BOYS GOLF

District 2A Tournament

CHEHALIS — Aberdeen’s Brendan King earned a state berth by tying for third place in the District IV Class 2A Tournament that concluded Wednesday at the Riverside Golf Course.

With a closing 77, King finished with a 36-hole total of 156. Ridgefield’s Cade Bringhurst won the tournament with a 148.

King advances to state competition next May in the Tri-Cities area.

Competing in steady rain, King fired an excellent 37 on the front nine Wednesday. He stumbled a bit on the back nine, but rebounded with two consecutive birdies.

“Brendan played one of the best rounds of his career,” Aberdeen coach Dan Sundstrom said. “I think he was happy to see the weather report. He enjoys playing in the rain, but he had to fight a pretty stiff wind on the back nine.”

Despite an eight-stroke improvement from Tuesday’s opening round, Aberdeen’s Jaxson Larson failed to advance with a 93-85 — 178 total. He was one stroke away from earning a state alternate’s berth.

Columbia River won the district team title.

GIRLS SWIMMING

Bobcats 123, T-Birds 62

Aberdeen closed out its home season with a lopsided victory over Tumwater in an Evergreen 2A Conference contest Wednesday at the YMCA of Grays Harbor.

The Bobcat 200-yard freestyle relay team of Karli Heikkila, Melissa May, Kayleia Sias and Anna Weber met state-qualifying standards with a time of 1:46.34.

Sias bettered her previously established state times in the 200 individual medley (2:21.91) and 100-yard butterfly (1:03). Weber did the same in the 200 freestyle (2:03.4) and 100 breaststroke (1:08.39).

Bobcat coach Jan Simons also cited the performances of Giselle Rojas, Rylee Watson, Alliyah Tageant and Mary Lang.

Heikkila, Mackayla Waltee, Madi Green, Kenadi Bridges and Sierra Bunnell were Aberdeen seniors recognized at their final home meets.

The Bobcats will compete in the all-classification Southwest Washington Championships on Saturday at Longview’s Mark Morris pool.

200 medley relay — 2:05.02 — Aberdeen (Waltee, May, Sias, Orona), Tumwater, Aberdeen. 200 free — 2:03.4— Weber (A), Lewis (A), Hoffer (T), Roethke (T), Cook (A). 200 IM — 2:21.91 — Sias (A), May (A), Hoffer (T), Waltee (A), Williams (T). 50 free — 27.04 — K. Heikkila (A), Teal (T), Portmann (A), Martinez (T), Meza (A). Diving — 185.5 — Lang (A), Butcher (A), T. Heikkila (A), Torfin (T). 100 fly — 1:03.0 — Sias (A), Roethke (T), May (A), Cook (A), Tong (T).

100 free — 1:00.98 — Boe (T), Teal (T), Orona (A), Herr (A), McLeod (T). 500 free — 6:19.0 — Hoffer (T), Portmann (A), Tong (T), Boone (T), Rojas (A). 200 free relay — 1:46.34 — Aberdeen (K. Heikkila, May, Sias, Weber), Tumwater, Aberdeen. 100 back — 1:08.46 — Lewis (A), Waltee (A), Tageant (A), Martinez (T), McLeod (T). 100 breast — 1:08.39 — Weber (A), Hoffer (T), Orona (A), Watson (A), Dockery (T). 400 free relay — 4:19.62 — Aberdeen (Cook, Lewis, Waltee, Weber), Aberdeen, Tumwater.

CROSS COUNTRY

Evergreen 2A League meet

Aberdeen’s Faith Cardenas finished 10th in the girls portion of the Evergreen 2A League championships on Wednesday at Rochester.

Cardenas was clocked in 21:39.93 for 5,000 meters. Tumwater’s Hannah Reynolds was the winner with 19:58.79. Cardenas was the lone Bobcat girl to make the top 20 in the 33-woman field.

Jordan McKinney was the leading Aberdeen boy, placing 19th in 17:40.36. Tumwater’s Joseph Morrissey won the race in 15:56.74.

Aberdeen’s Dayln Barragan wound up 34th in 19:02.25.

Gary Sherman of Aberdeen’s Miller Junior High won the junior high boys race in a time of 8:08 for 1.5 miles.

The Bobcats will compete in the district meet Oct. 28 at Woodland.

GIRLS SOCCER

Ocosta match called

WESTPORT — Wednesday’s Napavine at Ocosta Central 2B League contest at Griffin Field was called in mid-match due to inclement weather.

Contested in heavy rain and blustery wind, the match was scoreless when officials called a halt during stoppage time in the first half, citing unsafe field conditions.

Ocosta coach Mike King, whose team would have had the wind at its back in the second half, was unhappy with the decision.

“We play games every year under these conditions,” King said. “This is Grays Harbor soccer at its finest.”

The match may not be rescheduled unless it has playoff implications.

Ocosta travels to Winlock on Monday.