AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Salt Creek 24 seeks volunteers

PORT ANGELES — There is still time to sign up for the Salt Creek 24 race to be held Oct. 25-26 at the Salt Creek Recreation Area west of Port Angeles, and the event is also looking for more volunteers.

This all-day and all-night event can be run individually or as part of a team along a 1.3-mile course through the recreation area. There is also the Last Man Standing 24-hour event in which competitors run to the top of nearby Striped Peak until only one runner is left going.

The event is put on by Peninsula Adventure Sports in partnership with the Rain Bear Running Club.

The title sponsor is Welly’s Real Fruit Ice Cream and the community partner is the North Olympic Healthcare Network. Olympus Plumbing, Buena Luz Bakery and Swain’s General Store in Port Angeles are all sponsors.

To volunteer, people can contact Lorrie Mittmann with Peninsula Adventure Sports at lorrie@peninsulaadventuresports.com.

To sign up for the race, people can go online to www.tinyurl.com/2025SaltCreek24.

PA wrestling club

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Wrestling Club invites children between kindergarten and eighth grade at all skill levels to join this season with practices beginning Nov. 3.

Every wrestler will have the opportunity to compete in optional weekend tournaments.

Sign-ups are open from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Oct. 28 and Oct. 30 at 112 N. Lincoln Street, second floor. The cost is $150 per wrestler which includes a PAWC T-shirt and USA Wrestling card. Kids need to bring their own water bottles.

Practices will run from Nov. 3 until Jan. 22, with the advanced group of wrestlers going until Feb. 19. Practices will be Mondays and Thursdays from 5:30 p.m. until 6:30 p.m. for ages 5 to 8 and first-year 9-year-olds, and 6:45 p.m. until 8:15 p.m. from second-year 9-year-olds and kids 10 and older.

For the advanced group, second-year athletes 12 or older, the cost is $250 per wrestler, and there is an additional practice from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays. Discounts are available for families with three or more participants. Scholarships are also available.

The club can be found on Facebook. People with questions can contact Rob Gale at 360-460-1284 or at galefamily2@msn.com.

Peninsula Soccer League

PORT ANGELES — Salazar Painting got past Forks FC 2-1 to remain unbeaten in the fall Peninsula Soccer League.

High Energy Metals beat Wilder FC 8-0 to keep pace with Salazar Painting, while Windermere beat Pura Vida 6-3. Finally, Lincoln Park Grocery beat the Bandidos FC 5-4.

Salazar Painting leads the league with a 3-0-1 record, while HEM and Los Primos are both is 3-1-0 and Lincoln Park Grocery is 2-0-1.

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