Sequim Picklers member Steve Bennett, at right, won a silver medal in the 3.5 Men’s Singles 75-plus category at the 2021 USA Pickleball Nationals in Indian Wells, Calif. Bennett was one of seven Sequim Picklers members to compete at the national tournament.

Sequim Picklers member Steve Bennett, at right, won a silver medal in the 3.5 Men’s Singles 75-plus category at the 2021 USA Pickleball Nationals in Indian Wells, Calif. Bennett was one of seven Sequim Picklers members to compete at the national tournament.

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Sequim Picklers compete at U.S. Nationals

Sequim Junior Soccer registration; Mountain View Pool opens back up in Port Townsend

Picklers successful at nationals

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — Seven members of the Sequim Picklers qualified for, and recently participated in, the Margaritaville USA Pickleball National Championships.

Club members John Herbold, Colleen Alger, Richard Reed, Bob Sester, Steve Bennett, Jeannie Ramsey and Beverly Hoffman competed alongside more than 2,000 players from across the United States in a two-week-long tournament.

Bennett earned a silver medal in the 3.5 Men’s Singles 75-Plus division.

Ramsey and Hoffman won silver medals in the Women’s 4.0 75-Plus division.

The competition was held at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden, which plays host to professional tennis tournaments and includes the second-largest outdoor tennis stadium in the world.

Forks wins

LACEY — The Spartans earned a 49-44 boys basketball road win over Northwest Christian without two significant contributors Wednesday.

Forks was without Riley Pursley and Aidan Salazar.

“Protocols for Riley and Aidan, so that’s a big hit for us,” coach Rick Gooding said. “So it’s like anything, you have to respond and go through a little adversity.”

Logan Olson led the way for the Spartans (3-1, 4-4) with 22 points.

“Logan did a good job; he maintained his scoring across the quarters and was pretty consistent getting buckets,” Gooding said. “Dylan had all 10 of his points in the first half.”

Forks is scheduled to host Ocosta tonight.

Forks 49, NWC 44

Forks 15 12 16 6 — 49

NWC 9 14 13 8 — 44

Forks (49): Olson 22, Lausche 12, Micheau 10, Davis 2, Doyle 2, Rancourt 1, Northcutt

Soccer signup

SEQUIM — Registration for players, coaches and sponsors is underway for Sequim Junior Soccer’s spring season.

Players ages 3 to 14 (middle school only) are eligible to play.

Registration is open for a short time, and age group categories will close when the age group is full.

The season will run from April 11 to June 8 with practices on Monday or Tuesday and games on Wednesday evenings.

To register, visit https://tinyurl.com/PDN-SJS22.

Once registered, athletes will receive a confirmation email and will be contacted in early March when coaches send out team emails.

For more information, email Sjsregistrar@hotmail.com.

PT pool open

PORT TOWNSEND — The Mountain View Pool, 1919 Blaine St., has re-opened to the public.

Hours are 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. Monday through Friday with the pool adding Saturday hours this month from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Fees are $6 for adults and seniors, $4 for ages 4-7 and $15 for families.

For more information, visit https://www.olympic peninsulaymca.org/mvp-schedule.

Peninsula Daily News

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