Olympic League girls wrestling dual slated for Thursday

Sequim High will hold the first All Olympic League girls wrestling dual Thursday.

Junior varsity matches start at 6 p.m. with varsity scheduled to start at 7 p.m.

Sequim athletic director Dave Ditlefsen said all league schools are sending their female wrestlers to participate in the match, giving them the experience of a varsity-style dual.

“This will become an annual event that will rotate schools in the future,” Ditlefsen said.

Olympic’s Cabato verbally commits to Bethune Cookman

Olympic junior Kaira Cabato sent out this tweet Monday night saying she verbally committed to play softball at Bethune Cookman University.

 

The university is located in Daytona Beach, Florida.

Kitsap players named to All-Sea-Tac League boys soccer team

Evergreen Lutheran’s Liam Peterson of Port Orchard was named the All-Sea-Tac League B first team

The sophomore was also named the team’s offensive player of the year after scoring nine goals and eight assists for the Eagles. Erik Grey, a freshman from Kitsap, was named to the All-Sea-Tac League second team. Junior Micah Pittenger, also from Kitsap, was named to the All-Sea-Tac League second team.

Seven players from Kitsap play for Evergreen, which qualified for the Tri-District tournament; senior Andrew Yang, junior Micah Pittenger, sophomores Ben Schwartz, Sam Bessler and freshman Gabriel Park. The Eagles also received the WIAA Distinguished Scholastic award as the academic state champions for a team grade point average of 3.49.

 

All-Olympic League 1A girls soccer team

Co-MVP—Emily Peters, sr., Klahowya; Mia Littlejohn, jr., Coupeville
Coach of the year—Troy Oelschlager, Klahowya

First team
Hailey Sargent, jr., Klahowya; Alyssa Peters, fr., Klahowya; Rylee Fenske-Radford, so., Klahowya; Kylie Woodrum, so., Klahoywa; Lauren Grove, sr., Coupeville; Sage Renninger, jr., Coupeville; Lindsey Roberts, so., Coupeville; Kaitlyn Meek, jr., Port Townsend; Jasmin Apker-Montoya, so., Port Townsend; Grace Johnson, so., Chimacum; Samantha Raines, sr., Chimacum.

All-Olympic/Nisqually 1A football teams

All-Olympic/NIsqually 1A Team
MVP—Berkley Hill, sr., Port Townsend
Offensive MVP—Tyquan Coleman, jr., Cascade Christian
Defensive MVP—Gabriel Wallis, sr., Klahowya
Coach of the Year—Randy Davis, Cascade Christian

First team offense
QB—Parker Johnson, fr., Cascade Christian. RB—Detrius Kelsall, jr., Port Townsend; Bryce Hoisington, sr., Vashon; Gabriel Wallis, sr., Klahowya. WR—Hunter Smith, sr., Coupeville; Austin Carder, sr., Cascade Christian. TE—Cooper Cochran, sr., Charles Wright. OL—Jackson Foster, jr., Port Townsend; Dylan Leer, sr., Klahowya; Evan Minsk, sr., Charles Wright; Jeremy Ocbian, jr., Cascade Christian; Corbin Nohr, jr., Cascade Christian. Offensive athlete—Dylan Zuber, sr., Klahowya.

First team defense
DL—Corbin Nohr, jr., Cascade Christian; Nathan Suiter, jr., Cascade Christian; Jackson Foster, jr., Port Townsend; Christian Miller, sr., Bellevue Christian; Dylan Leer, sr., Klahowya. LB—Detrius Kelsall, jr., Port Townsend; James Gherna, sr., Klahowya; Tanner Carle, jr., Cascade Christian; Blake Stoltenberg, sr., Charles Wright; Bryce Hoisington, sr., Vashon. DB—Dylan Zuber, sr., Klahowya; Alex Meadowcroft, jr., Charles Wright; Hunter Smith, jr., Coupeville. Defensive athlete—Zach Bartolome, sr., Cascade Christian.

First team special teams
K—Gerry Coker, sr., Port Townsend. P—Lane Dotson, sr., Chimacum. KR—Bryce Hoisington, sr., Vashon.

Second team offense
QB—Henry Lenaberg, jr., Charles Wright; Hunter Downes, jr., Coupeville. RB—Zach Bartolome, sr., Cascade Christian; James Vogelgesang, sr., Charles Wright; Daniel Ficca, sr., Bellevue Christian. WR—Alex Meadowcroft, jr., Charles Wright; Joe Helton, sr., Bellevue Christian. TE—Tanner Carle, jr., Cascade Christian. OL—Peter Besel, jr., Bellevue Christian; Riley Grider, sr., Charles Wright; Lane Dotson, sr., Chimacum; Kaiden Parcher, jr., Port Townsend; Abel Nutu, jr., Cascade Christian.

Second team defense
DL—Jeremy Ocbian, jr., Cascade Christian; Abel Nutu, jr., Cascade Christian; Evan Minsk, sr., Charles Wright; Jacob Massie, sr., Port Townsend; Chris Greene, sr., Klahowya. LB—Jonathan Smith, sr., Port Townsend; Michael Tucci, jr., Charles Wright; Jake Nielsen, sr., Cascade Christian. DB—Connor Hoisington, jr., Vashon; Joe Helton, sr., Bellevue Christian; Noa Apker-Montoya, fr., Port Townsend; Tyquan Coleman, jr., Cascade Christian.

