An injury-ravished Ocosta roster held its own for 78 minutes before surrendering a goal in a 1-0 loss at Toledo on Wednesday.

Ocosta (3-5-1, 0-2 Pacific 2B) entered the game with an empty bench and 10 players on the field as seven members of the roster deal with injuries of varying severity.

The Wildcats played most of the first half with 10 players, which was further reduced to nine at halftime when a ball hit Meghan Denny’s hand, possibly breaking a bone.

Denny attempted to stay in the game when she originally believed her thumb was dislocated, but left the sidelines for the hospital when the severity of the injury was realized.

Ocosta head coach Mike King wasn’t disappointed with the result and walked away from Wednesday’s contest impressed with his team’s effort

“The girls stepped up tonight and it was unbelievable to watch them play,” he said. “They just came out and really worked hard.”

Wildcats goalkeeper Devyn Martin was particularly impressive with 17 saves in the contest. Most of Martin saves came on shots from outside the box, but the Indians created more dangerous scoring chances as the match continued and fatigue began to set in for short-handed Ocosta.

“They were running 80 minutes back and forth and helping on offense,” King said. “I mean, I’m surprised we got four shots on goal in the first half, playing with 10. Our midfielders got worn out and our defenders played unbelievable tonight.”

Martin parried away a shot labeled for the upper right hand corner of the goal in the 70th minute and dove to her right to knock a shot out of bounds in the 75th minute to keep her team locked in a scoreless tie for the time being.

Ocosta keeper Devyn Martin gathers up a loose ball in the first half of a match against Toledo on Wednesday. Martin made 17 saves on 18 shots in Ocosta’s 1-0 loss to Toledo. (Hasani Grayson | Grays Harbor News Group)

Martin’s heroics in goal could only carry the team so far, however, as Toledo’s Marina Smith scored on a low, hard shot to the keeper’s left that gave the Indians (6-3, 1-1) the win late in regulation.

King said he is more concerned about getting his team back to full strength than he is dropping the game to a league opponent.

“We’re more concerned with getting the kids healed and healthy. We’re pretty assured that if we play our game we can make the playoffs and beat some of those teams we should have beat in the regular season. If we can get back to full strength we can compete with the best teams in the league.”

Though Denny’s status is still up in the air, Ocosta plans on being closer to full strength in approximately a week and is hoping to have at least one additional player ready to return when the Wildcats face Toutle Lake on Monday at 6 p.m in Ocosta.

The Wildcats also play Winlock on Oct.9 and King sees the upcoming matches as a chance to climb the standings.

“We’re playing some of the lower-seeded teams in the league, so if we come out and play hard against those guys we should be okay,” he said.

Toledo 0 1 — 1

Ocosta 0 0 — 0

Top Players: Toledo — Smith (G, 78th), Rose Dillon (Assist); Ocosta — Martin (17 saves)

BOYS PREP TENNIS

Aberdeen 4, Centralia 2

After losing two of three singles matches Aberdeen’s doubles teams swept three matchups to lead the Bobcats to a 4-2 victory over Centralia on Wednesday in Centralia.

Andrew Troeh emerged from the singles matches as the only Aberdeen victor and the Bobcats (7-5) fell behind 2-1.

But Aberdeen’s doubles duos of Colton Faulkner/Romeo Sanchez, Colby Miller/Carter Olsen and Kobie Fall/Logan Sias swept the doubles matches from the Tigers to give Aberdeen the 4-2 victory. Faulkner and Sanchez, Aberdeen’s top doubles pair, were down 5-5 in the first set against Centralia’s Brandon Young and Brendon Wilkerson, but rallied to earn a comeback 7-5 victory and followed that up with a 6-3 win in the second set to win the match.

“Colton and Romeo struggled early against a big serving duo from Centralia,” Aberdeen head coach Andrew Duffy said. “They found a way to return the serve and add pressure at the net to force errors.”

Aberdeen closes out the regular season against WF West at 3:30 p.m. on Monday in Chehalis.

Singles — Ryan Mack (Centralia) defeated Brice Kola (Aberdeen) 6-1, 6-0; Ladon Kaut (C) def. Ashdon Swope (A) 6-2, 6-3; Andrew Troeh (A) def. David Parsons (C) 6-0, 6-0

Doubles — Colton Faulkner/Romeo Sanchez (A) def. Brandon Yeung/Brendon Wilkerson (C) 7-5, 6-3; Colby Miller/Carter Olsen (A) def. Mckiernan Jonas/Kyus Mano (C) 3-3, 6-4, 6-1; Kobie Fall/Logan Sias (A) def. Ryan Kane / Aiden Faber (C) 6-0, 6-0

— Ryan Sparks, Grays Harbor News Group

GIRLS PREP SWIMMING

Aberdeen 112, Black Hills 64

The Aberdeen girls swim team took the top spot in seven of 12 events as the Bobcats downed Black Hills 112-64 on Wednesday at the Grays Harbor YMCA.

Aberdeen was led by Annika Eisele and Anna Weber, each of whom won two individual races on Wednesday.

Eisele won the 200-yard freestyle in a time of 2:07.37 and the 100 free with a sub-minute time of 58.82.

Weber earned victories in both the 50 free (27.49) and the 100-yard breaststroke (1:11.77).

Eisele and Weber joined Melissa May and Annetthe Orona on Aberdeen’s winning 200-yard freestyle relay team (1:49.08).

May won the 100 butterfly with a time of 1:07.78 while Orona took the top spot in the 200-yard individual medley (2:35.02).

Aberdeen travels to River Ridge High School for a rematch with Black Hills at 4 p.m. on Tuesday.

— Ryan Sparks, Grays Harbor News Group

BOYS PREP GOLF

Aberdeen 230, Rochester 279

One week after battling a difficult Riverside Golf Course in a loss to Centralia, the Aberdeen Bobcats returned to Riverside and defeated Rochester 230-279 on Wednesday.

Playing the back nine, Aberdeen (3-5, 2-5 Evergreen 2A) knocked 28 strokes off its previous score at the course, led by Nolan King and Evan Waara, who shot 40 and 41, respectively.

“It was a much happier ride back home from Riverside this time,” Aberdeen head coach Dan Sundstrom said. “Nolan racked up another match medalist and Evan was excited for his low 40s score. … Overall, it was a nice team win.”

Aberdeen takes on Black Hills at 3:30 p.m. on Monday at Tumwater Valley Golf Course.

Aberdeen (230) — Nolan King 40; Evan Waara 41; Gavin Timmons 56; Logan Seguin 48; Nick Farrer 45; Jimmy Boora 70

Rochester (279) — Logan Fry 52; Luke Barth 53; Gabe Masias 61; Ethan Eyer 65; Xavier Mendez 53; Brady Moen 60