Henninger, Vikings take D-II title
Former Sequim Wolves soccer standout Claire Henninger helped the Western Washington University women’s soccer team to a Division II championship this past weekend.
Western, the No. 3 seed, handed No. 1-ranked West Chester (Pa.) their first loss of the season, a 2-1 decision at Inerbay Stadium in Seattle Dec. 3.
With Henninger starting in goal, the Vikings (19-2-4) took a lead in the title game they would not relinquish when freshman Claire Potter found the net in the 83rd minute to top the Golden Rams (23-1-1).
Western beat Columbus State 2-1 in the NCAA Div. II semifinal two days prior. Henninger recorded one save and gave up one goal late in the victory over the No. 1 scoring team in the nation.
Western won the national title in 2016 and placed second in 2019.
Henninger, a graduate student at Western, recorded 52 saves, earned 11 shutouts and posted a 0.54 goals-allowed-per-game in 2022.
Julmist gets first double-double
Sequim High grad and basketball standout Jayla Julmist got her first double-double in The Master’s University’s 89-56 rout of Lincoln University on Nov. 28.
Julmist, a 5-foot-11 sophomore, had 11 points and 18 rebounds in the victory for Master’s (Santa Clarita, Calif.).
She’s averaging 8.3 points and 8.4 rebounds (as of Nov. 28).
Julmist averaged 2.5 point and 2.5 rebounds off the bench as a freshman last season.
She was an all-Olympic League first team selection in her senior season at SHS in 2020-2021, earning nine double-doubles in 20 games.
Rams, first responders to compete, raise funds
The Port Angeles Rams take on a team of local first responders and servicemen at a charity basketball game at 4:30 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 18, at the Peninsula College gymnasium, 1502 E. Lauridsen Blvd., Port Angeles.
Admission is free,and there will be cash and prize give-aways for the family, organizers note.
For more information, visit facebook.com/P.A.W.ARamsBasketball.
Sport fishing regulation changes in ONP
Because of what park officials call significant and ongoing conservation concerns, the Queets and Salmon Rivers will remain closed to sport fishing to protect wild steelhead populations, Olympic National Park announced last week.
Additionally, the Quinault River within Olympic National Park closed on Dec. 1.
The decision to close these three rivers to recreational fishing, ONP officials said, is based on: a low forecasted return of wild steelhead below the escapement goal of 4,200 fish; chronic low abundances of wild steelhead resulting in the failure to meet the escapement goal in each of the last six years dating back to the 2016-17 season, and projected in-river commercial harvest levels of approximately 19 percent of the wild run, resulting in an estimated 1,000 fewer adult wild steelhead than expected.
This is a challenging time for recreational anglers in Olympic National Park, following prolonged closures earlier this fall because of historic low river flows and additional closures on the Queets and Salmon Rivers due to higher than expected harvest levels of Fall Chinook salmon.
