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Peninsula Daily News
Friday, October 8, 2010
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This weekend’s games (Day) High School North Mason at Port Angeles, 7 p.m. (Fri.) Port Townsend at Life Christian, 7 p.m. (Fri.) Vashon Island at Chimacum, 7 p.m. (Fri.) Forks at Montesano, 7 p.m. (Fri.) Highland Christ. at Clallam Bay, 7 p.m. (Fri.) Crescent at Easton-Thorp, 7 p.m. (Fri.) Muckleshoot at Quilcene, 1 p.m. (Sat.) College Alabama at South Carolina, 12:30 p.m. (Sat.) Michigan State at Michigan, 12:30 p.m. (Sat.) USC at Stanford, 5 p.m. (Sat.) Oregon at Washington State, 2 p.m. (Sat.) Arizona State at Washington, 7 p.m. (Sat.) NFL Kansas City at Indianapolis, 10 a.m. (Sun.) Green Bay at Washington, 10 a.m. (Sun.) Tennessee at Dallas, 1:15 p.m. (Sun.) Philadelphia at S. Francisco, 5:20 p.m. (Sun.) Minnesota at NY Jets, 5:30 p.m. (Mon.)
Brad LaBrie Sports Editor
Matt Schubert Sports Reporter
Mike Carman Golf Columnist
Mike McMahan Guest Picker (Eagles coach)
Port Angeles Life Christian Chimacum Montesano Clallam Bay Crescent Quilcene
Port Angeles Life Christian Vashon Island Montesano Highland Christian Crescent Quilcene
Port Angeles Life Christian Vashon Island Montesano Highland Christian Crescent Quilcene
Port Angeles Life Christian Chimacum Montesano Clallam Bay Easton Thorp Quilicene
Alabama Michigan Stanford Oregon Washington
Alabama Michigan Stanford Oregon Washington
Alabama Michigan Stanford Oregon Arizona State
Alabama Michigan Southern Cal Oregon Washington
Indianapolis Green Bay Dallas San Francisco NY Jets
Indianapolis Green Bay Dallas San Francisco Minnesota
Indianapolis Green Bay Dallas San Francisco NY Jets
Indianapolis Green Bay Dallas Philadelphia Minnesota
Record: 50-26
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Record: 44-32
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Sequim’s Rachel Hardy competes in the 100-yard freestyle race in a dual meet against Port Angeles on Thursday at in Sequim.
Preps: Neah Bay beats Bruins Continued from B1 The Port Angeles JV won 25-12, 25-12, 13-15 while the C team tied 25-22, 14-25. The Riders next host Bremerton on Tuesday.
Neah Bay 3, Clallam Bay 1 CLALLAM BAY — The Red Devils held off the Bruins in the tightly fought North Olympic League match Thursday. Neah Bay won 25-18, 25-19, 24-26, 26-24 to improve to 1-1 in league and 4-1 overall. The Bruins are now 0-2 in league and 3-5 overall. “Overall, we’re improving week by week,” Clallam Bay coach Kelly Wilson said. “We’re always right there,” she said about the close scores. Cherish Moss served five aces and she had two kills for Neah Bay while Cierra Moss also had five aces and two kills. Rebecca Thompson ended up with seven kills and nine aces for the Red Devils while Kaela Taylor had two aces and a kill. Courtney Winck was strong at the net with four blocks and three kills. Kirsten Erickson, meanwhile, had nine assists and seven kills for the Bruins while Melissa Willis had seven blocks. Jamie Parker added five kills. Neah Bay next hosts Port Townsend JV on Saturday in a nonleague match while Clallam Bay is at Crescent next Thursday.
Tenino 3, Forks 2 TENINO — The Spartans dropped the Southwest Washington League match to fall to 3-5 on the year. Tenino won 20-25, 25-16, 25-19, 11-25, 15-9. Casey Williams put down 10 kills and had a stuff for the Spartans while Whitney Fairbanks had six kills and setter Jillian Raben dished out 13 assists. Forks next plays at Elma on Tuesday.
Life Christian 3, Chimacum 1 TACOMA — Chimacum fought hard but lost the Nisqually League match by the scores of 23-25, 27-25, 26-28, 16-25. Danny Kaminski had six kills for the Cowboys while teammate Lauren Thacker had five kills and four blocks of her own. “We were really pumped up with all of the support we had,” Chimacum coach Sally Dankert said. “We just had too many missed serves.” Sienna Madary and Megan Dukek both had perfect serving nights for Chimacum with Mallori Cossell helping out with great defense. Chimacum(0-7, 4-7) will next host Orting on Monday.
Sequim 3, Kingston 0 SEQUIM — The Wolves dominated the whole night, winning three straight games by scores of 25-18, 25-11, 25-10. “We served them off of
the court,” Sequim coach Jennie Webber-Heilman said. “All nine girls had at least one kill.” Taylor Balkan controlled the pace of the night, serving a perfect 15-for-15 with nine aces, 23 assists and four digs. Haleigh Harrison also played big, hammering seven kills, two aces, nine digs and four perfect passes for the Wolves. “It’s going to be good to play some bigger schools,” Webber-Heilman said as Sequim gets ready for its upcoming tournament. Sequim (4-0, 7-2) is on the road this Saturday, competing in the Capital City Invitational.
