Prep Roundup: Aberdeen holds on for 1-0 win over Rochester

Aberdeen made an early goal stand in a 1-0 win over Rochester Friday night at Stewart Field in Aberdeen.

The lone goal of the contest came when Miguel Martinez crossed the ball over to Angel Hernandez, who fired a far-post shot from the left-outside edge of the box to beat Rochester goalkeeper Dominic Heinrich in the 23rd minute

Aberdeen (7-1-1, 4-1 Evergreen 2A) had more chances to score throughout the match, but couldn’t convert on any of its additional scoring opportunities.

Bobcats head coach Larry Fleming was upset that his team couldn’t convert on its breakaways and said he would have liked to have won by a wider margin.

“I had to be disappointed when we win but we kept an inferior team in the game by not finishing over and over,” he said. “I don’t think I’ve ever seen us have that many one-on-one breakaways with the goalie without scoring one.”

Aberdeen continued to put pressure on the Warriors (3-7, 0-5) and kept Rochester from mounting an attack of its own, but the Warriors nearly found an equalizer with corner kick in stoppage time.

Aberdeen’s Hulizes Chaves protects the ball from Rochester’s Levi Jennings in the first half of a match against Rochester. (Hasani Grayson | Grays Harbor News Group)

Aberdeen’s Christian Harp ended up with the clean sheet in his first start in goal this season, but struggled to catch the cross into the box, leading to a scramble in front of the Bobcats’ goal in the match’s final seconds.

Aberdeen survived the late-game scare and will take on Centralia in a road game on Tuesday at 7 p.m.

Aberdeen bested Centralia 4-3 at Stewart Field on March 25 and Fleming is expecting a tougher matchup this time around.

“Our touch and possession is better from where it was against Black Hills, so I’m hoping that keeps up on Tuesday,” he said. “Obviously, we’re going to have to finish a little better and really defend because they’re going to be a solid team. They’re going to be improved from the last time we beat them here.”

Aberdeen 1 0 – 1

Rochester 0 0 – 0

Top Scorers: Sanchez (G, 23rd minute), Martinez (A)

Tenino 3, Raymond-South Bend 1

The Raymond-South Bend Riptide boys soccer team fell to 1-5 in the 1A Evergreen League after a 3-1 loss to Tenino on Thursday in Tenino.

The Riptide (3-5, 1-5 Evergreen 1A) scored its lone goal of the match when Jairo Jimenez scored off an assist from Alberto Diaz.

Diaz was named the Riptide’s Athlete of the Week after assisting on two of the Riptide’s three goals over the team’s past two games.

“He consistently encourages others to work hard to reach team goals,” Riptide head coach Heather Cheek said of Diaz. “His work ethic on and off the field is an inspiration to his teammates and peers.”

— Ryan Sparks, Grays Harbor News Group

PREP TRACK & FIELD

Local teams compete at Comet Booster Club Invite

Multiple Twin Harbors area teams competed at the Naselle Comet Booster Club Invite on Thursday at Naselle-Grays River Valley High School.

Raymond’s boys, which finished second as a team with 102 points behind host Naselle (160), had multiple event winners on Thursday. Shayn Sath won the boys 400 meters with a time of 1:00.43 while Evun Misaengsay took the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 16.78.

Raymond also won the boys 4×100-meter relay when the team of Joseph Villalpando, Curtis Broten, Patrick Edwards and Jeremiah Meade ran a 47.42 to edge Naselle (47.62).

The Pe Ell boys team, which finished in third place with 81 points, won four individual events, including three by Jeremiah Yost. The Trojans’ junior thrower swept all his events, taking the top spot in the shot put (42-00.50), the discus (127-10) and the javelin (125-10).

Pe Ell’s Braeden McAllister won the 300-meter hurdles with a personal-best time of 44.20.

