FORKS — Port Angeles gave a clinic in its first boys soccer game of the year.
Tamrat Haskins and Anthony Brandon scored two goals each to spark the Roughriders to a 7-0 blanking of host Forks in nonleague action Saturday on a very wet field in windy conditions and light rain.
“The field was a little sloppy but it was good to start the season with a win,” Port Angeles coach Chris Saari said.
The score could have been worse except the Forks goalkeeper saved a penalty kick early in the game.
“We had trouble scoring early but once we got our first goal, successive goals came quickly,” Saari said.
The Riders led 5-0 at halftime as Haskins and Brandon scored their two goals apiece and Hayden McCartney, the Riders’ top basketball player in the just-completed winter season, added a goal in the first 40 minutes.
Two more goals
Austin Fahrenholtz, the two-time state diving champion, and Abinet Hayden each scored a goal in the second half.
There were six assists by six players as Brandon, Hayden, Kyle Bingham, Haskins, Nathaniel Giger and Fahrenholtz all had an assist.
Haskins and Brandon shared offensive player of the game honors while Max Bukovnik was named defensive player of the game and McCartney took transition player of the match honors.
In the second half, Saari began substituting early and often.
“We played everyone on the bench, and everyone contributed,” Saari said.
No JV game was played between the two schools.
The Riders next host Olympic League opponent Kingston in nonleague action Tuesday at Civic Field.
The JV action starts at 5 p.m. with the varsity game following at 6:45 p.m.
