SEQUIM — The Sequim volleyball team opened Olympic League competition on a high note by easily beating Kingston 3-0.
The Wolves, 1-0 in league and 6-1 overall, moved players around and played everybody while beating the Buccaneers 25-12, 25-18, 25-17 on Tuesday night.
Sequim’s serving remained scorching hot as the Wolves had 19 aces in the quick match.
Haleigh Harrison led the way with 11 aces, which was more than half her serves. She missed just one serve, making 19 of 20.
“Haleigh has a monster jump serve,” Sequim coach Jennie Webber Heilman said.
Overall, the Wolves have been strong in serving all year.
Sequim overwhelmed rival Port Angeles last Thursday and Bellingham on Saturday with its serving in both nonleague matches.
Taylor Balkan served up four aces against Kingston while going 16 of 17 and Lex Besand earned three aces while serving 8 of 9.
Hannah Hudson served seven of eight while earning an ace.
Balkan also distributed 32 assists despite being ill with a cold.
Harrison was tops at the net with 10 kills and two stuff blocks.
Katelynne McDaniels put down three kills while Caitlin Stofferahn had two kills and two stuff blocks.
Hudson was strong on defense for the Wolves, Webber Heilman said.
Both Hudson and Vanessa Martinez had eight digs each.
Sequim next plays tonight at Klahowya in Silverdale.
Olympic 3,
Port Angeles 0
BREMERTON — The Roughriders dropped their first Olympic League match of the year 3-0 to the Trojans.
Olympic held off the Riders 25-19, 25-18, 25-18 on Tuesday night.
Holli Williams was perfect in serves for Port Angeles by going 14 of 14 with two aces. She also had 11 digs and a kill in the match.
Bailee Jones was the top Rider on offense with four kills, two blocks and she also had an ace.
Madison Hinrichs earned nine digs on defense, and she also earned three kills at the net.
Kendra Harvey, meanwhile, had six digs in the match.
The Port Angeles JV team defeated Olympic 2-1.
The Riders, 0-1 in league and 1-6 overall, next host Port Townsend tonight.
Christian Faith 3,
Quilcene 2
QUILCENE — The hard-hitting Christian Faith team came from behind after dropping the first two games in Sea-Tac League action.
The Eagles won by the scores 20-25, 21-25, 25-21, 25-19, 15-8.
Megan Weller led the Rangers by going 20 for 21 serving with 11 assists and three kills while Alex Johnson served 17 for 18 with 10 digs and two kills.
“We played great against Christian Faith,” Quilcene coach Joni M. Crowell said.
“We really showed a lot of teamwork and we hustled after each ball.
“Alex Johnson, our freshman libero, dug the hard-hitting Christian Faith team and gained a great deal of experience that will really help us in the remaining games.
“Our serving was very strong in the first games, and we need to practice serving under more pressure.”
Elysah Schryver added 14 assists while Andrea Perez had nine digs and Celsea Hughes had four kills and a block.
Katlyn Hitt put donw three aces and earned two kills.
Soccer
Olympic 5,
Port Angeles 0
BREMERTON — The Roughriders fell in their first Olympic League game of the year Tuesday night.
Port Angeles came out flat and was punished for it.
“We put ourselves in a hole [early] and it was a struggle all game to find a rhythm in our passing game,” Port Angeles coach Scott Moseley said.
“Senior goalie Mariah Frazier played an excellent second half in which she stopped numerous Olympic shots and breakaways.”
Frazier was named the Port Angeles defensive player of the game.
The Riders (0-1-0 in league and 2-5-1 overall) were outshot 33-7.
For Olympic (1-0, 5-2-0), Gabby Tyner scored her second hat trick of the season.
The Riders next will host Port Townsend tonight.
Redskins game postponed
PORT TOWNSEND — The Olympic League game with Bremerton was postponed because of unsafe equipment on the Port Townsend field Tuesday night.
One of the school’s soccer goals, which was moved off Memorial Field for Friday’s football game, broke at the top right angle when being moved back for Tuesday’s soccer game.
Although the broken joints were welded together, cracks appeared when the referee shook the goal to test its playability.
The game was deemed unsafe by Port Townsend athletic director Patrick Kane and the referee.
The match has not been rescheduled at this time
“It’s a little upsetting we had to drive up here [and not play],” Bremerton coach Colette Lyons told the Kitsap Sun.
The Redskins, 2-4-0 overall, next will play at Port Angeles tonight.
Kingston 2,
Sequim 0
SEQUIM — The Buccaneers beat the Wolves in the teams’ opening Olympic League game of the year.
Kingston’s Rebecca Tafte, with an assist by Jen Reitan, scored the first goal in the 18th minute.
In the second half, Katie Keller gave the Bucs (1-0, 3-5-0) a second goal in the 51st minute.
Sequim (0-1, 2-3-2) next plays at powerhouse Klahowya (1-0, 8-0-0) in Silverdale tonight.
Cross Country
Port Angeles sweeps 3-way
SILVERDALE — The Roughriders swept up the competition in a three-way Olympic League meet Tuesday with Olympic at Klahowya.
The Port Angeles girls scored a perfect 15 while Klahowya had 49 and Olympic was incomplete.
The Rider boys, meanwhile, nipped Klahowya 35-40 while Olympic was close behind with 45.
On the boys side, Kyle Tupper of Port Angeles took first with a time of 17 minutes, 1 second, followed by a breakthrough race by teammate Peter Butler, who captured fourth place in 18:16.
“It was a great course, but it ran a little slow so I wasn’t worried about my time,” Butler said.
Evan Herbert was ninth for the Riders in 18:53, followed by Tony Dalgardno, 10th in 19:00, 11. Simon Shindler, 11th in 19:09 and Hunter Dempsey 20th in 21:50.
Lizzy Stevenson led the perfect girls by claiming first in 21:31.
She was followed by “The Rider Pack,” which included Taylor Jones, Dove Lucas, Jolene Millsap, Willow Suess and Annika Pederson with only a 43-second gap for the 5-kilometer race.
Jones was runner-up in 22:36, followed by Lucas third in 22:44, Millsap fourth in 22:51, 5. Suess fifth in 23:03 and Pederson sixth in 23:19.
Girls Swimming
Bainbridge 95,
Port Angeles 45
BAINBRIDGE — The Roughriders suffered their first loss of the season in the nonleague meet.
Port Angeles, 3-0 in the Olympic League and 3-1 overall, qualified its second state relay, this time the 400-yard freestyle relay that captured first place in 3:55.68.
The swimmers were Carter Juskevich, Ashlee Reid, Brooke Sires and Tracie Macias.
The Riders’ best scoring event was the 50 freestyle where they placed first, second and fourth
They outscored Bainbridge 12 points to four.
The members were Macias, first in 26.34; Reid, second in 27.17, and Juskevich, fourth in 27.49.
Port Townsend’s next league meet is home against North Kitsap today at 3:30 p.m. at William Shore Memorial Pool.
Port Townsend 129, Sequim 45
SEQUIM — The Redskins remained perfect in the Olympic League with the easy victory Tuesday.
Port Townsend earned the top two places in every event except for the 200 individual medley, where it went first and third.
Olivia Cremeans was a double winner for the Redskins, taking the 200-yard individual medley in 2:43.85, and the 100 butterfly in 1:14.47.
Earning other first places for the Redskins were Keira Matkins in the 200-yard freestyle, Rose Ridder in the 50 free, Darby Flanagan in the 500 free, Mazy Braden in the 100 backstroke and Serena Vilage in the 100 breaststroke.
