Athlete’s Choice wins final two
PORT ANGELES — Athlete’s Choice concluded the Olympic Junior Babe Ruth regular season with an 11-1 win over Sequim Co-op in five innings.
Athlete’s Choice put the game away early with a 10-run first inning.
Brayden Phegley and Kamron Meadows each went 2 for 3 with a run and two RBIs in the victory. Gunnar Volkmann had two hits and a run, and Sean Hanrahan was 2 for 2 with a run and two RBIs.
Wyatt Hall, Eric Emery and Eathan Flodstrom also had hits.
Athlete’s Choice used four pitchers — Hanrahan, Meadows, Alex Lamb and Hall — who combined to strikeout three and walk two while allowing two hits and one run.
In its second-to-last regular season game, Athlete’s Choice beat Local 155 10-2 at Volunteer Field.
Flodstrom and Brody Merritt struck out 18 batters for Athlete’s Choice.
Merritt also had a big game at the plate, going 4 for 4 with two singles, two doubles, three runs and two RBIs.
Alex Lamb was 3 for 4, scored two runs and drove in three more. Also collecting a hit for Athlete’s Choice were Flodstrom, Emery, Tristan Dodson and Meadows.
For Local, Derek Bowechop, Tate Gahimer and Seth Schofield all had hits.
Athlete’s Choice finishes the regular season with a 12-2 record, and will open the postseason today with a loser-out tilt with seventh-seeded Sequim First Federal.
Jim’s wins duel
PORT ANGELES — Jim’s Pharmacy defeated Paint and Carpet Barn 12-9 in a 12U major softball offensive slugfest.
Jaeda Elofson and Saylah Commerton each had two singles and an RBI for Jim’s, Kylee Hutton had a hit and drove in a run, and Taylor Worthington knocked into two runs. Anne Edwards added a single.
Edwards also earned the win. She struck out eight and walked one in six innings.
Defensively for Jim’s, Saylah Commerton had four putouts and Worthington had three. Hutton, the catcher, picked off a runner trying to steal second.
Destiney Smith, Emilee Reid and Jaeleigh Blathner each had singles for Paint and Carpet, and Jaylynn Hofer, Emma Olsen and Katelynn Glass all singled.
Elks routs Swain’s
PORT ANGELES — Elks finished the 12U Cal Ripken baseball regular season on a high note, beating Swain’s 10-0.
Connor Bear tossed a complete game for Elks, striking out seven in Thursday’s game.
He also had two doubles and scored two runs. Niko Ross, Hunter Wright and Joseph Ritchie contributed two RBIs apiece in the shutout win.
Beckett Jarnigan led Swain’s offensively with a double.
Elks finishes the season with a 12-5 record.
East Jefferson swatting
PORT HADLOCK — The East Jefferson Little League Junior baseball team is 7-1 heading into its final games of the season.
In its last home game, East Jefferson split a doubleheader with South Kitsap Western, losing the first game 13-11 and winning the second 13-9 in extra innings.
East Jefferson concludes the season Saturday in Port Orchard with games against South Kitsap Western and South Kitsap Eastern.
East Jefferson’s Noa Montoya and Cody Clark each have hit two over-the-fence home runs this season
Montoya’s homers came in consecutive at-bats against North Mason. He also pitched a no-hitter that game.
Bruce Seton also has hit a homer over the fence.
“We’ve got a good group of boys that have fun and play hard,” East Jefferson coach Kenny Yingling said.
“They have big bats at the plate to put runs on the board, and we have a solid pitching rotation that is very strong and reliable.
“But the main thing is we have a solid defense that plays smooth and quick”
All-Stars tournament play begins July 2.
Swim records fall
FEDERAL WAY — Four Port Angeles Swim Club member broke club records in seven events at the Sockeye Spring Open long-course swim meet at the King County Aquatic Center.
Tristin Butler, age 17, broke the club’s 100-meter breaststroke record with a time of 1:17.39.
Cameron Butler, 15, set two club records for his age group, the 400 meter individual medley (5:19.03) and 100 backstroke (1:12.17).
Felicia Che, 14, broke her age group’s 200 butterfly with a time of 2:45.48.
Nadia Cole, 13, broke three club records: 100 breast (1:20.93), 200 breast (3:03.67) and 400 freestyle (4:59.55).
Cole had two top-five finishes at last month’s meet, finishing second in the 100 breast and fourth in the 400 free.
Jaine Macias, 16, had the club’s other top-five showing, taking fifth in her age group in the 100 breast.
Multiple other club swimmers swam their best times and qualified for the championship meet at the end of July.
