QUILCENE — Sammy Rae struck out 11 and improved to 3-0 on the year while leading Quilcene to a 12-0 shellacking of Oakville in the first game of a nonleague softball doubleheader Tuesday.
The Oakville Acorns won the nightcap 11-5 when Quilcene coach Mark Thompson put in a whole new lineup of younger players.
It’s more important that the younger players get to play and get varsity experience than to win every nonleague game, Thompson explained.
The Rangers have no JV program.
“We have 21 kids on our varsity roster, and we try to play them all,” Thompson said.
Overall, it’s an extremely young roster with 15 players sophomores or younger.
Still, the Rangers are 4-2 overall, losing just the second game to Oakville and to the Port Angeles JV earlier when Quilcene was missing a lot of its more experienced players, including Rae.
In the first game, Rae pitched a five-inning shutout, giving up just two hits while fanning 11 and walking just two.
Freshman Alex Johnsen was a perfect 2 for 2 for the Rangers while Megan Weller, who has been the top hitter so far this year, and Rae each went 1 for 3.
In the second game, eighth grader Alexis Grey went 2 for 2 with a three-RBI double.
“That was no fluke,” Thompson said about Grey’s hits.
“She got a hit off of Sammy in practice, and then in the game she drilled one to right field, and jacked one over the center fielder’s head.”
Also in the second game, eighth grader Bailey Kieffer pitched two strong innings for the Rangers. It was the first time she has thrown in a high school game.
There are only five upperclassmen on the Quilcene roster, including three juniors and two seniors.
“I have never coached a team with such a big roster before,” Thompson said.
“It is a real challenge. There is strength in numbers, though.”
Batting practice, however, can go slow, he added.
The Rangers next host Taholah today. They beat Taholah 10-6 earlier in the season.
Game 1
Quilcene 12, Oakville 0
Oakville 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 2 4
Quilcene 5 4 2 1 x — 12 8 0
WP- Rae (3-0)
Pitching Statistics
Quilcene: Rae 5IP, 0R, 2H, 11K, 2BB.
Hitting Statistics
Quilcene: Johnsen 2-2, Weller 1-3, Rae 1-3.
Game 2
Oakville 11, Quilcene 5
Quilcene 1 0 0 0 4 — 5 6 2
Oakville 5 4 2 0 x — 11 9 2
Port Angeles 15, Kingston 2
KINGSTON — Haley Gray knocked in four runs as the Roughriders remained perfect on the year with the Olympic League win Tuesday.
“We played our best game of the season so far against a very talented Kingston team,” Port Angeles coach Randy Steinman said.
“Every player contributed in the win.”
The Riders improve to 6-0 in league and 7-0 overall while the Buccaneers fell to 4-2 in league.
Kingston was tied at the top of the standings with Port Angeles and Sequim but lost to both teams while the Wolves and Riders remain undefeated.
Gray went 2 for 4 with four RBI while Khason Politika was 3 for 4 with three RBI and Sarah Steinman was 1 for 3 with a double and three RBI.
Cara Cristion and Dove Lucas combined for four hits and three walks on the mound.
Cristion started the game, going four innings for the win, giving up just two runs on three hits while striking out four and walking two.
Lucas gave up just one hit and no runs while fanning two in the final three innings.
“Our aggressive base running put pressure on Kingston’s defense, which committed seven errors,” Steinman said.
The Riders played at Sequim on Wednesday, results not available by press time.
Port Angeles 15, Kingston 2
Port Angeles 3 0 4 2 0 0 6 — 15 9 2
Kingston 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 — 2 4 7
WP- Cristion
Pitching Statistics
Port Angeles: Cristion 4IP, 3H, 2ER, 4K, 2BB; Lucas 3IP, 1H, 0R, 2K, 1BB.
Hitting Statistics
Port Angeles: Steinman 1-3, 3RBI, 3R; Gray 2-4, 4RBI, 2R; Politika 3-4, 3RBI.
Sequim 8,
North Mason 0
SEQUIM — Makayla Bentz threw a complete-game one-hitter while striking out 11 as the Wolves stayed at the top of the Olympic League standings alongside Port Angeles.
Sequim improved to 6-0 in league while the Bulldogs fell to 1-4.
Bentz walked only two in the seven-inning game.
Alexas Besand carried the big bat for Sequim, hitting two home runs, knocking in four runs while going 3 for 3 and scoring three runs.
Hannah Grubb, meanwhile, went 1 for 2 with a double and two RBI. She also scored a run.
Rylleigh Zbaraschuk was 3 for 4 with a triple, and she scored three runs.
Bailey Rhodefer, 2 for 3, also had a triple in the game.
The Wolves also raised havoc on the base paths with three stolen bases. Zbaraschuk, Bentz and Grubb earned a stolen base each.
Sequim 8, North Mason 0
North Mason 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 1 1
Sequim 1 0 2 0 3 2 x — 8 11 0
WP- Bentz; LP- Bolin
Pitching Statistics
North Mason : Bolin 5IP, 9H, 6ER, 1K, 3BB; Palmer 1IP, 2H, 2ER, 1K, 2BB.
Sequim: Bentz 7IP, 1H, 0R, 11K, 2BB.
Hitting Statistics
North Mson: Horton 1-2.
Sequim: Besand 3-3, 2HR, 4RBI, 3R; Zbaraschuk 3-4, 3B, 3R; Rhodefer 2-3, 3B, R; Grubb 1-2, 2B, 2RBI, 1R.
