TACOMA — The Port Angeles baseball team came up just a run short of advancing in the 2A West Central District playoffs.
Lindbergh shaded the Roughriders 4-3 in the first round at district Tuesday at Franklin Pierce High School.
Port Angeles finishes the year with a winning 10-9 record after starting the season 0-3.
“We had a great season and I am very proud of my boys,” Port Angeles coach Chad Wagner said.
“They have come a long way from starting the season 0-3 to making it to districts.
“They have created and will share these memories for the rest of their life. I cannot tell you how many times they were complimented on how they played the game the right way and were a very ‘classy’ team.
“It’s sad to see us end the season and I hope every kid on this team understands how proud I am of them.
“This should fuel the fire for the underclassmen as they just got a taste of playoffs.”
The Riders split a pair of games in an Olympic League seeding tournament last week after finishing the year 9-7 in league.
Against Lindbergh, the third-place team from Seamount League, the Riders scored three runs on eight hits.
Lindbergh scored four runs on eight hits.
The Riders had two errors to Lindbergh’s one.
Wes Giddings threw six innings for Port Angeles, allowing eight hits four earned runs while striking out one and walking three.
Brady Konopaski had the hot bat, going 4-for-4, scoring one run.
Softball
Quilcene 9, 16,
Lake Quinault 1, 8
LAKE QUINAULT — Sammy Rae improved to 10-0 on the mound this year while the Rangers improved to 12-3 overall with the nonleague doubleheader road win.
Rae, the sophomore team ace, went the distance in the first game to remain perfect on the season and also blasted a home run in the first game.
Quilcene scored four runs in the to of the fourth inning to go ahead 9-0 in the first game before Quinault scored once in the bottom of the fourth.
Megan Weller produced three hits in the first game while Rae had two hits and her homer, and Celsea Hughes added a triple with two hits.
In the second game, Lake Quinault kept it even during the first two innings.
Quinault went ahead 3-2 in the first inning but the Rangers scored six runs in the top of the second to take an 8-3 lead.
Lake Quinault responded by scoring five runs in the bottom half of the second to even the score up at 8-all.
But it was Quilcene the rest of the way, going ahead 11-8 in the third and scoring five more funs in the fourth for a 16-8 lead and eventual final score.
Weller, Rae and Katie Bailey all smacked doubles in the second game.
The Rangers next play a nonleague doubleheader at Muckleshoot on Friday.
