TAHOLAH — The Crescent Loggers lost a nonleague volleyball match 3-1 to Taholah on Monday night.
The Loggers (1-1) opened the season with a 3-0 nonleague victory over rival Clallam Bay on Saturday.
On Monday, Taholah won 25-23, 25-18, 18-25, 25-23.
“It was a hard-fought match,” Crescent coach Alex Baker said.
“We didn’t have quite the focus we needed. We’re looking to improve.”
There were some very good personal performances, though.
Setter Rachel Bowen was a perfect 18-for-18 in serving and she had two aces, and one tip for a point.
Sophomore Bonnie Hayworth was 28-of-29 in serving with 11 aces, three kills and a tip.
Mikela Williams was 9-for-10 with three aces, five kills and a block.
“We welcomed back Jandi Frantz to her first game this year, and she had three blocks and two kills,” Baker said.
Crescent next plays Wednesday at Mount Rainier Lutheran in Tacoma.
Cross Country PA at Bellarmine
TACOMA — The Roughrider girls had a strong showing at the Bellarmine Invitational on Saturday.
More than 16 schools, mostly 4A, attended. Port Angeles was the only 2A school there. Only one other school was smaller.
But that didn’t slow down senior Alison Maxwell.
She was a medal winner with a fifth place overall finish in the varsity race, covering the 2-mile course in 12:13.
“I ran the first mile in 5:55, a little out of my comfort zone, but it was good,” Maxwell said.
“I came through the mile in seventh place and was looking for opportunities to pick up a few more places before the finish.”
Khason Politika and Taylor Jones both took top-10 ribbons in the freshman race. Politika was fourth in a time of 14 minutes flat. Jones was close behind, taking sixth in 14:11.
“I was surprised I came in fourth,” Politika said. “I was surprised how good my time was. I’m hoping to do as well again.”
Senior Jamie Gladfelter had a personal best on the course, running a 13:54.
On the boys side, junior Nick Shindler led for the Roughriders, placing 47th with a time of 11:08.
Seniors Tavish Taylor and Trevor Taylor came in seconds later with a 11:19 and 11:21, respectively, taking 53rd and 58th places.
Ryan Danisiewicz took 69th place with a 11:33 and Cameron Braithwaite took 79th with 11:50.
The Roughriders next host their popular Salt Creek Invitational on Saturday. The open race starts at 9:45 a.m.
