Aberdeen’s girls swim team placed fourth overall at one of the area’s largest swim meets of the season as we review recent prep sports action on the Harbor.

GIRLS PREP SWIMMING

Aberdeen places fourth at SWW Invitational

Led by top 10 finishes from Mija Hood, Keara Burns and two relay teams, the Aberdeen Bobcats girls swimming team placed fourth overall at the Southwest Washington Girls Invitational Swim Meet on Saturday at the Dick Mealy Memorial Pool in Longview.

Hood and Burns led the way in the large meet that consisted of 21 schools – including 4A and 3A class teams – and approximately 244 swimmers.

Hood placed in the top five in two events. The Bobcats junior placed third in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 1:06.22 and took fourth in the 100 butterfly with a time of 1:08.15.

Burns, a senior, took seventh in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:27.39 and touched the wall at 2:46.50 to place eighth in the 200 individual medley.

Two Aberdeen relay teams placed in the top 10 at Saturday’s meet.

The 400 freestyle relay team of Burns, Ariana Alavez, Harnoor Jandu and Hood placed fifth with a time 4:30.35.

The 200 freestyle relay team of Hood, Benn, Jandu and Burns won their heat and placed sixth overall with a time of 1:59.08.

Other notable swims for the Bobcats were Emma Mullins, who dropped her time in the 100 backstroke (1:13.45) by more than five seconds; Gianna Bernhardt, who shaved six seconds off her 100 free time (1:47.23); and Zander Jaquez, who trimmed nine seconds off her 200 free time (3:28.45) and 12 seconds off her previous 500 freestyle best mark (9:26.40).

Camas won the event with 810 points followed by Bobcats 2A EvCo rival Shelton with 306 points. Columbia River placed third with 277 points.

Aberdeen’s top swims are listed below.

Top 10 team scores

1, Camas 810. 2, Shelton 306. 3, Columbia River 277. 4, Aberdeen 234. 5, Mark Morris 163. 6, Ridgefield 145. 7, Kelso 144. 8, Skyview 134. 9, Prairie 132. 10, Hockinson 125.

Aberdeen top results

200-yard medley relay: 22, Aberdeen (Natalie Wharton, Peyton Marchie, Isabelle Melville, Asha Martin), 2:48.00.

200 freestyle: 13, Melville, 2:29.91. 17, Willow Valentine, 2:42.24.

200 individual medley: 8, Keara Burns, 2:46.50. 17, Ava Benn, 3:28.46. 30, Peyton Marchie, 3:51.34.

50 freestyle: 14, Emma Mullins, 29.92. 23, Harnoor Jandu, 30.88. 28, Ariana Alavez, 31.29. 45, Asha Martin, 32.69.

100 butterfly: 4, Mija Hood, 1:08.15. 12, Benn, 1:21.19. 15, Alavez, 1:23.93. 18, Jandu, 1:25.46.

100 freestyle: 14, Valentine, 1:08.57. 34, Martin, 1:16.22. 35, Wendy Rojas Contreras, 1:16.44.

500 freestyle: 13, Melville, 6:47.26. 33, Zander Jaquez, 9:26.40. 34, Rylei Buchanan, 10:21.50.

200 freestyle relay: 6, Aberdeen (Hood, Benn, Jandu, Burns), 1:59.08. 17, Aberdeen (Marchie, Valentine, Wharton, Wendy Neil), 2:17.40.

100 backstroke: 3, Hood, 1:06.22. 7, Mullins, 1:13.45. 31, Annika Natwick, 1:35.87. 39, Wharton, 1:41.81.

100 breaststroke: 7, Burns, 1:27.39. 9, Neil, 1:28.30. 42, Marchie, 1:51.43. 49, Gianna Bernhardt, 2:10.51.

400 freestyle relay: 5, Aberdeen (Burns, Alavez, Jandu, Hood), 4:30.35. 11, Aberdeen (Valentine, Martin, Mullins, Melville), 4:52.24. 30, Aberdeen (Rojas Contreras, Natwick, Suzie Black, Dakota Lynch), 6:26.70.

GIRLS PREP SOCCER

Tenino 3, Hoquiam 2

For the second-straight game, Hoquiam fell just short of a league victory with a 3-2 loss to Tenino on Monday at Tenino High School.

The Grizzlies (1-12 overall, 0-7 1A Evergreen) took an early 1-0 lead when eighth grader Avery Brodhead sent a through ball to fellow eighth grader RenaéJah Burtenshaw, who scored her third goal in two games to put Hoquiam ahead.

Tenino’s Callie Mickelson tied the game in the 36th minute, but the Grizzlies regained the lead three minutes later when senior Chloey Dietrick scored off an assist from senior Paige Shope to take a 2-1 lead into halftime.

Tenino (8-7-1, 2-5) tied the game on a goal by Abagail Archibald in the 50th minute and took the lead on a Holly Thoren goal in the 75th minute to hand Hoquiam the loss.

For a Hoquiam team that struggled to field a team multiple times throughout the season due to injury, illness and lower roster numbers, the second-straight competitive performance validates the move by head coach Corri Schmid to bring up a host of eighth graders to fill out the ranks.

“Having numbers helps. Having subs where you can get people rests when they need it,” Schmid said. “We have numbers on our side now and that really helps us be a little bit more competitive.”

Hoquiam closes out its season with a Senior Night celebration against Montesano at 6 p.m. Wednesday at Olympic Stadium.

Hoquiam 2 0 – 2

Tenino 1 2 – 3

Scoring

First half – 1, Hoquiam, Burtenshaw (Brodhead), 16th minute. 2, Tenino, Mickelson (Watson), 36th minute. 3, Hoquiam, Dietrick (Shope), 39th minute.

Second half – 4, Tenino, Archibald (Mickelson), 50th minute. 5, Tenino, Thoren (Lucero), 75th minute.

Raymond-South Bend 2, Ocosta 0

Raymond-South Bend defeated Ocosta 2-0 in a 2B Central-Pacific League game on Monday at South Bend High School.

Wildcats goal keeper Amelia Saunders finished with eight saves in the game.

Ocosta head coach Mike King cited Kennedy Reynolds, Gabby Ness and Scarlett Nelson for their all-around play.

Ocosta (8-8, 4-6 2B Central-Pacific) has now lost five of its last six games and dropped to sixth place in the league standings.

The Ravens have won three straight and sit in fifth place in the league.

Raymond-South Bend hosts Adna at 6 p.m. on Wednesday.

Ocosta is set to face Adna at 6 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 30 in the Wildcats’ regular-season finale.

Raymond-South Bend (7-5-2, 5-4).

PREP VOLLEYBALL

Forks 3, Ocosta 1

Ocosta lost 3-1 to Forks on Monday at Forks High School.

The third-place Wildcats (10-5, 6-4 2B Pacific) lost 25-15, 22-25, 25-18 and 25-17 to the second-place Spartans (9-5, 7-2).

Middle blocker Alexia Bradley led the Wildcats offense with 10 kills and six blocks.

Brynn Rasmus dished out 12 assists while Millie Tucker and Noel Cuzdey were a combined 30-for-30 in service for Ocosta.

The Wildcats close out the regular season against league-champion Raymond-South Bend at 7 p.m. on Wednesday in Raymond.

Ocosta 15 25 18 17 – 1

Forks 25 22 25 25 – 3

Leading players: Ocosta – Bradley (10 kills, 6 blocks); Rasmus (12 assists); Tucker (21-21 service); Cuzdey (9-9 service, 10 digs); S. Schlegel (7 digs).

Other scores

Taholah 3, Oakville 0

Mossyrock 3, Willapa Valley 0