WESTPORT — The Ocosta High School baseball team had its winning streak snapped at 11 games after falling to the Evergreen Lutheran Eagles 3-0 on Senior Night.
Eagles ace pitcher Josiah Helmilch was nearly unhittable, allowing just one Wildcats basehit — a line-drive single off the bat of senior Hayden Hoff in the second inning — with nine strikeouts and one walk to pick up the non-league victory.
“He is a legit ace pitcher,” Ocosta head coach Mike Allton said of Helmlich. “He was dealing it all night.”
The Wildcats (13-2 overall, 11-1 Pacific 2B) fielded a team of nine seniors to begin the game and Allton made sure all 10 of his upperclassmen played in the Senior Night contest.
In addition to getting the Wildcats lone base hit against arguably the best pitcher they’ve faced this season, he also started on the mound for Ocosta, allowing one earned run on two hits with three strikeouts in 4-2/3 innings pitched.
Kobe Beck relieved Hoff and pitched 2-1/3 innings of one-hit baseball, striking out three Eagles in the process.
Ocosta may still get another shot at Helmilch, as the Wildcats are set to face the Eagles (9-1, 8-1 SeaTac) in the final game of the regular season on May 3 in Tacoma.
Evergreen Lutheran 002 010 0 — 3 3 1
Ocosta 000 000 0 — 0 1 5
WP — Helmilch (CG, H, 9 K, BB); LP — Hoff (ER, 2 H, 3 K, 4 BB)
Leading Hitters: O — Hoff (1-2); EL — Peterson (1-3, 2B, 2 R)
Aberdeen falls to Rochester for second time in four days
ROCHESTER — Aberdeen suffered its second loss at the hands of the Rochester Warriors this week after an 11-3 defeat on Thursday in Aberdeen.
Mackenzie Lapriam went 4-for-5 and Leie Trombley added a home run as the Warriors scored nine runs over the first two innings and held a nine run lead until the Bobcats scratched across a run in the bottom of the sixth inning.
Delany Glazer picked up the win for Rochester, allowing three runs with eight strikeouts.
Jalyn McDaniel took the loss for the Bobcats, giving up three earned runs on four hits in an inning of work.
Kacie Powell pitched the final six innings for the Cats, allowing four earned runs on 12 hits with two strikeouts.
Reagan Glanz had two hits and an RBI and Angel Jones went 1-for-3 with a run scored and an RBI. McDaniel went 1-for-2 with a double, Aberdeen’s only extra-base hit in the ballgame.
Aberdeen (6-8, 4-6 Evergreen 2A) now sits a game behind Rochester for third place in league.
Rochester 360 011 0 — 11 16 1
Aberdeen 200 001 0 — 3 8 5
WP— Glazer (8 H, 3 ER, 8 K, BB); LP — McDaniel (4 H, 3 ER, 4 BB)
Leading Hitters: A — Glanz (2-4, R, RBI); Jones (1-3, R, RBI); McDaniel (1-2, 2B); Hammond (1-3, R). R — Trombley (2-4, HR, 2 R, 2 RBI); Phelps (3-4, 2 R, RBI)
GIRLS TENNIS
Monte beats Tenino, 3-2
MONTESANO — The Bulldogs lost just five games in sweeping three singles matches against Tenino en route to a 3-2 victory on Thursday.
Monte’s top singles player, Rachel Ayres, defeated Rhian Mathis 6-1, 6-2 and Sophie Barre and Anna Ayres defeated their opponents 6-1, 6-0 and 6-2, 6-0, respectively, to lead the Bulldogs.
Monte is now 5-1 in the Evergreen 1A league after Tuesday’s 4-1 win over King’s Christian and the victory over Tenino. The Bulldogs sit one game behind Castle Rock in second place.
Results: Singles — R. Ayres (M) def. Mathis (T) 6-1, 6-2; Barre (M) def. Hohner (T) 6-2, 6-0; A. Ayres (M) def. Dodge (T) 6-2, 6-0. Doubles — Vestal/Schow (T) def. Peterson/Couch (M) 6-0, 6-2; Ontiveros/Lira (T) def. Miller/Thomas (M) 6-0, 7-5.
BOYS SOCCER
Aberdeen earns big win over Centralia, 3-1
Scoreless at halftime, the Bobcats took a lead early in the second half on a header from senior forward Trevor Dawkins off a cornerkick from Jonny Pizano.
