Prep Weekend Roundup: Ocosta volleyball win Raymond Tournament

RAYMOND — The Ocosta Wildcats continued their impressive start to the season after taking first place at the Raymond Tournament on Saturday at Raymond High School.

Ocosta (5-0 overall), ended up third after pool play behind Willapa Valley, which placed first, and South Bend.

The Wildcats upended the Indians, 2-0, and faced Willapa, which defeated Raymond 2-0, in the tournament final.

Ocosta beat Willapa Valley in three sets to win the tournament title.

As for the Wildcats’ tournament totals, Kaylee Barnum had 53 kills, 13 aces and seven blocks; Emily Snider had 48 assists and 10 kills; Evalyn Marsh had 26 digs and Kylee Poirier totalled 17 kills and seven blocks on Saturday.

Other teams that competed in the tournament were Naselle, Tacoma Baptist, Pe Ell, Ilwaco and North Beach.

After a successful non-league portion of its schedule, Ocosta now turns its attention to league play, where the Wildcats will face the South Bend Indians (3-2) at 7 p.m. on Thursday at South Bend High School.

GIRLS PREP SOCCER

Aberdeen 1, Tenino 0

Aberdeen got a late goal from Emma Green and solid defense to record its first shutout of the season with a 1-0 victory over Tenino on Saturday at Stewart Field.

“This was a much improved performance for the girls in all aspects of the game,” Aberdeen head coach Larry Fleming said. “They have worked so hard in some very frustrating losses and they deserved this win.”

With 15 minutes remaining in a scoreless tie, Aberdeen (2-3) broke through when Abbie Bradt started a push into Tenino’s defensive third with a through pass to Emmy Walsh, who then flicked the ball past the Tenino goalkeeper, who came far off her line. A Tenino defender then tried to clear, but sent the ball right to Green, who kicked it into the back of the net for the only goal of the game.

The Bobcats preserved the shutout by relying on a solid defense that consisted of defenders Chase Baller, Nayeli Morris, Elizabeth Martinez and Amiah Leach as well as freshman goalkeeper Charlize Guitierrez.

Aberdeen begins league play against Centralia at 7 p.m. on Tuesday at Tiger Stadium.

Centralia 0 0 — 0

Aberdeen 0 1 — 1

Top Players: Aberdeen — Green (G)

PREP SWIMMING

Aberdeen 107, Centralia/WF West/Adna (combined team) 54

Two days after defeating a Centralia/WF West/Adna combined team, 107-54, in Centralia on Thursday, the Aberdeen Bobcats girls swim and dive team place third at the South Sound Relays on Saturday at the Curtis High School Aquatic Center in University Place.

Multiple Bobcats recorded qualifying times at Saturday’s meet, including Kayleia Sias (100-yard backstroke, 1:03.06), the 200-yard freestyle relay team of Annika Eisele, Katie Lewis, Anna Weber and Melissa May (1:46.27) and the 400-yard freestyle relay team (Eisele, Sias, Lewis, Weber, 3:58.40).

Two Bobcats that previously qualified for the state meet improved on their season-best times at Saturday’s meet: Annika Eisele (100 butterfly, 1:01.04) and Anna Weber (100 breaststroke, 1:09.23).

Aberdeen head coach Jan Simons commended Camryn Cook, Aliyah Tageant, Tatum Heikkila and Mary Lang for personal-best times in their respective events. Ashlyn Yakovich for a 12 second improvement in the 100-yard freestyle.

PREP CROSS COUNTRY

Ocosta 4th at Seaside meet

The Ocosta boys’ team finished fourth among Division 5 schools at the Three Course Challenge cross country meet in Seaside, Ore. on Saturday.

The following Ocosta athletes placed in the top 10 for Division 5: Daniel Quinby (Easy, 17:47, 3rd), Alex Bailey (Hard, 22:22, 7th), Dylan Todd (Hard, 22:25, 8th), Natalie Cain (Hard , 28:14, 8th), Billy Jones (Easy, 20:15, 9th) and Danny Lennon (Moderate, 22:41, 10th).

William Idso was the second Ocosta runner to complete the moderate course as the final scoring member, running a 23:44.

The meet was scored with teams having two athletes run the hard course, two on the moderate course and one on the easy trail.

BOYS PREP TENNIS

Tumwater 6, Aberdeen 0

It was a tough day on the courts for the Aberdeen Bobcats as they were shut out by Tumwater, 6-0, on Friday at Tumwater High School.

Singles: Ethan Dillon (Tumwater) defeated Andrew Troeh (Aberdeen) 6-1, 6-0; Noah Tompkins (T) def. Ashdon Swope (A) 6-0, 6-2; Peyton Peterson (T) def. Colby Miller (A) 6-0, 6-0

Doubles: Gunner Fields/Jake Johnson (T) def. Cody Sayres/Brice Kola (A) 6-3, 6-4; Sawyer Loughheed/Alex Abbot (T) def. Tanner Fluery/Erik Eng (A) (score not provided); Clayton Pierpoint/Zach Schmidt (T) def .Kai Kawishima/Paris Nicholson (A) 8-7

BOYS PREP GOLF

Centralia 248, Aberdeen 259

The Aberdeen boys golf team lost to Centralia by 11 strokes on Thursday at Riverside Golf Course.

Centralia’s Nolan Rice had the low round of the match with a score of 40, one shot better than teammate Rudy Voetberg.

Aberdeen was led by Jaxson Larson’s round of 43.

Aberdeen’s Nolan King shot a 49 that included birdie on the 8th hole.

“Golf is a game of ups and downs. Centralia was up today and we were down,” Aberdeen head coach Dan Sundstrom said. “We just could not adjust to the speed of the greens. We are at the halfway point of the season and we need to get to work on fine tuning our short games.” T

Aberdeen hosts Tumwater at 3:30 p.m. on Monday at Grays Harbor Country Club.

Centralia (248) — Nolan Rice (40), Rudy Voetberg (41), Brett Wasson (52), Luke Lennox (53), Brock Terry (62)

Aberdeen (259) — Jaxson Larson (43), Nolan King (49), Gavin Timmons (54), NIck Farrer (55), Tye Williamson (58)