TACOMA — Port Angeles opened the wrestling season with a second-place showing at the Patriot Dome Classic at Washington High School.
Tyler Gale and Branden Currie each took home individual titles for the Roughriders on Saturday, Gale in the 120-pound class and Currie in the 152-pound division.
Andrew St. George placed second at 113 pounds, and Cody Anderson (126 pounds), Ben Basden (132), Morgan Mower (145), Caleb Joslin (160), Jesse Salgado (170) and Thomas Blevins (182) all came in third in their respective weights.
Kenny Soule (152 pounds), Blake Mann (195) and Isaiah Nichols (heavyweight) each finished fifth.
Alyssa Sweet went undefeated in the girls division for Port Angeles.
The Patriot Dome Classic was the Riders’ first official meet under new wrestling coach Brent Wasche.
Port Angeles is at North Kitsap on Wednesday.
Girls Basketball
Port Angeles 43, Fife 25
FIFE — The Roughriders finish the first week of the season with a perfect 3-0 record and have yet to allow an opponent to score more than 26 points in a game.
After scoring only six points in the first half of its win over Bainbridge on Thursday, Port Angeles’ offense got going much faster in Saturday’s road win over the Trojans.
“Nizhoni [Wheeler] was 6 for 10 from the field. Our team had better ball movement on offense tonight, doing well in getting her the ball later in possessions when their defense was more vulnerable inside,” Riders coach Michael Poindexter said.
“As a team we shot 45 percent [effective field goal percentage], which is better than our two previous games. Besides Nizhoni, Lauren Lunt and Emily Johnson had high-percentage shooting games.”
Wheeler finished with a game-high 14 points, while Johnson had nine and Lunt finished with eight.
Maddie Boe and Katyn Flores each contributed five points.
The Riders led 9-2 after one quarter and 19-6 at halftime.
“Fife was without their 1st-team all-SPSL point guard, Christina Willis, but they did a nice job in their man-man offense with dribble penetration and made good use of on-ball screens,” Poindexter said.
Port Angeles hosts Vashon (0-3) on Tuesday at 5:15 p.m.
Port Angeles 43, Fife 25
Port Angeles 9 10 15 9— 43
Fife 2 4 8 11— 25
Individual scoring
Port Angeles (43)
N. Wheeler 14, Johnson 9, Lunt 8, Boe 5, Flores 5, Steinman 2, C. Wheeler, Baxley, McGuffey, Gray.
Fife (25)
Kilcup 11, Fietz 4, Sherrill 4, Yukish 4, Paris 2.
Chimacum wins one, loses one
CHIMACUM — The Cowboys opened the 2015-16 season by splitting a pair of tight games.
They opened with a 44-40 win over North Kitsap’s JV team on Wednesday and lost a close one to North Mason, 28-26, on Friday.
Chimacum finds itself short-handed at the start of the season, missing a few varsity players because of injury.
The Cowboys started slow in their season opener before finding their rhythm and beating the Vikings.
“We saw the steady defensive pressure from Mechelle Nisbet play a large factor again for us,” Chimacum coach Trevor Huntingford said, “and Bailey Castillo has shot well and we had a large contribution from Grace Yaley, with both points and big hustle plays. She is one of our three freshman that are forced into action early due to the injured players.”
Castillo led Chimacum with 14 points, while Yaley had nine. Shanya Nisbet scored eight and Mechelle Nisbet finished with seven.
In Friday’s loss to North Mason, the Cowboys felt the absence of starters Alice Yaley and Nicole Cerna and key bench players.
“We played solid on defense, and our kids are hanging tough playing big minutes with the limited numbers but failed to execute down the stretch,” Huntingford said.
The Cowboys also were hurt by an error from the officials. In the fourth quarter, the Bulldogs were given a one-and-one free throw setup and made both free throws.
“Sadly the officials had not checked with the book and the scoreboard had the fouls wrong, so North Mason should not have been awarded the free throws of which they hit both to take a four-point lead,” Huntingford said.
“The officials where notified of the error a two possession later, but by this time it was considered a non-correctable error.
“We had time to make up the gap but were unable to down the stretch, failing to stop the clock in the final 16 seconds of the game and ultimately fell short.”
Mechelle Nisbet topped the Cowboys with 13 points, while Castillo and Shanya Nisbet each scored six.
Chimacum goes on the road to face a tough Olympic (1-0) squad on Tuesday.
“Our focus this week will need to be on continuing to play with the unit we have and get continuity with some offensive changes and playing in new positions, as well as be more prepared special situations,” Huntingford said.
Mount Baker 74, Port Townsend 16
PORT TOWNSEND — The young Redhawks continued their brutal season opening start with a loss to the Mountaineers.
Kaitlyn Meek led Port Townsend on Saturday with seven points. Jenna Carson added five, while Kassie Olin and Shenoa Snyder added two apiece.
Emily Brandland scored 34 for Mount Baker (3-0).
The Redhawks (0-3) play at Quilcene on Tuesday.
Mount Baker 74, Port Twonsend 16
Mount Baker 19 24 17 14— 74
Port Townsend 3 6 7 0— 16
Individual scoring
Mount Baker (74)
Brandland 34, Tyler 9, Malone 9, Engholm 7, Millman 5, Powell 4, Yost 3, Jacoby 2.
Port Townsend (16)
Meek 7, Carson 5, Olin 2, Snyder 2.
Oakville 40, Crescent 5
JOYCE — The Loggers had a tough opener under new coach Chris Ferrier, who also is leading the boys team.
Raine Westfall led Crescent with three points, and McKenzie Brannan added two.
The Loggers next play at Sequim JV on Wednesday.
Boys Basketball
Oakville 80, Crescent 32
JOYCE — The Loggers couldn’t overcome a 23-4 first quarter by the Acorns in Crescent’s season opener.
“Hopefully we’ll get better down the road,” first-year Loggers coach Chris Ferrier said.
Ferrier also is coaching the Crescent boys team.
“Both programs are building and showed flashes of doing good things,” he said.
Neil Peppard led the Loggers with nine points, while Wyatt McNeece had seven and KC Spencer finished with six.
Oakville 80, Crescent 32
Oakville 23 25 22 10— 80
Crescent 4 8 9 11— 32
Individual scoring
Crescent (32)
Spencer 6, Buchanan 4, Leonard 2, Story 4, Peppard 9, McNeece 7, Hartley, Johnson.
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Compiled using team reports.
