BREMERTON — The Port Angeles girls soccer team bounced back from a loss to league-leading North Kitsap with a 2-0 shutout over Bremerton in foul weather.
Coach Daniel Horton said the weather “took a turn” during the game with high winds and rain and definitely affected the game.
Despite the relatively close final score, the Roughriders dominated, getting 15 shots in the first half and 22 overall. Bremerton had just seven shots with five on goal.
Scoring both goals was freshman Emma Desjardins, who, for the second time in a week, had a two-goal game. Desjardins’ first tally in the 18th minute was assisted by Stella Fradkin. She scored her second in the 48th minute with the assist going to Becca Manson. Kennedy Rognlien made five saves to earn the shutout.
Horton said the Riders still need to do a better job of finishing. Port Angeles missed a penalty kick, hit a crossbar and had some wide-open shots that went straight to Bremerton’s goalkeeper.
“It was one of those nights where we did so many things right, [but] we weren’t rewarding ourselves,” Horton said. “I feel like we are consistently on the verge of breaking out. The good news is, after every game, we find things to fix, and we’ve fixed a lot of things. We’re going to focus on finishing.”
With the win, the Riders (4-2, 6-2 overall) remain in third place in the Olympic League. They next play at home against Kingston (2-3, 2-4) at 7:15 p.m. today. Horton said Kingston isn’t as strong as it was last year, but that the Buccaneers are a dangerous and opportunistic team.
North Kitsap 2, Sequim 0
POULSBO — The Wolves went toe-to-toe against the league-leading North Kitsap Vikings, losing by just two goals, 2-0, to the No. 7-ranked team in the state.
“We knew North Kitsap is one of the top teams in our league, and our girls were up to it,” said assistant coach Vianney Cadanes. “They gave their best.
It was a team effort. They just continue to raise the bar for the team.”
Cadanes said Raimey Brewer stood out controlling the ball in the center of the field and that goalkeeper Lilli Anderson had another good game. “She has been absolutely fabulous for us. She made some great saves. She continues to shine.”
Sequim (2-4, 2-5 overall) will next host Bremerton (2-4, 4-4) at 7 p.m. in an important game today to help keep the Wolves in playoff position.
East Jefferson at Klahowya meet
SILVERDALE — The East Jefferson cross-country boys and girls both finished second at a Nisqually League meet hosted by Klahowya High School.
The East Jefferson boys had four runners in the the top 10 and finished with 60 points to 55 for Cascade Christian (Lower scores are better in cross country). Annie Wright was third with 67 and Klahowya fourth at 78. There were seven schools at the meet.
The East Jefferson girls didn’t get any top-10 finishers but did have five runners in the top 18, bunched up between 12th and 18th, all within 26 seconds of each other. The girls finished with 76 points to Vashon’2 31. Klahowa was third at 79 and Annie Wright fourth at 86.
The top runner for the boys was Joshua Yearian, who finished second with a time of 17 minutes, 20.9 seconds. Nico Errichetti was sixth at 17:51.2, Dustin Hines eighth at 18:00.3 and Noah Isenberg 10th at 18:24. Louis Sanborn was 42nd at 20:44.3, John Neville 45th at 21:01.3 and Zeke Banks 50th at 21:28.4.
The girls were led by freshman Alli Applewhite, who came in 12th with a time of 24:04.1. Right behind her were Hilina Taylor-Lenz at 14th (24:07.3) and Leah Ferland at 15th (24:07.9). Coming in 17th was Charlotte Hines (24:29.3) and 18th was Michael Gregg (24:30.5). Finally, Clara Camp was 35th at 27:07.8 and Arden Moore 36th at 27:07.8.
Winning the girls race was Kyrstin Timothy of Cascade Christian in 19:01 and winning the boys race was Cooper Dicks of Annie Wright in 16:49.7.
