SHELTON — Sequim senior Oscar Herrera earned a split in his second showdown of the season with Todd Beamer’s Malik Messiah.
At the Tacoma Invite last month, Messiah, who ranks in the top 10 in Class 4A in the boys 110- and 300-meter hurdles, dealt Herrera his only losses of the season in the two hurdle events.
At the 56th Shelton Invitational at High Climber Stadium on Saturday, Herrera defeated Messiah in the 110 hurdles with a time of 14.73 seconds. Messiah finished in 14.87 seconds.
Messiah won an even closer race in the 300 hurdles, edging Herrera by one-hundredth of a second, 38.71 to 38.72 seconds.
Herrera’s times in the two hurdles were personal records. He currently ranks third in Class 2A in the 110 hurdles and second in the 300 hurdles.
Herrera is still unbeaten against 2A competition this year.
Along with Sequim, North Olympic Peninsula teams Port Townsend and Crescent also competed at the 62-school meet Saturday.
Three other area athletes and one relay joined Herrera in achieving top-three finishes.
Port Townsend freshman Aubry Botkin finished second in the girls 100 hurdles with a time of 15.74 seconds.
“Coming in seeded eighth, she improved her 100 hurdles best by an astounding six-tenths of a second,” Redhawks coach Ian
Fraser said.
Sequim’s Jackson Oliver was the runner-up in the boys high jump with a height of 6 feet, 2 inches.
Waverly Shreffler placed third for the Sequim girls in the 800-meter run (2:19.40). She also teamed with Mercedes Woods, Audrey Shingleton and Kiara Pierson to finish third in the 4×400 relay (4:11.59).
Shelton Invitational
At High Climber Stadium
Area Results
Boys
200—9, Koby Weidner (PT) 23:02. 800—10, Jackson Oliver (Seq) 2:00.92. 110H—1, Oscar Herrera (Seq) 14.73. 300H—2, Herrera (Seq) 38.72. 4×100—8, Port Townsend (Kyle Blankenship, Seren Dances, Carson Marx, Weidner) 44.46. 4×400—6, Sequim (Herrera, Kane Stoddard, Oliver, Logan Habner) 3:31.05. High Jump—2, Oliver (Seq) 6-02. Long Jump—7, Dances (PT) 20-0; 17, Jacob Baillargeon (Cres) 18-05.
Girls
800—3, Waverly Shreffler (Seq) 2:19.40. 1,600—10, Audrey Shingleton (Seq) 5:30.69. 1 Mile—10, Shingleton (Seq) 5:32.62. 100H—2, Aubry Botkin (PT) 15.74. 300H—12, Botkin (PT) 50.76. 4×100—10, Sequim (Shreffler, Mercedes Woods, Emma Beeson, Kiara Pierson) 52.24. 4×400—3, Sequim (Shreffler, Woods, Shingleton, Pierson) 4:11.59. Discus—14, Shenoa Snyder (PT) 96-01. Pole Vault—10, Abigail Hanstead (Seq) 8-06; 14, Pierson (Seq) 8-06.
Forks runners thrive at BCS Invite
BELLEVUE — Alan Ensastegui and Josue Lucas had the Spartans’ high finishes at the eighth annual BCS Invite at Interlake High School, running to a two-three finish in the boys 3,200-meter run.
Ensastegui ran the event Saturday in 10 minutes, 19.35 seconds to finish second, and Lucas was third at 10:23.34.
Ensastegui also placed fifth (4:38.44) in the 1,600, while Lucas (4:44.13) came in eighth.
Cole Baysinger earned a couple more top-fives for Forks at the 20-school meet, placing fourth in the discus and fifth in the high jump.
Austin Pegram ran to a pair of top-10s: sixth in the 400 and eighth in the 200. He also finished 17th in the 800.
Pegram and Baysinger also teamed with Andrew Wilder and Nate Williamson to earn the Spartans a sixth-place showing in the 4×400 relay.
