SELAH — A tough day on the diamond indeed as four North Olympic Peninsula teams struggled at state softball tournaments.
Port Angeles and Sequim were bounced from the Class 2A state softball tournament after each team lost two games Friday at Carlon Park.
Chimacum was eliminated from the 1A state tournament at Columbia Playfields in Richland.
Port Angeles falls
The Roughriders were dispatched from state after losing to the Anacortes Seahawks 8-5 Friday.
Port Angeles allowed a run in the first and three in the bottom of the fourth to trail 4-0.
An RBI-double from Carly Gouge and an RBI single from Jaidyn Larson in the top of the fifth helped the Riders cut the lead to 4-2.
But an error-filled sixth inning helped Anacortes send four runners across for an 8-2 lead.
Port Angeles’ attempt at a rally was thwarted in its final at-bat.
Gouge and Larson doubled, and Gouge scored on an infield single from Alicia Howell.
A two-out, two-RBI single from Taylar Clark brought the Riders within 8-5, but Port Angeles couldn’t keep the rally alive.
The Riders ended their season with a 20-3 record.
The Roughriders were beaten by W.F. West (Chehalis) 15-3 in five innings to open state.
Port Angeles freshman Natalie Steinman hit a three-run home run in the top of the third inning to pull the Riders within 5-3, but the Bearcats answered back with two runs in the bottom half of the inning to take a 7-3 lead.
The Port Angeles bats were silent after Steinman’s homer.
W.F. West ended the game early on a grand-slam home run by Ali Graham.
Sequim sent home
Orting edged the Wolves 6-5 in a losers bracket contest, eliminating Sequim from the state tournament.
Sequim fell 10-0 to Othello in the opening round of state.
The Wolves ended their season with a 15-9 record.
Chimacum done at 1A tourney
The Cowboys were eliminated from state after a 10-0 loss to Deer Park.
Earlier, Chimacum allowed a five-run rally late and lost 7-4 to Cle Elum-Roslyn in the opening round of state.
Chimacum held leads of 3-1 after the first inning and 4-2 after its turn at-bat in the top of the sixth inning, but the Warriors came back to win.
Quilcene at 1B tourney
The Rangers fell in the opening round to Almira-Coulee-Hartline for the fourth consecutive season, losing 3-2 to the Warriors at Gateway Sports Complex in Yakima Friday.
Quilcene will face Naselle in a loser-out contest Friday evening.
