Port Angeles High School cadets win drill and rifle meet

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles High School Naval Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps was the overall winner for the Northwest Drill & Rifle Meet at Bethel High School last weekend.

The team also won the overall Puget Sound Division title and will compete at regionals in two weeks at Oak Harbor High School

At the Bethel competition, the Port Angeles Physical Strength Team placed first; the members have placed first in every competition this school year.

Color Guard Team 1 took first place in the Color Guard Team competition, and Color Guard Team 2 placed fourth.

The Armed Drill team placed second, the Precision Rifle team placed second, and the Sporter Rifle Team placed fifth.

In overall division individual honors, Ashlee Reid placed second in the Armed Exhibition Drill competition, Cade Levine placed third in Individual Rifle, and Levine and Josh Hendry placed fourth for Dual Armed Expedition Drill.

Other JROTC division high schools are Auburn Mountain, Bethel, Bremerton, Foss, Graham-Kapowsin, Kentwood, Liberty, Rogers, Spanaway Lake and Washington.

PAHS cadets are led by Capt. Jonathan Picker and Master Chief Jeffery Perry.

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