Basketball, golf and volleyball scores from the Sequim and Port Angeles areas
More than 100 high school junior varsity, youth and middle school wrestlers from the Olympic and Kitsap peninsulas competed in the third annual Olympic Mountain Folkstyle Wrestling Challenge in Port Angeles on Jan. 31.
Ten Peninsula College soccer players signed letters of intent on Feb. 4, National Signing Day.
Port Scandalous Roller Derby’s season-opening bout against Apple City Roller Derby of Leavenworth set for Saturday, Feb. 21, has been canceled.
Sixteen gymnasts represented Klahhane Gymnastics at the Charity Choice Invitational at the Tacoma Trade and Convention Center on Feb. 6-8.
The Olympic Avalanche, a sixth-grade girls select basketball squad, won their third consecutive tournament and ninth overall championship by going 4-0 at the 27th Annual KVA Memorial in Tumwater Feb. 14-15.
A year ago Ennisa Albin was in middle school and Julie Pineau was in her home country of France. This coming weekend, the Sequim High School students will be on Washington’s biggest prep gymnastics stage together, along with their teammates from Port Angeles.
A second half rally that saw Sequim go up by two points late faded as Lindbergh hit key free throws down the stretch, giving the host Eagles at 58-49 victory in the opening game of the West Central District tournament Thursday night.
The Pirate men outlasted the Whatcom Orcas 48-47 Wednesday night to move into a fourth-place tie with Everett — their opponent on Saturday — while the Northwest Athletic Conference’s No. 8-ranked Peninsula women overwhelmed the Orcas 79-59 to remain in the hunt for the North Division championship, one game behind Bellevue.
SHS senior Alex Barry helping lead Wolves into district playoffs
Three wrestlers, two girls, one boy, take first in sub-regionals
The Hurricanes, a select basketball squad with players from Sequim and Port Angeles, placed second out of seven teams at a tournament in Seaside, Ore., in late January, falling in the championship game by five points. Players include (from left) Kyle Bennett, Joel Wood, Bo Bradow, Keeshawn Whitney, Blake Wiker and Isaiha Getchell. Not pictured are coaches Sven Wiker and Josh Wood.
In their final tuneup for the West Central District meet on Feb. 3, diver Matthew Craig and the Wolves’ 200 free relay squad punched their ticket to districts.