SPORTS BRIEFS: Elks Lodge free-throw contest . . . Sea Hawkers meeting tonight . . . Port Angeles basketball fundraiser

Elks Lodge hosting hoops contest

PORT ANGELES — Naval Elks Lodge No. 353 will host the Elks National Hoop Shoot Free Throw Contest for youth ages 8-13 on Saturday, Jan. 23.

The event will be held at the Vern Burton Gymnasium at 308 E. Fourth St. in Port Angeles.

Ages 8 and 9 will shoot at 9 a.m., 10- and 11-year-olds at 10:30 a.m., and 12- and 13-year-olds at noon.

Contestants age groups are determined by their age as of April 1, 2016.

For more information, phone Erick Blume at 360-775-5239.

Sea Hawkers meeting

PORT ANGELES — Seattle Seahawks fans are invited to tonight’s meeting of the Olympic Peninsula Sea Hawkers.

The Seahawks fan club will meet at Gordy’s Pizza and Pasta, 1123 E. First St., from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Door prizes and a Seahawks trivia game are planned, along with club business.

The club is open to any Seahawks fan on the North Olympic Peninsula and beyond.

The Sea Hawkers get together to talk Seahawks and also participate in various community service activities.

For more information, phone 360-457-1392.

Benefit for Port Angeles High School hoops

PORT ANGELES — A fundraiser men’s basketball tournament for the Port Angeles High School boys basketball program is planned for Saturday and Sunday, April 23-24.

The cost for the eight-team tournament is $300 per team, and each team is guaranteed to play four games.

Prizes and awards will be offered to the first- through third-place teams, and all-tournament teams are planned.

All proceeds will benefit the Roughriders boys basketball program.

For more information, phone Port Angeles coach Kasey Ulin at 360-645-1845.

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