Girls prep golfers from the Twin Harbors took home top honors at the Sibley Scramble Tournament at Alderbrook Golf Course in Union on Monday.
The Montesano pairing of Hailey Blancas and Maggie Kupka and the Aberdeen duo of Britt Rajcich and Kaitlyn McCracken finished their rounds with identical scores of 77 to share first place as the top pairings of the match.
The Bulldogs and Bobcats teams also fared well, with Montesano scoring 164 points to take first place, just one stroke ahead of second-place Aberdeen.
Montesano’s Iza Cope and Audree Dohrmann won the event’s closest-to-pin competitions.
The event featured golfers and teams from across the district, including WF West, Tumwater and Shelton.
SUBMITTED PHOTO The Aberdeen Bobcats (from left) Britt Rajcich, Kaitlyn McCracken, Saylor Heikkila, Sarah Harder, Alice Earley, Anna Matisons and Keara Burns placed second in the team standings at the Sibley Scramble Tournament at Alderbrook Golf Course in Union on Monday. Rajcich and McCracken tied for first place with a score of 77.
Sibley Scramble Results
1, Montesano, 164. Hailey Blancas/Maggie Kupka, 77. Iza Cope/Cam Burgess, 87. Audree Dormann/Jessie Lalonde, 93.
2, Aberdeen, 165. Britt Rajcich/Kaitlyn McCracken, 77. Saylor Heikkila/Alice Earley, 88. Keara Burns/Anna Matisons, 94.
3, WF West, 175. Natalie Ecklund/Kendall Rasmussen, 85. Macee Shannan/Grace Oien, 90. Joy Stafford/Abbey Alexander, 99.
4, Tumwater, 180. Chloe Staudt/Mily Jonston, 85. Samie Jasper/Josie Monte, 95. Megan Magill/Lily Wagner, 107.
5, Rochester, 183. Izzy Masias/Audrey Williams, 90. Bailey McClellan/Evelyne Houghton, 93. Casey Arreglado/Mercy Hayden, 110.
6, Shelton, 188. Kaia Johnson/Taylie Budge, 85. Alena Hall/Gabby Stevens, 103.
7, Black Hills, 194. Kaylene Hall/Linli Davis, 87. Grace Hurley/Sarah Harder (Aberdeen), 107.
8, Centralia. Sam Johnston/Tess McMurry/Kezra Smith, 87.
Black Division Long Drive winner — Kendall Rasmussen, WF West
Red Division Long Drive winner — Samantha Johnston, Centralia
Closest to pin (9th hole) — Iza Cope, Montesano, 17 feet, 5 inches
Closes to pin — Audree Dohrmann, Montesano, 38-06
ERIC TRENT | THE CHRONICLE Elma’s Delayne Hanson earned a complete-game victory in the Eagles 8-1 victory over Tenino in a doubleheader on Tuesday in Tenino.
PREP SOFTBALL
Elma sweeps Tenino
The Elma Eagles won for the third straight game in sweeping a doubleheader over Tenino on Tuesday in Tenino.
In the opener, Elma (3-7 overall, 3-5 1A Evergreen) scored six runs in the seventh inning to pull away from Tenino (1-13, 0-7) in an 8-1 victory.
Eagles center fielder Janessa Sample went 2-for-4 with two runs scored while starting pitcher Delayne Hanson allowed one run on six hits to notch the complete-game victory.
In the nightcap, Elma scored 14 runs over three innings to earn 15-1 mercy-rule victory.
Aaleigha Weld (3-4, R, 2 RBI), Maddie Monroe 2-4, 4R, 3RBI) and Sample (2-5, 2R, 4RBI) led the way for an Elma offense that scored 14 runs in the fourth through sixth innings.
Monroe picked up the win, allowing one earned run on six hits in six innings pitched.
Elma hosts Tenino on Friday at 4 p.m.
Elma 000 110 6 — 8 5 0
Tenino 001 000 0 — 1 7 8
Elma — Sample (2-4, 2R), Monroe (1-4, R). WP – Hanson (7 IP, 7H, ER, K, BB).
Tenino Severse (2-4), Hunter (2-4, RBI), Bratton (1-1, R). LP – Baxter (7 IP, 5H, ER, 7K, BB).
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Elma 001 536 — 15 10 3
Tenino 000 001 — 1 6 8
Elma — Weld (3-4, R, 2 RBI), Monroe 2-4, 4R, 3RBI), Sample (2-5, 2R, 4RBI). WP – Monroe (6 IP, 6H, ER, 3K, BB).
Tenino — Hunter (2-3), Backman (1-3, RBI), Bratton (1-2). LP – Baxter (6 IP, 10H, 6ER, 9K, 6BB).
PREP BASEBALL
Elma splits with Tenino
Elma lost the first game 5-4 and won the second game 12-1 in a doubleheader against Tenino on Tuesday in Elma.
The Eagles (5-9, 4-7 1A Evergreen) lost Game 1 when the Beavers (11-5, 6-2) scored a run in the top of the eighth on n RBI single by Brody Noonan.
In the nightcap, Elma scored eight runs in the third inning en route to a 12-1 mercy-rule victory that snapped the Beavers’ six-game winning streak.
Leading 2-0, Elma scored eight runs in the third as Tenino pitching recorded four hit batters and a walk in the frame.
