Port Angeles Swim Club members will compete at the championship meet later this month. Among those participating are

Port Angeles Swim Club members will compete at the championship meet later this month. Among those participating are

SPORTS BRIEFS: Olympic Junior Babe Ruth elections . . . Swim club members going to championships . . . Middle school hoops

Olympic Junior Babe Ruth holding elections next week

PORT ANGELES — Olympic Junior Babe Ruth baseball will hold elections for five board positions at its meeting next Wednesday.

The five positions are commissioner, ump in chief, secretary, equipment manager and Sequim at large.

Candidates need to bring a letter expressing interest in the position. Board candidates will then discuss candidates and then vote.

The meeting will be held Wednesday, Dec. 9, at 5:30 p.m. in the Olympic Junior Babe Ruth board room at Volunteer Field, which is located at West 16th and L Street in Port Angeles.

Swim club qualifiers

PUYALLUP — Port Angeles Swim Club had many top-six finishes and qualified for the upcoming championship meet at an Age Group Invitational meet at Rogers High School.

The meet, held Nov. 21-22, featured 14 swim teams from the Seattle area.

The championships will be in Federal Way next week.

Here are the Port Angeles Swim Club results:

■ Mackenzie Dubois, age 10, took first in the 200-yard freestyle, second in the 100 free and third in 50-yard butterfly. She also placed fourth in both the 200-yard individual medley and 50-yard backstroke, fifth in 50 free and eighth in the 200 IM.

■ Nadia Cole, 13, placed first overall in 500 free and qualified for champs. She also finished second in 100-yard breaststroke, and her sixth-place finish in the 100 back qualified her for championships in that event. She was seventh overall in the 50 free and the 400 IM.

■ Emma Murray, 13, placed second in the 200-yard fly to qualify for champs. She also was seventh overall in 200 back.

■ Kenzie Johnson, 14, placed second in 200 back, fourth in the 500 free, fifth in the 100 back, sixth in 200 IM and eighth in 100 free.

■ Jaine Macias, 16, placed fifth in 400 IM and sixth in the 200 breaststroke.

■ Sierra Hunter, 14, placed seventh in 200 butterfly.

■ Sage Hunter, 12, placed fifth in both the 200 back and 50 fly, sixth in the 500 free and eighth in 100 free.

■ Josh Gavin, 12, finished fifth in 50 back and seventh in the 50 free.

■ Adam Weller, 11, was fourth in 50 breast. He placed sixth in the 100 breast, 50 free and 50 back, and he took eighth in the 100 free and the 200 breast. Weller’s 200 breast time qualified him for the champs meet.

Middle school hoops

FORKS — Stevens and Forks split a pair of middle school boys basketball games Monday.

Stevens won the eighth-grade game 57-13.

Gary Johnson led Stevens with 13 points and Anton Kathol added 10.

Skyler Cobb grabbed 11 rebounds, while Kathol and Lucas Jarnagin each had eight and Tanner Lunt pulled down seven.

Forks won the seventh-grade game 35-26.

Stevens led 17-16 at halftime, but Forks pulled ahead with a 15-2 third quarter.

Kamron Meadows paced Stevens with eight points. Chase Cobb contributed five points and Kamron Noard finished with four.

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