The Port Townsend, Quilcene and Chimacum high schools' fall sports seasons are in full swing. Following is the weekly wrap of exciting competitions of hard-working student athletes who proudly represent their schools.

SWIMMING

PORT TOWNSEND

Swimming is the rare team sport for which a tied match is left tied: Port Townsend and Klahowya finished 84-84 in Olympic League action on Sept. 15.

NEXT: PTHS hosts Port Angeles at 3 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 24.

VOLLEYBALL

QUILCENE

The Lady Rangers defeated the Chimacum Lady Cowboys 25-19, 25-12, 28-26 in a challenging nonleague match on Sept. 15. As reported by coach Joni Crowell, “Chimacum played very well and really challenged our team in the third game. The Lady Rangers stayed focused, and excellent serving in the third game made the difference. It is really beneficial for our program that our neighboring schools have strong teams. Elysah Schryver and Megan Weller were very strong at the net with 6 and 9 kills, respectively. We also had five servers serving 100 percent.”

STATS: Megan Weller, 91 percent serves, 1 ace (A), 9 kills (K), 4 digs (D). Elysah Schryver, 100% serves, 1A, 6K, 4 blocks, 8D, 1 assist. Katlyn Hitt, 100% serves, 1A, 1K, 1 assist. Alex Johnsen, 100% serves, 2A, 7D. Katie Bailey, 100% serves, 1A, 5K. Allison Jones, 89% serves, 1A, 3K, 25 assists, 3D. Bailey Kieffer, 6K. Pearl Munn, 100% serves, 1K, 1D.

Quilcene dominated on Sept. 17 in its first league match at Rainier Christian, 25-12, 25-13, 25-11. Crowell said her team "played with intensity, and the level of teamwork was impressive. Alex Johnsen was tough as our libero and had excellent serve receive, really keeping us in system and allowing our setter, Allison Jones, to keep the tempo of the game high. Elysah Schryver was very strong at the net, with 5 blocks. Our coverage in both offense and defense is improving, which is an area that we have been putting a lot of focus on.”

STATS: Weller, 77% serves, 2 aces, 4 kills, 1 dig. Schryver, 78% serves, 3A, 4K, 5 blocks, 3D, 1 assist. K. Hitt, 100% serves, 1K. Johnson, 75% serves, 1A, 8D. Bailey, 94% serves, 2A, 1K, 3D. Jones, 83% serves, 2A, 1D, 14 assists. Kieffer, 7K, 1 block, 2 assists. Emily Hitt, 86% serves, 4A, 5K, 1D.

NEXT: QHS hosts Shorewood Christian at 5 p.m., Sept. 24.

CHIMACUM

Chimacum was bumped in a nonleague match with Quilcene on Sept. 15, 25-19, 25-12, 28-26. In the first game, no team had more than a 2-point lead until the Lady Rangers took it home for a 21-19 advantage. Quilcene controlled the second game. Chimacum was up 12-9 in the third game and then teams exchanged the lead several times. Quilcene served match point, then Chimacum served match point, and then Quilcene served match point, Chimacum tied it, and finally, Katie Bailey served 2 points for Quil.

School spirit during the match was exhibited by several CHS boys who would shout “C-H-S” during their team's bump-set-spike moments.

The new CHS volleyball coach is Junior Roberts, assisted by his sister, Amie Roberts. The head coach said the team (2-1) is improving, and needs to work on defensive rotation. "We were just a step slow tonight," he said after the loss to Quilcene. "They're a good program. It would be fun to play them again."

NEXT: CHS at Neah Bay, 6:15 p.m., Sept. 23; hosts Crescent, 6:15 p.m., Sept. 24; visits Crescent (Joyce), Sept. 29; and starts league play Oct. 1 at Coupeville.

PORT TOWNSEND

The Lady Redhawks recorded a 3-1 match win over the Class 1B Crescent Loggers on Sept. 17 in nonleague action.

NEXT: PT visits Crescent at 6 p.m., Sept. 28; the next home match is Oct. 20.

TENNIS

CHIMACUM

North Kitsap, favored to win the Olympic League 2A title, blanked Chimacum 7-0 in season-opening action Sept. 14. Seniors Jonny Rogers and Sean Miller played especially well in their singles matches, noted coach David DiPrete. Rogers fell 6-2, 6-1; and Miller, 6-0, 6-1.

NEXT: CHS hosts Olympic at 4 p.m., Sept. 23; visits North Mason Sept. 24; visits Sequim Sept. 25; and hosts Port Angeles Sept. 28. A Sept. 17 match at Kingston was rained out and needs to be rescheduled.

GIRLS’ SOCCER

PORT TOWNSEND

The Lady Redhawks lost to Class 2A Kingston 3-0 on Sept 15, tied 2A Bremerton 4-4 on Sept. 17 and lost 6-0 to 2A North Kitsap on Sept. 19.

NEXT: PT hosts Olympic JV at 6:45 p.m., Sept. 24, and opens league play at home against Coupeville, 4:15 p.m., Sept. 29.

CHIMACUM

Chimacum lost 8-0 at 2A North Kitsap on Sept. 15 and fell 8-1 to Port Angeles on Sept. 17.

NEXT: CHS visits Bellevue Christian at 4 p.m., Sept. 22. CHS hosts Forks at noon, Sept. 26.

CROSS-COUNTRY

PORT TOWNSEND

In an Olympic League cross-country meet on Sept. 16, Port Townsend's girls defeated Olympic 51-49 and lost to Kingston 49-27. The top three PT girls finishers in the 1.9-mile course were Ally Bradley in 13:17; Ari Winter, 13:35; and Amelia Grant, 13:46.

The PTHS varsity boys lost 81-29 to Olympic and 81-26 to Kingston. The top three PT finishers in the 1.9-mile course were River Yearian in 10:40; Jake Vande Griend, 11:21; and Alejandro Montanez, 11:52. Coach Alice Fraser noted, “Belgian exchange student Vincent Noirhomme, who ran his first-ever cross-country race, placed eighth in the JV race, even after stopping to retie his shoe.”

NEXT: PT with North Mason and Klahowya at 5 p.m., Sept. 23 at Klahowya Secondary School. The King's Invitational is Sept. 26.