Local Roundup: Full slate of games and events from Thursday

A full slate of high school games and events highlights our Thursday roundup.

PREP CROSS COUNTRY

Monte, Hoquiam finish 1-2 in Elma

A pair of Hoquiam runners took the top two spots but it was Montesano’s depth that provided the team victory in the boys race at a 1A Evergreen League meet on Thursday at Vance Creek County Park in Elma.

Hoquiam’s brother duo of Adam and Alex Peterson took first and second place in the boys race with times of 17:53 and 18:09, respectively.

“I was planning on running on the grass more instead of the road but since it was so wet I ran on the road more so I could speed up without slipping in the mud,” Adam Petersen regarding the wet conditions that made the course more hazardous than normal.

“They’re bringing the whole team to a new level of competition and hard work,” Hoquiam head coach Carly Giles said of her top two runners. “I’m anxious to see how they run and how they lead the team this year. We haven’t had anyone on the team with their kind of times for a few years now. It’s exciting to see them really bring it.”

Though Hoquiam held the top two spots, it was the Montesano Bulldogs — led by Martin Shuck’s third-place finish (18:10) — that won the overall team competiton with 28 points, eight points better than the Grizzlies. Tenino placed third with 65 points.

Monte’s Josef Aschenbrenner and Tucker Stecher ran identical 19:24 times to tie for fifth place. Tristan Bodwell (19:59, 8th) also finished in the top 10 for the Bulldogs.

The Elma Eagles placed two runners in the top 10 as Tyler Bristow (20:09) and Brandon McMillan (20:21) finished ninth and 10th, respectively.

In the girls race, Montesano’s Elizabeth Peterson complete the three-mile course in 22:43 to place first, 16 seconds ahead of Forks’ Madelyn Archibold.

Similar to the top boys runners, Peterson said the wet course conditions presented some challenges.

“The course being wet made me nervous about slipping,” she said. “But my strategy was to pretend like it was practice and I was running with the boys.”

Madelyn Olson ran a fourth-place time of 24:33 for the Bulldogs.

Hoquiam’s top runner was Jennifer Cole, who ran a 26:16 to place sixth out of 11 runners.

Monte’s Kaylee Lane (28:09) and Emma Kaine-Houlton (29:27) finished seventh and eighth, respectively.

Aberdeen strong against Rochester

Aberdeen’s Jordan McKinney and Mayri Orellana won their respective races as the Aberdeen Bobcats had a strong showing against the Rochester Warriors on Thursday at Fort Borst Park.

In a fast race where the top three spots were sperated by a mere seven seconds, McKinney’s personal-record time of 17:10 was five seconds better than Rochester’s Casey Reese as the Bobcats junior took first place.

Aberdeen’s Gary Sherman ran a time of 17:17 to place third.

“Every (Aberdeen) boy that ran had a new PR,” Bobcats head coach April Meissner said. “It was an extremely tight, fast race.”

Aberdeen’s Aiden Caswell placed eighth (18:54) and Joel Nelson was ninth (18:55).

Rochester won the boys team event, 24-32.

In the girls race, Bobcats runners swept the top two spots as Orellana (23:01) and Skyler Taylor (23:11) took first and second, respectively. Orrellana and Taylor, both sophomores, are in their first year of high school cross country competition.

Aberdeen seniors Kacie Powell (24:37, 5th) and Mercy Johnson (25:31, 7th) both placed in the top 10 with personal-best times.

Aberdeen’s girls won the team event as Rochester didn’t have enough competitors for a full-team score.

For full race results, visit https://www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/Results/Meet.aspx?Meet=146963&show=all.

PREP VOLLEYBALL

Ocosta 3, Hoquiam 2

The Ocosta Wildcats rallied from down 2-0 to win the final three sets en route to a 3-2 victory on Thursday at Ocosta High School.

Hoquiam (2-3) got out to a fast start by winning the first game 25-16 then taking the second game in a close 25-23 contest.

But Ocosta (4-0) rallied to sweep the final three games by scores of 25-21, 25-22 and 15-13 to squeak out the thrilling come-from-behind victory.

Emily Snider led Ocosta with a whopping 37 assists and a perfect 15-for-15 in service.

Senior outside hitter Kaylee Barnum was an offensive force for Ocosta with a game-high 23 kills. Layne Martin added 16 kills and 11 digs for the Wildcats.

