BREMERTON — The Port Angeles girls cross country team took five of the top seven spots to cruise past Klahowya and Olympic in a three-way Olympic League meet Wednesday.
Freshman Khason Politika had a breakout race to lead the Roughriders, taking first in the 2.4-mile run with the time of 16 minutes, 3 seconds.
Senior teammate Alison Maxwell was close behind in second, crossing the finish line in 16:12 to help the Riders take the top two spots.
The girls blew out the competition, scoring 18 points to Olympic’s 41. Klahowya didn’t have enough to compete.
The boys took third in a hotly-contested race. Klahowya finished with 39 points, Olympic with 40 and Port Angeles with 45.
Nick Shindler led the Rider boys with a third-place finish in 13:16. Ryan Danisiewicz was sixth in 13:35.
Port Angeles will travel to Yakima for the Sunfair Invitational on Saturday at 8 a.m.
KINGSTON SWEEPS THREE-WAY MEET
POULSBO — The Wolves couldn’t keep up with the competition from Kingston and North Kitsap in their Olympic League meet on Tuesday.
Senior Alex Jenkins ran hard for the boys, taking fourth place in the 2.25-mile run in 12:56.
Kingston and North Kitsap were tied with 37 points while Sequim had 48.
Kingston’s sixth-place runner Lucas Thompson finished three seconds before North Kitsap’s to give the Buccaneers the overall victory.
Audrey Lichten ran hard for the girls, finishing in fifth with the time of 14:29.
The Kingston girls also took the win scoring 29 points against North Kitsap’s 35 and Sequim’s 64.
PORT TOWNSEND BOYS DOMINATE
BELFAIR — The Redskin boys dominated against Bremerton and North Mason in a three-mile Olympic League meet on Wednesday.
The Redskins took the top three spots in the boys race, with sophomore Xavier Frank finishing first (17:15), Habtamu Rubio second (17:15) and Bereket Piatt third (17:16).
Port Townsend had 18 points to Bremerton’s 57 and North Mason’s 59.
Sophomore Brittany Grant also finished in first for the Port Townsend girls with the time of 19:54. Hers was the only sub-20 time in the race.
Yet it wasn’t enough to boost the Redskins past Bremerton, which took the meet with 27 points. Port Townsend had 30.
The Redskins are hosting their next meet against Olympic and Sequim next Wednesday.
VOLLEYBALL
CASCADE CHRISTIAN 3, CHIMACUM 0
PUYALLUP — The state-ranked Cougars attacked the Cowboys from the beginning to take Wednesday’s Nisqually League match 25-18, 25-19, 25-14.
“I’m really happy with the way we played,” Chimacum coach Sally Dankert said, “considering Cascade Christian is ranked No. 7 in the state and first in the league.”
Caily Snyder had two kills, nine assists and three digs for the Cowboys, and teammate Krista Hathaway added six kills of her own and four blocks.
“We are consistently getting better with each game and each match,” Dankert said.
Chimacum fought hard with 10 blocks as a team and strong back row passing from Mallori Cossell and Sienna Madary.
Chimacum’s next match is on the road at Life Christian on Oct. 7.
BOYS TENNIS
PORT ANGELES 6, KLAHOWYA 1
PORT ANGELES — The Riders blasted the Eagles for a decisive Olympic League victory Wednesday.
Port Angeles swept all three singles matches, losing only two games.
“Our singles players came out and got us off to a real positive start,” Port Angeles coach Brian Gundersen said.
No. 3 singles player Connor Reid didn’t lose a single game in winning his match, 6-0, 6-0.
No. 4 doubles tandem Jordan Negus and Tavish Casey were also impressive, taking their match 6-3, 6-2.
Gundersen singled the duo out as the players of the match for Port Angeles.
“Tavish and Jordan haven’t played together very much, so it took them a while to get comfortable, but they hung in there and played really well,” Gundersen said.
Port Angeles travels to Olympic for its next match Friday.
PORT ANGELES 6, KLAHOWYA 1
Match Report
Singles
No. 1: Roos def. Landrum, 6-0, 6-1
No. 2: McCartney def. Wolking, 6-1, 6-0
No. 3: Reid def. Kieffer, 6-0, 6-0
Doubles
No. 2: Michael and Marcus Konopaski def. Stewart/Brockett, 6-1, 6-2
No. 3: Napiontek/Crain def. Barbosa/Frederick, 6-4, 5-7, 6-3
No. 4: Negus/Casey def. Johnson/Conway III, 6-3, 6-2
