Tour de Dungeness next month
SEQUIM —The 19th annual Tour de Dungeness bike race will take place on consecutive Saturdays next month.
The 12-mile races will take place March 12 and 19. Races start at 9:45 a.m. each day and run until the late afternoon. The races will be held, regardless of weather.
Organizers expect more than 400 riders each day. Those riders will come from throughout the Puget Sound region as well as Eastern Washington.
The course includes Lotzgesell, Cays, East Anderson, Sequim Dungenes Way, Woodcock and Kitchen-Dick roads.
Those who drive in the Dungeness area on the days of the races should be aware of the possibility of minor traffic delays.
“Use caution, be patient and let’s show them that we are a bicycle-friendly community,” organizer Mike Van Doren said in a news release.
Tim’s Custom Cabinets, at the corner of Kitchen-Dick and Lotzgesell roads, as loaned its parking lot for the days for vehicle parking.
For more information, contact Van Doren at 360-417-5257 (after 5 p.m.) or 360-775-7796.
Avalanche Black qualify for championships
PORT ANGELES — The Olympic Avalanche Black seventh-grade girls basketball team has qualified to participate in the Washington State Middle School Championships in Spokane on March 11-13.
The tournament is one of the largest in the Pacific Northwest with approximately 250 teams participating.
The Olympic Avalanche Black team features players from Sequim, Neah Bay and Port Angeles.