Led by Char Gutierrez’s victory in the girls 800 meters (2:50.97), the Wishkah Valley girls earned 112 points to finish second in the team standings behind Naselle (121),

The Raymond 4×200-meter relay team of Tina Sypaphay, Kyra Gardner, Ana Quintana and Kendall Thompson recorded a time of 2:01.60 to beat Wishkah Valley, which placed second with a time of 2:21.94.

Taholah claimed wins in two events, with Denise Curley Bear winning the 300-meter hurdles (1:13.44) and Chitwhins teammate Celisha Ralston earning victory in the discus (98-05).

For full meet results athletic.net/TrackAndField/MeetResults.aspx?Meet=368223&show=all.

— Ryan Sparks, Grays Harbor News Group

GIRLS PREP GOLF

Hoquiam beats Montesano on tiebreaker

The Hoquiam Grizzlies and Montesano Bulldogs ended Tuesday’s duel match at Highland Golf Course deadlocked in a tie. But Hoquiam was determined the victor after beating the Bulldogs via a tiebreaker.

After the two teams finished the 9-hole competition with identical scores of 190, a tiebreaker was used to determine the outcome of the match. After the scorecards were tabulated, Hoquiam’s fifth-best score of 53 was nine shots better than Montesano’s fifth-best score, giving the Grizzlies the win.

“The girls knew that this was going to be a tough match, but each of them rose to the occasion,” Hoquiam head coach Patty Sundstrom said. “Brooke Bogdanovich shot her lowest score in match play and Katelyn Stevens met a personal best as well.”

Bogdanovich shot a 41, the second lowest score of the match behind Montesano’s Glory Grubb (39).

Bailey Smith finished with a round of 47 followed by Stevens, who recorded the Grizzlies’ third sub-50 round of the match with a 49.

Aside from Grubb, Montesano’s Mylaina Parker shot a sub-50 round, carding a 43 over nine holes.

Hoquiam (190) — Bailey Smith 47, Brooke Bogdanovich 41, Katelyn Stevens 49, Ainsley Estes 53, Sandra Parks 53, Megan Folkers 55.

Montesano (190) — Glory Grubb 39, Mylaina Parker 43, McKenna Wecker 50, Iza Cope 58, Myah Gallinger 62, Baylie Farmer 62.

— Ryan Sparks, Grays Harbor News Group

PREP TENNIS

Centralia 6, Aberdeen 0

The Bobcats (0-5, 0-1 Evergreen 2A) couldn’t capture their first win of the season and had trouble keeping some of its matchups close.

Aberdeen’s Chase Baller put up a fight in the second set, but ultimately fell 6-2, 6-4 to Centralia’s Gracie Wiley.

The Tigers (3-3, 1-1) also swept the doubles matches.

Aberdeen will be looking to get into the win column when the Bobcats host WF West at 3:30 p.m. on Monday.

Singles: Carisa Kaut (Centralia) defeated Kylie Knodel (Aberdeen) 6-0, 6-1; Gracie Wiley (C) def. Gracie Wiley (A) 6-4, 6-2; Evie Rocklidge (C) def. Mary Lang (A) 6-1, 6-1.

Doubles: Rocklidge/ Danika Jensen (C) def. Molly Scroggs/Alicia Raygoza (A) 6-1, 6-3; Maddie Corwia/Liza Hopkins (C) def. Kiley Ehy/ Kylie Weiberg (A) 6-1, 6-0; Liza Hopkins/ Olivia Wiley (C) def. Mary Zepeda/Katelynn Kindle (A) 6-3, 6-2.

PREP SPORTS

South Bend winter sports awards

Boys Basketball

Captain — Drew Rose, Mayson Estle

Best Teammate — Logan Stamos

Most Inspirational — Drew Rose

Most Improved — Nathon Ashley (varsity), Kyle Strozyk (junior varsity)

Girls Basketball

Captain — Hannah Byington, Karley Reidinger, Jessica Sanchez

Most Inspirational — Jessica Sanchez

Rebound Award — Karley Reidinger

Most Improved — Alise Rohr