The Bobcats (10-4, 6-3 Evergreen 2A) made it 2-0 when midfielder Tony Oropeza received a cross from Hulizes Chaves ripped a shot from 16-feet out into the net with approximately 10 minutes left in the contest.
Centralia climbed back into the game with a goal in the 77th minute, but Chavez scored off an assist from Rigo Alavez in the final minute to secure the Senior Night victory.
“I’m so proud of our boys, keeping their composure in a very rough environment and just continuing to work hard and play the game right, Bobcats head coach Larry Fleming said. “Most of the time, the team that does that will come out with the win they deserve.”
With Tumwater’s loss to WF West on Thursday, Aberdeen (10-4, 6-3 Evergreen 2A) sits in a second-place tie with Thunderbirds with one game remaining in the regular season.
The Bobcats face Rochester at 7 p.m. on Tuesday in Rochester.
Hoquiam edges Monte, 1-0
The Grizzlies pulled out a 1-0 home victory over Montesano on Thursday.
Hoquiam’s Edgar Estrada reccieved a pass from Connor Darras and tucked the ball under the crossbar for a 1-0 lead in the 18th minute.
From that point on, the teams played to a defensive stalemate.
“We had a lot of chances where Darras just missed, but the Montesano goal keeper was on tonight,” Hoquiam head coach Fidel Sanchez said. “Monte had a good plan to play defensive and counter and we fell into their style of play.”
Hoquiam’s Tigre Falla had two close-range opportunities to add to the Grizzlies lead, but was robbed by Monte goalkeeper Waymn Thoemmes to keep the game at 1-0.
Hoquiam (9-2, 3-1 Evergreen 1A) hosts Elma at 5 p.m. on Tuesday.
Monte (0-10-2, 0-5) faces Forks at 7 p.m. on Tuesday in Montesano.
TRACK & FIELD
Freeman dominates throwing events
Raymond track and field got another impressive day out of Karlee Freeman who won the shot put with a new personal best distance of 46 10.5 at the Raymond Crossover Meet.
The PR distance is one of the best throws in the country this year and Freeman also won the discus and the 100 meter dash.
Raymond also got some encouraging results in the field Marcus Anderson who won the triple jump with a season record of 41 feet eight inches and finished second in the long jump, just a head of Jimmy Thepsoumphou who took third.
McCartney Maden had impressive day too as he won both the 110 and 300 meter hurdles.
Raymond will be back on the track on Thursday for for the 58th Shelton Invitational.
FRIDAY’S EVENTS
Black Hills cruises past Hoquiam
Hoquiam softball’s struggles continued with a 10-1road loss to Black Hills on Friday.
The team struggled to make plays behind Tauni Hillirad who actually pitched well in the loss.
Hoquiam head coach Kieth Reynvaan said his team needs to relax and get back to fundamentals.
“I thought Tauni threw the ball well but its a game of throw and catch and when you can’t do that the game is harder,” he said. “We’re pressing a lot at the plate and we need to turn it around and get back to basics.”
Hoquiam (7-6, 3-4) will try to right the ship with another non-league game against Pe Ell on Monday.
Hoquiam 000 010 0 – 1 5 5
Black Hills 002 062 x –10 12 0
WP — Theophilus ( 5 BB, 7 K); LP — Hilliard (6 IP, 0 BB 3 K, 2 ER)
Leading Hitters — Dunn (2 H, 2B) German (2 H, RBI)
Wishkah falls to Naselle
Naselle edged Wishkah in a high-scoring game on Friday, as the Loggers fell 10-8.
“We couldn’t get the bats moving and we struggled with the mental part of the game,” said Wishkah head coach Tove Ribel.
She also noted Erica Bomhoff who pitched well in a losing effort.
Naselle 000 604 – 10 5 1
Wishkah 100 050 1 – 8 8 6
WP — Doch; LP — Bomhoff (7 K, 5 BB, 5 ER)
BASEBALL
Monte cruises past Tenino
Montesano was heled scoreless in the first, but found a way to put number son the board in every inning after that in its 14-5 road victory over Tenino.
Monte did well to work walks of of Tenino pitching while Evan Bates kept Tenino quiet for most of the game.
Montesano head coach Mike Osgood said it was good to see his batters not chasing pitches out of the strike zone.
