By Oly Archibald
PORT ANGELES — Hard work does pay off, and it has paid off big time for Peninsula Pirate All-American guard Javon Ervin of Tacoma.
Ervin has signed with NCAA Division I Mount St. Mary’s University in Emmitsburg, Maryland. Ervin, an All-NWAC 1st Team Northern Conference member, averaged 19 ppg in his sophomore year. The Mountaineers are members of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference and have made the NCAA basketball tournament five times.
Pirate All American Javon Ervin finds a D1 school in Mount St Mary’s of Maryland
Pirate Head Coach Bryce Jacobson believes he might have found Ervin’s replacement in Alaska 4A 1st Team All-State selection Akeem Sulaiman from powerhouse East High of Anchorage. Sulaiman, a 6’3″ shooting guard, led East to two straight 4A State Championships. In Sulaiman’s three years at East, the Thunderbirds went 39-3 in league play and 79-8 overall. In this year’s State Championship game, Sulaiman scored 20 points in the 57-41 win over Service High School.
New Peninsula Pirate Akeem Sulaiman hugs his legendary coach Chuck Martin of East High of Anchorage after the Thunderbirds won their 2nd straight 4A State Championship
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Former Port Angeles Roughrider Landon Seibel just completed his sophomore year at Skagit Valley College, playing for the Cardinals baseball team. Seibel had a good year, playing in 30 games and hitting .203 with 16 hits, 8 RBIs, 19 walks, 5 runs scored, 2 doubles, and a triple.
Former Roughrider Landon Seibel had a full, solid season with the Skagit Valley Cardinals
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KONP will not broadcast from the State 2A fastpitch tournament this weekend. But fans who cannot make the trip to Selah will have three other radio stations covering the tournament. If Port Angeles and WF West both win their first-round games, the WF West-Port Angeles game at 3:30 will be broadcast on KELA radio in Centralia. Fans can visit their webpage to find the stream icon for the game. KMNT Radio in Centralia will also broadcast games. KAPS Radio (102.1 FM, 660 AM, and the stream at KAPSRADIO.COM) will broadcast all of the #1 ranked Sedro-Woolley games. The Sedro-Woolley-Kingston game will be broadcast at 11:00. Sedro-Woolley and Port Angeles could meet in the semifinals on Saturday. Oly Archibald and Skagit Valley women’s basketball coach Deb Castle will have the call for the Sedro-Woolley games.
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In Olympic Junior Babe Ruth action, Local 155 beat Swains 7-3. Local 155 jumped out on top in the first inning as Jaron Tolliver doubled, scoring Felix Gonzales and Alic Ross. Ethan Barbre then brought in Carson Waddell. Waddell started for Local 155 and went four innings, giving up one hit with seven strikeouts. Asher Irvine came in for two innings, striking out three batters. Gonzales closed the game with two strikeouts. Waddell and Tolliver both had two RBIs. Alic Ross had two stolen bases and scored two runs. For Swains, Lalo Dominquez had three hits.