Sports briefs — March 23, 2022
Published 1:30 am Wednesday, March 23, 2022
Little League sets opening
Sequim little League’s 2022 Opening Day is set for 10 a.m. James Standard Park field, 124 W. Silberhorn Road.
See sequimlittleleague.com or facebook.com/sequimlittleleague for more information.
Sequim’s Wiker earns Northwest Conference honor
The Northwest Conference announced that Kalli Wiker of George Fox University was its women’s Student-Athletes of the Week in tennis for the week of March 7-13.
Wiker, a 2021 Sequim High graduate, helped the Bruins go 3-1 last week with wins against Pacific, Willamette and Concordia-Texas, and a loss to NCAA Division I Montana. The freshman won two doubles matches and three of her four singles matches, including a 6-4, 2-6, 6-2 win at no. 3 against Pacific.
Peninsula College to host, soccer, hoops adult league
Adults wanting to play soccer or basketball this spring can take advantage of leagues that start in April at Peninsula College.
The Peninsula Soccer League, a co-ed league for players 16 and older, gets under way Sunday, April 10, at Sigmar Field at the college. Matches are played on Sundays through May. The registration fee is $45 per player and captains can reserve their spot by contacting Jake Hughes at jahughes@pencol.edu. The registration deadline is April 1.
The Peninsula Basketball League hosts a women’s four-on-four spring league on Tuesdays and a men’s four-on-four spring league on Thursdays, starting April 12 and 14. The registration fee is $250 per team and the deadline is April 8. Captains can reserve their spot for the women’s league by contacting Alison Crumb at acrumb@pencol.edu and the men’s league by contacting Donald Rollman at drollman@pencol.edu.
Details are available at the Peninsula College athletics website (athletics.pencol.edu) under community events. All proceeds go to support Pirate soccer and Pirate basketball.
Ace at Peninsula GC
Jim “Rocky” Root of Port Angeles sank his second hole-in-one at Peninsula Golf Club on Feb. 9. He used a 6-iron to drive the 150-yard 17th hole.
Dick Martin, Al Osterberg and Mel Triggs witnessed the feat.