Defensively, Ocosta was led by Kylee Poirier’s 16 blocks. Teammate Kiana Morrow also had double-digit blocks with 12.

Evalyn Marsh had a team-leading 17 digs for Ocosta.

Hoquiam was led by Jade Sandstrom’s 26-for-26 service that included a 10-point streak in Game 3.

ReyLynn Dunn had a team high 20 digs and went 15-for-15 in serves for the Grizzlies.

Kacey Pelan also had a big game for Hoquiam with 29 assists, 14 digs and a perfect 17-of-17 from the service line.

“You’ve got to learn how to win and Ocosta is used to winning,” Hoquiam head coach Heather Bozich said of how her team failed to secure the victory after going up 2-0. “(Ocosta) relied on that (experience) to push them through. … We’ll build on this and move forward.”

Hoquiam 25 25 21 22 13 — 2

Ocosta 16 23 25 25 15 — 3

Top Players: Ocosta — Snider (37 assists), K. Barnum (23 kills), Martin (16 kills, 11 digs), Morrow (12 blocks), Poirier (16 blocks), Lillyan Barnum (13-13 service), Marsh (17 digs). Hoquiam — Sandstrom (26-26 service), Dunn (20 digs), Rylee Vonhof (12 kills), Pelan (29 assists, 14 digs)

La Center 3, Elma 0

Elma played even with La Center for stretches of the match but couldn’t quite pull out a game as the Eagles lost 3-0 to he Wildcats in Elma Thursday night.

Elma (2-2) fell at home 25-13, 25-16 and 25-14.

The Eagles held a 11-9 lead in the second game but La Center (3-1) scored five straight points to take control of the set and the match.

Jaelyn Sackrider played strong at the net in the loss and came away with six blocks.

Elma head coach Kendra Henry said the score isn’t a true indication of how well they played.

“The score didn’t really represent how well we played. We had a few errors on our side but overall I thought we played really well,” she said. “La Center is a great team and to be able to compete with them has me proud of my team.”

La Center 25 25 25 — 3

Elma 13 16 14 — 0

Top Players: Elma – Jaelyn Sackrider (8 kills, 6 blocks), Kali Rambo (5 kills)

South Bend 3, Willapa Valley 0

South Bend downed Willapa Valley with the help of Joshlynne Johnson’s 20-dig performance as the Indians beat the Vikings in straight sets on Thursday at Willapa Valley High School.

The Indians (3-0) beat Willapa Valley 25-16, 25-23 and 26-24 in a match that got tense in the second and third games.

South Bend’s Jessica Sanchez led the Indians with 17 kills.

Willapa Valley’s Hannah Cook had nine digs and three kills.

“Our team chemistry and energy tonight was incredible,” said South Bend coach Kelsey Staats. “The girls were hungry for this and it was great to see them deliver in all aspects of the game.”

South Bend 25 25 26 — 3

Willapa Valley 16 23 24 — 2

Top players: South Bend – Johnson (20 digs), Karley Reidinger (12 kills), Sanchez (17 kills). Willapa Valley – Grace Hodel (3 blocks), Cook (3 kills, 9 digs)

GIRLS PREP SOCCER

Hoquiam 2, Aberdeen 1

In a tie game between longtime rivals, Hoquiam midfielder Maya Jump’s goal from 30-yards out in the 65th minute propelled the Grizzlies to a 2-1 victory over Aberdeen on Thursday at Stewart Field.

Aberdeen held a 1-0 lead after Emma Green took a through pass from fellow team captain Emmy Walsh at the top of the 18-yard box and beat Hoquiam goaltender Jade Cox for an early 1-0 lead.

But the Grizzlies (3-1) tied the game just before halftime when sophomore forward Sadie Carlyle scored her team-leading third goal of the season off an assist from Jump to knot the game up at 1-1 in the 38th minute.

The game remained tied until Jump’s game-winner late in the game; a shot that hit the bottom edge of the crossbar and went into the back of the net to give the Grizzlies the 2-1 win. Taylor Strom picked up an assist on Jump’s goal.

“Anytime we play Aberdeen we know emotions are going to run high and it’s about how we react to them on the field,” said Hoquiam head coach Drew Grannemann, who admitted the aforementioned emotions had an impact on his team in the early going. “We told the girls to take a step back, take a deep breath and play the soccer we want to play.”