Eatonville 6, Chimacum 5
EATONVILLE — The Cowboys dropped a heartbreaker to the Nisqually League’s top team Tuesday.
The Cruisers scored two runs in the bottom of the seventh inning for the one-run win after the Cowboys led 3-1 in the third and 5-2 in the top of the fifth.
Eatonville scored two in the bottom of the fifth to trail just 5-4, setting the table for the seventh inning.
“It was a very intense, well played game,” Chimacum coach Lauralee Kiesel said.
Erin Bainbridge put the Cowboys ahead 3-1 in the third inning after she ripped a two-out, three-RBI home run over the center-field fence.
Ryley Eldridge went 2 for 3 with an RBI for Chimacum while Ashley Kelly was 2 for 4.
Cydney Nelson went the distance on the mound for the Cowboys, striking our three while walking none in seven innings.
Chimacum had a strong defensive game as Nelson helped herself out by playing tough defense on the mound with three plays.
Kristen Castillo had four plays at shortstop while Krista Hathaway had three plays at first base.
Mallori Cossell and Kyah McKinlay each caught two fly balls in the outfield.
Kelly took away a steal attempt with a throw to second.
Eatonville 6, Chimacum 5
Chimacum 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 — 5 9 0
Eatonville 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 — 6 13 0
WP- Maida; LP- Nelson
Pitching Statistics
Chimacum: Nelson 7IP, 6R, 13H, 3K, 0BB.
Hitting Statistics
Chimacum: Bainbridge 1-3, HR, 3RBI; Eldridge 2-3, RBI; Kelly 2-4.
Eatonville: Maida 2-4, HR, 2RBI; McKracken 2-3, 2RBI.
Baseball
Port Angeles 12, Kingston 0
KINGSTON — Senior Chase Jangula threw a complete-game four-hit shutout while Larsson Chapman had a double and three RBI in the Olympic League game Tuesday.
The Roughriders ripped off 10 hits and had only one error to improve to 4-4 in league while the Buccaneers fell to 1-7.
The game was scoreless until the fourth when the Riders put up their first run. They scored three more in the fifth and then broke the game open with eight runs in the sixth and final inning.
The Riders worked the Kingston pitchers for seven walks and put together four hits to gain the eight runs.
“We started slow and then started to string hits together,” Port Angeles coach Chad Wagner said.
“It was a good road win but we need to get a faster start. I will take the win but the goal is to score every inning.”
Kevin Herzog was 2 for 2 with two walks, two runs scored, two stolen bases and an RBI while Chapman went 2 for 3, scoring a run.
Jangula was 2 for 4 with an RBI.
Port Angeles 12, Kingston 0
Port Angeles 0 0 0 1 3 8 — 12 10 1
Kingston 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 4 1
WP- Jangula; LP- Vandergrift
Pitching Statistics
Port Angeles: Jangula 6IP, 4H, 0R, 0K, 2BB.
Hitting Statistics
Port Angeles: Chapman 2-3, 2B, 3RBI, R; Herzog 2-2, RBI, 2R, 2SB; Jangula 2-4, RBI.
North Mason 10, Sequim 0
SEQUIM — Jordan Young sparked the Bulldogs by pitching a four-hitter, striking out seven and walking none in the six-inning Olympic League game Tuesday.
Daniel Burggraaf led the Bulldogs (5-4 in league) at the plate, going 3 for 5 with a double. He scored three runs.
Nick Johnston went 2 for 2 for the Wolves (3-5 in league).
Forks 5, Rainier 3
RAINIER — Javier Contreras went the distance on the mound for the Spartans in the SWL-Evergreen Division contest Tuesday.
“It was another great start for Javier,” Forks coach Wayne Daman said.
“He threw a lot of strikes and let his defense work behind him.”
The Spartans came back from a 3-0 deficit to win.
In the fifth inning, the Spartans got their offense going.
Nick Gilmore led off the inning with a walk and was sacrificed over by Troy Johnson and later scored on a Mitchell Leppell two-out single.
Contreras followed with a two-out double.
The Spartan were able to score one more time in the fifth when Ollie Sampson scored from second on a throwing error.
The Spartans added an insurance run in the seventh.
Leppell, who was 3 for 4, led off with a single. He then stole second and was sacrificed over to third before eventually scoring on a Sampson RBI-fielder’s choice.
“We battled all game and never gave up,” Daman said.
“The changing point in the game came in the fifth and sixth when Mitchell Leppell had back-to-back assists to end the inning.”
Both of them being fly balls to center and doubling the runner up at 1st.
Javier Contreras started on the mound going the distance for the Spartans and earning the win
Forks 5, Rainier 3
Forks 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 — 5 6 1
Rainier 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 — 3 5 3
WP- Contreras; LP- Champion
Eatonville 10, Chimcum 4
EATONVILLE — Nisqually League power handled the youthful Cowboys on Tuesday.
Chimacum had four runs on eight hits but committed five errors.
Eatonville had 10 runs on just six hits, benefitting from the Cowboys’ mistakes.
For Chimacum, starter Myles Hundley pitched 5 2/3 innings, striking out four and walking five.
Alex Morris led the Cowboys at the plate by going 3 for 4 with an RBI while Seth Ham and Colton Shaw both went 1 for 3.