“We’ve been doing good job of being patient and not swinging at bad pitches,” he said.
Evan Bates pitched a great game and it was a good overall effort”
Montesano will (14-1, 9-0) will puts its undefeated leauge record on the line when they play Hoquiam at home on Tuesday at 4:00.
Montesano 012 432 2 – 14 16 3
Tenino 100 013 0 – 5 7 3
WP — Bates (CG, 3 ER, 8 K, 2 BB); LP — Perez (7 BB, 2 K)
Leaading Hitters: M. Plato (4 H, HR); Olson (HR)
Raymond sweeps doubleheader at North Beach
Raymond basbeall’s offense was hitting on all cylinders in its doubleheader sweep of North Brach on Friday.
Raymond won the first game 13-6 and took the night cap 14-4 in game that was called in the fourth inning due to darkness.
North Beach head coach David Hinchen said he saw encouraging signs from his offense but still left too many runners on base.
“We had runners on we just couldn’t dome up with a big hit. We could get a run or two across but we couldn’t get that big inning,” he said. “You have to give credit to them for being able to put out fires.”
Hinchen also mentioned the improving defense of Harley Biggs
Raymond 410143 – 13 14 2
North Beach 000402 – 6 10 3
WP — Enslow (CG 4 K, 4 BB); LP — Sotomish (8 K, 6 BB)
Leading Hitters: NB — Matin (2-4, 2 2b, 2 RBI), Contretas (2-4, RBI); R – Hamlin (3-4) Delgaodo (3-4, 4 RBI) Collins (3-5, 2 RBI)
North Beach 0 3 0 1 – 4 5 3
Raymond 7 0 2 5 – 14 10 1
WP: Anderson (7 K 7 B)
LP: Bradley Biggs (1 K 5 BB)
Top hittters: R – Delgado (2-3), Anderson (2-3, 2 2B, 4 RBI)
Ocosta shut out by Naselle
Ocosta couldn’t get the bats going against Naselle in its 6-0 road loss on Friday.
Ethan Lindstrom pitched 6.1 inning of shutout ball and didn’t hand out any free passes on a day where the Wildcats only came up with three hits.
Ocosta got a good pitching performance from Zach Allton in the loss who only gave up one earned run.
Ocosta 000 000 0 – 0 3 4
Naselle 140 001 x – 6 3 3
WP — Lindstrom (6.1 IP, 6 K); LP — Alton (4.1 IP, 2 BB, 4 K)
Leaading Hitters: N – Edwards (3-2, RBI)
GIRLS TENNIS
Aberdeen tennis falls to Centralia
Aleeta Pratt continued her season-long hot streak with a win in singles but the Aberdeen tennis fell to Cenralia 4-2.
Pratt is now 10-1 on the year after crusing over Faith Hopkins 6-1, 6-2.
Singles — Pratt (A) def. Hopkins (C) 6-1, 6-2; Erwin (C) def. Wiley (A) 6-4, 6-4; Lang (C) def. Vercoe 6-1, 6-1. Doubles — Dominguez/Wilkerson (C) def. Tageant/Kant (A) 6-2 5-7; Knodel/Jensen (C) def. Bradt/Raygoza 6-2. 7-5, Scroggs/Peterson (A) def. Baller/Hinjosa-Orzoco
GIRLS GOLF
Aberdeen golf beats Tumwater
Aberdeen girls golf got the win against Tumwater with an 81-70 on the Stableford scoring system.
MacKayla Waltee led the way with 26 points and Ryder Heikkila was right behind her with a score of 25.
Aberdeen head coach Dan Sundstrom said Waltee and Heikkila have done well leading the team lately.
“Ryder and MacKayla are becoming quite the dynamic duo. They are providing us with a great 1-2 punch,” he said. “They have been playing with a lot more confidence these last few matches.”
Aberdeen will be away at Rochester on Monday. Tee time is at 3:30.
Results
Tumwater — Julia Westberg 19, Riley Swick 18, Mykenzee Gleizes 11, Kennedey Collins 12, Brianna Crites 10, Abbey Berro 5, Total 70.
Aberdeen — Ryder Heikkila 25, MacKayla Waltee 26, Katie Lewis 11, Mercy Johnson 9, Mailee Touch 5, Zoe Bratten 10, Total 81.
