Holiday basketball tournament
PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Parks and Recreation Department is hosting the 18th annual Holiday Hoops Tournament on Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 12-13.
The youth basketball tournament has divisions for boys and girls teams from fourth through eighth grades.
There is a four-game guarantee and a $250 entry fee.
For more information, or to register, phone Dan Estes at
360-417-4557 or email destes@cityofpa.us.
Hoh River closed
The Hoh River outside Olympic National Park is closed to fishing for all species through Monday, Nov. 30.
The closure is intended to protect a weak return of wild coho.
The Hoh tribe has closed their fishery until the end of November, and in combination with this sport closure, the state Department of Fish and Wildlife believes these actions will result in additional wild coho spawning.
The Hoh River will reopen for steelhead and other gamefish Tuesday, Dec. 1.
Madison marvelous
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Port Angeles’ Jessica Madison is a big reason why the fifth-ranked University of Alaska-Anchorage women’s basketball team is off to a 10-0 start this season.
Madison has led the NCAA Division II Seawolves in scoring in four of the team’s 10 games, and is third overall on the team in points per game with 13.1.
The senior guard has connected 41.3 percent of her 3-point attempts this season and also is averaging 3.2 rebounds, 2 assists and 1.2 steals per game.
With her parents, Guy and Michelle Madison in the crowd, Madison scored her 1,000th career point for Alaska-Anchorage last week in a 92-39 rout Hawaii-Hilo.
She followed up with a team-high 20 points, 15 from beyond the 3-point arc, in an 80-33 defeat of the same Hawaii-Hilo team the next night.
Madison, a 2011 Port Angeles High School graduate, is the Roughriders’ all-time leading scorer for both boys and girls.
Jones tourney bound
ELLENSBURG — Port Angeles’ Kiah Jones and the Central Washington University volleyball team is heading back to the NCAA Division II West Regional Tournament.
The Wildcats earned their fourth straight berth to the tournament after finishing the regular season with a 16-4 mark in Great Northwest Athletic Conference play and 20-7 overall.
The fifth-seeded Wildcats will face off with fourth-seeded Cal State San Bernardino (26-5) on Friday, Dec. 4.
Jones, a junior outside hitter, was named the conference’s Offensive Player of the Week in October.
She has played in 102 of the team’s 103 sets this season, and is second on the team in kills with 251.
