually knocked in for an own goal that gave the Riders a 2-1 lead.
The advantage was short-lived, as North Mason tied the game a minute later, setting up May’s late heroics.
Saari named May and Scott Methner as the Riders’ offensive and defensive players of the match, respectively.
Port Angeles (5-1-0, 7-2-1) visits North Kitsap (5-1-0, 5-1-2) on Tuesday.
The Riders are in a three-way tie for first with North Kitsap and Kingston thanks to the Vikings’ 5-4 win Saturday against the Buccaneers.
Sequim 5, Olympic 1
SEQUIM — The typically late-starting Wolves broke out quickly and netted two goals in the first five minutes of their Olympic League 2A Division win against the Trojans.
Saturday’s win was Sequim’s third of the week, during which it scored 14 goals.
Liam Harris opened the scoring for the Wolves when he found the net on an assist by Lane Danielson.
Cameron Chase stole the ball a minute later deep in the Olympic half of the field and sent a chip shot over the Trojans’ goalkeeper.
“That pretty much set the tone,” Sequim coach Dave Brasher said.
Hayden James made it 3-0 in the 23rd minute for the Wolves when he sent in a left-footed strike from the top of the goal box.
Sequim conceded a goal five minutes into the second half on a defensive turnover, but struck back in the 50th minute when James found Cameron Chase for a score.
Brasher named Chase as the Wolves’ man of the match.
The final goal came in the 78th minute when Thomas Winfield finished off a cross by Harris.
Sequim goalie Austin Wagner had a busy day. He competed in a trap shooting contest in Eastern Washington in the morning and then caught a plane ride back to Sequim with teammate Patrick McCrorie’s dad, Dave McCrorie.
“A total team effort,” Brasher said with a laugh.
The Wolves (3-3, 6-4) host Kingston on Tuesday.
SOFTBALL
Forks 12, 16, Evergreen 6, 0 (doubleheader)
SEATTLE — The 1A Spartans went up a classification and earned their second and third victories of the season by sweeping the 2A Wolverines on the road.
Forks pitcher Britney Dean earned the wins in both games Saturday.
She and Bailee Kratzer combined for a one-hitter in the 12-6 first-game win. They combined to strike out 13 batters. Dean, who was pitching in relief, wrapped up the victory by striking out the side in the bottom of the seventh.
The game went back and forth for five innings until Forks scored five runs in the sixth inning and another in the seventh.
Julia Lausche, Bailey Queen, Skyler DeMatties and Rachel Vasquez each went 2 for 4 and scored a total of eight runs for the Spartans.
Dean threw all four innings in the second game and notched a one-hit shutout in Forks’ 16-0 win.
“She carried over her good showing from the first game, racking up seven strikeouts,” Forks coach Scott Bennett said.
At the plate, Tasha Armenta was 2 for 3 and two RBIs. Rachel Vasquez went 1 for 2 and scored three runs.
Bennett said the game was called after four innings because of the recently busy schedules of both teams.
Forks (3-9) next hosts the other team it has defeated this season, Chimacum (6-4), today at 4 p.m.
First Game
Forks 12, Evergreen 6
Forks 1 0 3 0 2 5 1 — 12 11 2
Evergreen 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 — 6 1 5
WP- Dean
Hitting Statistics
Forks: Lausche 2-4; Queen 2-4; DeMatties 2-4; Vasquez 2-4.
Second Game
Forks 16, Evergreen 0, 4 innings
Evergreen 0 0 0 0 — 0 1 3
Forks 1 4 8 3 — 16 6 0
WP- Dean
Pitching Statistics
Forks: Dean 4 IP, 7 K, 1 H, 0 R.
Hitting Statistics
Forks: Armenta 2-3, 2 RBI; Vasquez 1-2, 3 R.
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Compiled using team reports.
