PHS golf team wins league title

Prep roundup: Tides, Seahawks win track meets; GH wins polo rematch

Marques Hunter

of the Gateway

Three Peninsula Seahawks golfers qualified for the Class 3A state tournament on Monday during the sub-district tournament at McCormic Woods in Port Orchard.

Nick Fandel, Christian Letts and Chad Findlay earned the distinction, and Fandel was the sub-district medalist with a 74.

District qualifiers were Kevin Keiter (77) and Joey McNelis (79). Surprisingly, Olympic League MVP Chris Bean didn’t qualify for district or state.

Anna Heacox and Katie Stavig were district qualifiers for the Peninsula girls.

Last week, the Peninsula boys golf team won the Olympic League 3A Division by dominating the Olympic Trojans 160-111 at Canterwood Golf & Country Club.

It was the highest score the Peninsula boys have had at Canterwood in eight years.

The boys finished undefeated at 8-0 overall, 7-0 in league.

Bean was named the league MVP with a scoring average of even par. Other first team all-league honorees for Peninsula were Keiter, Findlay and McNelis. They finished first, second, third, sixth and eighth, respectively, in the eight-team league.

The Seahawks girls lost to Olym pic, 71-50. Peninsula finished third in the Olympic League (6-4 overall, 5-2 league).

“The girls are a very young team with great potential for the future next fall in our new league (South Puget Sound League 3A Division),” Peninsula coach Larry Gilhuly said.

More recently, the Peninsula boys earned the honor of playing in one of the best high school golf championships at Skagit Golf & Country Club in the 28th Annual Egbers Invitational, finishing third.

Only league champions and the best players from across the state compete in a team format, with 14 teams playing in the first round and the four best scores counting.

At the end of round one, Peninsula sat in third place with a total of 298, one shot behind Kamiak, the defending 4A state champion, and Snohomish, the 4A leaders this year.

The format of the tournament allowed the top 40 players to play a second round to determine the team championship.

Only five of the 14 schools had three players playing well enough to play in the afternoon.

Defending state 1A champion Charles Wright Academy, Lynden and Kamiak had three players. Snohomish had all five, while Peninsula had four.

After the second round, Peninsula finished in third behind the two 4A powers — Snohomish and Kamiak — but well ahead of the other two teams.

McNelis finished with a two-day total of 148 (75-73) to finish in a 12th-place tie, and Bean (72-77) shot 149 to help the Seahawks earn their best finish at the tournament.

Findlay shot 74-79 to finish tied for 25th at 153, while Kevin Keiter tied for 35th (77-81—158) and Nick Fandel added a first-round 81.

Peninsula track dominates at league

The Peninsula boys and girls both won Olympic League championships last week at Bremerton High School.

The Seahawks girls edged Sequim by 8 1/2 points, and the Peninsula boys nudged Olympic, also by less than 10 points.

On the boys side, Darrian Creamer won both the triple jump and the discus, recording respective marks of 40-6 and 142-10.

Justing Allard won the javelin with a toss of 156-11.

Meanwhile, the Peninsula 400 relay finished second in 3 minutes, 41.07 seconds.

Jonathan Goettling also came in second in the pole vault at 13-0.

In the 400 meter dash, Peninsula’s Alex Benzegala placed second in 53.74. And in the 800, Keegan Hall took second in 2:03.68.

Chris Bork did well in the 3,200, taking third in 9:50.92.

The Seahawks also fared well in the 300 hurdles, with Jacob Clawson placing third in 45.21.

The Peninsula girls’ sprinting corps did very well, as Deven Wilson won the 100 (12.66), placed second in the 200 (26.53), and Melissa Foss came in third in the 200 in 26.97.

In the 100 hurdles, Kelsie Williams won with a time of 16.52, and she also won the 300 hurdles in 48.46.

In the 400 and 800 relays, the Sehawks girls earned first-place finishes in 50.13 and 1:46.38, respectively.

In the high jump, the Seahawks took second and third with Rachel Cox (4-10) and Carly Crane (4-8).

Hannah George won the long jump event at 15-3.

