Coed soccer league starting up in PA
The Port Angeles Parks & Recreation Department and Peninsula College host an adult coed soccer league, with games slated to begin April 15.
Games are played at Wally Sigmar Field on the college campus, 1502 E. Lauridsen Blvd., Port Angeles.
Cost is $55 per player. Individual players will be placed on teams on an “as needed basis.”
Register at the parks office at 308 E. Fourth St., Port Angeles.
For more information, call Dan Estes at 360-4170-4557.
Little League seeks more volunteers
With opening day set for Saturday, April 14, organizers for Sequim Little League seek more volunteers to serve as coaches, umpires and in the concession stand.
This season features 22 teams from tee-ball on up who play through mid-June. All volunteers will have background checks performed.
Those interested can reach Janet Gray at 206-795-1485. Read more about Sequim Little League at www.sequimlittleleague.com.
Sequim gymnast takes fourth at state meet
Alex Schmadeke, an eighth-grader at Sequim Middle School, took fourth place in all-around scoring in the Senior B division at the 2018 Washington Optional State Championships, held at the Auburn Gymnastics Center on March 16.
Schmadeke, who competes with Twisters Gymnastics based in Port Hadlock, took second place on beam (9.500), fourth on bars (9.350), eighth on vault (9.275) and ninth on floor (9.350) for 37.475 points.
Breckenridge sets school discus mark
Megan Breckenridge, a 2016 Sequim High School graduate, plays volleyball for The Evergreen State College’s Geoducks in the fall and winter — but she’s now the school’s record holder in the discus.
Not bad for her first track and field meet at any level.
Breckenridge’s effort — 87 feet, 4 inches — placed her 22nd at the Lewis & Clark Spring Break Open in Portland, Ore., on March 17.
Pirates get honors for academic excellence
A pair of Peninsula College basketball student-athletes were recently honored with 2018 Winter Sports Academic Excellence awards.
Trent Warren and Tiffani Smith earned the accolade, as announced by the Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges.
To qualify, student-athletes must be a sophomore in eligibility, have earned at least 36 credits, uphold a 3.25 cumulative grade-point-average and be recommended by their college.