Bremerton 3, Port Townsend 0 BREMERTON — The Redskins remained winless on the season after a 25-7. 26-24, 27-25 Olympic League loss to the Knights on Thursday night. “The first game was rocky,” Port Townsend coach Nettie Witheridge said. “We came back and gave a great fight the last two games, but it was a little to late.” Enani Rubio led the Redskins with three aces, one block, two kills and two digs. Christine Unrue added eight assists and two kills. Britta Janssen had one ace, two assists, one kill and three digs.
fought Olympic League game Thursday. The Roughriders, who fell to 0-3 in league and 4-5 overall, were outshot 15-3. Backup goalkeeper Tori Holcomb, starting her second straight game for the Riders, recorded nine saves. “Tori did a great job for us again,” coach Scott Moseley said. Holcomb was named the defensive player of the game while Brittany McBride was picked the offensive player and Caylie Cook was named the transition player. “We played with them for a half, and when they scored we pushed the ball up the field, trying to get the tying goal,” Moseley said. “They scored the second goal to put the game away.” The Eagles scored their final goal just seven minutes before the end of the game.
Port Angeles 7, North Mason 0
BELFAIR — The Riders cruised to their second sweep of the Bulldogs in as many days Thursday. Port Angeles, undefeated in league play, didn’t drop a set on their way to the convincing win. Rider coach Brian Gundersen singled out the doubles due of Matt Watkins and Kevin Herzog, 6-0, 6-1 winners, as the players of the match. Girls Soccer “Matt and Kevin were Klahowya 2, playing their first varsity Port Angeles 0 match and I expected them SILVERDALE — The to have some nerves, but Eagles scored twice in the they came out ready,” Gunsecond half to win the hard- dersen said.
Pac-10 officials study expansion options The Associated Press
The Pac-10’s athletic directors wrapped up two days of agenda-setting meetings in San Francisco on Thursday and, not surprisingly, nothing was settled. Faced with the complex task of creating plans for revenue sharing, divisional alignment and a championship game in football, the athletic directors hashed out the details that will set the foundation for the conference’s presidents and chancellors at their meeting on Oct. 21.
“I’m very pleased with how the meetings went,” Pac-10 commissioner Larry Scott said. “I would describe it as significant progress on the important strategic issues we’ve been debating and I feel good about where we are. “In my view, we’ve narrowed the options and kind of flushed out the pro and cons of different scenarios in a way we hoped we would.” The meetings were never intended to reach any final conclusions, only recom-
mendations for the board as the conference expands to 12 teams next school year with the addition of Colorado and Utah. The three major, interconnected issues are complex and wide-ranging, each school having its own unique stake in what happens. Revenue sharing is the marquee issue, whether to continue with the current appearance-based model, which favors USC and UCLA, or to split up the money equally among the 12 schools.
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The football championship game appears to be a done deal, but the conference still needs to decide whether to use an NFLbased model where the higher-ranked team plays at home or to hold it at a neutral site like San Diego or Las Vegas. Finding a way to break the 12 teams into divisions has been a complex task, with schools wanting to make sure they still get to play traditional rivals every year and to play in Southern California.
“They are going to be our toughest opponent of the season. There is no question about it.” The Port Angeles offense broke out in its last game, going for 563 yards in a 55-25 drubbing of winless Olympic, with quarterback Keenen Walker accounting for 308 yards of offense. That included 130 yards passing and 178 on the ground. In the four games before that, the Riders had leaned heavily on their defense, which has surrendered just 41 points in five games this season. Against North Mason, they will face a flexbone attack that is run first, second and third. Fullback Tommy Renne is the team’s main option (517 yards on 68 carries), but the Bulldogs also have a major home run threat in Tevin Williams. The senior kick returner/ wide receiver burned Sequim on an 85-yard kickoff return last week and is averaging 7.65 yards per carry this season. “Our guys that run the scout team offense . . . they’ve done a nice job of doing the best they can to give us a good look at their run game, which is potent,” Wahl said. A Rider victory would put Port Angeles within one win of clinching a playoff spot. It would also match the program’s best start to a season since the 1992 team began its year 6-0. That team ended up finishing 9-2 after making an appearance in the state playoffs.
Vashon Island at Chimacum PORT TOWNSEND — The Cowboys’ playoff hopes are on the line when they take on the Pirates in 1A Nisqually League action tonight at Memorial Field at 7 p.m. Chimacum’s heartbreaking 14-13 loss to Life Christian last week meant it would have to win out the rest of the year and get some help in order to reach the postseason. That quest begins tonight with the Pirates (1-2, 2-3), who come into the game on a two-game losing streak after falling to Nisqually powers Cascade Christian and Orting. Chimacum (0-3, 1-4) is currently on a three-game skid of its own.
