Photo: Sally Coles’ Roughriders had another successful season finnishing 12th in State Pictured top left to right are: Amayah Nelson, Lizzy Shaw, Lynzee Reid. Bottom row, Anaya Tejeda, Chloé Kay Sanders and Mia Francis.
By Oly Archibald
PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles swim team finished 11th at the Class 2A State Swim Meet in Federal Way.
Lynzee Reid placed third in diving.
Amayah Nelson finished 15th in the 200 freestyle and 16th in the 500 freestyle.
Chloe Sanders placed 22nd in the 100 butterfly.
The 200 medley relay team finished 12th.
The 200 freestyle relay team placed 13th.
The 400 freestyle relay team also finished 13th.
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There is bowling today as the Roughriders travel to Silverdale to take on state power Klahowya at 2:45.
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Tomorrow night is a big one for Millie Long fans as the former Port Angeles Roughrider and Peninsula Pirate brings her 3–1 Fresno State Bulldogs to Seattle to take on the 25th-ranked, 3–0 Washington Huskies. Long leads the Bulldogs in scoring at 12 points per game and posted a game-high 21 points against Seattle U.
University of Washington tickets and events coordinator Emily Brown said Port Angeles and Sequim fans had purchased 160 tickets as of last week, with about 200 expected to be sold. Fans will be seated behind the Bulldogs’ bench and in Section 4, next to the tunnel where the Bulldogs enter the arena.
Millie Long will start at Point guard for Fresno State against Washington tomorrow night.
Kasey Ulin’s 5th-grade girls basketball team, which will play a 6th-grade team at halftime, has made 20 signs to support Long.
Roughriders head basketball coach Mike Poindexter says two-thirds of the players in the Roughriders program have bought tickets.