Fall physicals in Jefferson County
PORT TOWNSEND — Sports physicals will be offered at school-based health centers set up at Port Townsend and Chimacum high schools in advance of the upcoming fall sports season.
Appointments will be available at both schools Tuesday, Aug. 18, and Friday, Aug. 21. Port Townsend will have another session Tuesday, Aug. 25, and Chimacum will have a third session Wednesday, Aug. 26.
All sessions run from
9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
The cost is $45. There are insurance billing and sliding-scale payment options.
To set up an appointment, phone 360-385-9400.
CageworX opening
PORT ANGELES — CageworX Mixed Martial Arts will celebrate its new location with a grand opening seminar weekend Friday and Saturday.
Three seminars from top instructors will be offered. The schedule is:
Friday:
■ Muay Thai Kickboxing seminar with Master Saohin Srisuk, 6 p.m to 8 p.m. Friday.
Saturday:
■ Filipino Dirty Boxing/JKD Catch Wrestling seminar with Professor Lou Faralan, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
■ Lunch break, 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.
■ Judo seminar with Fifth-degree Black Belt and U.S. Olympic Judo team alternate Oscar Garnica, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Saturday’s events will be followed by a barbecue.
Badminton medals
LAKEWOOD — John Doherty of Beaver and Hester Hill of Port Angeles participated in the Washington Senior Games’ badminton section last weekend in Lakewood.
Doherty teamed up with Jacklyn Savage of Coronado, Calif., to earn the bronze medal in the mixed doubles competition.
Doherty also combined with Seattle’s Ted De Brais to win gold in men’s doubles.
At the Westsound Games early last month, Doherty claimed silver in the open men’s singles division.
Savage, Hill and Doherty have participated in badminton tournaments throughout the United States and Canada for more than 55 years.
Hill mentored the Port Angles Junior Badminton Club for more than 20 years, winning more than 50 U. S. national titles.
She is a former multi-event national champion and succeeded world renowned coach Vern Burton, for whom the community center in Port Angeles is named.
Alison Maxwell honored
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. — The honors and accomplishments continue to pile up for recent Middlebury College graduate Alison Maxwell of Port Angeles.
Maxwell added another accolade to her resume when she was named one of three female Scholar Athletes of the Year in Division III by the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.
To qualify for the All-Academic Track and Field Team, candidates must compile a cumulative GPA of at least 3.30 and met either of the following athletic standards: they must have competed in an NCAA indoor or outdoor championship, or they must have finished the regular season ranked in the national top 35 in an individual event or ranked in the national top 25 in a relay event.
Maxwell also has been nominated by the New England Small College Athletic Conference for the NCAA Woman of the Year Award.
The award honors graduating student-athletes who have distinguished themselves throughout their collegiate careers in the areas of academic achievement, athletics excellence, service and leadership.
Maxwell graduated summa cum laude with high honors in biochemistry.
She was a dean’s list selection and college scholar every semester along with being a nine-time NESCAC All-Academic honoree.
The winner will be announced on Oct. 18 in Indianapolis.
Olympic Crosscutters tryouts
CHIMACUM — The Olympic Crosscutters will hold their third and final scheduled tryout Saturday at Chimacum High School.
The Crosscutters are an American Legion baseball team made up of players ages 14-19 from throughout the North Olympic Peninsula.
Saturday’s tryouts, which run from 2 p.m. to
4 p.m., are for the fall season and the 2016 summer season.
Manager John Qualls is anticipating the Crosscutters will have two or three teams competing this fall in the Puget Sound Collegiate League.
The league, which has varsity, mixed and JV divisions, plays its season from Sept. 1 to Oct. 1.
Potential players should arrive at Saturday’s tryouts by 1:30 p.m. and register in advance at www.tinyurl.com/pdnCuttersReg.
For more information, contact Qualls at 360-461-0482 or johnqualls34@gmail.com.
