By Oly Archibald

PORT ANGELES — The high school baseball district tournament is ready to roll, and the 8th-ranked Roughriders (17-5) received great news, as they’ll host the 13th-ranked Fife Trojan team (14-7) on Tuesday at Civic Field. The first pitch is set for 4:00 PM.

The Trojans, the 2nd place team from the always tough South Puget Sound League, scored at least 10 runs in 7 games and at least 20 runs in 3 games. They faced the state’s #1 ranked Enumclaw Hornets twice, losing 7-6 and 5-3.

The winner punches their ticket to the state tournament and will play a doubleheader at Silverdale on Saturday, with game times at 11:00 AM and 4:00 PM. The loser will host the winner of the Sequim (10-11) vs. Tyee (12-5) game on Wednesday in a loser-out match.

You can catch the Port Angeles vs. Fife game on KONP Newsradio, with the Firehouse Grill pre-game show starting at 3:45 PM. Oly Archibald and Joe Gladfelter will provide the play-by-play.

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In fastpitch action, the Sequim Wolves played their best 5 innings of the season, leading a very good Kingston team 9-1 at the top of the 6th inning. However, Kingston rallied, scoring 6 runs in the 6th inning and 4 runs in the 7th inning to earn the 10-9 win. Hannah Giddings and Rylynn Whitehead each had 2 singles, a walk, and scored 2 runs, while Taylee Rome had a double and a single.

Port Angeles beat Bainbridge 12-2, with Heidi Leitz hitting a 2-run homer and driving in 3 RBIs, Kennedy Rognlien hitting a triple, 2 doubles, and 2 RBIs, Abby Kimball hitting a double, 2 singles, and 2 RBIs, and Ali Money adding a single and 2 RBIs. Heidi Leitz pitched 4 innings with 8 strikeouts to earn the win, while Lynzee Reid pitched 2 innings with 2 strikeouts to get the save.

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The Olympic League Golf Tournament continues today starting at 8:00 AM at North Kitsap.

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Port Angeles will have 18 men and 6 women moving on to District competition in track and field. Last weekend, the Rough Riders won the Olympic League Men’s Championship:

• Parker Nickerson won 1st place in the 110m & 300m hurdle events.
• Donovan Heins won 1st in the long jump.
• Dallas Dunning won 1st in the high jump.
• Teanna Clark won 1st in the javelin.
• Faerin Tait won 1st in the 300m hurdles.
• Parker Nickerson was awarded the MVP for the men’s running events.

In team competition, the Roughriders are the CHAMPIONS, followed by North Kitsap in 2nd, Bremerton in 3rd, and Bainbridge in 4th.

Sophomore Teanna Clark, who left the Roughrider fast pitch team is the Olympic League Champion in the javelin with a throw of 111’11”. It’s Clark’s 1st year in high school track

Sequim Wolves Freshman Clare Turella lived up to her hype winning the Olympic League Championship in the high jump with a jump of 4’10”.