AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Port Angeles, Sequim teams win at MLK Jr. hoops tourney

PORT ANGELES — Youth basketball teams from Port Angeles and Sequim won in two divisions at the annual Port Angeles Parks and Recreation’s Martin Luther King Jr. Classic this weekend.

The Port Angeles Junior Threat won the girls’ sixth-grade division, while the Sequim Wolves won the boys’ fifth-grade division.

Complete results:

Girls

Sixth-Grade Division — PA Junior Threat, first; Bainbridge Roots 6, second; North Kitsap Elite, third; PA Fire & Ice, fourth; Bainbridge Roots 5. Championship game: PA Junior Threat 31, Bainbridge Roots 6 19.

Eighth-Grade Division — Bainbridge Roots Gold; Port Angeles Hazard, second; Sequim Wolves, third; Bainbridge Roots Blue, fourth; Forks Spartans, fifth; Kitsap GT, sixth; Port Angeles Apex, seventh. Championship game: Bainbridge Roots Gold 43, Port Angeles Hazard 26.

Boys

Fourth-Grade Division — Bainbridge Foots, first; Gig Harbor Tides Select, second; Port Angeles Green, third; Port Angeles White, fourth; Lakewood Select, fifth.

Fifth-Grade Division — Sequim Wolves, first; Lakewood Select, second; Gig Harbor Tides Gold, third; Port Angeles White, fourth; Forks Spartans, fifth; Drive (Poulsbo), sixth; Bainbridge Roots Silver, seventh; Bainbridge Roots Gold, eighth; Gig Harbor Tides Silver, ninth; Silverdale Spartans, 10th; Port Angeles Green, 11th; Mount Baker, 12th. Championship Game — Sequim Wolves 59, Lakewood 27.

Sixth-Grade Division — Drive, first; Lakewood Select, second; Gig Harbor Tides Select Gold, third; Bainbridge Roots, fourth; Port Angeles Green, fifth; Port Angeles White, sixth; Gig Harbor Tides Select Silver, seventh; Silverdale Spartans, eighth. Championship Game: Drive 60, Lakewood Select 38.

Seventh-Grade Division — Gig Harbor Tides, first; Stanwood Spartans, second; Drive Basketball, third; Mount Baker Red, fourth’ Sequim Wolves, fifth; Lakewood Select, sixth; Silverdale Spartans, seventh; Peninsula Seahawks, eighth; Port Angeles White, ninth; Port Angeles Green, 10th; Bainbridge Roots, 11th; Mount Baker Black, 12th. Championship Game: Gig Harbor Tides 55, Stanwood Spartans 40.

Eighth-grade Division — Gig Harbor Tides, first; Bainbridge Roots, second; Port Angeles Green, third; Drive Basketball, fourth; Port Angeles White, fifth; Sequim Wolves, sixth; Port Angeles White, seventh; Northwest Fierce (Port Townsend), eighth. Championship Game: Gig Harbor Tides 63, Bainbridge Roots 41.

Ace recorded

SEQUIM — Sequim’s Karl Dryfhout notched his seventh career hole-in-one while golfing at Cedars at Dungeness on Jan. 9.

Dryfhout aced the 140-yard, par-3 eighth hole while using his 6-iron and a Bridgestone ball.

Jim Chamberlain, Ron Fye, Richard Clendening and Ferhan Kayihan, all of Sequim, witnessed the shot.

Super Player tourney

PORT LUDLOW — Port Ludlow Golf Club will hold The Super Player How Low Can You Go tournament Saturday, Feb. 3.

A one-player scramble event, the tournament will have a 10 a.m. shotgun start.

The entry fee is $50 for nonmembers and $30 for Port Ludlow members.

Green fees, lunch, range, KP’s and long drive entries are included in the price. Cart fees are $10 per player.

All players must have a valid USGA handicap.

A prize payout of $1,400 is expected based on a full field of 72 players.

For more information, or to sign up, phone 360-437-0272 or email tsweet@portludlowresort.com.

Pirates’ Hold’Em

BLYN — Tickets are on sale now for the Peninsula Pirate’s Hold’Em Tournament, a poker tournament benefit for the Peninsula College Men’s and Women’s Basketball programs.

The event will be held at 7 Cedars Casino’s Club Seven beginning at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 3.

It is open to ages 21 and older.

There are ticket options for poker players and non-poker players.

A $60 ticket includes entry fee, two drink tickets and a meal.

Poker player tickets are available at tinyurl.com/PDN-PCPoker.

Non-poker players can buy a $25 ticket which includes two drink tickets, a meal, side games and drawings.

Tickets also are available by cash or check at the gate at Peninsula men’s and women’s basketball games.

For more information, email mfreeman@pencol.edu.

Peninsula Daily News

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