PORT ANGELES — Setter Emily Drake served 11 straight points in the fourth game as Port Angeles rallied to beat archrival Sequim 3-1 in a nonleague volleyball match Thursday.
The Roughriders (2-0) defeated the Wolves (1-1) for only the second time in four years. The win before, though, was crucial as the Riders beat the Wolves at the district tournament last year.
Port Angeles won 25-13, 25-18, 19-25, 25-22.
In the fourth game, the Riders were behind 13-9 and then 17-10 when Drake took over serving.
“Emily Drake did a great job serving tough and aggressively in the match,” Port Angeles coach Christine Halberg said.
Drake ended up serving 32 points during the match and had 28 assists, 12 digs and seven aces.
“Emily was on a roll,” Halberg said.
Kiah Jones, meanwhile, dominated the net with 19 kills, four blocks, nine digs and two aces.
Danielle Rutherford had six kills and two digs while Lauren Norton ended up with 12 digs and two aces.
The Riders next play at Kingston on Tuesday in more nonleague action.
Forks 3,
Elma 0
ELMA — The Spartans improved to 1-1 in SWL-Evergreen Division action Thursday with a 25-22, 25-19, 25-19 win.
Casey Williams led Forks with eight kills while Jillian Raben had 12 assists and Alisha Shaw had five assists.
The Spartans next host Rochester on Tuesday.
Crescent 3,
Clallam Bay 0
JOYCE — The experienced Loggers (3-0) had an easy time against the youthful Bruins in nonleague action Thursday.
“We dominated by experience,” Crescent coach Alex Baker said.
“Clallam Bay has a lot of youth on their team.”
Crescent won by the scores of 25-6, 25-23, 25-10.
“It was a struggle for us because the pace was so slow,” Baker said.
Bonny Hazelett was 14 of 16 serving for the Loggers with four aces and a kill while middle hitter Jandi Franz earned six kills and a block at the net.
Sarah Moore was five for five in serves with three kills and a tip.
The Loggers next play at Sequim JV on Monday in a nonleague match.
Orting 3, Chimacum 2
CHIMACUM — The Cowboys dropped another five-game heart-breaker on Thursday night, falling 25-21, 12-25, 17-25, 25-20, 15-12 to the Cardinals in 1A Nisqually League play.
It was the second five-game defeat of the week for the Cowboys (0-2, 1-3), who are still looking for their first league win since 2009.
“It was long, well fought. People were getting their money’s worth,” Chimacum coach Sally Dankert said. “It just would feel so good to get a league win.”
Transfer Alyssa Gale led the Cowboys with 14 kills and three blocks
Lauren Thacker added seven kills, and Olivia Baird had seven kills and seven aces. Megan Dukek dished out 24 assists.
Chimacum next travels to Vashon Island on Monday.
Girls Soccer
Kingston 3,
Port Townsend 1
PORT TOWNSEND — The Redskins (2-2-0) saw a 1-1 halftime tie disappear in a rough nonleague loss to the Buccaneers (1-1-1) on Thursday night.
Kingston’s Rebecca Tafte scored a pair of goals to overcome the one-score effort from the Redskins.
“My team just didn’t show up today. We weren’t in it mentally,” Port Townsend coach Ryan Moss said. “The fire and anticipation just wasn’t there tonight.”
Port Townsend next hosts Friday Harbor on Saturday.
Kingston 3, Port Townsend 1
Kingston 1 2 — 3
Port Townsend 1 0 — 1
Scoring Summary
First half: 1, Kingston, Tafte, (Keller), 26th minute; 1, Port Townsend, Gambill (Lyons), 35th minute.
Second Half: 2, Kingston, Keller, 48th minute; 3, Kingston, Tafte (Holt), 53rd minute.
Port Angeles 5, Sequim 0
PORT ANGELES — The Roughriders went ahead 3-0 at halftime and breezed to the nonleague win against their archrivals.
The win was the third shutout of the year for the Riders (3-1-1).
“Sequim has an improving team, we just have a pretty potent offense this year,” Port Angeles coach Scott Moseley said.
Kathryn Moseley scored two goals while Danielle Schimschal scored a goal and had two assists.
Kaitlin Boston had a goal and an assist while Kylee Jeffers also scored a goal.
Shayla Northern and Paxton Rodocker and Tori Holcomb all had one assist.
Kathryn Moseley was named the offensive player of the game while McKayla Cox was picked for defense and Schimschal named for transition.
The Riders next play at Kingston on Tuesday night.
Elma 10, Forks 0
ELMA — The youthful Spartans (0-2, 0-3) struggled in the Southwest Washington-Evergreen Division match Thursday night.
“We had a tremendous effort from a couple of kids,” Forks coach Andrew Peterson said.
Sierra Noles and Kaylea Kraft both had strong games along with goalkeeper Anastasia Fleck, who had 30 saves.
“Anastasia played well,” Peterson said.
Forks next will host Rochester in league competition Tuesday.
Girls Swimming
Port Angeles 141, Bremerton 39
PORT ANGELES — The Riders dominated their first Olympic League meet of the season Thursday at William Shore Pool, tallying three state times and 15 district times on the way to a win.
Tracie Macias swam two individual state times to lead the Riders, winning in the 200-yard individual medley in 2 minutes, 22.23 second, and claiming the 100 flystroke in 1:03.76.
The 200 medley relay of Tracie Macias, Ashlee Reid, Kelsey Macias and Tarah Erickson also put up a state time of 1:58.66 on the way to a win.
Port Angeles placed first in all 12 events and ended up sweeping six events on the day.
The Riders next head to the Spartan Relays at Bainbridge Island on Saturday.
Boys Tennis
Port Angeles 6, PT/Chimacum 1
PORT TOWNSEND — The Roughriders took advantage of a short-handed Quimper Peninsula squad by winning all but one match in Wednesday’s Olympic League contest.
Winning in straight sets for the Riders were Hayden McCartney, Jordan Negus, Alex Brown, Michael and Marcus Konopaski and Chase Walsh-Kevin Herzog. Kapono Rogers and Derek Schumacher also won by forfeit.
The players of the match were Marcus and Michael Konopaski.
“Michael and Marcus are such fierce competitors and I love watching them play,” Rider coach Brian Gundersen said. “They’ve been working really hard in practice and it’s showing on the court.”
Port Angeles hosts Sequim today in another league match.
