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Peninsula Daily News
Thursday, April 14, 2011
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Briefly . . . Eagles erupt for 11 runs vs. Tranco PORT ANGELES — The Eagles beat Tranco Transmissions 11-1 in Cal Ripken action Tuesday. It was the first game for both teams. Ben Basden struck out six of the nine batters he faced in the Eagles victory. The Eagles led by only one run going into the fourth inning before heating up to drive in nine runs in two innings. Daniel Basden went 2-for-3 for the Eagles while Tristan Dodsen got two hits for Tranco. Ethan Miles and Derek Hinsdale pitched well for Tranco.
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The Port Angeles 12U Impact softball team captured first place at the USSSA Fastpitch Tournament in Federal Way last weekend. Impact won five games in a row in their first tourney of the year. They beat the Sumner Crushers 2-0 in the championship game. Teammates include, bottom row from left, Callie Hall, Ashley Adamire, Jaidyn Larson, Natalie Steinman, Kylee Reid and Ashley Howell. Back row from left, coach Randy Steinman, Ashlynn Uvila, Lauren Lunt, Hunter Anne Coburn, Nizhoni Wheeler, Brennan Gray, Emily Copeland, Payton Harding and coach Brian Coburn.
Rivals: Sequim holds off PA Continued from B1 Yet Briones managed to pitch out of some jams after that, including holding the Riders to just one run out of two bases-loaded chances between the fifth and sixth innings. Port Angeles stranded nine runners total on the game. “I scatter my good hitters throughout the lineup, it’s just that they had a tough day,” Port Angeles coach Buddy Bear said. “I’m not into the wins and losses, it is how you play the game. And I’m very proud of my girls. “I’m very proud of them for hanging in there.” Webb pitched all seven innings for the Riders, giving up 13 hits, nine earned runs and three walks while striking out eight. Other than Hopson’s solo home run in the first inning and a two-run Wolves rally in the top of the fourth, she was able to keep Sequim’s bats at bay early on. It wasn’t until the sixth, when Hopson and Briones both went deep, that things began to unravel. After the big four-run sixth inning, Sequim added three more in the seventh to put the game away and
PORT ANGELES — Local 155 shut out Rotary 8-0 on Monday in Cal Ripken competition. Janson Pederson and Kody Kuch allowed only one hit while striking out 14 for Local. Kuch went 2-for-4 from the plate with a triple, double and two RBIs. Bailey Early was 2-for-3 with three RBIs. Rotary’s Jeff Glatz struck out five in the loss. Local 155 is 1-0 and Rotary is 0-1 on the season.
Area wrestlers FERNDALE — Olympic Mountain Wrestlers had five out of six members bring home medals at Saturday’s competition. Wrestlers had to place at least third in order to medal. Tyler Gale took home first in the Schoolboy 84 division and Tim O’Keefe took top honors in the
Schoolboy 210 division. Israel Gonzalez wrestled well to place second in the Bantam 44 division. Andrew Symonds took home third in the Junior 152 division as well as Riley Gale in the Intermediate 94 division. Olympic Mountain will compete next Saturday at Auburn’s Mountainview High School.
Local beats Blake’s PORT ANGELES — Local 155 opened up for 17 hits and 17 putouts in Tuesday night’s 15-8 Junior Olympic League Babe Ruth win over Blake’s Sand and Gravel. Jace Bohman was 3-for3, Chase Jangula was 4-for-5 and Jordan Shepherd went 3-for-4 for Local 155. Zach Lovik, Justin Roon, Joseph Danz and Julian Erin all picked up hits for Blake’s.
Wrestling for all PORT ANGELES — The Olympic Mountain Wrestlers will be hosting a Freestyle Challenge on April 23 at Port Angeles High School. Weigh-ins will be from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. with wrestling beginning at 10 a.m. The top three placers will receive medals with the top six receiving T-shirts. Entry fee is $12 and ages Pee Wee through Junior are welcome. This is a non-USA Wrestling sanctioned event, so USA Wrestling Cards and Singlets are optional. For more information, contact Erik Gonzalez at 360-565-1584 or egonzalez@portangelesschools.org. Peninsula Daily News
Mariners: Lose Continued from B1 Escobar before finally getting a strikeout of Patterson Going to Ray (1-1) so to end the inning. Toronto reliever Mark quickly was a bit of a surprise after Jamey Wright Rzepczynski (1-0) got the had struck out Jose Molina win in relief of rookie Kyle for the final out of the sev- Drabek. enth inning, throwing just Rzepczynski threw two five pitches. innings of hitless relief, But Wright was on the striking out a pair. bench and Ray on the His biggest out was his Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News mound to start the eighth. first, when he got Ichiro on Sheri Adams of Port Angeles, left, takes her lead off first base as “We’ve done a good job in strikes to end the sixth Sequim first baseman Alexas Besand watches the pitch Wednesday. the bullpen. The guys have inning with runners on first been set up and we’ve had hand Port Angeles its first Maddy Zbaraschuk went that’s all it took. We just them in roles,” Wedge said. and third. Seattle was poised for loss of the year. 2-for-3 with three runs kept battling.” “Jamey came in and did the sweep with the way Var“They are mistake hit- scored while Rylleigh Zbarhis job and Chris just didn’t gas was pitching and after Sequim 10, Port Angeles 6 ters,” Bear said. “We made a aschuk was 2-for-4, Cindy have it today.” Justin Smoak led off the couple of mistakes, that’s