The highest finish for the Forks girls was eighth place in the 4×200 relay by Kaitlyn Rowley, Kayleen Bailey, Ella Damron and Mia Bailey.
The Spartans wrap up their Evergreen League schedule Wednesday when they host Tenino and Elma.
BCS Invite at Interlake High School
Top-20 Area Finishes
Boys
200—8, Austin Pegram (Forks) 24.44. 400—6, Pegram (Forks) 54.81. 800—17, Pegram (Forks) 2:18.77. 1,600—5, Alan Ensastegui (Forks) 4:38.44; 8, Josue Lucas (Forks) 4:44.13. 3,200—2, Enstastegui (Forks) 10:19.35; 3, Lucas (Forks) 10:23.34. 4×400—6, Forks (Andrew Wilder, Nate Williamson, Cole Baysinger, Pegram) 3:49.36. Shot Put— 19, Luke Dahlgren (Forks) 35-02.50. Discus—4, Baysinger (Forks) 129-03. High Jump—5, Baysinger (Forks) 5-06.
Girls
400—15, Rochell Smith (Forks) 1:21.49. 1,600—17, Angela Garcia-Moog (Forks) 6:50.65. 300H—14, Ella Damron (Forks) 58.23; 16, Brynn Peterson (Forks) 1:08.60; 17, Sage Bear (Forks) 1:09.16. 4×200—8, Forks (Kaitlyn Rowley, Kayleen Bailey, Damron, Mia Bailey) 2:09.27.
BOYS SOCCER
Kingston 3, Port Angeles 2
KINGSTON — The Roughriders became the first Olympic League 2A team to score two goals against the league-leading Buccaneers.
Port Angeles even tied the match with eight minutes remaining, but allowed a goal in the 77th minute to fall into a three-way tie for third place with Sequim and Bremerton.
The Riders (6-5, 8-6-1), Wolves (6-4, 9-5) and Knights (6-5, 7-7-1) all have 18 league points heading into the final week of the regular season. The top four teams advance to the district playoffs.
Port Angeles came out of Saturday’s match dinged up, having lost goalkeeper Keenan Leslie and center back Preston Tucker to injuries.’
The Riders scored first, taking a 1-0 lead when Tim Meyer finished a loose ball after a corner kick.
The Buccaneers answered late in the first half with goals in the 37th and 39th minutes.
Port Angeles evened the match in the 73rd minute when Grayson Peet set up Andrew St. George for a goal, but Kingston scored the game-winner five minutes later.
Jackson May took over at goalkeeper when Leslie went out after halftime.
“Jackson May filled in nicely . . . in goal in the second half, making several big saves and distributing the ball well,” Riders coach Chris Saari said.
Saari picked May as Port Angeles’ defensive player of the match. Meyer (offense) and Peet and St. George (transition) also were singled out for their performances.
The Riders finish the regular season Thursday at home against last-place North Mason (0-10, 2-12).
They will make the postseason with a victory over the Bulldogs combined with a win by Sequim over Bremerton on Tuesday.
Sequim concludes its slate against Olympic (2-8, 2-11) on Thursday.
“[We] look to get as healthy as possible by Thursday in a must-win game at home against North Mason,” Saari said.
Port Angeles won Saturday’s JV match 2-1.
SOFTBALL
Chimacum 6, Klahowya 4
SILVERDALE — Taylor Carthum and Mechelle Nisbet drove in two runs each and Ryley Eldridge struck out 11 batters as the Cowboys remained unbeaten in Olympic League 1A play.
Carthum went 3 for 4 in Friday’s game and had a double and scored a run. Nisbet had a single and a triple in four at-bats and scored twice.
Eldridge tripled, scored a run and drove in another. Shanya Nisbet doubled and scored and Kelle Settje had three singles for the Cowboys.
Eldridge pitched a complete game to earn the win. She allowed three hits and walked eight.
Chimacum (6-0, 10-4) can clinch the league title by beating Coupeville (3-4, 8-7) at home today.
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