Youth tennis academy in Sequim
SEQUIM — Registration is open for this year’s youth tennis academy and tennis tournament sponsored by the Sequim’s Community Junior Tennis Program.
The five-day tennis academy starts July 18 at 9 a.m. at the Sequim High School tennis courts.
Sessions will last from 9 a.m. to noon each day, and will consist of physical conditioning, tennis related lectures and tennis instruction and drills.
The academy is open to junior players ages 18 and younger.
Space is limited, so early registration is encouraged.
T-shirts, snacks and water will be provided.
The program will be overseen by a United States Professional Tennis Association-certified professional.
Juniors tournament
In a separate event, an annual Juniors Tennis Tournament starts July 25.
It is open to all players ages 18 and younger and also will be held at the Sequim High School tennis courts.
Divisions will be grouped by age and gender, from 6U through 18U. Trophies will be awarded to the top three finishers in each division.
The tennis academy and tournament are free thanks to the donations of area youth tennis supporters.
To register for either event, or for more information, email Don Thomas at Masterdgt@aol.com, or phone 360-582-3033.
Gymnasts earn medals
WENATCHEE — The Klahhane Gymnastics Team garnered 19 all-around and event placement medals at the Xcel State Meet last weekend.
Over 600 gymnasts participated in the event hosted by S.P.O.R.T. Gymnastics at Wenatchee High School.
Danica Miller, Cassii Middlestead, Mazie Tucker and Lainy Vig led the medal count for the Klahhane Team.
In Platinum Division competition Friday night, Miller earned the fifth-place medal in the Platinum All-Around Senior C age group with a schore of 35.175, picking up a medal in every event along the way.
She was fourth on uneven bars; fifth on floor exercise, eighth on balance beam and 10th on vault.
Middlestead won four medals in the Platinum Senior B age group: sixth on balance beam, 10th on vault and uneven bars and ninth in the all-around (35.050).
Lainy Vig finished 10th all-around in Platinum Junior A (33.550) with a seventh-place medal on vault and ninth place on balance beam.
Tucker, competing the in Gold Senior A age group Sunday afternoon finished eighth with an all-around score of 35.350. She placed fifth on both uneven bars and balance beam with event scores of 9.125 and 9.025, respectively.
Aiesha Mathis picked up a 10th-place medal on floor exercise (8.825).
Julienne Jacobs also competed in the Gold Division
Three Klahhane Gymnasts received all-around placement medals in Bronze Division competition Saturday.
Bronze Division Gymnasts do not receive individual event medals.
Samantha Aranda (35.875) was eighth in the Senior B age group, Adisyn Ellis-Bourm (35.575) took ninth in the Senior A age group and Chloe Notari, competing in the Senior C age group, took 10th (35.275).
Also competing and receiving participation medals were Clare Bowechop, Isabelle Pecoraro, Jazlynn Puhrmann and Brooklynne Jacobs.
Klahhane gymnasts in Level 3 and 4 will attempt to qualify to the Spring Compulsory State Meet at this weekend’s North Sectional meet at Advantage Gymnastics in Woodinville this Saturday.
The state competition is at Magnuson Park in Seattle on May 15-17.
Basketball tourney
PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles Parks and Recreation Department will host the MayDay Roundball basketball tournament Saturday, April 30, and Sunday, May 1.
There are divisions for boys and girls teams from fourth grade through high school.
The tournament has a four-game guarantee.
The entry fee is $250.
For more information or to register, phone Dan Estes at 360-417-4557 or email
destes@cityofpa.us.
Rowing documentary
SEATTLE — “The Boys of ’36,” a new hour-long American Experience documentary based on Daniel James Brown’s critically acclaimed nonfiction book “The Boys in the Boat” will premiere on PBS at 9 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 2.
The film and book tell the story of the American Olympic rowing team that won gold the 1936 Summer Olympics in Germany.
The team was made up of nine working-class young men who rowed for the University of Washington, including Sequim’s Joe Rantz.
They overcame tremendous hardships — psychological, physical and economic — to beat not only the Ivy League teams of the East Coast but also Adolf Hitler’s elite German rowers.
The film will feature interviews with Brown, historians and surviving children of the 1936 Washington team.
It will premiere in conjunction with the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and the 80th anniversary of the crew’s triumph.