Port Townsend at Life Christian TACOMA — The Redskins are looking for their first win of the season in tonight’s 1A Nisqually League road game. Port Townsend has managed just one touchdown in each of its five losses this fall, getting outscored 16434. They will take on a Life Christian team (1-2, 2-3) that just barely squeaked past Chimacum last week 14-13.
Forks at Montesano MONTESANO — The Spartans get perhaps their toughest test of the season tonight when they face SWL-Evergreen Division power Montesano. The fifth-ranked Bulldogs (3-0, 5-0) have been undefeated in Evergreen play since moving down from 2A to 1A in 2006. They have outscored teams 222-54 this season under former Forks coach Terry Jensen. Montesano is 7-1 against Forks since Jensen took over.
Crescent at Easton-Thorp THORP — The Loggers (2-1) break away from their Northwest Football League schedule to take on the Jaguars in a nonleague contests today at 3 p.m. The Northeast-South League squad is 1-2 on the season, with its last loss a 49-0 setback to No. 3 Almira-Coulee-Hartline last Friday. Crescent is coming off a 52-6 drubbing of Highland Christian in Joyce.
Muckleshoot at Quilcene QUILCENE — The Rangers will try to shake off the cobwebs in Saturday’s Northwest Football League tilt after suffering a humbling defeat at the hands of Neah Bay the week before. Quilcene, which hadn’t allowed a score in its first three games, fell 66-16 to the Red Devils in nonleague action last Friday for its first loss of the season. The Rangers (2-0 in league, 3-1 overall) now host a Muckleshoot team coming off back-to-back mercy-rule losses to Neah Bay and Evergreen Lutheran.
Wolves: Win
Continued from B1 strike on the Wolves’ next offensive play for a 21-7 “I think they’re one of edge. Joey Hall returned an the better teams in the interception 30 yards for a league. “I don’t know who’s bet- touchdown on the following ter out of them, North possession, and the Wolves Mason and PA, but I think rout was on. Sequim held Kingston they are definitely a top-tier running back Lou Hecker to team.” If so, the Buccaneers 65 yards on 21 carries. Buccaneer quarterback (2-2. 3-3) did little to show it against a Sequim team that Sam Byers completed 12 of was firing on all cylinders. 23 passes for 215 yards, Wolves quarterback Both of his interceptions, Drew Rickerson completed however, were returned for 16 of 30 passes for 188 touchdowns. Sequim hosts winless yards, three touchdowns Olympic next Friday night and one interception. Running back Isaac for its homecoming game. Yamamoto ran for 83 yards Sequim 56, Kingston 28 and one touchdown on 14 14 28 0 14— 56 carries and had three recep- Sequim 7 7 0 14— 28 tions for 13 yards and a Kingston First Quarter score. K—Gorman 69 pass from Byers (Stone kick) Wide receiver Tyler For- S—Forshaw 88 kickoff return (run fail) 26 pass from Rickerson (Catelli pass shaw added six grabs for 92 S—Bigger from Rickerson) yards and one TD. Second Quarter Sequim’s defense and S—Forshaw 45 pass from Rickerson (Koonz kick) S—Hall 30 interception return (Koonz kick) special teams accounted for S—Yamamoto 22 run (Koonz kick) another four other scores, S—Catelli fumble recovery in end zone (Koonz including an 88-yard kickoff kick) from Byers (Stone kick) return from Forshaw that K—Marinan 44 pass Fourth Quarter immediately answered S—Yamamoto 16 pass from Rickerson (Koonz Kingston’s initial touch- kick) K—Marinan 19 pass from Byers (Stone kick) down. S—Yamamoto 23 interception return (Koonz kick) Following a Bucs turn- K—Byers 1 run (Stone kick) Individual Stats over, Rickerson hooked up Rushing— S: Yamamoto 14-83, Catelli 4-6, Rickwith Chase Bigger on a erson 4-4. K: Hecker 21-65, Goller 3-25, Byers 26-yard touchdown pass to 10-2. help give Sequim a 14-7 Passing—S: Rickerson 16-30-1, 188. K: Byers 12-23-2, 215. lead. Receiving—S: Catelli 3-26, Ramirez 2-15, Hall Rickerson then hit For- 4-69, Forshaw 6-92, Bigger 1-26, Yamamoto 3-13. K: shaw for a 45-yard scoring Klopp 3-32, Gorman 1-59, Hecker 1-(minus 6), Marinan 3-70, Lujan 2-42, Reece 2-18.
Ducks’ James opening eyes The Associated Press
EUGENE, Ore. — After his second game this season, Oregon running back LaMichael James sheepishly faced reporters with the admission that he had coasted.
James had rushed for 227 yards and two touchdowns in the Ducks’ 69-0 victory over Portland State. As the Ducks get ready to face Washington State on Saturday, James is averaging 178 yards a game.