BAINBRIDGE — Port Angeles and Sequim had their first gymnastics meet against Bainbridge Island on Tuesday with a pair of gymnasts placing.
Sequim gymnast Susannah Sharp took fifth in the vault with an 8.3, fifth in the floor with an 8.2 and fifth in the bars with a 6.35. Sequim’s Kori Miller was sixth in the bars with a 6.3 and seventh in the vault with an 8.1.
The team has 10 gymnasts total.
Events canceled
Some prep sporting events were canceled or postponed this week due to an outbreak of virus illnesses, including the flu.
Sequim’s scheduled basketball games Tuesday night were postponed to Monday.
The Sequim boys will host North Kitsap, while the Sequim girls are tentatively scheduled to play at North Kitsap on Monday.
A Port Angeles dual meet in Port Angeles with Bainbridge and North Mason on Wednesday night was also canceled.
France in finals
AL KHOR, Qatar — Kylian Mbappé vs. Lionel Messi.
Soccer’s latest superstar against perhaps the sport’s greatest player in the World Cup final just about everyone was hoping for.
France and Mbappé are headed back to the biggest game in soccer, and to a much-anticipated matchup with Argentina, after ending Morocco’s historic run at the World Cup on Wednesday.
In front of the country’s president, Emmanuel Macron, France beat Africa’s first ever semifinalist 2-0, with Mbappé playing a part in goals by Theo Hernandez in the fifth minute and substitute Randal Kolo Muani in the 79th.
Mbappé became a global phenomenon by leading France to the title in Russia in 2018 and has a chance to emulate Brazil great Pele as a champion in his first two World Cups when he comes up against the 35-year-old Messi, who has dominated the game with Cristiano Ronaldo for the past 15 years.
It’s the dream final for many, with France looking to become the first team to retain the title since Brazil in 1962 and Argentina on a mission to win soccer’s ultimate prize for the third time in what is likely to be Messi’s last World Cup.
“We need all our strength, all our energy to face a very competitive team with one of the legends in the sport with Messi,” France goalkeeper Hugo Lloris said.
There will be no team from the Arab world in the final of the first World Cup in the Middle East, a prospect that seemed nigh impossible before the tournament began.
“We are disappointed for the Moroccan people — we wanted to keep their dream alive,” Morocco coach Walid Regragui said. “We felt we could have gone further, but we have given a good image of Morocco and of African football. That was important to us.”
