PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles won its first Olympic League volleyball match by holding off a spirited Port Townsend team.
The Roughriders improved to 1-1 in league and 2-6 overall by defeating the Redskins 3-0 Thursday night.
No game was easy as Port Angeles won 25-19, 25-20, 25-17.
Port Townsend, which had not a match in the past two-plus years before this season, won two last week to improve to 1-1 in league and 2-7 overall.
“We knew this was going to be a tough game,” Port Townsend coach Nettie Hawkins said.
“We gave it most of our all but there were aspects that were dragging that needed to be alive in order to pull off a win against Port Angeles.
“Silly mistakes were the only things that left us hanging.”
For the Riders, Holli Williams led the way with 15 assists, 14 of 16 serving with two aces and five digs while Kendra Harvey produced 14 digs, 10 of 11 serving with three aces.
Bailee Jones was strong at the net with nine kills, three blocks and three digs while Sarah Steinman had six kills, three digs and a block for Port Angeles.
Teammate Madison Hinrichs served a perfect 12 of 12 with two aces and 15 of 15 served-received, and she also had five kills, six digs and two blocks. Charlotte Vingo had three kills, two blocks and an ace.
For the Redskins, Abby McGuire distributed 15 assists and had 12 digs and two aces while Megan Lee had 14 digs and Megan Juran and Rio Golden earned nine digs and had 100 percent serving each.
Port Townsend’s Avery Selisch had six kills and 12 digs, and also had 100 percent serving. Addison Richert and Trish Reeves earned three kills two digs and 100 percent serving each.
The Port Angeles JV beat Port Townsend 3-0 by the scores of 25-23, 25-14, 25-10.
The Riders next play at Bremerton while the Redskins host Kingston in league matches Tuesday.
Crescent 3,
Quilcene 0
JOYCE — The Loggers continue to roll after beating the Rangers 25-17, 25-9, 25-15 in nonleague action.
“Our team played very hard but we were having trouble getting off the net for hitting,” Quilcene coach Joni M. Crowell said.
“Crescent hitters gave our freshman back row players some valuable digging experience.
“We also need to continue working on covering and transitioning. We are looking forward to league play next week.”
For Quilcene, Celsea Hughes had four blocks and two kills, Megan Weller had eight assists and three digs while Alex Johnson earned five digs.
Teammates Elysah Schryver had six assists and three aces while Emily Ward served 9 for 10.
Forks 3,
Rochester 0
FORKS — The Spartans dispatched the Warriors in SWL-Evergreen Division action by the scores of 25-16, 25-14, 25-20.
Casey Williams dominated the net for Forks with 13 kills while Jillian Raben dished out 15 assist and had two aces.
Erin Weekes had seven kills while Sydney Christensen put down seven kills with two stuffs and three aces.
Courtnie Paul ended up with three kills and three aces for the Spartans.
Girls Soccer
Port Angeles 1, Port Townsend 0
PORT ANGELES — The game’s lone goal was Kaitlin Boston’s fifth of the season as she scored in the 41st minute for the Roughriders, just after the start of the second half at Civic Field.
Boston dug the ball out of the corner and hit a low shot that rebounded off the far post and in.
It was the first Olympic League victory for the Roughriders, who are now 1-1 in league and 3-5-1 overall.
The game saw lots of midfield action with Port Angeles having the better go of it in the first half and Port Townsend having more possession in the second.
The Riders had 14 shots on goal to the Redskins’ eight.
Port Angeles freshman goalkeeper Haley Baxley had six saves, including one off the line in the 64th minute.
She recorded her first career shutout, and it was the Riders’ first shutout of the year.
“We’ve been struggling to find intensity in our play, and [Thursday night] was a team effort to bring that back,” Port Angeles coach Scott Moseley said.
“Central defender Karina Bohman returned from an ankle sprain, and our four defenders were able to blank Port Townsend’s top scoring duo of Irina Lyons and Jewell Johnson.”
Port Townsend coach Colin Foden saw a lot of positives for his team.
“A tie might have been a fairer result,” Foden said.
“Port Angeles worked hard to break down our defense but had few real scoring chances.
“The goal that won the game was a scrappy one that should probably have been cleared.
“We also only created a handful of opportunities, and most of the game was hard fought in the midfield. From the Port Townsend perspective, it is very rewarding to see the progress made by the team and in particular Rebecca Stewart, Reilly Berkshire and Anne Meek.”
Port Angeles next travels to Bremerton while Port Townsend hosts Kingston on Tuesday in league action.
Forks soccer loses two games
FORKS — The youthful Forks Spartans lost two games this past week.
Rochester blanked the Spartans 8-0 at Forks on Thursday, and Napavine beat the Spartans 7-1 at Napavine on Tuesday.
Corina Gatan scored Forks’ goal against Napavine.
Girls Swimming
Port Angeles 121, North Kitsap 60
PORT ANGELES — The Roughriders remained undefeated in Olympic League action at 4-0, and improved to 4-1 on the season with the victory at William Shore Memorial Pool.
Tracie Macias achieved a second individual state qualifying time for the Riders in the 100-yard backstroke by winning in a time of 1:03.91.
Lexie Pankowski qualified for the West Central District championship in the 500 freestyle after capturing second place with a final time of 6:32.37.
Macias and Carter Juskevich were double winners.
Macias won the 200 free and the 100 backstroke while Juskevich claimed first in the 500 free and 100 breaststroke.
Port Angeles placed first in 11 of 12 events while the Roughriders outscored the Vikings in all 12 events.
The Riders’ next league meet is against Kingston at the North Kitsap pool the coming Thursday with a 3:30 p.m. start time.
Boys Tennis
Port Angeles 6, Kingston 1
PORT ANGELES — The Roughriders swept the doubles matches and won No. 2 and 3 singles to dominate the Buccaneers in Olympic League action Friday.
“Kingston has given us some tough matches in the past,” Port Angeles coach Brian Gundersen said.
“I was really happy with our performance.”
In singles play, Jeremy Choe defeated Chris Daniels 6-3, 6-3 at No. 2, and Nick Fritschler beat Spencer Bowlus 6-3, 6-3 at No. 3.
In the top doubles match, Michael and Marcus Konopaski of Port Angeles defeated Kyle Hamal and Jordan Mick 6-4, 6-2.
In No. 2 doubles, Kevin Herzog and Brady Konopaski defeated Justin Herrera and Patrick Daniels 6-2, 6-3 while at No. 3 doubles Daniel Manwell and Hayden Kays-Erdmann beat Sean McCanna and Quinn Peterson 6-3, 6-0.
Jace Bohman and Micah Needham, meanwhile, won by forfeit for Port Angeles at No. 4 doubles.
The Riders next travel to Chimacum and Port Townsend on Monday.