Second team special teams
K/P—Billy Chissoe, jr., Charles Wright. KR—Alex Meadowcroft, jr., Charles Wright.

SK trio named to All-SPSL 4A volleyball

South Kitsap seniors Tia Lawrence, Diane Olson and junior Madison Jackson were all named to the All-South Puget Sound League 4A volleyball team.

All three were added to the honorable mention team.

All-SPSL 4A Volleyball

MVP—Hannah Pukis, jr., OH, Bellarmine Prep

Coach of the year—Tony Batinovich, Puyallup

First team—Kasey Woodroof, jr., L, Curtis; Lauren Wilson, sr., OH, Olympia; McKenzie Schwan, sr., OH, Bellarmine Prep; Addy Woolery, jr., L, Bellarmine Prep; Peyton Foster, jr., OH, Graham-Kapowsin; Kaitlin Sugai, jr., RS, Puyallup; Tayler Templeman, jr., OH, Emerald Ridge.

Second team—Katie Yorke, jr., RS, Curtis; Sarah Randall, so., M, Curtis; Hannah Barbour, sr., L, Graham-Kapowsin; Jordan Hunter, sr., OH, Puyallup; Anna Saelens, jr., S, Puyallup; Jadyn Mullen, jr., S, Emerald Ridge.

Honorable mention—South Kitsap: Tia Lawrence, sr., L; Diane Olson, sr., M; Madison Jackson, jr., S.

State Swimming & Diving Finals thread

The second day of the state girls swimming and diving championships are underway at the King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way.

The Class 2A meet is underway and top qualifier Port Angeles won the 200-yard medley relay with a hard charge from Liberty, 1:50.76 to 1:51.31.

Port Townsend was named the academic champion with a team grade point average of 3.508 for 1A and head coach Peter Braden.

200 freestyle final: Klahowya junior Kira Crane placed fifth in 1:57.39 and North Kitsap’s Isabel Hendryx was sixth in 1:59.90.

200 IM consolation final: Olympic sophomore Chloe Partsch finished 10th overall in 2:16.82, well ahead of her prelim time of 2:20.54 from Friday.

50 free final: North Kitsap freshman Eleanor Beers won her first state title in the 50 freestyle in 23.36. That’s the second fastest all-time in 2A and she tied with Missy McIntyre of Oak Harbor for the top 10 all-time.

100 butterfly final: Klahowya’s Crane finished second to Alexis Schmidtt of Cheney, 58.21 to 58.24. Partsch of Olympic was sixth.

100 free final: Beers claimed her second individual title with a time of 50.98, a state record by one-one hundredth of a second. Amelia Messegee held the record of 50.99 since Nov. 10, 2007.

500 free final: Kingston’s Claudia Velie finished fifth.

200 free relay final: Liberty edged North Kitsap to win the relay, 1:39.45 to 1:39.84.

100 backstroke final: North’s Isabel Hendryx finished second to two-time state champion Taylor McCoy of Pullman. McCoy will swim at WSU next year. Hendryx’s had a time of 59.58 to McCoy’s 56.40.

400 free relay: North Kitsap won in a time of 3:14.36, holding off Liberty in 3:14.71.

North Kitsap finished fourth overall. It’s the first Greg Braun-led Vikings team to podium at the state meet in his 26 years as head coach.

Class 3A

Bainbridge senior Zora Opalka receives her gold medal from Spartans head coach Sarah Bullock at the Class 3A state swimming and diving meet. Opalka is the first female diver to win a state championship for Bainbridge. (Annette Griffus/Kitsap Sun)
Bainbridge senior Zora Opalka receives her gold medal from Spartans head coach Sarah Bullock at the Class 3A state swimming and diving meet. Opalka is the first female diver to win a state championship for Bainbridge.
(Annette Griffus/Kitsap Sun)

1-meter diving: Bainbridge’s Zora Opalka won the school’s first girls title with 422.10 points to hold off Lakeside’s Amber Chong, 421.70. Bainbridge’s Cammy Rouser was fifth.

200 IM final: Central Kitsap sophomore Taylor Sims placed eighth in 2:14.03.

Livestreamed playoff football: North Kitsap vs. Archbishop Murphy

North Kitsap and Archbishop Murphy play tonight at 7 p.m. in the first round of the Class 2A state tournament.
North Kitsap and Archbishop Murphy play tonight at 7 p.m. in the first round of the Class 2A state tournament.

North Kitsap’s football team puts its 10-0 record on the line tonight at 7 p.m. in Poulsbo against Archbishop Murphy. The Wildcats (10-0) are the top-ranked team in Class 2A.

Can the Vikings — ranked No. 6 — pull off the upset? Tune in here at 7 p.m.

Read about tonight’s matchup:

-Austin Miller writes about how the Vikings are anxious to take on the challenge of facing the same team that knocked North Kitsap out of the state semifinals last year.

-Jeff Graham writes about his past experience with covering games featuring undefeated teams.