AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Baseball, softball clinic Sunday in Sequim . . . one opening left for Port Angeles basketball tournament

Baseball and softball clinic in Sequim

SEQUIM — 360 Sports Performance Training and Base by Pros are teaming up with the Sequim High School varsity baseball and softball teams to put on a baseball and softball camp this Sunday.

The camp is open to all North Olympic Peninsula players ages 9-14.

Former Major League Baseball player Brent Lillibridge and former Olympian Ashley Charters will walk the youth players through fundamentals and drills during the clinic and discuss the character attributes necessary to advancing in sports, academics and life.

The camp will be held at the Sequim High School varsity baseball field.

From noon to 1:30 p.m., Lillibridge, Charters, the Sequim players and coaches and the 360 Sports staff will hold a skills camp for youth players.

The cost is $40 on the day of the event and $30 for those who register before Sunday online at www.360sportspt.com/events.

Charters and Lillibridge also will give private indoor lessons at 360 Sports Performance Training following Sunday’s clinic from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Phone John Qualls at 360-461-0482 to schedule an appointment.

360 Sports Performance Training is located at 71 Ruth’s Place No. 8 in Sequim, just off Carlsborg Road.

PA hoops tourney

PORT ANGELES — The Rumble on the Ridge, an eight-team men’s basketball tournament that raises funds for the Port Angeles High School boys basketball team’s summer program, has room for one more team.

The tournament will be held at Port Angeles High School on Saturday and Sunday, April 23-24.

There is a four-game guarantee, with pool play scheduled Saturday and single-elimination games Sunday.

The entry fee is $300 per team.

Prizes will be awarded to the four highest placing teams, tournament MVP and players chosen for the all-tournament first and second teams.

One player also will receive the Roughrider Award, which represents sportsmanship, hard work and competitive drive.

A 3-point competition also will be held. The winner receives a $100 gift certificate to Athlete’s Choice in Port Angeles.

For $10, players will receive 10 3-point shots, and they can participate as many times as they would like.

The top four shooters will participate in a shootout Sunday, during which they will have 90 seconds to shoot from five spots on the floor.

There also are raffles.

Admission is free. Donations support Port Angeles boys basketball.

For more information, phone Port Angeles coach Kasey Ulin at 360-640-1845 or email knowlimit10@hotmail.com.

More in Sports

PREP WRESTLING: More than 50 area athletes qualify for Mat Classic state tournament

Forks, East Jefferson each tally six district champions

Tyann Connary, Port Angeles girls flag football.
ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Tyann Connary, Port Angeles flag football

The Kingston Buccaneers were determined to take away receiver Pyper Alton in… Continue reading

Two gymnasts from Port Angeles and Sequim qualified for the state 1A/2A/3A state gymnastics meet Feb. 19-20 at Sammamish High School. Port Angeles freshman Elyse Brown qualified for state in the floor, vault and the bars. She placed fourth all-around at district. Joining her will be fellow freshman Emily Bair from Sequim. She qualified for state on the beam. From left are Sequim/Port Angeles assistant coach Laura Blevins, Brown, Bair and head coach Elizabeth DeFrang.
GYMNASTICS: Athletes from Sequim, Port Angeles qualify for state meet

Two gymnasts from Port Angeles and Sequim qualified for the state 1A/2A/3A… Continue reading

Seattle's Derick Hall (58) strip sacks New England quarterback Drake Maye during Super Bowl 60 in Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif. (Getty Images)
SUPER BOWL LX: A Boom redux for the Seattle Seahawks

The bullies are back. The Seattle Seahawks, who… Continue reading

The Neah Bay girls basketball team celebrates senior Cerise Moss (14) scoring her 1,000th career point for the Red Devils. In the same game, Sequim's Gracie Chartraw also scored her 1,000th career point.
PREP BASKETBALL: Records fall as Neah Bay girls beat Sequim

Chartraw, Moss both break 1,000-point plateau

Runners in the Run The Peninsula's Elwha Bridge Run take off into the rain Saturday morning. (Pierre LaBossiere/Peninsula Daily News)
RUN THE PENINSULA: Nearly 500 take on the Elwha Bridge Run

Nearly 500 people young and old braved the wet… Continue reading

Forks’ Radly Benett, left, rebounds in front of Neah Bay’s Daniel Cumming on Thursday night in Forks.
BOYS BASKETBALL: Neah Bay handles Forks’ challenge

Sequim, Port Angeles boys fall on the road

Lonnie Archibald (2)/for Peninsula Daily News
Referee Steve Singhose watches closely as Forks’ Avery Dilley (left) and Neah Bay’ Angel Halttunen hustle for a loose ball. Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News
GIRLS BASKETBALL: Spartans, Red Devils tune up for playoffs

Greene, Moss, Johnson score 20 points apiece for Neah Bay and Forks

Emily Matthiessen/for Peninsula Daily News 
Sequim’s Jordyn Julmist is closely defended while putting up a shot attempt against Bremerton as teammate Vaeh Owens, far left, looks on during the Wolves’ win over the Knights at Rick Kaps Gymnasium on Thursday.
GIRLS BASKETBALL: Sequim shakes off slow start for senior night triumph

Roughriders top Kingston in regular season finale

Photos by Jay Cline/Peninsula College Athletics 
Peninsula’s Sam Tekeste steps through a pair of Shoreline defenders on his way to the rim during the Pirates’ 75-63 win over the Dolphins on Wednesday.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Pirate men stay alive in playoff chase

The Peninsula Pirate men controlled their contest with the… Continue reading