Port Angeles sailing team members

Port Angeles sailing team members

SPORTS BRIEFS: Port Angeles sailing takes fifth . . . Port Angeles summer hoops clinics . . . Klahhane gymnasts at state . . . Veteran’s Affair walk

Port Angeles High School sailing team fifth at Silverdale

SILVERDALE — The Port Angeles High School sailing team finished fifth in the junior varsity division of the Silverdale Team Race Regatta, held at Dyes Inlet earlier this month.

Steady, strong winds Saturday and Sunday, April 18-19, allowed for a total of 50 varsity races and 42 junior varsity races to be completed.

The one design regatta was sailed in Vanguard 15s, a two-person racing dinghy.

Port Angeles teamed up with sailors from Olympic, Klahowya and Central Kitsap high schools in races against schools from Seattle, Bellingham, Olympia and Portland.

Port Angeles sailing team senior Grant Shogren, who is from Sequim, garnered seven first-place finishes in twelve races.

Also competing for Port Angeles was Orrick Waddell.

The team racing consisted of three boats competing against three other boats on a digital “N” course. The results of each team were combined to decide the winner.

The Port Angeles High School sailing team is supported by the Port Angeles Yacht Club.

For more information about the team or youth sailing through the Port Angeles Yacht Club, contact coach Chris Allen at sailing@payc.org.

Port Angeles summer hoops clinics

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles High School boys basketball program will host youth basketball clinics August 1-2 at Port Angeles High School.

The cost is $30 per camper, and all the funds will go to the boys basketball program.

Port Angeles boys varsity and JV players will help teach participants the fundamentals of basketball.

Each day will have two two-hour sessions:

■ 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. is for those entering grades 3-5.

■ 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. is for those entering grades 6-8.

For more information, contact Port Angeles boys basketball coach Kasey Ulin at 360-640-1845.

Klahhane gymnasts at state

EVERETT — The Klahhane Gymnastics Xcel Team competed in the Xcel State Championship at Everett Community College over the weekend.

Klahhane was led by Maize Tucker, who competed in the Silver Division Senior B age group.

Tucker took the gold medal on uneven bars (9.6), the silver medal in the floor exercise (9.1) and was seventh on balance beam (9.15) on her way to a fourth-place all-around finish (36.5).

Also competing in the Silver Division for Klahhane were Amber Dietzman, Ellie Turner, Kelsey Mackey and Summer Jules-Strandberg.

Dietzman finished ninth all-around in the Senior C age group by taking eighth on vault (9.2), eighth on beam (8.9), seventh on floor (8.75) and ninth all-around (35.20).

In the Platinum Division, Cassii Middlestead placed fifth (8.55) on uneven bars in the Senior A age group, and Danica Miller finished seventh on uneven bars in the Senior B age group.

Aiesha Mathis, Cassidy Tamburro, Ennisa Albin and Julienne Jacobs also participated in Gold Division competition.

Veteran’s Affair walk

PORT ANGELES — The fifth annual Veteran’s Affair 2K Walk will be held Wednesday, May 20, at Ennis Creek and the Olympic Discovery Trail.

The walk benefits homeless veterans and promotes health and wellness.

Non-perishable food items and household or personal items will be collected at the walk. Donations are not required, and there is no participation fee.

The walk starts a noon.

For more information, phone Erica Varner at 360-565-7431.

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