Miller 2-for-4 and Briones Sequim 1 0 0 2 0 4 3 — 10 13 2 Trouble began almost sixth inning with an oppoPort Angeles 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 — 6 10 3 just the way it goes. We’ve 2-for-4. immediately. LP- Webb site-field homer to left that got to learn from that. “This is really good for WP- Briones (10-0); The eighth started inno- snapped a 1-all tie. Pitching Statistics “Its a big game, yes. But us, to know that we can Sequim: Briones 7IP, 10H, 5ER, 4BB, 10K. cently enough with a broBatting from the left it’s now, ‘What do we get play at the next level,” Port Angeles: Webb 7IP, 13H, 9ER, 3BB, 8K. ken-bat single up the mid- side, where Smoak entered Hitting Statistics from this? What do we learn Sequim coach Joel Lewis dle by Yunel Escobar, but Wednesday hitting just Sequim: Hopson 2-4 (2HR, 3RBI, 3R); Briones from this?’” said. Corey Patterson followed .188, the young first base2-3 (HR, 3RBI, BB, R); M. Zbaraschuk 2-3 (3R, RBI, Sequim had five differ“I think after going BB); R. Zbaraschuk 2-4 (SB, R); Miller 2-4 (R). with a bunt single. man took a 3-2 pitch from ent hitters end up with two- through the order one time Port Angeles: Hinsdale 1-2 (HR, 3RBI, BB, R); Bautista, who struck out Drabek and drove it into the and seeing [Webb], I think Loghry 2-3 (2B, SB, R); Drake 2-4 (2RBI, R). hit games. twice earlier and fouled out Toronto bullpen in left field. down the left-field line in a It was Smoak’s first key spot in the fifth, then homer of the season, and his deposited Ray’s pitch. first at Safeco Field after his The Jays weren’t done as Jayson Nix doubled and trade from Texas last sumlater scored on Edwin mer. Vargas threw 6 2/3 Encarnacion’s two-out douinnings, allowing just five ble. Ray was finally pulled, hits and striking out seven. The only run he allowed leaving to a smattering of came on consecutive douboos from the tiny afternoon crowd on a chilly and damp bles by Molina and Escobar in the third. day. “I wasn’t worried about Ray, who made the club out of spring training after making some type of comegoing to camp on a minor- back,” Vargas said. “I’ve gone out there league deal, has allowed 11 enough and proved I can hits, eight earned runs and two homers in 4 2/3 innings pitch. “I don’t think I have to so far this season. Josh Lueke took over worry about my previous and didn’t fare much better. outing.” NOTES: For the second He walked John McDonald, then gave up a two-run time in three games, the Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News double to Molina, his third Mariners set a new record hit and second double of the low for attendance at Safeco Wilson Avila-Luna of Forks, with ball, kicks the ball towards the goal in afternoon, and a single to Field on Wednesday: 12,407. the SWL-Evergreen Division boys soccer game Wednesday.
Preps: Forks in heartbreaker Continued from B1
Montesano scored on a corner kick with two seconds to go in the first overtime and held on in the second overtime for the SWL-Evergreen Division victory. Beltran’s goals came in the 49th and 50th minutes to give the Spartans a 2-1 lead. “We had three shots from about six yards in the first half that didn’t go in,” Bowers said. “We have to convert those goals when we have point-blank shots.” The Spartans kicked right to the Montesano “If we kick to either side ing ball possession but goalkeeper all three times of the goalkeeper, the shot hasn’t been scoring enough instead of kicking to the goes in,” Bowers said. to win, according to Bowers. Forks has been dominatForks, now 2-5 in league side of him.
and 2-6 overall, will try to get back into the winning column at Rochester on Friday.
Kobe Bryant fined $100,000 for gay slur The Associated Press
LOS ANGELES — The NBA fined Kobe Bryant $100,000 on Wednesday for using a derogatory gay term in frustration over a referee’s call. NBA Commissioner David Stern issued a swift disciplinary ruling after the Los Angeles Lakers’ five-
time NBA champion guard cursed and used the homophobic slur when referee Bennie Adams called a technical foul on him during the third quarter of a victory over the San Antonio Spurs. “Kobe Bryant’s comment during last night’s game was offensive and inexcusable,” Stern said. “While I’m fully aware
that basketball is an emotional game, such a distasteful term should never be tolerated. “Kobe and everyone associated with the NBA know that insensitive or derogatory comments are not acceptable and have no place in our game or society.” Stern’s action drew praise from gay-rights orga-
nizations that had demanded a fuller apology from Bryant and condemnation of his words by the Lakers. Bryant, the sixth-leading scorer in NBA history, issued a statement earlier Wednesday saying his words came strictly out of anger and shouldn’t be taken literally.
Schubert: Fish Continued from B1 may actually help account for the fact that there isn’t much breeding between the “One of the things that two on the Hoh, he said. has happened across a lot Whatever the case, the of our rivers is we’ve sort of lost a lot of the early timed fact there isn’t much wildhatchery hanky panky wild fish, and we’re left more with this later-timed going on is undeniably good news. curve,” Brenkman said. “That’s not to say there ________ is not early timed wild fish, Matt Schubert is the outdoors but this segment of a lot of and sports columnist for the Peninthe runs has been sort of sula Daily News. He can be reduced.” reached at 360-417-3526 or at The segregation of those matt.schuber t@peninsuladaily news.com. fish because of run timing