AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: 5K fun run planned as senior project … and other items

Sports events occurring on the North Olympic Peninsula

Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News Port Angeles’ Amelia Hermann, 12, completes her Junior Girls Goat Tying event in just over 12 seconds at the Peninsula Junior Rodeo Association’s Junior Rodeo. Each participant rides their horse to a waiting goat in the middle of the arena, flips the goat over and ties three legs as fast as they can. More than 100 boys and girls up to age 18 participated in the two-day competition at the Clallam County Fairgrounds.

Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News Port Angeles’ Amelia Hermann, 12, completes her Junior Girls Goat Tying event in just over 12 seconds at the Peninsula Junior Rodeo Association’s Junior Rodeo. Each participant rides their horse to a waiting goat in the middle of the arena, flips the goat over and ties three legs as fast as they can. More than 100 boys and girls up to age 18 participated in the two-day competition at the Clallam County Fairgrounds.

5K Flagler Run serving as senior project

NORDLAND — Chimacum High School student Fah Lamaichampa is organizing a 5K fun run as her senior project.

The 5K Flagler Run will take place at Fort Flagler State Park, 10541 Flagler Road, on Sunday, Sept. 18.

The race starts at 1 p.m.

The event will raise funds for the Feed the Child organization, Lamaichampa said in an email.

For more information, or to register for the race, visit flaglerrun.wix.com/2016 or www.facebook.com/flaglerrun.

Avalanche tryouts

PORT ANGELES — The Olympic Avalanche AAU girls basketball team will hold open tryouts at the Peninsula College gym from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 7.

The tryouts are for an eighth-grade team, but are open to both seventh and eight-graders.

For more information, phone Joe Marvelle at 360-460-4746.

Peninsula Daily News

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