QUILCENE — The Quilcene volleyball team held off Clallam Bay 3-1 in nonleague 1B action Friday night.
The Rangers won by the scores of 25-15, 17-25, 25-22, 25-18.
Quilcene setter Megan Weller served 14 for 14 with one ace, and had three kills and eight assists while middle blocker Katlyn Hitt put down two kills and had a block.
Outside hitter Emily Ward ended up with four aces, two digs, three kills, one block and two assists while fellow outside hitter Andrea Perez led the team with five digs.
Setter Elysah Schryver served two aces and dished out 13 assists while Alex Johnson served 17 for 19 with four aces.
“We are learning to play well together,” Quilcene coach Joni Crowell said.
“Our serving and communications hurt us in the second game, but then Megan Weller and Alex Johnson’s serving got us back into the third and fourth games.
“Emily Ward closed the fourth game with a kill. We are looking forward to our game Monday when some of our taller girls will be back to play in the front row.”
The Rangers host Eastside Prep on Monday.
Eastside Cath. 3,
Port Angeles 0
SAMMAMISH — The Roughriders faced a tough challenge against the Crusaders.
“They’re really good, so it was good for us,” Port Angeles coach Christine Halberg said.
For the Riders, Sarah Steinman was 10 for 10 serving with one ace. She also had four kills, two digs and one block.
Bailee Jones had three kills and a block and Madison Hinrichs had seven digs.
Holli Williams had 17 assists, two digs, one block and one kill.
Kendra Harvey contributed seven digs and one kill.
Boys Tennis
Port Angeles 4, Klahowya 3
SILVERDALE — The Roughriders swept the singles competition and won the pivotal No. 1 doubles match to nip the Eagles in the nonleague match Friday.
Port Angeles’ Alex Brown held off Chase Andrews in a highly competitive No. 1-singles match 2-6, 6-2, 7-5.
Coach Brian Gundersen singled out senior captains Marcus and Michael Konopaski, playing No. 1 doubles, as the players of the match.
Marcus and Michael Konopaski defeated Jerry Landram and Drew Fagan 6-1, 7-5.
“We knew that Landram and Fagan would be tough because they made it to districts last year, but Michael and Marcus weren’t intimidated and played well from start to finish,” Gundersen said.
The Riders did not drop a set in No. 2 and 3 singles as Jeremy Choe defeated Braydon Myers 6-4, 6-3 at No. 2, and Nick Fritschler beat Eric Tyler 6-1, 6-1 at No. 3.
Port Angeles fell in the other three doubles matches as Jacob Zieser and Tanner Zuber defeated Kevin Herzog and Brady Konopaski 6-1, 6-3 at No. 2, Jacob Gotchall and Ryan Gotchall beat Daniel Manwell and Hayden Kays-Erdmann 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 at No. 3, and Forrest Breckett and Dylan Kieffer defeated Micah Needham and Jace Bohman 6-2, 6-2 at No. 4.
Port Angeles, 2-0, next hosts Chimacum/Port Townsend on Monday.
Cross Country
PA opener
TACOMA — The Roughriders competed at Bellarmine Invitational on Saturday as one of the smallest of the 16 schools in the field.
Kyle Tupper lead the Port Angeles boys team by placing 15th with a time of 10:23, which puts him second on the Riders’ cross country 2-mile record list.
Tony Dalgardno fought his way through the pack to post a time 45 seconds faster than last year.
For the varsity girls team, Lizzy Stevenson placed 19th with a time of 12:56.
Dasha Porter weaved her way through the field of 116 junior varsity runners to place 18th with a time of 14:10.
“Bellarmine is a great way to kick off the season with a high level of competition to help prepare us for the postseason,” Stevenson said.
Next for the Riders is the Salt Creek Invitation on Saturday.
The event begins at 9:30 with the elementary and middle school 1-mile races, and the community 3-mile open race at 9:45 a.m.
The varsity and junior varsity races will follow.
Bellarmine Invitational
Port Angeles girls
Lizzy Stevenson (11) 12:56, Annika Pederson (10) 13:50, Jolene Millsap (11) 13:54, Dasha Porter (11) 14:10, Taylor Jones (11) 14:17, Bailey Reader (11) 14:31, Willow Suess (11) 15:13, Maria Soule (9) 15:14, Lily Morlan (9) 15:32, Madi Bradley (9) 16:10, Sara (11) 17:48.
Port Angeles boys
Kyle Tupper (12) 10:23, Tony Dalgardno (11) 11:29, Even Herbert (11) 11:50.04, Peter Butler (10)11:50.32, Simon Shindler (10) 12:03, Hunter Dempsey (9) 13:23, Elijah Baccus (9) 13:26, Forest Clark (9) 13:42, Anton Kossler (9) 14:31, Sam Waddell (10) 14:41, Noah Johnson (9) 15:11, Shawn Murray (9) 18:59.
