Sports briefs — May 10, 2023

May 10, 2023 1:30 am
Photo by Jim Heintz / Sequim’s Jolene Vaara looks to get past Sammamish’s Sophia Eastman in the first half of SHS’s 57-37 win over Sammamish at the class 2A state tournament in Yakima on March 1. Vaara was recently named the Peninsula Daily News’ All-Peninsula Girls Basketball MVP.
Photo by Jim Heintz / Sequim’s Jolene Vaara looks to get past Sammamish’s Sophia Eastman in the first half of SHS’s 57-37 win over Sammamish at the class 2A state tournament in Yakima on March 1. Vaara was recently named the Peninsula Daily News’ All-Peninsula Girls Basketball MVP.

Vaara leads Wolves on All-Peninsula list

Sequim junior forward Jolene Vaara displayed capability and versatility all season in leading the Wolves to a staggering number of accomplishments in the 2022-‘23 girls basketball season. Her play was the catalyst in leading the Wolves to a 14-0 record in Olympic League play, a 23-4 overall record and a fourth-place finish at the Class 2A state tournament — the school’s first state tournament trophy in girls hoops.

Olympic League coaches selected Vaara as both the Olympic League’s Most Valuable Player and Defensive Player of the Year, and she last week she was picked the Peninsula Daily News All-Peninsula Girls Basketball MVP by the paper’s sports staff last week.

She scored 17 points per game and averaged a peninsula-high 4.16 steals per game to go along with five rebounds, 1.6 assists and 1.5 blocks.

Also named to the list were senior guard Hannah Bates and senior post Jelissa Julmist. Bates averaged 10.7 points, team-high 4.3 assists, 3.1 rebounds and earning first-team All-Olympic League and all-state game selection. Julmist averaged 11.5 points, 8.2 rebounds, 2.4 steals, 2.3 assists and 1.4 blocks, and was an all-state team selection. Bates and Julmist have signed on to play at Peninsula College next season.

Five-a-side soccer

Registration is open for the Oliveira Classic 5-on-5 Soccer Tournament set for Peninsula College on June 10. A maximum of eight players is allowed per team and the cost is $20 per player. Divisions include K-second grade co-ed, and boys and girls divisions for grades 3-5, 6-8, high school and adult co-ed. Registration is due by May 14. Email Sam Oliveira for more information at oliveirasamantha@gmail.com.

Rhody Run events set for May 21

The 2023 Jefferson Healthcare Rhody Run returns May 21 with 5K and 10K options for runners and walkers of all levels.

The race will start and finish at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds, going along the edge of Fort Worden State Park and up the Cherry Street and Hastings Avenue hills in Port Townsend.

All proceeds from the race go to support school sports programs and youth-oriented nonprofits in the area.

To register, go to tinyurl.com/RhodyRedux2023. Vendors, food truck owners and others wanting to get involved can email ptrhodyrun@gmail.com for more information.

Registration is $45 for 19- to 64-year-olds, $40 for people 65 and older, $15 for 18 and younger, and free for 5-year-olds and younger. Registration includes a short-sleeved shirt. Use the discount code “Olympic23” to receive 10 percent off the 2023 Olympic Peninsula summer running events: Rhody Run Redux, North Olympic Discovery Marathon and Quilcene Oyster Races.

Photo courtesy of Cedars At Dungeness Women’s Golf Association / Anne Elwell on May 2 celebrates her first hole-in-one, on a par-3, 115-yard uphill hole at The Cedars at Dungeness.

Photo courtesy of Cedars At Dungeness Women’s Golf Association / Anne Elwell on May 2 celebrates her first hole-in-one, on a par-3, 115-yard uphill hole at The Cedars at Dungeness.

Photo courtesy of North Olympic Discovery Marathon / Dry Creek Elementary student Zoey Greene shows off her winning design in the 2023 North Olympic Discovery Marathon (NODM) Kids Medal Design Contest. Pictured with Greene are, from left, NODM board member Kaitlin Buckmaster, Dry Creek principal Julie Bryant and NODM board member Carmen Geyer.

Photo courtesy of North Olympic Discovery Marathon / Dry Creek Elementary student Zoey Greene shows off her winning design in the 2023 North Olympic Discovery Marathon (NODM) Kids Medal Design Contest. Pictured with Greene are, from left, NODM board member Kaitlin Buckmaster, Dry Creek principal Julie Bryant and NODM board member Carmen Geyer.