STATE GYMNASTICS: Port Angeles’ Middlestead leads area by taking 31st in all-around

TACOMA — Port Angeles sophomore Cassii Middlestead had the North Olympic Peninsula best showing at the state gymnastics meet.

The Roughriders placed eighth in the Class 2A/3A meet as a team with a score of 150.425 Friday at the Tacoma Dome.

Middlestead finished 31st in the all-round, compiling a four-event score of 31.7.

She had the area’s best scores and placings in two of the four events. She scored an 7.95 and placed 27th on the uneven bars, and her 8.7 on the bars put her at 29th place.

Middlestead was 71st on the floor exercise (8.3), and 85th on the vault (6.75).

Maya Wharton was the area’s best in those two events, tying for 49th on the floor (8.7) and 55th on the vault (7.375).

Wharton, a junior, was 44th in the all-around with a score of 30.5.

She tied for 50th on the bars (7.0) and took 83rd on the beam (7.425).

Other all-around placing for the Riders: Nikki Price was 53rd (29.125), Lexi Hefton was 54th (28.825) and Sydney Miner took 56th (28.325).

No area gymnasts were among the top-16 placers in each even who moved on to the finals.

Sequim’s only state qualifier, Ennisa Albin, took 96th on the uneven bars.

________

Compiled using meet report.

More in Sports

BOWLING: Van Gordon sets new Roughrider pinfall record

Port Angeles dropped an Olympic League bowling match 5-2… Continue reading

Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News 
East Jefferson’s Luke O’Hara rises for a layup during the Rivals’ 71-42 season-opening win over Nisqually League foe Charles Wright on Thursday at Bruce Blevins Gymnasium.
PREPS: East Jefferson Rivals rise to occasion in season-opening win

Five East Jefferson players reached double digits in scoring… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: Transition to mobile licenses beginning

MORE CELL PHONES plunging to the bottom of water bodies is the… Continue reading

More than 350 runners are expected for the annual Jamestown S'Klallam Glow Run Saturday in Blyn. (Run the Peninsula)
RUN THE PENINSULA: Popular Jamestown S’Klallam Glow Run returns Saturday

The popular Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe 5K/10K Glow Run, the final… Continue reading

Sequim's Gracie Chartaw scored 30 points in a season-opening win over East Jefferson on Tuesday. Here, she is guarded by East Jefferson's Kaydence Plotner. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
GIRLS BASKETBALL: Sequim’s Chartraw hits for 30 in win over East Jefferson

Gracie Chartraw nearly poured in a triple-double in leading Sequim… Continue reading