SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Port Angeles product Cole Uvila, a minor league pitching prospect with the Texas Rangers, excelled in one inning of work during the Arizona Fall League Fall Stars Game earlier this month.
Uvila entered the game for the West Fall Stars in the fifth, and in his perfect frame, the 25-year-old right-hander induced a flyout and struck out two, throwing 10 strikes in 13 pitches.
One strikeout came on an absolutely nasty curve to get Angels prospect Jo Adell swinging.
Uvila’s two best curveballs in the matchup had spin rates of 2,965 and 3,379, which is especially impressive considering just 4.6 percent of the curveballs tracked by Statcast during the regular season had spin rates of 3,000-plus rpm.
The MLB average on curves this season was 2,523 rpm and Houston’s Ryan Pressly led all MLB pitchers with 100 curves thrown at 3,305 rpm.
Port Angeles youth wrestling
PORT ANGELES — Registration is underway for the Port Angeles Wrestling Club’s youth wrestling program for boys and girls in kindergarten through eighth grade.
Practices will begin Wednesday, Nov. 13 and continue through mid-February.
All skill levels are welcome to participate in the program, which will practice twice a week (with an additional day of practice for an advanced/competitive group).
The fee is $80 per wrestler with families of three or more eligible for discounts. Scholarships also are available if needed. Advanced/competitive wrestlers are $120.
Fees include a PAWC T-shirt and a USA Wrestling registration card.
Practices will be held in the Port Angeles High School gym’s wrestling room.
Wrestlers in kindergarten through third grade will practice from 5:45 p.m. to 6:45 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays.
Those in fourth through eighth grade will practice from 6:45 p.m. to 8 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays.
The advanced/competitive group will meet for an additional practice from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursdays.
For more information, contact Rob Gale at 360-461-1284 or rgale@portangelesschools.org.
Wrestling open gym
PORT TOWNSEND — Registration is open for Jefferson County Parks and Recreation’s two-week wrestling open gym for grapplers in grades one through six.
The open gym sessions will be held in the Wrestling Room at Port Townsend High School’s Bruce Blevins Gymnasium, 1500 Van Ness St., from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from Dec. 2 to 13.
The cost is $10 up front, or $2 per session for drop-in participants.
The deadline to register is Nov. 25 and a registration form is available online at tinyurl.com/PDN-JeffCoWrestling.
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