SPORTS BRIEFS: Avalanche playing at KeyArena . . . area athletes excel at masters meet . . . Sequim Wolf Pack registration

Avalanche playing at KeyArena

SEATTLE — The Olympic Avalanche, a sixth-grade girls basketball team composed of players from Port Angeles and Sequim, will play at KeyArena prior to a Seattle Storm game next month.

The Avalanche will face HD Dynamic of Yakima on July 10 at 1 p.m.

Tickets to the game are $20 and also includes admission to the Storm’s game against the Phoenix Mercury, the defending WNBA champions that evening at 7 p.m.

To order tickets, go to www.tinyurl.com/PDNAvalanche. Enter promo code olympicavalanche.

Masters of track

SEATTLE — Three area athletes were winners at the Seattle Parks Masters Track and Field Meet at West Seattle Stadium last Saturday.

Charles Milliman of Sequim dominated the 80-84 division, winning four of the five events he entered.

Milliman placed first in the 100-meter dash (19.27 seconds), high jump (3 feet, 5 inches), pole vault (6-0) and long jump (2.46 meters).

He also took second in the weight throw (7.96 meters).

Milliman’s son, Phillip, a pole vault coach at Sequim High School, won the 60-64 division’s pole vault with a height of 10 feet.

Port Angeles track and field coach Bob Sheedy won two events in the 70-74 division and took second in four others.

Sheedy won the shot put (11.01 meters) and discus (31.19 meters) and placed second in the pole vault (2.13 meters), hammer (27.81 meters), javelin (32.22 meters) and 16-pound weight throw (11.06 meters).

Wolf Pack registration

SEQUIM — Sequim Wolf Pack football and cheerleading registration will be held at the Boys & Girls Club on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Football and cheer coaches will be on hand to answer questions about the changes in the North Olympic Youth Football League and to help register.

The new age and grade requirements are:

■ Prep team: players going into first or second grade.

■ JV team: players going into third or fourth grade.

■ Varsity team: players going into fifth or sixth grade.

Registration is $150 and includes a jersey with the player’s name on the back.

Forms will be available, and players need a current physical.

Cheer registration is girls first through eighth grade. The cost is $75 ($150 to purchase your uniform).

For those unable to make the June registration, the final registration and equipment issue will be Aug. 1 at the Boys & Girls Club.

A three-day summer camp for ages 6-13 is scheduled for July 14-16 from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. The cost is $30. Registration will be at the start of the camp. Shorts and sneakers required. Registration for the Sequim Wolf Pack fall season can also be done at the camp.

Registration forms can also be found online at www.sequimwolfpack.com.

For more information and updates, check the website regularly.

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