BY OLY ARCHIBALD
PORT ANGELES — Peninsula Pirates men’s basketball coach Bryce Jacobson has signed his first high school recruit for the 2025 season: athletic 6’5″ shooting guard Parker Lambert from Middleton, Idaho.
Lambert led the 5A Middleton Grizzlies to the Idaho State Tournament and a 15-11 record during his junior season.
A multi-sport athlete, Lambert also played football and competed in the high jump. Unfortunately, he missed his senior year of basketball due to a knee injury sustained in football.
Coach Jacobson believes the Pirates landed a major under-the-radar recruit due to Lambert’s absence from his final season.
Middleton High School’s 6’5″ shooting guard Parker Lambert has committed to the Peninsula Pirates men’s basketball team. A three-sport athlete, Lambert brings athleticism and versatility to the Pirates’ roster.
—
The Peninsula Pirates women’s soccer team has added two highly decorated student-athletes: Cailey Ridgeway of Gig Harbor High School and Tayen Munger of Kingston High School.
Ridgeway was named a 2024 3A PSL 2nd Team Narrows Division selection and was a four-year starter for the Tides. She carries a 3.5 GPA.
Cailey Ridgeway of Gig Harbor, a left-wing scoring machine, has signed to play with the NWAC champion Peninsula Pirates women’s soccer team.
Munger, a standout defender for the Kingston Buccaneers, was a teammate of Ridgeway on the Kitsap Alliance FC club team, which won the 2024 State Championship and qualified for the National Tournament in Hawaii.
Known for her toughness, Munger also shines on the wrestling mat—she won the Olympic League 127 lb. championship and earned a trip to the Mat Classic at the Tacoma Dome.
Former Kingston Buccaneer soccer standout Tayen Munger has also signed with the Pirates. A defensive star on the pitch, Munger is also an Olympic League wrestling champion.
—
There’s high school baseball action tonight as Port Angeles travels to Sequim.
The Roughriders sit in sixth place with a 1-2-1 league record, while Sequim is in fourth place at 2-2.
Port Angeles has struggled offensively as a team, but junior Kody Williams leads the way with a .333 batting average, 5 hits, 4 runs scored, and 3 RBIs.
Senior shortstop Alex Angevine is hitting .294 with 5 hits and 7 runs scored.
On the mound, senior pitcher Rylan Politika has been lights out with a 0.81 ERA over 8.2 innings pitched and 11 strikeouts.
First pitch is at 4:15 p.m. tonight. Sequim heads to Port Angeles tomorrow night for a 6:30 p.m. start. Both games will be broadcast on KONP Newsradio.
—
In soccer, 3-3 Sequim travels to face 3-2 Port Angeles. Kickoff is set for 7:15 p.m.
—
In tennis, Port Angeles heads to Sequim with the first serve at 4:00 p.m.
—
Former PA Roughrider Wyatt Hall continues to tear it up on the college diamond. Here he is hitting his 3rd homer of the year for Cal State San Bernardino.