Elma scored runs on singles by Blake Corr and Carter Studer and on doubles by Eastin Wright and Gibson Cain.
Studer picked up the win, allowing an unearned run on two hits in 4 1/3 innings pitched.
”Tenino is a good team but we felt like we let that first one slip away,” Elma head coach Travis Vessey said. “We did have some dudes really swing it today, both JT Tiffany and Blake Corr raked in our first game.”
The two teams will meet against at 3 p.m. on Friday in Tenino.
Tenino 110 002 01 — 5 7 1
Elma 000 310 00 — 4 10 2
Tenino — Knox (1-3, RBI), Noonan (4-4, 3RBI). WP – Noonan (2 IP, 0R, 0H, 3K, 2BB).
Elma — Wright (2-4, 2RBI), Tiffany (3-3), Corr (3-4, R). LP – Camus (2.1 IP, R, 0ER, H, 2K, 4BB).
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Tenino 000 01 — 1 2 1
Elma 208 2x — 12 7 2
Tenino — Knox (1-3, 2B), Strawn (1-2, R). LP – Burkhardt (3H, 6ER, 2K, 3BB).
Elma — Wright (1-2, 2B, 2R, 2RBI), Cain (1-2, 2B, R, 3RBI), Tiffany (1-1, 2R), Corr (1-3, R, RBI), Alexander (1-2, R, RBI), Studer (1-2, RBI), Camus (1-2, R, RBI), Baun (1-1, R), Bailey (0-2, R, RBI), Vessey (0-3, R, RBI). WP – Camus (4.1 IP, R, 0ER, 2H, 3K, 5BB).
Black Hills 5, Aberdeen 4
Black Hills scored two runs in the top of the fifth inning to hand Aberdeen a 5-4 loss on Tuesday in Aberdeen.
The Bobcats (4-8, 3-6 2A Evergreen) took a 4-3 lead with four runs in the bottom of the second on RBI singles by Malaki Balesteri, Kale Goings and Hunter Eisele.
But Black Hills (9-8, 4-7) scored on a fielder’s choice followed by a hit batter with the bases loaded to force in the go-ahead run in the top of the fifth.
Aberdeen threatened with two on and one out in the bottom of the fifth, but a Mason Sorensen strikeout followed by a Toby Heggie ground out ended the inning.
Marcus Hale (2-4, 2B) and Eisele (2-3, RBI) collected two hits apiece for Aberdeen.
The Bobcats play at Black Hills at 4:30 p.m. Thursday.
Black Hills 120 020 0 — 5 5 3
Aberdeen 040 000 0 — 4 9 2
Black Hills — Termini (2-3, 2B, RBI), Klinger (1-4, 2B, R), Floyd (1-2, 2B), Pate (1-4, R). WP – Floyd (7 IP, 9H, 4R, 2ER, 6K).
Aberdeen — Hale (2-4, 2B), Eisele (2-3, RBI), Pisani (1-4), Sorensen (1-3, R), Balesteri (1-1, R, RBI), Goings (1-3, R, RBI). LP – Dawson (3.2 IP, 2H, 2R, 2ER, K, BB).
PREP BOYS SOCCER
Aberdeen 3, Shelton 0
Aberdeen moved to just a half-game behind first-place Tumwater with a 3-0 victory over Shelton on Tuesday at Stewart Field in Aberdeen.
Aberdeen (9-2-1, 8-2 2A Evergreen) jumped out to a 1-0 lead when an Edwin Quintana shot was deflected off senior forward Miguel Martinez and into the Shelton net in the 11th minute.
With 10 minutes remaining in the first half, Hugo Sanchez sent a through ball to senior forward Daniel Guzman, who passed the ball through two defenders to senior striker Kaleb Myers, who beat the keeper for a 2-0 lead.
In the second half, Aberdeen would put the finishing touches on a successful Senior Night when Julian Garcia fed a pass to Myers, who scored his second goal of the game in the 45th minute.
“This wasn’t the greatest performance for the boys, but they kept working and were able to do enough to get the comfortable win,” Aberdeen head coach Larry Fleming said.
Bobcats seniors Daniel Guzman, Mateo Gonzalez, Kaleb Myers, Gustavo Martinez, Logan Sias, Miguel Martinez and Axcel Garcia were honored before the game.
With the win and Tumwater’s 1-0 loss to WF West on Tuesday, Aberdeen sits a half-game behind Tumwater for the top spot in the 2A Evergreen Conference.
The Bobcats play at Black Hills at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
Aberdeen’s junior varsity team won 2-0 Tuesday afternoon.
Austin Gomez and Gio Castillo scored for the Bobcats.
Shelton 0 0 — 0
Aberdeen 2 1 — 3
Scoring
First half — 1, Aberdeen, Martinez (Quintana), 11th minute. 2, Aberdeen, Myers (Guzman), 30th minute.
Second half — 3, Aberdeen, Myers (Garcia), 45th minute.
Other scores
Prep Softball
Forks 23, North Beach 0
Forks 15, North Beach 1
Prep Baseball
Raymond 13, Northwest Christian 0
Raymond 25, Northwest Christian 2
PWV 13, Ocosta 0
Ocosta 16, PWV 6
