UPDATE: Added scores for Aberdeen-WF West golf match.
Aberdeen’s girls swim team won seven of 12 races to beat Tumwater and the Bobcats boys tennis team won for the second time this season as we look at Wednesday’s prep sports contests.
GIRLS SWIMMING
Aberdeen 108, Tumwater 77
Led by two wins from Anna Weber, Aberdeen’s girls swim team defeated Tumwater 108-77 on Wednesday at the Grays Harbor YMCA.
The Bobcats won seven of the meet’s 12 races, including Weber taking the top spot in the 200-yard freestyle and the 100-yard breaststroke with times of 2:16.16 and 1:10.98, respectively. The senior multi-state champion’s time in the breaststroke is a state-qualifying time.
Other winners for the Bobcats were Litzy Orona (200 Individual Medley, 2:43.22), Giselle Rojas (100 Butterfly, 1:15.23) and Katelyn Ancich (100 Backstroke, 1:16.63).
Aberdeen also won two of three relay races. The quartet of Weber, Rojas, Hailey Wilson and Kennedy Hatton won the 200-yard medley relay with a time of 2:09.88. Aberdeen’s Weber, Keara Burns, Rojas and Orona won the 200-yard freestyle relay with a time of 1:58.62.
Tumwater’s Alexis Deitrich won two races for the Thunderbirds, picking up wins in the 50-yard freestyle (28.87) and 100-yard freestyle (1:03.62).
BOYS TENNIS
Aberdeen 4, Black Hills 1
Aberdeen picked up its second win of the season over Black Hills, winning 4-1 on Wednesday in Tumwater.
The Bobcats (2-4) won with a different lineup than when they defeated the Wolves 6-0 on Monday. Aberdeen’s top two singles players — Colton Faulkner and Andrew Troeh — were paired up by Bobcats head coach Dave Bruncke to compete in the No. 1 doubles match. The duo won in convincing fashion, defeating the Wolves’ top doubles team of Josh Do and Harrison Pilon 6-2, 6-2.
The switch meant Aberdeen’s typical top pairs team of Ashdon Swope and Kyle Miller got to compete in the No. 1 and No. 2 singles matches, respectively.
Down 2-1, Swope recovered to tie the set at 5-5 before winning the final two games to win his match over Black Hills’ Ryan Coki 7-5, 6-4.
Miller dropped the first set 6-2 and came up short in the second set 7-5 to the Wolves’ Lauri Calvert.
According to Bruncke, the season is already a success based on how many matches were able to be played in a short season at an atypical time of year.
“We have now played everyone at least once and have six matches in,” he said. “Our preseason guess for the number of matches we would get in was around four, so the season is a weather success.”
Singles — Ashdon Swope (Aberdeen) defeated Ryan Cokl (Black Hills) 7-5, 6-4; Lauri Calvert (BH) def. Kyle Miller (AB) 6-2, 7-5.
Doubles — Andrew Troeh/Colton Faulkner (AB) def. Josh Do/Harrison Pilon (BH) 6-2, 6-2; Foster Patterson/Daniel Garcia (AB) def. Dylan Browne/Parker Andersen (BH) 6-1, 6-1; Ayden Giffin/Brodyn Osina (AB) def. Forfeit 6-0, 6-0.
BOYS GOLF
Shelton 261, Montesano 265
Montesano fell to Shelton by just four strokes on Wednesday, losing 265-261 at Alderbrook Golf Course in Union.
Nathan Johnson led Montesano with a score of 43 for his 9-hole round.
Other Montesano golfers whose scores were recorded (top five scores) on Wednesday were Trey Sweeney (52), Kody Lalonde (53), Logan Jones (54), and Dylan Schoch (63).
Shelton’s Carter Barnes took Medalist honors for the match, shooting a low-round of 40.
Montesano (265) — Nathan Johnson (43), Trey Sweeney (52), Kody Lalonde (53), Logan Jones (54), Dylan Schoch (63).
Shelton (261) — Barnes (40), Holmes Waltmire (51), Luke Lennox (53), Carson Harmon (58), Wyatt Anthis (59).
WF West 226, Aberdeen 232
The Bobcats posted a respectable score on an unfamiliar course, but feel short against WF West 226-232 on Wednesday at Newaukum Valley Golf Course in Chehalis.
Logan Seguin had his best round of the season, leading the Bobcats with a score of 40 that included three birdies in his 9-hole round, including two on back-to-back holes.
Nolan King once again had a solid round, shooting a 43 for Aberdeen.
The Bearcats were led by Camryn Bostwick, who shot a 38 on his home course.
“It was a very close match,” Aberdeen head coach Dan Sundstrom said, adding most of his golfers hadn’t played the course until Wednesday’s match. “They just played at little better at their home course.”
WF West (226) — Camryn Bostwick 38, Brock Bunker 46, Birk Plankinger 46, Tukker Rosback 47, Jacob Douglass 49.
Aberdeen (232) — Logan Seguin 40, Nolan King 43, Hunter Eisele 48, Charlie Ancich 50, Baylor Ainsworth 51.