Chandler Shea added a second-place finish in the discus at 89-3, and Crane threw for third place in the javelin at 98-0.

Tides boys track team wins tri-meet

The Gig Harbor Tides beat both the Bellarmine Lions and the Mount Tahoma Thunderbirds at a three-way Narrows League meet last week.

Gig Harbor scored 69.5 points, topping Bellarmine by 15 points. Mount Tahoma finished with 51 points.

The Tides boys won six events, with junior Andrew Burghardt taking the 100 meters in 10.9.

Senior Miles Unterreiner won the 800 in 2:00.1, followed by Nathan Page in 2:01.2. Spencer Payne rounded out the top three spots in 2:01.6.

Junior Chris Adgar-Beal won the 1,600 in 4:35.8, and sophomore Jeffrey Robinson won the 3,200 at 10:08.57. Senior Shane Polley finished right behind Robinson in 10:08.05.

In the high jump, Gig Harbor junior Jens Brynstad won with a leap of 5-4, and freshman Nick Laketa won the javelin with a toss of 156-0.

Tides water polo likely No. 2 seed

The Gig Harbor Tides swept the Peninsula Seahawks 12-4 in a non-league, crosstown rivalry game on April 29.

The Tides’ improved to 16-2 overall after defeating the Foss Falcons 18-7 on Thursday.

The Tides jumped out to a 2-0 lead over Peninsula after the first quarter, but the lead was cut as the Seahawks took advantage of a few errors that resulted in Tides’ players in the penalty box.

With the halftime score 4-3, the Tides turned up the intensity.

“As in previous similar situations, the Tides came out in the third quarter and really upped their game,” Tides coach Mike Kelly said.

Sophomore Lauren Lott allowed just one goal the entire second half and blocked a total of 13 shots.

With a deeper bench, the Tides piled on the scores, going on a 5-1 rally. They added three more goals to seal the victory.

Gig Harbor sophomore Lauren Biggs and junior Aundi Ragan led the team with four goals each. Ragan added five steals and and Lott had four.

Tides senior captain KC Hughes contributed by scoring two goals.

Peninsula remained in third place in the Western Division.

In their last home game of the season, the Tides handled Foss.

Hughes scored six goals to lead the team and added seven steals. Tides junior Heidi Hirsh scored twice.

The Tides had a season-high nine assists, with Michelle Hamilton leading the way with three.

Tides girls golfers defeat Rams

The Gig Harbor Tides girls golf team defeated the Wilson Rams in a Class 4A matchup, 122-110.

Alisha Drumm was the medalist 32 points, shooting 5-over-par 41.

Seahawks lose to Bremerton, 4-1

The Peninsula Seahawks’ Lisa Kromholtz won Peninsula’s only tennis match in a 4-1 loss to Bremerton last week.

Kromholtz scored a 6-1, 6-0 victory, but Peninsula’s Daysha Gunther dropped a 6-0, 6-2 decision.

In doubles competition, Peninsula sophomore Laura Stone and senior Kelsey Stonestreet were edged 6-4, 6-1.

PHS fastpitch finishes this week

Last week, the Peninsula Seahawks fastpitch team was swept by the Port Angeles Roughriders in a Class 3A matchup.

However, they turned around and swept the Port Townsend Redskins in a doubleheader by a wide margin.

Against the Redskins, the Seahawks (5-9 overall, 5-8 league put on a hitting clinic. The best performance was from Richelle White, who went 3-for-4 with a triple, three RBIs and a run scored. Justine Radjkovich came through with an RBI.

Peninsula won 12-2, scoring five runs in the third inning. Hannah Crawford struck out six on the mound, and Ashley Holland finished 2-for-3 at the plate.

In the second game, Peninsula’s Mackenzie Johnson went 2-for-2 with a double, two walks and four runs, and Jessica Chapman hit a triple and added three RBIs and two runs scored during the Seahawks’ win.

White pitched a one-hitter with six strikeouts.

Reach Sports Editor Marques Hunter at 253-853-9243 or marques.hunter@gateline.com.