SPORTS BRIEFS: Volleyball tryouts Saturday in Port Angeles . . . Rowers compete . . . Brinnon Turkey Trot planned

Volleyball tryouts set Saturday

PORT ANGELES — Club volleyball tryouts for female players who turned 14 by Sept. 1, 2015 are planned Saturday.

An informational meeting and tryouts will be held at the Port Angeles High School gymnasium from noon to 3 p.m.

The area team will be part of the Washington Elite Volleyball Club.

An informational parent meeting runs from noon to 1 p.m., and the tryouts follow from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Every player must register with USA Volleyball at psrvb.org/register and selecting “Washington Elite” prior to participating in tryouts. There is a $5 fee for registration.

For more information, phone Christine Halberg at 989-506-2263.

Rowers compete

SEATTLE — Olympic Peninsula Rowing Association members Olivia Bay, 13, and Hannah Officer, 17, rowed to a third-place finish in the Women’s Junior Double at the 2015 Head of the Lake Regatta.

With Officer in the stroke seat and Bay in the bow seat, the Port Angeles pair finished the 3-mile course on Lake Washington in 24 minutes, 49.721 seconds.

A team from the Vashon Island Rowing club won the race with a time of 23:28.733.

A total of 468 entries from 78 rowing clubs competed in the event hosted last Saturday by the Lake Washington Rowing Club.

Sequim’s Elise Beuke crewed on a University of Washington team that claimed first place in the Women’s Collegiate/Open 4+ event.

Brinnon Turkey Trot

BRINNON — Brinnon Parks and Recreation will host a 3-kilometer Turkey Trot fun run through Brinnon and Dosewallips State Park on Saturday, Nov. 21.

Registration and check in will begin at 8 a.m. at the Brinnon School, 46 Schoolhouse Road, with the race starting at 9 a.m.

Divisions for children age 7 and younger, 8-12, boys and girls 13-17, men and women 18-30, 31-50 and 51 and older are planned.

The first-place winner will receive a turkey and a photo, second place earns a chicken and photo ad the third-place runner will receive two Cornish game hens and a photo.

A children’s obstacle course for ages 7 through 12 also will be hosted at the Brinnon School at 10 a.m.

Preregistration for the race is $20 per person and $40 for a family of four or more.

Day of race registration is $25 per person, $45 for a family of four or more.

Preregistration ends Saturday.

To sign up, or for more information, phone 360-303-8250.

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