AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Sunland crowns club champions

SEQUIM — Experience came to the fore as Sunland Golf and Country Club crowned its club champions last week — eight-time champion Jay Tomlin won the men’s gross title and Bobbie Piety won her fifth straight women’s championship.

Tomlin posted rounds of 82, 74 and 80 to win the 54-hole event with a total of 236 strokes.

Piety recorded scores of 90, 80 and 86 to repeat as women’s champ.

Bob Gunn claimed his first club title, winning the overall net championship with handicap-assisted rounds of 69, 77 and 70.

Kathy Benedict was the women’s net champ with scores of 74, 71 and 68.

Sunland Golf & Country Club

Club Championship

Flight 1

Gross: Greg Mullikin 241, Brian Scheibner 249.

Net: Mike Mullikin 231, Roger Olsen 235.

Flight 2

Gross: John Sims 252, Bob Harms 257

Net: Mike Schmidt 225, Robert Mares 234.

Flight 3

Gross: Steve Worden 271, Frank Herodes 279.

Net: Gene Mattson 224, Michael Oliver 225.

Women’s Flight 1

Gross: Judy Flanders 267, Irene Schmidt 271.

Net: Gail Flynn 213, Linda Beatty 220.

Flight 2

Gross: Diane Bresnahan 301, Alice Meyers 308.

Net: Dana Burback 220, Eileen Larsen 223.

Levee Trail closed

SEQUIM — A popular Dungeness Valley spot for walkers, joggers and birders is closed due to construction activity.

A closure of Towne Road and the adjacent Dungeness Levee Trail is in effect between milepost 2.78 at Dungeness Schoolhouse and milepost 1.98 at Dungeness Valley Creamery at the Lower Dungeness River Floodplain Restoration Project site.

Public access for walking, birding and passive enjoyment will be restored as soon as possible, according to a press release.

For more information on the project, visit https://clallam.net/dcd/DungenessFloodplain Restoration.html.

Park offers alternatives

PORT ANGELES — The Hurricane Hill Trail is closed through Aug. 26 for mountain goat removal operations. Despite the closure of the popular trail, Olympic National Park has some alternate mountain trails in the nearby area.

• Klahhane Ridge Trail: Starts from the main parking lot near the Hurricane Ridge Visitor Center and travels along the ridge for 3.8 miles to Victor Pass. The first 2.8 miles only has 250 feet of elevation gain, but the early ease does come with a price. Once hikers intersect the Switchback Trail, a mile of trail remains with 800 feet of elevation gain.

• Switchback Trail: Park at the trailhead at milepost 15 (2 miles downhill from the Visitor Center) and hike the short but steep Switchback Trail to Victor Pass. This trail climbs 1.5 miles and gains 1,500 feet of elevation.