Aberdeen head coach Larry Fleming stated that in a back-and-forth contest, it came down to which team took advantage of its opportunities and made the fewest mistakes.

“We are just making too many mistakes and not taking advantage of our opportunities.” he said. “Credit Hoquiam with capitalizing on their few chances.”

Aberdeen drops to 1-3 on the season with the loss.

Hoquiam 1 1 — 2

Aberdeen 1 0 — 1

Top Players: Hoquiam — Jump (G, A), Carlyle (G), Strom (A). Aberdeen — Green (G), Walsh (A)

Elma 5, Charles Wright 0

Two first-half goals of the foot of Jillian Bieker led the Elma Eagles to a 5-0 victory over Charles Wright Academy on Thursday at Davis Field.

Kassedy Olson got the scoring started just 13 seconds into the match when she gathered a loose ball in the box and beat the keeper to give Elma the early lead.

Bieker then helped blow the game open when she got a pass from Brooke Sutherby inside the box to give the Eagles a 2-0 lead in the 14th minute.

Bieker struck again with the help of a Molly Johnston assist in the 18th minute to push the lead to 3-0.

Kayli Johnson got a goal in the 49th minute and Johnston knocked one in off the crossbar in the 77th minute to round out the scoring.

Elma head coach Scott Rockey said his team has learned a lot from their losses to Shelton and Klahowya and was pleased to see them apply those lessons in Thursday’s game.

“I think the possession game was working really well,” he said. “We played some tough games where we had our butts handed to us, but out of the struggle in those games we saw how we should be passing and rose to the occasion to do it ourselves.”

Charles Wright 0 0 – 0

Elma 3 2 – 5

Top Players: Elma – Bieker (2 G), Johnston (2 A)

PREP GOLF

Hoquiam 149, Seton Catholic 196

The Hoquiam Grizzlies’ boys golf team shot a sub-150 score en route to downing Seton Catholic, 149-196, on Thursday at Highland Golf Course.

“I think that is our best Hoquiam score ever,” Hoquiam head coach Larry Dublanko pondered. ” One of our goals this season was to break 150. It’s a hard goal to beat. The guys played really well.”

The Grizzlies (4-0) were led by Brayden Dayton, who shot a career-best 34 for the 9-hole round.

Low scores were also posted by Hoquiam’s Josh Burgher (38), Michael Jump (40) and Tayte Witherbee (37), who Dublanko said had an “outstanding round.”

Though they have posted a sub-150 round and are undefeated through four matches, Dublanko acknowledged the Grizzlies have to be cautious not to let the early-season success go to their heads.

“We’ve reminded them that we haven’t left our home course yet,” Dublanko said, pointing out that all four of his team’s victories have come at the familiar confines of Highland Golf Course. “There is going to be courses we play where we have no familiarity. It’s going to be a blind undertaking and mentally challenging.”

Dublanko added that if his team is to continue posting scores near the 150 mark, they’ll have to play sound, intelligent golf.

“We’ll play the numbers,” he said. “It’s going to change our dynamics a bit to maintain these low scores.”

Hoquiam (149) — Dayton (34), Witherbee (37), Burgher (38), Jump (40)

Seton Catholic (196) — Dean Ball (40), John Trafalis (49), Nathan Lamberton (50), Cole Jackson (57)

PREP FOOTBALL

WA School for the Deaf 52, Wishkah Valley 12

Wishkah Valley lost its season-opening game to the Washington School for the Deaf, 52-12, on Thursday at Bob Addison Memorial Field.

The Loggers scored on sophomore quarterback Joey Brenneman’s 45-yard touchdown run and sophomore fullback Noah Arnold had a 2-yard touchdown plunge.

The Terriers totalled five total touchdowns — three rushing and two passing — from junior quarterback Jose Ramirez.

Wishkah (0-1) will travel to Oakville to kick off 1B Coastal League play at 7 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 21.

Montesano’s Elizabeth Peterson pulls ahead of the pack at the Elma cross country meet on Thursday. (Hasani Grayson | The Daily World)

Hoquiam’s Adam Petersen crosses the finish line to take first at the Elma cross country meet on Thursday.(Hasani Grayson | The Daily World)

Elma’s Brooke Sutherby takes a shot from outside the 18 yard box in a game against Charles Wright on Thursday at Davis Field in Elma. (Hasani Grayson | The Daily World)