CHIMACUM — Port Angeles maintained its third-place position in the Olympic League with a 7-0 win over Chimacum.
“The Roughriders played with terrific confidence today beating Chimacum 7-0. The doubles teams made their volleys and ground strokes with conviction as well as the singles players,” said coach Gil Stockton.
“Kenny Soule hit solid, flat shots with terrific pace to breeze through his match and Hayden Woods pushed his singles winning streak to 12,” Stockton said.
Port Angeles Henry Shaw and Chimacum’s Mason Lawson had the match of the going to a long tiebreaker before Shaw finally pulled out a hard-fought 6-4, 6-7, 10-7 win.
With a match Tuesday against Kingston, the Port Angeles No. 2, 3 and 4 doubles’ teams were given the day off and their slots were filled by junior varsity players Wyatt Hall/Tanner Price, Evan Cobb/Caleb Flodstrom, and Brody Meritt/Leo Ahlburg.
“[They] filled in exceptionally well to secure the team win for the Roughriders,” Stockton said. He gave team balls to Wyatt Hall and Tanner Price.
Port Angeles (9-3, 10-3) played Kingston after press deadline Tuesday. The Riders next play at North Mason at 4 pm. Thursday.
Port Angeles 7, Chimacum 0
Match Report
Singles
No. 1: Kenny Soule (PA) def Isiah Treibal (C) 6-0, 6-2.
No. 2: No. 2: Hayden Woods (PA) def Jonah Diehl (C) 6-0, 6-1.
No. 3: Henry Shaw (PA) def Mason Lawson (C) 6-4, 6-7, 10-7.
Doubles
No. 1: Kyler Tourbin/Brady Nickerson (PA) def JJ Klaric/Nate Miller 6-2, 6-1.
No. 2: Wyatt Hall/Tanner Price (PA) def Thanachanok Lamaichampa/Rowan Powell (C) 6-2, 6-1.
No. 3: Evan Cobb/Caleb Flodstrom (PA) def. Emmett Erickson/Jack Treibar 6-1, 6-2.
No. 4: Brodie Merritt/Leo Ahlburg (*PA) def Zack Ensley/Jack Gibbons 6-0, 6-0.
Black belt training
PORT ANGELES — White Crane instructors underwent black belt training and technical corrections Friday to Sunday in Shorin-ryu karate, judo and kyokinshi karate at the Washington State Taekwondo Headquarters in Port Angeles.
Judo masters headed by Bevin Daglen from Portland, Ore., gave rolling and falling training. Seattle Shorin Ryu karate master Peter Grilley held a session in the classical kata (pre-arranged training patterns) for those who teach the karate program at White Crane, ensuring that the motions are the same as those at the other schools around the Pacific Northwest.
Master Manuel Torres, head of the local club, was in California for 20 years before returning to the Northwest, and Grandmaster Robert Nicholls, owner of White Crane, learned many of the forms in Asia in the 1970s.
Training in the judo falling and rolling with throws was conducted by Bevin Daglen for another three hours.
On Sunday, full-contact karate master Rupert Smith, an Englishman now living in Portland, taught along with his son Dylan the methods of leg kicks that concentrate on nerve centers. These disable the opponent which allows for follow-up tactics leading to knockouts and knockdowns that win matches in this most physical of karate competition styles.
Clallam County 4-H
Clallam County 4-H, based in Carlsborg and coached by Seth Geniesse, defeated Carroll County 4-H 1,378 to 366 last week in the Orion National Air Rifle League competition.
With the win, Clallam County 4-H is in first place in the Junior Rifle Club Precision — Distinguished Division with a 1-0 record. Clallam County 4-H was led by Levi Bergren, who shot a 374. Cheyenne Maggard scored a 354, while Bailey Geniesse scored a 341, Mikayla Geniesse 309 and Joseph Maggard 154, according to a press release from Orion.
Clallam County 4-H will next compete against the Scarborough Fish and Game Association from Buxton, Maine. Scarborough Fish and Game Association currently has a 1-0 record.
The league, sponsored by Orion Scoring System, is a national team league for high school teams and junior rifle clubs. The league has two segments. Going on currently is an eight-week round-robin regular season, which will be followed by a single-elimination tournament for the top eight teams competing for the league championship.
In each competition, the teams compete in what is known as a standing air rifle match, which is nearly identical to the air rifle events in the Olympic Games. Each athlete shoots 40 shots in the standing position and each shot is worth a maximum of 10 points. The sum of points scored in the 40 shots is the athlete’s total.
Taking part in black belt training, from left, are Anna and Elita Nivens of the Peninsula College taekwondo program, David Klein (White Crane instructor), Peter Grilley (Shorin Ryu master from Seattle), Manuel Torres (head karate instructor at White Crane), Grandmaster Robert Nicholls (owner and head of Washington Taekwondo), Dylan Smith, Bevin Daglen, Rupert Smith and Jason Deignan (Portland Or judo and kyokinshin karate club) and Hiro Ito (Peninsula College taekwondo program).
